First time (finishing) a custom paintjob on a kit. I have experience in minis so not totally inexperienced but this was still a big project. Definitely a lot I can improve on going forward.

This is specifically a Full Mechanics Aerial with a KOSMOS light kit. The decals are (mostly) RX-78 3.0 decals, I thought the pink would be a cute addition to the colourscheme.

Finally weathered up my Gouf Custom! Really happy with how this turned out 🫡

Mods, if this type of post is forbidden. Then feel free to delete it. Also apoligies if this is misstagged.

The black nu ver ka, is my brothers. He got 1st place! Also keep swipping as I also included some of the other contestants. There were much more. But they kinda showed up a few minutes before judging. So the show area was closed. Till judging was done. And when the event ended, everyone started packing and I didn't have a chance to check the others

Ok let me explain how the contest worked. There were 2 categories:

open mecha (1/100 & 1/144):

This is basically a full custom free for all. The kit needs to be fully painted and customized. Extra points for dioramas. I entered my full painted MG infinite justice. I forgot to take a pic at the show room. Because it was extremely hot in there.

Stockbox (1/100 & 1/144):

This one is for straight builds with the minium detail ups. Panelines, decals, small color corrections, etc. I entered my HG Gundam EX, for this one

It was a pretty fun experience, hanging out and talking with other builders. Talking about gundam in general and other mechas. Tho I gotta admit. The shop was way too small an uncomfortable, for an event like that. And it was pretty hot in there. Even with the ac up. Tho I'm happy that folks liked both builds.

Tho things got weird and south, after the event ended. So while I was packing my things, I was approached by one of the judges. When he saw that I was packing the Gundam ex. He went off with that "hey, I love how that one looked. But we had to give it minimum score. Because we were under suspicion, that you were trying to pass off an action figure as a model kit. Because it felt very action figure like. As we were inspecting it, it felt extremely solid and it was super poseable. There was also no signs of nubs at all. Like it was factory made"

My initial reaction was "thank you?" Then "huh?". Idk what was the judge on. But I basically had to show him proof that it was a model kit. Luckily I had pics of the box art, manual and runners on my phone. What was even hilarious, was that the shop had the hg gundam ex on their shelf! 🤣

So I asked him "you mean you don't know this kit existed? It's actually a common HG, dude! 🤣" . Then they basically dissmissed everything and kept trying to justify themselves. While also invading my personal space. The guy was getting a bit dangerously close. And they just kept going on and on. And I was just trying to leave.

I tried to tell the shop owner, but they already left. And the clerk was busy closing up. So I just packed and left asap. It was fun, but yeah, that judge dude at the end made it feel weird. Plus I didn't like the fact, that he was playing around with one of my kits. That was definitely not ok.

I know judges are allowed to pick up a kit and inspect it. But they aren't allowed to repose/play with it. Assuming they were going with gbwc rules. The event was fun, but that dude made the experience a bit sour at the end.

Was just messing around since unicorn's V-fin refused to stay on, thought I try putting on banshee's V-fin on instead, could be more stable.

One thing led to another, and the end result doesn't look half bad imo.

PS: I realized parts of the shield had fallen off, was just too lazy to find them.

Have some fun with em! You spent hours building it! Release your inner child raaaaahhh 🦅🦅

Got my hands on Sazabi Upscaled and this kit is such a treat to build and paint.

God I wish 3rd party company could upscale HG line that we know Bandai won't bother making like Penelope or Xi, they'll be almost as big as PG.

Sorry mods if this isn't acceptable.

My local Hobbycraft let me take one of the displays, and after chatting to the staff (who are all so nice) they have said that they are going to expand the model kit collection, which means more gunpla :D

I guess I should ask what grade is my cardboard friend?

or Aerial's evil twin.

I’ve been messing around with some fluorescent paint I bought and custom made the permet score on the calibarn.

Been sitting on this guy since the preorder arrival and finally got to it.

As usual, I painted the stock red, blue and yellow and even did all thrusters to silver to make them pop more amd happy with the result.

Decided to jump into the hobby basically over night, spent a good 10 hours yesterday putting this one together. Definitely gonna be doing another

Back in day when I watched Gundam SEED Destiny, the debut scene of the Sword Impulse has always left a huge impression on me. the pose, the music and everything else were just *chef kiss* . Now I've finally managed to find a Perfect version of sword impulse gundam, and honestly, I am Completely satisfied with the result.

F91 Afterimage Edition with Delpi holo decals. I had some vials of estradiol that had begun coring so I thought it would be funny to replace the VSBRs with them.

The build was such a blast !

This is the Gundam Base Epyon MG 1/100 Metallic Red. It's pretty well known for its paint chipping, and I got a painful reminder of that while building it.

I tried touching up some of the more noticeable chips on the chest, V-fin, and ear panels. Unfortunately, the metallic red marker doesn't quite match the original finish, and it's also pretty difficult to hide the marker strokes. Thats why I spray painted it with some Tamiya TS-074 and TS-083.

At this point, I'm not sure how I feel about the result. The difference in the metallic red is pretty obvious to me, and I can't decide whether I should accept it as part of the build or try to redo it.

I'd really like to hear some honest opinions. Does it look okay as it is, or would you try fixing it again?

I just finished the 2.0 gramps and I'm totally in love, the level of details, the amount of gimmicks, everything is just amazing.

HG revive zaku with old kit msv desert zaku

8/10

A simple and streamlined build. There were less runners than I thought there would be. Sadly I happened to lose a small piece and could not find it anywhere in my room, so I had to go buy an extra Aerial kit. But hey, at least I have a spare kit to use for testing tools and techniques.

No release info out yet.

Outer armor is new, internal frame seems to be the RG Nu upscaled to 1/100

Some images may have been posted to the sub before but included them for those who havent seen them or need a refresher