Saturday, November 24, 2012

MG Heavyarms WIP 2

Time for another WIP for MG Heavyarms. At this stage I am basically all done painting now and just have a few touch up here and there to do like the eyes and the handles for the gating gun. I am hoping to have it decal and panel line within a week if everything goes well.
I did run into a small problem with the leg missile launchers. I had this great idea that it would look cool with red highlights on them. So I want and mask them all just to have the paint blend thou my masking job and ruin the paint job.......... So I ended up having to strip the paint off and repaint it again, this time with out the red highlights.
I also made a small mistake with the blade as well. I forgot to make sure to get all the dust off before putting the black gloss coat on, and didn't notice until after taking off the masking. I plan to try and get some of that dust off and just fix it up with some paint.
Other then that, everything else has gone very smoothly. I did make some minor changes to the color scheme, mostly the gating gun. I plan on having the body gray, with the handles the same orange on the body, with the barrel polished aluminum, and pale gold for the ammo thread and the end of the barrel.
I hope to have the final WIP for this kit up in about a week, which will be mostly the decal and panel lines done.

On the left was Mr.Color orange yellow, which was too yellow for my taste, so I ended up mixing in a bit of orange.
The red parts drying after a soapy bath. I already said it once, but the bare plastic colors are just perfect.
The silver parts in it's soap bath.
With the primer on. This is by far my favorite primer too date. It is Alcad II gray primer, which is a premix airbrush primer. It is very smooth, and very light making it great for brighter colors.
With the red paint on.
My failed masking job on the leg missile launchers.
This was my first and last time trying to use a sharp knife and cut off the areas you don't want mask.
And here it is, my failed masking job.
And in the purple bath it goes. =D
Here is the gold parts painted. I just love using this gold, never get tired of seeing it.
I am not too happy on how the blade turn out. I am hoping that I can get most the dust off with no problems.

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