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  1. Hikuro
    bought this months ago........I think back in october. Haven't even watched it since I"ve seen it a dozen times fansubbed.
  2. Hikuro
    I.......have beat the snot out of it!
  3. Hikuro
    I don't like sitting around with nothing to do it drives me nuts. I really hate it when I have to wait on others if I'm gonna go do something I'm gonna go do it and if I have to wait then it's like my time is being wasted on others when I could get it done. So yeah, I mean I got a dozen kits to work on, I may as well start knocking some of them done right? This powered GM was inspired from a lot of desert battles in Australia, I think I might still have some stickers stored away that have the Australia base logo somewhere when I was doing the Perfect Gundam III. Next thing I'm going to do to this Gunpla is damage the shield. I'm going to carve a big gash and kind of try to melt it a bit showing signs that a heat hawk was to shallow in it's cut and couldn't go thru. Then just a bit of scaring on the shoulders and hip skirt, nothing major. I'll be done after that.
  4. Hikuro
    Just gotta find the right grays to do it. Also pumped this out today, ain't no big thang.
  5. Hikuro
    Compared to the earlier drafts of the G-Self which made it look some what more G-Savior like.....interesting isn't it? G-Savior....G-Self. Hmmmm? It's early drafts were very skeletal so my thinking was they planned just like the G-Savior to have many optional packs involved until a perfect form was reached. Even it's colors were very different. Almost very G-Lucifer in scheme. Yeah, paint came out well and evenly placed. No sloppy areas at all and I gave it a satin clear coat to keep the flavors of the colors nice and rich. I was glad I did that before I assembled it! That was one of the problems I had with the Sinanju, I didn't clear coat it before assembly and areas began to scrape against eachother in ways I didn't anticipate. So now code of conduct, finish a set of parts, clear coat, move on. It really took me about 5 hours to paint, set, clear coat, set and assemble after I did a day of priming and let it rest. The next full repaint will be the MS06J Zaku II.....I got a nice good vibrant Green and a much Darker version and I'll probably use Nato Black for the feet and elbows. For the GM 2.0 being a Dingo unit I'm perplexed as the colors have changed on the suits. The Dreamcast variant had a dark gray for the limbs and almost black for the torso and shoulders. Then the HG P-Bandai variants were almost all gray just a couple shades different from eachother....almost like a gray/white/blue mixture. Not sure which I should follow.
  6. Hikuro
    Yep, gotta a pretty good handle on airbrushing. Pretty soon I'll be trying out pre-shading probably on my GM 2.0. Only gotta buy some smoke. The G Self isn't a horrific kit as I was expecting when I got it. Sure it has a very heavy sticker sheet, it needs some additional paint to make it show accurate, and the backpack is kinda meh as it never really got much show time in the series. I honestly think I should of waited to of gotten that when the perfect pack shows up....whenever that will be. Didn't see much reason to have the UV stickers though.
  7. Hikuro
    still counts though.
  8. Hikuro
    All I have left to do is a wash and it's done. I used their one point technique to enhance the kit by using various left over stickers from other HG kits, luckily I had a 0 and a 3. Colors I used Flat White, Yellow and German Gray. For the red separations I did Flat Red with a small amount of Flat White to create a slightly lighter shade. Then for the darker areas I used same Flat Red again with a Flat Brown. Gotta say, I think I came pretty close to perfect colors.
  9. Hikuro
    Found my junk! someone did move it >_> I leave my stuff behind for a reason dangit! Primed my parts of the normal red next up I need to create the mixture for the darker red. I'm thinking Red with a small hint of brown.
  10. Hikuro
    I was priming my Red Warrior yesterday despite h aving a cold....I don't like laying down with nothing to do. Hoped I had enough but I guess I didn't but I knew I had another can of primer once it ran out. Guess what?! Not only can I not find it.....I can't find the new jars of Tamiya Red, Purple, Black, White, and 2 shades of Green..............I dunno who took it. But I will find them, and I will kill them.
  11. Hikuro
    aaaannnnd I lost all interest.
  12. Hikuro
    http://www.amazon.com/Just-Dab-Combo-Pack-Microbrush/dp/B000BPOJFG/ref=sr_1_12?ie=UTF8&qid=1426878928&sr=8-12&keywords=Microbrush+super+fine This is just to give you an idea of what I use. When I'm doing really small paint applications for extra detail or even pilot figures I use these Microbrushes at their Super Fine ratio. I get a pack of 10 for about 2.25 at hobbytown, and nearly any model shop carries some kind of brand in relation. I ALWAYS buy a pack when I go to the store. My mom has this phrase, "I see butter, I have to buy it, it's like a fetish" for me it's "I see these microbrushes and I gotta buy them.....not cause it's a fetish" The best thing to do is to just apply a small amount onto a container for your paint, never actually use the marker to apply on the part. Take one of these microbrushes on it then gently apply the needed area. You can even use these brushes on the rubbing alcohol to get tough areas. They're 1 time use sadly, but for their price and ability to get hard to reach locations, I highly recommend a set or two of different sizes. This is how I get some really good extra details painted on my kits for the last 2 years.
  13. Hikuro
    Ahhhhhh I see what ya did there! It'll be a complete repaint to really help bring those seperate reds to life. The tones are there in the plastic but it's still to subtle for my taste. The bad news is, I caught a cold : / well I didn't catch it, it invaded my being.
  14. Hikuro
    Well....my weekend is gonna consist of Amazing Red Warrior......I dunno how I feel about that honestly XD
  15. Hikuro
    He'll obviously be back as he's in the previews of the next episode hostage courtesy of captain cold. Barry will probably abuse this new power to fix mistakes creating that paradox point were all waiting for.
  16. Hikuro
    Yaaaaaaaa reminds me of that futurama episode
  17. Hikuro
    only time I ever paint pilot figures are with PG's and MG's.....never go smaller, they're just so damn difficult. you typically need a mounted magnifying glass, tooth picks, very small brushes, tweezers or clips and prayer. When I do mine I typically leave a small amount of runner plastic connected to the pilot figure and I clamp that piece on a clip so I got free range of control and movement while painting. I use these ultra fine brushes I get a hobbytown for about 3 bucks a pack for large base colors. Then I use a tooth pick to do finer details. If it's a PG figurine I'll use one of those really ultra fine brushes that cost like 5 bucks and just work very carefully. I'm not super awesome at it, but I do a passable job to where some of the guys I build with are just surprised. I always thought that my Char and Amuro CCA figures were the best painted, and my Flit Asuno being 2nd best.
  18. Hikuro
    I actually thought Amuro's dad might actually be a bit on the abusive side the way he was at that kid in the manga. But yeah Volumes 5-7 just fit with how this is pacing.....which sucks. It's not that I wanna learn the origins and prequel history of all the characters, I just want a revamped Gundam series. The old one just doesn't within the test of time to me.
  19. Hikuro
    I just read volume 5 so now I don't even need to watch this. But from the pacing I'm gonna say this OVA follows volumes 5-7 ending with the battle at Loum where the series started.
  20. Hikuro
    Went faster than I anticipated....finished it all!
  21. Hikuro
    Pretty much what I did today on the Astrea. I used my traditional black gundam marker on panel lines, and the 301 Gray and Brown for other areas. Actually the Gray and the Brown did marvelous jobs, spot on if I do say so. I tried to use the 301P black again, but it just wasn't gonna do the job. And when I tried to clean it up and it just smeared all over the place. I guess using the rubbing alcohol after you apply it is best, don't let it dry for to long at all. The base build of my Astrea is done, and I think before bed I'll start finishing the accessories and call it a night. Gym tomorrow so I gotta go to bed to get up early early!
  22. Hikuro
    Hah, the stats she had were so far off back to the drawing board wench! Get your thigh gap ridden ass back in the kitchen! I'm busy building me a PG Unicorn.
  23. Hikuro
    first exia is a RG I built back in August. The inner frame to the Exia is about 15 pieces it's pretty easy to assemble in 5 minutes. Sadly it seems the translucents on the front of the lower leg are bad. 1 is completely missing right from the package and the other won't bend. They're not Blue-fin logoed on the box so that's not gonna help me at all. right out of the damn box and it's not gonna be right. that's a shame. I may have to switch parts with the other exia but ugh
  24. Hikuro
    took the RG Exia I have for my Astrea out of the box and built the inner frame since you can essentially build the frames first THEN add in the other parts. The engineering of the frame to me is just astonishing to look at. Very artistic to me. If I could, I'd buy all the RG's I own twice JUST so I can have a frame depicting the same pose or something to show off how flexible they are without all the armor. Just love it. I wanna thank David again for picking up the Astrea for me, I know it was hard to find.
  25. Hikuro
    mhm, I'm not a big fan of the pen right now. While it does decent work on panel lines, actual sculpting details like hash marks or wide open slits, it does poorly on. Those are things that an actual enamel wash can do rather decently on its own if you got the proper mix done...the paint will just flow really well. On the plus side, unlike the enamel wash, the areas you have to clean up where the brush touch the surface doesn't smear like enamel will. So you can get longer use out of your q-tip. Of course videos show them using rubbing alcohol and yet I have to use lighter fluid. Sometimes not right.
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