Update 1: Gundam Astray Red Frame Kai x Ninja Slayer

Update 1: painting!






Colors I'll be using for this kit.


Tamiya: Chrome Silver, Gold Leaf, and Gunmetal (not pictured)
Vallejo Model Air: Red RLM 71.102, Hull Red 71.039, Grey Surface Primer



Up a level: MG Astray Red Frame Kai x Ninja Slayer mock up






So, for the main body I'm using the Red RLM. In this picture the pigment I wanted was brighter than what I was looking to get and later in the evening I added 2 extra coats to darken all of the pieces up!





For the "armor" I mixed the Red and Hull Red 4:5. For the Hull Red alone was barely too dark! I think it turned out to be right on the money.



I bailed on the water marbling technique... But not without attempting a plan B! There's another way to make marbling effects with acrylic paints and that was with the help of corn starch... Which I had none of :(




What I did was mix a small pool of white/red paint just enough to make a tie-dye(ish) pattern then I'd dip & slightly roll the piece. There would be a lot of paint on it and I'd blow it off with the airbrush at 40 PSI. I had to be careful though because if I did it too much it'd mix the paint into a pink. There's a bunch of other nuances that are difficult to explain, so, that's it for now.



(...I just decided to find a good reference now realize I should have used the damn Hull Red.

Guess I gotta learn an efficient way to strip Vallejo's primer... :[ )




And here I thought I could do a similar effect which eventually started to turn out kind of okay... However not without some horrible results as such these first... (shudders)



I tried placing small drop of paint to even out the pattern and then blowing it around with the airbrush...

I'm still waiting for the damn primer of these to strip.




It took me a few hours to hit my stride but when I did here is what I got!



And then I did the rest of the ~20 pieces

(Update on these pieces here!)






Wanted to show an example of the Tamiya Chrome Silver. It was my first time using it and it looks great!






And just an example of the Tamiya Gold Leaf.




PHEW! That's it for this update! I'll update again once I figure out what to do about the crazy tie-dye effect pieces. Stay tuned...