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A picture of a painted model kit IMS 1/100 V Siren Neptune The model is standing on a custom base made to resemble a desert terrain, with pieces of a defeated mech scattered around

Different angle of the model

Different angle of the model

Cover of The Five Star Stories volume 12, by Mamoru Nagano, depicting the knight Christine V and the head of the V Siren Neptune, her mech

IMS 1/100 V Siren Neptune
From The five star stories
Probably my favorite mecha design, I love how it has very little armor on its armor to allow more powerful sword strikes
Its pilot Christine V is also one of my favorite characters ever.
Had a lot of fun with this kit.
#FSS #gunpla

Painted Kits from the Volks IMS 1/100 line (from The Five Star Stories manga) In order left to right: Knight of Gold (Delta Belin 3007 ver.) Auge Arsculs L.E.D. Mirage (light armament ver.)

Various painted model kits Clockwise starting from the bottom left: Moderoid Mazinkaiser EG Lah Gundam Hg Guel's Dilanza Hg Infinitism Great Mazinger Hguc Qubeley (revive) Hguc Alex Gundam Hguc Zaku Mariner EG RX-78-2 Gundam

Picture of all the previously mentioned model kits posed on shelves

Close up of my Custom Colors Qubeley, next to a figure of Haman Karn, her pilot

All the #gunpla and model kits I've painted so far!
I'm also currently working on 1/100 Solomon Physalis and 1/100 IMS Siren V Neptune
#gundam
#mazinger
#Fivestarstories

Mamoru Nagano and Maria Kawamura posing together, holding an illustration and a model kit respectively

They're married and still together to this day!
Maria Kawamura starred as a voice actress in almost any single animated project Mamoru Nagano has worked on, and he dedicated like four different characters in Five Star Stories (as well as basically the entire manga) to her. They such a cute couple

Picture of a painted model kit IMS 1/100 Auge Arsculs from The Five Star Stories

Close up picture of a painted model kit IMS 1/100 Auge Arsculs from The Five Star Stories

Back Picture of a painted model kit IMS 1/100 Auge Arsculs from The Five Star Stories

Picture of a shelf with some painted model kits and paint bottles in the background

IMS 1/100 Auge Arsculs
Probably one of my all time favorite Mecha designs, I love its bird-like features. Its pilot Atropos is also one of my favorites character from the Five Star Stories manga
#fss #gunpla

Picture of a painted gunpla model kit next to a figure It's the Hguc Qubeley (revive), painted with a different color scheme than usual: instead of the white, the armor is now silver, with slight purple and yellow reflections; the pink details are instead a pearlescent red, and the blue ones are orange-ish gold. The figure next to it is of Haman Karn, the Qubeley's pilot, in her ship commander uniform from ZZ gundam

It's the Hguc Qubeley (revive), painted with a different color scheme than usual: instead of the white, the armor is now silver, with slight purple and yellow reflections; the pink details are instead a pearlescent red, and the blue ones are orange-ish gold

Close up of the model kit It's the Hguc Qubeley (revive), painted with a different color scheme than usual: instead of the white, the armor is now silver, with slight purple and yellow reflections; the pink details are instead a pearlescent red, and the blue ones are orange-ish gold On its left "wing", a silver Zeon emblem can be seen

Hg Qubeley Custom colors
I tried experimenting with colors, and got a really nice effect by painting clear white over silver metallic
I also found a Haman Karn figure at a flea market, so I had to pair her with her Mobile suit
#gundam #gunpla

EG Casval Gundam!
Since the casval Gundam is usually depicted as either pink or reddish orange, I tried using colorshift paints to represent both color schemes
Done in honor of the Red Gundam from gquuuuuuux, can't wait for the movie and the kit to come to my country!
#Gundam #Gunpla

Thanks!
I used some color shift paint from GSW that I had to give the impression that it was like live fire
I applied the gold and copper and a bit of blue colorshifts with random brushstrokes until it looked "fiery" and then made the little angels with a toothpick

Such a cool pose! Now I wanna try it too when I build my Qubeley

Picture of a fully painted model kit standing, the LED Mirage from Five Star Stories It's a giant robot ( a mortar headd) that resembles a Knight, and it's equipped with swords and a big shield It has a pearlescent white armor with red and gold details

Different view of the same model kit

Back view of the model kit

Close up of the model kit's upper body

Volks IMS - L.E.D. Mirage V3 (Light Armament Ver.) 1/100
Finally complete! The build experience was way tougher than the Knight of Gold, let alone any other Gundam kit I had built so far, but it was definitely well worth it
#Fss

Wip - ims 1/100 LED Mirage V3 (Light armament)
Tried my hand at painting the flaming decorations on the LED's Shins
They came out pretty fiery looking! Also love how the little angels turned out

#FSS #Gunpla

Picture of a model kit standing Hg Zaku mariner, painted in two shades of dark green, with rust all over its body obtained with chipping effect and dust pigments to simulate dirt and mud on its feet

Back view of the model kit

Hg Zaku Mariner custom
Finally complete
My first attempt with various weathering and detailing techniques, with the help of veteran model builders at a local hobby shop

Close up of the model kit's head and torso

Picture of the model kit standing up

wip
IMS - L.E.D. Mirage V3 (light armament)
Painted Inner frame
#FSS #gunpla

Green stuff world chameleon (color shift) metal paints set 1

It is color shift! And it looks even better in person! It's from this set by green stuff world, I used this hg that I had already to test them out, it's hard to see in the video, but the little details in different colors also shift

Side view of the same model kit as the previous post

Front view of the model kit

Custom Hg Guel's Dilanza from Gundam Witch From Mercury
Painted with Green Stuff world Chameleon colors
It has also been lightly customized, by modifying the spear into a sort of longsword and by replacing its plume with the V fin from the mg Unicorn banshee
#Gundam #gunpla

I'm starting to think that GWitch was their way of testing the waters for gqux to see if the audience would appreciate two female main characters and some plot points like duels and Gundams being kept secret, and the staff just took their chance to make it Yuri before the higher ups could interfere

Picture of the newly announced (Gundam) Gquuuuuux

Gundam Lfrith from Witch from Mercury Prologue

It's also got hooves! The resemblance might be intentional, kinda like how the Lfrith looked like a bunny

A picture of the hg Zaku mariner from Gundam ZZ It's a custom painted model kit with a dark green and a lighter green color scheme, and covered in rust obtained through the chipping technique

Custom painted Hg Zaku Mariner
Almost complete, only missing final touchups
#gundam #gunpla

スマホのクローズ画面サイズにちょうどよさげ(笑)
クリスティンとVサイレン ネプチューン
#FSS_jp

Best part about that line is that it was apparently in the original novel too
Nisioisin wrote the joke anticipating that it would get an anime adaptation

Mazinkaiser model kit from moderoid painted build

Hg infinitism Great Mazinger painted build

Mazinkaiser and Great Mazinger gunpla kits standing together

Great Mazinger (hg infinitism) & Mazinkaiser (moderoid)
I grew up watching old Mecha shows from the 70s thanks to my dad who also grew up with them (and Italian tv neverending reruns)
I painted the Great's limbs purple since our crt made everything pink tinted, so I thought that was its color scheme

Partially built model kit of the LED Mirage from Five Star Stories

Progress on my IMS 1/100 LED Mirage Light Armament
Almost done with the test fit build before painting, only missing the armor on the limbs

Did you see the new prototype images of the VSMS Dharmas and Kaiserin? I think I also read that they are making Baga Ha Ri cobra after those, very exciting

Wip IMS 1/100 L.E.D Mirage light armament
Done with building the inner frame, on to the armor, and then we paint
My second IMS kit, they are definitely more challenging than gunpla, but also incredibly satisfying

All of my #gunpla so far

Some things that I really like:
Five Star Stories
Gundam and Gunpla model kits
Chainsaw Man
Blue Period
Dragonball (OG/Z/Gt/Daima)
Ace Attorney
The legend of Zelda
Pokemon
Soul Eater
Mazinger
Code Geass
Fire emblem
Xenoblade Chronicles
Bravely Default
RPGs and Nintendo games in general

These are some of my personal favourite Gunpla and mecha models so far

Volks IMS 1:100 The Five Star Stories FSS K.O.G. The Knight of Gold (Delta Belunn 3007)

First post here!
Wanted to show off my model kit collection a bit, starting off with the big boy here
IMS 1:100 The Knight Of Gold from Five Star Stories
He was my second attempt at ever painting a model kit (and the reason I got an airbrush at all) and he came out better than I had hoped
#gunpla