Weathering started and some details
I like those small details in weathering – dirt, scratches, rust (of course gundamium will not) streaks oils stains and etc. Someone didn’t washed hands today….
Work in progress posts
Glossy!
After decals and before weathering I,m always applying gloss clear cote – Vallejo Mecha Gloss Varnish in this case – sits perfectly and looks good!
Weaponry
GM Command is not super equipped mobile suit – only Bullpup machine gun and a shield. Lets start with some weathering tests. Seems ok! – personally I like used look of mecha… 🙂
Decals!
After application of clear varnish (Vallejo Mecha – out of the bottle) and giving it fair amount of drying time, the time has come for water slides application. I like this part of project – decals – in my opinion, specially in case of Gunpla modeling decals are super important! All those small notes/warnings/caution marks…
Brand new RGM79G
..couldn’t wait – I assembled all painted parts together – damn – it looks amazing like brand new machine out of factory! Small photo-etched details and pistons adds extra flavor … it looks definitely “too new” – I’m fan of realistic models – machines that are used on battle field somewhere in UC 🙂 Weathering…
Pistons made easy
In gunpla I just love mechanical details – eg pistons!In RGM foot pistons are visible and designed as operational by Bandai. Unfortunately paint is quickly stripped down – my plan is to make this detail operational and real. Simple tip for working pistons – all you need is silver tape used for chimneys tubes connection…
Basic colors painted
After almost one week, primer was cured for 200% (it was ready after 24h, but I was not able to paint before).I took some great colors from Vallejo Mecha palette and start to paint. Decided to go with UC accurate painting or my Colony Command.Old airbrush did the job – I have only paint, and…
Return to airbrushing
As it was my comeback after 10years to plastic kit models, I was trying to find quite easy and fast way to get into airbrushing. In my closet I took my old, Chinese-no-name-fake-Iwata-like airbrush, I removed dust from air compressor – seems everything is working fine! I looked for a paint, acrylic (non toxic –…
My First MG! Gunpla is FUN!
RGM79G GM Command (Colony type) – Bandai 1/100 Master Grade model – my first MG Gunpla – what a great kit – basic, very robotic design – it looks like, soon I will need more RGMs! This kit I bought in NYC during one of my business trips. It is my second Gunpla model. I…