Realized I hadn't posted it here!  So after months of learning and fun and some stressing out, I have finished this bad boy for the end of my 2011.  I learned lots of techniques for weathering on this, and while it's not as 'realistic' in some areas as I would have liked, the overall feeling of this model is what I was wishing to achieve.  I appreciate everyone's feedback on this kit, the comments are always worthwhile.  This kit was a ton of fun to build and was a design I feel in love with when I first dove into the hobby.  

I have a diorama planned for this guy, but I won't be starting it for awhile.  I'm sort of burnt out on this particular style of weathering for the moment (as you can understand haha).  I'll be starting that one after a few kits.

Onto the pics!  













Some close ups:














Some WIP Pics:






Comments are ALWAYS appreciated and welcomed!  Feedback is helpful too!

Thanks everyone!

Alex - I can't read chinese, but I use Google Translator!  Haha  Thanks for the advice though, appreciate it.

Simmon - I don't watch Gundam, but I saw this as decaying war machinery that is wasting away in a scrap yard, not as actually damaged and rusting as a result of space warfare.

Hey! I have shown how to do the technique I used in my blog!  Check it out!

http://majorwilliams.blogspot.co ... 201-weathering.html