Had originally intended to prime my kit like this. However while fiddling with it I came to realize that there are some parts that I have to do more detailing... I was thinking the primer wouldn't have a even coat if I were to just spray it on the surface.

So.... I decided to revert back to my old method .

After doing the above, I realized that there's too much parts! OMG!! And this is only a Ver.Ka Crossbone.... Oh well will try to start painting it asap.. Wonder if i can still shade properly though :(

This + World of Warcraft had kept my occupied for the last couple of months. Now that only one's left, I can finally get to start on my Blue Frame after this Crossbone! :D

Alright so I've completed Crossbone Ver.Ka at last. This is actually a very disappointing kit to me. There are actually many limitations to this kit and the color reproduction is actually quite poor, thus the limited amount of parts. Gonna take me alot of masking to achieve the colors I sought after.

Seeing the unpainted product, I expect to have loads of problem painting the weapons. The dark blue parts I intend to change it into a more sky/cobalt blue shade, but I'm worried if the kit would look kiddish overall. Hopefully not. (PS, good excuse to finish up my cobalt blue paint)

Hmm... work is screwing my bio clock badly, but still, it beats being in the office facing people I would rather not face ... heh

And yes I know that my posts are getting limited.. Well new job, new transitions and new toys makes it difficult to spend my time and energy on plamo.. Plus my camera still isn't with me... sigh i hate the camera quality of myy Blackberry Bold =(

Perhaps its time for a Blackberry 9700 =\

Had finish gloss coating it a couple of hours ago. Gonna have to wait another day before I matt coat it =D
More pics after the jump.

So it was a long long day today. Spent a total of 6 hours just on panel lining + sticking decals onto the kit alone. Took a few pics but the shading doesn't really show with my orange-ish table lamp....

I decided to make the shading more subtle too, because the previous destiny got a little bit to dark. Overall this kit was alot cleaner, though I still had a few hiccups along the way. Worst part was me destroying the shin plates on the kit, and the overly thick coating of paint which caused a rough surface :(

Just a small update on the stuff I did a couple of nights ago..

During the final stages of building, this is the 'fin'/'funnels' on the backpack, the connectors..

Manage to get the Hi Nu Gundam for my next kit. Simplre colors, might mod the boosters if i actually have the time to go down to HAG.


Due to my lousy masking skills, i decide to actually color each individual parts, which i kinda regreted after seeing the amount of parts the chest piece consists off....
But hey, I've actually learned to take my time for making my kits so i suppose why not? Since I'm almost 100% sure i would achieve better results this way = D
And this is just the feet LOL.

This is my little way of organizing parts. I set aside all the parts by their color, and 1 extra bag for weapons/metallic parts/color change parts.

Even though i love the Cobalt Blue from Mr.Hobby, I decided I should stay true to the color of the original version, so I just might go with purple. Good kit to test shading on my weaker areas (colored parts)

 Just a quick update. Some WIP pics on MG Destiny. Its actually completed but i'm just missing my digi-cam and some purple paint :(

Added a little bit more on details this time round. Aluminium-ish color on the joint hydraulics. Paint got chupped after repeated movement tho :(
Some shading done. Really like the results this time. Next up is learning to shade on colored parts like red/blue. Wonders if max tenique will be good colored parts.

There are a many different techniques for shading your plamo out there. Which do most of you use? Personally i started out with brushing solid black lines around the edges, than going with the final color over the whole pieces, partially over the solid black edges which gives a unrealistic greyish tone which usually gives of a 'dirty' feel to the piece. Another variant i use consist of a base color first coat, than adding white to that color as highlights over the base color. Below are the videos of techniques i previously used.





Started on the so called Max technique with afew of my own variations (mostly cause i'm a lazy arse)

Below is a small tutorial on the max technique which apparently began by a person named max when he started using it. Pics are credited to SaintYJ


Some WIP pics on MG Destiny. Got it done in about 5 - 6 hours on Sunday :(

Started on my MG 1/100 Destiny a week and a half ago.









Everything well pretty well till the last part. Namely the Wings of Light backpack and the stand. Dilemma with the backpack was i couldn't decide if i should seal the seamlines first or paint it first. All due to the fact that i wanted to add some minor details into it...

Started painting a couple of days back. Just finish the whites.. Grrr it was a complete nightmare. Loved the subtle shading but encounter a few problems towards the end. :(

Kits Primed

Some light shading. ( T_T bout the lousy camera....)

































Problems with white.. AGAIN... /tear hair out



































Sigh, gonna need plenty of help here :(