Prinz Eugn

Thanks - yeah, we'll see. Supposedly they have the option to exclude things from judging rather than outright DQ, so it's going to be up to the individual judges.

So upon reviewing the rules for the Gunpla Builder's World Cup, my entry may or may not be disqualified due to third-party decals.

Mega sigh.

I meant this to be a learning experience for ~big project~ next year, and I guess that's happening. Some of these pictures looks pretty OK though. #Gundam

A lot of these third party kits are fundamentally uncreative in their redesigns, it's just cranking up the edginess and level of detail for very surface-level appeal.

More angles! More spikes! More panels! Radical! Extreme bro!

Interesting, Gunpla is nonexistent here so I bought war game paints (Germany)

Wow what kit is that?

Have fun and wear a mask!

It is in a sad state, its true

Nice! Looks good!

I would use the stickers honestly, it's very hard to beat them since they are already the right shape and metallic.

Top coats don't have to be matte though

Thank you for your kind words! It helps these longer projects feel worth it

Thanks! No, it's a customized EX Gundam Trailer.

After spending all my free time for weeks working on it, rushing to get it finished before the #GBWC deadline, I finally got my diorama ready enough to stick in my photo booth, as the last thing I do before bed (and work tomorrow).

I'm not emotional, you're emotional #gunpla #gundam

Reassembly complete. A lightly customized RG RX-78 2.0 for my ongoing diorama project. Was a little dicy doing shading on disassembled parts but doesn't look too disjointed... #Gundam #gunpla

Yay!

I'm done with decals, hopefully. My eyes don't focus roo good anymore #gunpla #scalemodel

I call this the "boring stage" #gunpla

How many colors of ash you got?

So, uh, I forgot I had a ton of photo etch detail-up parts until now... the things an international move will make you forget. #gunpla #gundam #scalemodel

It feels kind of ridiculous to be scribing a real grade, but thats where I'm at right now. #Gundam #gunpla

Thanks so much! I'm glad you appreciate the work I put in!

It's mostly a disposable income disease. It takes way less time to buy a kit than it does to build one, and there's always more kits to buy, so if you have the money it's easy to build up a backlog. Also, if you get into time-consuming techniques it's even harder to plow through.

#Diorama update: the base is looking surprisingly okay, but I'm tired of working on it, so for now I'm going to switch to the Gundam for some light customization. #gunpla #ガンプラ

Thanks! I ended up going over it with thinned darker tones, which soaked into the flocking I used for grass.

Progress on the #diorama Did some work on the natural ground area. It's a bit too green, I'm thinking about how to knock down the color of the grass to something more desaturated. #gunpla

Thanks!

Unless its an "Entry Grade" grade, you will want nippers/plastic cutters to cut the parts from the runners. A nail clipper can work, but it's not great, you want something that can cut close to the part.

Decent #diorama progress on the damaged concrete but I need to figure out that inside portion. IRL its often light dirt or gravel thrown around when a runway is cratered, but this is one of those cases where I might go cool over real. #gunpla #gundam #battledamage #scalemodel

Thanks! No, but I've heard of them. These are Prismacolor Artist pencils I happened to have. Apparently you can treat them with thinner, but i haven't experimented yet.

Hm, yeah, colored pencils seem to be the way to go for cracks on this pavement. Not sure if it's in-scale exactly, but looks pretty good anyway (to me at least). #diorama #gunpla #gundam