MG Exia Quick WIP

Since I couldn't get tickets to go to Comic Con this year, I figured I would just work on my build so here it is!

MG Deathscythe WIP 1

This is a kit that I received through reddit.com/r/gunpla's Secret Santa last Christmas. Here is a very quick update!

MG AGE-1 Normal WIP 3

I'm still waiting for several pieces to dry, but I wanted to post what I have for now. Come take a look!

MG AGE-1 Normal WIP 2 + SD Stargazer WIP 2

Not too much of an update, but it's something.

It's been a while! Here's MG AGE-1 NORMAL WIP 1

It's been more than half a year since my last real Gunpla post, but that doesn't mean I stopped with my hobby! Lots of things kept me from building, such as broken air compressor, moving to start my new job

MG Sandrock Ver. EW WIP 1 + Mini Globaltoy Review

It's been almost 2 months since my last post. I've been busy with real life issues and haven't really worked on Gunpla until a week ago, but I'm finally back! I have to admit, I definitely missed spending an hour or two each day working on Gunpla.

My latest project is the MG Sandrock ver. EW. 

HG Harute WIP 1

It's time for a new project - Harute from the movie Gundam 00: A Wakening of the Trailblazer! Originally, I planned to work on the SD Stargazer, but because of Dan's contest, I had to push it back. Plus, I'm thinking of joining Plamocon's contest as well. The SD Stargazer will be pushed back for quite a while.

MG Red Frame Kai WIP 4

The suit itself is finished! However, before I get to the rest of the pictures, I'd like to go in chronological order.

MG Red Frame Kai WIP 3 + SD Stargazer Start! (WIP 1)

MG Red Frame Kai

All the painted pieces with about half clearcoated

I got around to painting most of the pieces except for one last batch. The weather was decent to use my gloss Mr. Super Clear spray can, but I didn't have enough time to clearcoat all the pieces. Since my GX100 Super Clear IIIs did not come yet, only about half of the pieces you see above have been clearcoated. 

MG Red Frame WIP 2 + New Kits

Not too big of an update, but I decided to post at least 1 post per week or try to anyways.

New Project! MG Red Frame Kai WIP 1

It's finally time for a new project and this time it's my very first Master Grade, the Red Frame Kai! If anyone is wondering what part of the box my sneak peak picture was from my previous post, it's the very top part where you see a Gundam with a red aura around it. 

HG AGE-FX WIP 2 + New Items!

Even though it's late, Happy New Year everyone! Hope you all have a great 2013 filled with Gunpla! I know I'm excited to see what Bandai has in store for 2013, especially for the RG line. 

New Items

To start off here is a group shot of everything I got in the past couple weeks.

RG Freedom WIP 2.5 + HG AGE-FX WIP 1

The holidays this year was pretty good for me and I hope everyone else had a great time. I did get some more Gunpla for myself (darn you sales!) as well as Gunpla gifts from others. I'll be posting the pictures of my new items in my next post since I forgot to take them for this post. Anyways, here's my progress report:

RG Freedom WIP 2.5? Why the 0.5? Well, that's because I haven't progressed enough with it to justify calling it WIP 3. So what have I done with it? I got the 3rd party water slide decals, have placed some on the kit, and cleaned up some messy panel lines.

RG Freedom WIP #2 + New Items!

It's been nearly 2 weeks since my last post, but I'm back with some more updates. Before I get into the Freedom, I'd like to show off a couple great items. First is /r/gunpla's secret santa gift exchange over at reddit:

After getting home late, a box from modelgrade was waiting for me in front of my door. It was too early for the Nu Gundam Ver. Ka to come so I knew it would be from my secret santa. I excitedly opened the box as soon as I got in and saw my nicely wrapped gift (good job on the wrapping modelgrade!). I decided to leave it wrapped until Christmas, but the next morning I couldn't wait so I unwrapped it as soon as I got up. Here's my thought process:

Nicely wrapped. I wonder what it is!

New Project: RG Freedom WIP 1

As stated in my earlier post, my 2nd kit is the RG Freedom. I've been looking forward to building this because it'll be my introduction into the RG scale. Let's get to it!

SD Strike WIP 2

Hi guys! First of all, I hope you all had a great holiday as well as an awesome Black Friday! Now, on to business.

I've been wanting to update my blog for a while now, but since I wanted to take some pictures during the daytime I didn't have a chance until today. So starting from where I left off last time, all parts are painted!

I've got to say that it came out better than I expected, especially the head and the torso unit. I'm a bit partial towards how the blue camera turned out though. I was hoping that I could get a clear blue effect as if it was a clear blue plastic part if you know what I mean. However, there is no clear effect. It still does look good, but it's just not what I wanted. Maybe I should used 1 very light clear blue coat instead of 2 regular coats. Lesson learned. I also did some mock build to see how it'll turn out and here are the results in segment sequences:

Starting with Strike!

Hello, everyone. Before I get into my first Gunpla blog, I wanted to mention that this is my first blog ever and that any constructive criticism / advice or hate comments will be greatly appreciated and duly noted, respectively. Also, I decided to start this blog in the middle of painting, so it's not really from start to finish. Lastly, as I figure out how html works, the blog should look better than it is now. Now then, on with Gunpla!

Even though I'm not new with Gunpla itself, I've never actually fully built a model. When I say fully, I mean using the correct tools, painting, and detailing. I used twist the parts or forcefully break off the nubs. However, after finding and looking at the works from the people over at /r/gunpla, I decided to try fully building kits from now on. So I built myself a DIY painting booth, bought the necessary tools and paints, and most importantly the models. Since I'm new to the painting world of Gunpla, I figured I would start out with the easiest to build SD series. Thus, I chose this as my test / pratice kit: