Description:
I got an airbrush and wanted to practice painting on something expendable. This is a Gundam Seed No Grade kit that I built in grade school before I knew what gunpla were. There were terrible nub marks to clean and the kit contained about 20 pieces and the model has no elbow or knee articulation. I chose these colours and decals to see how they would look in preparation for my upcoming Gouf Custom project that will use a similar color scheme. It turned out too bright and the colours will need to be muted.I learned a lot from my first painting session: airbrushing is not that difficult, but painting adds a lot more hours to a project; oil paints take 2 weeks to dry; no grade kits are not for me; waterslide decals are excellent.
Methods summary:
- Rip all parts off runner without tools as a child and quickly assemble (not recommended)
- Cleaned nubs and seamlines with Mr. white putty
- Prime with Mr. Surfacer 1500
- Airbrush Mr. Color lacquer paints (Cobalt blue, Sky blue + white, Orange, Gloss black)
- Airbrush alclad chrome on gloss black for metallic parts
- Handbrush small details
- Airbrush Mr Hobby clear blue on left arm for metallic blue finish
- Airbrush Pledge floor care for gloss coat
- Apply waterslide decals
- Panel lined with Mr Weather Color black
- Re-seal with more Pledge
- Gunk wash with artist oil burnt umber
- Topcoat with Mr. Topcoat matte (or Pledge for metallic finish)
- Dry brush silver to simulate chipping
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