Zenithal Priming Gundam Pilots with Vallejo Mecha Color Primers

Cleaning up these Pilot figures are... hmmm... different ( difficult for me actually ). The material is more rubber than plastic. The material is difficult to sand and clean up.

I practically sculpted or sliced thin strips of flesh colored rubber to remove the mold lines. The slicing  is very visible on the Youtube video. I was able to sand the other areas with Vallejo sanding blocks. I used 1000 grit. If you use a grit lower than 600, the rubber becomes rough. Anyways, you have to try to clean one of this to know how to clean it up.

I super glued the foot to a cork. Needed to add more super glue than usual as the cork was absorbing it. After around 10 minutes of letting the glue cure, I then primed the figures with Vallejo Mecha Color Primers. I have been using Vallejo Polyurethane primers for 10 years now, but it was my first time to use the Mecha Color Primers. I thinned the MC ( Mecha Color ) Primers as usual.


RATIOS - These are very rough estimates. My videos at Youtube better shows how I dillute Vallejo Mecha Color paints for airbrushing.

20 drops Black Primer : 2 drops Thinner : 5 drops Flow Improver

20 drops White Primer : 1 drop Thinner : 5 drops Flow Improver


I thinned the White Primer less than the Black Primer, as it is thinner than black primer to begin with. It spray well. I only use Harder & Steenbeck for airbrushing tho. But my thinning worked well with my airbrush.

The Vallejo Mecha Color Black Primer has great coverage as expected. It went smoothly through my airbrush without hiccups. I will not add thinner ( or just one drop of Flow Improver ) to the White primer next time. Less primer should give it a better coverage. My airbrushing of both went well.

I clean my Harder& Steenbeck Silverline airbrush with Vallejo Airbrush Cleaner ( thinned 50:50 with water ). Then I blew my ab under a tub of water. Then blew another good few drops of Vallejo Airbrush Thinner, for the mechanism.

Done. I blew some air to the primed figures with my ab, before packing up.

I like letting Vallejo Primers for a day ( or at least overnight ) before airbrushing again or hand painting. A strong Vallejo priming ( and painting and varnishing ) is all about following curing times to ensure great adherence and durability.

I hope you find this post informative. Thanks as always for dropping by! Until next post guys!

Cheers!

Shout Outs

I only paint my Gunpla, Miniatures and Action Figures with Vallejos 

I only use Harder & Steenbeck airbrush 

I get my tools only from HobbyMate Singapore 

I get my Vallejos and Miniatures only at Neutral Grounds 

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Let's Paint Some Gunpla Pilot Figures!

First off... This is the very reason why I wear black rubber gloves. I do not want the world wide web ( Optimus Prime voice ) to stare at my ugly little fingernails. LOL

I held a simple Pilot Painting competition at Instagram before. It was fun as I made a few talented Gunpla modelers to paint their pilot figures. I have to check where I saved the photo of the winning entry tho. I remember that all the entries were awesome. 

Follow me at Instagram ...

Use the hashtag #DC23mecharts and #DC23GunplaPilot if you are up for the challenge! 

I will send over ( worldwide ) simple gift/s to the best entry until January 30, 2020! Let's do this! 

While I wait for my new chisel set, and my new kits ( MGs, RGs and miniatures ) for the new Youtube channel, I thought of painting some Gunpla Pilot figures. 

I paint miniatures too ( albeit no where near Angel Giraldez levels ), but Gunpla pilot figures ( specially the 1/144 scale figures ) are insanely small.

I wiill need to clean up these plastic figures ( clean the mold lines ) and prime with Vallejo Mecha Color Primer, then will hand paint in front of the camera soon. 

Hand painting tiny figures in front of the camera is a first for me! Watch me as I struggle. LOL

As always, thanks a ton for dropping by guys! Until Next post!

Just enjoy the hobby! 

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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