u/kallahanak

Had a lot of fun with this kit, I practiced most of my disciplines: airbrushing, water slides, weathering.

My dosage is something like 1 MG for every 3 HGs. Off to the next build!

Had a lot of fun with this kit, I practiced most of my disciplines: airbrushing, water slides, weathering.

My dosage is something like 1 MG for every 3 HGs. Off to the next build!

Brushing on Army Painter strong tone and removing with a paper towel to get some grime

So many decals on this kit, I finished off this step with another intermediate top coat of Tamiya TS-13 Clear. Next step will be some silver dry brush and Warpaints strong tone

I started applying the water slide decals I purchased online from Delpi decal ( www.delpidecal.com ). 

So far I'm really pleased with the quality, the paper soaks up water evenly with a clean separation, making the whole experience consistent and quick.

Kit is mostly assembled and ready to begin adding the water slide decals I ordered from Delpi decal. The water slide decals the kit came with are great, but I'll use them just as a back up.

Went with the grenade launcher…

My favorite part of gunpla is assembly, I really like how this kit is looking as it comes together.

Sprayed Tamiya metallic silver directly on the runners for the grey pieces

Sprayed a base coat on white and blue pieces with Tamiya rattle cans:

• Ts-6 Matt Black - https://www.tamiyausa.com/shop/spray-ts-plastics/ts-6-matt-black/
• Ts-4 German Gray - https://www.tamiyausa.com/shop/spray-ts-plastics/ts-4-german-gray/

Airbrushed a few different grey colors on select runners:

• 71.114 Medium Gray - https://acrylicosvallejo.com/en/product/hobby/model-air-medium-gray-71114/
• 71.048 Engine Gray - https://acrylicosvallejo.com/en/product/hobby/model-air-engine-gray-71048/
• 71.120 Dark Ghost Gray - https://acrylicosvallejo.com/en/product/hobby/model-air-dark-ghost-gray-71120/

Starting to build the following kit: LM314V21 Victory Two Gundam "Ver.Ka"

• https://gundam.fandom.com/wiki/LM314V21_Victory_2_Gundam
• https://galactictoys.com/products/bandai-gundam-v2-gundam-ver-ka-mg-1-100-scale-model-kit

I ordered some water slide decals from Delpi decal

• www.delpidecal.com

Figured I would paint this little guy similar to the HG kit that I built and painted a while back: https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/gundam/images/c/c6/HGGTO-Guncannon-Iron-Cavalry-Squadron-boxart.jpg/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/1000?cb=20210207013741

Music: Kallahan jam session - https://www.youtube.com/@KALLAHAN4

Base Coat

• Tamiya TS-6 Matt Black https://www.tamiyausa.com/shop/spray-ts-plastics/ts-6-matt-black/

Main Blue

• Vallejo 71.005 Grey Blue  https://acrylicosvallejo.com/en/producto/model-air-en/model-air-grey-blue-71005/
• Vallejo 71.088 French Blue  https://acrylicosvallejo.com/en/producto/hobby/model-air-french-blue-71088/

Chest Blue

• Vallejo 71.091Signal Blue  https://acrylicosvallejo.com/en/producto/hobby/model-air-signal-blue-71091/
• Vallejo 71.113 IDF Blue  https://acrylicosvallejo.com/en/producto/hobby/model-air-idf-blue-71113/

Dark Grey

• Vallejo 71.056 Panzer Dark Gray  https://acrylicosvallejo.com/en/producto/hobby/model-air-ral7021-panzer-dark-gray-71056/

Intermediate Gloss Coat

• Tamiya TS-13 Gloss Clear  https://www.tamiyausa.com/shop/spray-ts-plastics/ts-13-gloss-clear/

Silver

• Tamiya TS-83 Metallic Silver https://www.tamiyausa.com/shop/spray-ts-plastics/ts-83-metallic-silver/

Top Coat

• Tamiya TS-80 Flat Clear https://www.tamiyausa.com/shop/spray-ts-plastics/ts-80-flat-clear/

Water Slide Decals

• https://a.co/d/0ckOze34

Totally avoiding the stickers that came with the kit. Ordered water slide decals off Amazon: https://a.co/d/0ae13clh

Very difficult to get these working on these round and uneven surfaces. Hope the matte top coat fixes things 😬

Attempt at heat stress with the air brush

Planning to do some airbrushed glow effect on the blade

Base coated with black then liquid mask before airbrush. Added a bunch of random Tamiya water slide decals. Used Warpaints "Strong Tone" to pop the weathering.