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ShiShiLeo Paints Toku Stuff
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07-19-2020, 01:03 PM
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ShiShiLeo
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Mini Guide to Detailing your Mini Pla
Modern model kits from Bandai excel at color separation in parts. If you didn't know, Bandai's ability to mold up to 4 colors in a single runner is actually a bit of trade secret. Ask anyone who creates industrial plastic molds to look at a typical Bandai runner and they will be hard pressed to figure out how exactly it was done- much less for a reasonable cost.
Anyway, Mini-pla kits use a lot of the same technology from Gundam model kits, but in many ways the engineering for the transformations are superior.
Today we're looking at the Galaxy Mega Mech or Astro Megazord for US audiences.
Typically when detailing a kit, it comes down to what will be easy to paint, what is better left as a sticker, and how does it compare to TV depictions?
The little shuttle vehicle of the mech looks like this straight from the box. It comes with a blue sticker to wrap around the edge of the "wings". In general, stickers that wrap around things or have to conform to non-geometric shapes, will end up looking janky, come off easy, or worse- just fail to go on the surface.
These places are where paint applications are the highest priority.
Here I've used a standard blue Gundam marker that comes in the Gundam Marker Starter set.
https://smile.amazon.com/GSI-Creos-G...dp/B0009AFN0S/
]I always recommend Gundam markers for a couple of reasons:
1. Its usually the exact same colors Bandai uses for their plastics. Look at that blue! It's a perfect match!
2. They are alcohol based and formulated to adhere to Bandai's model kit plastic. This means you don't have to do any priming or sanding before you paint. I usually just recommend washing the part (to remove the oils used to release the runner from the mold), and then paint directly onto the plastc.
3. Gundam markers are very forgiving. If you mess up, you can scrape away the mistakes or use Gundam marker eraser
https://smile.amazon.com/3Set-Gundam.../dp/B01JIQRM2K
(or rubbing alcohol and a q-tip).
4. Gundam markers are versatile. You can us the marker tip to paint directly onto parts, or press the marker into a tray and use a brush to paint.
Here's that same shuttle after I cleaned up the blue paint and applied some panel lines. I used a Gundam panel liner to make the lines appear deeper and I colored in the windows instead of using the sticker. If an area is recessed, painting becomes much easier. With a gundam panel liner pen, you can trace into the area and then use an eraser to clean up.
I always recommend testing colors on the plastic runner to see if it would match. This particular model kit came with a pre-painted yellow part.
I tested the yellow marker and determined that the sticker would be a better fit because it was a wholly flat stick (no wrapping or bending) and it matched better with the part already painted. If that part wasn't already painted, I probably would've painted it all myself.
Here's an example where paint is better:
You see, the stickers attempt to reproduce the details with some white line graphics. These would totally clash with the rest of the model kit. So again, I painted directly onto the part with a black gundam marker, and scraped up any mistakes.
It's difficult to match the black plastic because its molded in black, and here I'm painting black on top of grey. It actually looks fine in person and much better than the stickers.
But lets take a look at that sticker sheet:
Those big stickers on the top left go underneath the feet of the Delta Zord, which are completely blank. So in this case, the stickers would be adding details, which is different from the stickers right below them which are meant to cover and replace.
And then stickers like 25 and 26, which are made up of multiple colors and graphics, you would never really attempt to paint that. Even though they do some wrapping, the details are just too sharp to attempt on your own.
In the end we have a kit with some paint and panel lines to really bring out the detail.
For the finished model, I added silver paint around the edge of the shield because that's how its depicted on the show. There's a lot more detail you can add, but it's mostly a balance of how detailed you want it to look vs the effort you want to put it.
I'm just here to tell you that stuff like Gundam makers and panel liner pens really go a long way and you shouldn't be intimidated by them. Please feel free to ask any questions about tips or specific models and figures.
I also do stuff like add magnets to the bottom of my figures to help them stand better in my metal display cabinet.
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