The progress continues...

Have done a bunch more painting, and now Suletta's lower torso, right leg and arm, left forearm, and both feet are more or less done. Today was all about painting the hair-- primarily to hide dark bits left over from trimming off the nubs. The final red-orange mix I came up with is damn near identical to the base runner's red, so I'm not going too heavy on the coats. I also figured out the dark blue for the headband, so that's in progress as well.

This evening, I tidied up a little and started decaling. The faceplates went a bit easier this time not only because I have a better idea of what I'm doing, but because for this kit, each brow and eye are attached as one piece. As I'd anticipated, the gold engraving stickers for the torso were tricky. They look pretty decent once they're set in place, but of course, it's the setting that's hard. You can't see it here, but the pointy back ends of the collar trim tore off during application. I've dabbed a little gold paint on both ends to try and make it look a little better.

As for the experiment I mentioned last time, check out the third pic. I finally tracked down Tamiya's Weathering Master sets for figure kits (G and H), and picked up both sets, along with one of set B. I also found a shop that carries individual AK Interactive weathering pencils, but haven't messed around with those much yet. I've been primarily focusing on the wrinkles in Suletta's clothes, with a little bit of shading on her skin. I can already tell that like with so many other things related to plamo, getting better at using weathering tools will take practice.

Not much longer to go now! Hopefully I'll have her done sometime early next week.

back at it again with the high grades. this guy is the grunt suit version of guel jeturk's dilanza, which means it has a muted "combat-ready" color scheme, no ostentatious head crest, and is, y'know, actually put out there to kill people. the beams (on both the rifle and, though not pictured, the beam torch) got a coat of trans-am holo red marker because i am who i am, but other than that it was just me and my trusty black panel liner for this one.

ah, gwitch kits, how i've missed you! a delightful little build through and through, totaling a bit under four hours from box to final pose. even on a design this chunky, it still manages to be pretty well articulated, too, which is neat! my one major complaint is that i wish that warm grey plastic was a bit less greenish, since it clashes more with the purple-black side of the palette than i would've liked—if i could've set up my spraypaint booth (which i can't during the summer; my AC unit takes priority here), i probably would've hit it with a cooler grey instead. maybe light gunmetal?

still, i'm happy with what i got. the real sadness comes from the fact that with this guy done, the only gwitch kits i still want to build at this point are all p-bandai exclusives...or worse, discontinued p-bandai exclusives. one day i'll have you, lfrith anavata...one day...!!