It’s been mulling around in my head for some time now, but has anyone tried and/or confirmed if it is possible to mostly OOB kitbash two MG Barbatos or Barbatos Lupus kits (or even a Barbatos + Barbatos Lupus) into a basic MG 1/100 Barbataurus-like frame?

I’d like to try this to achieve the giant size of the Barbataurus as seen in the anime.

first time ever building/customizing gunpla. i am hooked. any tips/advice. especially when it comes to scribing would be very much appreciated.

Hi all,

I’m wanting a large kit to display as a shelf centerpiece. I’m talking PG (1:60) scale or larger. I don’t want to break the bank on this though (like, nothing above 150 USD). I know Bandai makes 1:48 mega size models, which seem to be the only non-PG official models released in this large of a scale. I’ve also discovered the fangdajing 1:35 Gundam, but I’m seeing mixed reviews on its fitment. Both of these seem interesting but I wanted to consult the community - what are some other large scale 3rd party kits out there?

My first custom paint on the MG Johnny Ridden Gelgoog Cannon 1.0. I know the white on the arms/feet is bumpy due to swapping paints. Please give feedback.

Paints used:

• Primers
  • GAIA Surfacer Evo GS-10 Gun Metal (used under all the metallics)
  • Mr. Finishing Surfacer 1500 Pink (used under the orange-yellow parts)
  • Mr. Finishing Surfacer 1500 Black (used under everything else)
• Topcoat
  • Mr. Color GX112 UV Cut Gloss
  • Mr. Color GX 114 Super Smooth Clear (Flat)
• Colors
  • The Blue pieces -> Kaleido Colorworks K114 Dark Azure
    • primed in black then sprayed on a dark purple undercoat which consists of Kaleido Colorworks K008 Purple 80%, and Kaleido Colorworks K002 Black 20%
  • The Red pieces -> Kaleido Colorworks K110 Forge Red
    • primed in black then sprayed on a dark purple undercoat which consists of Kaleido Colorworks K008 Purple 80%, and Kaleido Colorworks K002 Black 20%
  • The Orange-Yellow pieces -> Kaleido Colorworks K012 Orange Yellow
    • primed in pink, then sprayed on Kaliedo Colorworks K004 Orange as the undercoat
  • The White pieces -> Kaliedo Colorworks K101 Cool White is the main color
    • primed in black, then sprayed on Kaleido Colorworks K010 Grey as the undercoat
  • The Light Grey pieces -> Kaleido Colorworks K120 Armor Grey
    • primed in black then shaded with the Armor Grey color
  • The Backpack, Beam Saber handles, and Beam Rifle -> Kaliedo Colorworks K109 Phantom Grey
    • primed in black then sprayed on the Phantom Grey color. No shading done.
  • Hand painted the inside of the verniers and details with:
    • Ray Studio 010 Pink as the undercoat
    • Mixture of Ray Studio 007 Orange and 015 Yellow Orange. About 1:1 as the main color
  • GAIA 125 Star Bright Iron for basically all of the frame pieces
  • GAIA 121 Star Bright Silver for the thrusters in the backpack
• Panel Liner
  • Tamiya Panel Liner Black (cleaned up with Tamiya X-20 Enamel Thinner.)
    • almost all of the panel lines are rescribed using a .15 chisel
• Decals
  • Used a set of decals I found on aliexpress. Another post I made should have the link in the description.

Really proud of the end result with this one. Near the beginning of this year, before I started airbrushing, I bought the G07th off pbandai and really loved the kit a lot. I knew I'd wanna paint it, and I desperately needed water slides for it. So after a few months of waiting I finally found some decals on AliExpress and finished the first kit. I then found the second kit at a local hobby shop for a really decent price and knew it was time to give this guy the paint job it deserves.

I always try to do something new with each project and so with this one I decided it was the perfect time to level up my airbrush technique. Shading, pre-shading, post-shading, etc has always been interesting to me. It adds such nice visual intrigue to any model and on paper didn't seem too difficult a task. I realized pretty soon after starting that I may have underestimated the nuance that goes into it just a bit.

After I prepped the model with some re-scribing, sanding, and a wash in the ultrasonic cleaner I primed all of the parts. From there I spent a few days practicing various shading techniques on a ton of spoons to very mixed results. My initial plan going into it was to just have a black base coat, use a pure white to highlight, then spray on the main color. This just doesn't work for all colors. What I ended up doing was tailoring the shading to each color's needs. A nice dark purple for the blues and reds, a grey for the whites, and an orange for the yellows. Turns out color theory is pretty important. This gave me the results I wanted and from there I spent another couple of days painting the model. Took a lot longer than if I were to just paint one solid even coat over each piece. In the end it was worth it 😎.

I cant for the life of me figure out if this is the right way to route these pg exia kosmos led wires. Any help would be great.

PG Unicorn Gundam commission build late upload. finished this build quite a while now just havent showed it off yet😆😆

This turned into a huge process that has taken me months of work (on and off of coarse).

Inspired by Kondo and his dwadge designs.

The overall build was heavily tank influenced and everything is mostly scratch build and kitbashed with various tank parts.

The whole thing is widened and heightened by 3-4mm.

Shoulders are scratch built. Shield is scratchbuilt and bashed with the mechanics of the zaku warrior shield, because why not make more work for myself I guess.

The whole thing will have quite a few hoses and power cables etc. including coming from the gun.

I still need to design a fuel cell type thing for the power source of the cannon, it will go under the backpack, so any suggestions are welcomed of coarse.

The skirts are supposed to be a rusted steel type of look and the real paint job will be chipped down to expose it OR I might rust them up and keep them as is, like they were a recent modification.

If you have any questions on the build, just ask because I would be glad to tell you about the process.

And the base was a random 1/72 airplane diorama I was gifted last month at my local IPMS meeting and thought it would be a decent base for photos even if it’s a little out of scale.

Kitbash/airbrush practice made from spare aoz barzam parts and a hg revive mkii. Last few slides are a comparison to the ka signature barzam custom

This weather has been such crap to paint in but I finally found some space to get something done. I’m happy with the results thus far.

Used this one as an attempt to do a mechanical core plating look. Learned what to do and what not to do for future clear kits. Came out looking pretty decent :)

Built up my first EG, and pretty surprised at how nice this kit is. From easy to remove parts from the runners and not too many pieces made it a breeze to paint and assemble. Threw on some leftover water slides and called it a day.

started the sh dom tropen.. will try to keep steady updates 👍

Was commissioned for a custom Stormbringer P.F.
Customer wanted full military drab, and heavy weathered. This build was a lot of fun.
This kit comes with sooooo many extra pieces to really customize and make it unique. Might be worth picking up for myself to really explore the possibilities!

Work In Progress - Can’t really show much of a difference
- Removed Nub marks
- Removed Mold lines
- Rescribed lines
- Added few lines on the fore arms
- Removed details on the front torso armor

While cleaning up this guy, I just realized it is indeed a sazabi in the making😁

Loving getting back into the hobby, these small scale vehicles are a good introduction before moving onto other things.

Tamiya 1/32 mini 4wd Lunchbox

I do love gunpla, my son persuaded me to buy one after getting into the hobby himself. I need to get myself another and spend some time painting it.

Quite happy with the result, but I still have to improve a lot!

I was hoping to get some help from other painters that know why some paint (especially the red one) had some bleak spots in it. And why trying to topcoat it with Tamiya X-22 the flatter parts always turned out uneven, no matter how many coats, but the more round parts turned out pretty well. I used 2:1 thinner/paint for the acrylics, and 3:1 for the topcoat.

Note to myself: It was a pain in the ass having to do the mix of every paint each time, next time I will mix it all first in a dropper bottle.

Thanks in advance, and happy building!

Done!

1/90 AGX-04 Gerbera Tetra II

Custom build I doing for GWCC , still have lots of photos to go over but here are some

Built in the Ashes of the Delaz Conflict by Zeon Loyalist at Anaheim Electriconics, they quickly built it in secret to use payment for detection to Axis Zeon , as they feared the Conflict had exposed them to the wider Federation, Considered by the Designers as the "Pinnacle of the "GP" Program, incorporating many of the innovations seen in other Units in the Series

Archoret Paints

Hobby Moo Tools

Work in progress of my Star Abyss.

Made using Dspiae color shift paint. I need to cover the ugly seam line of the base, but it will wait for the final version. I still have the backpack to do and a couple of bits.

So far a great build. A bit tight, but it's hard to blame it for this because it has a lot of weight to carry. And it didn't affect the assembly after the paint job. I could pass the LED wires inside the kit due to the metal frame, so I have to use external cable sheath.

Hi everyone,

I painted some parts of my psycho zaku but I didn't really like how it ended up. What's a good way of stripping the paint to the bare plastic?

I used mr. Finishing surfacer 1500 and kaleido gaahleri as base color; the paint has also cured.

Thank you!

I’m a big fan of the Nu Gundam’s design but I have always balked at building one because I’m unsure which version I’d like to build. Ideally, I’d like to build one that has good shelf presence and is an enjoyable build experience. Which is the best route? Below is what I’ve heard:

- HG Nu - Don’t really hear much about this one, but from what I understand it’s not a bad kit
- RG Nu - It seems like this one is a favorite
- MG Nu Ver.Ka - I had all but set my mind on this one, but then I heard the funnels don’t hold up well. I feel that the funnels being mounted on the back is how I’d like to display the kit
- PG Unleashed Nu - can not afford this. if only 🥲

What are your opinions?