Gundam GB 2005 - To March 1, 2006

Hi, folks

Yesterday Mr. Postman left me a tiny piece of paper, saying, that ... wait for it... wait for it... ok, Bandai High grade 1/144 ZGMF-1017 Mobile Ginn arrived from Hobbylink Japan and is waiting for me at the post office. To make long story short, this will be my first Gundam kit, so probably (most surely, in fact) I wil snap it together as fast as human possible. But hey, we still have time 'til GB ending, so I might be tempted to paint and weather it.

Oh, I forgot to ask, if new participants are still welcomed

You could do a transparent gold for the joints and get both effects.

Mindless wrote:

Yeah, kinda. But I had some major malfunction in my brain when I did that picture. The facemask is supposed to be semi-gloss black, along with the torso and the wings (not the Super DRAGOON's), and the black around the knees. Then all the white parts are supposed to be a dark grey, found a paint that should match quite well, a 'Gunship Grey' from Modelmaster. Then I'm going to use a regular gold paint for the frame of it. Don't really care for the lighting-up of the frame, the light isn't very strong anyway, and is pretty much only visible near the joints (a very faint light). And I only want the eyes to glow. Anyway, we'll see how it turns out when I get the actual model and can picture how it will look on it when finished.

Cool, it's going to look like the Zeta Plus C1!

Mindless wrote:

When I get the Strike Freedom kit I'll be sure to post up some pictures of the contents and scan the manual or something for others to have a look at it. http://img441.imageshack.us/img441/2795/colorideastrfreedom7hw.jpg That's the colors I had in mind. May change when it get it though.

Not to mention the fact that cold is NOT good for paint! Or fingers and toes for that matter.

Mindless wrote:

Thanks. I only pray that my Strike Freedom arrives soon so I can start building. I feel so lonely, almost empty, without a model to build now that I started. Oh well, got some stuff to do meanwhile. Got a spray booth to put together along with some other stuff, so I can do this stuff inside the house (the basement), not out in the garage. It's a pain in the... now that it's winter. I'm afraid to fall all the time when I carry my stuff outside to paint. Anyway. Looking forward to posting here.

Mindless wrote:

Sorry for the late 'sign-up', but... ...sign me up with a 1/60 Strike Freedom 'Lightning Edition'. It should arrive this week or the next. Here's a link to my latest work. http://img506.imageshack.us/img506/3556/pc1862343xp.jpg (It's a MG 1/100 Nu Gundam)

NICE! I'd love to see more photos! I'd also like to see photos of the contents of the Lighting Edition Freedom. I'm thinking of getting that one also.

s'cool, i'll pass the word on 2 lil' bro'...

 he's always thrilled 2 hear that his stuff is up on the net & getting good comments ! 

frosty

thanx, FrogFoot !

oh, & i almost forgot 2 post django's latest builds !

mobile suit GOUF & mobile suit Z'GOK (& friend)

mobile suit DOM

he's really getting 2 like these little guys !

have a great weekend, everybody !

frosty

Thanks frosty I did not want to go overbored on the battle damage on the Sword Strike since it never got to badly damaged in the show. Just little black spots on the white parts is it.

I think your GuAIZ looks great! I really like the coloring on it.

nathaniel can you add in other build for me GAT-X103 Buster Gundam in 1/144? I am going to build it and paint some of it today.

Here is the Sword Strike Done every thing is painted and some battle damage. All it needs is a clear coat

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c353/Char-88/IMG_0491.jpg

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c353/Char-88/IMG_0492.jpg

Feel free to tell me if some thing is not right on it.

And here are some pics front and back of Sword Strike http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c353/Char-88/IMG_0478.jpg

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c353/Char-88/IMG_0477.jpg

The grey is Tamiya XF-22 RLM Grey with X-1 Black mixed in to make it darker.

nathaniel, I used a airbrush I dont like rattle cans to much. I used Tamiya paint X-2 white X-7 Red and XF-8 blue then the light blue is a mix of X-2 white and XF-8.

Then after that I gave it a gloss coat to protect the acrylic paint since it comes off easy.

 Next step is to start the brush painting the grey on the joints and some exposed parts of the leg then paint the eyes, panel line some parts, paint the sword all the way. Then I should be about done. Should have pics up later today.