MRNVL Art

I'm really kicking myself for not having bought Elyn Hobby's Kshatriya when I had the chance. If there ever was a grail kit for me that is it.  But such is life and in the mean time I can work the HGUC Kshatriya instead. I bought the MC Model cover kit so I have the stock kit's wing binders to mess around with while I wait for shipping. From China. Should be good practice considering I have very little experience with scratch building and working with styrene. For that reason I won't label this as a tutorial but you can get the same effects if you play around with the methods described here. The Implements of Destruction. Start off by creating some grooves with a line chisel. Pull lightly at first just like scribing a panel line. Use a heavy duty hobby knife to separate the plastic when it's thin enough. You use the blade as a wedge more than a cutting implement. You'll know you're ready to cut when you see white st...

It's been a long weekend. Sitting around a stuffy convention center for 4 hours was just one of the many highlights. Lots of skilled work was on display and I took way too many pictures to consider captioning all of them. Also got to meet a semi famous gundam modeler and his friend. He said I "don't look like I build Gundams" not sure if that's a compliment but i'll take it as one. You can find him online  Here  and  Here Enjoy the pics guys and as always thanks for reading.