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Submitted: January 26, 2011
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Make:NIKON
Model:COOLPIX P5000
Shutter Speed:10/743 second
Aperture:F/5.4
Focal Length:8 mm
ISO Speed:64
Date Taken:Oct 1, 2010, 8:47:10 AM
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PG Gundam Astray Red Frameby ~Bang-Doll-SSI

Traditional Art / Sculpture / Models

Perfect Grade 1/60 Gundam Astray Red Frame

Dark Red:
Rough texturing to give a rough cast metal look
Primed
Airbrushed dark metallic paint
Airbrushed shading
Airbrushed red tint
Waterslide decals (Samuel)
Clear coat

Light Red:
Same as above but with a lighter cast texture and lighter metallic paint

White:
Gunze Pearl White

Gold was painted to be darker and weathered...

A movie about this build can be found here: [link]

~Publishers Nov 11, 2011

Great!

~Bang-Doll-SSI Nov 11, 2011 Professional General Artist

Thanks!

~totalexistancefail Jan 27, 2011 Student Artisan Crafter

This is just about the most awesome Astray I have ever seen. You did an amazing job with this. Just... Wow.

~Bang-Doll-SSI Jan 27, 2011 Professional General Artist

Thanks! It's harder to see what I did with the metal texturing in the picture. I'll put up a close-up. Making the red areas have some texture to better stand out against the smooth white paint was an interesting exercise... lol

~totalexistancefail Jan 27, 2011 Student Artisan Crafter

That would be really interesting... I do have to admit that I haven't really thought of weathering anything that isn't gray or white. How terribly small minded of me... But I am largely impressed with what you have done. Honestly, this is some of the best work I've seen.

~Bang-Doll-SSI Jan 27, 2011 Professional General Artist

Thanks again-- I really appreciate it. I posted another picture that hopefully better shows off what I was trying to do with the textures.
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~totalexistancefail Jan 29, 2011 Student Artisan Crafter

No problem! I really like what you have done. I'd like to try it sometime with my completed kits that I have. It's going to be an interesting experiance!

~Bang-Doll-SSI Jan 29, 2011 Professional General Artist

Awesome, I'm looking forward to seeing what you produce. With the metallic thing, the key is to never actually use metallic paints ("metallic red", etc.). Instead, do a base coat of chrome or silver or whatever and put a clear color over it (red, blue, whatever). Give it a shot and see what you think.

~totalexistancefail Jan 30, 2011 Student Artisan Crafter

I've heard that around, and it's nice to know that that is the thing to do! However, what is your opinion about gold? I have the MG Unicorn, and his V fin (when open) is gold on the inside. I was curious if I could use this [link] without getting horrible results (I'm rather fond of the pale gold because I really don't like gold in most cases), or is the silver/chrome layer then a sort of yellow on top a better idea?

~Bang-Doll-SSI Jan 31, 2011 Professional General Artist

I prefer the silver/ chrome with yellow idea as it just really pops and will be pretty anime accurate. I have the paint you're linking to and while it looks good for what it is, you may not feel it looks good on the UC. The big thing with metallic paints like that gold is to try to airbrush them-- brush painting them never seems to do them justice. Hope this helps!

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