Kit Build #1 Extreme Gundam - Part 2

Quick update before my 3-day leave is over.

Arms

The arms were too white to look at so I subjected myself to a few hours of masking hell to colorize the plain white arms.

FOUND ONE!!!

Went out today looking for a color to spray on the beam saber and returned with these:

Wow. Finally found the core booster kit for the V Gundam MG. I don't own one though. I'm just interested in the weapons that come with this kit. And I thought that it would be cool to have a Gundam display that isn't a humanoid robot for a change.

The spray can in front of the kit is a Tamiya "Candy Lime Green" can for the beam saber.

Kit Build #1 Extreme Gundam - Part 1

Starting off this kit with a look at the easiest pieces to build.

Beam Rifle (Guitar)

Simple to put together. Just put the smaller parts between the large rifle pieces and press together. No other color on this gun except gray. Strangely, I decided to use a gray Gundam Marker Pen so as not to make the panel lining stand out too much.

Shield (Guitar Case)

Fewer pieces compared to the gun despite being larger. Panel lined the grooves in the handle and some of the details in the shield. Masking was pretty easy so I spray painted the "islands" on the outside of the shield white.

Beam Saber

Pretty much the only part that does not require assembly. Unfortunately the whole piece was molded in blue so painting the whole thing is pretty much the only option. Already painted the handle white when I took this photo, but I'm still stuck on what color to use on the blade. I'm thinking of using candy red for it.

A(nother) Blog is BORN!

This will be my first attempt at making a blog about my greatest passion, GUNPLA!!!

To start off this blog, here are some photos I took from the local Gundam Expo 2011.