It worked! I knew it would!

The Hands!

These, too, turned out as I hoped they would. I sprayed the Gloss Aluminum on the joints, micro-masked (once again!) and then sprayed the German Gray. Some touch up was required but now they look somewhat like moving pistons and resemble the movable pieces on the arm and legs. I will save the 'punch-you-in-the-face' fist photograph for the photo shoot upon its completion.

Blades

The handles were painted in Gloss Aluminum, German Gray, and Gun Metal, just like the rifle was (and the Bazooka will be). The yellow transparent parts were painted over with Clear Orange to darken them up a bit.

The Frame!

Sorry for the lack of cool postures. It was some effort just to make this guy stand up by himself as I didn't 'snap' everything into play when I assembled it. I don't want to move him too much because the German Gray seems to come off fairly easily if I handle it too much with my sweaty hands. The 'wings' are still drying at home before decaling so they aren't making an appearance either. Most of these details will be covered up by the armour, but I still am glad I did it.

It's a gun!

It's a very sleek looking gun!

I am hopping back and forth between the frame and the gun and the final detailing and painting of both. Apparently, I am really reluctant to move onto the armour. All things in their time, I suppose. Last night, not having much time I opted to apply the waterslides to the rifle and finish it once and for all. Here are the results. I think it turned out really well after all that effort I spent masking and painting.

Now to finish that frame!

Some odds and ends before I head off.

So I am off to the tropical island paradise of chichimjima (父島) for a week. Where I won't have access to my gunpla (although I am tempted to bring along the eco gundam I picked up at Shiokaze.

I have done some more painting to the weapons and upon my return should be starting on the armour. A week seems like a long time when away from the plastic...


More micro masking. I sprayed this intitally with the silver aluminum and then masked off the part that I wanted to stay that colour.
after the Dark Gun Metal...

This piece was sprayed with the German Gray that I have used on the frame and then masked and sprayed with the Dark Gun Metal.
And assembled.
The picture doesn't show it well, but the three colours look pretty good together. I have top-coated it and will apply the decals when I get around to that part. That part I am not looking forward to. It will take a long time.


And the seam lines have been eliminated so I will need to prime this before painting it.

And I am off! 行くぜ。

So I think I may be obsessive/compulsive

Or is it anal-retentive?


I just spent hours masking tiny, little, almost unseeable pieces of the gun. I wanted to paint it in Dark Gun Metal with some other colours used to break it up somewhat.
See what I mean? Micro-masking.
And again!
The pictures make it look pretty big but trust me, it is not.

But the results speak for themselves　（except for the crappy lighting in my room at 11pm).
I used some more of my aurora stickers for the scopes.
I am really impressed with how the rifle is turning out. I can see it coming together. Which is something I can't do with Sinanju itself right now as I haven't even finished the frame.

But....

There is one part of the frame that I finished tonight that will look awesome once I assemble it. I am really proud of myself actually. I will assemble the frame without armour and then take it to work for some good quality shots before I start putting the armour on.

Look forward to it!

It's huge!

That's what she said. (A woman standing next to me at Shiokaze park looking at the Giant Gundam.)



I am away for the next couple of weeks and this may be the last chance for me to see this thing so I headed down there saturday afternoon. It is really impressive! I will post a few pictures to add to the massive collection that now appears on the net, mostly just to prove I was there.

I spent most of my time there in line to buy the merchandise. Unfortunately, they were limiting people to only 1 piece of the 30th anniversary Green Project kit each so I couldn't pick up any extra. But if one of you readers is interested in the one I got let me know. I don't see myself having free time to build this thing anytime soon.
Now.. back to Sinanju!