THE CRIMSON COMET

It's that time of the year when Pinoy GunPlars unite. GFP's 1/144 Year End challenge. Yes. Hell yeah. I'm in. My previous year's entry  00 Raiser (Liminality)  was a bit on the safe side focusing on execution. A pretty straight forward approach in which paid off *cough* did get 5th (mom was proud BTW). 2012 was a good run gunning my aggressive side in trying out a lot of new stuff. I sure did improve on creativity and paint jobs were smoother. My SD Zeta Karaba project was a long shot but eventually turned out AWESOME. Learned patience too! (if that's a skill). On a funk lately scrapping time off GunPla making way for priorities (work - as if I have a choice). The challenge cranked up my juices to end the year with something new and exciting! I present - 00 7 Sword/G MAXIMALITY (Lamborghini theme) Strayed away from the comfort zone and pushed my luck dry brushing. What I've learned here is that you just can't dab and paint away. You n...

I thank the GFP 1/144 sponsors and organizers for giving this opportunity to showcase the talents of our beloved GFP community! Hats off to you guys! A bit late on the update (but here goes): Quite happy I was a 5th placer along with a bunch of awesome entries, I am proud to have made it that far! My humble entry - 00 Raiser Liminality And a cool badge to top it all! Plus the prize which was an icing on the cake. SWEET :) That's me the Crimson Comet (Chini Toys) standing (I mean sitting) mighty and proud with the prizes Here are the entries of GFP. Grats to all! Champion - Acoy Delgado First Place - Rafael Santos Second Place - Gladwin Tan Third Place - Carl Yu Fourth Place - Richard Laranang Miguel Candelaria Michael Hontucan Angelo Vilog Emmanuel Moran Michael Roberto Jiddih Mendoza Jamil Rivera Kelvin Modina Frank Moratillo Ivan Turqueza Maxelle Lampa Reynald Dilao Dave Dela Cruz Raymon Delos Santos J...

My journey to GFP 1/144 Challenge is almost over (actually it is) and this is the last entry for my WIP on my entry. Building a kit along with friends are much fun than assembling for the sake of "collecting". Don't get me wrong though, I enjoy whatever reason (or the lack of) modelling these kits. A quick stop on how I achieved painting the clear parts: Tamiya Enamel Paints work wonders. I don't know how it achieves the "clear" effect but it looks GREAT! Do take note on the importance of using a thinner. You do NOT want the brush strokes to be visible on the surface do you? (Newbness still struck and I did apply a little bit thick on some pieces - lesson learned) ....Aaaand a little bit of masking Finally done with the kit. Overall I am VERY VERY satisfied with my work. A few imperfections here and there but my GFP brothers' appreciation made all the hard work worth it. I am glad to have joined the competition as I've learned a few tricks...