Working with this kit was probably the most exhausting photo session I have ever done. With all the feathers and various moving parts on the body I had to often do reshoots because there would be things that would be out of place. I think I ended up taking about 1,500+ photos, and putting more time in the actual photoshoot than I did building the kit itself.
I also ended up breaking the pegs for both large wings about halfway through. Thankfully my ghetto CA glue job seems to have done a good enough of a job to get the kit over the line for this shoot.
Anyway I’m quite tired and want to really get this one out the door. There are way too many photos to edit so I just did some simple cleanup this time instead of fully cutting out each background. For the rest of my thoughts on this kit, please see my retro post:
Painting
White – Mr Color 306 Grey FS base coat, followed by Gaianotes Pure White for shading / highlight
Light Pink – White primer, Gaianotes Cyber Formula Pink CM-10 (70%) + Pure White (30%) Base coat. Pure White (95%) + Gaianotes Cyber Formula Pink (5%) used as highlight. Finally some Gaianotes Flesh pink very lightly misted over the highlight
Lavender Pink – White primer, Gaianotes Cyber Formula Lilac Pink (70%) + Pure White (25%) + Purple (5%) base coat. A few drop of base coat colour added to pure white and used for highlight
Yellow – Orange base coat, starter white technique, Orange Yellow misted over, then Orange Yellow + White for highlight
Chin Red – Gaianotes CM-06 Crimson Red
Internals – Gaianotes Gunmetal, Gaianotes Duralumin for the elbow joints
Hands – Mr Color Crystal Color Moon White
Wings front – Pre-shade with Gaianotes CM-10 Pink on edges, followed by Pure White for highlight.
Also finally, I did minimal panel lining and details since I wanted to keep it as clean as possible, and for once I decided to omit decals because it’s a Super Robot dammit!
Gallery
Action Pose
