Entry Grade Nu Gundam. This was my first time trying to cel shade gunpla, I had seen it done quite often before but most of them usually had a more exaggerated or complicated style of cel shading which was cool, but I wanted to try actually match the anime, so for this Nu Gundam, I really tried to replicate the shading and colors from the CCA movie. The kit was painted using Arrtx markers, and then I used some panel liner markers and gundam pour markers and a toothpick to do the outline, I wasn’t really good at the outlining part so the kit is a bit rough around the edges.

To sell the whole look, I then drew the effect on some card paper, trying to match how they looked in the movie, and stuck them onto the kit using some sticky tack for the photos. Background is just a blue piece of paper that I splattered stars on by smacking a white marker.

This was a short 3 day side project as a break from my HG Xi custom but honestly I might’ve liked doing this more.

So i bought myself the infamous mg cow and i can say the rumors were true there indeed a whole lot of extra pieces . I’d say there’s enough to make a whole mobile suit . Might go through them to see if i can make something out of them .

Just finished this kit (Awakening Super Soldier Gundam Kyrios GK Style). It was a very straightforward and smooth build. The joints are also very solid! The accompanied WSD were a bit brittle though. They are also going to release Dynames GK Style. Hope they complete the set.

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I used to make straight builds as a kid. I eventually stopped cause I didn’t have the time/money to do them “right”. Well now I’m old and now I DO have the time and money to at least do a little better.

I’ve done about 22 builds in the past year. Here’s 11 of them in the order I remember doing them from oldest to newest.

After 2 days of building, and another 2 and a half for the decals, I've finally finished my Daban MG Electroplated Sazabi Ver Ka.

I painted all the gold and silver injection parts as they looked bad in contrast to the electeoplated red, and I also added gold to some other areas.

Overall the building experience was not that good. While I didn't really have any fitting issues, many parts just did not want to stay fully attached due to the electroplating, so I had to glue and cement quite a bit. A lot of flashing as well so the cleanup was annoying. This original sazabi ver ka was also not undergated, which meant I had to paint the nub marks as well.

Decaling, which I usually enjoy, was annoying as the smooth surface of the electroplating made the waterslides not adhere well, even with setter. Using metallic gold decals also probably didn't help.

Joints on this kit are very loose as well, even after using a joint strengthening pen. Doesn't help that this kit is pretty old with engineering from 2013.

After all that though, I would say it was worth the effort I put into it. It just looks glorious. Can't really pose it like the RG as this kit is allergic to its weapons, and to standing up straight. I tried to pose it with all its weapons but the hand just gives up without any support. This is definitely a kit I won't be touching from now on, gonna just keep it in this pose.

HG Messer F01

First time handpainting, or painting in general. Hand Painted the primer and topcoat too. Theres alot of scratches in places where it moves but I'm really happy on how its looking so far. Please enjoy

The parts snap so easily and cleanly I hardly need to clean up anything, the color separation is fantastic, and guys, the way they made the eyes POP without paint or stickers, just by clever use of gaps, is fantastic.

Btw, it's the Nu Gundam. Cheers.

This is the Star brand Guncannon, and I must say, this is an absolutely fantastic kit!

A huge sheet of water slide decals is included with this kit, and they are far better quality than I’ve gotten with more expensive kits.

Didn't think much of topcoat, got come off of amazon for 5 bucks and its crazy how good it makes the kits look. will probably go through my builds and topcoat all of them

Both 1/144 scales, red frame was RG and other was custom painted.

But the reason spend a bit money on mini fog machine is to taking cooler pictures.

I'm on my third entry grade wing set and I'm still not satisfied with the panel lining, I just don't get it, I panel lined my zeta in between matches of apex legends

I wasn't even really trying

But I just can't get good looking results despite putting in way more effort, aside from the scratches from rescribing the lines just don't look clean and I can't seem to avoid any kind of smudging

One on the Left is bandai and the Right is Grassland model

Now, as a middle-aged gay man, I generally have no interest in girlpla, but I thought I'd try one just for a change of pace. Who better than Saint Chuchu, Our Lady of Pugilism?

Demi Barding because it's awesome and to add subreddit relevance.

Finished this just today, guest appearance by my boyfriend's Iron Toys Star Fall

First time doing a custom and it honestly turned out better than I expected!

Spent a whole week trying each suggested styles of weathering (do this and that). Ended up sticking with my own. Not the best, but I think I made him awesome in my newb little way. Now I only need the weapons to dry and finish the kit with a matte coat. Cheers everyone.

My dream kit and first real grade and wow it’s stunning and the build is great