White is the new white pt4. Masking Mayhem OVER!!!

I finally finished the details and main paint for the kit, there are still minor paint to do, some touch ups and little details but after a masking mayhem the paint is over.

The V.O.V. set needs allot of masking and paint, most of it comes in pearl white, so the piping, the main thruster, most of the details need paint, but at the end I´m happy with the result. 

I decided to paint the shoulder weapons gray with some details in Tamiya´s metallic gray. 

I like how they turned out, the decals and the scratches will make them look even better.

So, the painting is finally over, as I write this i'm waiting for the clear gloss coat to dry, after that Ill start the decals, then the dull coat, then the washes, panel lines, and pastels and a final mat coat to protect everything else. 

There's still allot left to do, please wish me luck with the rest.

Thanks for watching.

White is the new white pt3 (Slowly but steady)

The progress is finally showing and boy, I´m in love again with this hobby.

I dont know what to say that you cant see on the pictures, I added allot of betails to this awesome kit, evcn some cables and I've been loving every second of this custom build.

the VOB set requitres tons of masking and painting, so the progress there is on hold for the moment, I have been concentrating on finishing the extra details on the White Glint.

and here is where we are right now, almost at the middle of the build; i still have to finish the customization and do the main paint on the arms and thrusters, then hand paint the little details all over the kit, panel lines, clear coat, waterslides, flat coat, weathering and top flat coat, so, it's safe to say that there's still allot of work to be done.

But so far, I´m loving how this kit is turning out, I hope you guys like it.

White is the new white pt2

Slowly but steady the white glint is taking shape:

As you can see I've been adding pla-plate details to the model, I'm also waiting for some detailing parts and decals.

I decided to change the hands for a more aggressive looking hands

I already painted all the black parts, in a few of them some details will be painted.

I also want to add a one or two millimeters to the ankles, not sure how I´m gonna do it.

So far I´ve been enjoying this build allot, I was inspired to do this kind of details by this white glint by DC23, and I'm paying some kind of tribute to that amazing work by borrowing some ideas from it, i hope at the end, my white glint will look half as good as that one.

White is the new white

On the last month I did a little work on the VF-0D it´s taking shape, but I'm still not convinced, so I put it aside (again) and started on a pet project, another kit that I have wanted to build since I started on this, the Armored Core White Glint.

I stared with the boring parts, the weapons, and then the booster, the weapons were fast and boring, again just a couple of pieces sandwiched together. The booster was fun to build, a nice surprise because I expected something repetitive and boring, but, it was fun, as always with this old kits by kotobukiya the color separation is poor, and the fit is not the best, so glue, sand and paint is a must.

this thing will need allot of masking to allow a a decent paint job, but looks ok. This kit comes molded in a pearl white and a metallic black, it looks nice on the runners but when you put the thing together it looks sparkly, so those colors have to go. 

then after some work on the booster I quickly did the white glint, it is awesome, not as impressive as the alicia, but it has allot of eye candy, I did this to fit the pieces and to see if it needs some modifications, and, it does, first, I don't like the torso, it's too small, because of that the arms look too big, another thing is the neck, it's too short, that and, its to flat, it needs panels, intakes rivets and stuff.

the kit comes with 3 abdomen pieces, two short length black pieces like the one above and one medium white, so I moded the black parts and made them one long black piece by removing the base and gluing both pieces together

This is how it looks now

For the neck I just glued a 1mm piece under the piece, so it will not go all the way down

This is how it looks with the new abdomen and higher neck, I think it looks better

After that I've been doing stuff like gluing and sanding and some other little details, I wanted to do a post of this because it might take a while to complete this guy, but so far, it´s looking good!

On the other hand I´m super exited about a couple of kits that will come next year, for me at least this year was a little disappointing, the only tw kits that got me exited were the Wave Logicoma and theRG Astray Red Frame but this two kits got me kumping because I never expected to see them in model form, and they are from one of my favorite series Gargantia on the verdurous planet. I already preordered both, and I hope they do well to see more of this fantastic anime on the future.

1/48 Chamber by Max Factory (January release)

1/48 Striker by Max Factory (March release)

Finally, I have found allot of amazing customs for armored core lately, like this custom four legged Project Magnus love the colors, an outstanding custom.