PG 1/60 RX 78-2 Weathering Process

As requested, here's every step I took to achieve the weathering look for my RX 78-2. The weathering on the shield is a bit heavier than the rest of the kit, but I figured that the shield is what will be taking the heavy hits, hence the couple of big scratch marks I've put on it. Hopefully this is clear, I'll go into as much detail as I can, but if there are any questions just post them in the comments.

Without further ado...

PG 1/60 RX 78-2 WIP5

Nearly done! Next are the hands and the weapons. This is just a picture update really but the next and last WIP will be a tutorial on how I have painted this kit, as there have been some requests on here and over on Instagram. Go check out my Instagram by the way, it's @gavinmanners. That's where will my WIPS go as I do them, I'll consolidate them into posts when I get to a milestone. Enjoy!

PG 1/60 RX 78-2 WIP4

Slowly getting there. Just the arms and weapons to go now, and I need to streak and pigment the torso and head. Lots of cool stuff coming up, I just need to get round do finishing all these projects! I'm at a point in my life where I don't really know what I'm doing any more so creativity has taken a big hit recently. Got all these things I want to do but I've just got no motivation :( Anyway, here's some progress.

1/100 MG Kampfer Ver. Gav

Finally got round to photographing this. It's been finished for a while but I needed to buy a couple of lamps and some new backdrops (sheets of paper). So glad I did - really happy with the way the photos turned out! 

Not much to say about this - It's been going on a while! Custom built Halberd and Shield - inspired by Dark Souls, which is a game I was playing a lot at the time of this model's inception.

PG 1/60 RX 78-2 WIP3

Small update on the painting progress. Legs are nearly done. Some of the streaking needs tidying a bit, and I'll do some post shading on the whole kit assembled like this to tie parts together and add more depth. The feet will be muddy (they look a bit odd being so clean when everything's so rusty). Body is primed and awaiting paint, the arms will be tough so I'm going to tackle those last! Really pleased with the way this is turning out.

1/60 PG RX 78-2 WIP2

Apologies for the shockingly bad photos, but progress on this has been so fast, I've only really been taking quick snapshots of where I'm at. The legs are nearly done, I need to finish the decals and Micro-Sol them, then do the panel lining and flat topcoat them ready for the chipping and rust streaks. So looking forward to that part!

1/100 Garbaldy [Juggernaut] Scheme

Just finished up the scheme for this. Updates to follow.. the legs are cleaned and primed, just need to put down a base coat. I want to finish my Kampfer and my PG RX 78-2 first though. This will be with lots of decals of course! And I'll be weathering it in the same way as Luca does his kits, though maybe a little less battered. Stay tuned.

1/60 PG RX 78-2 WIP1

Colour scheme done for this, plus some shots of the panel lining I did a while ago. I've moved on to paint but I need to take some progress shots.

1/100 MG Kampfer [Knight] WIP2

Nearly finished! The whole thing is painted and put together except for the weapon and shield. I'm not showing the whole thing yet, but here's some progress photos that I managed to take after decals and whilst doing the final construction.

1/100 MG Kampfer [Knight] WIP1

I've been working on this for quite a while and I just want to get it finished! It was initially for the MechaLounge Group Build but I didn't have time to finish it due to work commitments. I've made quite a lot of progress over the past few days, but here's the photos I have of it from start to its current state.

I've started using my iPhone4S to take WIP photos - I'll always use my SLR for the final shoot, but for WIPs the iPhone is incredible. I can't believe the quality of the pictures! It makes life so much easier in terms of recording progress. Provided there's good light, that is.