Let the gallery begin!
Did I mention that I like how the legs turned out?
I was unsure about painting that thingie there red, but I wanted to have another accent, besides yellow and black.
I wanted to do something with the knees too... but in the end I played safe and kept them simple - any ideas, anyone? :)
For the purpose of this photo shoot, I've removed the arms (and binders) - they were in the way a lot.
I'm glad I used the metal beads to detail up this kit.
I like the black-in-aluminium-in-yellow look on the skirts...
More decals here? You bet!
In case you missed the memo and the gazillion decals - this is NZ-666 Kshatriya.
You can't exactly see it on this photo, but I've put some red paint in those shadowed areas on the aluminium exhausts - just something I wanted to try out (and it actually looks good IRL).
And I've put decals even back there... You can also see here that the breast plate turned out nice and clean (at least the borders between aluminium and black - the black areas as a whole aren't quite even because I've damaged them with all the painting and paint stripping :/).
Looking quite threatening there, Kshatriya. The way the head is positioned in this kit (and its shape too) is so cool - slightly behind the breast plate, not exposed, like in most Gundams.
Yep, that's golden panel lining on the hands - is anyone even surprised at this point? :P BTW, check the interior of the upper part of the arm - a piece of advice: make sure you paint it too (if you change the green to something else).
More gold on the binder "suspenders" - I just didn't have any other ideas for those parts :/
Aaand some more golden touch-ups here...
Too bad the arms at the end of the binders can't actually grab stuff - unless you are lucky and the size of the weapon/whatever is just exactly the right size (which the provided beam sabers are not).
Anyone know why Mr. Base White turned out so grainy? I used the finest grain... It's not exactly visible, unless at some unfavourable lightning, like here.
See those four holes? They are from the thrusters on the other side (I'm not exactly sure how those thrusters are supposed to work, but whatever...) and at first I was going to fill them with putty, but then decided to highlight them with those red triangles, instead of hiding them :P What do you think?
The interior of the binder in all its glory - I've tried putting some gold in the caveats on the funnels, but it's not visible that much.
While an awesome kit (in many ways), I find it hard to nail a good pose with it (beside the "regular" ones). But maybe that's because of my lack of experience in that area - if I'll manage to pose it in some new, cool way, I'll be sure to report back here (as it was with Wing Zero).
Full reverse!
Eh, I really do love winged kits... (as you might have noticed from my finished two projects, and the ones I have purchased).
Even at such unfavourable lightning/angle, the borders of the decals from Samuel Decal are hardly visible - I highly recommend them!
How do I posed (and shot web)? ¯\(°_o)/¯
And that's it folks. I'm currently putting gunpla building on hold - until I feel like it again (no point in doing it otherwise, right?) or if I come up with some nice idea that I can execute with my current skills (I have some ideas I know I should wait a bit till I can execute them exactly how I imagined them in my head). If the first, then I'll probably build the Strike Freedom - thanks to the Full Burst Mode version, it's looking kickass already, so I won't be changing the colour scheme - at least not in a major why (that's what I have the MG Freedom for :)).
PS: As some of you might have noticed in the gallery, I've entered this kit in the HLJ's Gundam Competition - as expected, I didn't win, but I wanted to give this type of thing a try :) Congratulations to all the winners, but my favourite is the diorama category winner:
Now, that's one detailed diorama - well executed and built. You could probably stare at it for some time and still find some new detail hidden somewhere...