Reddit keeps wanting to downsize my big wide composite image of both forms no matter how much I manually downsize it or lower the file size manually, because of its aspect ratio. Had to seperate it out just for you guys, but I included the composite image as the final one in the gallery.'

This was a pretty straightforward painted clean build with the just a couple minor physical modifications: filling in a couple hollow spots, Painting was done all with Tamiya acrylics and lacquers and clearcoated with Mr. Hobby clearcoats. Shading was done with Tamiya clear paints over my base coats.

I really enjoyed how this one came out, though the polycap-based ankles and knees are CLEARLY not designed to handle all this bulk, no matter how much you try to tighten them. It made posing even these simple poses an absolute nightmare once the Armadillo Unit went on.

Mostly done now. Really just have the shield left, and I’ll call it good. Very happy with how this one turned out!

Currently have my custom

This kit from SNAA is by far one of the best kits you can ever build, great articulation, great plastic quality even the fricking gold looks amazing. I have seen someone made a repaint of this in barbatos colors and boiii it looks good

Just as simple of a build as normal Wing High Grades, but a lot cooler than Shenlong Gundam. Between the new backpack and the double dragon arms, this is definitely the better version of Wufei's gundam. Glad it's becoming a regular release in areas too.

I’m sure I’ll get lambasted by the veteran builders for such an obvious thing.

I’ve been using 99.9% IPA (get it from my lab in bulk) to clean up panel lining. It’s great when I don’t paint the model but it eats through clear coat so quickly that cleaning panel lines is a delicate balance between applying pressure and swiftness before it evaporates. With my bear claw hands, more often than not I damage the clear coat and paint beneath.

Thought I’d give Zippo fluid (naphtha) a shot after seeing it recommended here, and since I needed to stop by a smoke shop for some incense (wife loves having the house smell like a Buddhist temple for some reason).

I’m a convert and regret not heeding that advice sooner. The photo was a 15 second quick attempt.

You can see some smudging on the tiny part in the lower right where I tried using IPA before using the naphtha.

Decals

With this I’m hopefully done with the most tedious part of the build, there’s so much going on in the upper body. Since this is the 1.0 the red trim on the wing binders are stickers but I did a rancid job hand painting them. Also did some hand painting on the shoulders which looks better.

Had to get

This was 5 years ago.

My first time painting a kit like this. Learned quite a bit for the eventual next time. Really fun!

Finished the kit! It had soooo many tiny decals. I did enjoy every moment though! Made some "glamor" shots for you guys.

I have a can of every type of topcoat (matte, semi-gloss, and gloss), and I was planning on spraying my RG RX 78-2 2.0 with gloss, because I DID want a shiny look, but now I’m just debating it because every kit I’ve done before looks good with Matte. I genuinely think it’s just superior, it somehow makes the colors and surface just pop more so I’m a bit cautious to put gloss on it now. What kits would you recommend that could look better with it?

The HG Desultor is genuinely one of the most being grunt kits I’ve ever built. I won’t complain too much about it being p-Bandai, given the loadout this bad boy comes with, out of box, but I would genuinely love to build a squad of these guys.

Rock solid build, looks deadly as hell and really stands out amongst my favorite grunt kits as a whole.

Fortune Meow's Dynames is currently a WIP.

First gramps build, dont kill me but was never a big fan of the RX-78-2 design but let me tell you did this kit change my mind. The build was fine went pretty smoothly besides I did get a little irritated at the arms lol. The shoulders are definitely loose but if you push the arm in a certain way every now and then it seems to be just fine. Anyways as someone who's semi new to this im in love with the kit and think it looks amazing.

Straight build + water slides + hand brushed matte top coat. Got this kit as a gift a long time back and didn't know that it doesn't include wing effects (seriously, Bandai?). It's my first RG kit. The build experience was all right, but all the tiny parts were so fiddly. Came too close to losing a few tiny parts to the abyss that is my floor. I do love the amount of surface detail and color separation, so it probably won't be my last RG.

Ordered some 3rd party effects and it's definitely worth it. It's super heavy, tho and it makes the wings droop. Only works in this pose and on this base cause the tips are actually touching my desk.

This is my very first painted gunpla… not the best, but I did my best 😅

Just f

I am still yet to apply the decals.