1/60 Real Detail Strike

[Hikuro]

Just like all the other Gundam fans, I myself feel like giving out a wonderful lil story of my first big model build up.

A few years ago when Gundam SEED was just starting out, they released the first "real detail" titled Strike Gundam....I picked it up about a month after it was released and had a ball with it. But I made ALOT of errors to it and regreted that I messed it up so much.

Infact someof you guys have seen pictures of the 1/60 Strike I have posing with my 1/60 Impulse.

Lastnight was mostly just the cleaning stages and was going to experiment a bit, but I really didn't wanna mess this kit up at all so I passed on that experimental idea...and I don't think I'll pull that off on my secret project either.

This morning I left for the hobby store and picked up nearly 30 dollars worth of paint which is nearly gone.

I picked up the right colors though and I'm very happy how it turned out.

I also noticed certain styles of Tamiya paint tend to make the pieces look more crisp and and detailed then other styles. I used alot of Aircraft labeled paint and that was just phenominal on how well it looked after I finished coloring the Launcher parts.

Also, I strongly recommend if you wanna paint the skeletal pieces to use Gray Violet, it enriches the color to the parts and makes it look briskful.

Anyways I'll have some pictures up fairly shortly tonight on how the build up progress is going. I'm current waiting on the second red tree to finish drying which will be in an hour, hopefully the last too cause I'm nearly out of red.

[Hikuro]

The Strike posing here is the previous version, the one I'm currently working on will be MUCH better looking and more accurate to the anime.

I finished all but the heavy detail of the Sword pack but I hope you enjoy.

The aqua green color is Coral Blue, with Pure white and Flat Black.

[Hikuro]

pose 2

[zeo-mare]

looking good, nice alternators collection

[Hikuro]

Heh thanks, got Grimlock, Jazz, Silverstreek, Smokescreen, Swindle, Windcharger, Sideswipe and Prime....bu for some random reason I have Sazabi standing next to 'em....don't ask me why.

I need to seriously clean not only my desk and find a better place for my Alternators, but clean my bloody room as well, my bed is covered in junk and I wanna sleep soon

[Hikuro]

I worked on Kira in his lil pilots outfit, first time I EVER painted something like that, and for my first try, it wasn't bad, it was diffenetly off color but it worked.

I used Blue, Black, White and Aqua Gray.

[Hikuro]

Just another one with him in his lil seat.

[Hikuro]

After that I started working a bit lastnight and completed the Torso, head and the right shoulder.

Then I went to bed and woke up around 3 hours ago and completed the Strike Build up.

[Hikuro]

Following after that picture I finished Aile Striker and called it a day for now. There is a big difference though between my older Strike and my newer design which I hope too present when the weather shines litterally in my direction.