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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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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Privateer Press Warmachine and Hordes Unboxing and Reviews

I will be unboxing and reviewing some Privateer Press stuffs from now on. I love these minis so much I do them during weekdays after long hours at work. Some models are made of white metal ( pewter I think ) and the newer ( usually units ) models are plastic resin. Clean up of the mold lines are expected from both the metal and plastic variants and the older plastic models needs more clean up than the newer ones. Clean up is quick if you are used to any model making hobby, although it requires careful attention to not damage the details.

It is all about the painting for me as of now. However for my first PP unboxing post, I will be showing you a lot of Khador models I bought assembled from a player. I bought a second hand lot a while back as I plan to play Khador as of the moment. I have a complete 50pt army including the models in this post. I will be posting a few models from other Warmachine and Hordes factions from time to time as I will be getting models exclusively for painting and not army building.

I took photos of the painted models from privateerpress.com as reference. All my unboxing posts will include the models assembled and primed to show off the beautiful sculpts before painting. I just find unboxing posts without the assembled miniature models incomplete. Anyways, below are a few of the Khador lot primed and ready for painting

Widowmakers - KhadorUnit

Fenris - Khador Dragoon Solo

Winter Guard Officer & Standard

Winter Guard Infantry Unit

Kommandant Irusk - Khador Warcaster

"Kommandant Gurvaldt Irusk was born to make war. Irusk’s meteoric rise to power is the product of sheer determination, devotion, and strategic brilliance. His instinctive grasp of tactics allows him to see weaknesses where others do not, his commanding presence inspires his soldiers to greatness, and his innate magical capabilities enable him to exploit every situation to the utmost. His accomplishments have inspired a generation of Khadoran officers and made his name known throughout western Immoren."

Winter Guard Rocketeer

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Some Vallejo Acrylic Supplies to Test

I needed to re-stock my Vallejo supplies as I have so many projects to do. So I got myself some supplies today and a few Vallejo stuffs to test. I have a few or most of the Vallejo pigments, washes and Inks already and I am expecting a whole set of Vallejo Game Air soon... So I thought of testing the Vallejo Liquid Gold and Silver range ( alcohol base ) and the White Stone Liner.

I am also suppose to get a THINNING MEDIUM to slow down the drying process ( during hand painting ) of my Vallejo acrylic paints. A slower drying time means better or longer control of the flow of the paint. The slower drying time should be great for creating those rain and rust streaks on weathered models. I figured the MATT MEDIUM should work about the same as the thinning medium. If not will experiment on using the Matt Medium with my Vallejo pigments instead.

Other than the usual AIRBRUSH THINNER that acts as an acrylic retarder to convert non-Air paints for airbrushing, I also got a huge 200ml bottle of SURFACE PRIMER. Much like the Vallejo Varnishes, I love the surface primer so much as they dry fast, dry smooth and thin and strong enough to bind with the plastic surface. Vallejo claims that their surface primers are also suitable for RESIN kits, and metal ( I have tried it on pewter and it cures as hard as rock after a couple of months ), but I have yet to try them on resin kits. Will do test this surface primer on a resin kit soon.

The WHITE STONE LINER should work as a nice ( maybe stronger ) alternative to Tamiya White Putty. Vallejo claims it contains marble dust and white titanium paint and that it cures to a very hard solid material ( marble hard most likely ). Unlike the Tamiya putty, the white stone liner is water soluble so clean up is easier. Both can be sanded and shaped once dry ( 30 minutes or so after application ). What I like with this putty type product of Vallejo is the bottle! Much like their paints, the bottle design will prevent curing and hardening and if you use it as a putty, it is easier to apply as it has a really narrow snout to dispense.

The LIQUID GOLD paints from Vallejo looks like and shines like real metal!

The Vallejo liquid gold series claims to contain real metal pigments. Thus these paints are TOXIC and are ALCOHOL base ( not water base ). Contact with water will RUST the paints! So a separate set of brushes should be used and clean up with 99% alcohol after use. Interesting that Vallejo warns as that the paints will rust in contact with water, this could look really cool as you get to produce real rust ( will also test this feature ). However Vallejo claims that after curing ( a few minutes as these paints dry really fast ), these paints are very strong and will not require sealing of type of varnish.

I am so excited to test these super metallic paints on piston parts and other details. I bought 3 bottles today. I got the Rich Gold, Copper and Silver ( more like Chrome ) colors!

I will be putting up separate posts of each of these Vallejo products once I have tested them! Hope you find this post helpful? Until next post guys! Just enjoy the hobby! :)

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Builders Parts System Base 001 Review

I got this Builders Parts System Base 001 from one of my sponsors for free as usual. Got this from GreatToysOnline a few weeks back and just decided to snap fit it and give it a look.

I never bought the Kotobukiya Hangars ever as I find it expensive, but I got curious when I saw Bandai release their own version. Apparently Bandai is now producing some Builders Parts and I must say that this is really cool stuff! So let me list some of the cool features of this hangar...

• Very detailed Hangar ( for a collector POV ) that looks so good on your display cabinet.
• The hangar base can be both narrow or wide depending on the 1/144 kit that you plan to put on the base. The width can easily be adjusted to wide or narrow.
• The main feature would be the pegs and rotating main part of the base. This feature will allow you to adjust the angle of the kit on the hangar. Straight up to almost lying down (about 45 degrees).
• The base comes with a couple of pegs that would allow you to connect with other System Base 001.
• The base comes with extra parts to hold accessories like bazookas or rifles to the base itself.

This is super cool stuff that I highly recommend to collectors and builders out there!

However for serious modelers, this base is a lot of work. As you can see in the photos, there are so many hollow parts to fill up and the details are not enough for a convincing realistic hangar look. The System Base 001 would be a good foundation for a hangar base but their is so much work to make it look really good ( from a serious modeler's point of view ).

Then again, if you are looking for a quick way to upgrade the look of your Real Grade or 1/144 collection on your display cabinet... the System Base 001 is a must have!

Some cool extra parts that I could use for my 1/48 Zaku Hangar Diorama! woot! :)

Thanks as always for dropping by! Until Next Post! Just Enjoy the Hobby Guys! :)

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