Hmmm. My painting skills are kinda not great, I have been toying with getting some painters tape to mask off parts, so i can at least paint in straight lines. And at least it's cast in white, and not making me paint white on top of gunmetal gray, like the stupid HG Hi-Nu. His weapons are going to look like crap when I'm done with them, unless I try and clean off what I've done and get some spray paint and tape off what i don't want white. Bugger what a freaking pain.
It makes me want to get the MG just because the weapons are cast in multiple parts, and the white ones are done in white plastic.

I have the Master Grade Hi-Nu, and while it's really nice I much prefer the standard Nu Gundam.

I just find the Nu Gundam to be to plain of a deco. i like the blue on the Hi-Nu.

See, and that's why I don't like Hi-Nu, it's too plain. Too much white with a little blue.

Too little blue? It's almost half blue. How is that too little? Nu is white with like one splash of black paint on the funnels. From certain angles, Hi-Nu looks mostly blue
http://www.dalong.net/review/hg/h95/p/h95_04.jpg

you crazy man.

I'm not saying it has too little blue, just that white and blue do not make complete color scheme for me. It just feels like a lot of white and some blue and that's about it, feels kind of plain.

Love it.

I might get some flak for this, but...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZC08QMtqXQ

:lol wow.

You know if you don't want the white and blue Hi-Nu and don't care about grade,there is a black/yellow/white one for HG.

Also I'm getting closer and closer to my decision for what models I'm going to order for my birthday.One for certain is the HG GM Striker.All I can think of is that someone wanted to make a mass production Deathscythe model and thats where the striker came from.lol

The other I'm on the fence about.Either the HG Sinanju,or two cheap suits.There are some good grunt suits out there,and I am lacking in the grunt department.

dalong.net is a dangerous place. I've been perusing the site and have come to the conclusion that I want the regular HG versions of Unicorn and Banshee (and the various modes), and additionally I want the various pearl/clear versions as well.

They seem like really great designs to me, and look particularly well executed in the special versions.

The Sinanju is quite the wonderful model. The gold foil is just so damn pretty. A pain to color match though.

Agreed, Dalong's is great to view it all OOB with no frills.

I actually think I decided on the Sinanju and HG Bawoo Production type.I figure the Bawoo is from Neo Zeon,so yeah.

I love me some Neo Zeon. Can't speak for the Bawoo, however, you won't regret the Sinanju. It was a fun build and looks great paired with the Unicorn.

Bawoo is so so. I have it and it's far from perfect. Needs quite a bit of paint work which I'm not skilled enough for. I'd like to get the MG Sinanju at some point myself.

Well I'm going to try to customize some stuff on the Bawoo.I might get some decals for it later to spruce it up.Also there are some weapon kits,one of which has different types of heat hawks.

If anybody wants the Bawoo I built I'm gonna offload it, I posted about it over in the TFW Gundam thread too but heads up to all here as well.

Now that i've seen photos of the Pteraraidenoh candy kit…I can now set into motion plans on making this guy:

http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/4797/jd3s.jpg

Into this guy:

http://img837.imageshack.us/img837/6571/2f4r.jpg

Plan on using parts from the Kabaya GaoGaiGar to make the lion chest and Exia's GN Sword for the weapon.

So,quick opinion.This suit...

http://www.gundamplanet.com/media/ca...Striker_01.jpg

These colors....

http://www.gundamplanet.com/media/ca...-custom-01.jpg

Gonna call it the GM Striker (SWAT Custom)

http://img827.imageshack.us/img827/597/0olm.jpg

So the Phoenix Pack is pretty much the Akatsuki Earth use pack with a bunch missiles and a sword slapped on?

So I've decided to get the GM Striker just cause I have a nice custom in mind.The other suit,I'm still on edge about.

Edit:Did decide on another part of the purchase,the Builder's Parts weapon system 003.Also thinking the Hazel II.

Titans Test Team, by all means yes. The Hazel is just fun to fiddle with.

http://i1276.photobucket.com/albums/...ps8a5452e3.jpg

http://i1276.photobucket.com/albums/...ps423c56c3.jpg

Or if you don't already have it, The Geara Zulu (vanilla) is also a fun kit.

http://i1276.photobucket.com/albums/...ps79610456.jpg

I need to remove the gold paint from my HG Sinanju, I have some clear yellow which looks a lot brighter than the shade of gold I have on it right now. He also needs some panel lining to make all that red less, um, red.

http://i1276.photobucket.com/albums/...ps95c7fb06.jpg

The Geara Zulu always intrigued me.I love any type of Zaku that looks more and more like it's from WWII,and the vanilla Geara is spot on.

The Sinanju was a hard buy to pass up,but I really wna make that custom GM Striker.I might even kitbash a gundam and make it a special gundam unit.

The picture here is of the weapon kit.I plan on giving the Custom I make the claw shield and the Beam SMG w/ grenade launcher.I'm also going to try and find a way for him to store the spear on his backpack.

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-p2_NsTI794.../weapon003.jpg

Man, you guys seem like great modelers, I can't paint for crap. Since I can't do it, I have been forcing myself to stay away from GunPla since they just don't seem that good looking without paint. Dalong has shown me otherwise on some kits but good lord do I just need to learn how to paint...hahaha

I can't paint or panel line for shit. I just have fun building these things, it's satisfying to me. I don't feel I need to detail them since I just want them to look like the on screen model anyway, so I don't want the extra panel lines. I might paint a visor or something to match the correct color if it's molded wrong but that's about it. Half the time I don't use the labels either. Again I want them to look clean just like the animation model. SO if they don't have all the extra markings and ID numbers etc then I don't use em.

It's not about painting,it's about the feeling you get when you can stand back and go "Wow,I built that." This'll be my first time doing a custom paint job,so it prob wont turn out that good.

I can dig it.

I dont' paint too well either. I've been using some gundam markers, but like i said regarding Hi-Nu's gun, it's come out crap. Painting the eyes, or a few highlights hasn't been too bad, especially when theirs molding lines to follow.

Same with panel lining, just trace the lines with the panel line marker and wipe off the stuff that gets where I don't want it with my finger, it comes right off. The only problem is in tight corners or places I can't get my fingers, and I've been using a toothpick to clean up those places, and it's been working nicely.

I've been using spray cans. But lately, I've been thinking about investing in an airbrush set up once the convention season is over.

Well that makes sense. I build zoid models because of the absolutely no need to paint hahaha, same cannot be said for their HMM line though, but I do panel line those models and they come out great. Oh, and for reference, the HMM zoid kits are somewhere between MG and PG gunpla models. So I know what you mean about the accomplishment you feel when sitting back and looking at it.

The best feeling I got is when I finished my MG Crossbone Gundam Fullcloth.All I did to it was some red panel lining on the mask and felt awesome when I was done.Also was my first time doing dry rub transfer stickers,which are amazing looking when done right.

I haven't been able to do any dry transfers...hahaha they always look like crap. Mine would be the Zoids HMM Geno Breaker Raven ver. Great model and I have seen that model and it looks good. A good model to be proud of.

My first HMM was a command wolf, the red one. Plastic quality feels different to the touch, but still as strong as Bandai's kits. I picked up a geno saurer when they re released a year ago.

On decals, panel lining, and paint; man I wish I could do stuff like the pros. I kind of like the GFF look. But that's the wonderful thing about models, right?

Believe it or not Hobbylink Japan has a youtube page that has some tips on painting models.They give really good tips.(Like I didnt know that it's best to wash the runners before even starting)

http://www.youtube.com/user/hobbylink

You have to scroll all the way down to Popular Uploads

I have two command wolves and I can attest to how good they are. Though I do not have the empire one...it looks awesome though and you are right. The plastic feels pretty different.

The GFF look is pretty nice and your right about that hahaha

Thanks man, I've seen their stuff and they are very thorough. If I can simply find some time I will try my hand at this stuff.

This week's episode has a short video on assembling the MG Tallgeese from start to finish, with minimal advanced techniques.

I've been thinking, would anybody be down for a tokunation group build?

Group build? How would we do that? I'm up for it,just trying to figure out how. Also ordered the GM STriker,Builder set 003,and the HG Hazel II.

Gundam eclipse does them all the time.

We basically pick a theme for the build and the builds all need to be finished and presented by a certain time and date.

I'd be up for it,but it would need to be like once a month.Give time for the people participating to paint the model if need be.