Sinanju's Beam Rifle

Sinanju Build Complete!

Sinanju Stands on its Own

Sinanju Backpack and Shoulders

Sinanju is Armed

Finished the arms (but still working on the shoulders) and the waist. I feel like the gold trimming on these pieces aren't as clean as on the torso, so I might have to clean it up more later. I don't quite understand how the arms open up to reveal the beam saber, the black part sort of gets in the way (hopefully not too much that it rubs gold paint off). Apart from that, the arms are really nice. They feel sturdy and the joints are good. The Gundam 2.0 hands are nice as always (with moving individual fingers).

Sinanju: Head and Waist Progress

Got the head completed yesterday. Thankfully there was no gold to paint (just the gun metal on the vulcans) so it was relatively quick. I must say, I really like the design for this head, it combines neat curves on the sides of the head with the angular front mask and horn. Like others have said, can't really see the eye if you don't specifically look upwards. No matter, still looks awesome.

Sinanju Chest Complete

Quick Update

Well, the poll I started several days ago showed Sinanju as the reader's choice. I admit, I'm also excited about this kit (love the design), but it's also a little intimidating (so much gold painting to do!). I was going to wait a little, maybe build the GN-X first, but I'm waiting on some purple paint. So, what the hell, I'll start on Sinanju.


As you can see, I'm not done painting these pieces yet. It seems painting gold takes a while since each part needs multiple layers. I thought I might just use the gold decals that came with the kit, but then it wouldn't match the yellow parts that I'm also painting gold. I can already tell, painting these tiny gold lines is going to get old fast (especially with the complex designs on the chest and shield). So far, so good though! Hopefully I'll get better at it as I go along.

RX-0 Unicorn Display Base

Unicorn Head Display Base

This was addition with the January issue of Dengeki Hobby. It's a lot smaller than I thought it was going to be... It's probably only for the HG kit, but I hope I can still use it as a stand for the MG. Neat that they included clear parts, I thought I would have to paint the whole thing.

Here's the connection to the model. Can anyone think of a way to connect this in any way to the MG Unicorn kit? That's what I got it for!

First Topcoat

Used Topcoat for the first time. Again, still learning new things. Learned not to spray from too close as "pools" of the Topcoat solution formed at various parts of Unicorn creating unsightly bubbly residue. Had to scrape it off, which didn't help much in terms of looks. After a second coat (this time with knowledge acquired) the model seems to have recovered somewhat.

The feel of the plastic changed more than I thought it would. It really does feel like ceramic or something, which is interesting. After Unicorn, had to the rest of my finished kits...

Also, got a Unicorn gashapon figure with Dengeki Hobby Nov. issue. Panel-lined it cause it looked like crap! Also the magazine told me to!

Unicorn Decals

Took a while to apply all the decals (there are like 100+... ugh). Chose to get the water slide decals instead cause I liked the ones from the Mk 2 so much. Messed up more times than I wanted (After applying Mr Mark Setter the decals somehow got knocked off and ripped). Nice thing about buying water slide is that there are the original decals and stickers as back up.

So yah, here pics. Destroy-mode head fondness has grown. Maybe topcoat?

Destroying Modes

Don't like the Destroy-mode-head-mode, so I'll just use the Unicron one. It good. (Also, not my Macbook (I hate macs))

Unicron Complete: Unicorn Mode

Just finished some Unicorn. Finally did it. Maybe topcoat it? Don't want the little clear bits to fog up though. Have some water decals for it too. Destroy mode incoming.

Unicorns Are Made of Dreams

Progress on MG Unicorn. So far, so good I suppose. The separating horn I painted yellow inside, however, when closed the yellow is visible and the horn doesn't close fully. I liked the non-Destroy mode head better so I just swapped in the one piece horn instead. All betta.

Torso and right arm done, working on left arm. Also shown is my way of organizing all the pieces to a major component before building it.