Neglected Gundam

This week I focused on installing the LED light in the gun. It was important to find out how to route the wires through the body and then the hand and wrist. All in all. I think I did a great job hiding the Wires. I also glued the scope in place. It originally was able to compress into the body for the transformation gimmick. It was glued to keep it from moving as well as to help protect the wires inside.

I also focused on finishing the paint job and details. This includes the tiny Pilot figures. This kit included a standing figure and seated one as you can see in the picture. Holding my breath, a loose grip, steady hand holds and no fear comes in handy while painting the small details on these guys. Filling my brush with paint and wiping most of it off on my latex glove also helps for those thin white lines. What's crazy is that the seated pilot sits in the chest of the gundam and wont be visible unless I open the cockpit hatch. Since I'm not going to open it. My work will remain hidden. So enjoy it in this picture. haha

For this build and the Gundam 00 project I have going forward I wanted to add a special artistic choice to some of the pieces. As you can see on the white pieces. There is a subtle orange undertone. This was accomplished by painting orange underneath and a slight cover up of white was placed on top and around the edges. Each gundam in this build series will incorporate a color specific to that gundam. Since orange is the distinctive color with this gundam's color scheme I added the orange undertone.

Taking the final pictures for this build is hard because I have to capture the brightness of the orange but also the muteness of the orange under the white. I must learn how to do this. Any advice is welcome as I am having problems with making the picture bright enough to see details but soft enough to see the orange undertone. As far as I know. Gaahleri does not wanting us changing the warmness and tint of the final pictures. Guess I have something else to learn for this build.