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Been painting a lot of 40k and that's pretty much all. I've really learned a lot of techniques from the hobby and also researching lots a military modeler weathering. So I'm just trying something a bit different. I found this little guy for $4 bucks on a website. Not expecting much but it was 4 dollars after all. The thing is about 7 inches tall and dwarfs all my GW models. Relatively easy to assemble with some ball and socket joints so you can position it how you like. It was a snap together kit 1/144 scale but I glued it like i would any other model.
I'm going for a real gritty look like military modelers model their tanks. So this is just kind of a cheap alternative to 40k experiment. Here's what I've done so far.

Mr. Surfacer 1000 primer


Air Brushed on the white


Added the sponge weathering in places that seemed right



GW foundation red


Thats it for now. I hope to finish this guy today.

Looks really cool! Good idea on the weathering, it makes the model look gritty and, well, weathered. I'd hurry up and finish it + throw up some more pics though, because right now it looks like your Gundam is wearing red high-heel shoes (To me, anyway).

Is it going to be a proxy model for anything, or are you just posting it for fun? I've seen someone else's work on converting a Crisis Suit to look like a Gundam, and my own buddy was planning on making his suit look more like an anime mech.

I know it's a Strke Dagger, but the paintscheme makes it look like a GM. Are you trying to follow the original colours, or are you giving it your own?

Also, I suggest you try the HG 1/144, or the MG 1/100s if you want some really detailed stuff.

You've convinced me to go pick up a gundam kit from my local Japanese merch store, they look like a lot of fun and VERY different from painting Warhammer.

The weathering is top-notch so far, I'm gonna have to try using a sponge, to be honest, I never thought of that, how dumb am I? XD

@ Locclo; Thanks I'm actually really happy with how the weathering turned out. A lot of Gundams look like they have red high heels... I was thinking of making a proxy tau army. After I finished assemblying him though I don't know. Hes Way big compared to a crisis suit.

@ Fafnir; It is a Strike Dagger. The paint scheme is a GM. The reason is... I love the Gundam series, but only the Universal century not all the other ones for the most part. I originolly wanted to make a tau proxy army modeled after Chars counter attack, with all crisis suits being Jegans, The HQ crisis suit being the NU Gundam and the broad sides being the Gm cannons. After pricing all the models It was out of my price range for an army I couldn't always use. So I saw the Strike dagger was $4 so I got a bunch of them. I chose them because they looked a lot like a GM and they were the best bang for the buck. My HQ suit is a suit from the 00 Gundam that looks almost exactly like the original gundam. I'll just have to convert up my broad sides out of strike daggers. For infantry I was just going to run guardsmen and paint them in the feddy ground infantry uniforms from 08th ms team. on the devil fish I'm truly stumped though. If I ever just got one to paint I would buy the 1/100 scale and more than likely get a lot higher grade kit.

@ Ziggy Da' Goon; Thnx! Glad you like it.

Painted all the joints and mechanical du dads



At this point I painted it in Gloss clear... I was going to try a technique I had read about. I was pretty nervous. Didn't want to mess up the model.



The technique is to take oil paints (standard artist variety) and add little dots of color to the model then take turpentine and bleed out the little color spots. It adds realism and weathering as well as adding more complexity to the image. I used ocher, burnt umber, black, white.



After finishing the oil treatment. I re cleared over the model in flat clear.



The model is actually done now. I will post the finished results here shortly. The last coat of flat clear is drying now.


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Done! Woot!

That sir, is amazing. How did you achieve the sponge weathering? I find it interesting :]

That technique with the oils sounds interesting.

littleboyblues wrote:
@ Fafnir; It is a Strike Dagger. The paint scheme is a GM. The reason is... I love the Gundam series, but only the Universal century not all the other ones for the most part.

Understandable. I'm a Universal Century/Turn A Gundam man myself.

I originolly wanted to make a tau proxy army modeled after Chars counter attack, with all crisis suits being Jegans, The HQ crisis suit being the NU Gundam and the broad sides being the Gm cannons.

I would love you oh so very much. Seriously, it's a good thing I'm about to go do my laundry.

After pricing all the models It was out of my price range for an army I couldn't always use. So I saw the Strike dagger was $4 so I got a bunch of them. I chose them because they looked a lot like a GM and they were the best bang for the buck. My HQ suit is a suit from the 00 Gundam that looks almost exactly like the original gundam. I'll just have to convert up my broad sides out of strike daggers. For infantry I was just going to run guardsmen and paint them in the feddy ground infantry uniforms from 08th ms team.

Although that's also a great idea...

on the devil fish I'm truly stumped though.

May be worthwhile to check the EX series of models. They're not exactly to scale, but they have a bunch of classic Feddie and Zeon ships.

If I ever just got one to paint I would buy the 1/100 scale and more than likely get a lot higher grade kit.

HGUC 1/144 and MG 1/100 are some of the most detailed and best to paint. Non-grade 1/100s and normal HG 1/144 are okay, but not nearly as good as HGUC and MG. PG 1/60 tend to have a tonne of detail, but the older ones havn't aged well. Also, they're not that great for painting, since they have so much detail in the mold itself that paint really isn't necessary.

@ Einhänder; You simply take a piece of fine sponge (like in the back of a blister pack) and dip it in a paint that you want to look like the undercoat and dab it on. This makes the top layer of paint is chipping. I used vallejo German C. black. Use any darker color you want really. (chaos black, scorched earth, codex gray) P.S. don't know if you know this but Einhander was a most excellent game for playstation 1 back in the day. I know its German for something else though.


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I was just bored and wanted to paint something different. (as the title says) When I start on this project seriously I'll make a project log for it. Here is the proof that it will be an army some day.



@ Fafnir; We'd get along great! haha.

@ Sidstyler; It turned out adding a new dimension to the model. It's very subtle but overall a great effect, I would recommend it. More added steps though.

littleboyblues wrote:

OH MY ....

umm where do you buy these things? and secondly, that model looks awsome beautifully painted. thirdly, can the mdoels be dynamically posed?

Fafnir wrote:

littleboyblues wrote:
@ Fafnir; It is a Strike Dagger. The paint scheme is a GM. The reason is... I love the Gundam series, but only the Universal century not all the other ones for the most part.

Understandable. I'm a Universal Century/Turn A Gundam man myself.

Yay! I'm not the only one!

Everyone looks at me like I'm some kind of Gundam Heretic when I tell them I despise Wing.

I can't help it if I watched a good Gundam story with plot, character development, and suits that could be destroyed by things other than advancing the series.

Weathering? Everyone knows that Mechas are always shiny and new looking unless they're completely destroyed, just like how the ridiculous hairstyles of their pilots manage to stay in place

8th MS team didnt have shiny MS (Mobile Suits) when they were on campaign I like this idea and shall be watching intently

where do you get these from??? they look so cool!

You can get them from a site called Gundam Mad great source for gunpla models.I got a Geera Doga (Zeon Space Type suit) from a Forbidden planet store in New York.These kits come in varying sizes 1/100 and Perfect Grade.

Great all round

ghosty wrote:where do you get these from??? they look so cool!

www.hlj.com
www.gundamstoreandmore.com

Hello!

Well, 'Einhänder' is the german word for 'one-handed-sword' or 'single handed sword'. The words 'Zweihänder', 'Bidenhänder', 'Bidhänder' stand for double-handed-swords, this information just on the fly...

And @littleboyblues:
Your model looks awesome!

The C-K

@ Ghosty; The models I got aren't that possible. However I bought the $4 ones. The $10 dollar ones are highly possible. I got my models from www.Gundamstoreandmore.com

@ Platuan4th; I agree, Wing not so good, G BLOWS! Universal Century for the win.

@ Cannerus_The_Unbearable; I know thats how their portrayed... I think they just don't want to spend the extra animation money to dirty them up.


@ BOSS_PIMPALOTZ; Thanks, I hope to start on the project soon.

@ The Chaos-Kraut; I knew I'd heard that word before. Thanks

I built 8 more suits to be Gm's last night. (crisis suits with sheilds and plasma guns)

Platuan4th wrote:
Yay! I'm not the only one!

Everyone looks at me like I'm some kind of Gundam Heretic when I tell them I despise Wing.

I can't help it if I watched a good Gundam story with plot, character development, and suits that could be destroyed by things other than advancing the series.

Hey... I liked Wing. The invincible suits were just because the animation budget was limited, and Duo and Trieze are some of the best characters in Gundam history.

Seriously though, Trieze is god.

I just said that I'm primarily a UC man. War in the Pocket is genius.

Although Turn A is far better then any other Gundam series out there.

Recommend MS IGLOO (and sequels) for all Gundam fans. The CGI is kind of weak initially (MS IGLOO, MS IGLOO: Apocalypse), but by MS IGLOO 2: The Gravity Front, things are looking pretty good.


EMS-10 Zudah from MS IGLOO


Federal Forces anti-mobile suit team armed with M-101A3 Regina rocket launcher vs MS-06J

Been working on my infantry. They're painted after the ground pounders from 08th MS team. I only have their skins, guns, and bases and these guys should be done. A little iconography here and there as well.

http://www.gundamofficial.com/worlds/uc/ms08/characters/images/chara_shiro_a.gif





My HQ crisis suit is assembled and primed now...

WOW I like it But i think the 40k tau weapons will look too boxy and werid on them??
Thats alot of Crisis suits..../ broadsides too...
Paint job is clean and very nice.... makes me what to by a cyclone now paint it up...

I finished building and priming all my crisis/broadsides today I also primed and airbrushed on all the white. My plan is to assembly line all the models after my test model I've already painted up.

i really like the models, and your painting looks ace, but its a shame theya rent more poseable.

thats alot of bug guys

can I see a scale photo?

DC

Painting techniques worked out awesome, thanks for showing all those steps.

How did you establish those shade areas on the white armor after you airbrushed them white? Was that part of the oil work?

- Blackbone

@blackbone; I have a pot of badab black that's 2/3's water and 1/3 badab black. I used it to line around some of the panels and other things that needed defined.

@deadly chicken; I'll be sure and post a pic with a mech standing next to a guardsmen next time I update.

Fantastic as always... but have you considered shaving the eagles off those Guardsmen?

WOW