Completed » John Deere 4430

About The Build » Here’s a “gift project” I did. I found a John Deere 4430 tractor for a family member who collects JD stuff. It’s 1/25 scale and from AMT/Ertl. Doing something like this makes you appriciate Bandai plastic. This was flash-tastic and most parts did not fit correctly….

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Completed » Ex-S Gundam Crimson Iota

About The Look » Originally, I was going to do this kit in red instead of the blue-violet, but after playing around with my color scheme, the blue-violet just seemed to fit this kit very well. Plus I’d seen it done in red a few times and while it was…

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In Progress » The Crimson Iota EX-S Gundam

05.10.04 » Concept Work For my next project, I’ll be tackling the Master Grade EX-S Gundam. It’s a rather large and “partsy” kit. I don’t think I’ll be doing anything modification-wise to this piece. I may add some LEDs, but other than that, it’ll be OOB. (out of box) Best…

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Airbrush Tutorial (Flash)

I get a lot of compliments on my smooth airbrush finishes so I thought I’d use my instructional design and Flash skills and make an airbrushing tutorial. Click the icon to the right to launch the tutorial.

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Colorizing Black and White Lineart in Photoshop 7.0

One of the most frequent e-mail and private messages I get at forums is “How do you colorize lineart?”. Well, to make this easier, I’m going to post the steps on how I do it in this article. There are lots of different image editing software out there. Gimp, CorelPaint,…

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Completed » SD Guntank

About the Kit » This is the Super Deformed Gun Tank by Bandai. I needed a short break from my EX-S MG so I pulled this off the shelf. I started it Saturday night and finished it Wednesday night (including the base). Not bad for 4 days of work! Being…

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Completed » Abandon Base Diorama

Story » The battle was fierce, but in the end, retreat was the only option. A quartet of GMs from the Persephone, a Salamis Class Medium Cruiser, was dispatched to the asteroid base to assist the escaping personnel, but they too became victims of the Zeon’s relentless assault. The pilot…

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In Progress » Abandon Base Diorama

03.24.04 » All Your Base Are Belong To Them The battle was fierce, but in the end, retreat was the only option. A quartet of GMs from the Persephone, a Salamis Class Medium Cruiser, was dispatched to the asteroid base to assist the escaping personnel, but they too became victims…

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