Valentine’s Day may be a week away, but I just couldn’t wait to hand my S.O. their gift, because I was just so damn proud… But they didn’t like it… So I went back to the drawing board and made it even better!

Story after the jump!

I said in my intro post how I’d recently gotten back into building Gunpla. I attempted to get my S.O. into it as well, and bought them an SD Wing Gundam EW. As could be expected from someone who’s never watched Gunpla, they still haven’t built it… I then picked one I thought they might enjoy.

Yes. A Mobile Suit, modeled after a sailor scout, from a future version of a neutral pacifist nation. I never said it would make sense out of context…

**Warning: Background** This Gundam came from a series called Mobile Fighter G-Gundam. Set in a “Future Century”, each Country sends their most advanced humanoid battle robots and their best fighters to compete in a fighting contest to become ruler of the space colonies. Only… Earth is the Ring! The series revolves around the Fighter from Neo Japan as he searches for a certain individual in order to redeem his family… Was great in the 90’s, I swear.

That is a stock photo of what the Gundam looks like when fully assembles. You can’t really see it, but the hair/shield extends down to the knee. Interesting, but it obscures a lot of the back!

I asked my SO what their favorite colors were. I got Turquoise, Deep Blue, and Coral… I had no idea that coral was a color, so that took some research. I decided I didn’t really want to mix my own colors, so I went with a few paints from the Army Painter’s Range of products. I picked up a can of Matt Black Primer, Barbarian Flesh (close to Coral, but no cigar), and a can of Anti-Shine Matt Varnish (a Matte Clear Coat) for top-coating. Also picked up a few different Warpaints which are acrylic paints which generally match their color primers.

I ordered Nobel Gundam from the Gundam Planet. I also ended up with an airbrush. This one in fact. I’ve been playing with it for a few days, and I absolutely love it.

I started by painting all the parts with primer. Then I base coated the white parts black. The red parts a custom red color, which was supposed to be coral, and the blue parts a custom mix of Turquoise, using mainly paints from the Citadel Range from Games Workshop, all with my airbrush.

After that, I splotched some blues, grays, oranges, reds, and even one green onto the white parts. Then, I stippled some stars on in white. Here is the result.

I didn’t think it looked bad, but I my SO was unimpressed… So I went back to the drawing board. I covered everything in very thinned Blue from the Citadel Range again. I then ruined my SO’s kitchen sponge to splotch some Army Painter Matt Black Warpaint onto all the repainted blue parts.

A close up of the repainted leg piece. Still stippled the stars on, but I pretty much sponged everything else. Came out looking pretty darn sweet! Here’s the fully finished product!



Here’s with a flash, and next to my HGAC Wing Gundam for a size comparison!

Yes, the Gundam does come with the peace hand.

My SO really loves Galaxy Patterns ever since we watched Kamen Rider Fourze together. This Gunpla was a really fun adventure and while it isn’t as freshly articulated as the Wing Gundam right next to it, or as traditionally bulky, it is still a great looking Gunpla and this custom paint job ended up looking excellent. It didn’t take an extreme amount of time or work and my SO ended up being quite happy with it, and that’s what mattered to me with this project.