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Here’s my HG IBO Graze Ein, and I must admit even though I typically hate building Grazes, this one was honestly pretty fun. There’s hardly anything that needed to be color-corrected aside from the feet and the casings for the bunker-busters under its forearms. Additionally since most of the parts are a lot larger than other Graze kits, it made things much easier to clean up when it came to removing the nub marks.

The Markers I used were:

GM 181 (Metallic Red) for the Mono-Eye Sensor.

TM 06 (30MM Black) for the feet, underslung Bunker-Buster casings, and just to help cover up any nub marks I didn’t feel like spending too much time on.

Overall, I recommend this one, but just be aware that you can’t store the shoulder-mounted guns inside the Mobile Suit, so you’ll have to just set them to the side when you’re not using them.👍

(The pics in the post above are just some examples of what I mean; I figured it might be helpful to show that I meant literally just the unused sticker sheets and not something else.👍)

So, as the title suggests, I have a question about whether or not it’s possible to get sticker sheets for kits by themselves on the aftermarket, and if so, does anyone know of any reputable places to get them?

Having a spare set of stickers would be really helpful for kitbashing and/or simply just replacing any damaged ones that got messed up when trying to apply them, so yeah- let me know; I’d greatly appreciate it.🙏

Hint: you’re all probably going to hate me when I post the follow-up diorama picture once I’m done building the mystery kit in question.😅

(In before people chastise me for all the dust and the literal mound of random Transformers I have; I don’t have enough space in my tiny room to display them all, and I refuse to stop getting more of them, nor will I sell any of them off, so this is sadly the best I can do.)

Transformers: Cybertron was my first experience with the franchise, at least voluntarily speaking. I did have some figures from RID (2001) back when it was still airing, but I was too young to appreciate them properly, so by the time Cybertron was on TV, I was actually aware of what it was, and it became my strongest, most sentimental hyper fixation to this day.

With that being said, these pics are NOT all of the ones I have, but I tried to get most of them in there while being limited to just 20 pictures, but in total I have all but ~15 figures from the series, give or take 5-10 for repaints/remolds/upgrades; I believe I have about 43 TFs just from Cybertron alone.😅

I have 384 in total across most of the different series, however.😏

I plan on having actual galleries of all these once they’re finished, but just know that the reason why I haven’t really posted anything in a while (I built the Kimaris Vidar like 3 months ago, and just completely forgot to post the pictures I took of it until recently) is because I’ve been going through my entire HG IBO backlog whenever I have the rare day off from work, and sometimes even before I go in.

So, although it may not look like I’ve done much, I’ve been color-correcting some of these kits as I’ve been building them, so it’s just taking me longer since I have to let the pieces dry before I can clean them, then put them together afterwards.

Regardless, I just wanted to get this out there so for anyone interested in my builds can have something to look forward to.😅

Also, the ones with an “X” drawn across them are finished, whereas the ones that have “C - C” and are circled are built, but need to be color-corrected before they’re completed.

This thing was definitely an experience putting together, let me tell ya. It was by no means difficult, but with how strange some parts of the Inner Frame are, it was just kind of unusual, but in a good way; it was a bit refreshing honestly. In fact, I’d have to say that all four of the Gundams that use Frame 2 are pretty unique, even if they all happen to be a different variant of the Kimaris to begin with. The most difficult part of this entire kit is really just finding good color matches, and its inability to have the arms resting closer to its sides, but overall I highly recommend it. Just do be aware that it has a moderate amount of really small pieces, so be careful not to accidentally lose them during the assembly process, and that the “backpack” if you can even classify it as one does like to pop off since it’s really just two armatures pegged into the back armor, so yeah- patience is a virtue and all that.👌

(TL;DR- I want to know if there are any paint markers that exist in this specific shade of blue in these pictures.)

Sorry if this type of post isn’t allowed, but I could really use anyone’s help with this: I customize/color-correct my Gunpla by using various types of Markers exclusively; no traditional paint whatsoever. With that being said, I haven’t been able to find a close enough color match to the navy blue plastic used in the pictures above, and would GREATLY appreciate it if someone would let me know if such a Marker even exists in this color. If none do, then I’d honestly be willing to use “actual” paint instead, but I’m still unsure of what to use, so I’m calling on all of you for your help.🙏

So, I’ve actually been working on this one for a long time now- I started it before my Barbatos Lupus color-correction project, and I’m doing exactly the same thing that I did with that: color-correcting it. The reason it’s been taking me so long (about two months so far) is because I keep having to take breaks and to prioritize important stuff over it. However, I still wanted to get something out there because I’m actually super close to finishing off my checklist of the kits I need (literally just need the 2 P-Bandai Gundams [Hajiroboshi 2nd Form, and Barbatos Adapt], and I’ll officially have all the available Gundams from IBO*), and I’m excited to share that with you guys once I have them all in hand.

(*With the exception of the Calamity War variant of the Flauros because it’s literally just a white and blue version of the original kit, and I don’t think it’s worth the money)

Anyway, enough yapping from me. This is just a WIP post, so I’ll have a more detailed explanation of what all I used in a separate post after I’ve completed the project.

I hope you enjoy it so far, nonetheless.🥰