After all the paint peeling and agonizing color choices, sakura hime is finally done. I’m happy that she’s finally achieved completion after such a prolonged negligence… But I think after so many years my tools and experience has increased enough to do her justice. Now moving on!
Month: March 2016
WIP: Sakurahime from Plawres Sanshiro
Because of the nice images I got from my figure kits lately, Jason Voorhess and Sakuya, I’ve been reinvigorated with figures and starting to build (and buy) more of them. It’s a shame I suspended them for so long, how much I loved painting skintones! On the restart I pulled another one of the kits… Continue reading WIP: Sakurahime from Plawres Sanshiro
New airbrush: GREX TG5
I needed a larger diameter airbrush for painting large areas; for example priming kits or painting something 1/60. I dug up my old Iwata BCS for this… it has a 0.5mm spray head and with the bottle attachment, I thought it’d be good for it. Then it brought back all my memories of why I… Continue reading New airbrush: GREX TG5
On the bench: 1:48 bandai’s x wing
Wanted to work a bit on weathering, so I restarted the “moving edition” x wing from bandai. This can be considered an upgrade to the proshop light and sound x wing from AMT/ertl, which although was bigger, it was very inaccurate and to be honest I don’t have the electrician’s skills to wire the thing… Continue reading On the bench: 1:48 bandai’s x wing
Woodland scenic rock moulds
I was always pulling hair when I try to mount figures. The usual wooden plaque or acrylic disc can only get you so far, but a full blown diorama base is not scalable when you build a lot of kits. This is where the woodland scenic rock moulds are great. Since it’s a mould you… Continue reading Woodland scenic rock moulds
S.S.I.KUBALKANS the BANG -破烈の人形- 1/100 Volks IMS kit
This rendition of the Bang Doll is the first in Volk’s IMS line that is based on injection molding. The sculpts so far are excellent, and the casting is good. They really tried to make the details as crisp as possible, for example in the Bang the edges are all super sharp and if you… Continue reading S.S.I.KUBALKANS the BANG -破烈の人形- 1/100 Volks IMS kit
LED Mirage with Boomerang Unit – 1/100 Wave kit
The old Wave injection kit was reviled by many, but it’s about the only kit you can get the flight backpack combo for a very reasonable price of 6800yen. The Boomerang unit offered here is a crisply cast vinyl kit. There’s some fit issue as with the rest of the kit does, but the finished… Continue reading LED Mirage with Boomerang Unit – 1/100 Wave kit
Photographing figures
I really enjoy taking studio photography of my figures. As much as I enjoy building sci-fi or mecha subjects, figures came out better than the actual models when lighted properly. Too bad I didn’t build too many figures of late.
Jason Voorhees Bishoujo 1/7 Kotobukiya
Shunya-san did a lot of the Marvel reimaging, but taking on the classic horror character is a bold move! The Jason Voorhees really stood out as a cool design. The original had a lot of blood on the figure as part of its slasher motif, but I didn’t want blood on my hands so to… Continue reading Jason Voorhees Bishoujo 1/7 Kotobukiya
Shining Ark – Angel of Light Sakuya Mode: Seraphim 1/6
I adore the Tony line of figures. The art itself was great, but the figures are mostly well-sculpted with nice outfits and soft poses. Costume are of fantasy elements but with added anime cuteness. I’m not going to pretend I know what Shining Ark the game is about or who Sakuya is, except she… Continue reading Shining Ark – Angel of Light Sakuya Mode: Seraphim 1/6