X-1 Crossbone Gundam DONE!!!

After much work and attention to detail as I invented the decal layout for this guy. Didn't like what I was given so I went another route. -_- All in all this kit was a lot of fun. My first time cutting any parts of the panels, and at least in my humble opinion the scribe work is much improved from my last kit to this one! :l I did a little crossing of the colors to give it some added flavor, I will say doing a half and half scheme adds a ton of possible mistakes. I truly had to keep EVERY thing for one color separate at all times! The fact that there were no poly caps is nice also everything sit tightly and movement is smooth. Even though the red decals didn't show on the red all that well, I did put everyone down where it went. It felt futile at times, but I think they show in the photos well. All in all, I am pleased with the kit; there was a lot of potential to customize and add pla-plate. I kept it simple with the plating focusing on the scribing, knowing I was going to do the panel lines in red to bring them out; I really wanted to get a lot of that effect. Well for those of you who haven't just moved on to the pictures. Enjoy X-1 Crossbone Ver. Tem
Just kidding, that is just the awesome custom base! I thought it was worth a picture also.

Hope you enjoyed. Please post comments on what you think. Until next time. Gunpla on!

X-1 WIP 5...Paint almost complete.

Here is just a quickie for your enjoyment! The major colors are done. There are only a details left to paint.

I love how the red came out! Red Madder is a great shade of red for detailing. Really strong red. Might make a good color to do an entire scheme based on. Anything is possible after the orange Sinanju.

The Leg is just one half the gundam, the sword placed in the back is the same black as the other side is.

I am excited to see this guy completed! I am going to panel line in red to bring out the details and stay a way from the norm, as is the case with me any ways( who wants to be normal)

Enjoy the sneak peak!

X-1 WIP 4. and a good day.

First things first...Yamada was good to me. Found this guy first store first day looking. Got some extra paint and some plans for him...possibly my next build who knows at this point. I know not every one is excited about this guy, but the potential to upgrade and detail this guy is amazing to me. I could not resist. Even with the Yen rate being terrible!
Here you can see the final unsanded versions of the chest, arms, and legs. I kept the waist pretty plate free, I like the way the looked with out the plating.

Not really a lot to say about it. The pictures show everything I need to get some Thin cement for sure. I can see the need for it now, but that is in hind sight. I will begin the adventure of wet sanding tonight after dinner kids willing. Should be ready to prime in the next day or so.

X-1 WIP3

Putty fun...first time filling in gaps with putty and I must say it improves the look of the shoulder skulls a lot. Filled them last night and let them sit almost 24 hours to ensure it was dry. Then I used an emery board to sand the rough stuff and moved to 600 grit wet sand paper to smooth it out. I will end up sanding it again with 1000 grit, but for now that is good.


This is prior to sanding of course a lot of extra to smooth out.

After some work it looks good to me. A little fine tuning still to do.

Here you can see the front skirts after panel lines have been scribed. I am getting close to pla-plate time. I can see now that I need to square off the area I cut out a little more, but the symmetry is good on both sides.

Here is the torso all scribed.

Torso continued.

Almost done with the panel lines. I am not sure what direction I am going to go on the full cloth portion, but it will end up having something extra awesome if my plans work out!

X-1 WIP 2

Another update in the saga of what I have been told is high speed gunpla building. I have completed the snap fit build and made some decisions on details for the waist, legs, and arms. The chest and full cloth parts are still in the idea stages.
As you can see here I have borrowed DC23's technique for cutting out areas that I feel needed to be removed. It works well just take your time when drilling the holes...easier to check twice than to putty once.

Here you can see the waist pieces marked for panel lining. Not perfect, but I know where I want the lines so it will work out just fine.

The arms are done with panel lines. Pla-plate is still to be done, but I want to be completely finished with panel lining before I tackle pla-plate. I am by no means anything more than a novice when it comes to that stuff. Practice and time will hopefully improve that skill set.

And here are the legs all done. I did some removal of plastic and drilled some holes where I thought they needed to be. The feet are going to be pla-plated so no scribing there.
The paint is still left over from marking, but that's nothing a little primer and paint won't cover.

Well that is where I am in the build process thus far.

X-1 WIP 1

Sounds catchy I know. Good couple of days of assembly; finished the body and core fighter. Still figuring out exactly what I want to do paint wise. I am thinking about a 50/50 paint scheme. Splitting it down the center and doing one side black with silver and the other side white with gold. Then for the full cloth part; yet to be built. I am going to reverse the colors so the black is over the white and the white over the black parts. I am going to incorporate red into other parts as a detail color, something to break up the black and white. I am still debating if I want to do a black wash on the cloth part or not. Some decisions made some in the air.





I want to drill out the eyes of the skull in the chest and put in some pla-tube so it looks like machine guns. Debating about making a larger scar on the face though. I have not seen this particular gundam in action so I am just making it what I think it should be. Not like I haven't been doing that all along.
Core fighter is pretty cool on this guy. I need to paint the pilot so he isn't just a grey guy.

More to come soon. Have fun.

Sorry to dissapoint. It will be worth it though.

Well, its official. while I am motivated to build the PG 00 Raiser; I do not feel I have to required skills to a level where I am comfortable "experimenting" on a very expensive Gundam. I seriously doubt the wife would understand needing another one!

So I am going to do a customized version of the MG Cross bone Gundam X-1 Full Cloth. Still very early in the planning stages. I am thinking about a split paint scheme with red mixed in. DC23 has motivated me to do what I have been hesitant to try. I will do a little sawing. Something I was always bothered, by I mean why cover all those awesome frame details completely; beyond staying true to the Anime.

I am excited to continue to push my skills and improve on the ones I have started. No pics today. Doubt any one needs to see box art or parts sprues.