Whats Lying on your Workbench MK IV

[Big s]

2 hours ago, Cheese3 said:

Finally finished this 1/72 vf-1j. I bought Resident Evil 2 for ps1 and played it a ton,sooo it took me longer to finish this kit then expected.

I like that mint green. 

[arbit]

9 hours ago, Cheese3 said:

Finally finished this 1/72 vf-1j. I bought Resident Evil 2 for ps1 and played it a ton,sooo it took me longer to finish this kit then expected.

Looks great! I love everything about the painting on that old sculpt.

I like your collection. Which Zentran figures are those?

[Big s]

1 hour ago, arbit said:

Which Zentran figures are those?

I believe that’s the Imai Kamjin kit for the bigger one and the smaller one looks like the one that came with the Imai Nousjadeul Ger power armor kit

[Cheese3]

10 hours ago, Big s said:

I believe that’s the Imai Kamjin kit for the bigger one and the smaller one looks like the one that came with the Imai Nousjadeul Ger power armor kit

Nailed it!

[Big s]

8 minutes ago, Cheese3 said:

Nailed it!

I loved that little Nousjadeul Ger kit. It’s way more fun than such an ancient model kit had any right to be. That one and their Queadluun Rau were two of my favorite examples of how Imai was far ahead of their time with plastic models

[arbit]

Awesome! That is the "All IMAI Collection".

[Radioguy]

1 hour ago, arbit said:

Awesome! That is the "All IMAI Collection".

If the 1J head has no goggle, it's IMAI. I actually love that feature.

[pengbuzz]

3 hours ago, Radioguy said:

If the 1J head has no goggle, it's IMAI. I actually love that feature.

Solved.

Meantime, next project:

Clue:

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Edited Thursday at 11:24 PM by pengbuzz

[Papa Rat]

Almost done with this little buddy. 
needs some dialing in. I want to try out weathering but I’m scared. 
 

[Big s]

24 minutes ago, Papa Rat said:

Almost done with this little buddy. 
needs some dialing in. I want to try out weathering but I’m scared. 
 

Try an erasable method if you’re scared. Water color or some people here like clay based gunk washes. I’ve been using water color pencils and the tamiya makeup sets. With water color pencils, they can get wet and flow into grooves or when dry they can draw on the surface to make drip marks or scratches depending on the colors and can be cleaned of with a wet tissue if you go overboard. Just make sure to top coat afterwards to keep things from rubbing off

[Papa Rat]

2 minutes ago, Big s said:

Try an erasable method if you’re scared. Water color or some people here like clay based gunk washes. I’ve been using water color pencils and the tamiya makeup sets. With water color pencils, they can get wet and flow into grooves or when dry they can draw on the surface to make drip marks or scratches depending on the colors and can be cleaned of with a wet tissue if you go overboard. Just make sure to top coat afterwards to keep things from rubbing off

Awesome suggestion. Appreciate it. 

[Thom]

@pengbuzz Color me intrigued!

[Cheese3]

8 hours ago, Big s said:

I loved that little Nousjadeul Ger kit. It’s way more fun than such an ancient model kit had any right to be. That one and their Queadluun Rau were two of my favorite examples of how Imai was far ahead of their time with plastic models

It’s crazy how much better proportion wise their valks were than arii battloids.Imai’s 1/100 super battloid still holds up so well. Looks great. But than again imais fighters/gerwalk had that bizarre nose cone and arii fighter mode models looks so much better. 

[Cheese3]

1 hour ago, Papa Rat said:

Almost done with this little buddy. 
needs some dialing in. I want to try out weathering but I’m scared. 
 

Almost too clean to weather! Ha 

Edited yesterday at 02:23 AM by Cheese3
Meant to say almost instead of also.

[sketchley]

1 hour ago, Papa Rat said:

Awesome suggestion. Appreciate it. 

I'd also recommend starting on a part that is less visible or covered by other parts to try it out—even those erasable methods can be difficult to remove from certain places (narrow gaps, etc.)

In general, liquids are easier to apply, and it's usually much easier to add more later than it is to remove excess amounts.

 

Incidentally, do you have another model (E.g. one that is cheap as chips, or that you can 'afford' to lose if things go to pot) to try weathering techniques on first?

[Papa Rat]

2 hours ago, sketchley said:

I'd also recommend starting on a part that is less visible or covered by other parts to try it out—even those erasable methods can be difficult to remove from certain places (narrow gaps, etc.)

In general, liquids are easier to apply, and it's usually much easier to add more later than it is to remove excess amounts.

 

Incidentally, do you have another model (E.g. one that is cheap as chips, or that you can 'afford' to lose if things go to pot) to try weathering techniques on first?

Yeah, that’s a great idea. Funny you say that, I just happen to have a kit on its way that can be my fun/easy going experiment kit. That sounds like the perfect opportunity to test out some weathering. I have also been meaning to do some brush painting with acrylics. I’ve been so focused on spraying lacquers. Time to expand my tool kit. 🤔

[Papa Rat]

@Cheese3 Hahaha.