More Painting on the Tachikoma

Doing some texturing on the body of the Tachikoma with Mr. Surfacer 500.

And putting some color onto the "eyes" or "sensors" or whatever complicated technical name I'm sure Shirow made up for them. For details on the paints used for the finish (which looks even more interesting in person) watch the video below.

I'm Back!

There's nothing like a little severe personal crisis to come between a man and his hobby. Been close to 3 months now.

Well, the Helmine feels a bit overwhelming at the moment - both technically and financially speaking. But I still have a closet shelf full of lovely kits.

Here's the intro to a simple one I started work on this week.

I'm hoping I can sandwich some priming in between various other exciting activities this weekend.