Joe's Gunpla World: April 2012

Monday, April 30, 2012

1/144 GM - Gundam Forums GM Group Build! Part - 3

Paint

I have only ever done a custom paint scheme one time before. That was my Zulu-Goog. I've done complete re-paints, like painting a HGUC RX-78-2 Gundam in Real-Type colors or Char's colors, sure, but I've never really done my own thing... Let's see what I can come up with.

All the parts sanded and prepped for hand painting.

I promise it's still green, the lighting in this shot and the next is wierd.

The accessories.

I had to really think of what colors I wanted. I like red, but the GM is already red... I like greens, but that's Zeon colors and I didn't want to make a Zeon captured GM, I wanted something originalish. Blues, I like blues, but a darker blue, not Gundam blue. Okay, what else? Well, some black would be good, but not overly so, just a couple places... Alright and a third color to round things out... Let's just keep it simple: Gray. Now let's break out some paint and get started!

This is what I had so far...

Idk... it's okay... I'll keep going with it and see how it looks, I guess

The shield after just one thin coat of the dark blue... Needs more layers, obviously.

Well, I don't know if I like it at this point. But never fear, I worked it out.

Until Next Time: Happy Building!

Sunday, April 29, 2012

1/144 GM - Gundam Forums GM Group Build! Part - 2

Old Kits Need Glue!

As stated in a previous posting, the GM I'm building is OLD! It's older than I am, it's older than a lot of the American Gundam fanbase! It's nearly ancient! And thusly, needs adhesive to stay together. I use liquid cement from Testors, and that stuff melts plastic and ruins paint, so I have to assemble the kit before I can paint it. This can be tricky. But here it goes.

Just two runners for this kit. All one color.

Thighs, backpack, head, and forearms

Shoulders, upper arms and lower legs

Hip joint, beam saber, thrusters for the backpack, hands and the entire body.
That's right, no waste articulation!

Feet with ankle armor attached, shield and the Beam Spray Gun

Parts for the hands.

Leg assembly. The thigh is glued together first, then the lower leg is put on over that to form the knee joint.
The foot is then glue on over the ankle joint.

Completed leg.

The shield is just two parts.

The handle is cemented in like so.

Parts for the head.

Cemented together.

Backpack and thrusters.

They fit in nearly perfectly.

The backpack is then placed on the back of the body.

There we go.

Assembly for the arm and a completed arm.

Okay let all those parts cure before sanding. I'll sand all of those before I sandwich all the parts in between the halves of the body, which will have to be sanded as well.

While I wait for those to dry, I HAVE TO FIX THIS THING!

It's a stick!

Now it's a pointy stick!

Much better than the flat top!

Final assembly, and sanding next. Then I have to decide on a paint scheme!

Until Next Time: Happy Building!

Saturday, April 28, 2012

SEED Remastered High Grades!

I'm getting review posts ready for these three guys right now!

Wednesday, April 18, 2012

The Destiny Plan - Part 11

TEASER!

It all comes down to this! This final verdict! You've seen parts. You've seen bits. You've seen pieces. Now, you will see everything come together! This is the final count down to the end-all-be-all debate!

Who will win?!

Price point!?

Or Quality?!

Check back soon for a full head to head, toe to toe, Wings of Light to Wings of Light all out knock off authentic brawl!

Until Next Time: Happy Building!

Tuesday, April 17, 2012

What's Going on, Joe? #11

A First!

I got a package a couple days ago! This is a first for me. I've never gotten my hands on truely limited Gunpla before....

*Drum Roll*

MASTER GRADE UNICORN GUNDAM 02 BANSHEE VER KA FINAL BATTLE VERSION!

Sexy black and white box art!

There she is, so pretty, all ready for me to dive in, cut her up, and but her together!

Gold.... decals.... *drool*

Unfortunately, I won't get to her for a while... Big things happening soon!

Lelouch likes it when I get packages too.

Until Next Time: Happy Building!

Monday, April 16, 2012

Up-coming Reviews and a Fond Hello

Been Lazy

I've been feeling kinda lazy towards the blog as of late. I'm working on something big in tandem with Squeam/TimberNewtype and building a lot of Gunpla...

Sadly, I've been forgetting to take pictures of the build process for many of them. Oh well, reviews are coming for this batch very soon:

The next HG Remastered kits; Buster, Blitz, and Aegis.

And a final look at Bandai's vs TT's MG Destiny Gundam Extreme Blast Mode!

One of the many reasons I have been negating the blog besides my laziness is my fiance and I got a new cat! He's really a pretty cat and he's of course very clever and is sneaky and hides and always seems to have a trick up his sleeve (were he to wear them)... We have named him...