dj898 Posted December 26, 2005 Share Posted December 26, 2005 (edited) [/img] wait a minute, where is that Zaku reaching for? With all this, The Zaku makes his last desperate attempt at fliping some skirt Keep up the good work, love your action poses 355053[/snapback] yep last attempt to get Gundam off by squeezing its ball - that is if it has one or two... Edited December 26, 2005 by dj898 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dj898 Posted December 26, 2005 Share Posted December 26, 2005 (edited) some more arrangment and test fit on the base... maybe I need bigger base...? http://img505.imageshack.us/img505/319/p10507569ev.jpg http://img505.imageshack.us/img505/5691/p10507551xm.jpg http://img505.imageshack.us/img505/4599/p10507546fm.jpg [EDIT] another round of changes... http://img502.imageshack.us/img502/6500/p10507588yh.jpg http://img502.imageshack.us/img502/6128/p10507570qg.jpg Edited December 26, 2005 by dj898 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VF-19 Posted December 26, 2005 Share Posted December 26, 2005 some more arrangment and test fit on the base...maybe I need bigger base...? http://img505.imageshack.us/img505/319/p10507569ev.jpg http://img505.imageshack.us/img505/5691/p10507551xm.jpg http://img505.imageshack.us/img505/4599/p10507546fm.jpg [EDIT] another round of changes... http://img502.imageshack.us/img502/6500/p10507588yh.jpg http://img502.imageshack.us/img502/6128/p10507570qg.jpg 355090[/snapback] Hmm... I don't know if this is beyond your skill, but you could use some improvement in the damage department. You've got the poses down pat, but the damage done to both the Gundam and Zaku II is somewhat unrealistic (well, to be fair, Gundams and Zakus aren't real in the first place). For example, the leg that's been severed on the Zaku, you could build the leg as is, and then using a hot wire, slice the leg at the point where the beam saber lopped it off (beware of plastic fumes). You could then rough up the remains of the leg, and then paint the kit, and then drybrush some silver onto the damage part. All in all, though, it's shaping up to be a great diorama! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dj898 Posted December 26, 2005 Share Posted December 26, 2005 (edited) well I could if I have my tools with me but I'm building with just knife and nipper and small piece of sand paper... the damage is more by the exploding shell rather than beam saber... Gundam is on top of it to finish off as it's about to pull out the beam saber... damage mod is still early in-progress... just spent few minutes to do zaku's left leg frame bit... by the time I finalise the pose and position then I can spend more time to build the inner frame/skeleton based on drawings... http://img522.imageshack.us/img522/4861/p10507619dn.jpg http://img522.imageshack.us/img522/6522/p10507591cv.jpg [EDIT] How about this then? what I could do with knife and few spare runner in few minutes... http://img510.imageshack.us/img510/2101/p10507623hq.jpg Edited December 26, 2005 by dj898 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VF-19 Posted December 26, 2005 Share Posted December 26, 2005 well I could if I have my tools with me but I'm building with just knife and nipper and small piece of sand paper... the damage is more by the exploding shell rather than beam saber... Gundam is on top of it to finish off as it's about to pull out the beam saber... damage mod is still early in-progress... just spent few minutes to do zaku's left leg frame bit... by the time I finalise the pose and position then I can spend more time to build the inner frame/skeleton based on drawings... http://img522.imageshack.us/img522/4861/p10507619dn.jpg http://img522.imageshack.us/img522/6522/p10507591cv.jpg [EDIT] How about this then? what I could do with knife and few spare runner for few minutes... 355133[/snapback] Hmm... You could use the nipper to tear and twist the armour to represent an exploding shell. The knife you could heat and use it to flex and warp the plastic. But looking good! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dj898 Posted December 26, 2005 Share Posted December 26, 2005 i wish... I just use little cutter knife - you know the type you can break off bits for new sharp edge... it's too small to use heated up I'm afraid... And hacing extra holiday with x-mas fell on Sunday no one opened today so I couldn't get anything since Sunday... I may use soldering iron to melt the edge of the cut off line to imitate the beam saber cut... for the damage inner frame I will probably ended up making separate unit to glue into - those are just for guide only... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twoducks Posted December 26, 2005 Share Posted December 26, 2005 How about you use a cigarette lighter to melt some of the edges? Those PG in the background of some of the shots look incredible. How much does it take to paint them that good? Do you use an airbrush to get that weathered effect? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dj898 Posted December 26, 2005 Share Posted December 26, 2005 (edited) i don't smoke and only thing I have is lighter oil for weathering... PG are the ones I used for shading long time ago... if you like check out the original posting here. I may build another PG Gundam with fully coloured internal skeleton with MAX style armours... (when I get my air brushing setup shipped from old man's place...) at that time I didn't know about MAX style so it was applying shadow over the painted armour... MK-II was the first one I tried resulting very heavy shadow while Zaku is the 3rd one... basically once painted you just apply very lighht amount of darker shade over the panel line and other area that you want to give the shadow... (you will need very steady hand and experiment with the pressure to ge the right amount... think I will need to practice again since it's been few years since last time I used the air brushing.) Edited December 26, 2005 by dj898 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
promethuem5 Posted December 27, 2005 Share Posted December 27, 2005 I managed a pretty good very subtle MAX style shading by painting a thinned down dark black-brown mix over the bare sea green GM plastic and then spraying the whole thing with white primer... add in the rain streaks and armor damage ala Cody's Coop, and it's just subtle enough to notice without looking too dark. I'm really pleased with how my GM is comming out... it's one beat up mobile suit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dj898 Posted December 27, 2005 Share Posted December 27, 2005 (edited) some more detailed damage area - and while I was at it put the metal pipe into the backpack thrusters as well as at the foot... Does it look convincing? http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/1973/p10507666jy.jpg http://img522.imageshack.us/img522/5308/p10507680fy.jpg http://img522.imageshack.us/img522/3860/p10507710co.jpg http://img522.imageshack.us/img522/1996/p10507727vm.jpg http://img522.imageshack.us/img522/9453/p10507732xu.jpg appreciate any input... [EDIT] minor update on the dagame area and I cut out Zaku's side skirt for better movement plus am still debating whether I should cut off Gundam's waste parts into two pieces... http://img523.imageshack.us/img523/7431/p10507759tx.jpg http://img523.imageshack.us/img523/2889/p10507748ep.jpg Gundam's shoulder damage is now more in line with the techincal drawing... think of the outer skin of shoulder socket module blown away with the inner pipes exposed... they are basically four rods connected to make square box shape module... [EDIT] still working on the endo/exoskeleton parts on both Gundam and Zaku... I'm thinking Im spending way more time on damage area but then it'll be the feature of the diorama so there... :x http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/2429/p10507775sz.jpg http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/9876/p10507766kn.jpg http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/7596/p10507782oa.jpg http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/5876/p10507793dy.jpg I welcome any constructive suggestion/comment... Edited December 28, 2005 by dj898 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
promethuem5 Posted December 29, 2005 Share Posted December 29, 2005 (edited) Hi all, I just finished my first MG kit... a GM. Now that I've got a little experience, I've got a question before starting my next one... how do you guys mask all the joints when painting? Not the detail bits of the joints like on the knees and elbows, but the actual moving surfaces of the joints like ball and socket... I had to pin the ball for both thumb joints bc/ they got all gummed up and started to break... they can still move but I had to pin the ball to the thumb to add some extra support... And yes, I will get up pictures tommorow in between working on my report.... Edited December 29, 2005 by promethuem5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dj898 Posted December 29, 2005 Share Posted December 29, 2005 some minor update on Gundam - I cut off waste for better pose and in the process of more substantioanl damage on its right chest armour panel... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hikuro Posted December 29, 2005 Share Posted December 29, 2005 that is much better! lol poor Gundam is so beaten up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
promethuem5 Posted December 29, 2005 Share Posted December 29, 2005 Looks good. The tubing and cable on the shoulder joint looks really awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dj898 Posted December 29, 2005 Share Posted December 29, 2005 I will probably colour Gundam in different colour and marking as RX-78-1 or something in case anyone got the wrong idea... this Gundam is rebuilt prototype that was destroyed at Zaku's raid at the Side 7 and sent to earth for evaluation - and as the fate has it the poor pilot bumped into one of seasoned Zion's Zaku ace pilot... still the superiority of the MS itself allowed the EFF pilot to overcome the cunning Zaku pilot sustaining severe damage - he/she will surely get his/her ass fired for this.. he he Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
promethuem5 Posted December 30, 2005 Share Posted December 30, 2005 Hi all, Here's pictures of my first MG model kit, a trusty old GM. I really beat the snot out of this kit as I wanted it to look as tho it had seen alot of action and was in the middle of a big firefight, and had been on the ground like inside a colony or on Earth.... This is about how all of my kits are gonna look.... I intend to get a whole big wad of different OYW models and set them up in a big fight scene, and then get a few of the neato space suits like from Stardust Memories, which I'll do differently. Comments are welcom, I'm looking for feedback here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dj898 Posted December 30, 2005 Share Posted December 30, 2005 hmm... not bad you could give it the washed out weathering... atm it looks like someone put some dirty hand on the kit leaving those marks... and to be critical the damage mod is bit off imho... (You can tell from my in-progress diorama heh) You may want to reconstruct the left shoulder module from scratch if you are up for it... (or nick the shoulder parts from OYW version Gundam - I wish I based my Gundam on OYW Gundam as it would've saved me some work...) however not a bad job!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
promethuem5 Posted December 30, 2005 Share Posted December 30, 2005 That shot with the left shoulder armor off was just so I could put the armor bit with the other removed panels and stuff... it's not actually supposed to be blown off, just not there for the photo As for some more really subtle weathering, i'm still debating... I haven't got an airbrush so there goes the best way to do it... I've been trying to decide if i wnt to slap one super light and subtle tan drybrush over the whole thing.... whcih amrsk look like leftovers from a greasy-handed kid? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dj898 Posted December 30, 2005 Share Posted December 30, 2005 the face really looks like that... you could after giving the coat apply athin'd down black and use cotton bud to wipe out in streak giving the weathered look - it's bit hard to explain but you know those on military tank with those streak marks and weathering as if it's been out & thru numerous rain and what not... ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
port Posted December 30, 2005 Share Posted December 30, 2005 Dude! Dude! Yeah! Thats freeeeecking awesome. Thats what I'm talk'in about! I tip my hat to that my freind. Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dj898 Posted December 30, 2005 Share Posted December 30, 2005 (edited) quick test fit of Gundam and pose variation for Zaku... [EDIT] while waiting for epxy putty to be cured I've been experimenting with alternative arrangement... what do yo think? O_O Edited December 30, 2005 by dj898 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grss1982 Posted December 30, 2005 Share Posted December 30, 2005 maybe you might want to restart collecting now? here it is in its full glory, the only thing i do not like is the hands.chris 354744[/snapback] Teh Akatsuki :wub: Hey zeo-mare, are the DRAGOONS detachable? And could they be posed the same way as that strike freedom's DRAGOONS taht I saw here in MW a few months back? BTW, no flight pack included? only the DRAGOON pack? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeo-mare Posted December 30, 2005 Share Posted December 30, 2005 hi the dragoons i am pretty certain are detachable and i think they can be posed launching from the backpack like the others. i do not mind that it is not coming with the flight pack, i like this pack better. chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Valkyrie Posted December 30, 2005 Author Share Posted December 30, 2005 My mind is playing on me, it say to get MG MKII 2.0, MG Z 2.0 and I really don`t want cuz I have feeling we might see a GQ Zeta MSs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kensei Posted December 31, 2005 Share Posted December 31, 2005 I wonder if you can connect the beam sabre to the Hyakurai beam rifle on the Akatsuki like a bayonet? That's what it is capable of in the lineart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeo-mare Posted December 31, 2005 Share Posted December 31, 2005 if you look at the pictures i posted a few pages back it looks like the gun can accept the beam saber so i think that feature will be in the kit. chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Valkyrie Posted December 31, 2005 Author Share Posted December 31, 2005 (edited) Any of you received/got the MG Zeta ver. 2.0 cuz I would like a feedback or a review. PS: Yes thats my 1/100 HG Gundam-X Divider in the avatar. Edited December 31, 2005 by Black Valkyrie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeo-mare Posted December 31, 2005 Share Posted December 31, 2005 hi i have heard all good things about the Zeta 2.0, i am holding off on mG kits right now and focusing on other things. by the way do you have any bigger pictures of your X Divider? chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Valkyrie Posted December 31, 2005 Author Share Posted December 31, 2005 Ok thanks. As for the Gundam-X Divider pic yes but its unclear cuz the digi-cam I used its old, less than 1 mega-pixel and it belongs to my friend but I`ll put it in the test forum with some other pics Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
promethuem5 Posted December 31, 2005 Share Posted December 31, 2005 Anyone know of a good place to look for a PG GP-01FB? I guess I can look on eBay but it's gotta be stateside. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hikuro Posted December 31, 2005 Share Posted December 31, 2005 HERE BUT SOLD OUT Orrrrrrr You could try HobbyLink Japan if they still sell it....its sort of hard getting PG kits, they sell very well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F360° Posted January 1, 2006 Share Posted January 1, 2006 Anyone know of a good place to look for a PG GP-01FB? I guess I can look on eBay but it's gotta be stateside. 356450[/snapback] The cheapest place I have seen was on Ebay. There was a military guy that was station in Japan and he was posting the PG GP-01FB for sale at around $200 shipped. i don't see it list in his auctions anymore but you can always contact him and ask if he can get on for you. His ebay aka is scheradon http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZscheradonQQhtZ-1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
promethuem5 Posted January 1, 2006 Share Posted January 1, 2006 (edited) That bad... crap.... One more thing, is there a kit of the big green ass-kicking mobile armor that Gato pilots in the end of Stardust Memories 0083? Edited January 1, 2006 by promethuem5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F360° Posted January 1, 2006 Share Posted January 1, 2006 That bad... crap....One more thing, is there a kit of the big green ass-kicking mobile armor that Gato pilots in the end of Stardust Memories 0083? 356542[/snapback] Yes but it's pretty small. The Neue Ziel Model Kit 1/550 Scale. http://www.gundamstoreandmore.com/ban907719.html if you get that then you must get the one below too http://www.gundamstoreandmore.com/ban903908.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
promethuem5 Posted January 1, 2006 Share Posted January 1, 2006 OMG those kits are awesome.... I've gotta get both, cuz they're two rediculously cool designs. And if nothing else, the little 1/550 scale Zaku II and Gundam are soooooooo cute! Thanks for the headsup on these, now I know what I've gotta get next. Now if only we could get an MG Dendrobium... we've already got the GB-03 Gundam, and I think I read that it has potetianl docking points, so it's obviously the next step.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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