MG Zeta diorama " NO MATCH " versionDC23

Finished at long last!!!



I am proud to present my most recent work, the MG Zeta diorama " NO MATCH ". 



This has been a very long around 10 months in the making project as I had so many distractions this year. You may remember this diorama as the desert Khaki colored hangar diorama a few months back. The client of this build is pretty strict actually, he tells me what he wants his dio and his kit to be. I had to revise or redo a few times during the build.



Having a unique client who knows what he likes and makes you redo certain parts of the build practically kills your momentum ( makes you slower ). However you are assured that he would like ( hopefully ) your work as he guided you throughout the build. The latest revision was to repaint the red parts of the big gun to copper. See older gallery here without the diorama.



Well at last this project is finished! The best part of commission works is ahead... getting PAID!



The instruction is to copy boss Eday's piston waist modifications and base most of the modifications on my PG Zeta commission work. The client also wanted me to do a diorama that is similar to my " Coup de etat " diorama that I finished 4 years ago. I think I did a fairly good job on the instructions and now I hope my client likes the completed build.



Enuff talk, now here are a few photos of my recently ( but old build ) completed MG Zeta diorama I entitled... NO MATCH.

 

Thanks as always for dropping by! Til' next finished project guys! :)

MG Zeta diorama with dead MG Dom almost done...

This is basically the diorama of the MG Zeta I finished before my MG The O II. The client wanted me to change the pink color of the MG Dom to somewhat reddish, but I do not want to strip the paint of the Dom as that will be too much work. So I tried to change the color by hand painting vallejo Model Air ( red ) mixed with red Pledge Wipe and Shine.



It actually worked. Basically it is like spraying over a clear red over the pink parts, but I hand painted it instead. After maybe around 4 coats I ended up with a nice reddish tone that hopefully my client would like. The MG Dom is almost done, I just have to do a quick damaged Sazabi shoulder and a big Commander type fin on the head. It is still glossy but will give the whole thing a nice matte coat soon.



The new red color of the damaged MG Dom should compliment the dark blue MG Zeta very much.



I also re painted the ground of the diorama and tried to make it look like the skid marks are still hot and burning. This technique would allow me to not put figures over the area as they will get burned anyways ( excuse so not to paint figures anymore ).

Thanks for dropping by! Til' next post guys! :)

MG Zeta commish WIP - it's primed!

IT'S PRRRRIMEDDDD! ( Bruce Buffer - veteran voice of the octagon )

Yeap the MG Zeta commish is primed! I was kinda surprised to see some errors in the areas I least expect them. I was expecting to do putty work on the shoulder and front skirt armors, instead there are a few errors on the chest and head part. Putty work and a bit of sanding should easily clean the errors up.

I like how the primer ( as usual ) cleanly showed the errors and the details. Really excited to paint the small pla plate strips with my new Citadel paints. I really need to work on my panel line scribing though as a few lines are crooked and ugly, although this will be painted dark blue so hopefully after a bit of clean up the crookedness won't show much after painting.

Hopefully the client approves this for painting already so that I could disassemble this and paint the internals. I plan to paint the internals with spray cans ( silver ) to make it extra resistant to scratches. I could not paint the armor parts during weekdays though as I will use my airbrush for the armor parts and I need another weekend for that.

Now here are a ton of photos of the primed MG Zeta...

My client wants the dead Dom to have a bigger shoulder on the other side, so I figured using my scrap MG Sazabi shoulder instead. If the client approves this I will give it some battle damage and pla plating and paint it black to blend with the chest part. 

Here is a lousy photo of the MG Zeta with his BFG! ( Eday inspired as requested by my client )

Thanks for dropping by! Til' next update! :)