Drybrushing with ‘Rub n’ Buff’

“Rub and Buff” is a silver oil/wax like substance that comes in a tube. I use the silver, but they also make other metallic colors. I bought it at Michael’s. What’s nice about it is that it doesn’t dry as fast as the Tamiya silver paint when drybrushing so I…

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In Progress » Non-HGUC Hygogg ‘Mako’

2.13.2003 » progress intro Here is my first progress shot for my Hygog. As you can see, I haven’t gotten much done. Just a little sanding and puttying. It’ll look much better in the coming weeks though. I hope! 2.16.2003 » inspiration & clay I managed to progress a bit…

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Completed » S-Gundam

About the Build » This was the second kit that I recieved for Christmas. Thanks Rachel! This kit took me almost a month to complete. I decided to stray from the “normal” color scheme for this kit. I’m glad that I did because I love the final results! Unfortunatly, this…

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Completed » Zaku F2

About the Build » I recieved this kit for Christmas of 2002. I liked the desert colors, but I thought it needed a lottle more “oompf” so I went to work camoflauging it. This was not as easy as I assumed it’d be. I used photoshop to create my camo…

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Completed » Gp03s Stamen

About the Build This was my first MG kit and the first kit which I painted with an airbrush. I didn’t do that great of a job. Sooo….. Over my X-mas break, I saw a repaint of the GP03s on the Gundam Workshop website and decided to see if I…

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Completed » Full Armor ZZ Gundam

About the Build » I ordered this kit in August, but couldn’t build it until November because we moved. I can’t complain though because I’ve got a lot more room to work on kits now. Anyway, this was the first kit that I tried to shade with an airbrush. I’d…

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Completed » GM Ground Type

About the Build » I had mixed feelings about this kit. On the plus side, it came with TONS of weapons and has that great orange/tan color scheme. On the down side, I was feeling dejavue due to the many parts shared with my MG Ez8. The Ez8, GM, and…

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Completed » God Gundam

About the Build I had been wanting to try out a metallic finish on a kit for a while, but knew I needed a kit with some flair to pull it off. It just seemed fitting for this particular kit. I sprayed down a coat of Tamiya chrome silver and…

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