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Published: 2014-11-26 23:15:40 +0000 UTC; Views: 4410; Favourites: 104; Downloads: 38
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Leave it to Japan to not only be the first to come up with giant humanoid mech, but dino mechs. I would of liked to be in the room when the engineers decided it would be a wise tactical decision to draw up the plans for a giant mechanized death dino robot. Armed with a sniper pule cannon, bean gatling guns and more missiles than you would need. A radome provides battlefield date and advanced targeting. This is one mecha dinosaur that's not going extinct without a fight.
This is my finished HMM 1/72 Zoids: Gun Sniper Naomi Custom with Wild Wiesel Unit by Kotobukiya (now that is a mouthful lol) painted in the scheme of "let’s use up paint I have on hand". Painted with Tamiya spray cans, hand painted with model master enamels and weathered with artist acrylics. This kit only came with stickers so the decals are from my hoard. Mostly 1/35 JGSDF and 1/48 mig markings (I think) overall I am pretty dang happy with the model and outcome. Lots of cool parts, poseability and overall badass design to him. I did have a few nitpicks with the model kit itself(figurine, stickers,$$$,plastic nub placement) also this guy came with many more guns(to the point I was worried he would look a little to ridiculous, even for me) and a couple of said guns were bent on the runner. So I thought I would not waste time fixing those parts, and just leave them off. I’ll just save his extra weapons, because you know at some point ill have much more fun slapping them on a tank.
At the end of the day I am happy I tried something new, picked this guy up and gave it a go. If I see one of the bigger zoids on sale someday, ill would defiantly get another one.
Happy Thanksgiving to all my fellow Americans!
As always questions, comments and suggestions welcome.
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very cool, I would appreciate it if you could see my deviants, especially zoids rev raptor and zoids ez-027h rev raptor heavy
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Yays for the Zoids, i'd almost forgotten about them, great to see another fan
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this honestly, this was my first experience with them i think(maybe dad had one of the real older ones) really awesome tho and really sparked my interest in them!
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I grew up with them, i think i had something that seemed to resemble a hawk, my friend had like or so of them
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i reccommend to you the tiger type ones and the triceratops type (SABeR FANG AND the DARK HORN)
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after this one, i was hooked!
been looking at a few of the tiger ones, as soon as i see a sale, ill get one.
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How did you make that awesome rust effect on the zoid
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a few different techniques.
one is just a simple brown "wash" thinned paint(art acrylic in this case) applied to the kit, then wiped off, having the paint stay in the recess.
some "dry brushing" get a sot flat brush, dip in paint, remove most of the paint on paper towel, then brush on raised edges.
and a bit of a old sponge dipped in paint,dabbed on a paper towel then carefully applied to he model for the chipping effects.
hope some of this helps in your future builds.
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so for that second pic you posted I do the same way you did on that what ever it is you did it on?
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yea you can do that on whatever you want. the the second pic,"dry brushing" is pretty easy to learn/do. i used a metal color in that, but you can use rust color or any color you want. it adds dept and creates a weathered look on the raised parts of a model. its something i do to at least some part of every model build.
just practice on a scrap piece and you will be good to go.
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I see what you mean but i don't many rust color
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well a metal color can look really good too. add in a brown wash on top(first pic) and it will look like light rusty metal
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Cool for me it kind of hard when I try my gundam models I did do a full color spray paint on AJ gabera
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ahhh cool. washes and drybrushing can be done after base painting, anytime before top coat really.
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I see it kind of explains why when I tried to to a rust effect on my zaku feet it like like he just step into mud and dirt
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cool, sometimes that how you can lean to do different effects, just experimenting .
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I guess but it sucks that now he is stuck with mud on his feet
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If you think this guy has more missiles than you need then I would like to ask if you have missed or forgotten this thing deadpool7100.deviantart.com/ar…
didn't want to bug you but figured you would appreciate the overkill
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ahhh yes i saw that,faved it but didn't comment for some reason. lol NOW that's overkill XD
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Almost seems like it's powered up by the rear Enterprise disk?
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it seems to be a radome containing all the dinos radar and senors . but i could see how you would think that jim.
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HAHA! Did you ever see this one? fav.me/d7jid3c Is stripped down but could custom paint Spock's nose hairs on it!
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ahhhhh XD
too cool!
spocks nose hairs you say XD
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thanks a ton! this one was a blast and for something so small, really is an eye catcher in my collection.
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I love the zoids series, have a few of the toys myself 
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Looks great man. Never ventured into the world of Zoids...after looking at this, I might have to.
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thanks dude.
lol i know your stash is crazy but if you see one of these on sale, do it. think you would have a blast. they are pricy, but go toghter really smooth and are awesome fun to paint. in the end you get some sort of mecha Dino or beast, which in a model collection like yours, would still be a real eye catcher.
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Awesome. I had some Zoids figures when I was younger. Nice to see one so well painted.
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ahhh awesome. thanks dude, this one was pretty dang fun and pretty easy to paint up.
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yea i bet he could do some damage with that paint brush XD
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Two fast move.... and you hat a mustache XD
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Holi cow! I want one to ride to school.
Wait... what? 1/72?
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me wantz....
EDIT: Forgot to say, great job.
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yea i want one to ride everywhere XD bet i wouldn't get stuck in the snow with this badboy.
lol yup,1/72....knew you would gasp at that. you know you really want one now! how cool would one of these towering over your tanks. think of the photo fun XD
thanks buddy, for a quick easy build, it was great fun. yea i can see that!
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Need to do some research if I can get one here... *muha*
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i am sure you can, i found some on German Amazon so it shouldn't be too hard. they are a bit $$$$ just to warn you. but sometimes you cant put a price on coolness.
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Ooo, Zoids, that takes me back! There used to be an old computer game on the C64, loved the music. The game was pretty so-so, though.
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ahhhhh the c64,now that takes me back. i never played the zoids game for it, but i know all about so-so games.
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thanks man! for using random paint i had on hand, i am happy with it.
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Awesome!!
Looks very nice, I like the colors! Gives it a kind of stealthy feel when it's not all colorful as mechas usually are
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thanks friend.
yea i think most of the time mecha is really suited for the bright colors, but i prefer the more military "realism"(using that very loosely) pretty happy with the colors, seeings how i really didnt plan them, and used what i had on hand. i was like, think these will work and did not look back.
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Well I think that you've been doing that so much and for so long that you can improvise and get impressive results 
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yea for military models i would guess around 3 years almost, so my eye for colors is usually pretty good. sometimes i get the best results just winging and fudging it as i go. best not to over think things sometimes.
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Nice! Over thinking can result in it looking to planned and unnatural in my opinion. Too planned out I guess
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that and sometimes when i plan too much, i really get bogged down or stuck on a way of thinking. had some build take sooo much longer cause i had wayyyy to much planed, and ussaly those projects then start having some loose ends or things that will always bother me. sometimes planning has worked in my favor, but really just having general ideas,paint and just seeing where the build takes me are the most fun. think my next project will be alot like that as well.
think you will be fine dude(reminds me i still gotta check out your gallery this weekend) as long as you dont be harsh on yourself or expect perfection, you will have a great paints on it in no time. practice on some cardboard or scrap first and you will rock it out i am sure.
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