Sketchwars exploded views

 
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After winning the chess piece challenge, I was given the honor of picking the next week’s topic. I was sketching exploded views for my freelance work and decided it would be an appropriate topic. This gave me an excuse to take apart an old remote I had lying around and sketch it. It was an interesting challenge that brought back memories of viscom from my days at CIA. Once again, I really enjoyed trying to create a clean sketch with pen and markers.

Gundam Gouf HG model

 
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I was very pleased with how the Epyon model turned out. It was a very great experience from start to final detailing. For Christmas this year, I decided to get myself a Gundam Gouf. It made an appearance in the original Gundam series, and then another appearance in “The 08th MS Team”. Heres a link to see it in action.

The design of this Gouf is much more utilitarian and brutal than the Epyon. From a modeling perspective, this Gouf has a lot of potential in material depiction and wear. I loved depicting worn paint and gunmetal.

After making this model, I now want to make a Zaku with a camoflauge paint scheme. It’ll have to wait for later.

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Weathering the Epyon model

 
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After assembling the Epyon model, it didn’t look complete. Typically Gundam models are finished by inking in parting lines and adding decals. After I proceeded with that step, it still didn’t look complete.

I stumbled upon some youtube tutorials on weathering Gundam models. I tried some of those techniques on smaller parts and was very satisfied. I moved onto bigger parts, and then spent a few hours drybrushing to get the effect that I wanted. I wanted to indicate maroon and dark grey paint being worn out from use.

I was very satisfied with the results. This motivated me to work on another model.

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Gundam Epyon HG model

 

With things slowing down, I have a little more time on my hands. I decided to catch up on things that I’ve been putting off. One of those things is a Gundam HG Epyon model. I bought this around 7-8 years ago at an anime convention in San Diego. Its traveled with me and been taking up space. A couple months ago, I decided to finally work on it.

It brought back many memories watching anime in my early 20s. I used to collect the 1/144 models from Gundam Wing. I rewatched some of those episodes now, and they were ridiculous! The series was very dry, but there were some great giant robots in that series.

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