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| Nice pictures are from HeyItsJay on reddit from the AGC's 2nd contest |
So I have a problem. Well, two if we're being honest.
My motto in life is "When in doubt, paint it metallic". Any time I see plain grey or yellow plastic I just want to paint it a metallic~! Actually I would probably paint all of my kits in metallic shiny colors if I didn't hold myself back! Originally the Sniper K9 was just going to be a plain snap build with matte coat over it since I actually loved the green of the plastic (and I am not about that painting the plastic the same shade it already was life) but staring at the grey I couldn't deny my true feelings. It needed to be metallic~!
I could practically hear the Renato brothers though.
"Metallic paints? This is a war machine what are you even thinking?" Mario said.
"But those grey parts would be metal, especially on the frame," I cried back.
"You casual," Julio said, shaking his head.
But that was when I realized that a) my argument was valid, the grey parts WERE likely meant to be bare metal irl, b) this is my kit so I should do what I want and c) I was in fact arguing with myself.
I couldn't find a mid toned metallic grey that I liked in spray can form (I've since bought literally every form of metallic grey from Tamiya) so I laid down a layer of silver and misted a metallic charcoal over it. I like the results though I think maybe it would look better if the kit was weathered. I just love the greens too much to weather this kit right now. Those greens are the plastic of the kit with matte coat over.
The inner frame and the K9 are painted with same metallic charcoal I used to mist over the silver as well as a little bit of matte black on some parts of the K9. It's a beautiful color it just takes FOREVER to dry. Like I really need to leave the pieces to sit for a week before doing much with them when it's even slightly humid. The butt of the rifle shoes this. :(
And thus we get to my other problem. The fact that I simply have to do really detailed painting on my little dudes, even though at 1/144 scale that means they're freaking tiny. It eats up sooo much time though they did come out nicely.
And that's right, I painted these little guys to look like Mario and Julio Renato. Because I really do have a problem.
I also painted another one of the little dudes to look kinda like me! Three of the seven little dudes are lady little dudes so it seemed like a fun idea. At least it was fun until I got to putting make up on her (I don't go outside without makeup). I used a bit of cornstarch in order to change the helmet into a bun hairstyle like I normally wear. :D
The sculpting on these tiny little dudes is insane by the way. So many details.
