Tag Archives: Strike

April Picture Update

Gallery April 3, 2015 GN Leave a comment

Hoi Hoi San Costume Change

First up we have Hoi Hoi San in her "Costume Change" kit form.

No WIP on this kit. I'm waiting on new Alclad grey primer to arrive so I wanted to work on a kit that wouldn't take too much time, or need … Continue Reading ››

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1/100 Launcher Sword Strike part 6

Gallery March 23, 2015 GN 1 Comment

The Sword pack first involved disassembling the left shoulder of the mech so you can extract the one part you need to build up the new shoulder. Why an extra piece could not have been provided I don't know!

The new shoulder looks great, although there's fit … Continue Reading ››

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1/100 Launcher Sword Strike part 5

Gallery March 10, 2015 GN 4 Comments

There is a good set of water-slide decals with each of these kits.

The decals went on smoothly.

On the shoulders, the decals have to go over an edge, but they conformed well to the underlying shape. The … Continue Reading ››

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1/100 Launcher Sword Strike part 4

Gallery March 2, 2015 GN 8 Comments

The paint is dry, the top coat cured and we've reached that fun part of the build where you add the armour pieces and assemble.

And because of all the work up-front, it took only a few minutes to put everything together. I've kept the photos with … Continue Reading ››

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1/100 Launcher Sword Strike part 3

Gallery March 1, 2015 GN 4 Comments

This is going to be a short update on the Launcher and Sword Strike because the next blog post is going to be tutorial on masking techniques using the white armour pieces of the Strike as the working example.

I've painted half the white runners. Here's the … Continue Reading ››

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1/100 Launcher Sword Strike part 2

Gallery February 22, 2015 GN 11 Comments

I was just looking at my RG Strike for ideas and I noted the gold stickers on the arm joints and how much I liked that detail so I decided to make similar details on these Strikes.

I used my stick aluminium foil and cut stickers just … Continue Reading ››

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Launcher Sword Strike Colour Options

Gallery February 20, 2015 GN Leave a comment

Now that I've just about finished all the frame pieces, it's time to start looking at the colour scheme options. If you're doing an unpainted build you have options!