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It didn't go as well as I'd hoped. The white paint got all black crap all over it, the seam lines were often visible, and I wanked up most of the transfers. Still, I learned a few lessons, and will probably get another one.
not...
You reached over with your hand and knocked my Jap over
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I saw some really good ones where they had made them all war weathered like they had been in a really big fight and they were posed in a model of a field that looked like it was all ripped up from bombs and shit.
Can't seem to find any reference on the internet though at the moment.
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Some time. I spray painted all the pieces first, and spent time sanding them and re spraying some as I built it. And all the lines had to be penned in by hand, and I kept fucking that I up. Also I got 'stuck' a couple of times after getting ahead of myself and putting things together wrongly, and then having to break and glue it. I stupidly tried drybrushing with this metallic rub and got the stuff everywhere so I kept getting fingerprints on it. Basically, I was ill prepared and incompetent.
Anyway, I reckon you could make it in a weekend if you really went for it. That's assuming you spend time sanding and painting. If not, probably a day.
quote:Originally posted by New Way Of Decay: lol. Sorry, whenever I hear that it always makes me laugh.
I should explain myself as well I think. In my many moons of painting/sculpting, nothing of worth ever comes with paint/tools. Not only because you'd have a really mismatched set of paints, but also you'd end up with expensive kits and about 12 of everything. Hey, I've got camo green and no white paint - which isn't the funny bit. The funny bit is the sort of kits that do come with paint:
*Doesn't include own pumpkin
*Eggs not included
*Must own paint and body
Hey, see picture number 2? That's a good example of sort of lies I use to concoct at work for Bluebird. Clearly the eggs are painted with some lush acrylic paint, whilst the paints on display are the ones made out of coloured chalk. You'd sooner get a nice crisp white coat of paint off of a half-sucked Trebor extra strong mint, than you would scraping a wet brush over those.
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the instructions are in japanese though, so it's kind of hard to tell. I just took the instructions down the shop and tried to match up the colours. The blue is a bit sparkly, which wasn't what I wanted. You can't really go wrong with white and grey. But the yellow is the colour of the plastic, and all the extra detail apart from the black lines are either transfers or stickers.
I shall, of course, wait until he is five before introducing him to such gems as "Rat" for "They silenced when built and these were completely removed due to fractures occurring or something giving a straight through exhaust and rateable thrash :-)) "
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ha ha fuck, I've just been emailed and told that I've got this being delivered. I'd forgotten I'd ordered it. Ah well another 3,800 yen down the drain.
eta: And sam, it looks like the pilot of this one is called Hiiro Yui, which is less amusing than 'Alex'.
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