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

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

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 Knight, BB 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.