Generated by All in One SEO v4.9.9, this is an llms.txt file, used by LLMs to index the site. # Gamera Baenre's Mindless Ramblings A mixture of Gunpla, Cooking, SCUBA, Corgis, and Life ## Sitemaps - [XML Sitemap](https://gamerabaenre.com/sitemap.xml): Contains all public & indexable URLs for this website. ## Posts - [Wow, another post another build, the new Hasegawa Glaug kit!](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=7706) - So yeah, I didn't think I'd get another kit built this year after those two Corsairs, but here we are. I cracked open the Hasegawa 1/72 scale Glaug kit a little over a week ago, on Oct 3rd. Playing around with the first part of the build, it seemed very nicely engineered. The leg and - [And then there were two](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=7700) - Look, two F4U Corsairs! I was fairly close to finishing the 48th scale Corsair about mid September but never really got around to posting anything since I moved right into working on the 72nd scale kit; or rather, finishing what I started on the 72nd. I did drag my feet for about a week or - [It's a plane! An F4U-1D Corsair to be more specific](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=7691) - Long time no post, but since I have this on my bench; why not. I started working on this two years ago after getting inspired at my local IPMS club's annual contest with the intent that I'd get this done for the adjacent IPMS chapter's following competition and this was 2 years ago in around - [VE-1 Elintseeker Gerwalk - Only took 17 years, 4 months, 30 days - but it's done!](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=7653) - My first post about this kit was September 16, 2007 when I unboxed and started with a test fit. Fast forward another 7 years to April 2015 for another attempt, this time changing from a straight aircraft build to the Gerwalk. And here we are today, a few months shy of 10 years later. IT - [Finally, getting around to posting up the pictures from SCGMC 2024](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=7641) - It's been a busy end of 2024, hell, most of 2024 was crazy busy for me. Finally getting around to posting up the pictures from the show Here are some quick stats for the show this year. We have a total of 122 individual entrants. And a total of 310 model entries. That's crazy. Here - [Kitchen Remodel Project](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=7594) - It's been a minute since my last post. Quite a lot has happened this past year, so model building got back burnered. Back in April, the plan to remodel our kitchen got green lit, so I started with building it around a new cook top. Go big or go home, so I went with a - [Volks A Brand Subaru Progress Part 2 and Completion](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=7563) - I've been working on the Subaru figure on and off for the past few weeks and really testing out these new curved knife files. I'm using using straight edge files and even some of those are not thin enough to get into the areas I need. And those files are straight edges, so curved surfaces - [Volks A Brand Subaru](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=7545) - This is a kit from 2008, well, the original was from 2008 out of the C3X Chara Hobby show sold in a small production run by Volks. The character is from Choukou Sennin Haruka and is one of those ecchi choose how to molest the characters kind of games. She has the options for before - [Pictures from SCGMC 2023](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=7522) - The Southern California Gundam Model Competition was this past weekend, Nov 11, 2023. If you were there, thanks for coming! I mean, I chatted with folks from New York, Boston, Washington DC, Pittsburg, Denver, etc. A good number of these folks flew/drove out here specifically to this show. One of the folks from Pittsburg came - [Better Nate than Lever!](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=7457) - Ok, so fall is around the corner, and SCGMC 2023 is creepily poking it's head around fall's shoulder. That said, it's time to post up the pictures taken from SCGMC 2022. This is totally my fault as I completely forgot to do this last year. But, this kinda works as a really good reminder to - [Resin Kampfer Evo. Ver. Build](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=7439) - This is a kit that is at least 12 or so years old. I think my friend picked this up while we were in HK (the conversion kit version). This is a recast of that conversion kit and actually recasted the MG Zaku II 2.0 parts needed for the kit. Well, almost all the parts. - [Gundam X Girl X Akira Project](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=7358) - This is going to be another long post as this encompasses a little over a month's work for this little project. This actually just starts off with Kaneda's bike from Akira. I picked up the 3D file from Gambody and just printed it out. I had the forethought to print a few things in clear - [Entry Grade Nu Gundam: the two week build](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=7332) - Kicking off at midnight August 1st, I cracked open the box and clipped a few parts off the tree and called it a night as I had an early morning. But a day or so later, I started getting into the clean up work for the kit. The V-fins always need shaping to sharpen them - [The Entry Grade Nu Gundam Summer Build Off](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=7302) - Summer is in full swing and it is time for a little group build fun. Your mission, should you choose to participate, is to first get an Entry Grade Nu Gundam kit. I'm starting to see them at local shops and readily online. Once you have the kit, hold on to it and wait for - [Relationships](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=7283) - Story time boys and girls and maybe a little history to support things and give some perspective. As a model builder (gunpla included); I've been in the plastic model community for over 20 years now. Going back to forums like Hobbyfan, gundam.com, childofmecha, etc. I've known a good number of my fellow model builders for - [Finally, finished the damn P Bandai MG Hazel](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=7262) - So, I had completely forgotten that I didn't actually finish this project. It has been in psudo-limbo for the past 4 and a half years. The last update to this project was actually in October 2017. I actually continued to build up through November 18, 2017 and then stopped. Holiday season was upon us, things - [Din Djarin Modified Naboo N1 Starfighter Progress](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=7228) - On the StarShipModeler's FB page, there is a Prop/Model Kit maker that designed Mando's N1 Starship from the recent Book of Boba Fett series. I believe it first appears in episode 5 that was released about the last week of January 2022. Tons of folks started making mods to existing Naboo kits and toys, and - [1/24 Resin Sazabi Bust](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=7163) - Two posts in a day because I'm playing catch up with my finished builds. I technically finished the Lancia a few weeks ago, so I really should post about that first. But really, today, I finished this sucker. I picked this kit up years and years ago at a little shop in Hong Kong. It - [Lancia Stratos HF Build](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=7156) - I actually started this project last year around June and just got to a point a week into June and just stopped. I was fairly far along too, but I didn't pick this back up until January. Then paused again because the 2B kit came in and I actually finished her without interruptions. But back - [First actual build of 2022: 2B from Nier Automata](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=7132) - Off to a good start this year with my first started and finished project of 2022. Granted, I ordered this kit in Nov 2020, it took over a year to fulfill, supply chain issues from covid is my best guess. Regardless; it arrived a 11 days into January and I cleared off my workbench and - [Welcome to 2022..finally a build post](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=7123) - Ok, so I actually finished this at the end of last year. My group of friends have been doing a Secret Santa gift exchange every year for a while now because we're cheap. It is much better to spend one chunk of money on one gift to one person than try to think up crappy - [SCGMC 2021](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=7011) - Long ass time no post, since I haven't been building for a good long while. BUT, this past weekend was the triumphant return of SCGMC, live and in living color; albeit in crappy lighting conditions. We're working on shopping optional other venues, this year was a compromise as we didn't even know if we could - [Welcome to 2021 and my current project: 小巴](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=6887) - It has been a good minute since I last posted anything. I think that last time I posed up something was the end of September 2020 for the ST Tortois kit from the 80's. Shortly after that post, the wife and I packed up Bob and Ken and headed off to Yellowstone/Grand Teton for a - [End of Summer project the ST Tortoise is done!](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=6794) - I;ve had these 80's Votom kits for a while and I haven't built one ever. I've seen other modelers build some Votoms stuff and I like some of the styling. I just never got around to doing it. Sometime in August, I cracked open the box which was still originally tape sealed and just started. - [Confidence, a Gundam Beyond Global Build Story](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=6764) - A group of builder and toy collector friends wanted to do a timed group build, so they picked this kit for being new and fairly easy for anyone to grab and assemble. The goal is to just build it within the 2 week span of Aug 1 - Aug 15 2020. That's it. No requirements - [Gouf Custom Girl Done!](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=6720) - She's done! Before we get to the full gallery, lets rewind from where I last left off. The pieces were glued to the base and ready for the clear resin. I used a very slow curing epoxy resin since the whole base is too big to fit into the pressure port. Also, a slow cure - [GT4 Update, Gouf Girl Update, and SCGMC Mascot Pins!](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=6705) - Lost of things happening in respect to current projects and new merch! First, we have a new pin available, and an old pin that wasn't available but a select group of people got them in the past few years at SCGMC. Both these pins are now available in the TGG Store Gouf girl is progressing - [Goufy Girl Update](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=6676) - Weekly update time. Motivation for this project is still pretty damn high and I'm having a crap ton of fun working on this project. Years ago when this broke, I just didn't feel like fixing it because it would have required a complete repaint for some of the parts with custom mixed paints I no - [And now back to some Gunpla, sort of ...](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=6669) - I love build gathering for the simple fact that a ton of my goofy ideas result from build interactions with my friends. I've been struggling to work on projects for the past two virtual build gatherings. The Ford Mustang GT4 stagnated from frustration. And then I started on an RG Sazabi that I have an - [My curse with Fords](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=6663) - This project was started the first week of May and should have been done within 2 weeks. It is now approaching the tail end of June and it's still not done. I keep running into problems with the final body work bits. I realized that I didn't post up any progress pictures of this build - [Tifa Progress Part 2](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=6524) - Six days after starting the project, she's done. The goal was to finish her before the game got to my house so that I don't get completely sucked into the game and the project goes into a limbo state. This has definitely happened in the past; so having a deadline really put some focus into - [New Project while I wait for FF7 Remake...](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=6518) - I originally was going to start a 1/48 scale F4U-1 Corsair and upon opening the kit and sorta starting on it, I decided to to some research and grab some reference photos. That then lead me down a rabbit hole of buying a photoetch detail set and a photoetch bending tool. And so I had - [My 3rd car build.... Lamborghini Jota](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=6513) - Finishing the Sakurai Aoi commission project refueled the itch to build, so I asked the wife which should I work on next, the Elintseeker project that's been shelved more time than I can count; or this 1975 Lambo. She picked Italy over Macross. I had picked this kit up last October at Orangecon, the IPMS - [Sakurai Aoi From Railwars Commission project done!](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=6490) - I got this kit back in August of last year and did a quick cut and test fit once the kit arrived as a break from the 1/32 Gouf Custom project. The complete build progression and completed pictures after the jump. Volks does a very nice job in breaking down the parts to individual colored - [Gouf Custom Bust Completed](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=6419) - Its done, a quick paint and assembly. It's not the best build job because I just wanted to get it done. The complete progress for this project is here: Zaku Exceed Head Conversion to Gouf Custom with Bust - [Time to Build a Gouf Custom Bust](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=6410) - Now that I'm done pulling a bunch of casts, time to actually build the the damn thing. The difference is that I'm building and painting up the first 3D printed bust piece which is the bigger bust in 4 major pieces. Since the original 3D Design isn't the best designed part, when it was printed, - [Limbo of a post as a catch all of the past few weeks.](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=6384) - This is a little bit of a catch up post for the multiple things happening in my life over the past few weeks. I finished casting the Gouf Custom Exceed head conversion kit and bust and those are on sale at the store here. If you are looking to get one, this is your chance. - [The Gouf Custom Exceed Head Casting Factory](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=6301) - Time for a little update on the Gouf Custom Exceed Head conversion kit progress. This has been a fairly productive month, most of the time has been spent making the mold and making casts for all the parts. But time to play some catch up. The last time I left off, I was still working - [Labor Day Exceed Gouf Update](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=6264) - Slow progress, but I hit a decent milestone at the end of this past weekend with the first session of primer, so it's time for a post. I have a couple of tool discussions here so this will be good for future reference as well. First up is the drafting compass. We've all used these - [Gouf Custom ver Exceed a 2B and a Commission Project](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=6240) - I haven't posted an update in a long while since I've been extremely lazy in the past few weeks. I've been suckered into playing GBGW (Gunpla Battle: Gunpla Warfare) on my damn phone. *cough*E4AKNYNR6*cough*. But that has slowed down because energy recovery at higher levels takes some time, and I'm not giving Bandai any more - [Zaku Exceed Head Conversion to No Zaku Boy Custom Bust](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=6199) - The old adage that if you don't use it, you'll lose it; is very true. I did some 3D designs for the Dom Barrage project but once those pieces were designed and printed and I spent more time with the hands-on side of things to finish the build; the 3D design skills flew out the - [Shirt Reprints!](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=6187) - SCGMC Shirt reprints! We just received our reprints for the Alex Build, Kampfer, and Gunpla Elitist! Folks have been requesting these shirts so here they are! We did a different print style for the Alex Build using ink discharge printing, we also removed the TGG logo from the sleeve; so the first run Alex Build - [Dom Barrage, last progress post and it's DONE!](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=6142) - As promised, there were only a few last steps for this project. The kit has been broken down into major subsections. Some subsections bigger than others. And I start off with applying some paint chipping using an enamel based metallic grey. A very small brush is used and I just slowly and carefully apply some - [Road Effects](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=6134) - A while ago, I found these pictures on a facebook page that I don't remember what it was, *edit* someone let me know: https://www.facebook.com/Dioramasphere/ but I had the forethought enough to download all the pictures to my phone. And randomly, there was a guy asking about how to do ground work for dioramas and I - [Dom Barrage July Week 1 Progress](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=6110) - No update earlier this week since I went out of town for a quick vacation with the wife and corgis. My documentation didn't stop before the trip, so I have some things that happened to the kit right before that and right after - most of what happened after anyways. Odds and ends are being - [Dom Barrage June Progress Week 4](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=6089) - The week 4 update is here. And so much to go over for a short post. I've gone full blown painting now, but there are still some bits and pieces that need clean up and build work. Namely the rear skirt, ammo drum, ammo belt, and gatling gun. But as of this post, everything is - [Dom Barrage June Week 3 update](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=6077) - Holy crap, holy crap... I'm finally getting into actual paint that isn't primer! This is a small update, but only because things are slowing down with the build and I've been doing more detail work since the big blocking and building. This post starts with the arms. Looking at the reference pictures, the arms are - [Dom Barrage June Week 2 Update](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=6069) - Trying to keep up with the shorter weekly walls of texts. I've got some pretty cool things to show for this update so there is a decent amount of meat here. We'll start off with the front skirts. The back of the front skirts to be exact. In the first picture, this is a picture - [Dom Barrage, first week of June 2019 update.](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=6043) - I had a pretty productive weekend for the project. This is mostly cleanup work; but there was a small bit of leg detailing that I didn't quite complete before my last update. I also want to ramp up the progress since I want to be finished by the end of the month. Who knows if - [Dom Barrage Progress May Update](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=6013) - It has been a while since I made an update. Real life got a little busy with a trip to Toronto for a wedding and just being busy. I've been getting work here and there with bits and pieces. One of the major bits is the skirt. I had used the original skirt and tons - [3D design and printing is getting horribly addicting](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=5992) - As I get more and more comfortable and knowledgeable in using blender to design objects in 3D, the more addicting this becomes. Using the image reference feature in blender, I'm able to quickly design out parts for the project. When I first started working on the project, I didn't pay much attention to how the - [Back to working on the Dom Barrage (update 3 for those counting)](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=5905) - And now back to our regularly scheduled programming. It has been a decent while since the last update for the Dom. I got interrupted by the Exceed RX-78 thingy as well as a shiny new Form 2 3D printer. The latter bit ties in nicely with this update. Continuing from where I last left off - [Goodbye Hugo](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=5847) - Ok, personal life post time, so if you're looking for something TGG, SCGMC, or Gunpla related; you may want to skip this one. This is about a part of my life that has been with me for the past 15 and a half years. And he's gone now. So this is my goodbye. This is - [RX-78 Gundam Exceed Model Head DONE!](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=5824) - This is easily one of my quickest projects to complete in the past 10 or so years. The tough part was figuring out how to take the damn thing apart, and you can check out the disassembly video here: Naturally, I need to add lights to the thing so I built a light setup for - [Tearing down the Gundam Exceed Model Head](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=5818) - This past weekend, I saw a FB post from one of my local shops (Neo Happy Land Co) saying they had the RX-78 Gundam Exceed Heads in stock. They're selling them there for $10. Which isn't too bad a markup being that they're gashapon items from Japan. I have a few of the Zaku Exceed - [Dom Barrage Progress Update 2](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=5805) - Progress slowed down a bit because I spent a few days making a mold of a crappy Thai made resin recast of Faye Valentine that a friend of mine picked up back in 2003. The resin is so brittle and ceramic like in texture that it is near impossible to work with and sand. I - [First new project of the year! 1/100 Dom Barrage](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=5792) - Feb 1, 2019. I started this immediately after finishing the Dreissen project. Pretty much the same day. I stumbled upon the Dom Barrage, MS-09 F/Br a few years ago and was interested in doing a build of it off the MG Dom. But the reference pictures were pretty lacking and I think I found one - [Dreissen is Done](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=5765) - And a day after the last post, I'm done. I seriously did not think I was going to have this update until at least the end of the week. Dehydrator = time traveling for model building. I filled in some gaps between the 3D printed support piece and the base with more hydrocal and into - [Dreissen part is 99.9% complete](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=5755) - Last we left off, I assessed the project and started on the last bits to finish the damn thing. The chest piece that I melted is painted and back to normal. Another electronics test to make sure all the wire rework didn't screw anything up. And the whole thing is gloss coated. Since all the - [New year, Old Project](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=5704) - Time to kick off the new year with a project. Not necessarily a new project, but something that has been shelved for almost 7 years. I had to dig through my harddrive to find this next set of pictures. Last date from the pictures in this set is April 14, 2012. I originally stopped working - [Last project of the year, SD VF-1J is done!](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=5672) - Going to go back a month and some change to just after SCGMC 2018. At least, that's when I dropped the photos from my camera to the computer. I had been steadily working on the little project in hopes that I would actually have it done for SCGMC. That didn't pan out. I kept making - [Grim Reaper Completed](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=5654) - She was actually sorta done last Friday... almost. I had some trouble attaching the head since there is quite a bit of resin attached to the head such as her cape/cowl. I originally used a magnet to hold the head in place, but with all the resin bits together, it is too heavy for the - [SCGMC 2018 come and gone!](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=5641) - I'm still recovering from the event, but it was a damn fun time. I met a ton of new folks and got to see lots of familiar faces. For those that want to skip to all 240 entries.. yes, there were 240 ENTRIES by 116 entrants, the gallery link is here: SCGMC 2018 Gallery This - [SD Valkyrie VF-1J](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=5566) - The group of us had a TGG Live broadcast two Saturday's ago and I was in the midst of finishing the Death kit so I really didn't have anything to work on, so I cracked open this little kit I picked up from Hong Kong the last time I went back. It is a recast - [Grim Reaper Part 3](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=5513) - Seven months after my last post on the subject; it is time to get around to finishing the damn project. So let us catch up. Here is a mockup of Death right about the end of March as I continued working on masking and painting. I had pictures and progress in the can when I - [Weekend in Arizona, in August...](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=5430) - A group of us went to Phoenix last week for the IPMS Nationals 2018. I got invited by some folks I've known in the IPMS AZ club to do a few seminars, one on advanced weathering and one on gundam model building. We rented out a house in the lovely town of Gilbert AZ that - [Bear Guy Project: Last Update](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=5393) - The kit has been done for a few weeks now, this update just finishes the base I had started when I needed a break from cleaning up and fixing the resin binders. I touched on a few things on the last update with the basics of the base, but other than just slapping things together, - [Bear Guy Project June Update](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=5386) - June update for this project. As of this posting, the main kit for the project is done. I'm just playing catchup with the progress for what happened between the last update and last week's final assembly and photo session. I took all these pictures during the build so why not post up the progress. Last - [Bear Guy Project: May's Progress](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=5353) - Update time. Over the past few weeks, I've been steadily working on this project so the little updates I used to do are more meaningful and have more meat to things. I like that I can show more substance than just random in the middle progress that takes a few updates to get the full - [The Bearguy Project](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=5326) - Our theme for this year's SCGMC is the Bearguy, so I'm finally getting off my ass and starting up my Bearguy project. I think I may have bitten off more than I can chew at this time. Sometimes when inspiration hits you, it's like being hit by a motorcycle speeding from your blind spot. You're - [New T-Shirt Designs for 2018!](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=5254) - This year's SCGMC special theme is the Bearguy and all shapes, styles, and variants of the popular kit. To go along with our theme, we created a cute Bearguy themed shirt design. We have one in Pink and one in Blue. Wear them proudly! We currently have a limited number of these shirts, about 30 - [Upgrading the air compressor](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=5301) - Coming into some extra spare cash, I decided to upgrade my air compressor. Was there something wrong with my old compressor? Nope. It is still running. I only had one repair issue done about 10 years ago when the auto shutoff fuse blew. After that issue, I picked up a 10 gallon tank and configured - [Grim Reaper Part 2](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=5272) - Last time we left off, I was cleaning up the last bits of the kit with the scythe and the clear pieces. I have no idea why some of these pieces are clear such as the tassels since they're going to be painted solid colors. I can understand the hair being clear, some translucent painting - [New resin figure project: Grim Reaper](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=5185) - Towards the end of the Mercedes build, this kit arrived. The sculptor calls her 死神のデス代 or just "Death/God of Death", I prefer the less final name of Grim Reaper. I picked her up off yahoo!japan auctions right after Winter Wonfest 2018. Unknown to me was that the sculptor: https://twitter.com/chilmirumirumi was already planning on releasing the - [Last progress update for the Mercedes](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=5176) - The body paint is done, or so I had thought.. so on to the fun decal work. The paint for the body is tamiya bright gun metal which is a semi gloss finish. That means I need to clear coat the crap out of the body before getting to the decal stage. I did the - [Mercedes AMG GT3 gets some real paint](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=5170) - I've been traveling quite a bit for work in the past month. Hell, 3 out of the last 4 weeks were spent in Eastern Standard Time zone. So work has been pretty slow on the project. Since the last update, I've gotten some decent work done when back at home base. Starting off with the - [Of course... LEDs, what else?](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=5161) - So a quick little update. I was out of town for the past two weeks so work on the thing slowed to almost a complete stop. But I was able to get some paint on here and there, then after a week of curing, getting some masking, and more paint and the suspension is still - [The GTR Challenge](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=5155) - Last week at SprueFest, one of the things for sale was a Tamiya Mercedes GT3 AMG kit. It looks pretty good and the price wasn't bad because of the sale so I picked one up. I also gently nudged fellow TGG Jeremy into getting one. I suggested that we should do a build off and - [Spruefest 2018](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=5152) - This past Saturday was the 2nd annual Spruefest event held by the folks at Brookhurst hobbies with support from various well known model building entities in Southern California. They had expanded their scifi category to actually split out from scifi completely and have a separate Gundam category, and being sponsored by the local Bandai distributor - [Still Alive](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=5113) - Progress on all my project have all but stopped because I finally picked up a PS4 over Thanksgiving weekend and have since been sucked into the world of Assassin's Creed Origins. Hooray for Egyptian boobies! I was playing Star Wars Battlefront 2 for 3 days and since I don't really care for COD style FPS - [SD Macross Monster](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=5107) - I picked up this kit on a trip to Hong Kong in 2011 from a shop that no longer exists. This was a recast from a series of SD Macross kits made by Metal Box as a limited run kit for Wonfes 2011 winter. The casting isn't too bad. I did find a bubble here - [SCGMC 2017!](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=5046) - It's November, and another SCGMC has come and gone. We had another great turnout this year. We added even more vendors this year and the room was filled with all kinds of gunpla goodies from vintage kits, to resin add ons, to the latest release, to non gunpla mecha and anime figure goodness! We had - [Hazel Masking and Resin Booster Shields](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=5000) - Last I left off, I had most of the exterior armor pieces painted. The procrastination for the interior armor painting resulted with those bits getting worked on last. The leg armor pieces were painted but I noticed that there were some details that frame up the vents on the front and back, so those areas - [P-Bandai MG Hazel Progress](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=4991) - This kit arrived a few weeks ago while i was finishing up my "RX-78 GP03" Mobile Student entry for SCGMC 2017. So there was a little bit of an overlap on the projects while I waited for things to cure on "Osaka"; I got to clipping and sanding the P-Bandai Hazel. The Hazel variation is - [RX-78 GP03 Ver. "Osaka" Completed!](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=4974) - This was a very quick project. These small resin figures are pretty simple and perfect to squeeze in between projects. Last time I posted that the parts were sanded and soaked in an industrial strength cleaner. A day later, they get the scrubbing treatment with a dip in the ultrasonic cleaner and water. After the - [IPMS OC OrangeCon 2017 and starting a new resin figure project!](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=4964) - This past weekend was the annual IPMS Orange County's Region 8 Contest: OrangeCon. This is always a great contest to attend. More so now to spread the word that is Gunpla. While setting up, an older gentleman looked over at me and exclaimed, "Hey, you're one of Those Gundam Guys!" This always makes me chuckle. - [Volks Saber Bride Commission Completed!](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=4939) - The project is finally coming to an end with this update. The last bit of detail work was to apply some black pastels on the edges of the dress to create some burn marks as per the original box art. The cape was first coated with a flat finish. Once that cured, the pastels will - [Saber Commission: Washes and Pearls](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=4934) - Getting down to the home stretch for this project. This weekend saw work on the base. The base is from Michaels and is unfinished wood. An example of what the wood looks like in comparison to the finished base is the first picture. The unfinished wood is sanded down. Once sanded down, it is stained - [Quick Progress for the Saber Commission Project](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=4928) - A quick little update for this project. I've been spending time masking off the purple that was painted. After masking, the detail lines and straps are painted in black. I use mostly tamiya masking tape. Some areas are masked off with parafilm on larger areas. Over the masking tape and parafilm, a thin layer of - [Saber Bride Commission Project](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=4903) - This has been a long while since I have had enough material to make a post. I've been slowly progressing with the kit over the past 6 to 7 weeks. I haven't really had much time to get a good foothold on the project, but this weekend fixed that. I had finished a release at - [Anime Expo 2017 and a new commission project](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=4891) - Anime expo has come and gone and I'm finally getting around to uploading the pictures I took from the two days I went and writing a little bit about the event. This was a great year for gunpla. Katsumi Kawaguchi came out to AX and along with a panel of Bandai folks did the judging - [Zaku Exceed Model Progress](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=4874) - I picked up a bunch of these little guys when I was in Japan a few months ago. They're not quite 1/35 scale, but pretty close. The UC Hard Graph 1/35 Ramba Ral Commando kit's Zaku head is bigger than this; so I would guess it's about 1/40 or so. Hell, since this is a - [A-Kon 2017](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=4855) - Angel, Nate, and I went to A-Kon in Texas this year for the first time. We had applied for a fan panel as our continued SCGMC promotion tour we decided to try this year. We had gone to Tatsu Hobby's event, IPMS Seattle, IPMS Las Vegas, and other folks went to IPMS San Diego. I - [In prep for AX, I have some new tutorials for you all](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=4870) - Since AX is around the corner and I'm still SLOWLY finishing up some fixes on the GM Sniper project. My workbench is fairly clear and I can mock up some quick tutorials. It is always good to revisit some technique that you don't even think about anymore because they've become so automatic and sure, I've - [Those Gundam Guys presents: Gunpla Building panels at Anime Expo 2017](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=4862) - For the past 11 years, we at Those Gundam Guys have presented gunpla building panels at Anime Expo. We've met so many people, make numerous amounts of friends, seen some of the folks that attend our panel get married to one another. Gunpla is life. This is where we excel. This year, we are once - [GM Sniper Project: The display base](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=4839) - This last bit of work has been ongoing since I finished the Sniper. This is the display base. I got the idea to do an relief style display when I was up at Tatsu Hobby's Blue and Yellow Ball event a few months back. I saw a display that had half a figure projecting out - [Master Grade GM Sniper 2 Modifications List](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=4818) - I got to thinking about the kit and the mods I made for the thing and never really got around to listing them out. It is not only for the competitions that I plan on attending; but a visual reference to how much really changed on the kit from the stock photos Bandai and others - [GM Sniper 2 Completed Part 1](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=4813) - This past week was spent finishing up work on the GM Sniper 2. Realistically, there were only 7 or so steps left from the last update. The decals, the after decal gloss coat, panel lines, flat coat, weathering (in two steps, paint chipping and pastels), then the final flat coat. So there's not much to - [GM Sniper 2 Principal Painting is DONE!](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=4776) - Its been two weeks since the last update post. There were a few busy weekends where not much progressed and all the work in these past two weeks was just the endless cycle of paint-mask-paint-mask. So this will just show you how f-ing tedious that process was and hopefully show that it's actually worth the - [Back from Guayaquil = slow progress on Sniper](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=4744) - Work has me on travel a bit, and last week, I was in Ecuador, Guayaquil specifically. I did make a quick picture post of the skirts right after getting 90% of it painted up just as a quick teaser and to keep my motivation going. But I didn't really go into details about the process. - [TGG invades the IPMS Seattle Spring Show](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=4735) - As Angel mentioned on our FB page, this is the 2nd spot in our "TGG Tour". A few weeks ago, a group of us went up to NorCal to hit up Tatsu Hobby's spring contest the Blue and Yellow Ball. This past weekend, along with new Washington State TGG Transplant Mike Wine; Angel and I - [Gunpla posing and photography](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=3870) - Going back to school It's been a few weeks since I finished the Sucker Punch diorama; so I've had some time for the thing to marinate. I asked my friend Jason, who's an artist by profession and went to school for such what he thought about the diorama. We started building gunpla together when we - [GM Sniper 2 Update: throwing some paint and starting work on the base](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=4711) - It's been awhile since I last updated on this project. We got new Kampfer shirts in, so the last update was used to promote that. Somewhere in the middle of this post there will be some shameless plugging for our new Kampfer shirts as well as our reprinted Shiki shirts. But enough of that; on - [Kampfer Shirts!](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=4681) - We just got these in from the printer. They didn't have any mediums, but they will be printed and will be added to our inventory when we get those on hand. In the meantime, you can pick up sizes small, large, X-large, and 2X-large. Check out the store here! And order some other shirts to - [GM Sniper 2: priming and resin casting](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=4648) - I was originally going to post this progress update on Monday; but since we had just gotten back from Tatsu Hobby's contest; I wanted that post to stand on its own. So a few days later, I've continued to plug away at the kit as I got some new ideas flowing but still need to - [TGG goes to TatsuHobby's Blue and Yellow Ball](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=4634) - This past weekend was Tatsu Hobby's Blue and Yellow Ball. This is one of their 4 quarterly contest and the theme was anything in either blue or yellow - at least one of those two colors and their shades much cover 70% of the kit. The contest officially starts at 1PM with the last entries - [Back to work on the RGM-79SP-2](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=4627) - Finally getting back to work on this project. Taking a two week vacation really breaks the momentum I had going for this kit. I actually thought about bringing pieces of the thing with me to work on while I was in Tokyo and Hong Kong. Then, knowing my damn luck, I would have lost said - [Shopping in Tokyo and Hong Kong 2017](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=4621) - No updates on the MG Sniper 2 because I've been in Asia for the past week and a half. I had a trip to Hong Kong planned since last November. But once the news about the last days for the 1:1 Gundam in Odaiba Japan came out, the last day was actually a few days - [MG GM Sniper 2 Progress: gun works, scope works, some feet and more priming](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=4609) - It's Monday, time for the blog post that brings everyone up to speed on last week's Sniper work. The main focus for this update will be the sniper rifle which I finally revisit after the very first post with a half-assed slapping of a new barrel and new stock onto the sucker. In the below - [MG GM Sniper 2 Progress: Front skirts, new antenna, and some chest mods](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=4596) - This is going to be a fairly sizable update. This includes the work from last week as well as over the weekend. I'm starting to focus and get more and more work done as the inspiration continues. The front skirts are REALLY plain looking. Yes, it's a grunt suit, so it should be relatively simplistic - [MG GM Sniper 2: backpack work and start to chest, shoulders, and waist mods](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=4584) - I went almost a week without doing much work other than molding and casting the metal thrusters. They look cool, but are a pain in the ass to paint and they add a bit too much weight in comparison to a resin copy. Plus, they can get expensive if I keep buying and using them. - [New project for the new year: GM Sniper 2!](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=4568) - What better way to start off a new year than with a brand spanking newly released Master Grade GM Sniper 2 kit? Even better is that I have the motivation and some ideas bouncing around in my head for the kit. It was released about 2 weeks ago and I got the kit late last - [10 months until SCGMC 2017](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=4558) - It's never too early to start working on your SCGMC projects. Hell, work on your projects for GBWC and the various other contests that happen throughout the year. TatsuHobby is having a Blue VS Yellow contest at the beginning of April. There are IPMS contests, Valleycon in March, and the list goes on; so there - [End of the year home improvement project](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=4546) - Happy New Year everyone! I've been away from any gunpla for a while because of the holidays as well as doing some home improvement projects. I've been living at this house for a year and slowly getting small projects done here and there. That, along with the holidays has pretty much killed all work on - [SCGMC 2016 is over, here's what happened!](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=4517) - For those that don't know what SCGMC is, it's the Southern California Gundam Model Competition. This was our 6th year hosting this competition; and even though there was a big convention happening the same weekend (Pacific Media Expo - PMX) we still did quite well. We had 280 people in attendance. Of that, 87 entered - [Finished the 1/144 Resin Saz just in time for SCGMC!](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=4456) - We are 6 days and counting until SCGMC 2016! And I just finished this little bugger! Not the best work, but it was fun to get a fairly quick build done. Last time I updated was right before a business trip to Toronto; so I've just been focused on getting the damn thing done. This - [Photography Post](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=4428) - So, over the past couple of months, I've taking pictures while on trips here and there but haven't made the effort to post them up.  I've just been a bit lazy; so it's time to clear up my backlog of pictures.  No gunpla or resin figure love in this post, so if you're interested in - [Resin Sazabi in 1/144](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=4415) - I picked up this kit about 5 years ago to date on a trip to Hong Kong with my wife and friends. I believe I actually picked this guy up from the SMS shop in Mong Kok; the place has since moved a few times and changed names; but I think it's still around. The - [SCGMC is only 2 months Away!](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=4404) - The Southern California Gundam Model Competition is only 2 months away! Time to get your butts back into gear and start finishing up your projects. If you haven't started, then you have 2 months to get something done. For a special treat, we've gotten our special limited print T-shirts for this year's event. Another "Char's" - [SCGMC 2016 T-shirts! Order yours TODAY!](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=4372) - Pick up this year's new limited run design "Greatness Awaits" for that playstation gaming gunpla building person in your life. Also back by popular demand is the Wing Build shirt, updated with the Those Gundam Guys logo on the sleeve. Show your support for the Southern California Gundam Model Competition; or just show your love - [STOP! Hammer Time!](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=4364) - I'm revisiting this project as I plan on taking this sucker to Otakon. When I was working on the project, I haphazardly added some tiny little thrusters to the end of the hammer. Even at the time, it didn't quite look right to me, but it didn't really hit me until I was working on - [This year's 18+ Gunpla Building Panel at Anime Expo](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=4334) - Anime Expo 2016's 18+ Gundam Model Building panel presented by Those Gundam Guys and edited by FreddyWasWrong For those that missed the panel and was wondering why it's 18+, check out the video. For those that have never been to Anime Expo, I've been doing this panel for the past 10 years and a few - [Time for a quick resin figure build](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=4347) - Time for the first resin figure project of the year. This has been a fairly productive year so far with finishing a number of gunpla project. Time to get at least one figure kit. I picked this kit up at Anime Expo at the Volks booth. They were there last year and back again this - [8 Years later, the Hi Nu Conversion kit from Vicious Project is DONE!](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=4317) - Last time I posted an update, it was for the damn V-fin that broke a few times. So with that, we go back a few days before the break as I was continued to paint the kit in parts. The upper torso was done so I took the painted parts and did a quick assembly. - [So you broke a V-Fin?](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=4310) - So you broke a v-fin? It happens. It happens at the worst time possible. Is there actually a good time for breaking a V-fin? Possibly, when cutting it up to create a super saiyan v-fin. But most of the time, we scream obscenities when this happens. And this happened to me a few nights ago - [Another attempt to resurrect a project started a long time ago](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=4279) - The last time I made an update to this blog about working on this kit was November 17, 2010. And I had just finished priming and was starting to spray the metallic colors for some of the frame pieces. I had originally started this project in March 2008 when the Bandai Hi Nu and Vicious - [A simple, yet fairly elegant display base](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=4246) - A few days ago, I was reading through some threads on reddit/r/gunpla and came across a thread asking about where to buy a specific type of display base. One of the users responded with a few links on how to build your own, and from this link in particular, I was inspired to search out - [Hyaku Shiki 2.0 quick build and paint](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=4261) - I picked up this kit immediately when it came out last year and started working on it. Back then I was finishing up the waterfront diorama and only soaked the kit's runners in some purple power to strip it and just built it at one of the monthly build gatherings. To be honest, it looked - [RoboToyFest's Gundam Model Contest: May 2016](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=4244) - RoboToyFest is an event that happens twice a year in Pasadena, once in May and then once in October. Last year, Those Gundam Guys were invited to judge their Gundam Model Contest. Not wanting to change the format, we were invited back again and due to a slight miscommunication, we didn't know about our implied - [Aurora Film Application](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=4238) - Years ago, there were modelers in Japan that had a really cool reflective/rainbow like effect on Gundam eyes, GM Visors, and even mono eyes. I remember one sculpting group names Studio Reckless always had their display kits done with this effect. And they also sold the product they used. For the US market, this was - [Grimgerdie Commission: A quick 7 day project](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=4231) - A little over a week ago, I picked up the 1/100 Grimgerde as a commission project. The customer sent an email to me back in early March asking if I could build and paint the kit straight out of the box. The kit wasn't released yet, so the project waited. Late April, the kit got - [Gusion Completed, but there's a lesson to be learned here...not that I'll actually take it to heart.](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=4200) - I learned nothing from my mistake with the 1/144 Gusion, and colossally fucked it all up again with the 1/100. Just look at the shoulders for the 1/100 as well as the 1/144. It's not the same issue per say, but it's the same underlying issue that resulted in the problem. But we'll get to - [Finally, a decent sized update for the Gusion](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=4187) - It's been 3 weeks since the last update, so this will be a sizeable progress report for this kit. I've finally gotten past the seemingly endless cycle of putty --> sand --> primer; which means some actual color is getting on to the parts. And with painting, there's always some amount of masking. And for - [Weekend update: Mods to a Gusion](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=4122) - This was a very productive weekend. When inspiration is there, never shy away from it, and just let it flow. I've gotten to the point where I cannot force myself to build something or it will just lose interest. Or if I come to a roadblock that gets me stumped, I may give up for - [Gunpla ADD, shelved the Zaku/Guntank, cracked open the 1/100 Gusion](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=4119) - Model building ADD strikes again. I sorta hit a wall with the Zaku/Guntank diorama. I'll eventually return to it like most projects. But this sucker came in a sometime last month and I've been itching to build it. I recently finished the 1/144 version, so I was curious to what I could do with the - [Wiring the 1/144 Heat Hawk](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=4111) - A few days ago, I posted about making clear resin heat hawk by making a mold of the existing heat hawk, then throwing in a string of LEDs in the mold when I poured the clear resin. The resin has had some time to cure and I've had some time to ponder the next great - [Lighting the 1/144 Super Heat Hawk](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=4105) - I didn't get much work on this project this week. We had our broadcast and I did some work finishing up the other side of the Guntank's tracks, but more on that later. Starting off with the heat hawk, the thing is massive, so I figured I'd light up the damn thing. The first step - [The 1/144 Zaku Cable Replacement Mod](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=4102) - This is a very simple mod to replace those ugly as sin rubbery cables that come with 1/144 Zaku. I used some 22 awg solid cable as the base. Wrap a few turns of 28 awg magnet wire and clipped away the excess. Then slipped on a metal collar from an aftermarket metal gunpla parts - [This year's "Piss on a Feddy" Diorama Project](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=4096) - Last month, I picked up Ortega's Hi-Mo Zaku II because of that massive heat axe and because I was looking for something to snap at the January build gathering. I ended up working on the Gusion; but I managed to open this box and look at it for a few moments. I got the kit - [An entitled bag of dicks pulls the race card....](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=4092) - I occasionally travel for work. Well, I more than occasionally travel for work. I get to see the fun side of some poor decisions made by folks under the duress of a "bad" travel day. That said, today's flight home was awesome! The setup: An American Airline's flight from Phoenix AZ to Ontario CA, 3:35 - [Productive weekend: Levi Bust completed!](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=4085) - This has been a very productive weekend. Granted I was working on both kits for a while and I did start this kit a while ago and worked on it on and off over the past year, but nothing significant until I moved to the new house. Last week's post showed some decent progress and - [Quick one week project: 1/144 Gusion](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=4079) - I picked up this fat little bastard last weekend and started working on it during the build gathering. And surprisingly; I was fairly motivated and continued working on the kit a little at the time each day. I had another project on going as well, so the wait times for things was productive as I'd - [Gusion and Levi](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=4071) - Since the workshop is now mostly settled and in full function; I'm starting off the new year with several projects meant for quick builds. The quick builds work to help me make adjustments to the new workshop. Moving sucks. The imagination can plan where things should go; but it's not until I get down and - [New year, new workshop digs!](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=4064) - So after SCGMC last year, real life became really busy immediately after SCGMC. I had already been packing up and getting ready to move to a new house the weeks leading up towards SCGMC; but once the show was done I was able to put full focus on the move. I had lived at my - [SCGMC 2015 Come and Gone!](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=4033) - The Southern California Gundam Model Competition had come and gone. There were a great deal of new changes for this year's event. For the most part, the show was a great success. Our attendance increased from about 170 to over 250 people coming to the event. Our model entries increased from 113 individual model entries - [SCGMC 2015 TODAY!](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=4026) - Today is our annual competition presented by Those Gundam Guys. The Southern California Gundam Model Competition. This year we're going to try adding something new to the mix. We're going to attempt to live broadcast this insanity. So bear with us as we attempt this, and hopefully this will show some folks how truly amazing - [Are you ready for SCGMC 2015?](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=3913) - This last month has been a busy one; and time is flying by so fast; where the hell did summer go? Oh yeah, I spent a week in Santiago, Chile, it's winter down there; but still, time seems to be on fast forward. We're about 2 months away from this year's Southern California Gundam Model - [The 12 Days of SCGMC](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=4009) - "On the 12th day until SCGMC, the folks at TGG give to you; a sneak peak at the raffle prizes!" Ok, so I'm not really going to post every bloody day with a new lyric counting down until SCGMC; or will I? But this year we have some damn nice raffle prizes already collected, and - [SCGMC 2015 is only ONE Month Away!!!](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=3990) - It's now one month away from SCGMC 2015! We are very excited because it's our 5th year, we have a huge new venue, AND there's the 1/144 city diorama theme. It will be damn cool to see all the dioramas put together to create one giant 1/144 city. We've got Feddy and Zeon shirts for - [Working with Clear Parts](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=3981) - This is a quick little discussion about clear parts. Beam sabers, lenses, etc. They come on runners and when clipped, they still have nubs and mold lines; and some even have horrible mold marks. The MG Gouf 2.0 sword has circular mold marks in the clear yellow blade. First we'll discuss the mold lines and - [OrangeCon 2015 and Robotoyfest](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=3977) - This was a busy weekend with two model events back to back. OrangeCon which is a yearly event in early October works as a good primer for SCGMC the following month; and new this year is Robotoyfest which we attended earlier in the year to judge their gundam model competition. At OrangeCon, Mike Wine's Officer - [Model Contests! Model Contests!](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=3961) - There are two events happening this weekend! On Saturday, October 3, 2015 International Plastic Modeler's Society (IPMS) Orange County is holding their annual contest. There are usually about 400-500 models entered into this competition each year. Back in 2003, this was also the first live competition I had ever entered, and I got a 3rd - [Clemstriping Technique](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=3942) - Here's a quick spotlight on a technique that was discussed and joked about in last night's TGG & Friends broadcast. The conversation about the technique came up because one of the participants was working on this technique and recently, another participant used the technique. The technique is not difficult in the least, and is pretty - [Another kit bites the dust...](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=3932) - 5 years ago, I built a Gouf Custom conversion kit using the Gouf 2.0 frame and the resin conversion kit from Neograde. Looking back, it was a fairly quick build that took only about a month, but then again, I think I spent quite a few hours in that month working on the damn thing: - [Volks Revy Final Progress and Completed Gallery](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=3886) - I made a post with progress on the kit up through last Friday. Work has continued over the weekend but to keep from flooding the site with small updates that don't really make much sense without context, I continued to work and take progress pictures and ended up finishing the damn thing last night. Here's - [Volks Revy Progress](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=3851) - I was meaning to write up a quick little post before my business trip to Toronto two weeks ago. We see how well that panned out. So better late then never. And I have much more material to write about since I've progressed a little more since I returned from the trip. To start off - [Southern California Gundam Model Competition 2015](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=3855) - SCGMC is a gunpla competition held in Southern California in November. Saturday, November 14, 2015 to be exact. It is a niche model competition focusing mostly on gunpla. Other anime models are always welcomed and highly encouraged, such as Mak, Five Star Stories, Macross/Robotech, Evangelion, Votoms, etc. Anime resin figures are also very much welcomed. - [New Figure Build: 1/7 Revy by Volks](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=3841) - A few days of rest after AX is always healthy; but I'm still fairly gunplaed out after pushing pretty hard to finish the sucker punch diorama. I've still not taken a quick video showing the kit with all it's lights and morse conversation between the two zeonic suits; but I'll get around to it soon. - [Anime Expo 2015](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=3816) - A group of us representing Those Gundam Guys went to Anime Expo, as we have been doing for the past several years to participate in the Gunpla Builders World Cup preliminary competition held by Bluefin. Dan, Angel, Mike, and I brought up our kits and put them into the display case on Thursday. We chatted - [Operation Sucker Punch!](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=3807) - Taking some time off work really paid off; as if I didn't, I wouldn't have been able to finish the project within the confines of the AX deadline. Well, I think I could have, but it would have really been pushing things. From the last update, I started attaching the completed pieces of the project - [Water Front Diorama: Clear resin poured for the water area](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=3801) - It's getting down to crunch time. A little less than a week to go and things are slowing way down because things just need time to cure/setup. On Friday, I mixed and poured clear resin with some blue and yellow dye; but much more blue so the clear resin came out a deep blue. I - [Redoing the Wiring Scheme... again...](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=3787) - So this week started off fairly normal. The weekend's progress was good and I started to focus on getting the base completed. The pylons and water facing areas were weathered with a sponge and Mr Surface 500 to give it some texture, then painted, then weathered. I then went and picked up some clear window - [Those Gundam Guys At Anime Expo 2015](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=3766) - I've been doing panels and workshops at Anime Expo since 2006, wow, 9 years of promoting the hobby. But I've been pretty lucky the AX staff enjoys the panel and we have been decently successful with attendance. This year, we're changing things up a little and we're adding the whole group to the panel. The - [Almost finished with the Zeeks and stripped a Shiki](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=3763) - Another productive week/weekend for the diorama project. Last I left off, I had just finished base coating the Zeonic suits. A few days were spent masking off the two kits and getting the main colors painted. I have a bunch of different thickness masking tape reels from a company called Aziu. This makes for an - [Water Front Diorama Weekend Update](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=3759) - I did a partial update post early Sunday morning for the work accomplished over the previous week through that Friday. I have day on Saturday and accomplished a ton of work on the project. So here's that bit of an update. Returning to the base itself, I started laying down the groundwork for the "water" - [Some light wiring work](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=3754) - Work on the diorama continues. Some areas slow down a bit as a good deal of work is not overly visual, at least from a progressive standpoint. Getting tired of just the white base coated base, I masked off a small parking spot, then painted on some yellow. Then masked that off and sprayed a - [Tools of the Trade](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=3748) - I often overlook the importance of the tools I have in my workbench. We're often asked, "what do you recommend for tools?" That is a bit of a loaded question. There is a missing quantifier there. I've built my current set of tools over a period of 16 years, and it's still in the process - [Weathering takes time....](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=3737) - The weathering process takes time. Granted we're not putting the object outside so that it can sit for a few years to naturally achieve sun/rain/wind damage and get all rusty and dirty. But the process isn't instant and done in a single model session. For your typical object, the paint can chip and crack; it - [After a year long break, returning to the Water Front](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=3731) - Motivation, inspiration and other ation-esque terms sometime fades away as a project progresses for a host of reasons. This project was chugging along last year and just stopped cold. It sat on my workbench and just occupied the space for a good while before I came to the realization that I did not want to - [Those Gundam Guys and Friends Live Tuesday June 2, 2015](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=3725) - Our next live broadcast is set for Tuesday June 2, 2015 at 7:00PM PST. The build group is expanding and we're getting a good look at how folks build. If people have questions about specific techniques such as scratch building, adding panels lines, adding LEDs, basic building, airbrushing, hand painting, diorama building, or anything else! - [Suicide King Chess Piece](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=3719) - I kinda picked apart my Keroro G-3 for the frame and some of the exterior armor pieces. I also grabbed some spare parts pieces from an older PGM 1/100 conversion kit that I had bashed and have since turned to scrap. We were broadcasting our second TGG & Friends Live, and just wanted to work - [Those Gundam Guys and Friends Live: 5-21-2015](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=3691) - Those Gundam Guys and Friends Live! Your bi-weekly TGG Live broadcast is set for this Thursday, May 21, 2015 at 7:30PM PST. Prior to the event, you can email questions to tgglive@thosegundamguys.org and if the questions is answerable by one of the builders, we'll definitely present the question and give it a focused answer to - [SCGMC 2015 Federation and Zeon T-shirts!](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=3676) - We are currently getting our SCGMC 2015 T-shirts printed out and this year you get to pick a side, or for you fence sitters, pick both! Sizes currently available are M, L, and XL. We will have the shirts ready in about a week. So get yours today, this helps support our group so we - [TGG/GameraBaenre Online Store](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=3647) - After fiddling with some options for adding an easy way to sell our SCGMC T-shirts we have left over from previous years; I finally settled on one and created a store. Currently, there is only our SCGMC Just Build It shirt from last year. But once we have our 2015 SCGMC shirts printed, we will - [Those Gundam Guys Live: Revenge of the Fifth](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=3606) - May 5, 2015; 7:30 PM Pacific Standard Time. This will be our second broadcast of Those Gundam Guys and associated modelers live. The idea here is to take a 2 hour block of time during the weeknight and do what most of us are doing anyways; building. Opening our workbenches and paint booths to the - [Etymology of Gamera Baenre](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=3593) - The origins of this nickname goes back about 20 years. Once upon a time, I played a text based online game called a "Mud". I had been playing a Mud named Dark Castle since the fall of 1994 and after about a year of playing, I had become fairly established in the game with one - [Elintseeker 777](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=3578) - After a quick calculation, from the date of this posting, the last time progress on this kit was made was 2776 days ago, which translates to 7 years, 7 months, and 7 days. That said, the last time I left off, the kit was partially glued, some putty work, and lots of sticky tack and - [Those Gundam Guys at IPMS Las Vegas Region 8 Competition](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=3571) - This past weekend, Angel and I along with our wives, took the excuse of the IPMS Region 8 show hosted by the IPMS Las Vegas chapter, being held in Vegas; packed up a grip of our gunpla kits and headed out to sin city. They actually have a "Gundam" category as one of three categories - [SCGMC 2015 Promo Video](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=3567) - This is a quick video with information about the November SCGMC show; pictures taken from last year, location and start time information, as well as the category listing for this year's competition. - [Fan Funding](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=3562) - I've been posting up more and more videos and finding more and more mundane tasks to record while I build in hopes that someone out there finds them useful. Most of the model building techniques we use daily are just laborious; but each kit has its own quirks and since we have the technology, why - [Grimoire Completed](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=3547) - This past week, I got the final bits of painting done. Gloss clear coated it to prepare the surface for decals. Applied some decals from various decal sheets such as the 1/144 Londo Bell set (warning labels), the 1/72 Ivanov from Macross Zero, and some random grim reaper decal from Samuel Decals - sticking with - [Grimoire Painting and Clear Resin Cast Part Copy](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=3534) - I got the parts cleaned up and washed. Then onto some skewers and the priming starts. Once the primer is dry, the parts are checked for mistakes and parts that need attention are sanded, puttied, resanded, then reprimed. Once everything looks good, the first layers of paint will go onto the parts. Also in this - [Back to the Grimoire](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=3525) - It has been a few months since I started up on this project and I've been getting a little work on it only at the monthly build gatherings. With Sena recently completed, I decided against starting up another figure project to focus on this one and just get the damn thing done. Prior to the - [Sena Kashiwazaki: Getting her hair did and finishing up the project](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=3494) - This weekend was the build gathering and I actually finished this kit before the build gathering even started. This past couple of weeks, I have been dealing with the issues of the paint chipping on one of the chap parts. I had painted the chap piece along with the other parts and masked as I - [Sena Kashiwazaki cosplaying as a Blacksmith](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=3460) - I started work on this kit this past weekend. For this project, I'm going to try documenting the entire process with video as I did with the SD Glaug kit. Over the past few days, I've created four videos covering the kit unpacking and pinning; initial sanding; cleaning; and initial priming session. The figure is - [Sena Kashiwazaki: Surface Prep Cycle](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=3474) - For any resin figure, after the fun pinning phase, the initial sanding phase, and the first primer; everything goes into a perpetual cycle to work the surface preparation. The first primer layer will reveal most if not all the mistakes in the surface. Pinholes are bubbles in the resin and when found, these are typically - [Sena Kashiwazaki: The Eyes](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=3490) - Sena progresses with the eye painting. I'm still pretty scared of this process and I'm still learning, but here are some things I found that have helped me. I start off with the face getting a coat of white base then painting the main skin tones before going on to working the eyes. Below is - [Sena Kashiwazaki: The Painting](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=3482) - I got two more videos in the can now. One for painting the skin tone and the other for just general painting that includes work with metallics and a little discussion on Alclad paints from the regular metallics to their enamel candy line and hot metal red. As usual, I ran into some issues with - [ValleyCon 2015 at the Ronald Reagan Library](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=3453) - This past Sunday was the 25th Anniversary ValleyCon event. Damn, SCGMC is coming up on 5 years.... I can only hope to be as successful to get another 20 years. This year was different from the past several years that I've attended - they held the contest at the Ronald Reagan Library, under the old - [Mixing Skin Tone](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=3448) - I've been asked the question off and on about how I mix skin tone so here's a 28 minute long video on that process. I use a basic starter recipe from Cody's Coop which uses white base, yellow orange, red, and a touch of light blue. From this basic formula, I mix these four colors - [Some grim work](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=3435) - I first saw this kit at the December's model build gathering, and my attempts to win it at our white elephant exchange failed miserably as it was stolen from my wanting hands. A few folks at the gathering had the kit and were building it as well which gave me the opportunity to look at - [GM's Can't Swim](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=3406) - This is an experiment that didn't go too badly. I learned a great deal from this experience, granted the end result isn't all that great, it's not that bad. It is however, a 1 lb resin paper weight now. The next time I try something similar, it will definitely be in a much smaller size - [Morrigan Completed](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=3386) - While updating my Completed Figures Page, I noticed that there was a missing figure, the Morrigan that I finished in 2012. I searched my site and didn't find it and remembered that I had rushed to finish it for Orangecon in 2012 and was planning on taking completed pictures. We see how well that plan - [Yukari Yakumo Completed](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=3368) - I finished this kit late last month, but just hadn't gotten around to taking pictures. I also picked up a new camera so this is the first subject to have completed pictures taken with the new camera, a Lumix GX7. It uses the same lenses as my old Olympus EP2. It is a nice upgrade - [SCGMC 2015 - New location for the event!](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=3361) - Mark your calendars, and get your gunpla building into gear. We've got a new venue this year since we've actually outgrown our previous venue in 2013. We didn't move to far, but we've got much better parking and a much larger space. We're still planning things out but at the very least, we can start - [Finishing up Yukari](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=3353) - Work continued on Yukari with a sewing machine. Once the legging are in place, the shoes and upper thigh pieces are glued together and the lower torso and legs are done. Previously, the base for the kit was painted starting with the eyes. The eyes were masked off then the rest of the part is - [Yukari Progress](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=3342) - The year is almost over and I've yet to get one figure kit completed. So I rummaged through the collection of resin kits and found this partially pinned kit. The parts breakdown is pretty simple and should be a pretty quick build. So I started up the project a few weeks ago. This is Yukari - [Anime Expo 2014: No pictures yet, but there's a video!](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=3136) - Anime Expo update. I've been busy the past few months with business trips and a short jaunt to Hong Kong to visit family as well as pick up items for this year's SCGMC event. This past weekend was the annual Anime Expo and my time at this event has been getting shorter as the crowds - [SCGMC 2014, come and gone, here's what you missed!](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=3322) - It's mid November, we're getting our first rains and the weather is turning colder. The convention season is pretty much over with PMX being one of the last major anime/comic/asian media conventions; what better time to come to the Southern California Gundam Model Competition? If you missed it, well, you have a year to plan - [SCGMC 2014 One Month Away!](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=3298) - Its that time of year again, the weather is getting cooler, leaves are starting to fall in a swirl of yellows, red, and orange, and the smell of freshly painted gunpla fills the crisp air. For our 4th year, we are at the 1 month countdown to the greatest Gunpla event on the West Coast, - [Polishing a clear resin block](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=3292) - Since the last update, I've been slowly working on cleaning up the resin block. I started with some wet sanding and got rid of most of the rough edges. The surface of the resin needed to be cleaned off because there was some mold release from the acrylic box sides. Once I got that cleaned - [Silly GM, You Can't Swim!](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=3284) - Over the past several weeks, I've been working on a RG Z'Gok as well as a GMII that would eventually be put together into a simple diorama. The exact plan wasn't laid out as I didn't want to spoil the surprise, and I honestly did not know if this "plan" would even be successful. But, - [Simple Diorama Continued](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=3254) - The past couple of weeks have been pretty damn shitty. But I'm recovering and getting life back to the normal; so work on this project that has stalled resumes. Getting to the Z'Gok, I sprayed a few layers of colors to get the shaded effect I wanted. I started off with a dark tone, over - [WIP: A Simple Diorama](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=3224) - Quick simple diorama. Feeling a little burnt out from my other diorama project, ADD kicks in and I start up work for a smaller vignette style diorama that is about 6 inches by 6 inches. Principal players will be an HGUC GMII and a Real Grade Z'Gok. Since the real grade kit just came; I've - [Those Photoetch Hobby Saws](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=3215) - I've been using the Hasegawa Tritool hobby saws for years. They're very thin, sharp teethed, and slice through plastic very fast and cleanly. However, they are quite delicate in that they're very thin and I've bent my fair share of these blades. They are simple to use, just hold the small blade in your fingers - [Basic Gunpla Building Techniques](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=3212) - Over the weekend, I started a new project and so I took the opportunity to make a quick 20 minute video covering the most basic build techniques. Cutting the parts from the trees, sanding nubs, and fixing seam lines with styrene glue. Hopefully folks will find this useful. I've done sanding and seam line videos - [Resin SD Glaug Build](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=3183) - This is a first attempt at something to this scale. Not so much the SD Glaug, but more so the progress delivery. FOr this project, I created a headband mount of sorts from a file at Thingiverse that allows my GoPro camera to mount to my head. Using the GoPro mounted headband, I set out - [Sazabi Repaired and Invading Tatsu Hobby](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=3177) - Over the past couple of weeks, I spent some time fixing the damaged Sazabi. I checked out the wiring, and I found that one of the two small backpack lights is not turning on. So that's one casualty that will not get fixed. The wiring for this bastard is a bit too complex to bother - [Primer Thinning Video](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=3170) - I've taken a different approach to progress pictures and posts. More so, I think I'm just adding another element to the whole build process documentation. I'm not sure how this will work out in the end, but hopefully it makes things more clear. I'm still working out the bugs for the process such as camera - [New Projects: Cute Glaug and 3D Printed T-800](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=3155) - I started a few new projects this past weekend during the build gathering. I'm actually also in the middle of doing repairs to the Sazabi, and will post up a more detailed discussion on that end when I'm finished with those repairs. I hope to be done soon. But in the mean time, we had - [Southern California Gundam Model Competition T-Shirt for 2014](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=3151) - The folks here at ThoseGundamGuys have been hard at work creating this year's T-Shirt design. A limited number will be for sale at this year's SCGMC event. The price for the shirts have not been set yet, but it should be close to the price we sold last year's Wing T-Shirts. If you missed out - [GBWC Results from Anime Expo 2014](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=3142) - This past AX was probably one of my shortest stays at the convention. I normally spend at least 3 days, but there were just too many people and nothing that truly pulled me as far as interests. Where I used to wander the halls and take pictures of just about everything, I pretty much only - [Pipes: getting back to work](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=3126) - So I've been in a bit of a slump over the past few weeks. I have also been a little tied up with our newest toy; an afinia(up) 3D printer. I have also started back up on Battle Operation, but marginally as i get maybe 1 game in and if lucky, 3. This combination has - [Paving and Raising the Water Front](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=3068) - Last week, time was spent applying a pavement texture to the surface of the plastic base. With all the holes filled or covered with plastic the surface was ready. First thing done on the base since the last update was to till in the hole that I cut out. For this, I glue in some - [Continued work on the waterfront](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=3065) - Things are progressing alomg. A few changes to positioning and objects here and ther. More changes will continue as the project evolves. Current stage sees the addition of this kotobukia mechanical chain bases. Some cutting, gluing, and filling is at hand. These bases are great; but the one thing that really bugs me are the - [Waterfront Attack](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=3060) - The actual title is still in development as is the entire project. Here's the result of last night layout work. Still making adjustments. There are still plenty of add ons and replication (mold and cast pieces). But the major players are all on board, literally. Tho things still may shift. - [Mobile App Quick Post](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=3057) - So I'm slowly catching up with technology and going to do quick little pictorial posts now and again in between the more long winded ramblings. First test of this now with my current project on the bench. A quick little mod to add a light up mono eye to the Zogok. Then posing with some - [Resin SD Kampfer Done](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=3003) - Letting the panel line dry for several hours, the excess is removed with a paper towel dampened with some lighter fluid or a q-tip dipped in some lighter fluid. And finished pictures: I experimented a little with the lighting to get that red Kampfer rising out of the night look. - [MG Heavyarms Completed](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=2975) - So a few months ago when I was putting this kit together as a relative speed build for the SCGMC 2013 theme, Gundam Wing; I had completely forgotten to set up the photo booth and snap some pictures of the completed kit. Well, here goes: - [Weekend Update: Ver Ka Sazabi Completion](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=2949) - Weekend update: Ver Ka Sazabi get's completed! Since my last update, I've gotten the third section of the kit painted, the weapon systems done, all the wiring for the 35 or so LED on the sucker wired up and working, and finished the rather simplistic display base. Here's a quick little comparison between the finished - [Fixing a Broken Joint](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=2981) - Probably late to the party, but since there are multiple methods for such fixes, I thought I would share mine, since the very thing happened on my current project. I broke a joint. Granted the kit was built over 10 years ago, and in an attempt to breath some life into this, some finessing with - [SD Kampfer Quick Build](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=2986) - I picked up this little SD Kampfer at SCGMC 2012 from Tatsu Hobby, one of our vendors at the event. I sorta had the thing pinned and mostly sanded during the December 2012 build gathering. I did one mod to the kit, which was to add a styrene collar around the clear resin part that - [Ver Ka Sazabi Fuel Tanks and KITT](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=2929) - This week's update finally gets some real painting for the Sazabi. The main body parts are got some primer and the base coat. And I actually finished one of the parts for the damn thing, the fuel tanks, complete with decals and final clear coats! More details after the jump. Before any paint can be - [A little Saz progress, Valley Con 2014, and SCUBA Diving oh my!](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=2942) - It has been a while since my last update. Being social is starting to interfere with the Saz progression. I've also slacked off a bit on the pictures as well since the current progression was highlighted in the previous post and I've just been applying the same techniques as I did for the upper torso - [Sazabi Painting and 3D Printing!](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=2932) - Since this is the actual body paint posting, I'm including a few pictures from the previous post so there is some better continuity. Weeks ago, I grabbed some plastic spoons to do paint tests. I used different base metallic paints and different clear reds from various brands before settling in on the three colors I - [Ver Ka Saz Lighting](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=2926) - Time for another Ver Ka Sazabi update. Today's update will cover the process of making LED embedded resin thruster parts. The why of it all, well, we'll get into that later. Going back to when the kit was sanded and dismantled; the thruster pieces were singled out and I started to plan out the process - [Ver Ka Saz Mods Part I](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=2919) - Granted this latest Sazabi kit is pretty damn nice right out of the box, but there are a few things that bugged me or things that I wanted to do, so starting off, I decided to beef up the chest. As a starting point, I used a strip of styrene, and just glued down the - [Happy Saz Year!](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=2907) - Ok, so the title would have worked better with the Nu, but the joke's there. Happy new year all! I've finally gotten off my ass and away from that bloody Gundam Battle Operation. Been stuck in a vortex of that game for a while and finally quelling the addiction with something else just as addictive, - [Today's Activities and Pictures from Santiago Chile in October](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=2897) - Kind of a mix bag of stuff today. While uploading pictures taken today - LA Auto Show 2013 and evening pictures at Disneyland; I realized that I had never uploaded the pictures I took while in Santiago about a month ago. So, with that said, just a short little post about today and my most - [The Southern California Gundam Model Competition Year Three!](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=2887) - This past weekend was the 3rd annual Southern California Gundam Model Competition, held in Fullerton California. We drew a total of 171 attendees, of which 42 entered the competition with 76 models entered. Our attendance is up by at least 60 people, so we saw a decent jump in growth. Asking around, I believe that - [Southern California Gundam Model Competition: T minus 30 hours or so...](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=2873) - It feels damn good be be so organized and prepared for this year's SCGMC event. We spent a little more money than we did last year, but it is definitely money well spent on items that will see future use at many more SCGMC events to come. We've been generating some good publicity through the - [SCGMC #3 a little over a week away!](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=2860) - So yeah, SCGMC is coming up November 9. I know there are a few folks flying in from other states coming to this event. Yeah, we're growing, and the Gunpla community is starting to recognize this as an event worthy of travel. This year, we've taken some serious looks at the previous two years and - [Corgi Beach Day 2013](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=2856) - Yesterday, we headed out to Huntington Dog Beach for one of the several beach day's the group Corgi Nation hosts. Since we have three of the little monsters, we decided that we definitely needed to go. Terry is in Hawaii this week, so we dropped by his place and kidnapped Duke and brought him along. - [Southern California Gundam Model Competition 1 Month Away!](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=2847) - Last weekend was IPMS OC's annual OrangeCon event. A group of Those Gundam Guys went and pretty much ruled the Gundam category. One of the tank builders did make the 1/35 scale Hovertank from 8thMS Team, very nicely done. Angel picked up Third place with his Unicorn, I grabbed a Second for my Efreet Custom, - [This year's resin figure build: Revy](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=2839) - Several weeks ago, it occurred to me that I had yet to build a resin figure this year. I've been building fewer projects over the course of a year, but so far I've completed the resin conversion Efreet Custom and my little Nu project. Yes, the Efreet is mostly resin, but it is definitely not - [SCGMC Categories Discussion](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=2828) - This past weekend, a few of Those Gundam Guys got together for a meeting regarding SCGMC. Interestingly enough, this was the first official meeting we've ever had. We've gotten two years experience under our belts; so this meeting was to reflect on what we learned form the previous years and how we can improve the - [Monthly Model Build Gatherings](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=2818) - The first gunpla build gathering hosted by the collective that would later be known as ThoseGundamGuys, had fairly humble beginnings starting July 21, 2007. It was born from comments and discussions after panels at Anime Expo as well as from several gunpla hobby forums. The basic idea was to gather the local gunpla builders to - [Anime Expo 2013 and a little homage to 24 year old box art](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=2808) - Anime Expo was this past weekend, and I think this was the least amount of time I've spent at the event, I only went for two days and didn't spend too much time hitting video rooms or panels. This year, I was given two panels, one that was G-rated and one that was 18+. Apparently, - [7/21/2013 Child of Mecha and Those Gundam Guys](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=2812) - My first real community for Gunpla building was a forum on the Child of Mecha site. This was where I learned most of my basic techniques from better seamlines, weathering, color layering, and modifications. It is also from this site that I met a great number of gunpla builders such as Bhop (Brandon), Tim, Gouf - [Anime Expo 2013 Tomorrow!](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=2799) - Yes, it is that time of year again, summer's begun only a few weeks ago, stands selling nerfed sticks and tubes that explode when mixed with fire; it's coming up on July 4th, and in Los Angeles, it's Anime Expo season - at least for the next four days. My involvement with the convention has - [A quick little trip to Hong Kong](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=2787) - Friday, May 3 with work in Bangkok done, I woke up around 5 in the morning, packed the things I used the night prior, checked out of the hotel, and headed to the airport for my 8:20 AM flight to Hong Kong. The plan is to stay in Hong Kong for a few days before - [Business trip to Thailand](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=2786) - It is the middle of April and I get word that I may need to head to Bangkok Thailand for work, training on the existing system sold prior to when I started working at this company and a demo of an updated version of the system for a bid on a second project phase. There - [Done with the Head](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=2775) - I had to wait a few days for my new tripod head to arrive. Only, when it did arrive, the connection end for the new head is a 3/8 in female where as my tripod legs were a 1/4-20 male, *sigh* too small to connect with the newer head piece. Well, regardless, I need to - [Gettin' a little head](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=2770) - This past weekend was the monthly build gathering. 'Twas a smaller gathering which afforded some time to focus on another quick resin kit. my friend Mitchell picked up this kit form Hong Kong and gave it to me a few years ago. From the initial look, it seemed like a scaled down version of the - [MS-08TX Efreet Custom Completed](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=2764) - So just shy of 3 weeks, this little quick and dirty project is done. I pulled some pictures from the previous posts showing the major miles stones starting with the simple snap fit, painted, flat coated, then weathered. It feels good to get a project done after so much time away from building. I normally - [Efreet Custom - painting concludes](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=2749) - The past few days has seen the conclusion to the painting. The main armor is painted, then masked, then highlighted. But I'll start off with the gold parts painted a few days ago. These parts have had that time to cure so on goes the masking. Using some thin yellow model masking tape, the gold - [Efreet Custom Part 1](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=2744) - This project begins at the build gathering since I didn't have any motivation on the ν project so seeing Angel break out his Efreet conversion kit and a suggestion of a challenge, I pulled my Efreet Custom kit from the shelves. After finding the correct frame parts using an MG Gouf Custom that was long - [Catching Up](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=2739) - Continuing from the previous post, I had just returned from Colorado Springs. Just in time for Pasadena Modeler's Society's annual model contest Valley Con. A couple of the TGG guys clad in our blue t-shirts attended this event. I had missed this show last year, and as a group, we needed some sort of representation - [Playing Catch Up Part 1](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=2719) - Merry Xmas, Happy New Year, Happy Chinese New Year, etc etc... It's been a busy several months, but I'm finally getting some time to off load the pictures piling up on my camera's memory card, get them processed and uploaded to some gallery pages. Since the last post, I've been down to Santiago, Chile twice; - [Southern California Gundam Model Competition 2012](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=2702) - This past Saturday hosted the second annual Southern California Gundam Model Competition - SCGMC 2012. This year, we grabbed the larger of the two rooms at the local Holiday Inn Express, which afforded much more room for attendees for the various aspects of the show. From my perspective, I thought we had a pretty good - [Finishing Morrigan](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=2692) - Morrigan has been completed for about three weeks now; in the middle of the family fun, I had quickly finished her up for OrangeCon. Not the greatest work, but I wanted to get at least one figure kit completed this year. But rewinding a bit to the week leading up to OrangeCon 2012, I still - [The Last Two Weeks, Part 1](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=2676) - So the last two and a half weeks and have been a whirlwind of activity. Yuki's brother and sister in law in town, a trip to Vegas, out of town friends coming into town, Orangecon 2012, a trip to Monterey/San Francisco, a short excursion under the sea, Yuki's parents in town, my aunts and uncles - [The Last Two Weeks, Part 2](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=2679) - Continued from the previous post, last we left off, it was Saturday, and we had just gotten back from Las Vegas the day before. Saturday was filled with OrangeCon activity as well as an attempt to dive that evening. The following morning Jeff, Sylvia, Lil Shoes, Yuki, Brian, and I would pile into the minivan - [SCGMC 2 - Saturday November 17, 2012 Fullerton Calif.](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=2661) - Attention gunpla modelers as well as all anime/scifi related model builders! The 2nd annual Southern California Gundam Model Competition is nearing in a few weeks. This year we have a bigger room and hopefully the word spread about last year's competition and we'll draw more folks this year. Date: Saturday November 17, 2012 Time: 9:00AM - [Morrigan and a SCGMC Raffle Prize](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=2644) - A little under a month ago, I started working on a Morrigan figure sculpted by JYOJYO (also known as OOXOO). Of all the Morrigan figures I've seen, this is definitely my favorite and what I believe the best looking and best proportioned. The Morrigan pretty much started as I was finishing the Midnight Zaku. Additionally, - [Midnight Zaku 97% Completion...](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=2625) - I've been working on the kit daily since the previous update. Progression slows down quite a bit towards the end of the builds are allowance for things to cure is always a good thing. I also didn't take many pictures of the actual kit's progression as most of the time was spent dealing with clear - [John Williams at the HWB and more Midnight Zeek Goodness](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=2613) - I've been getting some steady work done on the Zaku speed build. Up until this weekend, the thing was a shiny beast. I allowed an extra day for the clears to fully cure up before moving on the next stage, masking. I don't want the paint to lift, and more importantly, I do not want - [Gunpla Private Lessons and some progress on the Midnight Zaku](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=2607) - Starting with the beginning of the week, on Monday, the black parts were sprayed with clear gloss. The shoulder armor should be considerably shiner, see the comparison below. After a full day of curing, decals were applied Tuesday along with the standard decal setting/softening solutions, and again left to dry and cure for a full - [The Bowl, Colorado, and a Zaku](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=2582) - Been a while, figured I'd wait until I had some gunpla to post. I've been sucked into the world of MSG Battle Operation. And in between sessions of Feddy and Zeon bashing, I've managed to hit up the Hollywood Bowl twice, go to Vegas, go to Colorado for work, help a friend with mold making - [Gunpla Building Episode 2: The Painter](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=2565) - Yep, it's been a while. But life got pretty busy for a while so the episode we filmed in mid April is just now getting publication. It was mostly edited for a while, but getting a new job, and the major work on the house sorta took priority. But fear not, we have 2 other - [It's a Jungle Out There](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=2557) - The little diorama base I started early last week is now done. The balsa wood frame has been stained and clear coated with an enamel gloss and I snapped some pictures. Since the diorama is fairly sizable compared to single projects, I took the base outside and used natural sunlight for some pictures. I'm fairly - [All I really needed was just another day...](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=2553) - All I really needed was just another day of work and the project would have been complete. Last night I got the balsa wood trimmed down with a sharp hobby knife. The balsa wood now runs along the diorama instead of boxing it. And I patched the gaps between the dio and the balsa, between - [Jungle Bunnies and AX](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=2542) - Last week, I was busy scrambling to finish up the little jungle diorama base to further the story of the GM team and their poor command unit succumbed to a prowess of a battle hardened Gouf Custom. I originally wanted to be done by Friday so that I could bring it out to AX Friday - [Finally, back to building: GM Team Redux!](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=2533) - This year's been really damn busy. The house renovations are finally completed. The office room still needs to get organized and furbished; and the guest room has now become a storage room in the interim. Hopefully the next few months will see these last bits of the house settled. But on to other things. Earlier - [Home Improvement](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=2521) - A few weeks ago, Yuki and I hammered out some ideas on what we want to do to the house to update it. A contractor that my mom and step dad use was consulted and we got a fairly decent quote to do the following: clear the atrium and place pavers inside while repairing the - [SCGMC (Southern Calif. Gundam Modeling Competition) 2012!](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=2507) - This past weekend we had the April build gathering. The size of the group was fairly light, so I took the opportunity to utilize my newly designed workshop as well as try out the snazzy little panorama feature on my Galaxy Nexus. So I moved my workshop from the little room to one that is - [Gunpla Building Podcast - Episode 1: Beginnings](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=2460) - In the past, I've done the quick video clips of techniques and had them posted on here, youtube, and over at ThoseGundamGuys. The videos were always rather raw as they were for the most part unedited and just short clips posted in flash at the beginning, then thrown onto youtube. I've also done several live - [So, you have a SISTER!](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=2452) - Last week was March's build gathering, and since it was a week away from Kenken and Latte's birthdays (March 24th), we also invited their breeder's sister who owns Crumpet, Kenken and Latte's sister. Oddly enough, she's also a model builder that has been to AX and does some excellent work with resin kits. Crumpet is - [Gravlax](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=2442) - Back in Christmas time, I went to visit my Godparents and had dinner at their house. My Godmother had made some Gravlax which was amazing, and after talking with her a while, it seemed easy enough to make. A few weeks ago, I searched out a few recipes online and settled on a fairly simple - [Back to some gunpla](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=2430) - It has been a while since I worked on any gunpla, but about a week or so ago, I was hit with an some sudden inspiration and using some ideas that I've seen over the past year I started this project. If all things go as planned, this will be a 3 or 4 part - [Joshua Tree and a Return to the Unicorn Gundam](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=2402) - The memorable points of this weekend was an evening back in Joshua Tree and a few hours of work on the giant Unicorn Gundam statue. So the recent addiction is trying out astrophotography, well as much as that's even possible with my current setup. The weekend before this past one, Yuki and I drove up - [SOPA/PIPA](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=2393) - For those of you that visit my site from within the United States, please take a moment to read through some of the information about the two bills that are going before congress. Wikipedia has gone dark for 24 hours to help spread awareness. XKCD, a webcomic I frequent has also posted a page with - [](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=2385) - This past weekend was the first build gathering of the year, and it marks the 54th build gathering since we started. The gathering was the usual size with a few new members to the group. I was late in snapping pictures as there were also two good football games, well technically 1 good football game - [Christmas in Hong Kong](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=2357) - December 22, Nicky and Angel come by and pick up Yuki and I and take us to LAX, we have a midnight flight out to Hong Kong. I had won the spot North American representative spot for the Gunpla Builders World Cup finals to be held on Christmas day in Hong Kong. As usual, my - [December's Model Build Gathering](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=2346) - This past weekend was the December Model Build Gathering. We didn't hold a gathering last month since we had the SCGMC contest. And I believe that combined with a few people that learned of our build gatherings from the SCGMC event, the December gathering was fairly large. We also had our annual white elephant exchange - [September 2011 Model Build Gathering](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=2181) - This past weekend was the model build gathering for September. A bunch of folks that haven't been back to the gathering for awhile showed up - Jay, Miko, Artur, etc. Good to see some of the old faces. Art showed up with a few boxes of random kits that he received from a friend that - [Sazabi Part Deux](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=2337) - Yesterday, I woke up and just felt horrible. I've had a slight cough over the past few weeks and overnight, it just got bad. So I went to the doctor and got some nice meds. Then headed off to work to pick up my work computer so that I could finish my projects that had - [All your base are belong to us](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=2299) - Since the last update, the past several days has been spent focused on the base as the Jegan is completed. The process is fairly time consuming as each step takes about a day to fully dry and cure up, if I'm lucky. Depending on the humidity, temperature and thickness of the stuff applied to the - [Sazabi Base: Building slows, painting begins](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=2295) - The past few weeks saw a great number of hours on building. Earlier last week, the construction processes have slowed down as most things are "built" and ready for paint. This past Thanksgiving week/weekend saw the completion of the Jegan. The amount of hours spent drops drastically because I now have to wait for things - [Revisiting the HGUC Saz - New Base Build](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=2289) - Revisiting the HGUC Saz, sort of. Back when I first starting on the Saz project, I had a very elaborate base planned for it. However, just building the Saz burnt me out and any interest in creating an appropriate base to accompany the kit completely waned. This resulted in the simple mirrored base that shows - [SCGMC the Aftermath](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=2280) - This past weekend was the first annual Southern California Gundam Model Competition (SCGMC) presented by ThoseGundamGuys. The idea to run our own contest came out of years of frustrations when attending other model contests. So back in April, we set the wheels in motion and started working on creating our own competition. There has never - [SCGMC, some OrangeCon pictures, and pictures from Hong Kong](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=2262) - Ok, I've been back from my trip to Hong Kong for a little over a week now. I've uploaded most of the pictures as well as pictures from Orangecon which was held on October 8. Granted I didn't really have the time to upload the pictures after the show since I still had last minute - [Random post of last week's activities...](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=2246) - It's been a while since I've had some time to sit down and write out a post. Last week, I had a business trip out to Richmond, Virginia; so taking the opportunity, I also flew up to New York to visit Jason, Claire, and my newborn godson Jackson. Getting back to LA Monday morning, I - [Unicorn... again...but at least some GMs got done](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=2236) - Last week, I got a call from the local distributor, he needs some work done on the Unicorn statue. It's been to several cons this past summer and over the travels to the various events, it has gotten a little beaten up here and there. One carrier even opened the sucker up in mid-freight exposing - [Last HWB for the season and GM work.](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=2220) - This past weekend was the final Hollywood Bowl performance for the 2011 season. I did not specifically pick this event, more so than it was part of the subscription I got that had several shows I was interested in, with only a few shows that I was not. This was one of them but I - [Scooby: HIDs revisited - retrofitting](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=2215) - The last time I messed around with the scooby, I added an HID kit that was just bulbs and ballasts. I did this with my last tC and it seemed to work just fine and I was pretty happy. Then I started reading the internets and discovered that the method I was employing was the - [Diorama Building](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=2174) - It has been two weeks since I last worked on the GM diorama project. Real life just got in the way of everything. But the guys collaborating on this project gathered at my house over the long weekend and we spent some time refining the foam structure of our "hdden Zeonic base" mesa thingy. Also, - [Scooby is not even a week old and I'm already doing mods...](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=2168) - Okay, so they're not overly difficult mods, but some basic mechanical skills are required. Earlier in the week, I ordered some HID kits for the low and high/day time running lights. The more expensive WRX models came with them standard. The HID kits are about $60 bucks for kit that includes 2 ballasts and 2 - [Hollywood Bowl with John Williams and a Subie convert....](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=2160) - A weekend of staying cool at Yuki's, hanging out at Angel's parents place, lunch meetups and the Hollywood Bowl with John Williams. As well as a conversion from my co-dependency on Toyota made cars, yes, we know they call them Scions, but they're ultimately Toyota's. I finally got my car back on Friday afternoon from - [August's Model Build Gathering](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=2153) - This past weekend was the model build gathering. This was at Funaka's house this month, so I got some time to deal with errands and such that were unavoidable. I also got into a fun little accident a few houses from Dan's, but all parties involved are fine, with the exception of my car. So - [Weekend Update: HWB with Rodrigo y Gabriela and GM Dio Progress](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=2141) - This was a busy weekend. I didn't get much work on the GMs done this weekend, only a few sessions of paint, but I did get some decent amount of work prior to the weekend. This weekend was spent doing errands, at the Hollywood Bowl, and cleaning my garage. I managed to collect about 20 - [1/6 Asuka Bust Completed](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=2109) - Last night, I got the decals and final touch ups done. I also glued the head pieces to the hair and glued the arms and back plate to the main body. After the decal setter completely dried, a quick shot of clear gloss was sprayed over the main body and it was left to sit - [Weekend Update: Masking Fun - Asuka Bust Progress](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=2100) - A little bit of a weekend update. This like pretty much every other weekend was fairly busy; time this it was the birthday bashes for Nicky and Yuki. Nicky's birthday was earlier in the week and Yuki's was this past weekend. So they decided to combine both birthdays and have a little gathering down in - [Asuka Bust Progress](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=2094) - I started this kit a little over a year ago, but never created a progress page, I did take pictures of it when I started, it's how I know the actual start date. I have the dates for when the first photos were taken. Over the past year, I got work on her at various - [Southern California Gundam Model Competition 2011](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=1510) - The first annual (hopefully) Southern California Gundam model competition has a date and location set. A set of entry categories and special awards has also been created. However, since it's still fairly early, the group can decide to modify the categories and special awards. But these should be finalized by the end of this month. - [Trip to Otakon 2011 and wandering around DC](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=2078) - A few months ago, I found some decent flight prices to Baltimore, so I grab Angel, who has never been on an airplane before, and get airline tickets to go hang out with Brian, attend Otakon, and check out Washington DC. We took the 10:40 red eye out of LAX and landed in Baltimore at - [HGUC Gouf Custom](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=2044) - Just a quick gallery page for the little bugger. I set up the photo booth and snapped some pictures. Full gallery after the jump. - [Weekend Update: dinner at Opaque, Comic Con, and a Gouf](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=2035) - This weekend was a damn busy one. It starts off Thursday night with a dinner at Opaque, moves to Saturday with a full day at the San Diego Comic Con, then Sunday with finishing up the HGUC Gouf's weathering and final assembly of the completed component for the 0084 Diorama piece. The weekend was fun - [Weekend Update: build gathering, Gouf work, and SCGMC news!](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=2024) - This past weekend was a busy one. I've been focusing on getting the HGUC Gouf Custom done, so there is a little bit of an update on that front. Saturday was the July build gathering. Normally, the gathering is either smaller because folks are tired from AX and it's summer so folks are just busy - [GM Diorama Progress: Gouf Custom Focus](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=2015) - A little update on the project as I didn't work on it at all over the weekend and only started back on it the beginning of the week. I started priming and got two of the three GMs I had on skeweres primed. Then realized that I was planning on painting them all the same - [Back to work on the GM Diorama](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=2006) - So after seeing a post from Angel on ThoseGundamGuys, I finally got the motivational push necessary to find the box that I had last stashed all the mostly sanded GM bits and pieces, and do something about it. Pulling the parts out of the box, I find 3 GMs in minor sub-assembly pieces. Time to - [SD Nightingale Completed](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=2000) - I finished the little bugger this past Friday right before heading out to Anime Expo for the weekend so I didn't have any time to set a proper photo shoot. So tonight, here's a quick and dirty little photo shoot for the little sucker. Kind of a quick build. I ended up using an entire - [Anime Expo 2011](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=1995) - This past weekend was July 4, and the annual Anime Expo four days of fun. This year was different from the past several in that I wasn't staffing the event full time; I only had one workshop presentation, and I was only at the event for two of the four days. I did continue my - [Will the SD Nightengale finish in time for AX?](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=1986) - So, this past week I've been working quite a bit on this project. Granted if I had spent this amount of energy earlier on the damn thing it would have been long completed by now. The same could be said for many a projects sitting on the workbench, below the workbench, to the side of - [Anime Expo 2011 - precon post](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=1982) - So this week, Friday through Monday, July 1 - 4 will be the annual Anime Expo. I've been a bit out of the loop due to work and life (having one that is...). Between Memorial day weekend and now, the group of us have been to Arizona, Vegas, hosted a build gathering, done the tango - [1/12 Unicorn Gundam Destroy Mode ](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=1977) - So a few weeks ago, the local gunpla distributor asked me and the gang for suggestions to enhance a 6'5 tall Unicorn Destroy Mode Gundam. There is one other in Hong Kong that I know of, perhaps more exist, but this is probably the second one. We came up with a quick plan on what - [SD Nightengale Progress](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=1972) - So a few weeks ago, I started working on this project, then real life and general laziness took over as usual. The thing is littered with seams and there are a few spots where the molding process left some ugliness in the plastic. There are quite a few things that need to be fixed on - [Model Build Gathering 48](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=1919) - The June model build gathering for a number of us saw very little building. Considering that the past couple of build gatherings have had some fairly heavy non stop building; the group of us felt like just hanging out and relaxing for this gathering. The build started off slow, but we got a few new - [Weekend Update](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=1823) - It's been a fairly busy couple of weeks. This will be a mixed bag of things for this post. I'll cover a little bit of the May build gathering over at Funaka's house, my Memorial Day weekend trip out to Arizona, the recent addition of another corgi to my family, and some Anime Expo 2011 - [HGUC Sazabi Completed](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=1717) - After weeks of no progress, I had been waffling between making an elaborate base for the kit or just displaying it simply, I finally resulted in doing a simple base. The plans I had would have hidden the kit or taken away too much attention from all the work that I had put into the - [Southern California Gundam Model Competition](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=1665) - Thanks to Bhop, and ThoseGundamGuys we have a flyer. With this in hand, it's time to start advertising this to the local hobby shops, the local anime clubs at various University and College campuses, the vendors at Frank and Sons. Time to throw this grassroots movement into overdrive. There are several months until November, so - [GM Team Dio progress - the Gouf](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=1662) - At the last build gathering, I worked on snapping and sanding a few GMs for a little diorama. To add to the story, I also added in an HGUC Gouf Custom. So being the zeonic fan I am, I spent a bit of time working on the little bugger since the April build gathering. The - [Weekend Update](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=1555) - This past weekend was April's Model Build Gathering. Earlier in the week, we discovered a new gunpla centric store located in our own very backyard of Fullerton. A few of us did recon visits to the shop and during the gathering we sent a few raiding parties. Quite a bit of work was done on - [Those Gundam Guys](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=1545) - Those Gundam Guys is the official group name for the random collection of gunpla, mecha, and anime figure modelers that gather once a month in Southern California to build, laugh at one another, and sometimes drink copious amounts of alcohol all the while trying to sing and play rockband without failing. This group has been - [SCAHMS 2011 Show](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=1502) - This past weekend was the annual Southern California Area Historical Modelers Society (SCAHMS) show. It is a two day event with workshops, vendors, and a competition. The main focus for the contest is figures, but they do open the competition up for all models. The main judging criteria for this contest is painting. I missed - [Oh the dream of a Gundam-centric model competition in the United States...](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=1496) - This past Sunday was the Pasadena Modelers Society's annual model contest, ValleyCon. A few of us from the build gathering went and entered our kits into the competition. Not all of us are gunpla builders, and congrats to Sean for his wins in the 1/48th tank, 1/350 ships and 1/700 ships categories. Brandon on in - [Interimly finished Sazabi](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=1488) - Interim because I still have decals to deal with that are on order as well as finishing the base. This is a stopping point as ValleyCon is coming up and I want to enter this kit. And these are just a few quick shots I snapped tonight. At the request of a few people, here - [March Model Build Gathering](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=1483) - This past weekend was the March Model Build Gathering held at Dan's (Funaka) house. I brought my Saz over only to discover that the paint under the decals on the skirts I've been working on is again being eaten away. I've still yet to pinpoint the issue, but I spent my time at the gathering - [Ski Trip, Diving, and more Sazabi work...](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=1472) - It has been about two weeks since my last update post. Not because I've stopped work on the Saz, but because I went on my annual ski trip vacation to Lake Tahoe. The vacation was longer than previous years as I added a side excursion to Monterey to the end of the trip. I got - [It's really difficult not to get completely discouraged...](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=1449) - Weekend update with pictures from the build gathering, pictures of Manny's finished 1/4 scale Ayane kit, and of course some Saz progress. What does this have to do with the rather morbid title. Well, it has everything to do with the Saz progression. I'm sure it's a problem not often discussed, and if it is, - [Weekend Update](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=1304) - Quick little update from the weekend and since the last post. I've been getting bits and pieces of work into the kit. Most of the torso parts have been completely painted. I'm still working on the upper arm thrusters as well as the little scratch built shoulder inserts. First off, I sprayed the metal collars - [Sazabi says, "Happy Lunar New Year's Eve!"](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=1298) - First and foremost, Happy Lunar New Year's Eve for everyone on this side of the international date line. For the rest, Happy New Years! This past Sunday, we had a family dinner at one of the local Hong Kong style seafood restaurants. Randomly hearing the managers exclaim "Pig Parade" in Cantonese, and noticing all the - [Saz gets a little paint..](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=1293) - Time for another Saz update; and it has been a while. But first off, I re-themed the site's front end. The wordpress end. The old style is a bit dated, and I've been meaning to do an update for a while. I did a little too many modifications on the last theme and that was - [Pizza with a little Sazabi mixed in](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=1170) - I ended up spending quite a bit of time Thursday night working on the bloody Saz. I started after dinner and didn't finish until about 5 am Friday morning. At one time early Friday morning, I was at a decent stopping point, but continued to plow through. As a result, very little was done on - [HGUC Sazabi Progress](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=1167) - So, early last week, I started working on this kit the day after I posted about the Bearguy ver Panda. Granted, I should just focus on the Hi Nu, but a few things got me inspired to do the Sazabi. I'm starting to get a higher appreciation for 1/144 scaled kits, granted the Saz is - [January Model Build Gathering](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=1162) - This past Saturday was the monthly model build gathering. I believe we were about 25 strong. I actually got quite a bit of work done on my Saz project that I started early last week. People brought food and the grill was fired up. There was a little bit of drinking and a little bit - [GPB-04B Bearguy Panda Completed](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=1157) - After seeing so many versions of this kit late last month, I wanted to do my own. The panda thing has been done several times over, but still, I wanted do do my own. Taking a break from the HiNu, this little kit was a very quick and dirty build, just to get the bear - [Bearguy: painting progresses](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=1155) - A little update from the work done over the past few days. With the parts all sanded and ready for paint, I sprayed on some primer over everything to check for sanding mistakes and check the putty mistakes. After fixing those mistakes, a fresh coat of primer and on to painting. The small amount of - [Happy New Years!](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=1140) - Okay, with that over, time to post about the past week or so. My company has a shutdown for the holidays, so effectively, between Dec 25th through Jan 1st; I'm off, sorta. I did have two days that I volunteered to monitor my projects production systems and I actually worked on those two days, but - [December's Model Build Gathering](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=1136) - This past weekend was the holiday model build gathering. For the past few years, we've done a white elephant gift exchange that has started to become a tradition. This is the third year, so all and all, it was a pretty good exchange. A few things were learned from the experience. But more about that - [Hi-v: a little detail work](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=1132) - For the past few days, I've been continuing to sand, fill, and fix small surface defects on the parts as I prepare them for a second priming session. To break up the monotony, I'm adding small details to the kit. One of the things that seriously bugged me about the MG Hi-v kit was the - [Hi-v Project Resurrection](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=1129) - Last week, I cleaned up my workshop and while doing so, I dusted off and looked at the Hi-v project that I had shelved about a year and a half ago. The kit was placed back onto the shelves while I finished cleaning up my workshop. With the workshop cleaned up, I brought the kit - [Weekend of Food and Pumpkin Carving](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=1124) - This past weekend was spent on nothing but eating and carving pumpkins. I'm gonna need the week to recover from all the food consumed while the carved pumpkins sitting in my living room slowly deteriorate. Friday night was originally planned for a simple gathering of friends to carve some pumpkins. Originally I figured we'd order - [New York in October](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=1120) - Last week, I was in New York for the New York Comic Con/Anime Festival. I was at the NYCC/AF Friday and Saturday; the rest of my time there was spent with Jason and Claire. I had been to NYC once before in my life, and that was August 2001 when some friends and I drove - [FAG and the October Model Build Gathering](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=1117) - Finally, some gunpla goodness. This weekend was the October Build Gathering. Folks came and went through out the day and evening and all said, we had about 26 or so people at the gathering. A good thing that they came and went, otherwise, we'd have to implement the patio table and living room tables like - [Dave and Erin get married and Muse Weekend](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=1110) - Yet another weekend and very little building. Well, Angel and I worked on some kits Friday night, but all I have done are the arms and head for the Full Armor Gundam kit I picked up a few weeks ago. This weekend was Dave (dhcloud on the forums) and Erin's wedding and the Muse concert - [Weekend in Toronto...](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=1101) - Another personal post, no gunpla or resin goodness. I was in Toronto this past weekend for a family gathering and wedding. In a nutshell, we did some sightseeing around Toronto, did a traditional Chinese dinner banquet as the "rehearsal dinner", the wedding and reception the following day, then a trip out to Niagara Falls to - [Labor Day Weekend Update](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=1099) - And if I didn't think my weekends would get any busier, they do. This weekend included the September model build gathering, a visit to the Getty Villa, the annual Fire Knife competition, and hanging out with the friends as bookends to the four days of fun. Get the Flash Player to see this player. The - [Hollywood Bowl and the Huntington Library](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=1087) - This weekend was damn busy. I hung out with friends on Friday. I had a lunch date Saturday afternoon, followed later by an evening at the Hollywood Bowl for the annual John Williams concert. Then Sunday was spent on another date at the Huntington Library which then branched out to watching the sun set in - [BAKUC Preliminary Competition: New York Comic Con/Anime Fest](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=1085) - Information update for the BAKUC United States preliminary competition. The first two preliminary competitions were held at Anime Expo in July, Otakon in August, and the next and final preliminary competition will be at New York Anime Fest/Comic Con. Instructions for NYCC/NYAF World Cup 1. Review the Rules and Contest Details located here 2. Fill - [Vegas for Dave's Bachelor Party](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=1081) - This past weekend was spent with VERY little sleep, miles of walking, gambling, and copious amounts of alcohol. This was all in the name of Dave's bachelor party. Angel, Nicky, and I also hit up the Shark Reef exhibit at the Mandalay Bay and Red Rock Canyon just 10 or so miles north of Las - [Harry Connick Jr at the Hollywood Bowl](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=1078) - So after finishing my Gouf in the morning, the afternoon was spent doing a little prep work for the rest of the night. An evening at the Hollywood Bowl with Harry Connick Jr.. We got there around 6, parked in the stacked lot and walked up to the bowl. There was considerably more people here - [Gouf Custom Conversion DONE!](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=1073) - Ok, final bits for the progress on the kit and now she's done. As stated in my previous post, I sprayed the final gloss clear over the parts that morning so that when I got off work, I can get down to applying the panel lines. So I did just that when I got home. - [Gouf Custom: Almost there...](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=1071) - As stated in the previous post; when it gets down to the final stretch of things, the build progress slows down to a snails pace. The reason for this is that each of the final steps, although very quick and not in the least bit labor intensive just takes time and patience. Visibly, the work - [Weekend update: Gouf Custom and Model Build Gathering](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=1066) - This was a fairly busy weekend. The August build gathering was originally scheduled for the 21st, but since I'll be in Vegas along with a few other guys from the build gathering, I moved it. Unfortunately, the date change affected a good number of folks that they couldn't make it. I received email/messages from about - [Gouf Custom - LED installation tutorial](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=1061) - Since the Gouf's mono eye space is so small, I wanted to add some detailing that would utilize the space while keeping up the rather menacing look of the kit. The last time I wrote up a tutorial on LED installation was well over 7 years ago when I build the Gogg; it's time I - [Real work on the Gouf begins](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=1058) - I nailed down my pose earlier in the week then got most of the current work done over the weekend. The weekend was fairly busy, but I did get a good amount of work done on the sucker. I spent most of Friday night filling and doing final bits of the initial sanding and clean - [Gouf 2.0 Custom Conversion Test Fit](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=1056) - Last night, I finished test fitting the kit. Test fitting isn't too important with most of Bandai's gunpla kit as they're engineered to very tight mechanics, and it just usually takes shaking the box to get the kit put together. But regardless, I test fit so that I get an idea of what I'm working - [SD CC, Gouf Custom, and OC Fair](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=1053) - This past weekend was San Diego Comic Con. I had never gone to Comic Con and didn't plan on attending, but one of vendors I know said they could give me a pass to check out the event. Having finished the Musha MkII for the vendor and being off on Friday, I decided to drive - [Musha Mk II Completed](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=1051) - So yeah, this kinda came out of left field. I mean, there's no progress page or anything. Well, there's a little bit of a story to this kit. I didn't build it. Well, I helped out a little, but all the parts cutting, sanding, building, some stickers, and the panel line work was done by - [Weekend Update](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=1048) - This was another busy weekend. At this rate, I've been using my work week as recovery times for my weekends. Friday night was dinner and a movie. Saturday was scuba diving and the Hollywood Bowl. Then Sunday was a BBQ up at Dave's parent's house and another movie. Where the hell did my weekend go, - [SCUBA with Brian](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=1042) - I've managed to neglect my blog for a little over three weeks. It's been a VERY busy three weeks. My friend Brian was up in NorCal for a conference and decided to tack a little scuba side trip down here before he went home. Two days after he leaves, I need to tend to my - [Anime Expo 2010](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=1044) - This is my post about Anime Expo 2010 from my perspective. I'm one of two managers of the Exhibit Hall, I run 2 works shops and a panel, I run the AX Model Contest, and I'm also the point of contact for the Gunpla World Cup competition being sponsored by Bluefin. So I have a - [Weekend update](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=1039) - This was another busy weekend with the June model build gathering, meeting with the Gunpla World Cup (aka BAKUC) competition sponsors to hammer out final details, and finally getting to finish up the Mitzuki commission repair job. The build gathering was one of the smaller gathering in comparison to the past few months. It was - [More information for the United States BAKUC 2010 ](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=1036) - Just received this information tonight, so posting this up. There may be minor tweaks, but if that happens, I'll make the necessary updates. GUNPLA World Cup 2010 – U.S. Championship The United States Championship of the larger Bandai GUNPLA World Cup will be held initially at a number of regional events at conventions in the - [Dry aging steaks at home](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=1033) - A little over a week ago, while in bed watching late night tv, I stumbled upon a good eats episode that focused on aging steaks at home using a porterhouse steak. I trust Alton Brown, and from his shows, I have yet to be pointed in the wrong direction, so I kept the idea in - [Update for the past 5 weeks](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=1031) - So it's been a full month and a few weeks since I last posted anything. It's currently 3 in the bloody morning, and that stupid nap I took this afternoon has pretty much prevented me from falling asleep since I climbed into bed a few hours ago. So I guess now is as good a - [MG GN-X Completed](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=1029) - And she's done. Most folks following my blog may or may not have known that I was working on this for the past few weeks in my spare time. I kept most of the update on the forums. But nothing too fancy, a quick OOB build. The only modifications I did were to the GN - [BAKUC 2010](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=1027) - Ok, I need a little background information about BAKUC. So far, from my memory and a brief search, I know the following: Bandai Action Kit Universal Cup (BAKUC) started out as a competition officially sponsored by Bandai for Bandai’s Gundam model kits. For several years, participation countries; back then mostly Asian countries such as Hong - [April's Model Build Gathering at Funaka's](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=1024) - April model build gathering. Dan, (Funaka) convinced his wife to let him hold the April build gathering at his house. It was a smaller gathering, which was nice and relaxing and probably not as taxing on Dan playing build gathering host for the first time. We had a few late comers, and Manny managed to - [It's no wonder I got sick... I need to slow the f down...](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=1019) - I've been sick all week. Still sick actually. It started off this past Sunday for what I thought was just your run of the mill hangover from the previous night's drinking festivities, turned out to be something completely different. I started coughing on Sunday, and sorta getting short of breath which was weird, but since - [1/12 Gundam Part Deux](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=1016) - Continuing from where we last left you yesterday; the usual suspects returned today and we had some reinforcements later in the evening. Lakers won, I snapped random pictures with the RX-78, we decaled the '78, and the Zaku got built; not a bad end to the day. On the way home, I picked up some - [1/12 RX-78-2 Gundam Commission](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=1012) - So last week, I got a call from the local model distributor, chatting up about upcoming anime conventions, model contests, etc; and he asked if I could get a crew together to put together some 1/12 scale gunpla kits for him to use as display pieces. These large HYGM kits came out 5 years ago - [ValleyCon 2010](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=1009) - This past weekend was Pasadena Modelers Society's annual contest Valley Con. A group of us from the build gatherings showed up and just ended up filling the table with gunpla. For which none of us won anything. There were quite a few very well done kits, but some of the things that won just boggled - [Weekend Update](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=1007) - Another busy weekend goes by. I was off on Friday so Art, Ed and I went back up to Bear Mt. From Saturday, we got some $10 off coupons for Sunday-Fridays and got to use them. The weather was nice and warm, and we got to the resort before the lifts started running. We had - [And Cosette is done!](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=1005) - The last bits of touch ups, minor details, and final gap filling for the hair was done these past two days. Pretty quick little kit, I can see the attraction to doing little busts like these. Quick fun build fix. Now I can relax and just have fun for the rest of my weekend which - [Cosette: almost done... almost...](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=1003) - The past two days finished most of the major painting steps. Now I have a bunch of little touch ups, fixes, and some minor details to add to the kit and I can slap on the "finished" label. As of tonight, she looks like this: Starting off from the last update, the eyes got a - [Weekend update: Skiing and Cosette Update](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=996) - I had a fairly busy weekend; a few friends and I went skiing up at Bear Mt in Big Bear and I got a little bit of work on Cosette with some actual visual progression. The weather called for significant storm to hit Friday night into Saturday all week long, but we kept with our - [Cosette: Putty, Sand, Prime; repeat](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=992) - Work continues for Cosette. The first layer of primer was sprayed after the initial sanding session and putty works. If I continue at this pace, I may actually be able to finish this kit by the time Pasadena Modelers Society ValleyCon rolls around next week. The priming session has showed some rough spots. I'm now - [Work begins on Cosette and a commission repair job](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=990) - At the build gathering, I pinned three kits that I received. One of which is a Cosette bust kit sculpted by modeling circle Modeller T. The sculpt is inspired by Émile Bayard's illustration for Victor Hugo's Les Miserables which depicts a young Cosette sweeping. The kit was sold at the recent WonderFest Winter 2010. Being - [Feburary 2010 Model Build Gathering](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=984) - This past weekend was the monthly model build gathering. The folks showed up fairly promptly but we sat around watching the Winter Olympics for a little bit before actually sitting down and working on our respective kits. What can I say, it was the women's ski jump aerials, and watching a few women eat it - [Ski Trip 2010](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=964) - This past weekend was not only Valentine's day weekend and Chinese New Year's; but for a few of us, this was the 10th annual ski trip. And because mother nature decided to bring her fat foot into the works, we're now down to only two of us that has made every trip to date. Who - [Lasagna Part Deux and Chicken & Waffle Night](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=956) - Yet another weekend filled with food and entertainment. Things start off on Friday evening for finishing up my first attempt at making Lasagna. Saturday was chicken and waffle night at the house; and I spend most of Sunday recovering. Jen's portable fire pit is a frigging awesome replacement for the go board that we normally - [Lasagna Part One: The Ragu & gtetra's Gaplant](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=954) - The previous day while at the supermarket, I decided to try my hand at making lasagna. Having just had a wonderful lasagna from Angelini Osteria, a quick search pulled up a "recipe". It is as good a starting point as any, but I'm making my own little modifications to the basic recipe as I go - [So damn tired...](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=951) - I need another weekend to recover from my weekends. Dinner and a bar on Friday; Thai food lunch, home made dumplings and homemade chocolate mousse on Saturday; followed by skiing, NFC/AFC Championship games, and a family dinner on Sunday. I'm almost glad to be at work so that I can use this time to recover - [January 2010 Model Build Gathering](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=946) - Weekend update: January's build gathering. This month we had about 7 new people come to the gathering. The size of the gathering is getting back to normal after all the holidays and such. This looks like a good start to the new year. I got some work on my RSO that has been sitting idle - [Frist Sushi Night of 2010](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=940) - Early last year, Angel, Nicky and a few of us did a sushi night where we gathering all the necessary ingredients and made our own sushi rolls, tempura, and sashami. It was a fairly successful evening, but since then, we have yet to try it again. Wanting to do something to start off the new - [Weekend update and December Model Build Gathering](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=936) - It was a decently busy weekend. I went to my friend's mom's house and learned and made a bunch of tamales of different flavors. I'm finally started up on my latest project that I actually sorta started a few years back when I first bought it, but shelved. Then there was the build gathering. This - [RGM-79SPC Sniper Custom Completed](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=932) - I finally got off my ass to finish the sucker. Over the past couple of weeks, I've been working very slowly to finish up the weapons and final touch ups on the kit. There was Thanksgiving, then there was that stupid Assassin's Creed game, not the new one mind you, the old one that came - [Sniper nearing completion and Model Build Gathering 29](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=929) - Saturday was the 29th model build gathering. We made beef koobideh for the grill, and with rice, humus, and flat bread, we had a fairly successful Persian dinner. I got the pastel weathering done at the build gathering and the main sniper kit is completed. I still need to finish working on the weapons and - [Charlie and the Disneyland Trip; Slow Sniper Progress, and Mars](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=927) - Work on the sniper is slow but continues; somewhere in the middle of all this is a trip to Disneyland, and picture of Orion and Mars taken last night while Helen and I were out way past our bed times watching the Leonid meteor shower. The sniper is coming along, but visible progress is very - [Sniper Progress: Rifle work, decals, light up saber](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=922) - Update from the weekend and the past few days. First will be work on the main sniper rifle. I still need to get down and finish up the work on the other weapons. There quite a bit of down time while working on the kit as each layer needs a protective clear coat to sandwich - [Sniper Progress: paint - mask - paint - repeat](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=919) - The past few days I've been at home nursing a cold, so what better way to pass the time then cycles of painting and masking. Before my trip out to VA, Got the base coats of cobalt blue down, and over this I sprayed a clear flat. The flat coast is a test for masking, - [Weekend in Virginia/Maryland](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=915) - This past weekend, I went out to Virginia to visit Charlie. We went to Shenandoah National Park on Friday, Saturday was spent hanging out with various friend which ended in a small dinner party at Brian's house; and Sunday was spent eating seafood - crabs in Annapolis then sushi in Germantown. I flew back early - [GM Sniper: Primed](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=912) - I rarely have time over the weekend to just sit down and build for a day, so work on any kit is usually nonexistent save for a few moments before I crash out. This past weekend was no exception. The updates so far start from last week, and the past few week nights of work. - [GM Sniper work continues and a Gaplant](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=910) - Work continues on the Sniper Custom. The tedious task of building one of the rails for the RIS and drilling out the vent holes for the floating barrel system took up most of the time. Other work included adding the stock to the rifle as well as configuring the barrel. Gtetra has been over at - [Work begins for the GM Sniper Custom](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=908) - I actually started clipping and snapping this kit and the conversion kit from akocreation June of last year at one of the model build gatherings. And since then, I've had it boxed and just waiting for the proper inspiration to hit before I set off to work on it. After OrangeCon, and seeing John's Spartan - [Tekkaman Done, SD Alex Done, And OrangeCon Done...](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=905) - Weekend update: I finished building the Sol Tekkaman commission, finished the SD Gundam NT1 Alex, and entered the two, along with 4 other kits into IPMS Orange County's annual OrangeCon competition. This was an exhausting weekend. I finished up the detail painting and panel lines for the Sol Tekkaman kit in the wee hours of - [More Tekkaman progress and an SD](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=902) - Mass amounts of painting is happening at the house. Gtetra is over working on the gaplant and I'm busy with the Tekkaman and added an SD Gundam NT-1 "Alex" to the mix. A few months ago, I saw another method for doing marble effects from a Hong Kong modeler Ambroseyin. I'm a sucker for trying - [TUTORIAL: Fixing air bubbles in resin](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=898) - This is how I deal with air bubbles found in resin kits. Sometimes these bubbles are just under the surface and while sanding to clean up mold lines or various surface defects, they are uncovered. Other times they are quite obvious and are easily spotted. And more often than not, they are not easily seen - [Sol Tekkaman progress and MBG prep for OrangeCon](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=896) - We had another build gathering this past weekend so that folks can get some final preparation in to their kits for OrangeCon which is happening in a few days from now. I've been steadily working on the Sol Tekkaman kit for the past few weeks and by now have gotten a decent amount of paint - [Lobster Season Opener @ Catalina Island](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=893) - This all started Friday morning as I was taking my friend to the local dive shop to get his personal gear as he's taking the open water PADI certification course the following week. My dive shop guy tells me that tonight's boat trip out to Catalina Island for the lobster season opener has open spots - [September's Model Build Gathering](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=886) - Model build gathering and a gunpla fort. This past weekend was the monthly model build gathering. And for those lucky to show up early enough, they got first pick through a literal wall of gunpla - roughly 200 or so kits. They were all mostly built - snapped and some painted, but hell, free kits - [Diving for Scallops](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=883) - This past Saturday, I decided to go diving for some scallops, as folks were coming over to drink and play rockband. Originally, I set my alarms for 6:00 AM but completely slept through them and woke up a little past 8:30. I got up and headed out towards Laguna Beach. The sky was cloudy, but - [Labor Day Weekend: Down by the River](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=881) - This past weekend was Labor day weekend, so a few of the model building friends and some of their friends set out to Arizona for a weekend of drinking, shooting, gambling, and water sports. One of the model building guy's parents have a vacation house cross the river from Needles California that was built last - [Velvet Completed](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=876) - As promised, the last post was the last progression post. Tonight, I put her together and took some completed pictures. I'm fairly happy with the final results and all the work I put into the kit. The full progress page is fairly long and image intensive. Click here for the full build progression. First things - [Last progress update for Velvet](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=874) - Last update before completion pictures. Last night I finished up the last bits of masking and painting for the kit. The crystal pieces have had ample time to fully cure up so that the masking process doesn't mar the finish. And the last bits of detail parts were painted. The crystals have braces that attach - [Velvet: "I'm waiting for Vicini, he told me to go back to the beginning"](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=870) - And I really wasn't satisfied with how Velvet's eyes came out, so I dunked the entire face into some Mr Color thinner and ran the ultrasonic cleaner and scrubbed all the paint off. Time to start from the beginning. This was done over the past weekend while my friend was out here for a diving - [Diving Weekend, 9 dives with a total bottom time of 7 hours and 32 minutes....](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=866) - Diving weekend. Three days, and 9 dives, three off a dive boat off the coast of Catalina Island, four off of Casino Point, and 2 off the coast of Laguna Beach at Shaw's Cove. Lots of pictures and video, and a great time was had. Get the Flash Player to see this player. Second dive - [Odin Sphere's Velvet Eye Work...](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=862) - The last step of any figure I do is usually the eyes. I've very apprehensive about working on eyes as I'm still learning and getting the hang of things. The past few figures I've been fairly satisfied with the eye results, but this time, I'm having a little bit of trouble... The first step is - [Velvet Masking and Reverse Wash Tutorial](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=859) - A small little update before the weekend starts. The previous night, I masked the last two parts for Velvet and painted them. Also, last night, I sprayed a layer of black enamel over the entire base. The reasoning for that should become fairly clear in the picture below. Today after allowing the enamels to cure - [Velvet, she's got legs...](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=857) - Work continues. I wasn't satisfied with the masking and painting job for the leg lines. The damn things are very difficult to do; so for the last few days, I've been thinking about how to best remedy the situation. I came down to a few potential solutions and tried them out. I also returned to - [Weekend update: August Model Build Gathering & Velvet Progress](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=854) - This weekend was the August Model Build Gathering. We had a fairly small July gathering, so I wasn't sure what to expect for this months. Folks trickled in, some of the new folks from last time came back, and one of the builders that came to the one of the earliest build gatherings made his - [Velvet: real painting begins](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=852) - A good 80% of the work on any resin figure is spent fixing surface issues, sanding, washing, priming, resanding, repriming, etc. With that done, the fun part comes, painting. I enjoy the painting session the most as the kit starts to really come together at this stage. The repetitive motions of sanding, priming, sanding, repeat - [Velvet Work: Continued surface prep](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=849) - Last night I got some quick work done on Velvet. The chain's surface was finished and painted. The rest of the parts are wet sanded to prepare the parts for painting. And finally, there was a quick fix in response to breaking a small area on Velvet's eye lashes. Fingers pinned and glued: The fingers - [Dive weekend at Shaw's, Treasure Island, and La Jolla](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=847) - Diving weekend at Shaw's Cove, Treasure Island, and La Jolla Shores. I went Friday off Laguna Beach with one of the model building friends who also dives. Visibility wasn't all that great, but we got to dive. On Saturday, I woke up early and went down to San Diego for a couple of dives at - [Velvet, a Bong, and some Duke Videos....](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=842) - A small update with some work on the Velvet kit. The process of priming, putty, sanding, and repriming continues. A cast iron surface texture is applied to the chain. I helped out a friend with a home made bong, and also posted up some videos of Duke playing with Hugo, Beanie, and a towel. Get - [Scuba diving weekend and a little work on Velvet](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=840) - This weekend, I relaxed with a bit of Scuba Diving. The first attempt was made on Friday afternoon, but upon reaching the beach and pulling out the gear to get ready, I realized that I had left a very important piece of equipment at home, my stupid mask. So no diving on Friday. I was - [Velvet Prime](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=838) - After the previous night's cleaning session and skewering to prepare the kit for the initial priming session. Last night, I primed everything but the chain. Now, along with the initial sanding session, there is an initial priming session. This implies that there will be additional sanding and priming sessions. For this update, I will show - [Work begins on Velvet](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=835) - At the last build gathering, I finally got some time to start working on this kit. I spent most of the time at the build gathering doing the initial sanding, clean up work, and minor repairs to surface issues that are visible. After the initial cleanup work, the parts are soaked in purple power over - [MG Exia Group Build for Anime Expo 2009 Display](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=808) - Towards the end of June, I got an email from a distributor that will be exhibiting at Anime Expo; as well as Otakon and the San Diego Comic Con. He was asking if I could build a couple of kits to be displayed at Anime Expo. The email came on a Monday, the 22nd of - [Otakon 2009](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=828) - Two weeks after Anime Expo, Otakon hits the east coast. I have a workshop for gundam model building set up to happen early Saturday, so my badge is comped. I get to visit Binh and her family, and hang out with Brian. It was a fairly busy, but much more relaxing than AX - being - [Midweek Diving @ Shaw's Cove](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=825) - Checking out the local wave conditions, the water looked to be getting fairly calm. It's been a little while since I last went diving, and tonight I'll be on a flight out to the Baltimore for Otakon - so I took the opportunity to dive yesterday after work. Visibility wasn't all the great in comparison - [The Duke Von Barkenstein makes an appearence...](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=820) - Terry, Sam, and drove 5 miles out to the corgi breeder's home in Anaheim Hills to pick up Duke this morning. He's about 6 lbs and is just shy of 9 weeks old. And he's frigging adorable. We chatted with the breeder for a short bit before driving the 11 minutes back to the house - [Anime Expo 2009](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=814) - Holy hell, I'm tired beyond belief. This year's Anime Expo is but a memory now. The majority of my time spent at the convention was in the Exhibit Hall and in the panels/workshop rooms. I didn't take the time to check out any of the various events happening as this year, I was one of - [00 Riser Completed...](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=812) - 6 days after starting on the kit we finally crawled to the finish with the thing, well, as finished as we're going to get anyhow. Over the weekend, Angel finished up preshading the white. We had to redo a few things to fix some of the more major seams. There are still quite a few - [June's Model Build Gathering ](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=803) - June's model build gathering was smaller than the previous month. A few folks are working more so that they can take the first week of July off for Anime Expo. So this was a nice relaxing build gathering. We had one new member to the group and hopefully he'll come back and start building seriously - [OO Riser Group Build Progress](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=805) - This is the 1/100 OO Riser that a few members of the model build gathering an I are challenging ourselves to build and see how fast we can clip, sand, seam, paint (shading), decal, and wash the sucker. So far we've gotten about three hours of work in for the past two nights. Day one - [Andrea Bocelli at the Hollywood Bowl](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=797) - Last Sunday, I had tickets to the Hollywood Bowl; and coincidentally, Charlie was in town, so we went to the event together. The event was a bit of a surprise to her as it would had never crossed her mind that I would be interested in such an event or even enjoy some of the - [Anime Expo Model Contest](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=792) - Ok everyone, the folks at AX have put up the information page for the Anime Expo Model Contest. So if you're planning on go to Anime Expo and you build models - you have no excuse for not entering! The group of judges are highly experience model builders and have judged at various model competitions - [SCUBA and Scallops!](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=79) - Was finally able to get back into the water again today. Girlfriend has been out of the water for nearly a month, and I for a good number of weeks. Hurt back, cold, etc have been keeping us out. Today we caught some scallops; pictured are from left to right, straight off the reef, cleaned - [Cheese cake and SCAHMS](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=110) - Today was the second part of the SCHAMS show in Orange CA. SCAHMS is a figure model building group and this weekend was their annual show. Here are some pictures I took today: SCAHMS Show 2008 And now for something completely different. It has been a while since I last made a cheese cake, so - [Shaw's Cove and Treasure Island - May 30, 2009](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=785) - The conditions over the weekend were once again amazing, so Stan and I planned on meeting up at Shaw's between 7-7:30 for a dive. We wanted to get there early to avoid the crowds. But this is prime scuba class season, and when we got there, there were 3 separate classes. There were a good - [Workshop reorganization step one...](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=761) - While taking pictures of the pressure pot yesterday, I realize that I need to better organize the workshop so that the space is better utilized. I have a full table in the corner that is only used as self space. That whole area has become utterly cluttered with boxes and parts of unfinished kits. 1/4 - [Scuba: diving before work](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=778) - Diving before work. Taking advantage of the great conditions, I ended up going Friday morning. There were several divers out there when I arrived. There were three divers suiting up when I parked and started getting ready. I entered the water just before they did. I snapped a few pictures of them while I kicked - [The Tenderloin Experiment part 1 and 2](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=776) - Tenderloin part 1: Filet Mignon. So after watching an episode of Alton Brown's Good Eats; I decided that I needed to try getting a bulk cut of tenderloin, cut up, and use the different meat cuts for various uses. And what better guinea pigs to test this out on than a few of my friends. - [Midweek Diving and Velvet arrives!](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=770) - Velvet from Odin Sphere sculpted by Bubba arrived on Tuesday, but since I wasn't home to sign for the kit, I was relegated to picking it up the following morning. The box for the kit was unusually large as you can see by the comparison picture with Mr G3 Gundam. However, as excited I was - [Pressure paint pot conversion](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=759) - So after many question, and my own promises of taking pictures and posting up a tutorial on what I did. Here are the steps done to convert a paint pressure pot to a resin casting pressure pot. The first picture is the complete setup; there are a few things that need to be attached to - [May's Model Build Gathering](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=755) - The monthly model build gathering was very successful this month. We got a good amount of work on the PG Astray done; some new folks were introduced to the group; and I finally got to give the airbrushing class I've been trying to teach for the past couple of build gatherings. I think the class - [Sol Tekkaman Commission Project](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=753) - Since the Infinite Justice kit is on hold now, I started work on the Sol Tekkaman last night. Here are a few pictures of the major joining parts combined. I'm skipping the full test fit to speed up the process of the kit. All the two part pieces are glued together so that I can - [PG Astray Part 2 and Kriska Barchenowa kit](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=750) - We had a local gathering for the folks building the PG Astray this past Friday. We had four air brush stations running at the same time. The station in the workshop, one in the dining room, and two in the front living room. Ten of the eleven builder showed, so we got a good amount - [PG Astray Group Build Project part 1](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=744) - Last month, on the forums, we discussed the possibility of working on a group project at the build gathering. We've been holding the build gatherings for a little over a year now and each month we've been working on projects of our own. Last year we kinda did a group thing and worked on the - [Pictures from the past few weekends...](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=734) - Here are a collections of pictures taken over the past couple of weekends. I went diving with a co-worker on the 4th. On the 11th, Angel, Nicky, Terry, and I went to a Clippers' game courtesy of a co-worker of Terry's who had the tickets and wasn't planning on using them. This past weekend, the - [Current SoCal Wave Heights](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=708) - Some helpful information for scuba diving in southern California. This stuff is important for dive planning. To optimize the best times for diving, I visit various sites to calculate the best date and time to hit the water. The first place I visit is a local Laguna Beach dive shop's website that sends a diver - [Stick Food](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=698) - For lunch today, a friend and I went out to have what we have affectionately termed "stick food". We used to hit up a place that was closer to work, but early last year, they cut out their lunch hours and are currently only open for dinner. Today we decided to try one a little - [Resin Figure Building Tools](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=694) - So a friend of mine has been bugging me for days and weeks to give him a list of tools that I use to build resin figures. So here we go. Note that some of these tools are not necessary, but will make the building process easier; and so are a luxury. Quick and dirty - [Resin casting 101](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=678) - Mold making: Planning out the mold. Using legos, a box is made as the mold enclosure. The parts are placed into the box to plan out the eventual layout. Having a well planned out layout will reduce the amount of silicon rubber needed; reducing waste. First part of the mold: The mold I am making - [SCAHMS and March Model Build Gathering](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=676) - This weekend was a busy one. The annual SCAHMS (Southern California Area Historical Modelers Society) show was held on the 20th and 21st, and I the monthly model build gathering was also held. The show was big, about the same as last years. I took a good number of pictures, I got almost everything. The - [DC Trip](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=662) - Short version: I went out to Virginia for a business trip on Wednesday and spent the weekend hanging out with Brian, Kamun, Benny, Yee, Jason, Claire, and Charlie. Pictures: http://gamerabaenre.com/washingtondc.htm The long version (nothing to see here really, just move along, short version of this will suffice): It started as a business trip to Richmond - [Pasadena Modelers Society's Valley Con 2009](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=652) - This past Sunday was Pasadena Modelers Society's annual model contest; Valley Con. I forced a good number of the model build group folks to coming out and entering. Granted the PMS club is a little bit of a good ole boys club, but I go for the inspiration of different kits and build styles. I'm - [Sushi](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=655) - Saturday, a few friends dropped by to just hang out, play a little rockband - that is before my drum pedal completely gave out. The poor thing has literally been stomped on to death. We went up to Frank and Sons for some comics and other random junk. Afterward, we decided to hit up a - [Beef, it's whats for dinner](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=648) - Mindless cooking advice. Steak. Look for good marbling - small little dots of white or a marble look of white and red. The white are small little pieces of fat that will ensure that you have a nice juicy piece of meat. Cooking depending on how you like it done can be anywhere from 5 - [Model Build Gathering #21](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=646) - This is the 21st model build gathering. Coming off the week from my ski trip, I was still trying to recover so I did absolutely no model building. I just enjoyed the folks over at the house building. I think there were a few others that are a little burnt out. I blame myself, as - [2009 Lake Tahoe Ski Trip](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=587) - This is the ninth consecutive year for the ski trip. To date, there are only three people on the trip who have made it every single year. Brian, Keith, and of course me… This almost didn’t happen in 2003. A few of the regulars didn’t make it, so it was less rowdy as a result. - [Weekend update, Hustler and ∞ Justice updates...](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=585) - Aside from the Shin Musha Gundam, I also got more work on the Hustler kit as well as the ∞ Justice's joint casting. With three collars casted, three versions of the shirt was glued together using epoxy glue. This will make it very easy to swap out shirts on the kit. For the ∞ Justice, - [Shin Musha Gundam Completed!](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=583) - I finally got off my ass to decal and paint the gun details finishing the bloody kit. With the wash, decals, and wood complement to the weapons, I think everything is fairly balanced. I enjoy exploring different paint techniques and doing stuff that's different, of course, this usually means folks don't care much for it. - [Chicks and Guns](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=581) - Little end of week update as I progress with more casting. I'm getting a better feel for it and I think I'm getting better at casting. I also got the Shin Musha's gun finished last night. All I needed to do was paint the gold details. I took pictures of the magnet inserts for the - [1/7 Hustler and Casting](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=578) - This is a 1/7 Hustler kit from Orchid Seed that came out in limited production numbers at the end of last year's HobbyComplex. I had the kit pinned at the last build gathering. I have yet to take pictures of the magnets, but I have magnets embedded into the edge of the pool table where - [Your favorite UC girls....](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=560) - Just throwing this out there to see what people think. You can chose up to 10 from the list. Personally, I like Cima, Haman, and Katejina, cause you know what they say about crazy chicks. Four and Christina are also up there. I put Minerva, and I will leave it to your own digression of - [Weekend Update](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=573) - The weekend was fairly low key. Some friends came over to hang out on Friday and Saturday. I went out and picked up a pressure pot to help my mold making and resin casting. The pressure pot will help squeeze out air bubbles in the mold and resin and hopefully result with the molds and - [ARRRRR, Thay Be Driving Me Nuts...](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=570) - So last night, my mom and some of her younger co workers had tickets for the Pirate Dinner Adventure, which is basically Medieval Times but with pirates instead of knights, and a big ship stage surrounded by a moat instead of a dirt arena and horses. Oh, and there's singing, so it's basically Pirates of - [Weekend Update: January Model Build Gathering And Happy Chinese New Year!](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=552) - Happy Chinese New Years! Welcome to the year of the Ox (cow, bull, Moooo - you get the idea...) This month's build gathering was significantly larger than the previous. The holiday season is over, and people are getting back into the groove of things. We had a couple of new people as usual; and the - [Back in the water... hooray for SCUBA!](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=545) - It has been almost a full year since I last dived Laguna Beach, or off the coast of California for that matter. So on Saturday, I had my first dive of the year. It feels damn good to be back in the water. The conditions from earlier in the week were amazing. The water was - [Shin Musha Prog and Wood Grain Tutorial](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=526) - Weekend update on the kit. I spent a little more time this weekend just pumping the sucker out. I still have a good amount of work on the sucker such as all the detail painting, panel line wash, decals, and finishing the weapons. Speaking of the weapons, I wanted to create a realistic wood grain - [MG ∞ Justice Commission part 6 and Shin Musha...](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=524) - Back to work on the ∞ Justice, as the holidays were fairly busy for me hosting things and just dealing with typical holiday season fun. I guess if I wasn't such a social douchbag, I could probably just lock myself in and do nothing but work on kits... but hell, I have a life. I'm - [Happy New Years Ya Bastards!](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=517) - So Happy New Year's everyone and all that nice jazz. I've finally gotten the chance to upload some of the pictures taken from the New Year's Eve party at my house, pictures from Anime LA, and everything else in between. I had a few days of rest for the Monday and Tuesday after the Christmas - [Christmas Weekend/Build Gathering Update](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=514) - Christmas and weekend build gathering update... first the tree and my Hazel topper... So how was everyone's Christmas? The days since Christmas Eve have sort of melded together, so this post will encompass everything for the past few days through the Build Gathering. Holy hell I'm tired, and I'm looking forward to taking the following - [Snow Summit Skiing...](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=511) - With the recent winter storms in Southern Calif. and my need to burn off excess ATO; I had planned to head up to the mountains Friday to get some skiing in, as fresh natural powder is fairly rare out here in So Cal. With most of my friends having to work or hung up on - [Iwata HP-C Care Tutorial](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=507) - This is a tutorial for properly taking apart and cleaning the Iwata HP-C airbrush. Note that I only do this thorough of a cleaning, once a month to once a quarter depending on how often I use the tool, or how dirty it gets. For this I use the needle wrench that comes with the - [MG ∞ Justice Commission part 5](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=503) - Last night and the previous night, more painting was done on the kit. The internals were treated to a base coat of Finisher's gloss black (this issue may be important later in the post). Then the main internals were painted with Alclad Magnesium. A few selected pieces were painted using Alclad Steel. The hydraulics were - [Weekend update, slight update for IJ Commission..](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=501) - So I have every other Friday off. I just have to work an extra hour per day, but its a nice deal, for a small sacrifice. A couple of friends came over and we headed out to the local bar and grill: Hero's. There are about 150 or so beers on tap there, and below - [MG ∞ Justice Commission part 3](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=499) - Last night I got through the marbling with the sponge. Here are some pictures of the finished parts with a heavy gloss coat applied to the surface. I also took a couple of quick videos of the process to add on the advanced paint techniques tutorial page at a later date. With the gloss black - [MG ∞ Justice Commission part 2](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=495) - With everything sanded and ready for paint, the major subsections are broken down and then thrown into a bath of the purple power soup for about 20-30 minutes. I admit that this is overkill in terms of preparing the kit for paint; however, there is a reason for my insanity. In the past, I have - [MG ∞ Justice Commission part 1](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=493) - I started clipping, sanding, and snapping the sucker a few weeks ago while I waited for paint to dry on the Tekkaman kit. I finished up the clipping, snapping and sanding this past weekend. Holy hell the thing is partsy. The last MG I built was the Zaku 2.0 and I thought that was partsy - [Quoted for Truth...](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=484) - I enjoy XKCD, and every so often the strips hit fairly close to home. For fellow nerds like me, this has happened fairly often. The whole nice guy angle. I've been there, done that... and sometimes it takes years to get through the paces in what seems like seconds in the above strip. And a - [Tekkaman Blade Commission Finished](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=482) - With the paint cured for a couple of days, I went in with an enamel wash to panel line the guy and do the final assembly. I took a quick video of the panel line process which can be seen after the jump. While working on the panel lines, I set up the camera on - [Weekend update: shabu shabu/hot pot, LA Auto Show, and Tekkaman just about done...](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=479) - Thanksgiving was fairly mellow since there weren't many family friends visiting and it was just a nice and relaxed quiet gathering. Some of the uncooked steaks from Thursday were cut up and thrown into a marinade. We picked up some Kobe Beef, fish cake, tofu, napa cabbage, shrimp, clams, etc etc. A small gathering of - [Tekkaman Blade Commission part 3](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=477) - Thanksgiving day update. I did a decent amount of work last night, and today. I had the family over for Thanksgiving, made dinner and entertained, and was still able to get a good amount of work on the kit done. I'm getting much closer to finishing. Below are the finished foot, spear piece, and shoulder - [Tekkaman Blade Commission part 2](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=474) - The painting resumed last night. I picked up some Mr Color wine red and another red from the local hobby store on my way home. The red parts were repainted. The first picture below is a comparison between the wine red and russet that I use the previous night. The wine red is a much - [Tekkaman Blade Commission part 1](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=471) - I started working on the kit a few weeks ago. Parts were glued and sanded. I skipped taking pictures of the test fit phase and a few other steps, I just didn't have time. This is also the reason for this late of an update from when I first started working on the kit. This - [Weekend Update: Model build gathering and some really old pictures](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=467) - Model build gathering was this weekend. It was a smaller group with about 17 or so people total. I also helped my mom clean out some of my old stuff that was packed away at her house about the time I left the Air Force about 8 or so years ago....and found some old pictures... - [Viruses are fun...](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=465) - Last night, I went to grab the day's O&A show off the mininova torrent site. It's not there, so I run off to the other site that usually has all the shock jock shows (O&A, Ron & Fez, etc) and I'm not sure if I picked up the bug here, or somewhere else; but the - [Final masking and detail work for Asagi (井河アサギ)](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=459) - I'm in the home stretch... actually, I think I finished. I may have a few touch ups here and there, but last night I pretty much got all the final detail work done. The sword was finished, and I masked off and painted the last details on the main body.... The main body was masked - [Asagi (井河アサギ) Done!](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=461) - Asagi project finished in fairly short order. The kit arrived at the end of August and I had her pinned and sitting on my work bench from then until the beginning of November when I returned to the kit. The engineering and forethought into the design of the kit was simply amazing and that attributed - [Weekend update for Asagi (井河アサギ)](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=457) - A good amount of work was accomplished over the weekend. I got the arms and legs done; and I finished painting and weathering the base. The weekend started with masking off the main body for the seconding painting session. Tamiya masking tape, 3m blue painter's masking tape, parafilm m, blue sticky tak, and mr masking - [Work resumes on Taimanin Asagi (井河アサギ)](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=439) - Since Kanu is now done, I'm still on a figure kick so I figured the Asagi kit would be a quick and dirty build. I got through the initial sanding session, initial primer coat, fine tune sanding and surface fixes, then final primer. Below is a picture taken after the first coat of primer was - [Base Paint for Asagi (井河アサギ)](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=443) - Asagi is progressing fairly smoothly. For the skin areas, Mr White base was sprayed, followed by the base skin tone. The eyes were masked off after the white base was sprayed. Progress is moving along nicely; and pending any snags, this kit should be completely relatively quickly. More pictures of the painted skin parts, and - [Shading for Asagi (井河アサギ)](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=445) - Last night's work on Asagi consisted of the second layers of paint. The main body and skin pieces were treated to the lighter shade of skin tone. Coming from my mecha building techniques, I use a pre-shading method with a darker base color followed by a lighter color to create shading effects. In the below - [Stockings for Asagi (井河アサギ)](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=447) - Last night saw very little paint work as I sprayed areola detail and the final flat clear coat over the main body's skin areas to seal in the decal as well as flatten the skin tone to match that of the other skin parts. These parts will need a few days to cure before I - [Eyes for Asagi (井河アサギ)](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=450) - Not much of an update since I wanted the allow the flat coat on the skin parts as well as the clear purple on the appendages cure for a few days before masking them off and continuing with the painting. So I opted for painting the eyes and face details for Asagi last night. Below - [Stupid Google Ads](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=441) - Ok, I had to suspend the ads on the site because I was getting "yes on prop 8" from google adsense; and I am against California Proposition 8. This is a personal choice, and my opinion, so as such, I opted to remove the ads, at least until the bloody election is over. Everyone has - [Halloween Pumpkin Carving](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=436) - So it's All Hallows Eve, and normally I don't do anything. I usually just sit at home, watch tv, build models, or just go out. I went and hung out with some friends tonight. We cooked a few things, and some drinks, and played a bit of rockband. The hour was getting late, so we - [1/6 Kanu Uncho sculpted by 中山栄治 Completed!](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=434) - HOORAY! I'm finally done with her! I went out and bought some new back backgrounds for the new photography style I've been using. Here are a few quick close up shots. More information and pictures after the jump. I carefully put Kanu together tonight and while setting up for pictures, I noticed a couple of - [Miliput to the rescue!](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=431) - Lets try this again. I hit the gym, and late last night i got around to sanding the cursed part. The miliput actually worked out quite well and I didn't have to do much sanding. I will have to remember to use the stuff on my next project since one of the two parts of - [I am my own worst enemy...](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=429) - Last night, I put on the decals for Kanu's robe. I use some Mr Mark softer to help melt the decal to conform to the curves of the robe and left it to sit over night. Tonight, I decided to take some final pictures of the completed robe. After which, I figured I could finally - [Halloween Corgis](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=427) - Hugo turned 5 years old yesterday. So as a little birthday gift, I gave him a nice beef rib to gnaw on. Now, of the two dogs, Hugo is much more food aggressive, and will bare his teeth, growl, and completely stiffen up when he feels his food is threatened. I've been messing with him - [Weekend Update: Build Gathering, Kanu Update, and K&N CAI... oh my!](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=413) - Busy weekend. Friday night, I assembled the sub parts for the Tekkaman Evil commission kit and took pictures of the completed kit. I experimented with my photography, using a diffuser for my flash; so some of the pictures may look a little different form my past photos. Before the build gathering, I went down to - [Evil Update Part 3: Evil's just around the corner...](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=399) - Tonight, I again skipped out on the gym for the sake of finishing up Mr Evil. Most of the evening was spent masking the remaining parts for detail painting. Here is the end result of that. With the various masking techniques in place; tamiya masking tape, 3M blue painters tape (cheap stuff), parafilm M, and - [Tekkaman Evil Commission](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=226) - A few weeks ago, I was contacted by a local in regards to potential commission work. I gave the guy a quote but also stipulated that I do build gatherings at my house and that he was welcome to come over and learn. He showed up at my place on the build gathering and brings - [Habanero Tan Progress & Resin Cleaning Tutorial](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=45) - After soaking the sanded parts in purple power, I threw the parts into the ultrasonic cleaner along with water and a few drops of vinegar for a quick cleaning cycle. Once run, the parts were taken out and dried and then primed. I created a resin parts cleaning tutorial and updated the Habanero Tan Progress - [Habanero Tan Progress Update](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=47) - Prep work is the most important phase in any model building. Painting is easy. Sanding, priming, re sanding, re priming, and repeating is tedious work but in the end, it is well worth the effort. Once all this is done, the final primed surface is wet sanded with a very high grit sand paper, I - [Habanero Tan Update](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=96) - Since I wasn't satisfied with the result of the Habaneros, I'm working to fix some issues I have with them before shipping them out to the customer. First and foremost the two halves of the head pieces have different tones, and while it wasn't overly noticeable in my workshop, it was painfully obvious under other - [Habaneros Done!](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=98) - This is a kit that I got commissioned to do last year, but didn't get started on it until October of last year when the customer gave me the ok to start. I should have finished it back in October, but I got busy with life and a few other things so I didn't get - [Fun little online quizs](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=404) - So, it Friday, and it is a bit slow at work right now, so wandering around the various places, Phishie's blog, Tetsujin's Blog, GundamJehutyKai's Blog, and various other blogs and sites, I stumble on this fun little quiz from Gunpla Girl's blog: Which is just funny as all hell because I'm just a fat douchbag - [Evil Update...](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=394) - Last night, I was able to get some painting done on the kit so I updated the commissions page with pictures that I have been taking over the past two weeks. Starting off, I had to soak the parts in purple power to rid all the residual oils, sanding dust, and any other things that - [Evil Update Part 2: the first name in evil returns](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=396) - Mini evil update. Last night, I ended up sacrificing my gym time with masking the shiny detail areas then spraying some more paint. The following picture shows the lower abdomen with the color changing properties with pictures of the part from different angles. Next up, is the details on the chest. I'm actually very pleased - [Hodgepodge](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=392) - It's been a week since I have been back from the cruise. I've been fairly busy. I joined 24hour fitness where I go to continue running on machines as I did on the cruise. I also cracked open the Wii fit that I bought a few weeks ago from Circuit City online. It arrived the - [Row row row your boat....](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=364) - Today was an at sea day on the ship. I woke up a little later than normal skipped out on breakfast (for which I really shouldn't have) and went right to the gym and ran about 2.6 miles. My mile times are getting better with each one I do. I really felt the lack of - [Fucking Norbert Part Deux](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=362) - Oh Norbert you fucking bastard. I woke up around 9:30 or so and went down for breakfast. We don't dock until about 12 so there is plenty of time to eat and then get a quick run in before I go on shore for a two tank dive. While on our way to Cabo, I - [F-ing Norbert](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=359) - Hooray, I got to go diving today. The ship got into port at about 7:30 am. I set the alarm to go off at 6 but just went back to sleep because I was f-ing tired from the idiotic running I did the day prior. I wake up around 7:45, put on my gear and - [Starting to develop cabin fever....](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=357) - Nothing special today as all I did was just run on the machines in the gym. I was woken up after a nice 4 or so hour nap from the previous night. Went to eat a breakfast that consisted of fresh fruit. I downed a bunch of bananas because I was planning on running so - [Off To Mexico](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=349) - I'm sitting here on the Lido Deck of the Carnival Cruise ship Pride, over looking the dome that once housed Hugh's Spruce Goose and the Queen Mary in Long Beach. In about another hour, the ship is set to sail towards Puerta Vallarta. I'll still have internet access, a total of 250 minutes for the - [Hooray for Boobies!](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=353) - I was woken up around 11 in the morning on day two. Breakfast consisted of three bananas - most of the other breakfast stations were closing, so there was only one left and there was a huge line. Blah, bananas are good for you. Hung out and played big 2 with the family again, my - [Final day of the cruise and final thoughts](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=367) - Back from my cruise, it is time to add in some details about the last day in Ensenada and my final thoughts on the trip. The trip was good, but it could have been so much better. Regardless, I did have fun and I was able to take some decent pictures while on the ship. - [Model Build Gathering #16](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=347) - Model build gathering happened this past Saturday. We didn't quite reach 20 people, but all told, I believe we probably had 17 or 18 people at various times. Not as much alcohol was consumed as on the previous gathering, but the beers and shots did flow. We only had one new comer this month. We're - [Much Love and Respect!](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=288) - I am bloody tired right now, but as I start this, I have a little under 3 hours left before I board my flight home. My last post was written as I sat at the terminal waiting for my flight out to Jamaica. I had the option for internet service, but it was $14 a - [That flight sucked ass...](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=286) - But some of the single serving friends you meet can be cool. Getting off work, my friend Pete takes me to LAX around 6:30. I get to the Spirit airline check in counter around 7 or so. There is a small line, but no one at the counter. Chatting up the guy in front of - [Off to Jamaica.. in the middle of hurricane season...](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=284) - In another 12 hours from this posting; I should be off to Negril Jamaica for Phishie's wedding. I have all my SCUBA gear packed and condition's permitting, I plan on getting my two single tank or 1 double tank dive a day. I have no idea if I'll have internet access or not, but I'm - [And now for something completely different](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=282) - I picked up a new camera set up on Monday. Since I'll be leaving for Jamaica Thursday night, and with my SCUBA gear, I needed a new camera setup to replace my old setup which became utterly useless a few months ago when it up and died. So I got a nice little deal from - [Resin Anime Figure Eye Painting Tutorial](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=279) - For eye painting, I use several items, a rapidograph technical pen that has a .13mm tip, your standard mechanical pencil, enamel paints, lighter fluid for thinning, a reference picture, and a blank sheet of paper. Following all the steps after the jump and all the videos, the final result is this: To begin, I practice - [OMG Back to Model Building](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=210) - It has been more than 2 full months since I last posted any sort of progress on projects I'm currently working on. With coming back from Otakon, and seeing how inspired my friend Brian is on his fairly new interest in model building; the feelings come back and I found myself sitting down at my - [Masking Tutorials (Videos)](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=264) - As a companion to the previous post, Masking Kanu, I also have videos I took during the process. I wasn't able to upload the pictures since I didn't have time to convert the video files to flash format so better Nate than Lever.... Videos after the jump. The masking begins with the tamiya masking tape: - [Masking Kanu](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=262) - Today's update is all about masking Kanu so that I can paint some detail areas. I use four different masking techniques. For the areas that boarder between the masked and unmasked areas, I use tamiya masking tape. Tamiya masking tape is very thin and is easily cut with a very sharp(brand new) hobby knife blade. - [Labor Day Weekend Update](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=252) - Weekend update. A good amount of work was accomplished on Kanu over the weekend, some rework to resculpt a broken/missing piece, and a build gathering capped out the events of the long Labor Day weekend. Because of the amount of hard alcohol consumed, I spent the day recovering. I'm still not 100%, but at least - [Tattoo for Kanu](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=249) - With the clear gloss cured for a full day, I can now apply the decal. The first picture shows the planning stage. Once I have a good idea on where I want the tattoo (decal) placed, I can now dip the decal in some water for a few seconds then take the decal out of - [Small progress on Kanu and a new kit...](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=244) - Now that the skin has had a day to cure, I move on to the next step. The narcissist in me needs to put my stupid tattoo logo on all my figure kits, so the first step towards that is to spray a clear gloss coat onto the skin. I sprayed all the skin tone - [Not so tanned Kanu](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=240) - With the base skin tone cured overnight, I sprayed on the lighter skin tone first focusing on highlight areas of the body. I turned the air pressure down to about 6-8 psi and sprayed very close to the surface to draw in the highlights. The following two pictures shows the highlighted areas. Once I have - [Painting Kanu Begins](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=237) - Once I get to this phase, updates will become more frequent and the light at the end of the tunnel is all the more present. For most of my builds, 80% of the build is surface preparation with the repetitive sanding, priming, and filling cycle. As of last night, this is what Kanu looks like: - [Kanu Progress](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=234) - Weekend update. This weekend saw a good amount of work done on Kanu. Friday was spent sanding, Saturday I re-primed the sanded pieces, then Sunday saw some actual paint work. The red parts got the base coat of Finisher's Silk Red. The upper piece of the dress still had a good amount of surface defects - [New Kits from WonFes 2008 Summer](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=232) - Two kits that I picked up off Y!J auctions arrived Saturday morning. I had just finished re-priming the Kanu kit so having these two kits arrive is just perfect timing. Pulling them out, I get to cutting flash and pinning. The first kit is Asuka Langley from Evangelion cosplaying as Yoko Ritona from Gurren Lagann - [Anime Expo Staff Dinner](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=230) - A month and a half after Anime Expo, there was the Anime Expo Staff Dinner (ASD). Apparently this is a fairly new tradition started about 5 or 6 years ago. Even more recent is the requirement for "formal attire". Now when I read the words "formal attire", I'm thinking tux, tails, etc. But reading the - [A little tutorial update](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=228) - This is a small tutorial update. I'm finally catching up with putting some of the videos that I finished right before Anime Expo up on the site, and updated three of the tutorial pages with the videos and technique descriptions. Light Curing Putty Wet Sanding Resin Scrubbing with the Ultrasonic Cleaner As I get going - [The most tedious part of model building](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=223) - Putty, sand, prime, repeat. This is tedious because sanding as a process is tedious. Add in the need to fill seams, fill gaps, fill surface imperfections, sanding on top of that, then primer to check if the fixed areas are truly fixed, the process can repeat itself. And depending on how anal retentive you are, - [Model Build Gathering: August 16 2008](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=213) - Terry arrived early so we can fix his airbrush. I took the airbrush apart and threw the front parts into a cup of lacquer thinner and ran the stuff through my ultrasonic cleaner. The nozzle was damaged so we went out to Coast Airbrush to pick up parts. Folks started arriving around 1:30 and everyone - [家 (Family)](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=212) - So tonight, I went over to my Dad's place to have dinner with him and his wife; well they don't cook, so we went out for dinner. It has been a couple of months since I last saw my step mother. I don't harbor any ill wills towards her, but I don't just don't trust - [Muse](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=208) - So I've been listening to more music of late as my car was in the shop for a full week while a dent to my hood and my driver side mirror was replaced because a piece of freeway debris flew up and caused said damage to my then, 2 week old car. So today's focus - [Model Build Gathering WebCam Feed/Link](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=206) - Discussions with Brian resulted in an idea to broadcast or link the model build gatherings via webcams. I'd like to have something similar to video conferencing. So I'm sure the video camera dhcloud lent me would suffice, I think I would just need to play around with some video conferencing software. But the general idea - [Otakon 2008 (After Con Post)](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=199) - Still trying to recover from the past couple of days of being out in Maryland. Damn fun trip! The model contest wasn't as exciting as it has in previous years, and I guess I can be proud that AX's model contest now surpasses Otakon's, so I guess some good is coming from the active push - [Otakon (pre con post)](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=197) - Today, I fly out to Baltimore, actually Washington Dulles airport for the largest anime convention on the eastern seaboard; Otakon (Pronounced over there as oda-con). I missed the event last year. I like this event as it is very different from Anime Expo. The events and stuff are similar, and they both are anime conventions, - [Remaining Friends](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=193) - Yes, this is more mindless ramblings and nothing ado about model building, so if this does not interest you, move along. But if this does interest you, then sit down, it's time for story time with Clem. The question at hand is about staying friends. And this is focused on staying friends with ex girlfriends, - [Fear of the Unknown...](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=191) - So, about 10 minutes ago, there was, as initial reports come in, a 5.8 earthquake with the epicenter at Chino Hills, California. The low rumble started as I sat at my desk, and I noted to my co-workers that we're getting a nice little earthquake. Then as it continued, it got significantly stronger and one - [July's Model Build Gathering](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=183) - It's 4:45 PM and I'm still trying to recover from yesterday's build gathering. Early in the morning, I hit up a showing of Dark Knight with Will and Chris, and rushed back with them in tow to the house to find that Travis and company were already here. People showed up fairly promptly this gathering, - [Avenged Sevenfold (A7X)](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=175) - So I've been playing a good amount of RockBand in the past few weeks since I exposed my best friend and his family to the game. And a few weeks ago, I grabbed a couple of Avenged Sevenfold songs for RockBand; Afterlife and Critical Acclaim. My previous exposure to Avenged Sevenfold was from Guitar Hero - [Gunpla/Resin Anime Figure Building Tutorial Ver 3.0](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=174) - Ok, I am currently uploading the latest version of my model building tutorials. So far I have it up on mininova and will be putting it up on other torrent trackers too. Gunpla Model and Resin Anime Figure tutorial ver 3.0 Download, disseminate, and seed! - [My Best Friend's Wedding](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=173) - This past weekend was a fairly busy one. For starters, I was staffing at Anime Expo and giving three 2 hour long workshop sessions on model building. And on Sunday, my oldest and best friend got married. I was also one of two best men (groomsmen). My obligations with AX and my friends staying with - [Anime Expo (Post Con Version)](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=172) - Another Anime Expo (AX) has come and gone. I staffed the event for the first time this year at the Art Show, dealing mostly with the Model Contest aspect of the event. This gave me the opportunity to experience a completely different viewpoint to the event. For the past couple of months, I have made - [Anime Expo 2008 (before the show post)](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=171) - Anime Expo (AX) is coming up in the next few days. I am looking forward to this as this should keep my heart and mind busy for the next week or so. I have finished revamping the first part of my workshop presentation, but I still need to polish up a few things on the - [June's Model Build Gathering](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=169) - This weekend, a good number of the usual suspects didn't show up; but we were still able to get about 14 people over to the build gathering. Rockband was fired up off and on through the gathering, Season 4 of Family Guy was thrown in, the grill was loaded with food, and we also built - [Boom de yada](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=168) - I love my little dogs, I love to build gunpla, I love scuba diving, I love to cook for friends, I love the whole world, And I love her too Boom de yada Boom de yada Boom de yada Boom de yada xkcd did a parody of the Discovery commercial that popped up a few - [Hugo & Beanie](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=167) - Of all the things I write about, I have yet to really write anything about my two dogs, Hugo & Beanie. They are both Pembroke Welsh Corgis, both boys, not related, and about half a year in age difference. Hugo is the tri-color and Beanie is the fawn (for you Cowboy Bebop fans, think Ein.) - [A few plugins](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=166) - I reactivated the "post ratings" plugin. I guess when I updated the blog to 2.5.1, some of the plugins broke, so I never picked up the updated versions and reinstalled them. So ratings are back, for those who care. I also added a plugin that gives the logged users some benefit. Although, I have very - [Motivation](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=164) - And the lack there of. In the past two weeks, I've been having some motivational problems. Even though I believe I know what the cause is, I still cannot seem to push myself enough. Kanu's been in limbo for quite some time now. I was able to get most of the Nu's done, and still - [It's easier to be an asshole to words than people](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=162) - I saw a post up on xkcd today, the actual post is after the jump. I think back to all the interactions I've had since being introduced to the wonderful world of the internet way back in 1994. There was a text based online game called a MUD that a friend of mine introduced me - [A life less ordinary....](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=160) - Or, it could be completely normal; but in comparison to good old TV, and what we are all taught to be "normal"; I'm pretty sure that I'm way out there in left field facing the fence. This weekend was an interesting one; and the events leading up to it began last Thursday evening. In other - [The Workshop](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=159) - I believe that a big part to working on kits is a well set up work area. When I first started building kits, I had a temporary work area; my tools were semi organized and simply thrown into boxes, random cups and strewn all over my temporary fold up desk area. The same area was - [1/144 Gundam Bar](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=158) - During one of the build gatherings at my house a couple of months ago, Sean F and the other folks at the "kiddy" table came up with the idea to create a "Gundam Bar". The basic idea was to have standalone bases as bar sections that can connect to each other to form a much - [Kanu (関羽雲長) Primed](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=157) - Now that I've gotten to a comfortable point with my HGUC Nus, I'm now in full concentration on Kanu. From last night, I was able to get the initial priming session done. I will explain the reason behind the term "initial priming" after the jump. I did a quick fit after the priming so that - [Kanu Progress and New Tutorials Update](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=143) - Quick update from the past couple of days. I pinned and glued most of the two part pieces and filled the gaps using epoxy putty. Below is the robe piece in a vice while the epoxy glue dries. I took some videos of the processes while I continued work on her. Seams were filled with - [HGUC Nu Gundams, Done? Just about...](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=156) - I was finally able to sit down and shoot some videos for the weathering processes of the dirty Nu kit. So with that done, here are some pictures of the complete Nus... well about as complete as they can be for the time being. I still haven't finished the weapons or funnel systems for both - [1/4 Yoko Revisited, testing out the gallery function...](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=145) - Well, for the e2046 contest, I retook some pictures of my Yoko. And when I saw Don (Gluefinger/Resinmonkey)'s photos; I wanted to experiment with a dark background and dropping the brightness of some of my pictures. I used the lowest ISO setting of 50 and increased the shutter speed to 1/150-1/200 or so. I'm very - [Model Build Gathering 5/25/2008](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=144) - We had the 11th build gathering this past weekend on a Sunday because it was Memorial Day Weekend. We had a slight drop in numbers, but 19 people is still a good number. There were a couple of new faces this time, so we're still showing some rather steady growth. I shudder to contemplate the - [1/6 Kanu Uncho (関羽雲長) Progress](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=142) - Started this project this weekend. This is a 1/6 scale Kanu sculpted by ä¸­å±±æ „æ²» which is a sculpt based on the same picture that Bome used for their 1/4 scale Kanu. The remaining Nu is waiting for some demos this weekend and will be finished once I get the demos for the build gathering. So - [Another tutorial update](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=141) - Again, as I've been progressing through the HGUC Nu Gundam builds, I've been taking a good number of videos of various process that may or may not be intuitive to newer modelers. I've already gotten a few requests for videos of certain techniques, and I hope to get more. What may come as second nature - [Nu's panel lined](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=140) - Getting off my ass and finally getting some work in; it's time for a little update. In long run, it is good that the parts were allowed a good amount of time for the clears to completely cure. For the wash, I used model masters black thinned with napatha based lighter fluid. Here are some - [Love Fades Away](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=139) - It has been about seven years now. My most recent relationship has now come to an end after seven years. I write this to better clear my own head, help myself understand the whole process, and to help come to terms with everything. It is a fairly anti climatic end, no big fight, no huge - [Return to working on the HGUC Nus](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=138) - This weekend, I returned to working on the HGUC Nus. I got them gloss clear coated and ready for decals: Decaled: Here are some comparison pictures of the two Nus so far. In some of the pictures, you can see the weathering done to the decals. Next up will be the panel line wash and - [Things are shaping up...](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=137) - Small update from the past two days of work. I got the arm pod with battery pack built. More sanding work on the body. Aquament epoxy putty work on the body for finer details and filling. Another test with the LEDs one with a resistor and one without, I'll be going with a resistor along - [Air Man Update](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=136) - Got the electronic components together Adding little connectors to each component, stringing them together with the DPDT switch, I can run the yellow LEDS (Still not completely decided on the color I want the eyes - red, yellow, or blue) from the lithinum 3 volt battery and the ducted fan can run off the 1.5 - [Nu Update, Model Build Gathering, and New A Project](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=135) - Weekend update. First things first, I got a good amount of work done towards the end of last week, and a little work over the build gathering. Since I'm letting the clear gloss cure on the first Nu, I got to work sanding the second Nu. Additionally, since the second Nu was toyed around with - [Tax Day Nu](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=134) - Tax day update.... I actually couldn't get as much done because I was spending some time working on my taxes.... at least Calif is going to pay me back for the interest free loan I gave them... *sigh* The federal side is a whole other story... but at least now, I know that I need - [Pretty big tutorial update](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=133) - Major updates to the tutorials. Reorganized stuff so things are easier to find. Also; since I'm still in the midst of redoing videos and such, I figure I can throw up what I have now; which will be easier to deal with than trying to making all the changes once I'm done. Best to do - [HGUC Nu, Weekend update](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=132) - Time for a small weekend update. Actually, this is work done from near the end of last week and sunday night. I had a fairly busy weekend so I didn't get as much as I wanted done, but progress is moving along. I did a quick assembly of most of the parts for a primed - [HGUC Nu Progress](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=131) - Another size comparison picture, using an hguc RGM-79D cold climate GM, this really shows off the shear massiveness that is the Nu. Small little update to the hguc nus I've been working on. On one of the kits, I replaced the backpack thrusters with metal thrusters from Ako Hobby. I'm using the same thrusters for - [Model Build Gathering](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=130) - Saturday saw another successful model build gathering! We grew by 4 new attendees this month, and we had a total of 17 people attending including myself. Gtetra, even after spending the Friday and Saturday moving into his new house, called up and came over later Saturday Night to participate, true dedication. I'll be picking up - [1/4 Yoko from Gurren Lagann Completed](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=107) - Gurren Lagann (å¤©å…ƒçªç ´ã‚°ãƒ¬ãƒ³ãƒ©ã‚¬ãƒ³) Yoko (ヨーコ), Yoko's Done. She's rather large so photography wasn't the easiest task, so I only took a few. Click here for the completed page with more pictures. Click here for the progress page. - [HGUC Nu Gundam](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=129) - ...time to shelve the Hi Nu for a little bit... These suckers arrive yesterday morning 3/27. The release date for the kit was 3/26, and I put in an order with R10 on Monday 3/24. This is a testament to R10's amazing processing time. They were about 20 bucks a kit. When news of the - [More Brokeback Modeling](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=128) - Mark W was out here on the left coast again, and only 3 days shy of the build gathering. One of these days, he'll figure some kind of work/release deal and be able to stay a weekend and actually attend the fun that is the usually gathering of nerds and geeks... he'll fit right in, - [Hi Nu Gundam Conversion: Surface Preparation](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=109) - Ok, a little update after a week. The problem with showing progress on prep work is that it is very boring. Not much is seen in the ways of changes. The sanding process is fairly arduous, and the cleaning sessions are just boring, but these steps are the most important ones in the build as - [Vicious Project's Hi Nu Gundam Conversion ](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=108) - This is a conversion kit for the MG Hi Nu Gundam put out by Vicious Project, a Korean based sculpting group. I started this project a few months ago, but got side tracked with the urge to complete a few figure projects first. Now that I've gotten that out of my system, I can move - [1/4 Yoko Progress Continues](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=106) - This weekend saw a good amount of work on her. I made some adjustments to the skin tone off comments made from the use on the Young Hip Cover Gal kit. So hopefully it looks a little more life like. I added some brown and yellows to the mixture and adjusted things using white base. - [Feb Model Build Gathering](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=104) - We had another successful build gathering this past Saturday. All said, we had 13 people show up. The build extended out to the front living room and we were building in two groups. I was able to get an airbrushing tutorial in, where I demonstrated thinning ratios, the value of air pressure control, spraying on - [Putty -> Sand -> Prime -> Repeat](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=103) - I have most of the kit primed, I still need to finish sanding and prime the hair. Here are a few shots of the current progress. I need to reprime some of the parts, and the gun is primed as well. Color painting should come soon. - [Brokeback Model Building](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=102) - So for the past couple of months, Mark W has been traveling out to LA for various business trips, and while out here, he takes the opportunity to work on his models. Since I have a decent workshop, he comes over and gets a good amount of painting done on his kits, quite possibly more - [Ski Trip 2008](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=101) - Our annual ski trip has come and gone. This is the 8th year of this event. The conditions were very nice, not a single cloud in the skies over the entire weekend. This year, the core group was treated with alot of new faces. There were six complete newcomers; and in usual fashion, the law - [WOOHOO Ski Trip!](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=100) - Happy Valentine's Day, and tomorrow begins the annual ski trip. I've been doing this with a group from friends from across the country for the past 6 years now, and this one will be number 7. We all meet up at South Lake Tahoe, usually only about half the people actually ski/snowboard, the rest just - [1/4 Yoko from Pearl Project Start](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=99) - Started this a while ago, just had it pinned: Click here for the progress page But now that I'm done with my commission projects, I'm working full steam on her. First and foremost, the gun needs serious work. Gun in the original parts: Hollowed out the muzzle. I'm still not sure what I'm going to - [Done, sort of..](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=97) - Saturday night update. Finished sanding, priming, then painted the red. I applied future floor polish to the eyes, so once that finishes drying, I can snap some decent pictures. I'll have to wait a few days before sending the kit off, since I want the future to cure decently before sending it out. - [Modeling Hypocrisy](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=95) - I constantly run into the issue, and I love when I'm approached for something I posted or put up on display. I have yet to run into the issue at some of my local contests and such, most likely because I'm known by the organizers and such. But this little rant is a result of - [Valley Con 2008](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=93) - I haven't posted all month, and this weekend just had so much going on. There was the rather successful model build gathering, I sorta finished a few projects - but I need to go back and really finish them before I post up final pictures and make a blog entry about them; and there was - [Young Hip Cover Gal done and Habanero Update!](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=94) - Easy to see how busy I was this month since there was no posts; but I'm making up for lost time with these things. The future on the eyes for the Cover Gal has solidified so I put the head back onto the body and took a few pictures. Now, I did take her out - [Model Build Gathering 1-26-2008](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=92) - Another successful model build gathering. First person arrived promptly around 1PM and the last person left around 1:30AM. We had a good group of folks out here this weekend. I think we topped off at 11 people. A couple of yokos were on the table. I spent most of the time trying to finish up - [Next Model Build Gathering: January 26, 2008](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=91) - The next model build gathering is Saturday January 26, 2008. Note, this is the day before the Pasadena Modelers Society annual model contest: Valley Con. Check out the Events section in the Forums for more information. - [Model Build Night](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=18) - From a couple of discussions over at HF regarding the current state of available kits: Post at HobbyFanatics, and coming off the fun of teaching at AX, the idea of holding a build night occurred to me. The idea is to host a build night either once a month or twice a month, invite local - [Model Build Day #2](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=19) - Mark your calendars, Model Build Day #2 will be scheduled for Saturday, August 18, 2007. If you are local to Southern California, have an interest in gunpla/resin figure building. Come on over. Email me for more details if you are planing on coming out here to build stuff. - [Build Night and Habenaro Tan Progress Update](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=40) - Folks started showing up around 3:00PM today for the model build gathering that I've been holding once a month. There were six of us today, a pretty good size. The airbrush station was running for a couple of hours and we had a few people get some painting done. I finally got some time to - [Next Build Gathering](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=50) - The next build gathering is set for Saturday, November 10, 2007 starting @ 1:00 PM and running until whenever everyone gets tired and leaves. Email me for more information (link at bottom of this page) - [Build Gathering 11-10-2007](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=70) - Saturday had the most successful build gathering to date. We started around 1:00 PM ran to about 5, where a small group went off to the local hobby shop, when we got back, a few folks needed to take off, but they were quickly replaced by other folks. The spray booth station actually had a - [Model Build Gathering: 12-22-2007](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=88) - Another successful model build gathering. First person arrived promptly around 1PM and the last person left around 2AM. Somewhere in the middle the grill was fired up and chicken, brats, rack of lamb, etc were burned and devoured. Heineken Lights, Miller Lights, and Coke from Mexico were consumed in moderation. I believe a good time - [Next Build Gatherings: Saturday December 22, 2007](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=80) - The next weekend build gathering will be on Saturday December 22, 2007 @ 1:00 PM. Plan on bringing some food, raw or cooked as I'll be firing up the grill. More discussion on the gathering is here: http://www.gamerabaenre.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=3 An additional week night build gathering will be held on Thursday November 29, 2007 @ 8:00 PM. - [Christmas Eve Diving](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=89) - Christmas Eve Diving. Went in with a friend and my girlfriend. Water was a brisk 56 degrees. We dove for about 56 minutes and went to a depth of about 30 feet. The tides were fairly high today. Lots of lobsters hiding in rocks and crevices. I was finally able to get a clear picture - [Merry Christmas!](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=90) - Hope you folks have/had a safe Christmas. - [New Tutorials and Updates to Existing Tutorials](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=87) - I pulled the videos I have for my model building seminar and converted them to flash video files so that they will be easier to download and stream from my site. The quality of the videos is no where near that of the tutorial from the bit torrent file, but for web purposes, I think - [Underwater Fun](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=86) - I finally got to go diving again yesterday morning. Two weeks prior, it had rained and when we attempted to dive, the visibility was about 2 feet. Yesterday's visibility was decent, about 8 to 10 feet. We went down, caught a few scallops, then went to play with the sea life. The reefs are full - [Char's Zaku II Completed!](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=84) - I finished the sucker last night. I sprayed on a gloss clear coat yesterday morning, then panel lined when I got off work, followed by a flat clear coat. Letting the kit sit for a good hour or so after spraying the clear coat, I then went and added all the metal beads to the - [Char's Zaku Weekend Update](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=83) - Another update. If everything went fine, I would have been completed by now, but I ran into a small snafu; you can read more about it here: Char's Zaku Progress Page - [Char's Zaku Update](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=82) - While I wait for paints to arrive for the Habaneros, I got some work done on the Zaku this week. I finished most of the exterior armor sanding on Monday, the kit was primed on Tuesday, and Wednesday night I got the base colors and secondary colors painted. More progress pictures and info here: Char's - [Thinning and Sharpening Antennas and V-Fin Tutorial](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=81) - While working on my Zaku today as I wait for some paint for the little Habenaros, I decided to take some extra pictures to show the ease of sanding down and sharpening antennas and v-fins. The process and application is very simple, but the parts are very tiny so it's understandable how folks will find - [GB Forums](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=78) - Late last night after taking a break from building, I got bored and decided to try throwing up a forum for my site. Nothing special, just going to see how this plays out. If traffic sucks, then I'll get rid of it as there are plenty of well established message boards out there already. The - [Mono Eye Tutorial](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=68) - I did a quick tutorial for creating a camera lens effect for mono eyes prominent on most Zeon Mobile Suits. I have a couple of methods using different materials but the principal for creating the effect is basically the same. Check it out here: Mono Eye Tutorial Additionally, I added a quick sanding tutorial: Sanding - [New Tutorials](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=48) - I've started to consolidate some of the techniques used frequently in my builds from my progress pages and make updates to the tutorial's page: Tutorial's Page. Today added the following: Panel Line Wash Tutorial Water Slide Decal Tutorial Build Layers I am currently looking at other areas where I can make a quick article and - [4 New Tutorials For Today](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=49) - I create four more new tutorials to add to the tutorial's page: Tutorial's Page. As I was writing the tutorials, I noticed that some of the pictures were not showing up. I guess my move over to the new host wasn't complete. I will have to upload the missing pictures tonight when I get home. - [Treasure Island Again](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=51) - Today, I hit treasure island with a couple of friends. However, I was only able to dive for a total combined time of about 20 minutes, and I had about 1.5k lbs of air left in my tank. The guys I was diving with were having problems. One had mask problems which was leaking water, - [Temporary MIA](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=46) - I'm currently in the process of changing domain hosts, so images, pages, and the usual theme are MIA while things get pieced back together. My old host was just too limiting on the amount of storage space, and I recently received the 60 day domain renewal notice so what better time to jump ship than - [Catalina Island Diving](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=39) - Sunday saw a boat trip out to Catalina Island. We did a total of three dives, the first dropped us to about 70 ft, and we dived for about 30 minutes. The second was spent mostly between 20-25 feet or lower and the dive ended up lasting 53 minutes - so far the longest dive - [Treasure Island Dive Spot](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=38) - This past Saturday (September 29th) the girlfriend and I dived Treasure Island. Friday night we went to scope out the new dive spot, right off Westley Street behind the Montage Resort and Spa. The waters looked incredibly calm and the cove looked so inviting. The next morning, we got there around 9 AM and walked - [Gundam Model and Resin Anime Figure Building Seminar 2007](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=5) - Last night I got an email tip from HongFire's MilkManDan that Anime Expo had updated the workshop page and was accepting submissions for workshops, panels, etc. So I quickly submitted my proposal for the "Gundam Model and Resin Anime Figure Building Seminar - [Model Building Seminar @ Tekkoshocon, April 13-15 2007](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=12) - This coming weekend there will be a model contest at Tekkoshocon in Monroeville PA. There will also be a "How to Build Gunpla/Resin Figures Seminar" held on each of the three days of the event. The schedule for the seminar is below: Friday: 2:30pm-4:00pm Saturday: 6:30pm-8:00pm Sunday: 8:00am-9:00am More information about the model contest can - [Tekkoshocon: Random Thoughts...](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=14) - This past weekend I was at Tekkoshocon. This was my first time venturing out to this event. Last year at Otakon, I met Chris Barretta and a few others and was told that I should go to Tekkosho for the model contest. The time came and I had the resources and time for heading out - [Back in the saddle again](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=15) - This past month's worth of time has been busy as it can get. Deadlines at work have kept me working late. As well as a back injury that I would love to blame on my insistence on improving my spray booth and building one that is easily 3 times that of the old one. But - [Anime Expo 2007](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=16) - Anime Expo 2007 June 29 - July 2 2007 Long Beach Convention Center Click here for the Anime Expo Model contest information Gundam and Resin Figure model building seminar schedule and room location: "Gundam Models & Resin Building Seminar: Basics" Friday, June 29 Workshops 1 (LBCC 104C) 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM "Gundam Models & - [Anime Expo](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=17) - Pictures from Anime Expo 2007! - [IPMS Nationals, 4 days of fun...](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=22) - Click here for IPMS National Competition 2007 Pictures It's 1:43 AM right now. Gtetra is in my workshop priming his GP04 conversion kit. CWModels is outside sitting with Acon chatting about anime, figures, shops, history, etc; Bhop is in the dining room working on gluing parts of his resin figure together; while I'm here uploading - [PADI SCUBA Open Water Certification Weekend](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=20) - This weekend, Clementine and I completed our PADI SCUBA Open Water class with a beach dive at Redondo's Veteran's Park on Saturday and a boat dive off Catalina Island on Sunday. The beach dive was fairly strenuous as we needed to battle the waves with full gear to get out past the waves' breaking zone - [Gunpla/Resin Figure Building Tutorial Files](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=33) - Gunpla/Resin Figure Model Building Presentation Files ver. 2.0 - [1/6 Midori Sugiura Completed](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=23) - I started this kit around the time of the IPMS Nationals, during the build nights at my house. Just pinned and such. I didn't really get into building her until around the beginning of the month. A few weeks later, I have her completed. I didn't finish the base yest since I'm planning on taking - [SCUBA dives 11-14](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=27) - There was a storm that hit Southern California this past weekend, so our diving plans for Saturday got derailed, so we went today (Sunday). We originally wanted to get up at around 5 AM and head out to Laguna, but attempts to failed so we ended up sleeping for another two hours. After lazily getting - [MG Zaku II 2.0 No Paint Progress](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=21) - So I started working on one of those new Zaku II 2.0's. This thing is perfect for MMC's August Contest. This is the first time I'm trying the no paint method for building an MG. Granted I will be using paints to do some detail painting, a filter, fade, and dry brushing; but this is - [Spray Booth Ver 3.0](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=8) - Prompted by a thread over at HobbyFanatics that began with a question on wiring schematics for a setting up a spray booth, the discussion turned towards recommendations for good spray booth fans. When asked the question, I replied that I had seen several very well done spray booths that utilized Range Hoods (typically seen in - [And the wiener is...](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=6) - Hooray for me! My 1/144 Wave Quebeley placed first in an online contest over at E2046.com. Granted there were not many entries in the Mecha category in comparison to the Figures and Diorama, so the competition wasn't too big - however it was some rather tough competition with the entries. I had pretty much acquiesced - [Some people's children....](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=7) - So person A makes a rather idiotic comment in a thread on a message board regarding the possible 100th MG kit that will be released this summer. I usually ignore such inane and uneducated comments, but I felt the sudden urge to reply and completely dismantle the guy's idiot comment. In response, person A then - [Partially Covered or Pulled Up?](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=10) - On Monday, I finally received my missing part for the 1/6 Young Hip Cover Girl Orchid Seed Wonder Festival Winter 2007 kit. Damn that was a mouthful. I had received the kit a while back in the first half of March; however upon opening up the box and dry fitting things I noticed that I - [Gunpla/Resin Model Building Tutorial Ver 2.0](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=13) - Ok, adding a bunch of things: some new videos, a bunch of new pictures, a few new techniques and a word document detailing the techniques in plain text. Click here to download this torrent. Oh yeah, and please leave some comments so that I can better improve upon this. I took some of the suggestions - [And so it begins...](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=3) - Was going to actually fiddle with some downloaded blogging software and sort of meld it with my current webpage redesign, but upon logging into my webspace provider, I saw this and the laziness took over. Just clicked a few buttons and installed away. Linking this from the base of my webpage so we'll see how - [Weekend Update](https://gamerabaenre.com/?p=4) - Friday night I went to see Lil' Jimmy Norton at the Ontario Improv. Hilarious stuff. The girlfriend enjoyed the horribly dirty humor. It was a fun night. Ok, got a good portion of the site design up and live. There still may be a bug or two with browsers other then Firefox, so I guess ## Pages - [Macross VE-1 Elintseeker Completed](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=7650) - Complete build progress: Macross V#-1 Elintseeker Progress - [Macross VE-1 Elintseeker 1/72](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=7659) - My first post about this kit was September 16, 2007 when I unboxed and started with a test fit. Fast forward another 7 years to April 2015 for another attempt, this time changing from a straight aircraft build to the Gerwalk. And here we are today, a few months shy of 10 years later. IT - [Completed Mecha](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=1191) - Newest works: Mecha and Mecha Dioramas: Some pretty old stuff: - [In Progress](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=1176) - This is a list of most if not all the projects I've completed or shelved for one reason or another. There are a few here that were started then the kit was sold off because I realised I would never get around to finishing it or I just completely lost interest. There is a ton - [SCGMC 2024 Pictures](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=7640) - Pictures for SCGMC 2024 - [Subaru from Choukou Sennin Haruka by Volks A Brand Progress](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=7569) - This is a kit from 2008, well, the original was from 2008 out of the C3X Chara Hobby show sold in a small production run by Volks. The character is from Choukou Sennin Haruka and is one of those ecchi choose how to molest the characters kind of games. She has the options for before - [Completed Figures](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=1193) - [Volks A Brand Subaru Completed](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=7574) - Completed pictures: - [1/100 Resin Kampfer Ver. Evo Completed](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=7444) - [Gundam X Girl X Akira](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=7368) - A quick month long project to bash a 3D printed Kaneda bike from Akira with some gunpla and an unrelated figure kit. Full build progression is here: Gundam X Girl X Akira Progress - [Entry Grade Nu Gundam Progress](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=7336) - Kicking off at midnight August 1st, I cracked open the box and clipped a few parts off the tree and called it a night as I had an early morning. But a day or so later, I started getting into the clean up work for the kit. The V-fins always need shaping to sharpen them - [Entry Grade Nu Gundam Completed](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=7337) - Complete progress for this build is here: Entry Grade Nu Gundam Build Progess - [P-Bandai MG Hazel Progress](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=7271) - October 16, 2017: This kit arrived a few weeks ago while i was finishing up my "RX-78 GP03" Mobile Student entry for SCGMC 2017. So there was a little bit of an overlap on the projects while I waited for things to cure on "Osaka"; I got to clipping and sanding the P-Bandai Hazel. The - [RX 121 TR1 Gundam Hazel](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=7269) - Completed pictures from the P-Bandai Hazel Gundam Complete build progress is here: https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=7271 - [Din Djarin's Modified Naboo N1 Starfighter Completed](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=7243) - [1/24 Resin Sazabi Bust Completed](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=7174) - Complete build progress is here: Resin Sazabi Bust Progress - [SCGMC 2021 Pictures](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=7002) - This year, we had 92 entrants bringing in 260 entries. - [Shop](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=6547) - [Southern California Gundam Model Competition](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=1515) - See you in 2022! - [SCGMC Ver Cov 2020](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=6831) - This is the SCGMC 2020 (Ver Cov) page that will be updated as we progress through this year's SCGMC Ver Cov online event. Day 1: All entries shown on day 1 for the Beginner, Super Deformed, and Theme categories: Beginners Super Deformed Theme Day 2: All the entries shown on day 2 for 1/144 and - [SCGMC 2020 Ver Cov Not A Gundam](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=6853) - [SCGMC 2020 Ver Cov 1/100](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=6847) - [SCGMC 2020 Ver Cov 1/144](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=6844) - [SCGMC 2020 Ver Cov Super Deformed](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=6837) - [SCGMC 2020 Ver Cov Theme](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=6839) - [SCGMC 2020 Beginners](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=6833) - All the entries for SCGMC 2020 Ver Cov Beginners Category - [Ford Mustang GT4 Completed](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=6815) - Completed Ford GT4. Complete progress is here: http://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=6808 - [Ford Mustang GT4 Progress](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=6808) - This project was started the first week of May and should have been done within 2 weeks. It is now approaching the tail end of June and it's still not done. I keep running into problems with the final body work bits. I realized that I didn't post up any progress pictures of this build - [ST Tortoise Completed](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=6802) - Completed pictures for the ST Tortoise from Votoms. This is a Takara kit from the 80's. The complete build progression is here: https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=6797 - [ST Tortoise Progress](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=6797) - I;ve had these 80's Votom kits for a while and I haven't built one ever. I've seen other modelers build some Votoms stuff and I like some of the styling. I just never got around to doing it. Sometime in August, I cracked open the box which was still originally tape sealed and just started. - [MS Girl ver Gouf Custom Complete](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=6725) - [MS Girl ver Gouf Custom](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=6723) - June 22, 2020: I love build gathering for the simple fact that a ton of my goofy ideas result from build interactions with my friends. I've been struggling to work on projects for the past two virtual build gatherings. The Ford Mustang GT4 stagnated from frustration. And then I started on an RG Sazabi that - [1/6 Tifa Lockhart Progress](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=6531) - I originally was going to start a 1/48 scale F4U-1 Corsair and upon opening the kit and sorta starting on it, I decided to to some research and grab some reference photos. That then lead me down a rabbit hole of buying a photoetch detail set and a photoetch bending tool. And so I had - [1/6 Tifa Lockhart Completed](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=6536) - Covid19 isolation project #3 completed. This is Tifa Lockhart from Final Fantasy 7 and I finished her in about 6 days just in time for the remake to arrive at my house. Complete progress for the kit can be found here: 1/6 Tifa Lockhard Progress - [Lamborghini Jota Progress](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=6503) - Finishing the Sakurai Aoi commission project refueled the itch to build, so I asked the wife which should I work on next, the Elintseeker project that's been shelved more time than I can count; or this 1975 Lambo. She picked Italy over Macross. I had picked this kit up last October at Orangecon, the IPMS - [Lamborghini Jota Completed](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=6506) - [Commissions](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=1197) - 1/8 Volks Sakurai Aoi 1/8 Volks Saber 1/100 Grimgerde Large Unicorn Gundam Commission (weathering) 1/12 Gundam Commission 1/5 Mizuki Commission Repair Sol Tekkaman*completed Infinite Justice*On hold Tekkaman Blade*completed Tekkaman Evil*completed Habanero-tan and Little Sister*completed Dark Elf X 2*completed MG Kampfer OOB *completed - [Volks Sakurai Aoi Completed](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=6494) - Completed pictures of this kit. For a complete build progress, click here: http://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=6486 - [Sakurai Aoi Commission Project Progress](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=6486) - I got this kit back in August of last year and did a quick cut and test fit once the kit arrived as a break from the 1/32 Gouf Custom project. Volks does a very nice job in breaking down the parts to individual colored pieces. So the clipping of gates and excess resin was - [SCGMC 2019](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=6434) - Pictures from SCGMC 2019. This is just a sampling of the pictures during the show. There were about 240 model kits entered from 110 model entrants. Not bad for a local gunpla show. If you missed the show, here's a glimpse of what happened: - [Gouf Custom Bust - Zaku Exceed Head Conversion Kit Progress](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=6423) - July 29, 2019: The old adage that if you don't use it, you'll lose it; is very true. I did some 3D designs for the Dom Barrage project but once those pieces were designed and printed and I spent more time with the hands-on side of things to finish the build; the 3D design skills - [Tutorials](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=1202) - Basic Building Techniques Basic Building Layers*Video (Under Construction) Sanding Tutorial*Video Seam Lines *Video Primer Tutorial *Video Basic Airbrushing*Video How to apply water slide decals Tutorial*Video How to apply a panel line wash Tutorial*Video How to mask tutorial*Video How to fix a broken joint*Video Advanced Building Techniques Reverse Wash Tutorial*Video Advanced Airbrushing*Video(under construction) Pearl Powder Tutorial*Video - [Dom Barrage Completed](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=6143) - This project took about 7 months from start to finish. There is 3D printing, scratch building, a little bit of kit bashing and some electronics all bundled into the giant old MG 1/100 Dom kit. The complete start to finish progress is here: http://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=6145 - [Dom Barrage Complete Progress](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=6145) - Feb 1, 2019. I started this immediately after finishing the Dreissen project. Pretty much the same day. I stumbled upon the Dom Barrage, MS-09 F/Br a few years ago and was interested in doing a build of it off the MG Dom. But the reference pictures were pretty lacking and I think I found one - [Gundam RX-78 Exceed Head Progress](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=5839) - Feb 25, 2019: This past weekend, I saw a FB post from one of my local shops (Neo Happy Land Co) saying they had the RX-78 Gundam Exceed Heads in stock. They're selling them there for $10. Which isn't too bad a markup being that they're gashapon items from Japan. I have a few of - [Gundam RX-78 Exceed Head Completed](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=5840) - These are the completed pictures for the Gundam RX-78 Exceed model head display that I took apart and rebuilt. - [AMG Mercedes GT3 Progress](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=5784) - Jan 29, 2018: Last week at SprueFest, one of the things for sale was a Tamiya Mercedes GT3 AMG kit. It looks pretty good and the price wasn't bad because of the sale so I picked one up. I also gently nudged fellow TGG Jeremy into getting one. I suggested that we should do a - [HGUC Dreissen Completed](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=5761) - I started this project back in March 2012 and after getting almost done with this kit, it got shelved in April and finally got the final work done in the past week. Better late than never. - [UC Project Progress](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=2428) - March 14, 2012 It has been a while since I worked on any gunpla, but about a week or so ago, I was hit with an some sudden inspiration and using some ideas that I've seen over the past year I started this project. This will be a 3 or 4 part project, as there - [SD Valkyrie VF-1J Progress](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=5691) - November 13, 2018 The group of us had a TGG Live broadcast two Saturday's ago and I was in the midst of finishing the Death kit so I really didn't have anything to work on, so I cracked open this little kit I picked up from Hong Kong the last time I went back. It - [SD Valkyrie VF-1J](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=5678) - [Grim Reaper Progress](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=5656) - Towards the end of the Mercedes build, this kit arrived. The sculptor calls her 死神のデス代 or just "Death/God of Death", I prefer the less final name of Grim Reaper. I picked her up off yahoo!japan auctions right after Winter Wonfest 2018. Unknown to me was that the sculptor: https://twitter.com/chilmirumirumi was already planning on releasing the - [Grim Reaper Completed](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=5587) - And she's done. Took a little while longer than I had planned. I thought I had her finished before SCGMC, but the glue didn't set correctly, and if you were at SCGMC 2018 and looked closely enough, her head was sitting incorrectly and looked a bit off. After the show, I drilled out the dried - [SCGMC 2018](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=5594) - Pictures from SCGMC 2018. Entries by Category: Juniors Beginners Advanced 1/100 and Larger Universal Century Advanced 1/144 and Smaller Universal Century Advanced 1/100 and Larger Alternate Universes Advanced 1/144 and Smaller Alternate Universes Anime Figures Star Wars Mecha General Super Deformed Diorama Expert - [SCGMC 2018 Experts](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=5637) - [SCGMC 2018 Diorama](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=5633) - [SCGMC 2018 Super Deformed](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=5630) - [SCGMC 2018 Mecha General](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=5627) - Mecha general category - [SCGMC 2018 Star Wars](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=5624) - Entries for Star Wars - [SCGMC 2018 Anime Figures](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=5621) - These are the entries for Anime Figures - [Advanced 1/144 and Smaller Alternate Universes](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=5618) - Entries for 1/144 and smaller Alternate Universes - [Advanced 1/100 and Larger Alternate Universes](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=5615) - Entries for advanced 1/100 and lager Alternate Universes - [Advanced 1/144 and Smaller Universal Century](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=5612) - Entries for the advanced 1/144 and smaller for Universal Century - [SCGMC 2018 Advanced 1/100 Universal Century](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=5608) - Entries for 1/100 Universal Century 100uc1.JPG 100uc2.JPG 100uc3.JPG 100ucF2.JPG 100ucF3.JPG 100ucZ3.JPG IMG_6923.JPG IMG_6925.JPG IMG_6927.JPG IMG_6930.JPG IMG_6932.JPG IMG_6936.JPG IMG_6938.JPG IMG_6940.JPG IMG_6942.JPG IMG_6947.JPG IMG_6949.JPG IMG_6951.JPG IMG_6956.JPG IMG_6958.JPG IMG_6960.JPG IMG_7051.JPG IMG_7055.JPG IMG_7057.JPG IMG_7059.JPG IMG_7061.JPG IMG_7063.JPG IMG_7081.JPG IMG_7085.JPG IMG_7089.JPG - [SCGMC 2018 Beginners](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=5602) - These are entries for beginners. These are folks that are very new to building gunpla and may not have all the building skills yet. There are some beginners that while have only built for a few months have the skill levels of advanced modelers so those entries are moved to compete in the advanced categories. - [SCGMC 2018 Juniors](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=5598) - Junior entries for 2018, these are entrants that are aged 12 and under. - [IPMS Nationals 2018](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=5428) - [Sedona 2018](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=5425) - [Bear Guy Dominator Complete Build Progress](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=5416) - May 7, 2018: Our theme for this year's SCGMC is the Bearguy, so I'm finally getting off my ass and starting up my Bearguy project. I think I may have bitten off more than I can chew at this time. Sometimes when inspiration hits you, it's like being hit by a motorcycle speeding from your - [Bear Guy ver. Dominator](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=5383) - Just about 3 months after starting on this project, it's done. Well the main kit anyhow. I'm still working on a little display base that should get finished up in another month or so, depending on how much steam I still have after firing on all cylinders to get this project done. Hope you guys - [Our Corgis](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=1248) - Updated Feburary 5, 2005: December 19, 2007: Finally had some time to upload some more recent pictures of the little monsters. December 25, 2007: Christmas Corgis! Merry Christmas all from our little monsters. October 27, 2008: Halloween Corgis! July 11, 2009: Terry got Duke today, so everyone flocked - [Bob the Corgi](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=5097) - Place holder for Bob's page - [SCGMC 2017 Gallery](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=5021) - [Pearl Powders Tutorial](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=1377) - This tutorial will discuss the techniques for using pearl powders with model building. This follows the third build layers chart. For this example, I will be showing the effects of spraying pearl powders over a gloss black surface and a white surface. The applications of pearls are endless, and they can be applied to any - [Azumanga Daioh RX-78 GP03 Ver. "Osaka"](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=4981) - [Azumanga Daioh GP03 Ver. "Osaka" Progress](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=4978) - October 2, 2017: I crack open the bag of 7 resin pieces of varying size that will be my entry for the "RX-78" theme award for this year's SCGMC. We at TGG like to push the creativity level and hope that folks think outside the box when they see our themes. Sometimes we are restrictive, - [Model Competitions](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=1199) - September 30, 2017 OrangeCon 2017 October 8, 2016 OrangeCon 2016 April 18, 2015 IPMS Las Vegas Best of the West 2015 March 1, 2015 Pasadena Modelers Society's ValleyCon 2015 November 15, 2014 Southern California Gundam Model Competition 2014 August 2, 2014 TatsuHobby Contest 2014 July 4, 2014 Anime Expo GBWC 2014 March 2, 2014 ValleyCon - [Orange Con 2017](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=4961) - Pictures I took from IPMS OC's annual contest, until my camera ran out of batteries and I discovered that I didn't bring any spares. - [Volks Saber Commission Progress](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=4951) - July 11, 2017: Here's the Saber bride kit from Volks that I received yesterday. The kit comes together fairly easily, but there are a few gotchas. I did a quick test fit as well as some quick pinning to get a good look and feel for everything. The customer has requested a special paint scheme, - [Volks Saber Bride Commission](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=4940) - Custom Volks Saber Bride Commission - [Advanced Airbrushing](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=1329) - This tutorial will discuss some advanced airbrushing techniques. Preshading is the fourth step in the build layers chart. The basic primes to this techniques to have a base color on the part that is a couple of tones darker than what you want for your final color. If you want a light blue finish, base - [Basic Airbrushing](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=1339) - This tutorial will discuss the basics for airbrushing. Many of the basic has already been demonstrated in the primer tutorial.So this tutorial will focus on spraying color; for the purpose of following the build layers chart. Start with mixing the paint.A rough starting point of about 60% thinner to 40% paint is my typical start - [MG GM Sniper 2 Completed](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=4810) - This is the first of a two part project. The GM took about 4 months to complete. The display base is still being built, so there will be another page for the entire completed project. For now, here's the GM. - [1/144 Resin Sazabi Progress](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=4793) - October 3, 2016: I picked up this kit about 5 years ago to date on a trip to Hong Kong with my wife and friends. I believe I actually picked this guy up from the SMS shop in Mong Kok; the place has since moved a few times and changed names; but I think it's - [MG 1/100 GM Sniper 2 Progress](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=4789) - January 31, 2017: What better way to start off a new year than with a brand spanking newly released Master Grade GM Sniper 2 kit? Even better is that I have the motivation and some ideas bouncing around in my head for the kit. It was released about 2 weeks ago and I got the - [IPMS Seattle Spring Show 2017](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=4733) - [SCGMC 2016](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=4515) - Here are all the entries for the 2016 SCGMC - [1/144 Resin Sazabi Completed](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=4455) - [Broadcast Live](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=4452) - [videowhisper_channel_manage] - [Channels](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=4453) - [videowhisper_channels] - [My Life](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=1209) - Imperial Sand Dunes October 15 2016 Tahoe September 10 2016 Catalina Island August 5 2016 Big Sur/SF May 2016 Las Vegas and Red Rock April 2016 Cherryblossoms with Hugo May 3 2016 Hong Kong June 2014 Thailand June 2014 The Disneyland Page December 22 - December 31, 2011: Hong Kong Model Competition trip October 8 - [Cherry Blossoms with Hugo](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=4443) - [Catalina Island 8/5/2016](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=4438) - [Tahoe 9/10/2016](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=4433) - [Imperial Sand Dunes](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=4430) - [OrangeCon 2016: IPMS Orange County's annual competition](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=4422) - [Ange Completed](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=4355) - [Vicious Project Hi Nu Gundam Progress](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=4325) - This project was finished on July 15, 2016, a little over 8 years after starting on the project. Below is the complete start to finish taking the kit from the test fit with tape to hold everything together, the modifications needed, the broken pieces that needed to be fixed, to finally completing the project and - [Vicious Project Hi Nu Conversion Completed](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=4315) - Gallery page for the Vicious Project's Hi Nu Conversion kit that I started 8 years ago. Read the full build progress here: http://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=4325 - [1/100 Hyaku Shiki 2.0](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=4273) - June 22, 2015 I had a one day business trip up to Palo Alto. Finished with work, I stopped by the good folks at Tatsu Hobby and picked up the new Hyaku Shiki 2.0. And the nice folks there lent me some new nippers and I started clipping the kit and got most of the - [1/100 Gusion Progress](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=4270) - March 25, 2016: Model building ADD strikes again. I sorta hit a wall with the Zaku/Guntank diorama. I'll eventually return to it like most projects. But this sucker came in a sometime last month and I've been itching to build it. I recently finished the 1/144 version, so I was curious to what I could - [Hyaku Shiki 2.0 Completed](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=4258) - [Vegas and Red Rock April 2016](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=4225) - Pictures from a quick Vegas trip and a little hiking at Red Rock. The weather wasn't playing nicely, so I didn't get decent shots, so next time I'll have to try again. - [Big Sur/SF Trip May 2016](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=4218) - Pictures from a short camping trip to Big Sur and a quick jaunt through Monterey and San Francisco. - [1/144 Gusion Completed](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=4204) - [1/100 Gusion Custom](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=4197) - Here are completed pictures of the 1/100 Gusion custom. The damn shoulder decals are upside down because I wasn't paying attention to orientation when I placed them. So there's that. Other than this, I'm pretty happy with the overall finish. - [Applying Damages](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=1342) - This tutorial discusses a couple of different techniques used to apply damage to gunpla kits. My standard method relies on the hobby knife. With the hobby knife, I can do bullet holes, dents, armor chips, etc. And since the hobby knife is a fairly precise tool, keeping the damage under control is easy. This also - [SCGMC 2015](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=4031) - [OrangeCon 2015](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=3975) - [Volks Revy Completed](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=3966) - [Operation Sucker Punch](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=3830) - [Sucker Punch Progress](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=3828) - This is a combination of all the progress posts for this project. I added a quick little mod to add a light up mono eye to the Zogok. Then planning out the diorama project with some ten year old GM D's And finally, the not so friendly chest bump... Continued layout work. Still making adjustments. - [Your Account](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=3614) - [userlog] - [Checkout](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=3612) - [shoppingcart] - [Transaction Results](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=3613) - [transactionresults] - [IPMS Las Vegas Best of the West Region 8 Competition](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=3569) - [Grimoire Progress](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=3558) - I first saw this kit at the December 2014's model build gathering, and my attempts to win it at our white elephant exchange failed miserably as it was stolen from my wanting hands. A few folks at the gathering had the kit and were building it as well which gave me the opportunity to look - [1/144 Grimoire Completed](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=3543) - [Resin Anime Figure Building: Start to Finish](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=3459) - This is a complete start to finish build for a Sena Kashiwazaki resin anime figure. The figure is from Haganai, and is cosplaying a character within a game she played in the manga. The kit was made available from Ques Q at Wonfes 2015 then a few weeks later from their online shop. The first - [Sena Kashiwazaki Completed](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=3501) - [ValleyCon 2015](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=3451) - [GM's Can't Swim Diorama](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=3403) - [Morrigan Completed](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=3387) - I completed this kit in 2012, but simply forgot to take complete pictures. Here are those pictures - [Yukari Yakumo Completed](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=3366) - [Southern California Gundam Model Competition 2014](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=3313) - Pictures from SCGMC 2014 Total attendees: 170 Total Entrants: 70 Total Model Entries: 112 Additional pictures courtesy of Jonathan A. - [Resin SD Glaug](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=3185) - The whole video progression on this kit build - [Tatsu Hobby Contest August 2, 2014](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=3174) - [Anime Expo 2014](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=3140) - [Hong Kong June 2014](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=3132) - A quick stop off in Hong Kong at the tail end of my business trip to Thailand. - [Thailand 2014](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=3130) - June 2014 Trip to Thailand for business. Pictures from that trip. - [MG Ver Ka Sazabi Complete Progress](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=3042) - January 15, 2014: I've finally gotten off my ass and away from that bloody Gundam Battle Operation. Been stuck in a vortex of that game for a while and finally quelling the addiction with something else just as addictive, but much more productive as I actually have a tangible end result. And it has been - [Model Building](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=1180) - 2014 Newest works: Stuff from 2013 Mechas and Dioramas Resin Anime Figures: - [1/4 Revy Bust Completed](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=2965) - [MG Ver. Ka. Sazabi Completed](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=2953) - [Valleycon 2014](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=2939) - Pictures from ValleyCon 2014 - [LA Auto Show and Evening Disneyland Pictures](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=2902) - LA Auto Show 2013 Disneyland, November 23, 2013 - [Santiago Chile, October 20-25, 2013](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=2893) - Back to Santiago Chile. This time, I did a little more wandering around the downtown area and had a nice dinner to boot. - [Southern California Gundam Model Competition 2013](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=2885) - Picture gallery for this event: - [Orangecon 2013](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=2848) - Pictures from IPMS OC: Orangecon 2013 - [Revy Build Progress and Completed](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=2833) - Step 1: Basic building and pinning. Reshaping resin, Revy's belt. Replacing the resin buckle with bent wires. Step 2: (really long step actually): Sanding, priming, putty, sand, prime, repeat until all surface defects, pin holes, mold lines, gaps, etc are filled and invisible under primer. Step 3: painting bottom layers, skin is usually a bottom - [San Diego Zoo Trip, August 2013](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=2824) - Pictures taken from the San Diego Zoo, August 10, 2013 - [Anime Expo 2013](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=2806) - Pictures from Anime Expo 2013 - [Nu Gundam Diorama Progress](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=2803) - The Nu Gundam Ver. Ka came out in December 2012, and upon getting the kit and brainstorming over what I could do with the suit; the idea to pay homage to the old 1/100 Nu Gundam box art crossed my mind and never left. When I started building gundam models, a little over 25 years - [Thailand & Hong Kong: May 2013](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=2784) - [1/60 Nu Head Completed](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=2773) - [1:100 Efrreet Custom Progress](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=2740) - March 23, 2013: This project begins with a challenge against Angel who is building an Efreet conversion kit. After finding the correct frame parts using an MG Gouf Custom that was long cannibalized for parts the kit was roughly sanded and test fitted with super glue as quick tack points and sticky tack to hold - [MS-08TX Efreet Custom](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=2757) - Progress page link. - [Ski Trip 2012](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=2424) - [Santiago Chile - March 2013](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=2736) - Pictures from Chile, March 2013 - [Ski Trip 2013](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=2731) - Pictures from the annual ski trip. - [Colorado Springs - February 2013](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=2729) - Some pictures taken during a business trip to Colorado Springs. - [Hiking: Chantry Feb 2013](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=2727) - Pictures from our February hike at Chantry. - [Santiago Chile December 2012](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=2725) - [Dland 11-30-2012 Nighttime](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=2723) - This was a quick jaunt over to Disneyland with the tripod for some pictures and a quick dinner. - [Valley Con 2013](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=2720) - Pictures from the Pasadena Modeler's Society's annual model show, Valley Con. - [SCGMC 2012 Pictures](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=2699) - Pictures from Dave's camera: - [Morrigan Progress](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=2637) - October 8, 2012: A little under a month ago, I started working on a Morrigan figure sculpted by JYOJYO (also known as OOXOO). Of all the Morrigan figures I've seen, this is definitely my favorite and what I believe the best looking and best proportioned. The Morrigan pretty much started as I was finishing the - [My Wedding](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=2650) - Pictures taken by Curt Lam - [SCUBA Point Lobos Carmel - 2012](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=2654) - [Jeff, Sylvia, and Vicky in Town](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=2639) - Random touristy crap around LA Viva Las Vegas Paso Robeles, Carmel, Monterey, and San Francisco - [OrangeCon 2012](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=2652) - [Midnight Zaku Completed](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=2623) - Midnight Zaku completed page. Please click here for the complete build progression: Midnight Zaku Build. - [Midnight Zaku Progress](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=2600) - August 25, 2012 I started this kit a few months back and slowly during the build gatherings have been cutting, sanding, and assembling the kit together. This past build gathering, I finally finished sanding the Zaku Minelayer. Later that night, I got the parts washed and run through the ultra sonic cleaner. Sunday night, I - [August 2012: Colorado Springs and Hollywood Bowl](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=2579) - [Anime Expo 2012](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=2540) - [Santiago Chile June 2012](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=2528) - [Model Build Gatherings](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=1184) - Model Build Gathering: March 17, 2012 Model Build Gathering: February 11, 2012 Model Build Gathering: January 14, 2012 Model Build Gathering: December 10, 2011 Model Build Gathering: September 10, 2011 Model Build Gathering: August 20, 2011 Model Build Gathering: July 16, 2011 Model Build Gathering: June 11, 2011 Model Build Gathering: May 14, 2011 Model - [March 2012 Model Build Gathering](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=2446) - [Cooking with Clem](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=1222) - March 18, 2012: Homemade Gravlax/Lox June 6, 2010: Dry Aged Steaks January 27, 2010: Making lasagna January 24, 2010: Making chocolate mousse January 24, 2010: Making dunplings June 14, 2009: Wood Fired Steaks June 14, 2009: BBQ Baby Back Ribs June 1, 2009: Giant prawns in a mascato herb butter sauce May 23, 2009: Cutting - [SCAHMS 2012](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=2438) - [Unicorn Redo 2012](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=2398) - [Annual Tahoe Ski Trips](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=1224) - Ski Trip 2012 Ski Trip 2011 Ski Trip 2010 Ski Trip 2009 Ski Trip 2008 Ski Trip 2007 Ski Trip 2006 Ski Trip 2005 Ski Trip 2004 Ski Trip 2002 - [February 2012 Model Build Gathering](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=2411) - [Joshua Tree 1/27/2012](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=2400) - [Disneyland 2012](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=2375) - Since we picked up some annual passes, this page will be updated at random with pictures through out the life of our 2012 annual passes. January 7th and 8th. - [Model Build Gathering January 2012](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=2374) - Pictures from Model Build Gathering #54, January 2012 - [Hong Kong: December 2011](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=2350) - Leaving for Hong Kong Hello Hong Kong GBWC 2011: the models GBWC setting up The Venue The awards The after party Christmas Eve (the small window of private time in the middle of the GBWC event) Family gatherings = Food More pictures should follow as the trip progresses... stay tuned... And - [December 2011 Model Build Gathering](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=2344) - [September 2011 Model Build Gathering](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=2178) - Pictures from September 2011's model build gathering. - [Sazabi Base Build](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=2283) - November 17, 2011: So I was recently told that my mirrored base, albeit elegant, was a little simplistic for the Sazabi. So I'm back to working on creating a suitable base for it. When I first started on the project, I had a fairly elaborate design for the base, but the entire process for building - [SCGMC 2011](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=2274) - From Brandon's camera: - [Hong Kong - October 2011](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=2257) - Pictures from my trip to Hong Kong and Taiwan, October 2011. - [Orangecon 2011](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=2254) - Pictures from Orangecon 2011. - [New York, October 2011](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=2243) - Pictures from my trip out to visit Jason, Claire, and my month and a half old godson Jackson. - [HGUC GM Squad](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=2229) - GM Command (knifed), Powered GM, GM Cannon II, and the GM Wagtail compose this little assault team circa UC 0083/0084. The general idea is that this team has been tasked to rout out remaining Zeon forces that still reside in small pockets around Earth and the Colonies. This team along with the HGUC Gouf Custom - [Giant Unicorn Weathering](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=2227) - Weathering session for the large Gundam Unicorn statue we've worked on over the summer. - [Kenken's Page](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=1815) - June 1, 2011: Tonight, we went and brought home Kenken, the newest corgi addition to our little family. Hugo doesn't seem as standoffish as with other dogs visiting, and Beanie seems ok, we'll see how the coming days go and everyone adjusts to everything. June 4, 2011: A few more pictures of Kenken. Nathan came - [GM Team Dio Progress](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=1658) - May 1, 2011: Earlier last month, a few of us from the model build gathering picked up the May Dengeki hobby magazine with the Wagtail plastic conversion kit. So we started off with a group build that sorta ballooned into a full on GM team build by the time the April build gathering rolled around. - [August 2011 Model Build Gathering](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=2147) - This is the 50th model build gathering. It was at Funaka's house this month. I got there a little on the late side but ran around and snapped some pictures of the kits folks were working on and then headed out to dinner at Portillos. Back at the house, the group of us that are - [Hollywood Bowl: Rodrigo y Gabriela 2011](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=2129) - Pictures from an evening at the Hollywood Bowl with Los Amigos Invisibles, Gustavo Dudamel, and Rodrigo y Gabriela. Here's a sampling of the music from the evening. I was using my mega zoom lens so minute movements of my hands caused some pretty shaky camera movement. I'm trying to keep as still as possible but - [Asuka Bust in New Plugsuit](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=2087) - July 19, 2010: The actual start date for this little project. It has seen work off and on for the past year or so. The first sets of work focused on getting the resin cleaned up and the initial fixes to surface defects such as bubbles, scratches, etc. Once those were fixed, the entire kit - [Conventions](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=1211) - July 29, 2011 Otakon 2011 July 23, 2011 San Diego Comic Con 2011 July 3, 2011 Anime Expo 2011 July 25, 2010 San Diego Comic Con 2010 July 5, 2010 Anime Expo 2010 July 20, 2009 Otakon 2009 July 6, 2009 Anime Expo 2009 January 5, 2009: Anime LA 2009. August 10, 2008 Otakon 2008 - [Otakon 2011 and Washington DC](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=2075) - Pictures from my trip to Otakon 2011 and wandering around Washington DC - [San Diego Comic Con 2011](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=2030) - This past Saturday, a group of us went down to San Diego to check out Comic Con. Last year I spent a few hours and was bored so I ended up leaving fairly early. This year, we left the house around 4:15am and got into SD around 5:45. We parked and had a very nice - [Model Build Gathering: July 2011](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=2017) - This past weekend was the July Model Build gathering. This gathering is usually a little smaller as it's smack in the middle of summer and right after AX so people are usually still recovering from various things. But we had a decent sized gathering this month. I worked on masking off the last bits of - [Anime Expo 2011 Picture Gallery](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=1989) - Pictures taken on July 2nd and 3rd of Anime Expo 2011 - [Angel's Bday Vegas Trip, 2011](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=1967) - Pictures from Angel's Vegas trip in June, 2011. From Yuki's camera. - [Star Wars in Concert at the Hollywood Bowl, 6/3/2011](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=1865) - Friday night, a group of us headed out to the Hollywood Bowl for one of their lease events, Star Wars in concert. It was an interesting experience getting everyone to the event, especially on a Friday night after work dealing with traffic and everyone's respective schedules. Brandon had gotten the dates mixed up and would - [Arizona Trip May, 2011](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=1817) - Pictures from the trip out to Arizona with Dave, Erin, Angel, Nicky, Terry, Christiana, Yuki, and me. Fun in the river where we discovered that Beanie likes to swim and will jump into the water on his own. We rode quads and shot at stuff. Very relaxing Memorial Day weekend. - [Weekend Pictures May 21-22, 2011](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=1740) - Here are some pictures from this past weekend. Still getting used to my camera and my set of lenses, so lots of test pictures of random things. We went to Crystal Cove and wandered around a but on Saturday. Sunday, Angel gave us his tickets to the Angel game that he got from work. Very - [HGUC Sazabi Progress](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=1307) - January 11, 2011: I picked up a few of these HGUC Sazabi kits when they first came out. I think I ended up selling off one, and I may still have another in my stockpile, but I've been meaning to get around to working on this kit and the recent quickness at which I was - [Model Building Gathering: May 2011](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=1670) - Pictures from the May model build gathering. - [Renaissance Faire 2011](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=1558) - [Model Build Gathering April 2011](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=1552) - [Hiking Griffith Park 4/9/2011](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=1549) - [Hollywood sign at Mt Lee](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=1506) - March 26, 2011; hiking up Mt Lee to the Hollywood sign. - [SCAHMS Annual competition 2011](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=1499) - Pictures from the annual SCAHMS Show in Anaheim, 2011 - [ValleyCon 2011](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=1492) - March, 13, 2011: Pictures from the Pasadena Modelers Society's annual contest, ValleyCon. - [Model Build Gathering March 2011](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=1478) - Pictures from the March model build gathering held at Dan's (Funaka) place. - [Ski Trip 2011](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=1456) - Pictures from the 2011 Ski Trip to Lake Tahoe. This year, a few of us added on a Monterey Bay trip at the end of the ski trip, so this page will get updated when I have the additional pictures uploaded. February 22, 2011: Pictures from Monterey. Mostly from Point Lobos where Brian and I - [Diving Point Lobos: 2-22-2011](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=1461) - First time diving at Point Lobos. The weather was absolutely perfect, the water temperature was between 52-54 degrees. We did two dives. Amazing visibility. Here are some pictures, the first set was taken using a lower resolution. This is the second set of pictures using a higher resolution. I was adjusting things while underwater. - [SCUBA](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=1216) - February, 2011: Diving off Point Lobos in Carmel July 17, 2010: Diving off Treasure Island June 25 and 27, 2010: Catalina Island with Brian October 3, 2009: Catalina Island for lobster season opener September 12, 2009: Treasure Island for scallops August 28-30, 2009: Catalina Island August 7-8, 2009: Shaw's Cove/Treasure Island and La Jolla Shores - [Model Build Gathering: February 12, 2011](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=1439) - These are pictures from the February 2011 model build gathering. - [1/4 Ayane from Ninja Gaiden](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=1437) - Model built by Manuel - [The Workshop](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=1336) - Feburary 3, 2007: Built a 3 part manifold for my airbrushes. So now I can run all three of my airbrushes at the same time. Ok, so I was bored and just wanted to build something that will probably not be used, but I don't know until I build it. Hopefully this will come in - [Airbrush Care](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=1326) - This is a tutorial for properly taking apart and cleaning the Iwata HP-C airbrush. Note that I only do this thorough of a cleaning, once a month to once a quarter depending on how often I use the tool, or how dirty it gets. For this I use the needle wrench that comes with the - [Antenna Sharpening Tutorial](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=1429) - This tutorial covers the basics for sanding down antennas and v-fins to sharpen and thin them. For this example, I am using the antenna from a Zaku II 2.0. The same technique is used for thinning V-fins. Beginning with the out of box antenna, they are fairly bulky and thick. A little sanding is necessary - [Weathering and Finishing Touches](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=1426) - This tutorial will go through the final touches I use for finishing my models. At this point, the paint has cured and is ready for the final finishing touches. This includes dry brushing, pastel application, decal application, and the top coat. The following pictures are tools I use for finishing my models. Dry Brushing Dry - [Water Slide Decals Tutorial](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=1423) - This is a tutorial for applying water slide decals. I prefer these decals over the dry transfer decals for ease of application. There are a couple of important steps that need to be applied to the parts before applying the decals. The most important step is to apply a gloss clear coat and allowing this - [Extreme Damage Tutorial](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=1420) - This tutorial will cover addition damage effects. These damage effects are the more extreme types of damage. As opposed to small dents and bullet holes, this tutorial will discuss more drastic damage effects. The tools used include a dremel, hobby knife, and hair dryer. The dremel and attachments used are pictured below. The following is - [Texturing Tutorial](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=1417) - This tutorial will take you step by step through a simple process to add some texture to your plastic kit. The idea is to create a cast iron effect or a rough surface to the plastic. The process uses a solvent glue (I am using Mr Cement Deluxe) other thin solvent glues for model building - [Display Base: Tarmac](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=1414) - This tutorial covers the build process to create a realistic tarmac or sidewalk for displaying models. The materials used are a wood base, acrylic medium, baking soda, scriber, and primer. The wood bases are readily available from your local crafts stores. Since these wood bases are unfinished, the usually require a sanding session to prepare - [Spray Booth Build](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=1411) - March 25, 2007: After some discussions over at HobbyFanatics on spray booth recommendations,the idea to update my current set up popped into my head - so I give you: Spray Booth Ver 3.0 (2.0 was the addition of the large vent. So since I had already drew a picture of the wiring schematic,as the question - [Seam Line Tutorial](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=1407) - This tutorial will discuss the basics of fixing seam lines, this is done as part of the sanding and surface prep of the kit and is part of the bare plastic step in the build layers chart. The basic tools I use for this technique is a solvent glue (tamiya extra thin cement) and clamp - [Sanding Tutorial](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=1404) - This tutorial covers the basic steps of cutting the parts from the trees and sanding the parts. The sanding process is the part of the bare plastic step in the build layers chart.Below are pictures of the various sanding implements that I have collected so far as I continue to build. Each sanding tool, sanding - [Reverse Wash Technique](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=1401) - This is a tutorial for painting small raised details over a surface without the pesky and tedious process of masking off everything, or even hand painting the details. The basic primes of the technique is identical to a wash. The different properties of paints are exploited, and is the reason why this technique works. First, - [Resin Figure Gap Filling](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=1398) - This is a tutorial for gap filling on resin figures. Often, resin kits have areas where two parts meet up and an unnatural gap/seam results with the two parts. These need to be fixed so that when done, the two parts look like one continuous part. The first step to this process is to soak - [Resin Cleaning](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=1395) - With building resin, since they are normally cast in mass quantities, casters use mold release to help keep the molds in good conditions. The mold release will keep paint and other things from sticking to the surface of the kits, so prior to painting, it is imperative to use a degrease agent to clean the - [Resin Figure Flash and Mold Line Removal](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=1392) - This is a tutorial for removing mold lines and flash on resin figures. There are several methods for removing mold lines. These lines are the results of the casting process where most of these parts are done in two part casts. The mold lines results from where the two parts of the mold meet. The - [Primer Tutorial](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=1389) - This tutorial will discuss the basics of primer, this is the second step in the build layers chart, after sanding.Now beginning from the bare plastic, this tutorial begins after completing the initial sanding work. The first layer sprayed onto the plastic parts is primer. Primer does the following:Wipes out the color giving a single neutral - [Photography Tutorial](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=1386) - The following are basics for proper photography of models. Digital Camera TripodColored Printmaking PaperLights The Camera Setup Most digital cameras have customizable functions and a custom photography mode. For taking pictures of models, it is best to use this mode to take photos. The auto mode really limits the capabilities of the camera and what - [Resin Pinning Tutorial](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=1383) - This is a tutorial for pinning resin figures. For the video and pictures, I'm using a 1/16" bit and 1/16" brass rod as the pin. Pinning is an important step in resin figure building as the resin is fairly heavy and to simply glue the parts of the kit together does not offer enough strength - [Pastel Tutorial](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=1380) - This tutorial will discuss the basics for applying pastels. First and foremost, pastels musst be applied onto a flat coated surface. Pastels will not stick to a glossy surface, and not too wellto a matte surface, so prior to pastel weathering/shading, you need to apply a flat clear coat. The pastels I use come in - [Mono Eye Modification](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=1374) - This tutorial covers a couple of ways to create a camera lens effect to replace the rather boring mono eyes of many zeon mobile suits. The first two pictures shows how the stock mono eye looks, just a piece of clear plastic. The first method employs the use of some option parts. The camera lens - [Masking Tutorial](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=1371) - This tutorial will go over the basic masking techniques for masking off gunpla. Most parts that need need to be masked on gunpla are typically straight edges, and the masking process is fairly straight forward. The following will discuss this type of masking. When masking off parts, there two main ways to approach the masking. - [Applying a Fade/Filter](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=1361) - This tutorial covers the application of a fade or filter. There are important steps that need to be followed for this technique to work. The set up for this technique is identical to the set up for applying a panel line wash. The ideal paint for this technique is enamel paints as they are oil - [Panel Line Wash](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=1367) - This is a tutorial for applying a wash to paint in the panel lines. This method is very inexpensive, as you will notice that very little paint is used. Additionally, different paint colors can be selected for applying the wash, such as dark grays, black, dark blues, etc. I also like this method over the - [Building Lightbox](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=1364) - Items used: - Cardboard box (found around the house) - 23 watt day light energy saving bulb from n:vision with light output (lumens) of 1200. (Purchased 2 for $8.00 at Home Depot) - white satin fabric at the dimensions of three sides of the cardboard box (Purchased 1 yard for $6.00 at JoAnn - a - [Dry Brushing](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=1353) - This tutorial shows the steps and tools needed to dry brush. I use an enamel based paint, but any paint type can be used, just be observant of the type of paint you are working over. The brush I use is a very stiff and old brush. An old brush is a good choice since - [Resin Figure Eye Painting](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=1350) - This tutorial will go through the basic steps that I use for painting resin anime figure eyes. The biggest obstacle to this technique is the mental block. But broken down into small steps, this process is actually very easy and not difficult at all. Below are the basic steps for painting eyes: Practice drawing eyes - [Decanting Paints from Spray Cans](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=1347) - This is a tutorial for decanting spray cans. Decanting spray cans is the term used for extracting the contents of spray cans for use in an airbrush or hand painting; but for most cases, the use is for airbrushing. There are several reason for doing this. Many modelers like a particular color that is found - [Diorama Building: Burying a Gundam](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=1345) - This tutorial shows how to bury a Gundam. Most of the techniques and materials used in thistutorial are standard materials and techniques used for most dioramas that I build. The very first step is to plan out the diorama. Some folks will draw out a simple sketch of the diorama. I tend to use the - [Build Layers](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=1332) - All my kit builds typically follow this layering concept. Starting with the bare plastic to spraying color to applying the final clear coat follow these steps. Depending on the final finish, some of the last optional steps may be ignored. Now beginning from the bare plastic, this tutorial begins after completing the initial sanding work. - [LED Installation](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=1320) - This is an update to a page that is easily at least 6 years old. This page will include that information at the VERY end of, as over the years and more recently, I've found better ways for implementing the LED installation into your every day gunpla. In this tutorial will be the Gouf Custom - [Archives](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=335) - [Old Events](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=1218) - Renaissance Faire 2005: Disneyland with Jay and Claire summer 2004. Big Bear trip, summer 2004 Vegas Trip August 2004, Kris turns 21! - [Airsoft](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=1245) - Operations My Armory Day Games Links - [Guest Modelers](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=1188) - Angel Sean F Terry Manuel - [Hugo’s Page](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=1253) - [Beanie's Page](https://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=1259) - Hugo playing with Beanie 1 Hugo playing with Beanie 2 Hugo playing with Beanie 3 Hugo playing with Beanie 4 ## Products - [Corgi X Gunpla Tote Bags](https://gamerabaenre.com/?product=corgi-x-gunpla-tote-bags) - [Corgi X Gunpla Glassware](https://gamerabaenre.com/?product=corgi-x-gunpla-glassware) - Shot glasses and glass ware with Corgi X Gunpla design. 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Back: And now we have this design in a Black shirt And the back of the black shirt - [Corgi X Gunpla Aprons](https://gamerabaenre.com/?product=corgi-x-gunpla-aprons) - Limited corgi X gunpla aprons with our three designs: Alex, Kampfer, and Zaku. - [Gouf Custom Exceed Head Conversion Kit](https://gamerabaenre.com/?product=gouf-custom-exceed-head-conversion-kit) - This is preorder for the Gouf Custom Exceed head conversion kit. There will be 20 heads and 10 busts available and ready to ship after I am done casting (ETA middle to end of October 2019). If the presale goes well, I may cast more heads and busts - but that will depend on the quality of the molds after going through the initial casting. Please understand that this is a very limited run for the kit and that this is a resin kit and will require glue, putty and paint to complete. The casting is done by me, which means this is not a professionally casted product, so there will be issues that need to be addressed in the resin such as rescribing lines, filling pinholes of various sizes, and lost of resin clean up. I am making sure the fit for the parts is good. This kit will also require a Zaku Exceed head to complete. Again, this is a limited presale of 20 heads and 10 busts sets. The price for the head kit will be $40.00USD. The price of the head and bust will be $90.00USD. The head kit does not require the bust kit for display as it will use the display from the Zaku Exceed Head kit. Update October 5, 2019: The casting is done for the 30 heads. The molds did not hold up too well and patch repairs were done so the last set of kits could be casted. No more heads will be made. The busts however can still be made so if they sell out, more will be made. The orders already placed will be shipping out soon. - [Ball Shirt](https://gamerabaenre.com/?product=ball-shirt) - The SCGMC 2019 theme is the Ball, so here's the OG Ball build shirt! We also ran a limited run of the design on an Orange shirt to represent the Ball from the 8th MS Team OVA. Pick one or both! - [2018 SCGMC Judging Shirt: Nubs!](https://gamerabaenre.com/?product=2018-scgmc-judging-shirt-nubs) - This was our special shirt we gave to our SCGMC 2018 judges. Here's your chance to grab one from our limited stock! - [SCGMC Mascot Shirt](https://gamerabaenre.com/?product=scgmc-mascot-shirt) - The Southern California Gundam Model Competition Mascot shirt! 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