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07-22-2020, 12:25 AM | #51 |
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07-22-2020, 07:44 PM | #52 |
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Quarantine has me really stretching my hobbies.
I keep looking at Zi-O trying to improve him so I painted the ride watches on his wrists. I only painted the two front-most ride watches as depicted on the Figuarts. It was actually a lot easier than I expected. Just one very tiny brush and a droplet of paint. The Build watch really pops! While I was at it, I painted some clear gloss over the Ziku driver screen. It's a little shiny now, though its hard to tell in the photo. It definitely darkened the sticker, which means the sticker is absorbing the gloss material and could eventually peel off on its own. If that happens, I will print out a replacement using a transparent printer sheet. For now I think Zi-O is done!
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07-27-2020, 05:51 PM | #53 |
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I looked for those gundam marker on amiami : I found silver and gold but black was referenced under differents codes : GM10 GM20(line panel) Only Creos Gundam Marker - Black GM10 can still be ordered A 6 pens markker set was also available with gold, silver and black with different code : -GM151 metallic set gold -GM152 metallic set silver -GM153 metallic set blue -GM154 metallic set green -GM155 metallic set red -GM20 sumi-ire brush pen (black) Would that be the same that those you talked about ? Thanks for you counseling ! neoxul |
07-27-2020, 08:01 PM | #54 |
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GM10 is okay for black. GM38 is a little lighter, which is a personal preference. You can only tell the difference in bright light. GM20 is different type alltogether. You do not want that one.
That 6 pen set is shinier and lighter than the ones I recommended. They are good, but not the best match for normal Bandai colors. I used GM152 Silver for Zi-O's neck. I use GM05 silver for all of Kabuto's silver stickers. GSI made a new silver "XGM02 EX Shine Silver". I would order that one if you can. I ordered it, but it has been delayed due to COVID.
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08-03-2020, 11:59 AM | #55 |
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SODO Kamen Rider Kuuga is complete.
The paint for this figure was very minimal. Silver paint at the belt (sticker on top of paint), red paint at the writs and gauntlets. The rest were stickers. I also added some more gold paint to areas on the wrist with a bad paint job. I think I have decided to just collect the SODO Chronicles of all the main riders and display them doing their kicks. SODO are great but after Figure Rise standard and converge, do I need another figure? Yes I think I do. The 4 inch scale is probably my favorite size, putting them into that glassic GI Joe 1990s figure size. The articulation is great and there's just the right amount of customization and assembly for them to feel personal. I only wish they weren't so hard to acquire. And they can get too pricey for what they are! Either way, SODO Chronicles in particular feel very high quality. Kuuga uses a lot of shiny plastic, gold painted parts and a soft plastic for the horns. The one thing missing from SODO figures that would absolutely elevate them to master tier for me are the lack of compound eyes. If they remade them with multi-part compound eyes, I'd be in all over again!
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08-08-2020, 05:54 PM | #56 |
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Re-organized my collection today. Something I've always wanted to do:
I have the Kiramager YU-DO and Minipla sets coming soon which I plan to paint. I really want to do Figure-Rise Den-O but I have no idea when its coming. Also picked up the new Gundam Markers EX Silver and White. Will test those soon.
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08-08-2020, 07:20 PM | #57 |
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Those little guys look great! Fantastic collection! Do you think you'll keep it to just base forms, not counting Zi-O? Or will you open it up to secondary Riders or upgrade forms?
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08-08-2020, 09:54 PM | #58 |
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Secondaries on a shelf and some more- bad guys, side characters, and other suits I just could not resist. I love these things but there's some weird gaps. No Birth, Mach, Baron, Beast, Diend, or Garren. My big wishlist is: the other Kabuto Riders, Drive Type Formula, and Armed Hibiki.
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08-13-2020, 09:37 PM | #59 |
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The YUDO figures for the currently airing Sentai season Mashin Sentai Kiramagers have finally arrived and this is how I've painted them. This is a guide for painting YUDO and SODO figures (which are very similar)
KIRAMEI SPARKLING! For these figures I used: Gundam Marker EX Silver Gundam Marker EX White Gundam Marker GM38 "Black" YUDO and SODO figures use cheaper plastic with a gloss coating that makes paint sometimes hard to stick to it. Gundam Markers will work, but it may take some extra coats. Regular acrylic paint will not work at all. If you use acrylic paint, be prepared to mask and prime. For the first step, I lay out all the figures and examine them. I compare them to online images and other high end figures (If its a SODO, look for the Figuarts equivalent). The Kiramagers have a lot of silver stickers which have designs on them so I can't outright replace them with paint. As a compromise, I plan to paint the edges of where the silver will stickers will go. The stickers only cover a surface and in many places, they don't cover the entire object. In the image below, the bangles and cuffs are molded as thick pieces. These is where I will be painting the most. Once I have a plan, I look for any excess flash I can cut off and/or sand. I am particularly looking for places that stickers will go to make sure they go on smoothly. The next step is to disassemble the figures to make painting easier. I use a fine brush to paint all the black areas. These are just the shoes, the belt buckle, and the Kiramei changers. Even though the changers will eventually be covered in stickers. I'm painting there in case the color pokes through in between the sticker parts. (The changers are molded to the primary color of each ranger). After I'm finished with black paint, I wait about 10 minutes to let it dry and move on to paint the silver parts. You can see I've dissembled them further to get a better angle. I am only painting the edges. The stickers still do a great job at providing a uniform look to match the armlets which have insignia I can't reproduce. Because I'm not using the black part of the belt stickers, I actually cut up the stickers because I still want the tiny detail on the buckle piece. I use holders to help me paint parts that are hard to hold. These are the shoulder pads and the whole thing is painted silver. For big parts like these shoulder pads, I used the marker directly on them; no brush at all. You can see here I added silver paint around the neck like on the actual suits. This is easy because the neckline has a molded ridge. I'm not freehand drawing a silver line, instead I let the marker do the work and barely make contact with the plastic area. Think of it like inking an embossed stamp. Next take a break and let the paint dry. With the white marker, I paint the necks and the tiny part below the helmet's jaw. As you can see, white is very difficult to paint on a color as vibrant as red. It takes quite a few coats. If it wasn't such a small area, I wouldn't even try painting it. Painting white is always a bummer. The painting on finer details like this white doesn't have to be perfect- you can even see Bandai's own paint job is a little sloppy when you're up this close. Once everything is painted, I apply all the stickers like you normally would (using tweezers!) then I reassemble each figure one at a time. Not pictured here, but at this point, I will take my hobby knife and clean up the paint job. This just means lightly scrapping off anywhere paint got out of hand. For bigger mistakes, you can clean off paint with rubbing alcohol or a specific "Gundam Marker Eraser". Scrapping away the paint is how you get those clean lines where a mold line isn't there to guide you. Here's the end result: The Kiramager YUDO figures are much improved from the LuPat ones. The painting is all in the details, but even without the paint, I still think they'd look great. The posability is superior to SODO, likely due to the slightly larger scale. The wrist joints have really good articulation as they are on an extended ball that you can pull in and out. I hope this guide was helpful! These figures are actually fun to paint because they are so small you can do it by hand with a brush. As things get bigger, you can start to see brush strokes and I begin to opt for my airbrush. A little paint goes a long way and I always recommend it! Please feel free to ask any questions.
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08-13-2020, 09:41 PM | #60 |
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Dang man, you did some major work with those. Good stuff!
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