MG 1/100 MSN-06S Sinanju
Hello!
This is my entry for the Bandai World Gundam Competition, the MG MSN-06S Sinanju! Overall the build took me about 2 1/2 weeks, and features custom metal parts as well custom waterslide decals. The paint is a base of Mr. Surfacer 1200, with Mr.Color Gloss Black over it. Then a coat of Mr. Color Super Metallic Chrome, followed up with Tamiya Clear Red.
I have been building Gunpla for about 10 years now, and have been building models since I was 5. I was the North American BAKUC Semi-Final champion for 2008, and respresented the United States and Canada in the BAKUC finals in Hong Kong where I placed Third.
I would love to see a MG Zeta Delta Plus "Hummingbird" or MG Nightengale kit made, as well as the Gerbera Tetra and the Gerbera Tetra Plus!
Enjoy!
Shield is painted using a gradient of Tamiya Clear Red to Tamiya Clear Orange.
Ready for battle!
Custom metal thrusters!
This is the step by step process of how I did the candy/clear red.
Gorgeous metallic sheen.
Thanks Danny!
There's already a MG Zeta Plus...
Wow, this looks great!
theres already a MG Zeta Plus A1 and a C1.
nice paint though.
OMG.. it even better coating by Bandai itself if Bandai coat it one.. so nice..
very impressive o.O
gunpla skills overwhelming!
That's an awesome paint job you did. Especially love the red orange gradient on the shield.
Awesome metalic finish~ I especially liked the metalic blue thrusters, and fainting red to orange on the bottom of the shield, both very cool!
love the metallic finish you did there
The metallic finish is really nice, did you do it with an airbrush?
wow, lovely finish! I'll have to remember that process for my PG 00!
Very nice finish painting but the metal thrusters color doesnt seem to match well with the color. If you use the correct color, your modeling work is perfect for me. I think probably you mean Delta Plus, I guess.
Holy crap, that is impressive. I like how the colors came out, and you've pretty much killed my desire to submit my Sinanju into the project, haha. To be a nitpicker though, I agree on the color on the thrusters, they don't seem to ptovide the right contrast to make them "fit" the kit. Also, did you use an airbrush or spray cans?
Thanks for the comments all! I actually meant the Zeta Plus "Hummingbird" with the 4 booster packs and fuel tanks, not the standard Zeta Plus A1 or C1.
The kit is all airbrushed, and the thrusters were at the request of the person I built this for. He really wanted the blue thrusters against the red.
well done. what kind/brand of paint do u use? where did u get the thrusters?
The majority of the paint is Mr.Color, with the exception of the clear red, orange, and blue which are Tamiya. The thrusters are from mechaskunk.com. :)
first of all, really sick, bad-ass, superb looking model you did here.. :D and thank you! i've been searching all over on where i could get those thrusters. now i know.. :)
Awesome! I wish they made this into a Perfect Grade kit....maybe the winner should ask that this be made into one!
Very impressive paint job, was wondering how you applied your layers. Was it straight out of the spray can or was it paint in an airbrush including the Mr. Colour bases?
Also love the orange to red gradient on the shield, you'll have to write a guide for that one. ^^
Keep up the good work and this'll go far.
It was all airbrushed, no spray cans. I've added an image that shows how I did the layers.
Oh so this is the one your were talking about.
By the way to the poster, great paintjob that you did with your Sinanju, has a real nice metallic finish to it.
Cant breath.....
Wow so pretty. You did such a great job. What are you working on next?
Thanks! I am currently working on a MG Gelgoog V 2.0 and a MG Zaku V 2.0 for my BAKUC entry. I am also working on a 1/35 MSA-0011-2 EX-S Gundam resin kit. Stands just about 4 feet tall and weighs about 90lbs.
wow!! that is amazing mtomczek. thanks for showing us how u got that color, i always wanted to know how to get such a nice shiny color. i completed my sinanju in august and also painted the thrusters a metallic blue :) too bad overall mine looks no where near as nice as yours.
is mr.color oil based or water based? why did u use tamiya paint instead of mr.color paint for the red? also what is the purpose of the coat of black? can u still get the same results without it?
thank you! :) keep up the great work
Thanks! Mr. Color I believe is laquer based or enamel based, either way it needs to be thinned and cleaned with Mr. Color thinner, or similar laquer/enamel thinner. Water will not work, nor will acrylic thinner.
The purpose of the black coat is to give a nice smooth glossy finish for the chrome silver to lay on top of. It also helps to bring the metal color out a bit more, opposed to just spraying it over the primer. Without the gloss black coat, the chrome silver will end up laying uneven and will not be shiny at all.
mr color is lacquer paint, but seriously...
how much bottle did you use to paint this kit btw?
about color...
is adding flat red onto a flat black surface will only ended up making the red faded and not getting in, or what....
i need to spray alot of flat red until it gets in and the result while satisfying, eat my paint like crazy...
if you use many bottles, any suggestion where i can get MR hobby lacquer easily and reasonable price?
You should always put flat red, or any bright color for that matter, over white. It will save you paint, and it will turn out bright and vibrant like it should. If you put it over a dark color such as black or grey it will never turn out truely red.
For the Sinanju I used 1 small bottle of Mr Surfacer 1200, 3 bottles of Mr. Color gloss black, 1 bottle of Mr. Super Metallic Chrome, and 1 1/2 bottle of Tamiya clear red.
holy son'u'va.... 3 bottle for black alone... i guess i should've stock up on base color
my problem is to generate blood like red, yours are more into chrome red/crimson IMO, while other flat red i've seen on most sazabi/sinanju are just flat red
tho i never tried mixing flat red & black, but i believe a mixture of it will just generate blackish red, not red with blackish aura
i manage to pull blood color but i end up using so much paint for 1 color alone for 1 part alone >_< (layer to layer, and layer again...)
and all nearby hobby store in my city is running out of red (3) gundam color and flat black >_<
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is your tamiya paints are acrylic, or you get the lacquer spray can paint out from it?
The Tamiya's are acrylics. They work well over the lacquer as the two will not harm each other. I typically use Mr. Super Clear for my final clear coat (not on this build, used Future Floor Acrylic for the gloss) and it works wonderfully on the tamiya acrylics.
Totally gorgeous! The decals are done spectacularly too! I love the silver decals on the sides of the boosters on the backpack =D I also especially like the colour gradient on the shield, was that hard to achieve?
Aaaand the shield-to-shoulder mod is pretty clever too, sorry for spewing but I'm really amazed! This is how a gundam kit should be treated! None of that straight-build/panel-line/top-coat nonsense!
the first picture really awesome.. not mention the modification is really great, but your picture really great for a wallpaper (the detail in the left side, and unicorn logo), can I grab it? and maybe adding a little sinanju specification (with a small font size) makes the first picture more beautiful.. Great job!
Here, I have a higher res version that you can use for the wallpaper: http://www.mtomczek.com/gundam/sinanju_wallpaper.jpg
Sometimes I'm trying to get on a Black Sinanju, but I don't have much plannings on how it'll be, base color's gonna be black, but just too afraid if I'm gonna ruin it much ^^;
I'm much of a builder, not a modifier ><
And your Sinanju looks more fierce with your red settings ^^
This is an absolutely impressive model. I sir am blown away by it. Let me just say that you are a shinning example of what we all one day want to be capable of. Thanks for the photos. Good Luck.
Thanks for the comment! I am really happy with how it turned out.
2 and 1/2 weeks? For this?? Are you Gundam god or something?? This is really a force to be reckoned with m(_ _)m
Anyway, I agreed with MG Nightingale, since we already have MG Hi-Nu XD
Nah not a god, just been doing it for a while. :) Thanks for the comments!
So shiny! I'm so tempted to WAX that model! It's like a car! If that were in a carwash, I'll wax that like I've never waxed before!
F it! F for FANTASTIC!
wow...this model kit is one to b feared. Looking at this makes me want to build it but i donno how to approach it, but i want to kno, is ther a way to get a crimson red or satin red with tamiya spray paints? unfortunately, the money for my airbrush kit went to my PG 00 Raiser
hi it's me again. just wanna ask about how you paint.
do you use mr. base white? if yes, how do you thin it?
I did not use Mr. White Base, only Mr. Surfacer 1200. Thanks for the comments!
wow, this is the best sinanju ive seen, if you dont mind can i ask, how did you do the gold parts, hand paint? what type of gold did you use, also what color you've used for the inner frame. thanks in advance. :)
Gold parts were sprayed gloss black first (Mr. Color) then masked off and sprayed with Mr. Color Super Metallics gold. I then went back and touched up any areas by hand with a paint brush.
The inner frame is Mr. Color Super Metallics super iron.
SUBLIME VERY SUBLIME
Thanks!
Wow awesome work dude!
Oh wow!
This is unreal!
This blows my current build of the water.
Absolutely perfect in all aspects.
Gives me motivation to get off my lazy butt and finish mine!
I love that Metallic finish.
Btw, how do you get so much gloss?
Its very shiny!
Good final gloss coat to seal the surface. Also make sure that the surfaces are sanded nice and smooth before painting.
Ahh, I see...
It takes lots of patience, the smoothness is mostly from the prep work.
Came out beautiful though.
there's only one thing that i want to say: RESPECT!!!
awesome job ;)
dude... thats awesome O_O skillz~
Wow! found it! I thought this post was gone ^^
Love the matallic coating and such, wanted to look at it again :D ~
this is the most impressive work on a sinanju i've ever seen love the color scheme, can i ask you something because I'm trying to get the same effect on my gundam too :), did you sand the chrome before applying the clear paint?... because i tested the chrome and the clear paint on an action base to see the effect of the color would look like and while spraying the clear paint i noticed the paint is not sticking too well on the chrome and gets easily chipped, thanks in advace
Beautiful!!
I just bought one in my travels trough Asia (In Malasya actually) and now that Im back on my country I will try to make my Sinanju look just as good as yours.
Really impressive work!
I love this. Amazing work man, Sinanju is currently my favorite haha