#sdcs

[jaybuilds]

Luminous Banshee

SDCS Banshee with a bunch of shards glued to it

Id like to believe that all of Unicorn’s reality defying tomfoolery could be recreated within GBN through the use of a Break Decal, which is why I added one. That said, I just thought it would be fun to try and recreate the “Luminous Crystal Body” effect on a Banshee, through some unconventional means. It’s Smart Gun and Claw both have irregularly shaped crystals emerging from them, because I thought it would look cool.

[propheteka]

That face when you've used a figure as a drawing aid so much that the neck joint fails shortly after you use it in a funny photo showing off your new kits. -.- #Gunpla #SDCS #RX78 https://www.instagram.com/p/CoGilmXr8m-/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[prophbuilds]

ASW-G-08 Gundam Barbatos Lupus Rex Royal - A Retrospective

In 2020, my friend got me something I had been looking at but never honestly thought to get for myself - A Master Grade Barbatos kit.

Now, I'd been looking into some of the neat things folks had been doing with them since the kit dropped. Stuff like adding in metal parts for the joints, doing fantastic aging/battle damage mods and the like. I'm not down for the battle damage or the aging and adding so much metal, although I guess it stiffens up some of the looser joint considerably so it can hold more extreme poses longer, I'm not really worried about that.

No... I just wanted to paint it.

Not wanting to test paints on the actual kit, I went and found myself a decent analog.

I went and picked myself up an SDCS Barbatos Lupus Rex.

Like I said before the break, this started out as a paint test.

Not just any paint test, though...

This was a base for me to actually test some paints on as well as see if my paint scheme would pan out. See... I've been watching folks who customize and restore toy cars (Hot Wheels, Matchbox... those sized cars) and many of them run acrylics when they're not trying to match the paints used on the older toys. This got me thinking that, if I could find the right stuff, I could simply buy some of the thicker paints I've reliably used on other plastics in the past and thin it out to flow like the Testor enamels I've been using for decades.

My search lead me to a paint maker based in CT - Createx Colors - and their acrylic reducers in particular. I didn't expect to get the quality you'd see in their own product lines mixing my own brews using other company's paints. What I got was still an exceptionally stable and durable finish that didn't mess with the other company's paints that terribly. The metallics will fall out of suspension faster but the gloss was still there.

To recap:

I had a plan.

I had the paints.

I... still didn't have the Lupus Rex kit to test on.

At this point, the SDCS Barbatos Lupus Rex kit could've been mistaken for a myth. I don't know if it was because it was a popular kit or the Human Malware that hit or maybe some weird Bandai thing with doing a low run but the Lupus Rex was out of stock everywhere. Nobody had it but eBay and I'm not willing to pay nearly retail price for the MG this was standing in for on an SD kit. Not even an exceptionally neat one.

After a good nine months, one finally came back in stock at one of the online shops I buy from and the plan was a go. The following are progress shots from the build.

As you can see, my plan was very simple. I took the reds and blues and brought them down to my fave dark metallic blue and a nearly crimson red. These darker colors pop off the white far more than expected but in a good way. The classic Gundam Yellow is replaced by my antique gold mix. The idea is to give this version of the Barbatos an almost Pre-Calamity War regal feel. The one thing I couldn't test on the smaller kit is running a metallic (almost pearlecent) white for the white armor pieces.

To take things to that clean "Trailer Queen" level you see in show cars, I did touches of straight metallics on the exposed hydraulics. Shiny silver pistons are held in by copper, gold and brass equipment. This is absolutely a holdover from my looking into the metal replacement parts. = )

All in all, this was a fun build. A simple paint job that did more than I had hoped. When I build the MG Barbatos, I have this little guy as visual reference. At the time of this writing, the thinned paints are holding up against the minor scuffs and scratches it takes as I pose it from time to time. I need to get around to top coating it and my other kits but I'm glad to see my long shot idea has worked out well.

Best thing about this is I get quite possibly the most unique yet cleanest Lupus Rex around. It may not be in line with many folks idea of the Post-Calamity look of the suits and equipment the Tekkadan Crew normally rolls in but I'm sure even Mikazuki would give an indifferent "Okay" to.

[erlangshen]

SD eXp Throwback Thursday: SDCS RX-79[G] Gundam Ground Type New blog post: https://erlangshen.weebly.com/sd-exp/sd-exp-throwback-thursday-sdcs-rx-79g-gundam-ground-type #gundam #gunpla #plamo #hobby #sdgundam #sdcs #mobilesuitgundamms08thteam #gundamgroundtype #機動戦士ガンダム第08MS小隊 #SDガンダム #ガンダム #bandai #rx79g https://www.instagram.com/p/Cl7LdT5P7CP/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[hobbystationerytagimi]

バンダイスピリッツ　SDガンダム クロスシルエット ガンダムキャリバーン　入荷しました！

[jaloviha]

the power of love 🫶

[mewcharm]

jotaro was 100% freaking out and star platinum just wanted to make him feel better by bringing him shit. ill stand by this forever. Collab with @datbx (they colored my lines!)

[jeonseoguu]

ova jotaro has too much asian boy swag

[doppiopinkman]

Polnareff is such a funny character. He has a compelling motivation and is interesting when you look at him narratively but nearly every time there's an episode dedicated to him it's Jean Pierre Polnareff's official toilet tragedy number 57 where upon entering a bathroom stall Polnareff is transported into an evil death maze by the enemy stand user King Gizzard the Lizard Wizard and he must find all the hidden notes and escape the maze before time runs out or else King Gizzard the Lizard Wizard's stand Jeff the Killer will Jeff the Kill him. Meanwhile his friends are having lunch and going "huh. Polnareff's been in there for awhile, I wonder what's taking him so long." as if they don't already know.

[drag00ni]

Stardust Crusaders

[missallanious]

More 😔🫴✨

I couldn’t resist giving Polnareff a boob window too lmao

[propheteka]

Ha HA! I Finally got my hands on the Mk.II Real Type. Nothin' says lovin' like a kit that's pretty much molded in the colors you slap on everything & yet another SDCS Gundam. = ) #Gunpla #SDCS #RX78 #GundamBaseLimited #HG #Gundam #Mk2 #RealTypeColor https://www.instagram.com/p/CoGLdc2LFkZ/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[cleardreamy]

redraw of smbc-comic's magnificent post

[mikibagels]

If Jotaro could hide hardback books in his coat and hat to protect himself from Dio's knives, I'm pretty sure he can carry around a can of Raid as well.

Reference under the cut

[hobbystationerytagimi]

バンダイスピリッツ　SDガンダム クロスシルエット F9ノ1改　ガンダムビルドメタバース　入荷しました！

[shih-na]

Dio goes to a gay bar

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