OmegaD3k Posted February 4, 2007 Share Posted February 4, 2007 Hi! I’ve been lurking the boards for a couple of years now and have finally decided to join up. As for me: I grew up watching Robotech when I was a kid (preferred it over Transformers due to the characters & story and quite obviously the Valks), but once I’ve watched Mac+, then DYRL?, I started to dislike Robotech more and more.. Now I’m a macros-nut, collecting Yammies, models and looking forward to each new thing related to Macross. :] (need to find a better job, those Yamatos are getting more and more expensive..) I’m not a good modeler, but I try to improve.. In any case here’s a WIP I might work on later: Got a few questions I hope someone might answer: - My next model is the 1/100 “Knight of Gold†from Five Star Stories, and I’ve been wondering: How do ya get that golden color? It shouldn’t be too shiney, just a little bit of gloss. Which colors should be mixed to get this gold? Here’s a pic of what I’m trying to get: http://www.toyspress.co.jp/factorys/former...age/100_002.jpg - What’s the best way to paint a model? Before or after construction? Should I paint the pieces while they’re in the tray, or build some parts together (like a leg piece, or a head) and then paint them? Any help would be great! -Oddy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big F Posted February 4, 2007 Share Posted February 4, 2007 Welcome to MW. Your story is so similar to a majority of the MW users. Great start to your modeling, you seem to have taken the old Vf1 Hasegawa conversion and applied it to the Vf0. Keep us posted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MechTech Posted February 4, 2007 Share Posted February 4, 2007 Welcome! Looks great so far! Keep up the good work and be inspired by others here, not intimidated! - MT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grayson72 Posted February 5, 2007 Share Posted February 5, 2007 Welcome to the boards and thanks for sharing, looks great so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
007-vf1 Posted February 5, 2007 Share Posted February 5, 2007 looks like a nice build. Hope you keep us tracked on your advance.. the best way to paing is doing sub-assemblies and paint them before the main assemblies what you have to keep in mnind are that you have to make pre fittings and probably modifications to figure out how things should work better for you. follow "master" WM Cheng step by step treads and you get lots of insights on how to build and paint models the right way... http://www.macrossworld.com/mwf/index.php?...69&hl=cheng Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HWR MKII Posted February 6, 2007 Share Posted February 6, 2007 Keep it up and dont stop. This is really good work. All you need now is an SV-51 Gerwalk to complete the scene. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OmegaD3k Posted February 8, 2007 Author Share Posted February 8, 2007 (edited) Thanks for the welcome everyone! That's a fantastic link, 007-vf1. Thanks for posting that! Here's my old VF-0D: Didn't take any close-up shots because the paint job was... lame.. very lame. (cloud photo was taken when I flew to Chicago on vacation, the VF0D was maniped slightly to give it a blur effect and to fix some paint errors.. All done in Photoshop.) That's it for now, time to get back to modeling. Edited February 8, 2007 by OmegaD3k Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TER-OR Posted March 4, 2007 Share Posted March 4, 2007 I did a similar conversion a few years back with VF-S kits. http://www.starshipmodeler.info/wfest2k3/diorama18.jpg Good work so far with the -0. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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