How I apply Dry Brushing

I made this small tutorial on how I apply Dry Brushing for those who haven't tried dry brushing. 

Here are the things you will be needing for this process.

Paint - I always use my Tamiya X-11 Chrome Silver for dry brushing

Paint Brush - much better if you use your old one because you will be intensively brushing it to the part which might ruin your brush if you will your new ones.

Paper - this is where you will be brushing first your paint brush to remove some excess paints before brushing it to the subject.

Lastly is the part you will be applying the Dry Brushing.

WIP Part 3: Bandai MG 1/100 Wing Gundam EW: Inner Frames Assemble

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 |

Today I had the chance to build the inner frames and some parts of the weaponry. 

WIP Part 2: Bandai MG 1/100 Wing Gundam EW: Manual Preview

Part 1 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 |

Here is the Manual Scans for the MG Wing Gundam. Mainly the construction manual is almost the same with the ver.Ka except for some information from the design in comparison from TV and EW series. 

Cover

WIP Part 1: Bandai MG 1/100 Wing Gundam EW: Box Preview & Unboxing

Part 2 |  Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 |

It's about time to start working on this Kit. First is the Box Preview.

As you can see, the box art is uniform to the other Wing EW kits I already finished. The box suffered a lot of dents because of the handling of the shipping. The only difference on this Box art except for the subject itself are the Top and Bottom part. The Top shows the Bird Mode and the Bottom is the Mobile Suit which unlike with the other Box Art both Top and Bottom has the same layout.

Box Art: Front

Review: Banpresto Mahou Tsukai no Yoru DXF Figure "Aoko Aozaki"

Character: Aoko Aozaki

Origin: Mahou Tsukai no Yoru

Manufacturer: Banpresto

Classification: DXF Figure

Series/Volume: ?

Material: PVC, ABS

Release: February 2013

Dimension: H=17cm

Box Art: Front | Back

Box Art: Sides

Box Art: Top | Bottom

Review: Banpresto Rinne no Lagrange DXF Figure "Madoka Kyono"

Character: Madoka Kyono

Origin: Rinne no Lagrange

Manufacturer: Banpresto

Classification: DXF Figure

Series/Volume: 1

Material: PVC, ABS

Release: October 2012

Dimension: H=16cm

Box Art: Front | Back

Box Art: Sides

Box Art: Top | Same as bottom

Gunpla Builders World Cup 2013 Philippines

Venue: Mall Main Atrium Robinsons Magnolia
Address: Aurora Blvd., Quezon City, Philippines

Date: October 7-13, 2013
Judging: October 12, 2013, 4:00 PM
Awarding: October 13, 2013, 4:30PM

Criteria for Judging:
Painting skill, line paint and body decoration - 100
Modification, usage of other parts and remodeling - 100
Creativity, originality (Color, Pose & Concept) Total look of Diorama - 100
Total of 300

WIP Part 7: Bandai MG 1/100 Gundam Deathscythe EW: [Finished]

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 |

Oh Yeah!, after a month long of slow progress on this WIP, finally it came to a conclusion. Though I wasn't be able to post the process of the WIP, I will just summarize it here on my last post for this project. 

After the Part 6, here are the things that I have done up to the conclusion of the WIP:

1. Segregated the parts that I need to panel wash.

2. I applied Bosny No.190 Gloss Coat on those parts in preparation for the panel wash.

3. Panel washed it using Thinned Black Enamel with lighter fluid.

4. Initial weathering applied while doing the Panel wash.

5. Followed up the weathering using Tamiya Weathering Master. Gunmetal on the light colored parts and rust on the dark colored parts.

6. Fixed some panel lining with a Marker.

7. Applied the markings.

8. Flat Coated it for the Final Product.

You might be wondering why my weathering is not that balanced or looks too messy. The answer is that I did it on purpose. I don't want to be accurate on the weathering because I am portraying something that really looks like a messy Gundam that have gone in battles and suddenly retreated on their Hangar just to resupply and charge their units and be back to battle again. This is the 4th time I did it and I have never been accurate on anything in terms of weathering. Here are some pictures I took:

Package No.25

Hi guys, it's been a while since my last post in my blog. I have been doing the Deathscythe for some time already and it took me a lot of time doing it. This time I am not updating my WIP on the Deathscythe, I am updating my newly acquired items that I have been waiting for a long time. I bought this in a Japan base online store with the help of some friends who handled the items for me. This came this Monday afternoon and I just had the time to open it today because of a busy schedule.

It was shipped via LBC

Madoka Kyono from Rinne no Lagrange
Aozaki Aoko from Mahou Tsukai no Yoru

The school semester will end this week so I will be having the time to review these figures later on when I am done with my student grades. But this week I will be updating the final of my Deathscythe WIP that I have been doing for about 3weeks already. I will post it once totally done. That's it for now. Thanks for your time. 

WIP Part 6: Bandai MG 1/100 Gundam Deathscythe EW: Inner Frames Detailing

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 7 |

Woooooooo! Just got time to have the final detailing on the Inner Frames and took some quick shots to show the updates. I tried to do the detailing roughly and not accurate because I wanted it to be like that. Here are the shots I took this afternoon.

WIP Part 5: Bandai MG 1/100 Gundam Deathscythe EW: Inner Frames Dry Brushing

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 6 | Part 7 |

Phew... I started this WIP Tuesday and finished Thursday. It is really a bothersome for a working man to focus on the Hobby because of the real work. But, what's great here is that I can buy these things for my Hobby because of that real work ^_^.  

In this WIP, I do the dry brushing of the inner frames and it is my favorite painting technique by far. I have been doing this for the 4th time and I still can't resist on overdoing it. Dry brushing is used to be a brushing technique using just a small amount of paint and near to almost nothing. The effect is that you will be adding depth at the edges of a certain part you are applying the technique. What I have done here is that I intentionally over do the dry brushing which makes it look like scratches done on the inner frame. I am pretty much satisfied with my work and what's easy here is you don't have to be accurate on the dry brushing. The paint I always use is Tamiya Silver Leaf. Here are some pictures I took after I finished working today:

WIP Part 4: Bandai MG 1/100 Gundam Deathscythe EW: Inner Frames Assemble

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 |

Here is the first Update of my actual Deathscythe WIP. I have done trimming the parts as well as cleaning the nub mark last Thursday. And I had the chance to assemble it because of the long weekend. Here's the parts and the assembling of the inner frames.

WIP Part 3: Bandai MG 1/100 Gundam Deathscythe EW: Manual Preview

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 |

Here is the Manual Scans for the MG Deathscythe. I used my new scanner but now it only works with an automatic 300 DPI unlike with my past scans which has the highest of 600 DPI. Though they are almost the same the only difference is that the scanner will automatically clear blank spaces on the sides of the material you are scanning which sometimes removing parts of the Manual which doesn't have a color on the sides. 

Cover

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WIP Part 2: Bandai MG 1/100 Gundam Deathscythe EW: Unboxing

Part 1 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 |

Just got time to check on what's inside my MG Deathscythe. Here are the pictures I took:

Manual

WIP Part 1: Bandai MG 1/100 Gundam Deathscythe EW: Box Preview

Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 |

It has been a long time since my last WIP. I have been busy nowadays because I am already teaching in the College but because of that I had the chance to have a free time and make it as my WIP session. Now I will be doing my MG Deathscythe EW that I got it way back in February. 

The box had some dents because of the shipping but still it is in a decent condition. As I said before, the box is relative to the box of most of the MG Wing Endless Waltz Kits. Here are the shots of the whole box:

Box Art: Front

Box Art: Top | Bottom

Review: Bandai MasColle Gundam Head Collection Volume 3 The Newtype's Decision

Line Up: 1. Nu Gundam Type: RX-93

              2. Sazabi Type: MSN-04

              3. Unicorn Gundam (Unicorn Mode) Type: RX-0

              4. Unicorn Gundam 02 Banshee (Unicorn Mode) Type: RX-0

              5. Zeta Gundam Type: MSZ-006

              6. Gundam AGE-FX Type: AGE-FX

              7. Desperado Type: CMS-328

              8. Hi-Nu Gundam Type: RX-93-v2 [Secret Piece]

Origin:    1. Mobile Suit Gundam Char's Counterattack

              2. Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn
              3. Mobile Suit Z Gundam
              4. Mobile Suit Gundam AGE
              5. Mobile Suit Gundam Char's Counterattack: Beltorchika's Children

Manufacturer: Bandai

Release Date: January 2013

The box for volume 3 is Blue monochrome color.

Set Box Art: Front

Set Box Art: Back

Set Box Art: Right

Set Box Art: Left

Set Box Art: Top

Package No.24

At last, my most awaited item is here. I have been searching for this for over 6 months because I forgot to pre-order it before it was released on January 2013. Luckily, I had encountered some helpful friends to help me find and get this Item. It was bought in Singapore by a friend and was taken back here in the Philippines when he had a vacation and dropped to another friend who took care of shipping it to me. 

Hopefully this time I won't get same Mobile Suits just like I had in Volume 1 & 2, so I won't be hunting it anymore. Because looking for a single item from the set are hard to find and sometimes it will be like doubled or tripled the price of the set itself. I will get to review this later tonight and post it tomorrow and let's see if I can get all the 8 different Mobile Suits in this set. That's it for now. Thanks for your time.

Restoration Part 10: Bandai MG 1/100 Wing Gundam EW ver. Ka

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9 |

Heres an update for what will I do with the Wing Gundam ver. Ka I acquired recently.

Mainly, this is the reason why I need the extra parts.
What happened here is that after I finished assembling my Wing Gundam custom painted,
I noticed that the leg joint was too loose and I got a bad idea to tighten it.
A noob idea was made and I ended up destroying the pegs on the middle part of the leg joint for both legs.

Next is that I am missing this white part that you can see in the picture.
So I took it from the extra parts too.

When the time I accidentally destroyed the leg frames, I tried scribing some leg armor parts that didn't turn out that well so I will seal it again with some putty to make it normal again.

After some sanding I think it is back to normal.
Tomorrow, I will be checking it again to look closely if there are any uneven parts which I cannot see tonight because I don't have a bright lamp with me.

Hopefully, I will proceed with the painting of these parts when I have time after school. And I am still looking for the waterslide decals for the Wing Gundam ver. Ka. Maybe someone from the viewers might know where I can buy it in the Philippines only. Just comment below so I will know. That's it for now. Thanks for your time.

Review: Banpresto K-ON!! DX Figure Summer Course! "Yui Hirasawa"

Character: Yui Hirasawa

Origin: K-ON!!

Manufacturer: Banpresto

Classification: DX Figure

Series/Volume: ?

Material: PVC, ABS

Release: June 2012

Dimension: H=16cm

Box Art: Front | Back

Box Art: Sides

Box Art: Top | Bottom

How I Fix a Broken Figure

Common for a prize figure to have broken parts upon transit or shipment because of a cheap packaging they do specially with Banpresto Prize figures. Today I made this little tutorial on how I fix a broken figure. Here are the tools I used for this tutorial:

1. Cutter for Metal 

2. Metal Rod 

3. Hand Drill

4. Broken figure

5. Super Glue

Note: Make sure that the size of your Metal Rod is the same with your Drill or vice versa.