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Thoughts on my 1/144 Barbatos?
Early on in the build, I screwed up trying to use a wet brush technique to paint the red insignias on the shoulders and legs. It led to a pink mess on the white plastic whenever I tried to soak or wipe up the excess paint. This led me led me to try to cover up the pink staining with some white paint, which then in turn I tried to use some strong tone to mask the fact that my white paint didn't quite match the plastic. But the tone was just too strong, which led to another round of (proper) white paint. And then some weathering on all the parts to make them uniform in wear. Finally I said "Fuck it." and used some Gundam markers on the red insignias & joint areas, which I should have just done in the first place. That was followed by a final spray of matte Mr. Surfacer,which of course I added too heavily, giving some areas like the blue chest part a frosted tint. I've considered going back and adding a gloss coat to the white to hide the brush strokes, but at this point, I think I should cut my losses and call him done. Well, maybe after I glue the removable backpack pod units shut. They keep falling out and I'm not going to get the optional weapons packs, so why not?
Good points: This was my fastest custom painted build in only 4 days. The yellow fins on the shoulder pads are NOT painted! I used orange rust weathering powder and an orange Gundam marker to color them. The color blends perfectly with the other yellow plastic parts.
TL;DR Mistakes into miracles, the model kit.
