OOBBO Zudah Gallery

So I completed the zudah this morning. It's not my best work. but I am happy with it. Not too much to say outside dan must be a saint. micromasking is my weakness. ANYWAY on to photos

Zudah WIP: 4

It's been a productive and slightly busy week! got a lot done on this guy.

the arms clearly aren't finished. I just put them on to see how they looked. I'm very happy with my masking and the subtle color differences in the camo. I've decided to paint the remaining pieces first, then just panel-wash and decal everything left in one sitting. assuming everything goes according to plan :)

hit the jump for a couple more photos!

Zudah WIP: 3

I have been slacking like no other on this blog... but a little inactivity is fine every now and again i suppose. I have hammered out a little more work on my Zudah. and hope to have it all finished by next week hopefully. as it stands now the arms are all painted and need decals and lines. as well as a final topcoat. so that'll come today most likely. I've got the next two days off work after tonght so I'll be able to do the head and weapons and call it a day. anyway, enough of me blubbering. here's what i've got.

Hit the jump for some more photos!

Zudah WIP 2

So I've been slacking lately, but I managed to finish (up to decals) my zudah's leg, not too much to write home about. currently gloss coated, and panel washed, with two-tone camo, similar to how it's laid out in the manual. sorry this post is gonna be short and sweet :P

age-1 progress next :)

My favorite part of this kit so far has been the white lining around the edges of parts. I liked it so much I actually optionally white lined a few other sections. the panel line on the knee and the one on the heel for example. I even white lined around the thrusters on the calves.

So that's what i've got so far. I still have to do a little cleanup before I decal and flat-coat. and I'm thinking about painting that raised section that connects to the hip. we'll see what happens.

anyway, that's all for this time. see you guys next time :)

Dual RX-78-2 Unboxing. 0079 gallery. some other stuff

Alright! sorry for my absence. I've been slightly busy lately. but I haven't stopped building at all! With my zudah build completed, I was kind of left with not too much to do. So I decided to go ahead and build my RX-78-2 O.Y.W. 0079 ver. as an oob build. (I mean, who paints over recolors anyway when they still have the original version)

I've also made a little progress on my Age-1 normal. I haven't snapped any pictures of the skirts with OOB decals, but here's one of it painted up

Anyway. the last thing I wanted to touch on in this post is that I'm going to try to isolate my posts to focus on one kit per post rather than showing a little of everything. which shouldn't be too hard. because i'm either OOB snapping, or I'm painting. :P

A question I see a bit is "what's the difference between the two O.Y.W. gundams?"
WELL. I'm here to answer that question for you with a quick unbox of each one, side-by-side.
Please excuse my terrible messy desk. one day i'll clean it up... maybe..

F91 Wip 2/complete Zudah unbox.

I set out to finish snapping my f91 together tonight, and accomplished said task. I did a little more detailing on the inner frame and panel lined most everything (still need to do shoulders and weapons) as well as snapping the base together and some lame poses until I decide to take some proper photos. so here's what I've done followed by a little more :D

Not the neatest. my toothpick wouldn't pick up enough paint, or go in the vents well enough for a decent coverage. but this is all covered anyway. i need to invest in some super fine brushes :P

Hit the jump for more pictures of the F91, and my Zudah unboxing!

RGM Custom WIP #3

Alright, because I was off yesterday I got some painting done before I left my house. I waited until I woke up, and got all the pieces off their respective clips, reassembled them, and this is what I wound up with. I'm really happy with how the colors are coming out on this. so far the only major speedbump I've encountered (besides my procrastination) is some of the gunmetal I sprayed on the inner frame started spraying in almost a matte finish. it doesn't look too much different in person, so I'll see how it looks once everything is topcoated and decide if i'm going to worry about fixing it. probably not since the only exposed bit is the foot, and the ankle guard, and a couple bits of the knee. BUT WE SHALL SEE (look I rhymed)

anyway! photos!

I got to try some masking on the front shin/knee armor piece. that's not two seperate pieces. but I think the effect is nice. :)

another thing i'm doing as a first here is removing seam lines. (I've attempted it before, but not on a painted kit) this was really the only part on the kit that needed any love in the seam department, besides a spot on the head, but that covered pretty well after i painted everything. this part however sits a little uneven, so sanding was necessary. you can see the line on the left piece. the one on the right has already been sanded down.

I have no idea why i took this picture. I guess just to show off what the arm looked like? all the greys will be painted in gunmetal (as well as the hand itself), and there's a part inside the forearm that will be painted gunmetal as well, the upper cuff, and that little joint inside will be painted a light grey, and the forearm and shoulder will be black. all accent pieces will be blue, then I can paint up weapons and the shield and call this kit done :)  I'm incredibly happy with how this is coming along. and with the next two days off, I'm hoping to get the main body of this thing finished.


Next up. got a couple packages in the mail today. one of which contained an HG kit I've been looking forward to building since I first saw and decided to order it. I'm pretty sure this is the one I'll be entering in Dan's contest. not 100% yet. but I'm pretty sure.

tell me this guy isn't a badass. If I do end up using this for the contest I think I may do some light camo. either way if he becomes a contest kit, he will be recieving paint. :) stay tuned!

I saw both sets of the sinanju decals online, and decided to pick them up, since i have both kits. now I just need to get started on them ;P maybe I'll build one of them soon. It is time to step my gunpla game up.

anywho, I think this is it for this post. More to come in the near future. Sorry for all the updates and the frequency of my posts! Just been crazy motivated and have actually had time to work on stuff. See you guys next time!