back at it again with the gwitch high grades, it's the Big Bad Beetleborg my good friend Bald Daryl! i finished this kit on christmas day of last year. another very lovely build, just as good if not better than any of the gundam kits in the gwitch high grade line. love this guy. wish that stag beetle horn was slotted into the forehead a little more securely, but as long as you don't mess with it too much it's fine.
this was my first foray into using gunmetal grey paint (a tamiya spray, as always) on an inner frame, and as you can see in the closeups by the shoulder joint i was not entirely correct in my estimation of which parts would and would not be visible in the end product. still a really lovely effect, and since the original grey plastic was so similar in color i didn't even need primer for this one! very nice.
the panel lining on the off-white parts (which have a faint but noticeable minty-green tinge) was done with a bright green ultrafine-point archival ink pen, which ended up working surprisingly well. i've had troubles in the past with ink pen tips not being fine enough for good panel lining, but according to the 0.1 on the cap this one had The Finest Possible Tip so it all worked out. very striking color on white plastic, big fan. the glitter/frosted effect on the beam partisans was once again done with my nail polish topcoat strat. it's simply a good strat. paint your local mobile suits' nails right now