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Anonymous Sat 19 Nov 2022 21:26:08 No.10149121 View View Reply Original Report

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Newfag here.
Finally finished my first gunpla kit.
-Seam line removal
-gloss topcoat
-minor paiting of some details
-panel lining (Tamiya and Gundam Marker)
-matte topcoat

it's looks like shit but I put my heart and soul into that thing.
Also a lot of money.

Calendar in the background for attention

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 20 Nov 2022 11:10:18 No.10149874 Report

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>>10149121
Welcome to the hobby! You should probably post in the gunpla general. >>10138842

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 20 Nov 2022 14:54:50 No.10149980 Report

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>>10149121
Less calendar, more GM

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 20 Nov 2022 15:05:07 No.10149987 Report

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>that calendar
Somebody's still single.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sun 20 Nov 2022 15:32:49 No.10150007 Report

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>>10149121
Nice job anon! Contrary to what plamo general says it's completely fine to paint on bare plastic and top coat all that. On that topic, I'd advice you to paint details before glosscoat, because then you can scratch excess paint off of the model. Looking at that front skirt piece, I get what you were going for there, but the edges of the red area could've been trimmed using something like a cocktail stick for a sharper end result. Same goes for the panel lines.
Plamo general is a good source of inspiration but they'll grill you for not painting 100% of the kit. But you just do your own thing and have fun anon.
Btw here's something I did with a similar gm kit.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 22 Nov 2022 02:18:49 No.10152472 Report

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Your wasting time and money doing a gloss coat over bare plastic. Despite what 'pro modelers' tell you, they are just reading the script and assume you have an airbrush and hundreds in paints and supplies to do the whole shebang. The only reason to use a gloss coat is to protect a fully painted kits painted layer so you can panel line on top of it without smearing/staining. That's the reason your gundam marker panel lines look so thick, it sticks to the gloss coat and doesn't allow your finger oils/qtips thin the line. You basically can't use gundam markers with a gloss coat, only tamiya panel line accent because it can be cleaned with lighter fluid without damaging the gloss coat.

Really bugs me how everyone parrots the "gloss coat before panel lining!" line without mentioning that this should only be done if you plan on fully painting the kit with an airbrush or at least a wide assortment of rattle cans. Next time properly thin your panel lines with your fingers/qtips(for gundam marker, or q-tips and lighter fluid for tamiya) on the bare plastic and go straight to the matte topcoat. If you insist on gloss coating bare plastic for whatever reason, discard the gundam marker and exclusively use tamiya panel line accent.

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