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Although weather becomes warm after the first week of lunar new year, but my passion haven't raise at the same time. No mood to continue those working kits started in last year... Check the records, my last proper gunpla was in June of 2022, during the MSV/MSD 齊齊砌. I think it relate to Bandai publishes less HGUC and always put them in PB.

I quite like the proportion, details of the redesigned 0079. But haven't read comics or watch anime, so haven't buy many GTO kits. This box of MS-05 not hunt from online shops or local shops, is bought from friend. After assembled, my feeling of GTO zaku is changed, small chest, narrow arms, waist not match with muscle legs; joint of shoulder, wrist are too long; but it included lots of weapons, can't mount them all at once, so i give-up the rifle, drill a hole at rear to mount BB-gun, stick the missile packs to leg as per classic zaku-II setting, added awls to shield and hold it with hand, etc.

The original deep green + purple grey tone is nice, but i saw a nice green + stone blue color scheme before, so began my MS-05 from that. After practicing wash, acrylic glazing blend, foam rusting, drybrush, edging, ... weathering on AFVs for two years, i start to learn oil paints technique now, hence bought some basic colors, equipment before the end of tiger year, then try it on Zaku-I during the holidays. As a result, i could get soft highlight/shadow, i.e. blending with oil paints, similar to airbrush. But the drying time for oil paints is so long, w/o the help of hair dryer or oven, it still sticky after two whole days.

The steps for this time are:
1 layer of acrylic primer,
1 layer of acrylic paints as basic coat,
2~3 layers of acrylic paints for color scheme,
apply water decals,
wash with dark green once,
glaze with sand yellow on lower portion of armors,
oil paints blending,
apply Tamiya texture paints as mud,
spray matt coat,
use foam to create rusting effects with dark grey, gun metal, dark silver.

就這樣 2023 年第五作 (累計上色成品第 三 三 八 號) 入櫃了。




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下回預告：
已完工，下週上映。

[ 本帖最後由 ygat 於 2023-2-5 09:23 AM 編輯 ]

thx robotkel, solaris8x86, luisall


yes, the proportion of upper portion not so good


i quite like field green mix


水性油容易甩?  this subject to user, of course can't compare with poisonous solvent-based paints. but topcoat is enough to protect the painted model kit (for me).


DOT FILTER, need more armor joint lines (for color variations) up to RG/PG grade? no schedule/mecha to practice again, may return to paint AFVs soon

[ 本帖最後由 ygat 於 2023-2-5 09:30 AM 編輯 ]

thx Bubblegum

in the past, i used 0.1mm felt pen 劃線.
now i prefer use wash to fill up the armor joint lines.


then, i was began with dot filter method, then add white on highlight / grey on shadow area. so all blend together

[ 本帖最後由 ygat 於 2023-2-5 10:29 PM 編輯 ]

relate to the trailers in youtube, my brush contains too much thinner, so the dot filter becomes blending / wash.   

i usually paint miniatures or 1/72 AFVs, don't have 廢料件 or large size model for practicing.
will try oil paints weathering on next gunpla and Ma.K

[ 本帖最後由 ygat 於 2023-2-7 09:09 PM 編輯 ]

thx, let paint it again