Psycho Zaku work in progress posts
Weathering and details – I love this part – its time consuming but its very satysfying as those small things brings ”reality„ And a bit of storytelling into miniature. Beside details – and bit of wear on giant rocket, I added some more photoetched parts to technical arms. Now my PsychoZaku looks way better –…
To get more of huge PsychoZaku’s bazooka – I decided to add few more details. Sensor device got new optics and few photoetched parts. I like the look now. Then to get a bit techy look cables were added – guitar strings fits perfectly for this task 🙂
Slowely but fairly – handpainted details to depict signs of use of mobile suit – at this stage its hard to call it weathering – I went for ”realistic-like” look – not extensively used, but used… Edge highlights applied, a bit of wear on thrusters and small directional verniers + other small details added. Here…
For top coat I used VallejoMecha Matt Varnish – Long story short: model was disassembled… and matte varnish applied 🙂
Wow – Psycho Zaku is on top in many topics – one of is number of thrusters – MS itself, backpack and huge rockets set have those vactor thrusters in many places – real high mobility. This is how I see really maneuverable space ship! Painting went fine – Vallejo Mecha Light Gunmetal with Citadel…
Small things matters – technical arms are fine mechanical parts of PsychoZaku design – fully articulated and adjustable – of course I couldn’t move forward without some extra painting and detailing 🙂 Now, those looks exactly as I like.
In my eyes, weakest part of PsychoZaku MG kit are hands – palms in fact… Decided to replace them with Bandai MS Hands02 (Zeon) 1/100. Now it looks waaay better – below photo shows kit hands (left side) vs upgraded. New palms are just great! Zaku with new palms got a lot more expression! A…
Decals went very well – based on manual, MicroSol and Bandai decals provides great combo for easy going application. I’m fan of details here and there – sometimes its hard to spot those on finished models – I like it this way – details should be discovered and provides some type of story to the…
Backpack parts were black primed (Vallejo Mecha of course… – I still love those). And base colors were applied – no issues – Mecha color palette. I found quite a problem with handling big Beam Bazooka – weapon is heavy and Zaku isn’t able to hold it properly in hand. I found a solution –…