One Step Forward

 For this latest blog, I've finally completed something.  Let's get into it!

1/144 HGUC GM II Desert Color Ver.

Because so much has passed between starting the build and finishing it, this is how the kit looked before assembly.

And here is where I was just recently.

I've got plenty of unfinished Gunpla waiting for me, but this was probably my most embarrassing.  At least my other models are in bits and pieces, whereas I was so close to finishing this one.  And this wasn't even a fully painted build.  But one mistake on that front and I've let it sit for months on end.

Ironically, I've had trouble painting parts of the GM you wouldn't even see.  For the back of the shield (above), I was trying out techniques I've seen on YouTube.  Namely painting the whole area silver, going over that with black enamel, and using enamel thinner on areas where I wanted the silver to show.  I've tried the same thing with the bottom of both feet before settling on just painting the thrusters silver.

After that hurdle, I sprayed some flat coat on everything, minus the shield attachment (above), before adding the now finished parts to the GM.

But as any Gunpla builder will tell you, a model's not truly complete until you've put it through a variety of poses for 'the Gram' before settling on a single, permanent pose for the shelf.

Oh, I forgot to add the beam saber effect parts again.  But I've put them so far away. T_T

Looking at it now, I should've moved the shield at an angle where it'd show the GM holding its rifle with both hands.  But let's say it was an effort just putting it up there in the first place.

Though I'm satisfied with the Desert GM II overall, I feel like I could've done more for it considering the premium price I paid vs the retail release.  In the future I intend to build another GM II and paint it.  For the time being, I was gonna wrap up my other unfinished models.  But a cold keeps me from doing much.  And I really wanted to work while my motivation was up.  So we'll have to wait and see how that goes once I'm better.  In the mean time, I've gone back to my comics and games while using the weekend to recover.  Expect those blogs to show up soon.  See you then.