365 Days of Paint

Star Wars: Legion Painting Diary Build Diary The models that come with the game need to be assembled.  Unlike some of the metal miniatures from Infinity with 5-10 parts these are mainly 2-3 parts.  You should make a decision to glue the arms to the models or leave them lose and assemble afterwards.  Some of the sculpts make it difficult to get areas with a brush after its been glued.  Personally for me I like to glue everything together for better priming, zenithal lighting and if you make a mistake later with a gap it will be harder to fill and colour match.   In any case you should test fit all the pieces before glueing to make sure its flush,  the injection point for the mould is where the joint goes into the body.  On some of the models there was some extra plastic in the way to allow the model to be flush.  Take your hobby knife and clean it up a bit and test fit it again until its flush. After I glued the pieces in, ...

Kingdom Death Monster 1.5 Painting Diary This post is a work in progress document with updates as I go along. Build Diary Tools Needed: Hobby Knife, Green Stuff, Needle Files, CA Glue, Sprue Cutters and Patience Seriously go here:  Build Instructions Tips and Lessons Learned: From my Gunpla and model building experience having a good Sprue/side cutter, is a must.  Don't clip right at the end where the sprue meets the sculpt but farther back.  Later you can clean up the nubs with a hobby knife/file.  This is to ensure you don't accidentally cut a piece you aren't supposed to.  As well you don't stress the plastic; although in this case we are painting the model after so any stress marks will be covered up. Greenstuff!  - I found working with the solid stuff a bit frustrating on models as delicate as these and resorted to using the liquid greenstuff.  My mistake was not waiting for it to dry before the next coat and thus added a lot m...

  Colour Diary Colours Used: Bicycles Primer: Vallejo Grey (not thinned) Medium: Vallejo - Thinner Medium 70.524 Bikes: Citadel (Base) - Mephiston Red            Vallejo Model Color - Black Grey 70.862            Citadel (Base) Macragge Blue            Citadel (Layer) Sybarite Green Tyres: Vallejo Model Color - Black 70.950 Leather: Vallejo Model Color - Leather Brown 70.871 and Vallejo Model Color - Calvary Brown 70.982 Metal bits: Vallejo Game Colour - Chainmail Silver 72.053 and Vallejo Model Color - Gunmetal Grey 70.863 Wash: Citadel (Shade): Nuln Oil, Carrosburg Crimson, Biel-Tan Green Sealant: Vallejo Matt Varnish 70.520 Cyclists Primer: Vallejo Grey (not thinned) Medium: Vallejo - Thinner Medium 70.524 Skin:     Vallejo Model Color - Sunny Skin Tone 70.845              Vallejo Model Color - Basic Skinton...