Pandamonium - Part 4

Finished shot!  Overall, I'm pretty happy with how it turned out.  If you look at it closely, the faceplate is a little darker than the rest of the white, but I suppose that's to be expected since it had a layer of black underneath.  Apart from a few places where the paint scrapes if it's moved and the dark grey not really showing up unless it's under the right light, I'm pretty satisfied with this project.

I'll probably do some more shots once I have the space/time, but I wanted to put this out there since it's now complete~

Pandamonium - Part 3

The painting process is actually coming along pretty well.  This is my first time attempting a candy finish, and while it doesn't show up well in this picture, I think it turned out pretty well.  The black parts have been top coated and the other parts are also painted as well.  Unfortunately, some paint leaked through when I was painting the face plate, so I'm going to have to redo that part.  Still, only one more part to go and it's all done and ready for assembly~

Pandamonium - Part 2

Quick update -- been slowed down due to weather and life, but a couple pictures of my progress.  The eyes on face piece have been painted green, masked, and painted black.  I'll admit, I'm not looking forward to all the coats it will take to paint over the black with white, but this seemed like the easiest option to get the black circles for the eyes.

Project: -monium~

As promised, here's a shot of the upcoming next project!  What, LEDs wouldn't work on this guy?  Well no one asked you!  Oh, and don't mind those other boxes..  They were just in the way.

And now, for some inspiration:

Transition~

In the early days of FFXI, a large number of players maintained blogs on Livejournal.  I was one of those players.  That blog was used almost exclusively for FFXI updates, so as my playtimes declined, so too did my blog posts.  Eventually my time in Vana'diel ended, and so that blog stopped being updated.  Of course, around that time I also started writing game reviews for BlueGartr, something that continues to this day.  In hopes of revitalizing my original blog (and because I think showing the WIP is a lot of fun), I started using it to post my recent adventures in Gunpla.  Well, it's time for a clean break.  Rather than continue a blog with a completely disparate theme (and because Destiny is coming out soon(ish)), I've moved here.  I've transitioned my previous gunpla posts here, so there will be some that are dated before this one -- I'm sure you can deal with it.

 So without further adieu, welcome to The Story of a... ver2.0!

Sazabi: Part 1

I wanted to do a quick update, even though I really don't have much to update on (and no pictures)..  All the parts for my Sazabi are now cut, sanded, and packaged in little plastic baggies.  Unfortunately, the current weather situation and life busyness means I probably won't be able to sit down and get to painting till around March.  Still, I figured this would be a great time to discuss my plans for the Sazabi.

When I originally decided on picking up this kit, I had planned on using a white color scheme with grey highlights.  However, when early images of the contents of the kit started coming out, I quickly learned that the waterslides were almost entirely white.  The options were to either use a light grey with darker grey highlights, not use the waterslides, or pick a new color scheme for the kit.  I naturally went with the last option and began brainstorming alternatives.  Now, around this time, a new kit started showing up in Build Fighters -- the Kampfer Amazing.  When it was originally unveiled through its HG kit, I wasn't that interested.  However, rather than the navyish blue that the HG used, the one featured in the anime is much closer to a killer black.  So, with that as my inspiration, I've decided to go with a very dark black color scheme for my Sazabi: Nocturne (or Noir, Nacht, or something else.. give me time >.>)!  The final colors will probably have a hint of blue, and I'm pretty excited to get started on the painting.  I'm planning on a silver frame with light blue frame details and replacing the original yellow parts with a metallic orange, so look forward to it.  The other thing I'm thinking of doing is adding some extra verniers and possibly some more.  At one point I had considered getting an MG Tallgeese just for the verniers, but with the Vernier 02 parts coming out soon, I kinda wanna try building something more appropriate and less bulky.

Now, while it's regrettable that I can't actually work on the Sazabi, I'm hopeful that I can start working on the next project during the downtime so that I can have both ready to be painted once things are more ideal.  I've also started doing a few simple LED experiments to get ready for that second project.  Not gonna give it away just yet, but it'll be my first attempt at including LEDs, so here's hoping it turns out well!

Project: Next~

So, still trying to find a replacement for the broken part on the Stein..  In other news, two new projects on the horizon, the first showed up today:

Visiting the parents for the holidays, and terrible weather means I have plenty of time to cut, sand, and figure out a paint scheme!