Shin Matsunaga Redux!

I got tired of looking at Mr. Matsunaga's White Wolf standing on my desk with all his stickers on. So I changed some things. For more information and pics, check out his redone gallery.

I did lose one Bclub hand though... dammit.

Hand it to GM

If you have been following my blog (and I sure hope you have) you will hopefully remember the problems I previously mentioned about my GM 2.0's hands. If you don't wish to read back to find out what happened. I will let the picture speak for itself.

I was thinking of making it into a diorama with hand parts everywhere showing that weak little GM got his ass, or in this case hands, um.. handed to him.

But I don't have time!

So instead I came up with a better, quicker solution.

Sorry, Shin Matsunaga. But it's for the greater good. Well not really, but it is advantageous to you. Why do I say that?

Good old Bclub. I can use Matsunaga's hands for the GM (just paint the armour black) and then give the White Wolf 3 pairs of detailed hands. (So, it could be said that GM got Matsunaga's hands handed to him. Now I am confusing myself.) Of course, this means I am thinking of redoing the white zaku like I did the Shin Musha Gundam. HobbyLink Japan has waterslides in stock. Mmm.

Also, it appears that RX-78-3 is getting used to life on my desk.

Hey, wait a minute! That's not yours!

Linkage

Minelayer Gallery

Shin Matsunaga

I have been playing with my blog set-up and have added a couple of galleries for my completed Gundams.  Check the links on the right.  For now, here's a sneak peak.

It's alive!

Kit: MG MS-06R-1A Zaku II Shin Matsunaga Custom Ver 2.0

I took this guy home at the end of Jan. 2010 to finally fix what I didn't know was a problem back when I built him, one of my first kits. I originally used the supplied marking stickers. Bleh. Now I know that they are to be avoided. Here's the complete list of changes

1)Remove stickers and use waterslides.

2)Give kit hands to GM and replace with Bclub hands.

3)All grey pieces painted German Grey.

4)Aurora stickers used for scopes of bazooka and machinegun.

5)Bazooka and machine gun and axe painted Dark Gunmetal, with blade of ax painted Mica Silver.

6)Flat topcoat.



















Here are the original shots that were used for this gallery. I have left my original write-up as it was below.

This is it, all pieced together. Before putting it altogether I weathered it using some techniques I saw on the internet. I used the marker that is the 'sand' colour and coloured it across an edge and then took a Q-Tip and rubbed it all over the edges of the model. It looks like the robot has been out in the elements and is a little dusty. I also took my rust colour marker and added rust to certain creases and joints. The photographer at work took some pictures for the site, and here they are.

Shin Matsunaga's Zaku version 2.0

What a mouthful that title was. As I have come to understand it, the bad guys in the Gundam universe' drive these Zaku suits. This particular one belongs to Shin Matsunaga, or the White Wolf, as he is called. Once again, I really have no idea. I just like the look of the kit.

The first page in the instruction book starts with the feet, so that's where I started. I knew I wanted to do a more detailed job on this kit than the last one, so I picked up some extra supplies (files, sandpaper, coloured markers, etc.).

What you can't really see in this picture is how I used a paint marker to colour the pistons inside the foot. That's one of the things I really enjoy about these Master Grade kits. The amount of detail in the frame. There's a piston in the front and rear of both of these fit.