Anyway, i've been able to take some pics of my feeble attempt at giving my old battle-worn 1/144 scale Gundam Tallgeese Mobile Suit an Iron-Man color scheme make over!
To be honest, I'm not too happy with the paint job since it's my first time to use acrylic spray paint. I lost a lot of detail (panel lines, edges, small contours), so I'll need to do something about that in the future. Too bad I lost the shoulder armor plates as some of you Gundam fans will likely notice. It's been a really long time since I got this guy out of storage, and in between, we moved house (lots of stuff tend to get lost during such times right?). Anyway, I'll probably get another 1/144 Tallgeese and hopefully do a better job this time. I previously used Tamiya paint for brush painting. But since it's been quite a while, and with the aid of the Internet, I have gathered various tips and techniques that I can now apply (insert maniacal laugh here)! I need to control how much spray paint I apply (which is actually harder that it sounds). So I'm seriously considering buying an airbrush just as soon as I have the extra cash. I'm also contemplating going back to hand painting but this time, I'll experiment with thinning my paints first (such a newbie mistake!).
There's so much more I'm learning about building and painting model kits at the moment that my brain could burst hahaha! It's a fun hobby, it's impractical, some say it's childish, and it'll bore a hole in your wallet for sure if you're a Bandai brand purist! But GUNPLA is something I'll keep on doing simply because it makes me happy. And shouldn't that be enough reason for doing anything? :D
In case some of you are still wondering what the original paint scheme looks like, here's the box art (still looks awesome btw), which I originally tried to follow to the best of my abilities back in the day (which wasn't really all that good). :D
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