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10-22-2020, 01:56 PM | #71 |
Suprise Gamma Future
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Hit the beat! Keep your beat!
Find the place that makes your heart shake! Hit the beat! Keep your beat! Find what no one else can do! Because that is your beat! Figure-Rise Standard Hibiki has arrived and I could not wait to build it. The Hibiki suit is perhaps one of my favorite designs of all time. I constantly waver between my love of clean sci-fi suits like Kabuto and Faiz, and the really elaborate, almost scary looking suits like Hibiki and dare I say Decade. This was a long and arduous build due to the level of paint needed. Here are the colors I used: I almost attempted a metallic purple airbrush job for the forearms but it turns out Metallic Blue is actually a better match. I applied it going for a fade effect with a thick nylon brush. For reference I looked up images of the Shinkoccou Seihou Figuarts Hibiki and the Hibki promo poster from Heisei Generations Forever. So to start, I applied some Shine Silver to the face just in case the face stickers didn't cover up the whole area. Luckily the included stickers actually turned out better than I expected. There's definitely a visible seam down the center where the sticker is expected to fold, but not much can be done about it unless you wanted to attempt your own paint job. Hibiki's mask doesn't really "glow" like other riders, so I was okay with the way this looked. (The kit actually comes with an extra face sticker in case you mess up). The silver horns were hand painted with Shine Silver, the head emblem was done in gold, and I painted just the bottom jaw of the red mask part with "Char Red". Now comes the most time consuming part. The chest armor was painted in Shine Silver directly with the marker. Then after letting it dry, I touched up any parts I missed with a tiny brush. The strap underneath the armor was painted in a metallic black. These areas are very small and not very forgiving if you accidently touch one of the "teeth" on the way down. Perhaps the most difficult part then was the Hibiki logo on his belt and both pairs of drum sticks. The kit comes with tiny wrap-around stickers which I knew were gonna be a nightmare to apply, but in hindsight I almost wish I went with the stickers. Painting the emblems first began with painting in between the crest in metallic black with the tiniest brush I had. Then cleaning that brush (because I only have one that small) and painting the gold parts. We finish with regular Silver paint to the surrounding area. The black paint was impossible to completely fill in the space, so I ended up going in with a panel liner marker. There's still tiny red spaces that went unpainted. This is some of the smallest paint applications I've ever had to do. For the wrist and ankle armor, I simply used a brown panel liner. I don't have a good brown paint, and even if I did, I think those areas are too detailed for a clean application. After the marker, the silver parts were painted in Shine Silver. This leaves us with these stickers unused. The forearm stickers come off as the big failing of the kit. Gradients are never easy to do and these stickers don't really sell it. I thought about applying an airbrush gradient, but then I'd have to paint over it with the Silver. So what I did was poured some metallic dark blue paint into a tray, dipped the brush in the paint and applied at the base of the forearm where the color should be the darkest. Go all the way around and as the paint is drying staring to dab the brush downwards to get a fade. You want the paint to be in the "sticky" phase so it doesn't look runny and blends well into the red. It's a very short area and I would say only runs just barely past the silver spikes. The finished kit looks amazing. I used a brown panel liner marker to detail out the hands. The purple pre-painted plastic used in this kit is very stiff and somewhat brittle. I recommend using a fresh hobby blade to trim down the nubs. The molding on this kit is pretty incredible including some very sharp parts (the horns and hand knuckles in particular). In the end I would still consider Den-O to be the best overall kit to date. If you paint your kits, Hibiki has so many organic details and shar points, that I would definitely put him in the expert range. A couple of minor cons: - Some of his wrist pegs are too long and makes his hands look like they are floating. - Doesn't come with drumsticks alone- only in hand and in holder. The sheathed drumsticks are completely cast in red plastic. - Joints are plain purple plastic - Wrist bracelets come off easily and are composed of 2 parts each, so be careful - Almost every sticker goes into a curved surface - His chest, thighs, and head seem a little on the big side. Pros: - Very stiff, holds poses well - Effect parts are excellent, definitely usable for the Figuarts - The purple parts look professionally painted! - No problems with assembly other than some sharp parts The Figure-Rise Standard line continues to impress. I look forward to each release and can't wait for Decade in December!
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10-22-2020, 02:01 PM | #72 |
Kamen Ride Or Die
Join Date: Aug 2019
Location: Chicago, IL
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Absolutely gorgeous. Stellar job!
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10-22-2020, 02:36 PM | #73 |
Showa Girl
Join Date: Jun 2018
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Goddd that's beautiful. I'm kind of scared to get him now because I know his silver would never look as good as this!
I'm very surprised to hear about the drumsticks not being accessories. It's a very odd decision, though granted I can't think of many other things I'd want to do with them outside of giving them to Decade -- and on the plus side, it means they don't rely on the awkward holding thumb hand of previous FRSes and hence is much stronger. I wonder if this'll be the standard going forward; maybe Decade is this way too?
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10-22-2020, 04:50 PM | #74 |
Suprise Gamma Future
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Yeah I just assumed we would get standalone sticks with maybe some pegs for the hands to hold better (Hibiki's Henshin Onsa is this way), but when I think about how the sticks have that little finger loop, it makes sense why they aren't separate.
I debated doing a "dirtier" more matte silver because in my head thats what I remember it as, but its actually pretty shiny in a lot of official depictions. And ultimately if I decide I want it changed, I can add weathering on top of this paint application. I think the kit still looks good straight out of the box. The special coating treatment is a show-stealer in person.
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11-01-2020, 04:37 PM | #75 |
Suprise Gamma Future
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Today we revisit an old friend.
Kamen Rider W is easily in my top Kamen Riders for both the series and the suit design. I love the half and half gimmick and the way the show attempted to combine Showa and Heisei sensibilities. The Figure Rise Standard kit is a good one but the green has always bothered me. I've wanted to paint it for a long time but the idea of taking it apart had put me off of doing it. Well today was a chill rainy day so I went for it. Didn't get a good before picture, but the one on the right is the out-of-box green. I painted all the green parts in the new Gundam Marker metallic green (GM 174). The packaging officially calls it yellow-green which is a much better fit for W than the old metallic green Gundam marker. The silver was painted with the always fabulous Shine Silver EX01 Gundam Marker. Then a little metallic red was painted on the head crest, replacing the former sticker. I also took this opportunity to touch up the black paint around the gold parts of the cyclone side. I am so much happier with the way the kit looks now. It has completely obviated my desire for the Seihou figure. At this point I think Build is the only one remaining that I still wish to repaint.
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11-01-2020, 05:01 PM | #76 |
Showa Girl
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Beautiful!! The green really shines
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11-01-2020, 05:59 PM | #77 |
Kamen Ride Or Die
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God, that figure is gorgeous. It's my favorite kit, and you've made it better than ever. Outstanding work!
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11-02-2020, 11:28 AM | #78 |
Veteran Member
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Location: Oregon
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Damn dude, it looks beautiful!
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11-02-2020, 03:46 PM | #79 |
Suprise Gamma Future
Join Date: Feb 2020
Location: USA
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I recently built a new custom mechanical keyboard themed around the king of trains himself. Ore, sanjou!
Also here is an updated image of all the main riders from the Figure-Rise standard line
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11-02-2020, 08:55 PM | #80 |
Reiei
Join Date: Sep 2018
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Ooh, absolutely can't wait what you can do for the upcoming FRS Decade and Ryuki!
FRS Dark Decade perhaps? |
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