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XTC-FTW•

Holy shit I thought that was a nazi flag from the thumb nail lol. cool stuff

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Remote_StartOP•

Now that I have your attention...

........SIEG ZEON!

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HamEaterQC•

What paint did you use for the weapons? Gun metal?

Also, that huge canon at the end surprised me, what is that and where did you get it?

I won't ask further questions and comments as i am a judge of the competition.

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Remote_StartOP•

Tamiya colors all around. In this case Tamiya Gun Metal, except for the Gatling gun which was Tamiya Metallic Aluminum. All these with a flat black undercoat.

That giant "Anti-Mobile Suit Rifle" is a 1/6th scale Solothrun S-18/100 20mm Anti-Tank Rifle from WWII. I thought it might work but it's just too big for MG, haha.

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HamEaterQC•

By flat black undercoat did you just paint it entirely black before applying the metallic color or you did some kind of pre-shading?

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Remote_StartOP•

For the weapons just a black undercoat and shading done with a wash at the end and some smoke powder "stuff" rubbed on the barrel tips/vents. The green plates of the Zaku had a sort of preshading done but it doesn't stand out very well and I wanted a more realistic military look on it.

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OhUmHmm•

I really like the "paint chipping" effect. Did you put black paint on first, then white paint? It looks so real I can't tell if you actually chipped away at the painting...

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thelastbaldwin2014 Holiday Helper Zaku•

I think this sub needs more group builds. I gave gunplalollapalooza my all and I'm a better builder for it. Seeing this post is just another reminder that there's still a long way to go. The weathering is enviable.

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bigmangriff•

Seems weird that there is not wear on any of the guns, but there is on the axe and missle pod. Just a observation, but over all awesome looking.

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Remote_StartOP•

I tried, and didn't like the way it looked since the guns are so metallic chipping didn't stand out much but looked funky. I ended up airbrushing over the weathering I did to them. I explain it as they are replacement weapons and not the Zaku's original guns. Thx for comments :)

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Fongore•

I'd love to know how you made the flag.

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Remote_StartOP•

Simply enough, it's a piece of paper sent through the high quality color printer we have at work here. I sent it through backwards/upside down to print the same image on both sides and cut it out.

The flag pole is a piece of brass rod I had around that I cut/shaped and painted. Black undercoat, heavy dry brushing of metallic and clear coated flat.

If I had more time I would have airbrushed one onto some cloth but time ran short for Gunpla Lollapalooza entry. I might make a cloth one in the future.

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Fongore•

Thanks!

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bigmangriff•

Understandable.

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Remote_StartOP•

I deleted my other submission because they were all the high res pics by mistake. Here are the easier viewed smaller pictures.

If you wanted to see the double size here they are: http://imgur.com/a/sdOl9#0

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achancesw•

what kit is that from?

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Sunneh•

Looks like you painted on the paint chips, you should look up the hairspray technique to give it a more natural feel.

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Remote_StartOP•

Never heard of the hairspray technique but now I see doing some research. I was following a video where someone painted on chips using a brush and repeated that. I'll try hairspray next time, thank you for the advice.

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Sunneh•

Here is a well written guide of the hairspray technique being done to a F4U-1 Corsair, in this case he uses a silver undercoat to match the undercoat of the plane.

http://doogsmodels.com/2014/11/08/painting-tamiyas-132-f4u-1-corsair/

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