depends on your own preference. as for me, I painted it on same red (traditional color scheme of sazabi) coz i failed my initial experiment...

And your sazabi still look awesome. You use flat Top coat right?

Btw, can you pm me some shot of your sazabi. Tq.

This post has been edited by sphiroth: Feb 5 2014, 02:23 PM

sure things, today go back will dig it out and send to you.

Anyway I used semi-gloss top coat. (flat one too dull for me)

This require for hand painting with micro brush like 00 or 000 size and steady hands.

Sadly, my first few attempts to do this ended up with horrendous results Anyone here that actually paint the figure?

yeah with just one colour after few attempt fails.

u forgot magnifying glass.

very rarely u c ppl actually do it. Too much of a PITA and the final results no matter how good is drown out by the actual kit itself if u place it side by side due to size differences, meaning most of ur effort gone to waste since its so small that no1 would actually take notice unless u point it out or take really close up shots. Too much of a bother imho.

agreed. i don't paint or line the inner frame for the same reason. unless i actually want to show off the frame.

Yeah, and paint cost also not cheap, but use only a little bit.

With Bandai kept releasing mouth-watering kits, I don't need painting for a reason to keep buying new kits

Sazabi if I'm not wrong, have 3 shades of red; normal red, darker red, and a orange-red. Do correct me if I'm wrong...

anybody own this MG?

pure plastic is 2, the 3rd shade is via sticker ala nu ver ka.

1 word, horrendous. Its not the worse of them all, but still pretty bad in comparison to modern MG's.

MG tada. HG ada. lol

Wohoo!~~



Bought on Monday night, came in this morning at 10am. So freaking fast....
Cant wait to start on this.. been waiting for this kit ever since i watch the anime more than 10 years ago..

Waa~ good LA
when finish build do post some images of this babe o ~

is after appy putty need to wait it dry and then sanding??? using tamiya putty basic (grey color)

1st time using putty...tq

Yes, wait until it fully dries 1st then start sanding. Just like same concept of real car putty.

owh ok noted, only then sanding take time...and my poor hand...

Just painted this guy for the MG Geara Doga



Details were painted using a 00-brush with a sharp tip. For such small figures you need a palette to thin/mix your paints, 'cause you need to try out the right thickness: Color to thin=mini will be flooded, to thick=details get lost. Also make sure there's not a blob of paint on the brush before applying by whiping it over paper e.g.

Last step is one or two washes with diluted black enamel (after a thin layer of varnish) to bring out the detail, then carefull clean-up with a cotton-bud (just like panel-lining with Zippo)

Awesome I wish there is good guide on the Net on painting the figure.

On another note, I'm sold on the RG Exia, it's nice to see them breaking away from the current B frame (as speculated and visually evident by the prototype image )