SD Blitz WIP 1

): so my internet is capped. damn. i was planning on playing some tf2 over the weekend as well!

so. 

What we have here is a SD blitz gundam ! one of the cooler SD's that have come out imo. It doesnt have anything too fancy or ridiculous *cough 00-raiser* but makes up for it with its sleek streamlined styling. sexy.

in the anime, blitz is supposed to be the stealthy sneaky sneaky gundam. hence the ninja like features of the mecha, like the grappling hooks, ninja mask, colors and the funky weaponry. 

Im not  huge fan of the paint scheme so i decided to repaint it to a more classic ninja paint scheme

Black part will be repainted in a gloss black

Grey to a satin  grey

Red to a champagne gold

Purple to a titanium silver

Yellow S: i havent decided yet .. comment on what color u think it should be ! 

anyway heres the wip!

heres everythig cutout and sanded

purple parts being prepped for paint

A newish lacquer paint i bought. its awesome but i spilt 3/4 of the bottle... !@#$@!#$ it was so expensive as well... all teh gloopy bits on nora are from this.

Normally i would be unhappy with the brush strokes but imo they fit with the cast iron theme of ninjas and their gear so its ok. i didnt have any retarder or thinner so it went on fairly thick. I used some enamel thinner on the brush so that i wouldnt wreck it with lacquer paint. however it backfired on the last piece when i didnt use enough paint on the brush and the enamel started arguing with teh lacquer on the mask. That what is making it look slightly gloopy.Lacquer dries fast .

This is some tamiya acrylic silver... Like every other shitty tamiya paint it likes to turn into a silken tofu desert when left alone for an hour

Here is a comparison between the two silvers, You can see that not only is the lacquer paint thicker, but there are much much mcuh more particles in it that reflect light.

The tamiya silver parts will be used as a base for gold to give it that champagne lightness

This is how the champagne turned out im quite happy with it.

more pics to come later.

love,

tim.