Ooh ahh. Lights up! No wonder there's those glowy shots everywhere. thought it was just photoshopped for effect. Will end up bumping the price up by 20% though, methinks.
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Ooh ahh. Lights up! No wonder there's those glowy shots everywhere. thought it was just photoshopped for effect. Will end up bumping the price up by 20% though, methinks.
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Originally Posted by Raptormesh
Lol... maybe he is referring to your pics Stompy?Cheers Raptor! But the nice looking ones are by VP. Give him most of the credit. Mine are the ugly, grainy, out of focus ones.
Yeah it's designed to make it adhere properly to the surface (I believe) - some of the other guys spray a flat coat on top of the decals to seal them in.
Gamblor's probably the better one to shed light on this as he has greater model building and water decal experience.
You forgot to mention. The exclusive MG Banshee will light up!
I hopefully can get him.
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I rather like this blue inner frame A LOT better then the orange one.
VGM out...I actually don't mind the gold/orange version.
As for the blue lighting up, I believe the old red one was the same?
Doesn't it glow under blacklight or something?
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Light up action? I'm there! I'm not feeling the head sculpt with the extra bits on it but this would look awesome in gunmetal with blue lighting.
Quoting myself:
I found that dry transfers while looking good are harder to apply because there's no margin for error. Though the thing is waterslides definitely go better over paint. It sticks a lot better and air bubbles are easier to get rid of.
Anyway here's how I apply waterslides. You need:
small brush
small dish of water
sheet of plastic
tweezers (Tamiya black coated)
decal solution (I use Mr Mark Softer)
scissors (I used Tamiya decal scissors)
soft cloth
Cut out decal close to design. Dip in water and set on plastic.
When decal is loose use tweezers to slide into place. Use cloth to blot excess water without moving decal.
Brush on decal solution making sure to get rid of air bubbles. You only have a very short period to do this, any more and it will destroy the decal.
Leave to dry, preferably overnight.
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Built this guy for the gf - Ltd Ed Japanese 7/11 Exclusive, 1/144 HG Beargguy
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I might invest in this Mark Softer thing as I bought a water slide decals for some kits but didn't want to use them yet since my limited experience post application were horrid. My UC Hardgraph 1/32 Core Fighter lost many of its decals already. Now I just have to use the Softer. Thanks for the tips VP and especially gamblor.
I've researched a bit more in this light up business for MG Unicorn Banshee's. Alas, it DOES NOT have an electronic lighting kit inside at all. As VP mentioned, the clear parts have been treated so that under black/UV light they glow. Otherwise it's a massive conversion job to incorporate a battery compartment, lights and all those wires through the inner frame of a dense Master Grade. Not to mention it would have bumped the price up by 20-30%
Raptor, post pics when you are done. Even if they are crappy quality like mine. It's always nice to see and also prevents this thread from becoming the VP and Stompy gunpla show.
Last edited by Stompy; 29th January 2012 at 04:58 PM.
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Ah shame, blacklight is hardly the same. More like glow in the dark effect.
VP that Bearguy is awesome
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Yes, please do Raptor - the more Gunpla, the better.
Speaking of which, what the hell happened to the other OTCA Gunpla builders?
Indeed.VP that Bearguy is awesome
I thought it was the most lamest thing ever when I first saw it, but then the gf saw it and wanted it, so I bought one and built it for her - turned out to be quite cool and endearing.
You should see some of the custom Beargguys - totally awesome!
I especially love the Iron Man and War Machine ones.
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Dunno where the other builders are. There wasn't much to begin with. I know blackie builds and afew others.
Bearguy's are great, I've seen those customs and almost made me want to custom one. Then reality set in and realised 2 things. 1. I'll end up terrible at customizing and it will just look wrong. Or 2. I'll end up doing a great job and love the process that I'll end up making every gunpla I make painted up and customized. I don't want to take either route because time is a commodity and I'll never get through my backlog if I have to spend 10 times the time to paint etc. So no custom Bearguy for me. Just regular brown.
Speaking of backlog. A couple of chips at the towers of kits. Two HG's:
HG Buster Gundam (HD version)
HG Age-1 Normal Gundam
And here is the HG next to the AG (Advance Grade, it's really just First Grade).
The Buster Gundam is just a repaint with a new piece for a stand and came with a bonus effect part that is way too heavy for the kit. It's meant to be a smoke trail coming out of the tip but it doesn't stay on and if it does it will just tip the mech over.
Buster did show how far HG kits have come though. This was one of the first SEED HG's which was when HG's started to really become more sophisticated and intricate, but still shows some age with simpler sculpted detail, easy build and parts that should have used coloured parts instead of a decal. In this instance the cheeks have orange decals. Compared to newer HG's like the 00 and Unicorn line, these kits have come a long way in engineering.
HG Age-1 was ok. It felt similar to the 00 HG engineering with a couple of new surprises here and there but nothing to make you go WOW like some of the Unicorn HG's do. What's even more impressive is how good the First Grade (or AG as they call it for this series) Age-1 Normal is. In case you are wondering, it's the one on the right in my pic above. The kit looks that good for a 5 minute build with many colours and no decals. I did cheat and used a marker to paint the knees black. Although, note that the legs are static. The only articulation is the pivot on the shoulders and head. Still, it's great that they can achieve that look in one standard HG size plate.
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Nice work Stompy! Good job chipping away at that backlog.
Speaking of LED lit Unicorn Gundams, anyone want to attempt this?
http://youtu.be/AWZnQR2mIsA
BTW, any of your backlog that you've lost interest in and thinking of selling?
I've got a few that I've purchased and have lost the desire to build, so might be willing to sell or trade them.
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I've been lazy.
Still need to do my 1/100 Astraea F.
My flatmate did a HG 1/144 Geara Zulu yesterday. Looks good, but I still like the Zee Zulu better.
He also bought the RG Freedom, which I believe he's going to start tonight.
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