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ELE109 · April 20, 2017, 3:17am

Over spring break I tried painting my kit for the first time.
It didn’t go so well…

Gundam Arios (first time painting) Creative Content

So I tried model painting for the first time. Me and my dad who also has done model kits in the past went down to our local hobby shop and picked up this fella that I would try to do over spring break. I chose this one because I thought the flat surfaces would be able to be painted easily. I’ve never painted anything before and this is how it turned out. [image][image][image] War is hell. So this is what I used. I knew a little bit about painting from some research I did and new that you had to use primer first, then paint, then top coat. Unfortunately I didn’t know anything about primer or spraying wich caused the swirly effects in the green parts. Speaking of green parts, they were originally orange but because I used a darker primer they turned green. The red parts on the chest and …