Christopher Koch

GWCC 2026 Was a wild ride. SO many ups and downs along the way. Im happy to have sat down in my seat this morning knowing that my contest submission is done. I have a video to shoot yet. But otherwise I'm satisfied with how everything came together. Here's a sneak peek at my fall project for a local modeling contest.

This will be gelgoog mg dressed up as rx78-2 , and the twist to this is it will feature a fully converted paint scheme. I'll continue to post this journey as well as it shows a little more of the behind the scenes then my actual gwcc entry did due to using a story as my method of telling it.

So these pieces are all inner frame, they have been rinsed and soaped, clipped and sanded for any small nubs or imperfections. I then hit them with a light prime coat as a lot of these pieces will be fully covered. Anything that has potential to be exposed gets a better prime job. After primer is dry, I give them a base metallic coat. Basically I flip through the pages and make two piles. One for brass/gold pieces and one for silver pieces. I use rattle cans during this phase, as it's generally quicker.

After those base metallics are dry, I go in with my contrasting markers, so for brass/gold pieces I use a silver marker for silver pieces I use a gold marker. Highlights and details that are pre-existing on the pieces get treatment when appropriate.

As you can see in the finished beam rifle, it ends up a blend of metallics at this point. I'll set this to the side now to begin the rest of the sub assemblies.