MG Tallgeese EW: WIP Part 7 (Final)

Here it is, the final WIP for this kit, and while I love this model, it's been quite a pain in some areas, but more on that in the next post which will show finished pictures and have thoughts on the model.  Now for some pictures and the last one I'll have a brief description on what's going on there...

MG Tallgeese EW: WIP Part 6

So didn't quite make the goal I set for this weekend as Tallgeese only has one leg tonight, but the left one is done just not pieced together yet, I'll do that after work tomorrow.  However I am pleased with the progress that did happen because the legs did get finished and both arms and shoulders got flat coated tonight as well.  Hopefully I'll be able to get the mobile suit party all assembled tomorrow night, and then all that's left are the thruster pods, gun, and shield!  Here's some pics of where we're at as of tonight, the next WIP will probably be the last before the final!

MG Tallgeese EW: WIP Part 5

Ok, waited a bit for this post till I had some real progress to show off.  The torso is complete now, as is the waist.  However that can't be completely put together till the legs are done due to the side thrusters connecting to both the waist and the sides of the legs, which I think is a pretty interesting new feature, much like how the thruster pods on the back now connect to the torso and not the shoulder armor!  Anyway as of tonight those sections are done, plus the head though the red crest isn't on there quite yet, will be tomorrow.  The right leg is all panel lined and I just got done flat coating the pieces of that, so I'll check them over tomorrow night and will potentially be able to piece that together.  There are parts of this model that I'm not 100% satisfied with, but at this point I've decided to go with it and I'll fix it at a later date.  This is most apparent on the head of the model, as something happened to it during the curing process and it just looks like a different shade of white now...  Also, since it's been awhile, there's pics below of the half painted shield and other parts as well.  My goal is to have the Tallgeese standing by the end of the weekend at minimum, and ideally an arm or too as well.  Pics below, enjoy!

MG Tallgeese EW: WIP Part 4 [Updated 08/13/13]

Ok so, the torso is now roughly 95% done, just waiting on the back armor piece, and now I'm working on the waist.  Sprayed the last pieces in dark grey that still needed it yesterday and tonight they'll get a gloss coat applied to them.

Meanwhile the head parts...have been nothing but a pain.  For some reason on what was to have been the final spray of flat coat on those parts, it ended up dulling the white and making it look horrible.  So now it's been completely stripped and tonight I'll start reapplying top coats.  Haven't decided if they're going to get a layer of gloss again, may just run a flat or two over it and call it good.

MG Tallgeese EW: WIP Part 3

No pictures today, and not a lot of progress for that matter.  Instead of painting more grey parts what I was able to get done was put down the gloss coat on the parts painted yesterday, and put a layer of flat coat on the head.  This would've completed the head however I accidently knocked down the stem with the head crest on it and got fingerprints in the finish, so I'll have to work on fixing that up this week while I continue work on the torso that I also started today.  Unfortunately vacation is over now so work is going to slow down this week, but I will be continuing work on this (thus far) exceptional Master Grade of a suit I never thought would get the treatment, the Tallgeese!

MG Tallgeese EW: WIP Part 2

Finished up all the yellow pieces yesterday, began work on the grey parts this morning.  There's a lotta grey parts that need painted so this is gonna take awhile.  Just like with the yellow, I started by painting all the parts that needed masking and recolored, now I'm going to recolor the ones that don't need masked on a sectional basis, starting with the arms.  Tonight I also painted the pilot/standing figures of Zechs Marquise, not the easiest I've painted but at least both both figures had the same attire.  The rest of tonight/tomorrow I'll be spraying more and more grey and cleaning up the over spray on my already painted parts.

MG Tallgeese EW: WIP Part 1

Starting the MG Tallgeese ver. EW!  As you may know the EW version of the Tallgeese changes the color scheme slightly, focusing more on a white overall look and removing a lot of the dark grey from the TV version while adding some yellow.  I'm going for a modified version of this look adding in even more yellow and putting in some of the dark grey found on the TV version.  Got the first round of painting done last night, here's some pics of what's been done so far.