I want him! But I have no budget :(This was another simple and straightforward SDCS build, but I did run into a funny issue while putting it together. The thin orange vertical piece that goes into the forehead fin thingy was a really loose fit. It doesn't snap in at all and would easily fall out at the slightest movement of the head. I had to use a little bit of blutack to just hold it in. Curious if it was a single defect in this particular kit I got, or if it's a problem with the mould.
But the next decade won't start for another year. :P It's not even astronomical winter right now in the northern hemisphere. ;)
Well, I went and got it. This will probably be my last build of the year.
I'm hoping to start off 2020 with MG Barbatos, if it's not sold out everywhere. It's not often you get to build your first Gunpla of the decade.
We only accept Dreadnoughts. 😛
I have started building it but it's not complete yet.
Oh yeah I panel lined the runners immediately with the Tamiya panel line accent wash. I also used the gundam marker panel line pen to touch up a few areas.
Looks great.But the next decade won't start for another year. :P It's not even astronomical winter right now in the northern hemisphere. ;)
Anyways, penultimate build of the year.
HGBD RGM-86RBM GM III Beam Master
The shield is not canon because it's the one from the GM III kit and it's supposed to be discarded but I liked it to much for me to not use it. Technically, I could have used the one from the HGUC powered GM since it also has a white rim and orange center without a yellow cross as it is featured in episode 1 of Gundam Build Divers but there's something unusual about a Federation shield with the cross in mostly white instead of red that appeals to me.
I realised after the I took the photos that the muzzle piece of the Changeling Rifle is slightly crooked (I probably bumped on it while posing the kit for the photo). It's already fixed but I'm feeling too lazy to take the photos again just for that.
The Detolf: the Swedish product that binds hobbyists all over the world together. I'm about to build my third. :)
I generally don't paint my kits except certain details and I don't topcoat either. For the Beam Master the only things I painted are the dark grey parts at the top of the knees and the dark grey at the top of of the side-skirt armaments because all those were stickers with a relatively poor fit. Compare with the grey squares in the bottom front of the legs which are stickers but those could be applied without trouble.
I mean, yes ans no. Wing was my introduction to Gundam and I do have a lot of nostalgia for the suits. So when I went to Japan this year I decided to pick up the suits.
This is true for America but does it apply for Sweden? I was introduced to Gundam with the 1979 original in 2011. Gundam has never been on TV here and the only thing that has been broadcasted that references it heavily is Keroro which actually makes it rather weird because none of the viewers understand its obsession with Gundam and gunpla.
I live in Sweden as well. I never saw Gundam on TV either. One of my friends looked at Wing when she was young but I got properly introduced to the series by Gundam 00.
Well, here it is then:
Nice! Do these have any kind of articulation or are they fixed pose?Well, here it is then:
It also counts as my actual last build of the year, surprisingly enough. I'll post a few more pictures in the more appropriate thread.
I have just started, so I can't answer in general. This one can rotate at the waist and both arms can also rotate around the shoulder. The most basic articulation you can get, pretty much. Also, rotating it too much will probably scrape some paint off (though it should remain hidden).
A cautious approach would be to topcoat it with gloss before panel lining. If you don't topcoat and whatever you use to panel line is as strong or stronger than what you used to paint the V-fin, it will affect the paint.
I've seen some people class the ones that are for colouring as enamel (unsure if true) but the ones for panel lining tend to be a bit of a mystery. :P
Then that's a matter of preference so it's up to you. The only thing I can offer is this look at the twin Ball set where I panel lined one without painting and painted the other in metallic colours without panel lining. Unfortunately, this does not tell you how metallic colours plus panel lines will look like.
