Full Armor Gundam Heavyarms Igel Part 3

Short update on heavyarms.I didn't really do much these 2 weeks,started a little on the diorama,did some pla plating and thats about it.I've been looking around for a new compressor,hopefully i'll get it sometime soon and speed up the progress.

Here are some photos of some parts with pla plates added.i will continue doing next week and start on adding rivets and panel lines.

For mods,i have only extended the feet attachment to match the scale of the rest of the parts.

Ok,i think thats about everything.

Full Armor Gundam Heavyarms Igel WIP Part 2

After a 2 months break,i finally back...It seems like every time i finish a project,i'll fall into a slump.But i feel that those breaks make gunpla enjoyable for me again,thus i am able to work faster and enjoy myself at the same time.

I probably became rusty after the break because the first thing i did was to cut up a wrong part.Luckily,I was able to salvage it,or else i might have to buy another set of full armor unicorn!I hope the project will be smooth sailing after this.

There are 3 modification i'm doing right now.Firstly there is this "tri-gatling gun" i'm making,nothing special just combining the gatling guns from unicorn to match the OVA version of Gundam heavyarms.

Secondly,i modified the unicorn back pack attachment to fit the back of heavyarms.A simple 2 pin mod,but it took me quit some time because of the mishap i mentioned just now.

Lastly,the biggest hurdle that i think for this project,scratch building the feet attachments.For now i'm just building the base of it,and will add details when this is done.I'm actually quite worried about this,but i still have to give it a try.

For the diorama,i've thought of making a mountain slope.Since i got some experience of making mountainous terrain from making the diorama for epyon.Unfortunately,it failed but it was still good experience.

I think thats it for this week,next week i'll be continuing the feet attachments and gatling gun mod.Also i will start making the diorama so please stay tune.Cheers!

Singapore's Gundam Mid Year Competition 2012

Hello Guys,I know it has been a long time since i last posted on this blog.I'm having a bit of gunpla slump right now and i don't have a working compressor to work with,so please bear with me.I have recently entered a local gunpla competition held in Singapore,and was lucky enough to have gotten 2nd place.There were a lot of great entries from both the junior and open categories.And here are some of them...

And here are the winning entries...

Photos are from club gunpla facebook. http://www.facebook.com/Club.Gunpla

MG Gundam Epyon "Wyvert Basilisk" WIP part 11

After the completion of the model,i have been woking on the diorama for it.
Basically,the concept is to make a volcano,because i think what better place for a dragon to fly over than over the top of a volcano with gushing lave.And also the orange lava will suit the Epyon's color scheme nicely.
So first,i have to make the top of the volcano which is the crater.And to make that,i'm trying out a new technique using plaster cloth.

First,i make out the rough shape of the crater using styrofoam blocks and secure them using masking tape.

Second,i applied a layer of plaster cloth to strengthen everything so that modeling clay can be applied easily.

Modeling clay is applied next and molded.

Lastly,i applied more layers of plaster cloth to give it the rocky,mountainous look.

I want to make it look like the volcano is erupting,so i've been trying to made some lava splashes using modeling clay.This is my second attempt at making splashes.It is a simple technique,molding the clay with tweezers,but it definitely need practice and a lot of patients.I not quite sure whether it will look like lava so i'm really hoping it will turn out the way i want.Fingers cross...

Here is a little tip.Some of you guys may know that the modeling clay tends to crack after drying because too much water was applied when molding.So to solve this problem,i apply silicon gel to fill the cracks.

The next step will be to paint the diorama,but my compressor just broke down the other day,so i'm not sure when i will be able to finish this.Sigh...

New Blog Banner

Without noticing,this blog have been running for a year.I want to thank the guys who have been following this blog and showing interests in my work.Believe it or not,the support from you guys have help motivate me to make each project better and bigger,challenging my skills as a modeler.

I have here with me a new banner for this blog,created by Fredrex00,a good friend from Gundam Eclipse forum.He was kind enough to help me with the banner when i was asking for help for it.Thanks Fredrex!Love your work!

Here is a link to his profile page: http://gundam-eclipse.com/profile/504678/

Now let me present to you the new banner...

Looks great right?Cheers!

Gundam Epyon Ver. S.X.2,Wyvert Basilisk

Over 4 months in the making,and i have finally completed the gundam epyon.It was a tough and long journey,without the people who have supported me along the way,I may not have been able to finish this.So I really want to give my thanks to them,to those who have motivated me and kept me going.Thank you!

It was a big project,bigger than my last one,more mods and more parts.I originally wanted to enter this into a competition last year together with my deathscythe hell,but there wasn't enough time.Anyway,let me present Gundam Epyon Ver S.X.2,Wyvert Basilisk.

Also feel free to check out my blog for work in progress posts of this model. http://sx2gundam.blogspot.com/2011/08/mg-gundam-epyon-5-headed-dragon-wip.html

There have been so many times when i wanted to stop this project.There were just too many ideas for this and i didn't have the time to execute them properly.

I will still be making a diorama and continuing the wip for this in the near future but instead of pantheon diorama,i think a volcano diorama will suit this model better.

For my next project,the most important thing is not to rush,i tend to rush things and make mistakes and get demoralise,so it's really crucial to give myself ample time to get everything right.I will be making MG gundam heavyarms next,and i will emphasize on kit bushing and pla plate scratch building.It should be an interesting build for me and i hope i can make it into an impressive model...

Check out my new project's wip,full armor gundam heavyarms igel.I will be using parts from full armor unicorn gundam and scratchbuilding gundam heavyarms igel's parts,so it should be an exciting build!And here is the WIP for it, http://sx2gundam.blogspot.com/2012/04/full-armor-gundam-heavyarms-igel-wip.html Cya there!

Full Armor Gundam Heavyarms Igel WIP Part 1

Hello guys,i have recently started this new project and I will be working on MG Gundam Heavyarms.I think that modeling is all about learning,so for every new project,i will try to do something that i have not done before.For example,i started scratchbuilding using expoxy on Gundam Deathscythe Hell and kit bashing on Gundam Epyon.And this time,i will try to scratchbuild using pla plate which i have been very eager to try,but lack the confidence to do so.

For this project,it was a tough choice between Gundam Heavyarms and Gundam Sandrock.Gundam sandrock have a lot of potential.But on the other hand,Gundam Heavyarms is such an awesome kit that i can't think of what else i can add.Gundam Heavyarms is all about fire power,so i have decided to add more weapons and ammunitions to it.So i'm going to scratchbuild parts from Gundam Heavyaarms Igel and take the weapons from Full Armor Gundam Unicorn to make this into a killing machine.

These 2 kits is a seam line nightmare!There are so many seam lines and they are mostly on small parts and weapons,which makes them even harder to sand.

I'm going to use the parts from the loto set to make it into something like the attachments to the feet of Heavyarms Igel.The purpose of building this is also to stabilize the kit if the back pack gets too heavy with the addition of weapons.

 Gundam Heavyarms Igel

I will also mod the gatling guns from Gundam Unicorn to look more like the ones from Heavyarms Custom.I hope it will look like a MG version of those NG gatling guns.

I know this idea lacks originality,but what i want to emphasize on other than scratchbuilding is detailing,making the model look more like a machine using pla plate,panel lines,etc.I have always been envious of people who can make the model look so mechanical.Thus i will take this opportunity to further explore this technique,and hope that i can put it into good use and make better models in the future.

Lastly,I hope the people who have supported me through my Epyon project will continue to support me.Thank you!

Oh,and if there is anyone who is  wondering about Gundam Eypon.There were some problems when i was assembling it so i'm still trying to fix them.But don't worry,photos should be up this week.Cheers!