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It's one of those!

If it helps, it's not that much different from other brands. But do what you feel comfortable with!

I'm sorry. I don't do commissions. I can barely find time for myself currently.

@@l-pla Shame, but I respect that. It looks beautiful!

Yes I could! But I didn't want to bother because it was plenty tight enough to hold up the arm's weight.

Sorry, unfortunately no. I may eventually start one but I do have a blog where I post completed works. elzamgunpla.blogspot.com/?m=1

@l-pla could you tell me what paints you used in this project, I have one and I wanted to paint it too, I'm new to model making

The paints I used are more or less the ones covered in the video. For the candy red, a special brand of paint called Born Paint is used. It's a very specialized paint that might be a bit hard to use for beginners but if you're interested, you can find more information here: ruclips.net/video/1UpWkB-FLJw/видео.htmlfeature=shared

Thanks! I've only used the paints and materials shown in the video

If you're talking about the wings, nope, I bought it from Etsy. I have a link in the description if you're interested.

If it makes you feel better, this is the first time I've cracked ABS while painting. On top of that, I messed up a few times so I had to strip the paint and start over a few times for both shoulders. This process likely exposed the shoulders to the paint thinner more than usual.

Hi! If you check out my channel, I have a full painting video of it 😄

Ohhh, you worked on hard mode with those circle masks. I just filled those in with a brush and enamel chrome.

yeah! I tried hand brushing a few places but opted for masking the rest. I'm not sure if the effort was really worth it but I'm happy with the results :)

I use zippo lighter fluid (enamel thinner works too). Please do NOT use isopropyl. Isopropyl will remove lacquer and acrylic paint. Isopropyl does not remove enamel paint very well (which is what panel liners are usually made of).

​@@l-plahello again! After a bit of building and practicing with the airbrush I think I may be ready to built this kit :) just one last question, did you top coat it at all? If so im specially curious about using top coat on fluorescent paint, does it keep the effect? Any top coat works (gloss, matt..)?

@@HelioReborn I used the gloss top coat from Mr color (GX112). It's labeled UV cut but it isn't strong enough to prevent a black light from making fluorescent paints to glow.

For Gaianotes, I thin 1:1.5 paint to thinner (same ratio I use for Mr Color). For the resin wings, I used Alclad II Clear Base as the primer. Honestly, I'm not sure how much the clear base actually helped on resin though.

@@l-pla I ask because I'm running through this model kit using your video as a guide, I think you've mostly touched on the major things in the vid, but I may have more questions later (or I might not!) Thank you for answering btw!

@@Snavels don't hesitate to ask! I was still somewhat new to painting when I painted this so I might have some better pointers

About 13 months. I've been working on it on and off due to busy schedule.

@@l-pla It's an amazing job. Well done.

Thanks for your kind words! Siren definitely isn't something I'd recommend to newcomers not because it's difficult but because the assembly experience is just not very satisfying. If you have any general interest in model kits though, I highly recommend trying an Entry Grade (EG) or High Grade (HG) Gundam model kit from Bandai. Lot of them look great without any painting and you can practice a little bit of painting by hand brushing too if you'd like. (and maybe one day you'll feel confident enough to try Siren!)

Yep, you have to drill a hole and use something like a thin brass rod to pin it. You can try searching "resin pinning" and find see guides on how that works. It's a common technique used by resin figure painting community.

@@l-pla ty so much for the reply its really helps and i just sand resin parts if its not fitting inside the kotabuikiya parts properly yeah

@@jamiljj7248 yep, you'll need to sand and make other necessary adjustments to make it fit

(Awesome work by the way, sorry I am kinda panicked after receiving this monstrosity after never really even knowing it existed lol)

Thanks for the comment! Kotobukiya kits, especially this one, tend to be a bit more stiff when it comes to the fitting compared to Bandai kits. The material isn't as soft as the Bandai ones so they are more prone to breaking. It's generally a good idea to sand the joints a tad bit to make them little more loose before assembly (don't accidentally make them too loose!). I'm not sure if you're familiar with water slide decals (they are usually only seen on "ver ka" kits for Gunpla) but the difficulty level of those are pretty high for this kit as well (mostly because it's so large). All that might sound a bit scary but it's not quite as bad if you practice some patience and work through it carefully (except the decal - that thing is very annoying haha). Feel free to ask additional questions if you run into any problem!

@@l-pla cool, thanks so much! It's a very cool looking piece, I will probably build a few more gundams and work up to it haha One more quick question, I know the gundam at least in my opinion look decent unpainted as long as you do the panel lining, how does that compare to this?

@@nathang4682 this is what it looks like unpainted: 1.bp.blogspot.com/-DG99ElnXI0Q/YFQWXPpOXUI/AAAAAAAAHGQ/I5YBewmfdSsVuNdvDDMzj9jXd-NX_96yACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/PXL_20210202_024653892%257E2.jpg It's missing quite a bit of color out of box but I think the mold itself is still pretty fantastic. It might help if you got a few acrylic paint to hand-brush some small details in (like the small circular vents).

@@l-pla awesome, I appreciate it! (Liked and subscribed for what it's worth lol)

The key is to use several layers of gloss top coat 😉 Also, the matte finish on metallic came out much better than I expected

Mr Color GX Ice Silver (same as other parts)

@@l-pla ty its thanks to ur video i got inspired to airbursh i started on some gumpla first now getting ready for siren

I'm glad you find it helpful! Feel free to ask questions if you have any :)

In this video, I was using the Iwata Eclipse HP-CS