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Finally completed building this kit. WIP here: http://dnnychan.wordpress.com/category/pg/pg-astray-red-frame/
Really amazing kit, and would really like my friends for getting me this (half a year ago…). I don’t think it’s perfect, but I honestly can’t spend any more time on this. Building a kit exclusively is pretty tiring. I tried to fix most of the parts, but the wash I really need to work on, and the topcoat is…alright. Whatever. Photodump!
Painting is done. The slow process of decalling has begun!
Decals from Samueldecals, exact copy of the Astray’s stock decals.
Another WIP, this thing is taking me forever. Most of the painting is done by now, only the white on the other arm and leg are remaining. Then I need to topcoat, line, and decal this thing up.
For some reason my red’s turned out slightly different and darker than expected. Look at the picture of the back of the arm to see what i’m talking about. There’s two shades of red, but it was actually just one red. :S I do like how the leg turned out though.
This stuff was actually completed a while ago, but I wanted to wait for other bits to be done so I could post all at once. I switched back to Tamiya spray primer after these parts, simply due to availability. And well, I also ran into a couple of problems.
1) Matt white is terrible for doing washes. Matt colours in general actually, since they don’t provide a smooth surface for the paint to travel along. I didn’t clear coat the pieces enough before trying to do a wash (which I’m still not amazing at), so stuff got really messy. I then proceeded to switch to gloss white to paint. Which leads to…
2) I can’t, for the life of me, get white to paint properly. It always sputters, or comes out really particle-ly. I suspect that it’s my not cleaning my airbrush properly, but if anyone has any tips, they’re greatly welcomed. So I ended up using up an entire jar for an arm and a leg of the PG, and I don’t think I did it right, which means I need to go get more and try again 
Bleh.
I am one lazy bum. This thing’s been done for almost a week now, and I shoot it now. Bleh. I seem to have taken a break from Gunpla this week, mainly due to going out with my friends (ie. having a real life) a lot lately. I went over a lot of the details with Testor’s Silver enamel. I might go back and do a bit more detailing, with gold or something.
ZOMG A VIDEO. (because it shows off stuff better).
Bleh. Long weeks of exams means I couldn’t do anything. I’ve started painting the internal frame. It’s going to be a couple of shades, namely a “Metallic Red”, “Copper Metallic Red” and “Copper”. “Metallic Red” is a mix of chrome silver and clear red, with a bit of copper, and “copper metallic red” is the same but with different ratios.
Paint layers are prime->sand imperfections->gloss black->[insert colour here]->FFA->enamel silver detailing (for molded in pipes) (not shown) ->and maybe more FFA later.
A couple of pics to show the different colours. I think it looks more yellow in pictures than it should. Shitty basement lighting + cell phone. YEP.
I’m lazy. Might add text here later, might not. Here’s a photo dump of the straight built PG Astray Red Frame. Borrowed my friends’ dSLR. Played around with the settings. Didn’t turn out the best, but I’ll improve. Someday.
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