Before- Crap-colored “gold” plastic
After
This is just the first layer. Will add another layer to finish things up.
This is how it should be done.
I’m thinking one Katana is all it really needs…
Need to make sure that I know how the joints behave and all before I do anything stupid/silly after topcoating…







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August 23, 2010 at 12:53 AM
hi there,
the gold paint does make the sword parts look better. i am curious, did you manage to separate the 3 fingers?
August 23, 2010 at 1:02 AM
is there any special way of painting with a brush?
August 23, 2010 at 1:12 AM
The Gold Frame’s backpack doesn’t look so out of place now with the gold katana bits, maybe you can just share the backpack between the two frames this way ^^ Btw may I know what gold colour are you using? I sprayed mine but it’s more grainy then shiny!
August 23, 2010 at 3:57 AM
I want to know that too :PP
August 23, 2010 at 6:18 PM
ya same here
August 23, 2010 at 11:37 PM
If I had to guess, Tamiya’s Gold Leaf color. Could easily be wrong though.
August 23, 2010 at 4:18 AM
This is amazing Z.
August 23, 2010 at 4:39 AM
Just amazing. Z, can you please share which gold you used for the katana?
August 23, 2010 at 6:24 AM
isn’t the scabbard supposed to be placed in reverse like the NG 100 or the PG 60?
August 23, 2010 at 7:29 AM
Not on the MG, since the scabbard doesn’t connect directly with a peg to the side-skirt – instead it goes on a holder that’s plugged where the BF’s knives went.
August 23, 2010 at 8:04 AM
now i see why. which is wrong if you know the real placement of swords of the samurais. ^^,
August 23, 2010 at 7:00 PM
Well, it’s kinda expected of bandai. Why make a whole new runner for a new pair of side skirts when they can use the holes left by the 2nd R? ^^;
August 24, 2010 at 7:13 AM
true very true
August 23, 2010 at 7:31 AM
Lookin’ real nice, Z! Just amazing…
August 23, 2010 at 7:58 AM
But Z, you know that you want it to have 2 swords. =P
August 23, 2010 at 8:23 AM
What gold paint did you use? I have acrylic gold which just look the same as crappy gold colored plastic.
August 23, 2010 at 2:09 PM
At least you don’t have nub marks like the PG. I still don’t know what I’m going to do about those…
August 23, 2010 at 7:29 PM
hey Z, i made a banner. its on my site, would love it if you could put it up under my site in blogroll
thanks
August 23, 2010 at 10:10 PM
Nice paint job Z, :o
How’d you get that on so evenly? Did you go over it several times with a brush? And are you using Tamiya Gold Leaf or the TS-21 Spray Can?
Man I’m starting to like this model more and more rofl, trying to decide which one to get, this one or the Sword Impulse XD damnit. Which would you get?
August 24, 2010 at 12:14 PM
All questions (mainly I only see one) will be answered in due time…