SteveTheFish

My Rei and Asuka sofubi figures are coming along. I used dark blue pastel chalk to do the recessed areas of Rei's hair and an acrylic goache mix of burnt umber and red to do Asuka's hair. Then I did a flat clear coat of V-Color to seal them in. I think I'm ready for assembly now.

This J-YT modeler modified the crap out of this old IMAI/Bandai Regult kit with ball joints.

I'd suggest replacing the hands with Kotobukiya's MSG Normal Hands 2020. Use Wave's ball joints to modify the legs to have them splay better. Here is a project I am nearly finished with. This is my build of the old 1:100 Imai Armored Valkyrie I've shared some pics of on here. https://odysee.com/@stevethefishdotnet:2/Imai-Macross-1100-Armored-VF-1J-Valkyrie-plamo-build-1-マクロス　アーマードバルキリー:3

I'm watching Kousaka's video of Aoshima's booth. Looks Kaneda has gone all-out with the whole furry thing. Sheesh. Yet he won't make a VFG of Misa riding a VF-1 Valk.

Which kit is this again?

My Asuka and Rei sofubi figures are looking good! I was thinking I'd do some pastel chalk in their hair to darken the recesses, but I haven't decided yet.

Fixed! I just used a bit of Tamiya's pink brown wash and then used Tamiya gloss pink acrylic for her tongue. Here's a link to my photoset on Tumblr.

Hey, you're right! I overlooked that detail. Thanks!

My most recently completed build, Claire Frost from Hasegawa's Eggplane Girls series of 1:12 scale resin figure kits.

I've got the very first kit, with the no-name blue-haired girl. I can scan if you'd like.

@nightmareB4macross That's always been my favorite pose, the one between Fighter and Gerwalk with the legs extended and the arms retracted. That looks cool.

Imai's kit was 1:100 and Arii's kit was 1:72. typically Arii kits had better surface detail, but Imai had overall better proportions. Some of the Arii kits are awkward-looking. Their Glaug though was pretty good. I've never seen one in-person, but builds I've seen of it look nice.

I'm sometimes working on this Dirty Pair garage kit I bought at Wonder Festival in Chiba about 10 years ago. The last time I touched this was in 2021 I think. Now I've done a dry fit to test it out. Just using pins and blue tack to keep it together. The guy who made this kit also made other Lovely Angel kits, as well as Zentraedi and Meltrandi fleet ships. He introduced me to the head of Studio Nue... I forget his name because I am apparently not a big enough fan. IIRC, I think he told me that Kei's character was sort of inspired by his wife. Don't quote me on that.

Hey, I noticed that the contents of one of my Citadel shading bottles is getting a bit too thick. What should I thin it down with before it tries up? IPA? Water?

Those look great. I am also building these same four ships, but I was not lucky to get the 15th anniversary repops and mine must probably be from the '80s. The decals for the Therval Salal were manageable, but decals for the LST and Breetai's flagship were brittle. I poured Microscale Decal Film into the airbrush and sprayed them a few times. After that, they didn't break apart but were still stubborn.