Kyle

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BB Senshi SD #Gundam Jegan wrapped up. Had some bleed with the liner while spraying the clear, not sure what that was about. Maybe the angle of spray, or where the marker was on top of enamel liner in a certain way. I'm not sure Anyway, fits my "3$ toy" aesthetic goal #ガンプラ #Gunpla

SD Gundam Jegan model kit, painted, from the leftSD Gundam Jegan model kit, painted, from the left

Relief the Elmeth is all glued together without a break/smudge. Added a generously sized hole so I can put it on a stand. I'll have to modify the rear landing struts since the openings had to either be glued open or shut

Gundam 1/550 Elmeth gunpla painted in a candy chrome green scheme, assembled and glued togetherBottom of the assembled Elmeth, with a hole added before painting and assembly suck that a stand can be used later on

Chromed-up Elmeth body pieces complete, but I need to get some actual glue to put it together due to very wide peg holes. Don't want to rush and try to force liquid cement to work, would be a shame to ruin the finish now. Arrayed pieces sort of show how the Peacock Green color changes at angles

Candy chrome gunpla pieces from a Gundam 1/550 Elmeth arrayed out on a tableCandy chrome gunpla pieces from a Gundam 1/550 Elmeth arrayed out on a table

Little rough in the middle on the main Elmeth piece, but my theory is I can use flat white enamel for the crest/top and use thinner to tailor cleaner lines, since this is lacquer paint base.

Gundam 1/550 Elmeth gunpla piece painted in chrome w/ Mr Color GX clear peacock green and a Kaizo yellow 01 lacquer detail

Initially got a sheet of circle cut out masking tape for mono-eyes and such, but adding red circle caps to Elmeth bits has been the third other thing I've used it for. Really handy tool, worth the money

Square cut out from a making tape sheet of pre-cut circles, used to mask a circle at the top of gundam 1/550 Elmeth bit

Wanted to capture the chrome stage of an Elmeth #gunpla I'm trying to finish before I move. Bought this in '24 as a step up from painting a spoon, turned out it needed actual model-making work so it got put off until I could do that. Leaning toward the GX clear peacock green over the standard green

Gundam Elmeth/Lalah Sune's MA model kit outer shell piece, 2k gloss black base and Digital Armory ultralumen chrome finish, parts on clip holders

Initial finish of Quess's Jagd Doga. Stayed mostly true to the original colors, just made them different metallics. I do like the off-white/red pairing. Not much to dynamically do with the big machine gun in the posing department. #Gunpla #ガンプラ

Gundam HG Jagd Doga painted with metallic chrome red and dark white pearl paint scheme, posed on a stand with beam gatling gun and shieldGundam HG Jagd Doga painted with metallic chrome red and dark white pearl paint scheme, posed on a stand with beam gatling gun and shield

My personal favorite part of these, the knees. Satisfied with how the seams are gone, especially on the candy chrome red finish. I look forward to doing this more. The chrome is still a bit blurry due to the wavy gloss black base, but I think was successful enough. #Gunpla #ガンプラ

Gundam HG Jagd Doga close in on the knees, which have been glued and sanded together to remove the seamsGundam HG Jagd Doga from the side, where a larger surface on the leg is available for reflection evaluation

Close in view of the Gaianotes prism blue-black paint, which I like. I wanted to give this Jagd Doga a more knight-like look in my mind, this somewhat works to me. Appreciate the stickers giving me reference for how to paint the helmet eyes. #Gunpla #ガンプラ

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I'm not sure how to properly set up the funnels, but starting to figure out how to pose/balance the Jagd Dogas. Big cuffs at the wrist don't play nice with the rifles. #gunpla #ガンプラ Probably delay the last bookend pics until my work area has better light in the fall

Gundam HG Jagd Doga in chrome and blue-black color scheme posed on stand with funnels propped on clear rods to the sideJagd Doga with shield in front posed on stand

Lesson learned: I should have cut off the funnel tabs and glued bits of the clear rods as new tabs that plug into the binders without contacting the surface As is the tabs immediately damaged the finish on the red and are too loose on the blue, so I just glued them. I'll have just get over it.

Funnels glued into place on a gundam HG Jagd Doga gunplaFunnels glued into place on a gundam HG Jagd Doga gunpla

Took forever to get all masked off for each nozzle, but finally done. Went with Mr Color GX Metallic Red Gold (Tamiya Gloss Aluminum barrels) for the bits and glad I did, GX series paints probably pound for pound my favorite so far.

Various Gundam HG Jagd Doga accessories, all coated in a final layer of clear Alclad Klear Kote Semi SheenCloser in view of the GX Metallic Red Gold funnels