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Bit of a short post this week but I thought it would be a good idea to break up all the Ignis updates, so I thought I would post my summer spending since I had a few figures arrive in the past week.
Yes, your eyes do not deceive you, I have 2 Rize figures! Due to a bit of a clerical error on my part, I placed 2 orders for Rize on HLJ while they were (most likley) going through some maintenance. so the 2 orders got merged into 1 and I received 1 order confirmation which I never bothered to check. Memo to self, check order quantities from HLJ at all times from now on.
Expect to see one of her on ebay or the like fairly soon.
Meifeng is the re-release and she takes my Shuraki collection up to 4. I purposely missed out on Nida cos, to be frank, I didn’t like her. Much like the Aya Hirano Fanbus, I chose not to jump on the Shunya Yamashita fanbus. He’s good, but not *that* good! That pretty much ends my dabbling in buying PVC figures as there are none on the horizon which has grabbed my fancy. There are rumblings of a shuraki second series of figures, but with most of the main cast now covered, there’s only Monica (a goth loli) and Mizuchi (a miko) left who have an active role, the other characters introduced are mainly background players, unless they introduce new characters and a whole new plot…
The Striker pack MG kit was one I have been meaning to buy for a while, but since it only comes with 1 strike gundam in the box, I bought a second Aile strike gundam so I can pose all 3 packs together with my previously purchased Aile. Why buy another Aile? Simple, it was cheaper!
Those 2 will most likely be OOB (Out Of Box) builds with no paint job because their appearance would jar with my aile strike, which was built before I started painting my gundam kits to remove the plastic look. it it’ll be all minor mods and panel lines only.
And finally, I bit the bullet and bought a figure from the e2046 gathering section. The figure I chose was the first Asuka Langley Soryu on bike, sculpted by Vispo.
Actually, she was on preorder for quite some time. In fact, I had almost forgotten about her before I got the email saying she was in stock. Given how so many figure collectors rave about gathering figures, I was expecting some great things from my first purchase. So what do I think? A very clean, very neat paint job which suffers from a few niggling issues and personal preference conflicts. I’m not going to throw praise after praise on the kit, but at the same time, I can see why a lot of figure collectors fell in love with the gathering series when it was announced (although I think it has now become too bloated, they should cut down on the figures in the service).
But they really pack them carefully!
I’ll do a full review at a later date, though I’m only just noticed that, due to my one post a week, format, I actually have a fair backlog of figures who are waiting for their time to shine. I should really get on with it…
I got Asuka because
- the kit is very impressive and I liked it, a lot
- I’m too lazy to do it myself for once as the bike alone is ridiculously complex. I’d have no problems doing just Asuka though.
- as well as laziness, I also fear this kit to a degree. It’s a know fact among model builders that kits with large “accessories” like a bike are some of the hardest figures to build as they are sculpted separately most of the time so the 2 will not fit perfectly. How badly it fits depends on the figure, I heard some real horror stories regarding mahoro on bike and Misato on scooter (both are now available as PVC figures so the pain is now gone)
Having said that, due to several factors, I don’t think I’ll be getting the accompanying Rei figure for a long while, even though I much prefer Rei to Asuka.
Edit:Looking at the vispo site, it looks like his next project is going to be a version 2 of Rei. Here’s hoping that it’s better than his Asuka R2…
And the new anime season is apon us… Busy busy for once, even if the only show I really care about is Sekirei!!
A relatively minor update this week due to a variety of issues such as 1) me going through a state of mild melancholy, 2) hayfever is a bitch and makes it hard for me to focus 3) you guessed it, more MGS4!
Having said that, it’s still a milestone for the kit as there isn;t that much left to do now, just weapons and the head. Oh, and the mother of all cleanups!
On a completely different note, these recent changes to wordpress are godawful! Bring back the old style dammit!!! I don’t like the built-in uploader!!
Bit of a late post this week (blame MGS4. Just started playing it after buying it last weekend!)
Anyway, After the fun that was liquidstone fate, I went back to my main project of Ignis. Good thing too, because it wasn’t until recently that I was able to complete enough of her to make sure that these shots would be safe for work (remember, this Cerberus project kit is cast off!)
So this is where I’ve gotten to so far.
After the base, I thought it would be plain sailing. How wrong was I? The legs proved to be much harder than I had anticipated. Primarily because the black buckles made the light stockings a pain to paint (because of all the masking) and the general detailing meant that I had alot of masking fluid to use, which complicated matters when removing it.
It’s been a while since I did a simple progress post, but I have been working steadily on my cerberus project Ignis so I thought an update would be good.
And so I came to realize that the 1 thing which I was fearing regarding this kit as a major obstacle was, in truth, rather easy… It was the other parts I should have kept an eye on…
Anyways, here’s a look at how I did the base!
When I started it, I had no clue as to how I was going to get my desired effect so I simply painted the whole thing in a deep red colour. I figured it was a good base to work on. I also lightly sprayes dome pink on the tongue-like tentacle thinking that I would eventually need to distinguish it from the rest of the base. The horns were covered in masking tape as it would be easier to paint over the primer than the very dark colours which the rest of the base would eventually become.
Next I sprayed the whole think with a thin layer of purple. Hey, purple seemed appropriate for the base (in case you haven’t figured it out yet, I was totally winging this up to this point)
But there wasn’t much difference after the purple spray so I decided to go further and add some dark blue into the mix.
Getting closer, but it was still lacking something. But at this point I got stuck. So after scratching my head
and getting rather annoyed I went on a bit of a self destructive (and somewhat crazy) idea. After finding a bottle of black wash (really really thin paint basically). I thought I would liberally apply it to the base. By that time I didn’t really care how it turned out because I was just messing about and planning what I was going to do on my second try. The Black wash was a pretty damn bad idea though because it clumped together and just became a black blob which covered everything, so I decided to rub as much of it off as I could. Then something cool happened…
And so, what it my main project at the moment? This…
Ignis from Cerberus Project. You know? the one which Yamato has recently announced that they were going to make into a PVC kit?
Man, I still remember the hard time I had trying to find one of these babies after last years summer Wonderfestival. Had to pay a pretty penny for it as well! And now it’s coming out as a cheap PVC… orz
well, good luck to them. They’re probably going to need it (yes, I am a little bitter about the announcement. This is the first kit I have bought which has been (or rather will be) converted into a PVC figure, which lowers it’s overall value). The pic above shows the model after pinning and most of the flash removed and sanded out. There are some seam lines left which will need to be taken care of, but cleanup has been pretty good this time round.
Those of you who have been reading the blog for a while now (or could be bothered to look through the archives) will know that I have a resin kit of the Knight of Gold from the Five Star Stories. I’ve had it for quite a while now but never really got into building it for several reasons;
1) it’s ridiculously complex! I have said this before put the number of parts to this kit vastly exceed any and every other kit I have in my collection. In fact it has more than the next 2 combined!
2) a lot of the parts are very small and still require cleanup. The resin used also isn’t the best and is quite brittle, thereby increasing the chance of a major mess up which cannot be fixed.
I basically got around the problem by getting an abundance of (misplaced?) overconfidence now that I have 4 more kits under my belt. I also decided to try and break it down into smaller projects as opposed to one long, continuous one like I normally do. So I’m going to do the legs first and then lower and upper bodies separately and eventually build it up instead of doing a complete pre-build and painting the whole thing in 1 go. It will allow me to focus on a small bit at a time and, hopefully, stop me from getting overwhelmed.
3) But the biggest issue was that, with a name like “knight of gold” you would want it to be, well, GOLD!! But as I explained with my lancelot, the actual colour of gold is really REALLY hard to get right!!
But using the information I was able to gather when I was mixing the gold for the lancelot, I was able to mix a colour I was happy with. And it only took a year to work out the solution to the problem. What does it look like?
Yay! She’s finished!! Another one to add to my completed list. I present Yoko, 21 years old!!!
This post may be a bit on the long side as the final part of the building section will also be included. For those interested, earlier posts can be reached here:
And now we return to what the blog was initially started for, MODEL KITS!!! It’s been several weeks since my last update on the progress of Yoko so if I didn’t have something to show for it, it would be safe to start worrying…
So she’s starting to take shape now. The jacket is giving me a little difficulty as I can’t quite get the colour right. But I think I’ll be able to nail that soon.
Lelouche did…
And a little devil she was to paint as well!!
This was probably the first time I was happy to paint the eyes on a kit before! Of course, the final assembly of the head caused a whole load of problems and I ended up having to redo the face and hair several times before coming to a compromise…
Thanks again to Melonpan over at Figure.fm, who’s pics of the E2046 C.C allowed me to figure out how everything stuck together!
For those who would like to see my past posts about her, you can find them here:
There wasn’t much to go through this time as there were no complicated parts, just troublesome.
Winter Wonderfestival is now done and dusted with many blogs giving us teases as to what we are missing.
Personally, I have found from the past 2 years I have been following the event, that the winter wonfest is generally more geared towards the corporate side of things so there is more focus on PVC figures and the strength of Garage kits tends to be weaker than that shown in the summer, and this year is no different.
The Garage Kit side of things was dominated by Hatsune Miku (vocaloid) and Yoko (Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann) but there were a few others which caught my eye.
but none really had a “must buy factor” so my spending (thankfully) will be a little subdued this time round, if I purchase anything at all. Out of the kits I have seen so far, I think the most impressive ones have been the 3 below.
Of course, Vispo’s rendition of Yoko 21 years old is in the list. One of the much better looking figures of Yoko in the show, but I can’t help but feel that the face is off. Vispo tends to do very distinct face types and, while it works on Asuka and Rei, it doesn’t work that well on Yoko. Chin definitely needs to be less pointy. Being a vispo kit, she’s also very expensive, with figures going for 40~50k! Will probably give this one a miss.
Next we have San-chan from Seto No Hanayome (damn funny show. Watch if you haven’t!). This shows her in full dance getup from her idol duel with Luna Edomae. A pretty solid kit which looks like it would be fun to build. On the fence for this one.
And bringing up the rear, we have Fate T Harlaown (no I don’t know why they stuck with the spelling which was made up by a 5 year old either).
I was hoping for a kit of Fate in her Riot Zanber form and there were a few available. Pose is pretty decent but not sure about the face. There’s always the possibility of a better version in the summer as well… Out of the above 3, I’d say Fate has the best chance of being bought, if I’m quick enough since I’ve only seen one on Y!JA.
For more pics and info, Danny choo and Heisei Democracy are covering the event. Danny also has a news post which links to other Japanese blogs with more pics.
I would recommend
for coverage.
And after the jump, We have the other kits which made me go “hmm”
The end is near!!! And while it would be a lie to say that I hated painting this kit, It’s not an experience I am in any rush to repeat (says the person who also bought the YoikoQ C.C figure at the summer wonderfestival)
Ignoring the rather morbid premise of a pic of a dismembered head, you can see that the head is now completed. When I last posted about C.C, the hands and head were still incomplete.
I decided to paint the nails pink just to highlight the fingertips. Otherwise the hands looked very bland. As for the head, the Geass mark on the forehead was both the hardest thing I had done in a while, due to it’s very small size and precise requirements and also the most pointless thing I have done on a kit…
Winter WonFest is next week and Heisei Democracy has posted up some of the early pickings which will be up for grabs at the event!! a few interesting kits including the Vispo Yoko which I posted about a while back!
Gone off the completed version a little. More pics can be found here. Is it just me, or does her face look a little funny? And there’s more than a hint of :3 in there too!!
Vispo will also be selling the version 2 of his Asuka and bike kit, but I think the first one is superior.
Man, this was a mission!!!
After several weeks of painting, more painting and several mishaps I’ve managed to get the bulk of the project done!
Amazingly, for weeks of work, not that much seems to have been done. Don’t be fooled!! This monster is far more trouble than it appears!!
Many thanks go to Melonpan over at Figure.fm for posting pics of his completed gathering C.C from E2046. With those, I was able to figure out where all the accursed belt parts went and how they all fit together!!! There are still checks and tidy-up to do before I move onto the next part, which should be more interesting than the “all white” painting I’ve been doing on this kit up till now.
Well, I did say that I would give an update, not that there’s much to update at present.
The parts have cleaned, sanded and primed, as shown in the above pic. For some reason, this process took an insanely long time due to various mishaps when priming. Word of advice: Always pay attention to the distance between the part and the Primer can when spraying. I had to redo the primer 4 times because i kept putting the parts too close to the spray which resulted in air pockets and craters in the finish. so you don’t get a smooth finish which really shows up after painting. Just to add more problems, the only way to remove them is to sand the paint off after it has dried and spray again.
Painting has begun but I’m dragging my feet a little because the figure doesn’t stand up by itself!!! As a result, I’m waiting for a display base to arrive so I can fix the figure when the body and legs are completely done. Otherwise, I’ll just have painted parts floating around my workspace with nowhere to put them. The base should arrive soon so then i can go full throttle on the painting, not that there’s any difficulty in this kit, it’s mostly just 1 colour afterall…
In fact, maybe I’ll do another one on the side…
Buying figures and kits used to be easy… It used to be that I would see one kit and it would almost speak to me. It would block out all the other figures and kits of the same character and would be “the one”
Even figures released after wouldn’t quite match the one I originally picked. A good example would be bubbas bunny haruhi. When I first saw that, I went all out to get one and even after seeing such kits as CobraKais rendition, I still thought that the bubba version was better, despite it being less dynamic and interesting. It just had that magic touch.
WHAT HAPPENED TO THOSE DAYS???
Case in point, Vispo has shown a near complete version of his Gurren Lagann Yoko (post time skip) on his website. And it looks impressive to say the least!
I do believe that this feeling building up inside me is… Desire! And this is AFTER I bought the kotobukiya resin kits!! My rules of kit buying are falling apart before my eyes!!!
Still, I’m not sure if the “vs tepparin” Yoko is better than this one, which makes it even worse. Why can’t we go back to the old days where there was the “one for me” feeling instead of cheating and getting several dozen kits of the same character? Guess I could try and sell my Vs AntiSpiral kit after I’m done but that makes me feel dirty, and I don’t think i’d get a good price for it. orz
More pics of Yoko can be found here. His Asuka Racing ver2 also looks sweet but I think the original is better
Yay, my first full post of 2008!
Not really much to say at this point, other than a quick post to display the kits and figures I received around the Christmas period
So, that would be a
- 1/100 Alteisen
- MG Destiny gundam
- MG unicorn gundam
- 1/35 Lancelot
- Yoko “vs Tepparin” ver
- Yoko “vs antispiral” ver
Alongside my kits from way back at wonderfestival, my “to do” list looks something like this…
C.C is represented by a photo as she was taking a parts bath at the time (hint: I’m working on her now!)
So, during 2008, I hope to work steadily and finish FOUR of the above!!!
Ok, pick yourself up from the floor and I will explain my reasoning. Last year, I finished a total of 3 kits. Bunny Haruhi, Getsumento Heiki Mina, and Strike Freedom. Admittedly, bunny Haruhi did take much longer than any previous kit and i did take an extended break after completing her but the grand total is still only 3.
I’m not sure how regularly I will be able to work on my figures this year so I’m simply hedging my bets. I could realistically say i could finish 5 or 6 kits but you never know what may happen so I’m playing it safe. That way, if I do manage more than what I set out to do, I can feel pleased with myself!!
I should really buy fewer kits before my build list gets out of hand, but with winter wonderfestival next month and 2 more figures awaiting shipping, I think it’s a bit late for that. I recently purchased a rozen maiden set from e2046 during their sale, mainly as a way to test the quality of their recasts. I’m also interested in their “gathering” series as everyone raves about them, I’m interested to see how one of my works stacks up to theirs in my critical eye.
In any case, lets start the way we mean to carry on. At the time of writing, C.C is cleaned, sanded and undergoing priming so look forward to progress reports soon!
Danny Choo has posted pics of 2 Resin kits of Yoko due for release in December. Click on the links for more pics! HLJ have both up for preorder but I’m having a hard time choosing which one…
I know that many PVC figure lovers are wishing for the first kit, but as a resin kit maker, I have to say I’m favouring the second kit a little more. due to parts of the kit being more interesting to paint (the jacket) and the fact that the hair strands on the first kit are sure to be individual parts and will be an absolute pain to put together…
Having gone thru this for several kits already, notably my Ren, I know how annoying it can be when your kit has too many fragile parts.
Also, one of my rules of resin kit building states that there shall be only 1 kit of any particular character. This was initially to stop myself from buying and old resin kit as it forced me to think if this really was the best kit for the character as I would not be able to buy another. However, this rule has now been broken since I have purchased 2 kits of C.C from code geass from Wonderfestival and is now under review.
What do people think? you they believe that the rule is a good one? or should it be scrapped?
And for those wondering, I have 4 rules:
1) The character represented in the kit must be female. Not really a problem since 90% of all kits are of female characters anyway.
2) No H kits
3 Only 1 kit per character in my collection. (under review)
4) If the character is from a game or anime, I must know the game/anime they are from! I won’t buy a kit of a character from a show I have never watched or a game I have never played. Original characters are exempt, but they are scrutinized more harshly.
So what do people think? Which kit do you think I should go for? or do all of you think that I should just scrap rule 3 and get both?
*sigh* my list of kits to build is growing ever larger. But at least I have plenty of material for this blog for the time being…
Images are the property of DannyChoo.com.
Well, it’s been a (not really) long time coming but She’s finally finished! I give you Getsumento Heiki Mina (Densha Otoko ver). Now standing proudly with my other works, unless my very own Herme-tan comes and takes it away…
After the extreme pleasure/pain experience of Bunny Haruhi, I had forgotten how easily things flow when you have a relatively non complex kit to work on! There were no real challenges in this kit, save for the usual thorns and it feels great being able to finish another piece of work. Of course, it still doesn’t match Haruhi in terms of cost (cost of haruhi: £don’t ask) or time spent (6+ months) but it was able to get me back into the groove!
also, for the regular visitors (hah!), I’ve added some more categories to make browsing a little easier. Now, you can click on the “completed works” link to view all the painted figures be they resin (like most) PVC or even the few revolvtechs I have. The in progress link will take you to the posts which comprised of my mini tutorial. Both should grow as I get more kits under my belt!
I also retook the pics of my Bunny Haruhi kit so you may want to check those out!
For those budding kit builders out there. Here are the likes to the previous posts for Mina.
More pics and a brief rundown on the final steps after the jump.
I said it once and I’ll say it far more times than is unnecessary: I HATE PAINTING EYES!!
They never seem to go smoothly for me… But after 3 attempts (including 1 where I had to paint half the face all over again after a mishap with paint thinner) I’ve finally managed to get to stage where the eyes look correct and acceptable. Note, I didn’t say perfect. If I wanted a perfectly painted kit, then I’d never finish as there’s always something I would redo! So, for the penultimate stage of this little project, let’s look at eye painting in a little more detail!!
Initially, we started with a face which was painted completely over in flesh colour, as seen in the first pic along with hair parts.
The first thing we need to do is paint the whites of the eyes. This is pretty much the only time I use something other than acrylic paints on my kit. For this stage, I use enamel paint. The reason being that being that enamel paint doesn’t react with paint thinner, so if you make some big mistakes later on, you can use thinner to wipe out all the acrylic paint on top but the enamel will always remain so there’s one step less to worry about. Just be careful when wiping the paint off. You don’t want to overdo it and rub off some of the skin paint around the eyes by accident… orz
Continued after the jump
Bit of a small update today as we’re on the final stretch of this little project and the eyes (as always) are giving me a real headache. I’ve nearly done them but for now, I thought I would update the progress with the rest of the head.
And by rest of the head, I mean the hair and bunny ears. Since they’re all that’s left. Mina was a little tricky as her hair colour was not straight up blonde, but more of a darker shade which was harder to mix together. First thing to do was to spray the hair pieces white, to make sure that the final hair colour wasn’t too dull.
Once that was done, I sprayed the pieces yellow. The hope was that the yellow would brighten up certain areas so long as the main colour was not sprayed on too thick. Unfortunately, that didn’t quite work out as planned…
More after the jump
Methinks it’s time for another update!! When we left Mina last time, she was cleaned and primed ready for painting.
and now?
Please excuse the shots, I’ll make good ones when she’s finished… I promise!!
With regards to painting, I won’t dwell on it too much as it’s pretty much down to the individual for techniques and how they wish to tackle it. But I will cover some general techniques which will be essential for any wannabe model painter after the jump.
The 3rd kit in my WF spree arrived this morning! This kit did get a certain level of Buzz before the event but it died down after everyone started focusing on C.C. Not to be forgotten, however, I bought myself a figure of Shirley Fennett from Code Geass modeled by Ryun Ryun Tei. In swimwear!!!
Now all that is left is my YoikoQ C.C and Ignis the red. Unfortunately, they will probably not arrive for some time. But they will arrive eventually! But for now, first impressions of Shirley after the jump.
It’s been quite some time since I posted anything about my current figure project, so i thought an update is in order. Luckily, she hasn’t stalled yet!! They say that preparation is half the battle. That certainly would be the case here…
When we last left Mina, her preliminary fitting was done and excess flash was removed but that was about it. After that came the cleaning. Obviously, you couldn’t leave the flash marks and seam lines as they were, otherwise they would show up really badly when you came to the painting phase. (more after the jump)
For those of you who don’t visit figure.fm, the first 2 kits from my wonder festival shopping spree have arrived from Japan!! I posted the pic over at figure.fm earlier this week but I hadn’t even taken them out of their packaging by that point.
In any case, here are 2 of my purchases from FW summer 07, Cerberus Project Ignis from Jingai Makyou and Jet Streams rendition of C.C from Code Geass!
You will probably recognize them from my previous posts on Wonfest kits which interested me. I haven’t done much to them so far, only removed the really big flash parts and one a very basic parts fit to make sure I wasn’t missing any pieces but even that was enough to impress me so I thought I would post my initial impressions. You can read them after the jump.
Another blast from the past this time around. This is my kit of ren ren nagusa… something from DearS!
This kit was my very first airbrushed kit so I learned a lot over the course of painting this kit, from how much to thin the paint to what paints work well with eachother.
I also got a crash course in what materials to use for very basic modding, free of charge…
A few more pics and extra info after the jump.
away from me!
*ahem*
There’s nothing like a wonderfestival shopping spree to get you in the mood for building yet another kit. I took n extended break after the, rather draining, bubba haruhi bunny kit but I though I should do my last remaining figure kit before the summer 07 batch arrives.
And here she is!
This is the original 月面兎兵器 ミーナ (Getsumento heiki Mina) figure as seen in the live action drama 電車男 (densha otoko, or train man). I managed to obtain it at around the same time as my bunny haruhi but it took a back seat as I worked on other kits. Now, I find myself in the mood for making another model kit, but I doubt that there will be a Hermes-tan who will take this figure away from me when it’s done.
Truth be told, I was trying for a prepainted version, but there was a hiccup along the way… Nevertheless, now that I have one, I’m going to complete it. I’ll also be doing a small step-by-step guide on how I’m building this kit so those of you who are interested in making your own resin kits may find this and future posts of interest. Feel free to ask any questions on the kit.
more thoughts and the first steps after the jump.
The internet is now abuzz with the aftermath of wonderfestival, which occurred on Sunday. Various blogs and sites have now started releasing photos of the kits which were available at the event and I have to say, it’s a pretty strong showing this year. If WonFest Summer 06 could be considered the Year of Haruhi (it was when bubba’s bunny kit was first shown afterall…) then this year will probably be remembered as the year of Code Geass! A lot of high quality (and not so high quality) figures for that series and, arguably, the ones most people would like to get their hands on.
The only disappointing part was that, unlike last year, there was no 1 “must have” kit! There were quite a few good ones but none which made me drop everything and put all my efforts into obtaining one, which could actually be considered a good thing… However, this one came close…
This is a kit by Cerberus Project and was unveiled on the groups blog just prior to the event. Unfortunately, trying to track one down has proven very difficult. Add to that, the demand for the kit and is shows that this one will be very difficult to get. Not that it’s going to stop me from trying though… If anyone knows where I can find one, please share!!
I’ve posted up some pics of the kits which grabbed my attention but you may want to check out dannychoo and Heisei Democracy for more galleries. Currently, I have 3 figures on my watch list and 1 actually bought! These should keep me busy for a while!! Pics after the jump!
The summer wonderfestival is this weekend so I’m sure all the big blogs are gearing up and charging their cameras for coverage of the event.
There has been a fair bit of talk leading up to the event too, with manufacturers showing what they will have to offer at the event. None of which really grabbed me, as I am far more interested in the Resin kits.
Heisei Democracy have a fair few posts on what will be up for show but I have to admit that not many kits which have been announced even hit my radar, although the ignis resin kit from Jingai Makyou by Cerberus project (which can be seen here) looks very tempting. I probably couldn’t do it justice either, but that doesn’t mean I’m not willing to give it a try.
I was looking forward to the C.C kit at Wonfest but after looking at the prototype more closely, I may give it a miss. We’ll have to see how the other code Geass kits shape up. The Shirley Kit by RyunRyunTei looks quite nice, if a little plain.
Looks like I’ll have to wait for pics before hitting Yahoo Japan! Auctions. There are a few other kits which may pique my interest. Better contact my agent too, since she usually takes several days to reply…
Are there any items which other people are looking out for/ want for themselves? Aside from the now infamous Ignis the red…
There are some model kits out there which makes you feel content just looking at them in their complete form, made by others. This one could very well be one of them…
A friend of mine bought this resin kit for me as a gift (or punishment, depending on how you look at it). I’ve been putting off starting on it for quite some time, the reason being fairly obvious from the pic below…
Note that the pic above only contains around 4/5ths of the total number of parts, possibly even less! The remaining parts are very small and I did not want to risk losing or (even worse) breaking them during this initial parts check. At this point, I’m thinking I’m in way over my head…
This will be my first Mecha resin kit and already, it has surpassed any and every other work i have done in overall complexity (though only perfect grade kits have more parts). One thing I can say for certain is that this is not a kit for newbies. Heck, even experienced modellers will probably break a sweat when they see this thing!
But I’m guessing you are all more curious as to what the kit is and what I hope it will resemble when I eventually finish it. Find out after the jump…
gah, my limited Japanese is getting rusty. In any case, here is one of my personal fave kits in my possession, Kazami Mizuho from Onegai Teacher!
There are quite a lot of kits of this character, both in PVC and resin flavours but most tend to focus on her more sexy side. Nothing wrong with that but I prefer the more demure teacher look she had over a provocative lying down pose which she never actually did in the anime…
Thus, when I found out that kotobukiya were doing a re release of this kit a while back, I instantly snapped it up! This kit also has the honour of being my last hand painted kit. After this one, I bought myself a small airbrush and compressor for my future kits. Maybe I should go back and repaint this one…
Again, I’m sorry about the quality of the pics. They do get better, Honest!!
Finally managed to dig out some pics of older model kits so ppl can see how much better (or worse) I have become over the years.
First up, we have Jam Kuradoberi from Guilty Gear X (and it’s numerous revisions). There was actually a very nice coldcast kit of the same model available but I didn’t like some bits of the colour scheme so I decided to paint my own.
This was one of my very first kits and it probably shows. Back then, I painted all my kits by hand (no airbrush for me) so there were many issues I needed to overcome, such as visible brush marks on larger surfaces. Still, I do look back rather fondly on this kit, being one of my earliest works. I hadn’t even developed any skills with the camera at this point so even the photos suck!! Apologies everyone!!
For those curious about my edits in the colour scheme, originally, the right arm was completely covered in a black glove which went all the way to the shoulder and also covered the cleavage. I wasn’t having any of that so I painted the dress so the cleavage was more exposed and painted it as though the glove was never there. I prefer it that way but here’s a pic of the original for those interested
Remember around July last year, the whole anime community went gaga over this kit from a sculptor who went under the name BUBBA? Well, I went and got one of the 200 original kits which he sold at WF (thanks Mayu!!!)
Almost a whole year later, I’ve finally managed to finish her. Just don’t ask what took me so long…
For those who are interested, The bunny costume was painted in a midnight blue colour and not black like the original (I felt that black was a little boring) but the colour doesn’t show up too much in the pics. It can be either a blessing or a curse depending on how you think. The accessories were purchased as part of a Macfarlane toys figure of Jimi Hendrix. So, now I have jimi missing his amp and mike stand…
The Mic stand was extended, otherwise it would only reach the naval. but otherwise, everything else was pretty much by-the-book (what book, I’m not sure). Any questions? feel free to ask and I’ll try to answer them.
And yes, I am aware of the recent flood of official kits on Yahoo Japan Auctions since the re-release .
More pics after the jump
