The Grim Impaler (MSN06 Sinanju ver MatX) bandaiafa_freestyle

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MatX
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My semi-customized Sinanju. Painted with my "Charcoal Brimstone" Scheme with spray cans.


I live in Manila, Philippines and would like Bandai to make MG version of the Gerbera Tetra and a PG version of the Kshatriya.

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LED Mod

Modded the mono-eye for an LED fitting. Not really an easy task, despite the Sinanju's huge head assembly.

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Custom Crest Stand

I had an acrylic display stand custom-made for this Beast.

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The Shield

The Shield. Carved out the material around the crest to make it more embossed and pronounced. The Textured black effect is done by using flat black paint, then "scribbling" the texture with a Technical Pen/India ink, which is actually semi-gloss. No top coat done.

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The LED mod

I was able to procure a few surface mount LEDs from a cellphone repairman and use that for the LED mod. I avoid soldering as much as I can, and used Kotobukiya Spring Units as the conductors.

The springs "clamp" onto the LED's contact points, but I also applied a small amount of superglue to secure the mount. I can't really show you the inside of the head, since I wasn't able to take a picture of the LED mounted on the monoeye assembly.

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Flat Black as Primer

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Gold as buffer base

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Yamaha Red (semi transparent) as a layer


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The Color Shift part 1

Now it's all Red

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The Color Shift part 2

Now there's a Tinge of Gold when the light angle changes.

 
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  • optimisticpenguin101
    optimisticpenguin101 in New Zealand (Registered on 2009/07/16)
    Student
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    wow nice work

    Wed 2009/09/02 17:36:47 JST (ID #15955)
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  • Liberto
    Liberto (Registered on 2009/08/17)
    Student

    Looks amazing!º0º

    Good Job!

    Wed 2009/09/02 17:46:59 JST (ID #15959)
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  • FatBastard
    FatBastard in over his head (Registered on 2007/11/04)
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    Wow! Awesome!

    Wed 2009/09/02 18:21:52 JST (ID #15981)
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  • Lord Gara
    Lord Gara (Registered on 2009/07/15)

    How have you done it without using an airpen?! It's simply... amazing... Really, it's magnificent and you only used spray cans!!!

    Wed 2009/09/02 18:57:41 JST (ID #15991)
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  • seth.frostheart
    seth.frostheart in Malaysia. Singapore. Bangkok. Shanghai. (Registered on 2007/01/07)
    Motion Graphics Designer

    whoa. nicely done! kudos on a job well done ^^

    Wed 2009/09/02 19:35:00 JST (ID #15994)
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  • Kushieda
    Kushieda in Sydney, Australia (Registered on 2009/03/30)
    Student

    Very very impressive, artificial can clogging ftw~
    How did you do the scraped effect on the shield?

    Unfortunately, i'm more of a unicorn fan.

    Wed 2009/09/02 20:44:08 JST (ID #16003)
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  • Wolfman-X
    Wolfman-X in Australia (Registered on 2009/02/16)
    About that......

    wow nice sinanju!

    Wed 2009/09/02 21:08:00 JST (ID #16009)
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  • YuKi-To
    YuKi-To in Singapore/Indonesia (Registered on 2008/09/23)
    Nyoro-n...
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/yuki-to/

    awesome! love how the shield looks up close and the display stand is awesome as well!

    Wed 2009/09/02 21:50:08 JST (ID #16011)
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  • varutieru
    varutieru in indonesia (Registered on 2008/08/26)
    student / NEET

    wow... how did you manage to get... those .... i dunno... natural black texture around your red
    it look like sinanju fall into an oil field or, growing some mutation, possibly uroboros (resident evil 5)

    LED schematic please, i really have to wonder how to fit LED on that small~ eye(not eyes LOL)

    Wed 2009/09/02 21:56:37 JST (ID #16014)
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    • MatX
      MatX (Registered on 2009/09/02)
      http://www.facebook.com/pages/Ten-to-Midnight-X2M/107377967504

      I wasn't easy, since the spray mist of cans are large and fixed I really had to control how I press the nozzle to make shorter bursts.

      As for the LED, I modified the monoeye mount and used springs instead of wires as conductors. I've posted a pic of the LED I used attached to the springs.

      Thu 2009/09/03 02:13:20 JST (ID #16084)
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  • Zack7zzz the V
    Zack7zzz the V in Malaysia (Registered on 2008/04/28)
    Student
    http://seven6398.blogspot.com

    awesome!!! LED light, gloss red.. i always love that color scheme on sinanju..

    Wed 2009/09/02 22:22:19 JST (ID #16017)
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  • Leon Lai
    Leon Lai (Registered on 2009/08/16)

    Wow! Nice job and cool edit, love it!

    Wed 2009/09/02 23:23:53 JST (ID #16044)
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  • heat horn
    heat horn in Indonesia (Registered on 2008/01/05)
    keroro platoon member
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    awesome!!
    The color is really special, I have seen many sinanjus with super gloss red, but yours is definitely different
    how did you do that?

    Thu 2009/09/03 01:08:07 JST (ID #16070)
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  • Kururu_luva
    Kururu_luva in Richmond, BC Canada (Registered on 2007/01/20)

    You sir are a genius! That's one of the most wicked Sinanjus I have ever seen. Mad props to you for doing multiple layers with spray cans only. @_@ I can't even paint my gundams probably with one layer. >_<

    Thu 2009/09/03 02:31:59 JST (ID #16088)
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    • MatX
      MatX (Registered on 2009/09/02)
      http://www.facebook.com/pages/Ten-to-Midnight-X2M/107377967504

      Thanks man. The common "complaint" i usually get is that it's too grainy. Personally, I like the grainyness and textured effect, since it gives the kit character and makes it somewhat unique. Also, some of the same people who thought it was grainy thought otherwise when they saw it up close and personal. The grainyness is actually just exacerbated by the camera.

      Thu 2009/09/03 03:12:13 JST (ID #16107)
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  • wannbe17
    wannbe17 (Registered on 2009/08/31)

    This is such an eye candy! The paintjob looks difficult and painstaking. The sheild impresses me! You also put LED mod on the head. I'm so impressed indeed! F IT! F for Fabulous!

    Galing mu kabayan!

    Thu 2009/09/03 08:55:10 JST (ID #16170)
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  • demon
    demon (Registered on 2009/08/03)
    http://www.superwhite.cc

    this is fantastic... good job!

    Thu 2009/09/03 11:44:40 JST (ID #16232)
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  • MoMoney
    MoMoney (Registered on 2009/09/03)

    What's a charcoal brimstone scheme? Honestly, the finish is not so pretty. Looks like a freshly-cooked crayfish or crab. But congrats for having an entry.

    Thu 2009/09/03 16:09:26 JST (ID #16333)
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  • MatX
    MatX (Registered on 2009/09/02)
    http://www.facebook.com/pages/Ten-to-Midnight-X2M/107377967504

    Hehehe. I Love Crabs! You best described the scheme and I appreciate the honesty.

    Thu 2009/09/03 18:19:13 JST (ID #16380)
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  • Uru
    Uru in manila (Registered on 2007/10/18)
    Art Student

    i've seen this one that day it was displayed during toycon09. i really admire how he did all the work on painting it. thanks for showing us some tips. really helped great. :)

    Thu 2009/09/03 23:49:21 JST (ID #16534)
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  • Mabron
    Mabron in Philippines (Registered on 2008/08/26)
    employee

    nice job!! i'll be waiting for your upcoming post. :P

    Sun 2009/09/13 01:19:26 JST (ID #21881)
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  • defloco
    defloco (Registered on 2009/09/24)

    that's one furious looking sinanju you got there...nice job pare. :D

    Sat 2009/09/26 01:57:05 JST (ID #28480)
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  • bookindian
    bookindian in desert void (Registered on 2009/09/29)
    NSFW
    http://bookindian.wordpress.com

    just saw your fotos - great stuff!!

    Wed 2009/09/30 09:55:01 JST (ID #30584)
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  • jus
    jus (Registered on 2009/09/27)

    holy.....man!your sinanju are cool!!!especially his colour!

    Thu 2009/10/01 09:52:03 JST (ID #31097)
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  • gundamfanftw
    gundamfanftw in Mexico (Registered on 2010/01/04)
    Student

    i've been searching for custom painted sinanjus for 2 days (my love for the design just started growing like crazy in me^^)
    and yours really stands out :D
    a PG Kshatriya!!!!! (that's sick i mean, just look at the size comparison of the 1/100 resin cast kit) if it ever comes out, i hope they solve all back and front heaviness problems and that they include a stand ^^

    Fri 2010/01/22 05:13:24 JST (ID #78760)
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