Nearly Mid-March update

Hey, me again. Well, I have been practising somewhat with the airbrush, and have completed the Buster Gundam only to cock it up in the final panel lining. Was looking OK at one point, but I think an incorrect thinner ratio was to blame for the horrible "dirtiness" of the completed model. I dislike the final result so much I am not even going to give it a completed models page! :) Instead I will post just one pic here in this near-mid-march update.

I hate it. I liked it at one point. Damn you enamel/thinner ratio!

The chrome parts on the guns, the hands and on the two plates on the chest were at one point looking fabulous. I then applied an enamel wash for the panel lining, and in cleaning it up with thinner it started to strip away the chrome! Must bear in mind.. Enamel thinner also works on lacquers! Shading turned out OK on the white parts, but the white turned out a little more grey than I wanted to - the original intention was to have a creamy off-white but layer after layer of white was being placed over just to cover the grey primer. 

So, all in all, many lessons learnt on this model - it also took me as much as twice as long to complete the model - a frightening prospect considering I am going to be doing the same thing with the full armour Unicorn next.. expect many WIPs from this point onwards. 

In other news: I have made some new purchases, of which I shall reveal when they arrive. I have spent a stupid amount of money having sold some of my music-making gear (sad). I am also making a... wait for it... UV LED lightning base for the Unicorn! Will be posting a WIP and how-to on this today. Its surprisingly easy... just hoping it works!