Decals & Weathering.

Hello all back again with a new update.

To continue on with this build, I added a pin wash to the panel lines and raised detail and edges using Mig Productions dark wash.

The was is applied with a fine pointed brush and allowed to flow around the details and along engraved panel lines.

This enhances the depth of the details and adds to the weathered appearance of the mech.
The gun was painted grey and the barrel was painted using acrylic liquid graphite that I found in an art shop. I used grey graphite for the end of the barrel and blue graphite for the cooling jacket. The great thing about this stuff is that once dry it can be buffed with a cotton but to give a very convincing metallic sheen.

The shield was treated to the wash as well and I am particularly happy with the overall used appearance of this item.

I plan to add a scorch mark to the shield in the final stage of weathering to come, to add some further character.

A coat of acrylic gloss from Gunze Sangyo was added to prepare the kit for decals. As the kit only came with stickers, I had to search for after market decals and was lucky enough to find some intended for other 1:144 scale gundams.

There were a few markings however that I had to paint on. The shield numbers I have mentioned previously but the chest triangle marking was another and there are 2 other triangle markings one on each leg as well. These were created bu cutting out masking tape templates and spraying the colours. The fine black borders were drawn on using a 0.05mm permanent pen that I picked up in an art shop.

The Bandai after market decals went down very well with the help of Gunze Sangyo Mr Mark Setter and Mr Mark Softer. The decals were left to dry for 24 hours and a gloss coat was applied to seal them in followed by a flat coat.

Well that it where I'll leave it for now, so until next time, Happy Modeling.

Cheers,