Acrylicos Vallejo Mecha Color Set Unboxing at Youtube

I just uploaded the unboxing of the Acrylicos Vallejo Mecha Color Set at my Youtube channel.

OVERVIEW

The Vallejo Mecha Colors set was designed and formulated for Mecha, Transformer and other kits that have articulation. The Mecha Color paints are said to withstand the usual posing, handling and sometimes playing of Gunpla and other kits with movable parts. These paints were tested on plastic, cipper and white metal and can actually adhere to the surface without primer.

I think I will use these paints for action figures soon. I like painting toys once in a while.

You get 80 paints in the box and a brochure. The brochure has simple instructions on how to use these acrylic paints.

You get set of paints within the box.

There are Weathering effects paints, tons of shades of greys, blues and reds. A set of 11 Metallic paints, some fluorescent paints and auxiliary paints like thinner, the awesome flow improver, 3 varnishes and even the chipping medium and decal softener.

STRONG ADHERENCE BUT NON-TOXIC

Much like the rest of Acrylicos Vallejo paints, these Mecha Color line are safe and non-toxic. They are safe for airbrushing and won't produce harmful fumes. Imagine the adherence of other toxic paints without the potential hazard.

Awesome... almost magical stuff.

It took Vallejo years to develop these paints. A ton of testing by actual modelers happened, before the market release of these paints.

Again... awesome stuff.

I will be using these Mecha Color paints on my RG Sazabi soon. I will upload the complete painting process on my channel.

Anyways, I talked a bit more at my youtube channel. Do check out my new upload!

As always, thanks a ton for dropping by! Until next update guys!

Cheers!

SHOUTOUT as usual!

I only use Vallejo Acrylic paints in all my builds - Acrylicos Vallejo

I get some of my tools from HOBBYMATE Singapore - HobbyMate at Facebook

And get my Vallejo paints from Neutral Grounds Philippines - Neutral Grounds Philippines

I only use Harder & Steenbeck for airbrushing - Harder & Steenbeck Airbrush

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Blogging versus Facebook

BLOGGING VERSUS FACEBOOK! 

Nahhhh! I just wanted to give this blog entry a cool title. Blogging versus Facebook sounds so thought provoking.

Seriously tho, I have been active here the past few days ( maybe a week ), and I am enjoying blogging again. Most, almost all of my fellow bloggers 10 years ago has moved on to Facebook. Obviously, forums are also dead. Facebook ( also twitter and Instagram ) are generally great for everyone. It  kinda gives a more accessible platform in comparison to the old forums. Social Media also feels more interactive ( or engaging ) than blogs and websites. 

Everyone is at Facebook these days. Everyone is at Twitter and Instagram too. 

Also, Youtube these days is bigger than Youtube years ago. Everyone watches Youtube. 

Do check out my new Youtube channel... Please subscribe even if my channel is still just filling up. 

Anyways, back to blogging...

I do interact at Facebook like everyone else. We've just started our art gallery / art studio of sorts, that we call Blue Brick. We also just launched the first 3 designs of our DC23 clothing. I have always been active at my old Facebook page ( they call it fan page way back ) DC23 mecharts, albeit I renamed it to Don Suratos ART last year. All of these are all at Facebook ( and IG and Twitter ). 

However, I am my most talkative self here at my blog. I feel like sharing everything here unlike anywhere else. I actually share too much here. This old blog... is like my public diary of sorts. 

This old blog used to get 100k visitors per month back in 2010 ( it is getting 5k per month during the past inactive 2 years ). I know that even if I become active in Gunpla / Gundam again, blog all of my updates and projects, post a gazillion tutorials here... page views here will never be the same. People like scrolling at Facebook or Twitter or Youtube or Instagram, than click links to a blog or website. 

Don't get me wrong, I love all of the Social Media platforms... these are just ramblings of a dude that is about to sleep. lol. 

Anyways, I fully embrace that blogging ( or at least my blog ) will never get the same traffic per month again. But I still really love blogging. Imho, Blogging feels more permanent. Facebook is too fast pace for me. I love to chill. I like chilling here. 

I love the "label" system, I love that all my posts are properly archived, and I love talking here a lot. 

Zzzzzzzzzzzzz...

Woot, I am sleepy now. Photo dumps here are all the photos I used to edit for the edit of my Youtube video intro. I also use this design as banner to my Twitter and Facebook accounts. 

Zzzzzzzzzzzzz...

Okay... I am really sleepy now. Thanks as always for wasting your time here! Until next update guys! 

Cheers! 

SHOUTOUT as usual!

I only use Vallejo Acrylic paints in all my builds - Acrylicos Vallejo

I get some of my tools from HOBBYMATE Singapore - HobbyMate at Facebook

And get my Vallejo paints from Neutral Grounds Philippines - Neutral Grounds Philippines

I only use Harder & Steenbeck for airbrushing - Harder & Steenbeck Airbrush

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RG Sazabi Snapfit and Quick Review

I asked my daughter ( @verashley05 ) to snapfit this Real Grade Sazabi for me earlier today. I initially thought of putting up a review of this kit at my Youtube channel, but then I decided I will just do a modification and painting video instead. We have Dalong and a ton of youtubers who reviews ootb kits already. 

FIRST IMPRESSION

I love RG! I love RG! I love RG! Bandai Real Grades, even the older ones are so nice and detailed for their size. Actually they are nice and detailed even in comparison to a few MGs. This kit is just a little more than 7 inches tall. The size is perfect for a nice diorama setting. 

I have zero plans on creating a diorama for this as of this writing tho. Maybe a nice little base, but I have zero diorama ideas so far. 

DETAILING 

I love details. I love detailing both my dioramas and my drawings. Detail is my middle name. I love the peeking grey parts. The exposed internals on some of the armor parts. I feel it needs more panel lines. More panel lines will be awesome for more two tone armor painting. I will add a few panel lines to help my two tone painting later and maybe a few of my usual armor trimming too. . I will also add my usual holes. No pla plating for me, as I will focus on painting for this build. 

PAINTING

I will paint this kit with Vallejo Mecha Colors ( seen in the pics ). Will paint it reds ( and red oranges ), metallic Mecha color paints for the internals and will weather it too. Will weather with Vallejo Mecha Weathering paints. Should be fun. I will have a video of my whole painting process at my Youtube Channel. 

CONCLUSION

I am Excited to paint and weather this! I am excited to share my painting process in video. I am excited to do Gunpla again! 

Thanks as always for dropping by! 

Until next update guys! Cheers!

SHOUTOUT as usual!

I only use Vallejo Acrylic paints in all my builds - Acrylicos Vallejo

I get some of my tools from HOBBYMATE Singapore - HobbyMate at Facebook

And get my Vallejo paints from Neutral Grounds Philippines - Neutral Grounds Philippines

I only use Harder & Steenbeck for airbrushing - Harder & Steenbeck Airbrush

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Rust and Chipping Book Review at Youtube

I just uploaded my first Youtube video with my voice over. This 9 minute video is a simple review of the Rust and chipping book by Acrylicos Vallejo. 

I actually shot a welcome video of myself, but I edited it out ( lol ). I am still not comfortable showing myself on video. I will eventually ( I think ). Also, I had to dub some parts of the video, as the roosters were sooo friggin noisy during the actual recording of the video yesterday. 

I am pretty confident I could do a better video next time. I should also be more comfortable recording my voice ( and myself ) soon. 

This video came out fine. Pretty happy but should get better. 

Anyways, I hope you'll find my review informative ( or bearable at least ). 

Thanks as always for dropping by! Until next post guys! 

Cheers!

SHOUTOUT as usual!

I only use Vallejo Acrylic paints in all my builds - Acrylicos Vallejo

I get some of my tools from HOBBYMATE Singapore - HobbyMate at Facebook

And get my Vallejo paints from Neutral Grounds Philippines - Neutral Grounds Philippines

I only use Harder & Steenbeck for airbrushing - Harder & Steenbeck Airbrush

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MG Zeta ver2 verDC23 at Youtube

I just uploaded this commissioned MG Zeta ver 2.0 versus a MG Dom diorama at my Youtube channel.

I am trying to fill my channel with my old works. Unfortunately some have been sold or are commissioned works to begin with. So they are no longer with me atm. Much like commissioned traditional ink illustrations, I am only left with these photos.

Here is the link to the original gallery of this build - MG Zeta ver 2 diorama verDC23

SHOUTOUT as usual!

I only use Vallejo Acrylic paints in all my builds - Acrylicos Vallejo

I get some of my tools from HOBBYMATE Singapore - HobbyMate at Facebook

And get my Vallejo paints from Neutral Grounds Philippines - Neutral Grounds Philippines

I only use Harder & Steenbeck for airbrushing - Harder & Steenbeck Airbrush

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Ironman Statue Repaint at Youtube

I just uploaded the video photo gallery of my old commissioned Ironman statue ( fix figure toy ) at my new Youtube channel.

This is a fix figure toy / statue made of plastic rubber. I physically burned the figure and I painted and weathered this with Vallejo paints. A nice gloss Vallejo Premium gloss paint gave it this super glossy finish. 

Also here is the link to a few posts regarding this Ironman Repaint. 

Thanks as always for dropping by! until next post guys! 

Cheers!

SHOUTOUT as usual!

I only use Vallejo Acrylic paints in all my builds - Acrylicos Vallejo

I get some of my tools from HOBBYMATE Singapore - HobbyMate at Facebook

And get my Vallejo paints from Neutral Grounds Philippines - Neutral Grounds Philippines

I only use Harder & Steenbeck for airbrushing - Harder & Steenbeck Airbrush

Before

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SD Zaku and Charagguy Momo snapfit

I just finished snapfitting these two little Gunpla kits. Actually I applied thin cement on the seam line parts already while assembling. I will wait for the thin cement to fully cure until tomorrow, before sanding it off.

SD Zaku II

The SD Zaku is super nice. It has skeleton of sorts. It was a fun quick build. There are seamlines on the forearms, legs and skirts. I applied thin cement and letting it cure already.

However there are NO seam lines on the gun and bazooka. That was a surprise!

The black chest part, albeit seems hard to pull out is easy to remove. Very good for disassembly once I paint it. Hollow parts are not as obvious as previous SD models. The back of the hands and the missile pods are the only hollow areas of the kit. They are not visible at the front ( which is good, if you don't want to fill the hollow cavities ).

I might add a few rivets or holes here and there before painting. I will paint this SD Zaku with Vallejo Mecha Colors and will weather it like I normally do.

Can't wait for the thin cement to cure, so that I could clean up the nub marks and mold lines.

Charagguy Momo

This cute little pink kit is so... hmmm... cute!

There are no hollow cavities to fill except the ribbon at the back. Bandai also added a wide panel line across the head, so that you do not need to remove a hideous seam line. The hair piece at the back, the legs and the body have seam lines to fix tho. I have applied thin cement on them during assembly already.

Be careful with the pink ear parts and the pink chest part. Do not put them on if you plan to paint them separately. They are a pain to snapfit. Good luck to me if I can still remove the pink part of the ears.

I did not assemble the Beargguy / Petitgguy head, the Beargguy hand and the chair. I have no plans of painting them. I added the "eye" stickers just to see how cute it is. But I will hand paint the eyes during painting.

I plan to paint the onesie body with Silver Pink Vallejo Color Shift Color. This kit will be bling bling once finish. Will paint the hair parts, face, ribbon and eyes with Vallejo Mecha Colors.

That's it! 

That's it! As I've said, I will let the thin cement cure for a day, before sanding the seam lines off. Will also clean the nub marks and add a few rivets / holes on both kits.

Thanks as always for dropping by! Until next update guys!

Cheers!

SHOUTOUT as usual!

I only use Vallejo Acrylic paints in all my builds - Acrylicos Vallejo

I get some of my tools from HOBBYMATE Singapore - HobbyMate at Facebook

And get my Vallejo paints from Neutral Grounds Philippines - Neutral Grounds Philippines

I only use Harder & Steenbeck for airbrushing - Harder & Steenbeck Airbrush

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Upcoming Youtube Video Uploads

I am excited to share that I will be uploading these videos ( book review, Vallejo Mecha Color unboxing and a couple of kit reviews ) at my new Youtube channel this week. 

The book review will show glimpses of the content of the Rust and Chipping book by Vallejo. The Unboxing of the Vallejo Mecha Color set will show each content and all of the paints included in the set. The kit reviews will be longer ( or in parts ) as I will unbox and show the assembled ( snap fitted ) kits too. 

Also, I am giving away ( my first ever give away ) a DC23 clothing Zaku inspired shirt. I will raffle the shirt to ONE of the first 200 subscribers ( or 100 ). We will ship worldwide. We have Large to XXL sizes. 

See you at my Youtube channel! Thanks a ton as always for dropping by here! 

Cheers! 

SHOUTOUT as usual!

I only use Vallejo Acrylic paints in all my builds - Acrylicos Vallejo

I get some of my tools from HOBBYMATE Singapore - HobbyMate at Facebook

And get my Vallejo paints from Neutral Grounds Philippines - Neutral Grounds Philippines

I only use Harder & Steenbeck for airbrushing - Harder & Steenbeck Airbrush

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Gunpla Workstations at Blue Brick Art Gallery

We've converted the whole ground floor of the house into an Art Gallery this year. We call the art gallery / studio,  Blue Brick. We have held art classes for kids since October and we plan to have bigger art classes this coming summer. Teaching traditional art to kids ( 5 to 13 year olds ) has been so fun so far.

I just converted some corners for work and Gunpla the past few weeks tho. My main Gunpla workstation / corner is the one with trophies. My kids also use that area for school projects and assignments.

My iMac is where I do my illustration work and my editing for the new Youtube channel. It is actually the bar area of the house and is beside the kitchen ( lol ).

I am currently setting up my paint station in front of the studio. I will be painting outdoors. People are still installing clear polycarbonate roofing as of this moment. Can't wait until I can fully set up my painting outdoors very soon.

I paint with non toxic Vallejo acrylic paints, but still decided to paint outdoors as I do not want paint mist indoors. Besides, I have the space, so I might as well make use of the spaces.

I will do a nice video tour of my art studio once the polycarbonate roofing is done. Lighting outdoors is also great for video and photo shoots. Excited to show you a ton of Gunpla work soon.

Thanks as always for dropping by!

Cheers!

SHOUTOUT as usual!

I only use Vallejo Acrylic paints in all my builds - Acrylicos Vallejo

I get some of my tools from HOBBYMATE Singapore - HobbyMate at Facebook

And get my Vallejo paints from Neutral Grounds Philippines - Neutral Grounds Philippines

I only use Harder & Steenbeck for airbrushing - Harder & Steenbeck Airbrush

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