Before- Crap-colored “gold” plastic
After
This is just the first layer. Will add another layer to finish things up.
This is how it should be done.
I’m thinking one Katana is all it really needs…
Need to make sure that I know how the joints behave and all before I do anything stupid/silly after topcoating…
ガンプラ命 
hi there,
the gold paint does make the sword parts look better. i am curious, did you manage to separate the 3 fingers?
is there any special way of painting with a brush?
The Gold Frame’s backpack doesn’t look so out of place now with the gold katana bits, maybe you can just share the backpack between the two frames this way ^^ Btw may I know what gold colour are you using? I sprayed mine but it’s more grainy then shiny!
I want to know that too :PP
ya same here
If I had to guess, Tamiya’s Gold Leaf color. Could easily be wrong though.
This is amazing Z.
Just amazing. Z, can you please share which gold you used for the katana?
isn’t the scabbard supposed to be placed in reverse like the NG 100 or the PG 60?
Not on the MG, since the scabbard doesn’t connect directly with a peg to the side-skirt – instead it goes on a holder that’s plugged where the BF’s knives went.
now i see why. which is wrong if you know the real placement of swords of the samurais. ^^,
Well, it’s kinda expected of bandai. Why make a whole new runner for a new pair of side skirts when they can use the holes left by the 2nd R? ^^;
true very true
Lookin’ real nice, Z! Just amazing…
But Z, you know that you want it to have 2 swords. =P
What gold paint did you use? I have acrylic gold which just look the same as crappy gold colored plastic.
At least you don’t have nub marks like the PG. I still don’t know what I’m going to do about those…
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thanks
Nice paint job Z, :o
How’d you get that on so evenly? Did you go over it several times with a brush? And are you using Tamiya Gold Leaf or the TS-21 Spray Can?
Man I’m starting to like this model more and more rofl, trying to decide which one to get, this one or the Sword Impulse XD damnit. Which would you get?
All questions (mainly I only see one) will be answered in due time…