HMM Gunsniper Leena Special - large pics inside

[Fury-s12]

So whilst i waiting for my wire for the FAU to arrive from the UK thinking it would take forever i figured id start on this kit... the wire turned up within a week lol but im enjoying this build too much to stop now so the FAU can wait a little longer

so the kit as described in the R&D HERE needs some hand painted detail love to become the master piece it should be, and thats exactly what i'm doing, i actually de-sprued the whole kit before building and have since been slowly building sub assemblies and {poorly) painting on detail.

first the head, not actually much detail to add here besides panel lines but its does come with a noteworthy gimmick in the polycap plactice "wires" that plug into the head and go through the neck into the body and provide a great "moving part" look when you move the head


the body, starting with the "zoid core", its basically hidden in the body and completely un seen once build but its still a pretty kool addition

Apparently zoids have disc brakes  - giant red calipers inherently a must


and my current position, the tail, neck and head attached to the body, the tail is great has some great articulation (as does the neck/head) and it can actually "lock" into place for the sniper shot ala the anime, heres some pics to try an illustrate the articulation and the detail etc ive "attempted" to hand painted on lol

...seahorse zoid anyone

the leena pilot figure comes pre painted which is pretty kool and saves some tiny tiny painting, it is missing facial features though and looks a little ghostly lol
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-8XjRZVOXcoc/T4Ojg_IGbUI/AAAAAAAABjo/kgjEsvEKoB0/s919/wip15.png


wow those photos really show where ive messed up painting and tried to fix it, looks ok in person, not on camera though aparently lol, ah well practice makes slightly better

[Xenomorph]

looks fine from what I'm seeing. Definitely have to get a gun sniper myself

[QuangVuong]

Red calipers Mighty Car Mods style! Adds 25kw.

Looks good though. Keep it up.

[Ethan]

This is looking great! Definitely have to get a HMM grade zoid myself.... maybe a Mirage.

[thegunny]

Interesting  Good to see an old school enamel user at work.

Damn you I was hoping not to start my Iron Kong any time soon but every time I see Koto Zoids kits my resistance waivers a bit more. They are such a PITA to assemble but they look so good when finished 

[Fury-s12]

Lol enamel is old school? And build , build it oooo :p

 Thanks for the kind words guys

[thegunny]

Lol enamel is old school?

It is in this world of politically correct non toxic, must wear gloves and breather acrylic yak's milk 

[Fury-s12]

Lol yea none of that for me :p

[BellTower]

Can't wait to see the mountain of guns

[potchip]

Except even Humbrol ain't what they used to be. I can probably smell and tell if a tin is of the good'old school variety or the more recent but crappier 'super' type.

[Hemish]

Looking good man, thinks I need to finish my command wolf one of these days

[Fury-s12]

Thanks and please do

[thegunny]

TOOOOOOO much talk and not enough pictures 

[Fury-s12]

Theres not much more to show in pictures, since last time ive mostly been painting and then repainting the weapons in need of black as the first coat was terrible lol i have began the legs and arms lotsa detailing and weapons to attach but heres the legs



and to increase the picture count heres my workdesk as it sits atm

[Fury-s12]

ARMS...well weapons in the shape of arms, theres actually only one bit of the arm thats not a weapon and even thats just the hydraulic to work the claw lol
This is a fine example of a bit that needs some paint love for details the 3 barrel minigun was just all blue and none of the orange is standard and the weapon pod interior was just black, the worst bit, the claws were just all blue i can remember it exactly in the anime but im sure they were just blue and besides who wants that, menacing silver claws ftw

sorry for the bad lighting in some bit a cbf photo op lol







Also my Macro lens for my phone arrived allowing me to take stupid close ups like these, really shouldnt do this if you want to cover up paint blemishs lol better light and effort on focusing also required
The lens - $10 posted of ebay attaches to the phone by a magnetic ring and comes how its seen here as a wide angle lens which works great or you screw the top half off and it becomes a macro lens which is amazing can get so close to tiny things


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