Monday, December 30, 2024

HMM Z-Knight - WIP 3

 Something With The Factory Color?

With the head completed in the last posting, this post will work on the chest and waist.

[Chest]

There are a lot of small pieces for the chest and has no way to clip them with the crocodile clips for painting. One of the examples are the sensors(?) on the chest

Decided to attach the sensors to the main frame and paint it as one piece

All the pieces with the nubs removed and waiting for painting. 3 colors will be used for the chest: A.E.U.G.'s MS Blue, Super Italian Red and Metal Black.

Saturday, December 28, 2024

HMM Z-Knight - WIP 2

A Pilot Chair But Without A Pilot?

Back to this kit after the completion of the Shield Liger. The previous posting concluded with the parts removed from the runner and into their respective boxes. Following the instruction manual, the first section is the head. As most parts are blue, I will use the A.E.U.G.'s MS Blue which was used for Kamiki Burning Gundam. This will lose the factory metallic blue but I am fine with that. The red will be none other than the Super Italian Red used for Kamiki Burning Gundam. As for the mechanical parts I will try the Mr. Hobby Metal Black.

Mr.Metallic Color GX 201 GX Metal Black

Dived straight into the painting of the kit and forgot to take some photos of how the factory blue looked like before painting. Noticed the kit comes with a chair but wondered why no pilot figure was included with the kit.

Pilot chair

Wednesday, December 25, 2024

D-Style Shield Liger - WIP 7 (Final)

 Too Cute To Resist

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to everyone!!

As this is a Christmas post, will complete the Shield Liger and let it celebrate Christmas with its friend, Gustav

Continuation from the previous posting, this post will start by putting the Shield Liger together.

Completed parts of the Shield Liger waiting for final assembly

   

Sunday, December 22, 2024

D-Style Shield Liger - WIP 6

A Painful Assembly

All the painting work completed in the previous posting, will be putting together the kit starting with the feet. The first section is the paws and already has me stumped. 


All the parts for the hind leg

[Paws]


These are the 2 parts which made me wonder about the fitment between painted and unpainted kit

Wednesday, December 18, 2024

HMM Z-Knight - WIP 1

Something Out Of The Ordinary

A short intermission from the progress work of the Shield Liger. Mentioned in the first WIP of Shield Liger that I will start working on this kit due to this post from another fellow model blogger. Started working on this kit on a weekend while waiting for the paint on Shield Liger's leg to dry. Will either paint the kit at night or in the morning before bed or work and leave it and by the time I have time to work on the kit, the paint has ample time to cure. Since it was a weekend and had no other plans, got a bit bored while waiting.

To be honest I do not know a lot about the Z-Knight line. Saw this in a hobby store many moons ago and since I love knights and this kind of resembles a knight, I picked it up. After searching the internet for more information about this line, apparently there were only 2 HMM model kits were released before production was cancelled. The other is the HMM Marine Kaizer which I hope to get my hands on sometime in the future to complete the collection.

[Box]

      

   
Some introductions of the kit at the side of the box

Monday, December 16, 2024

D-Style Shield Liger - WIP 5

More Painting Ahead

Now that the main body has been completed, I shall use it as a template for the legs. This post will be painting the rest of the parts start with the weapons, tail, paws and finally the legs as there are a lots of minute details on them.

[Weapons]

Weapons for Shield Liger (Right to Left): Anti-Zoid (AZ) 3-Barrel Shock Cannon, AMD 20 mm 2-Barrel Beam Cannon and AZ 30mm 2-Barrel Beam Gun

Thursday, December 12, 2024

D-Style Shield Liger - WIP 4

 Making It More Visually Pleasing

Today's posting will start with the body of the Liger as the painting for the armor and pilot was completed in the previous posting. First order of business is to place all the pieces on the crocodile clips and satay sticks for ease of work during the painting process and to allow the paint to dry.


All parts painted with Steel which was used for the control sticks. Used a broader paint brush this round to see if there are any visible brush strokes when the paint has dried. Only the Anti-Zoid 3 barrel shock cannon piece and pipe were left unpainted

Sunday, December 8, 2024

D-Style Shield Liger - WIP 3

 It's Not Van Helsing, It's Van Flyheight

Having completed all the paint work for the Shield Liger armor it time to turn the attention to the cockpit.

Did a quick assembly to see how the cockpit will be with the pilot and noticed that there 2 control sticks on either side of the seat. Tried the steel color which will be used for the mechanical parts of the Liger. This will make the control stick stick out and show that it is a mechanical part and not part of the armor.

Mr.Hobby Mr. Color 28 Steel 

Monday, December 2, 2024

D-Style Shield Liger - WIP 2

 Holy Cow, That's A Lot Of Fine Details

Having completed 2 kits: RG GP01 and Kamiki Burning Gundam, 1 in mid build and now starting another, I feel "Operation Reduce Backlog" is off to a great start. Although the kits I brought over are small kits except for the PG Gundam Mk-II, it is still a good progress.

While removing the nub marks from the pieces, I couldn't stop being impressed on how much detail there are on the kit compared to SD Gundam kits. This will require a lot of detail painting to bring out its full potential which is a bit stressful and yet exciting at the same time.

   
Lots of pipes, hydraulics and even suspension springs for the leg

Wednesday, November 27, 2024

HG Kamiki Burning Gundam - WIP 7 (Final)

All Well That Ends Well

Finally got the right mindset to tackle the unfortunate broken v-fin after a brief break working on the D-Style Shield Liger. First thought that came to mind was to use Mr.Hobby Mr.Cement S.


The original plan was to cement the v-fin onto the red piece then attach it to the helmet. It was a messy process as the red piece was so small and when I managed to place the fin on the correct spot, the red piece would be stuck to my finger and mess up the position of the fin.

   
Came up with the idea to attach the red piece onto the helmet first before cementing the fins in place

Sunday, November 24, 2024

D-Style Shield Liger - WIP 1

And The Winner Is ...

Before the completion of Kamiki Burning Gundam I was going through the backlogs I brought over to KL. Was torn between the D-Style Death Saurer, HMM Z KnightBB Shin Gouka Ryuusou Ryuubi and this kit. Decided to start this kit for a few reasons: 1) A breather from gunpla. 2) D-Style Gustav's platform is looking empty. 3) Perfect kit to try a new color. 4) Have most of the color required for the repaint of the kit. 5) Needed a distraction before I tackle the broken v-fin on the Kamiki Burning Gundam.

After looking at the photos of the Z-Knight from another fellow plamo blogger I might consider working on the Z-Knight the same time as the Shield Liger. The purpose of returning to the hobby is reduce the number of backlogs and to finish whatever paints I already have in my existing arsenal. Since this kit is mainly light blue and I have some leftover light blue rattle can, I can use that for the main body parts and for the rest of the parts will be brush painted with a color which I am curious about.

Thursday, November 21, 2024

HG Kamiki Burning Gundam - WIP 6

My Worst Nightmare Came True

Had a short intermission with this kit to complete the RG GP01 Zephyranthes since all the painting works was done in WIP 5. The time has now come to assemble to the kit. The build will start from the leg up.

[Legs]

Parts of the leg before assembly

First thing to assemble is the feet

   
How the clear blue parts will look with silver under it

Tuesday, November 19, 2024

RG GP01 Zephyranthes - WIP 6 (Final)

All finally comes together

With all the painting works completed for the Kamiki Burning Gundam and the completion of the head and weapons in the previous post, we will now explore how the core fighter fits as the body for the Zephyranthes. The transformation of the core fighter was covered in WIP 2.

Parts of the gundam to be assembled

Some preparations are need to attach the core block. The front and the back are lifted up and hands are at a 90° angle for easier access

Friday, November 15, 2024

HG Kamiki Burning Gundam - WIP 5

 Final Touches

Since most of the major painting work completed in the previous post, this post will be the final touch up and panel lining.

   
Looked at the manual and noticed that there are some yellow parts which I missed at the legs

Painted the parts yellow and the black was done with the 0.03 Fineliner pen

   
Another thing I missed out was the black inside the hand guard

Sunday, November 10, 2024

HG Kamiki Burning Gundam - WIP 4

 The Paint Work Continues

Continuation of painting works from the previous post. The first painting work is the gold color for the sheath and the hand guard of the katana.

Mr.Hobby Mr.Metallic Color GX 209 Red Gold 

Tried the Replenishing Agent for the Red Gold although stated on the bottle that it is not to be used for Aqueous and Mr.Metallic paint.

Stated on the bottle to not use on Mr.Metallic Color but had to try as I did not want to get a new bottle of paint. Hopefully nothing bad happens to the paint in future

Wednesday, November 6, 2024

HG Kamiki Burning Gundam - WIP 3

 Here I come to save the day!

Started with painting works for the feet in the last post. With what happened, I made sure to check the paint before use and had the correct thinner at hand.

Red paint used is Mr. Hobby Mr. Color 158 Gloss Super Italian Red

Grey paint used for armor is Gaia Base Color 074 Gloss Neutral Grey IV

   
Parts of the red and inner frame of the feet. Luckily I have enough clips for all the parts for both sides of the feet. Parts are waiting to dry to see if they require a second coat but only one coat is sufficed 

I did not use any type of palette for painting. All I used is an old used metal cap from an industrial thinner which can be seen in the top picture next to the red paint. That is where I pour a bit of thinner onto it and use the paint from the cap after shaking it. When the paint on the cap starts to dry out, simply close the paint, give it another shake and you are good to go. This might not be the correct method but it works for me.

Monday, October 28, 2024

HG Kamiki Burning Gundam - WIP 2

 A Bad Start For The Build

After separating the parts in previous post, proceeded with nub marks removal which took longer than expected. After that has been done started with brush painting process with the white part. After looking through my paint collection from 8 years ago, this is the only white paint I got in my collection

Mr.Base White 1000

As the paint has been sitting there for years, the content dried up and was a bit rubbery. Figured it would still be usable and went to look for the thinner. It did not hit me that I have taken the wrong thinner. The paint did start to thin like it should have and noticed the mistake when I started painting with it.

'This is not the thinner you are looking for'

Friday, October 25, 2024

HG Kamiki Burning Gundam - WIP 1

 Gotta Love The Burn

With the work all done for the RG Zephyranthes, I have decided to take a break from RG and start a HG kit. The last HG kit was the HG Red Frame (Flight Unit) completed ten years ago. The reason I bought this kit was cause it comes with a katana and I am a sucker for anything with a katana.

Why did I decide to start with this kit? I needed an easy kit to start off and try my hands on brush painting. The most I have brush painted are small details (which I have forgotten how I did it 8 years ago) and this time round I want to try to brush paint an entire model kit. I have some SD in the backlog as well but had an itch to start this as well cause I am curious about the effect pieces.

Box art looks awesome

   
One of the side of the box shows the model front and back, details of the gundam and a brief summary of the storyline
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