1/35 GunHed 2025 Special Edition part 2

Gallery July 17, 2016 GN 1 Comment

GunHed is progressing well. Since last time, I put down a black oil wash into all the crevices and panel lines. Once that was dry, I tidied it up with a cotton bud pulling off the oil where it wasn't wanted. To protect it, I put on another layer of Future Finish varnish.Continue Reading ››

Misc, Work In Progress

1/35 GunHed 2025 Special Edition part 1

Gallery July 10, 2016 GN 2 Comments

I bought the GunHed kit quite a while back in the Hobby Link Japan sale. It's taken me a while to figure out what I wanted to do with it, and when I finally got the inspiration, I also had to develop the techniques I'd need, hence the Muv Luv kit. Continue Reading ››

Completed Builds, Misc

1/1 DG-001LN Usagear

Gallery June 23, 2016 GN 1 Comment

I love the cute Hoi Hoi San figures. They're adorable and so is the concept of how they kill bugs. A002_C001_0623CN_001

Other than the face, I fully painted this kit. The wheels are Tamiya gunmetal with a coat of Tamiya smoke on top, and a flat coat.Continue Reading ››

Completed Builds, HG

1/144 Barbatos

Gallery June 21, 2016 GN Leave a comment

1/144 Barbatos is a great kit. It's not perfect, but there's masses of detail and it goes together well. I love that you get the massive hammer with it, as well as the sword. A001_C001_0621L5_001

I'm pretty happy with the mods and the beat-up rusty look. Continue Reading ››

Completed Builds, HG

1/144 Barbatos part 4

Gallery June 17, 2016 GN Leave a comment

After some final touches of Tamiya weathering master, Barbatos was ready for his Alclad flat coat. Final assembly was mostly painless, although his right shoulder armour did pop off and have to be glued on. Here's some quick photos from the build area as it'll take me a little while to get set up for proper … Continue Reading ››

HG, Work In Progress

1/144 Barbatos part 3

Gallery June 15, 2016 GN 1 Comment

Now to what is getting to be my favourite part of a build - adding the oil paint.

I'm following a similar path to what I took on the Muv-Luv build using oil paint thinned with mineral spirits to build up the rusting effect.Continue Reading ››

HG, Work In Progress

1/144 Barbatos part 2

Gallery June 13, 2016 GN 1 Comment

After an extended break, I found some time at the weekend to get some work done on the 1/144 Barbatos.

I'd primed the pieces with Alclad grey primer, so all I had to do was mask the grey and paint the white, for which I used Alclad white … Continue Reading ››

Thoughts

A small break

Gallery May 22, 2016 GN Leave a comment

So, last weekend I was going to dive into completing the 1/144 Barbatos I've done a number of mods on. I went over to the airbrush and it was all seized up. My time to work on the model was now taken up by first freeing the needle, and then giving the airbrush a very … Continue Reading ››