MRNVL Art

The humble beginnings of my Menoth collection. Been working on these guys on and off for a while now. The color white has never been easy for me to air brush let alone hand paint so this has really been a learning experience all over again. I decided to try out Privateer Press's paints with these and I have to say they are great. The liquid pigments thin out very well while still remaining solid enough to require only a coat or two. All of the metallic parts are done with Vallejo's Model air range which are almost as good as some lacquers i've used.  Obviously an Alclad or Gunze is going to be a bit brighter but for something you can hand paint you really can't complain.  After several attempts I finally got a nice even white.  Armor detailed with model air aluminium.  Further detailed with P3 brass.   I varied their colors a bit to give them a more individual look.   A...

First in a series of kits I completed this summer!  The first thing I thought when I saw the mock kit was blank canvas. It seems to WANT to be modified into all kinds of things. All of its hard points make mounting whatever you want to it very simple and it's lack of obvious seam lines make it a joy to work with. This particular kit was my first commission work, based on  This  kit by taka_taisa. He's painted and top coated in acrylic with buffing powder on the joints to make him a bit more playable than a lacquer painted kit. His wings are parts of the build booster pinned to the mock backpack. His face is a simple cutaway to show through to a styrene sheet and clear plastic. Ready for some fisticuffs. I may need to get a few more hangar parts for these aerial poses. He's too cute to be threatening. But he sure does try. Thanks for reading. I'll have another baymox for sale at Sabakon this September so if you'...

It's been quite a while now that I've been painting and modding mecha kits. So long in fact that I am totally burned out on them. What originally drew me to the plamo hobby, creativity, has been replaced with obsession over hyper detailing every kit to the point of abstraction. The simple fun is just not there. I do however love to paint so I found something else to focus my attention on, miniatures. The process of re-learning to hand paint has been very calming. I recommend it if you feel like your models just aren't cutting it anymore. I'm sure I'll return to my backlog of gundams soon enough but in the mean time check out some miniatures! First up is bones's balor demon.  Bones's dragoth the defiler lich. Quite a title. And finally bones's totally not gandalf the wizard. I've got a lot of practice hours to log on painting cloth and metals. It's a bit daunting but I'm ...

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...