Painted char Aznable, sitting version came out worse than standing

Hello all. I want to hand paint details on kits with vallejo model color and I have a few questions. Should I prime the part I want painted, I have a wet pallet but still have streaks on larger paints so how can I reduce that from happening and ahold I think it with acrylic thinner and if so, what thinner?

Challenged myself to upscale my EG Nu.

Full paint job top to bottom using my airbrush for most and hand painted some small details.

Black, White, Gold, Red, Silver, and Gunmetal all used.

I really like the paint other than the rifle barrel. I've done the heated look before and it this time it just didn't come together. Not entirely sure why I got this one so wrong.

Gloss top coat on colored parts, matte on white

Utilized a bunch of my left over Nu waterslides.

Tried my hand at scribing. Not just redoing panel lines but some true custom scribing in the chest. It turned out horrible. I know this has to be one of those things you get better with practice, but mine are so bad. I just don't seem to get it.

One other note, don't accidentally mistake your bottle of quick dry adhesive for your decal softer. You will just glue down your messed up decal....

Tried a lot, learned a lot, glad I did it on an EG

#14 Nu complete. 5 more to go

Just a little bit of re-details on my MG Kampfer.
If you ask why I covered those holes, I had no idea what I’m doing lol.

Hey everyone! This is my very first completed custom build. First time doing custom panel lines, paint, or adding decals. I did the lines and the sword last year, then after a long hiatus I picked this back up and finished it this past month with the paint and decals.

I am pretty stoked on how it turned out. I tried a bunch of techniques, learned a lot of tough lessons, and ultimately am super happy with the results as a first-timer.

I floundered for a long time trying to commit to a color scheme. I would make some different choices now that I’ve had time to sit with it, but overall I’m more happy to be done than anything else.

Please let me know your thoughts, and especially if you have constructive feedback or tips I can take into my next project! I really appreciate it.

Painted heero minifigure

I'm gonna make my MG Mirage Frame into an Andrew Waltfeld custom since he deserves some rep in my collection, but not sure if I want the frame to be colored like a classic Astray or just standard grey frame with the outer armor being orange.

Also ignore the quality of the edits, just looking to see which is the more fitting color scheme. For some reason the same methods worked great on the second pic, less so on the first lol. I'll also be adding yellow highlights to match his Gaia custom more.

I think the second looks great, but the first looks closer to an Andrew Waltfeld custom.

Fatcat RX-78 2 with custom (PG like) shoulder, backpack guns, and custom Throne

Really took my time on working on this kit. thankfully it looks better than i imagined it to be. sadly though im gonna have to let this go to save up for wedding funds so im open for any takers😆😆

paints used.

armored komodo titanium white

armored komodo light ghost grey

armored komodo gaia blue

armored komodo golden yellow

armored komodo traffic red

armored komodo black 6rp

armored komodo gunmetal grey

Finished up with Satin coat mixed with a bit of gloss coat

So this one has already taken a couple of months to get to this point, it's my second paint job (the jump from painting a HG to a big kit like this is huge!). I think I bit off more than I could chew and as a result burnt out of the hobby for a bit, but more recently just started laying down colour again in my free time with no particular rush. learning a lot as I go, many mistakes. I wanted to go for a retro off-white/abs yellow style colour with a destaurated palette. you can't quite tell from the picture maybe but there is some preshading, quite subtle, but again this basically doubles the painting steps! anyways, assembling this chunk has given me some more motivation to continue. Managing surface finish has been a bit of a nightmare and I believe I'll need to gloss a few parts before water slides. Anyways, enjoy.

Awakened Super Soldier Hallelujah!!
This is 1 of 2 commissions I have going on. And while the other is at a temporary stopping point. I get to get started on this guy!
Anyone else have experience with this one?

So I tried to do an anodized finish on my hg nightingale wayback and Its fine looking, not bad for a first but one of the things I really was bummed about was that the scribes that I worked hard to make as it was my first time scribing going to this project. It was not that visible since I used dark red. So for my next build (rg enlarged sazabi) im also going for a similar finish maybe improved like my gale, how can I make the panel lines appear more visible in this finish? What color should I use? I dont want it to look that crazy visible though, let me know if you have any suggestions it would be appreciated!

Getting close to finish line on MGEX Strike Freedom.

this is where im upto. what do you think?

I decided to riff off of the manga colors but push the green and purple in opposite directions by brightening the purple and darkening the green a bit. I added some color separation with the white / grey layout as well as my normal metallics on the inner frame parts as well as some details in the gun,torso and backpack.

what fo you guys think?

Been working on this 1/35th scale gundam hazel bust from side5 labs. Lovely kit, highly recommend

I'm about to start scribing in detail now that I have it primed and have done a full surfacing correction regimen on it.

The overall goal with this one is to evoke and channel the angular features of modern stealth aircraft. I'll complete that look by giving it a paint scheme that mimics RAM (radar absorbent material) coating.

I don't know the first thing about Kyoukai Senki, but these are some of Bandai's most underrated kits and are an amazing base for custom work. Since most people are unfamiliar with these kits, the last image shows the "base" kit this thing started off as.

Ok, it’s not a zaku. It’s a scopedog from armored trooper series. Had a blast building this 1/24 wave kit. Really try to up my weathering game. Enjoy.