Bro Builder

Close up/portrait shot of Ms Ripley. Hand painted in acrylic paints.

Fully painted 1/12 Ellen Ripley from Moderoid/Good Smile. Part of the Aliens Power Loader model kit.

Raw figure assembled straight outta the box.

Been working on some new stuff. Kind of all over the board but I finally finished Ripley.

Here's my first real attempt at figure painting and at capturing realism in both my sculpting and painted finish.

#painting #figurepainting #aliens #sci-fi

There is a surprising similarity between the bands Manowar and Trans Siberian Orchestra...

Hahaha. Nice.

I named it "The Flea."

It's meant to be an autonomous hunter drone, and is scaled to be 1/20. It is friggin huge, though. 😅☕ Takes up an entire shelf in the Detolf so it only comes out of the attic when it's presence is requested at a convention or gathering.

I used two of those on this crazy build I did back in 2019...

The Gusion Full City is a great HG IBO. Also the Rodi with the Landman upgrade. I liked Carta's Graze but the kit is unstable and Julieta's Graze Julia is a beautiful parts kit. (That one went into many different creations of mine over the years...)

He needs to be committed to a turn of the century psych ward.

It's very funny to me that every state in New England allows recreational cannabis EXCEPT the state whose motto is "live free or die"

Seven volcanoes wake up in Russia's Kamchatka after powerful quake Klyuchevskoi, Krasheninnikov, Avachinsky and others have all woken up following the 8.8 magnitude quake, the strongest in the region since 1952.

"Mom's gonna fix it all soon... Mom's coming round to put it back the way it ought to be...."

apnews.com/video/seven-...

All done I think…a quick fun build…👍😊

Anime themed aircraft fuselage primed brown and taped securely together while the cement cures.

Science fiction nacelles modified with plastic card to facilitate closed gear bay doors. These parts have massive seams that required so much extra work to remove and re-scribe. "Caveat Emptor"

Forward landing gear doors, modified, reinforced, and cemented together with "high tech" clamps holding everything in place.

Front gear bay doors cemented in place.

Macross+ YF-19 (1/48, Hasegawa)

Finally committed to sealing up the fuselage halves. I spent a lot of time debating "wheels up vs. wheels down" and settled on an in-flight representation.

Minor modifications were required. 😅☕

#macross #plamo #プラモ

Digital painting, a flying ship named Lorelei

Never far from a Cocteau Twins reference

Massive Mecha kitbash that has been painted with grey primer.

Close-up detail

The view from the back.

Five years ago I was still in the GBWC scene and this was my project for the next season.

That was, until they changed the guidelines, essentially eliminating scratch building and heavy customizations from competing.

I cleaned it up and assembled it last weekend.

#plamo #プラモ #gunpla #ガンプラ

I thought the same. #leguminati

Photo of a stunning shorthaired orange tabby cat sitting up looking handsome. You can see a little thumb on one of his polydactyl paws.

Poor Ravioli has been at the shelter for a long time. 💔 He's very handsome and wants affection badly, but he's prone to getting overstimulated. Posting in hopes that maybe a quiet, cat-savvy person in Vermont might see this! www.hsccvt.org/Cats#sl_embe...

Scribes look nice and tight. 10/10 would recommend.

80s. Cars without catalytic converter. Still good.

If you see this, I implore you to post a pic from your device without context.

If you see this, I implore you to post a pic from your device without context

Best to not let it go to waste. 🌱

That's a lotta soil!

Modification is fundamental to Gundam modeling. 😏🥃

News paper clipping: 'There is no ethical way to use the major Al image generators. All of them are trained on stolen images, and all of them are built for the purpose of deskilling, disempowering and replacing real, human artists. - MOLLY CRABAPPLE, artist and activist

I was just revisiting an old Model Graphix magazine from 2019 on this morning's commute. (F91 is my most beloved and heavily collected Gundam IP)

Couldn't agree more! We are due to wrap up the manga later this year here in the States. I know it's already out in JP and I'm having to dodge spoilers. 😅☕

Rough kitbash (combined build) assembly of the RGM-C(G) customized concept.

Reference image from Gundam Thunderbolt: Bandit Flower source book.

Some modifications were necessary to allow the Ground Type shoulders to marry with the Quell torso.

Where are my fellow Gundam Thunderbolt fans?

RGM-C(G) from the South Seas Alliance. A custom concept I was passionate about for a brief period several years ago and then shelved.

The research led me to a kitbash of the 1/00 GM Ground Type and GM Quell.

#gundam #gunpla #scalemodeling #mecha

Doing a YT Livestream hobby modeling chat tonight on YouTube with my friends from the Modeling Insanity Podcast.

LEGO Icons – Transformers Soundwave Set Revealed Thanks to various users on social media, our third official Transformers LEGO set has been unveiled! Following the initial Optimus Prime and subsequent Bumblebee sets, we now have Soundwave! The first...

Lego Soundwave pics have appeared online. Don't think there's an official reveal yet. looks pretty great. I skipped the Bumblebee. it looked a bit wrong. This looks more my thing. news.tfw2005.com/2025/07/08/l...