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Soiya! Orange Arms! Hanamichi on stage!



SO-DO Gaim has arrived!

Of all the Heisei Riders I paint, I always look forward to Gaim the least. He is a beautiful rider but full of exquisite detail and lots of unique metallic parts.

This time around however, Gaim's forearm and thigh details are not engraved into his mold and instead the figure takes advantage of stickers. And it is a fully loaded sticker sheet!



After the build was complete the stickers looked like this:





So from top to bottom:

Gold paint on the back of the ankles, extra gold paint on the kneepads.
Metallic black on the belt, Shine Silver on the belt details. The Sengoku driver was cut up to better fit on the mold.
Yellow paint on the belt strap.
Gold paint on the wrist cuffs and the front of the shoulders.
Shine Silver on the chest armor detail parts. Metallic black on the upper part of the chest armor (replacing the stickers).
Metallic Orange detail on the inside of the armor and helmet. Metallic Black under the helmet where it can be seen from the front.
Metallic black on the "tubes" on the top of the armor.



I like painting SO-DO hands because you can keep them on the runner!

I painted metallic black and silver along the edges of the weapons before putting the stickers on. Metallic green on the hilt of the Musou Saber.




SO-DO Gaim is beautiful figure and you can really see just how far the SO-DO line has come. We've now got torso articulation, extendable wrists, and hidden joints.

Next up on the painting list: Figure Rise Standard Kamen Rider Decade!