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.

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

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

   

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

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

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

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

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 

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