STURMDIAS -7- Current state of affairs

Started adding some decals to the Dias using mostly leftover decals from the Sinanju, some generic 1/144 ones and a few from the Dias decal sheet. The SMS ones that came with the kit are pre-cut, pretty nifty.

Upper body:

Internal stuff for the feet:

The whole thing, stuff that is finished so far:

(:

Plamo CUSTOM SP-16 on youtube

The links are on the video page.

unrelated cat picture:

STURMDIAS -6- more stuff again

Did a test fit of some of the (partially) painted parts so far. Even at this stage the kit is already backheavy :) Also the legs are too heavy for the yellow submarine joints to hold in place (in a flying pose) and I will have to glue them in place later on.

Otherwise the progress is pretty good :D

STURMDIAS -5- Summer is over

Summer is over :(  Started working on the Dias again :)

I semi-gloss coated the orange with "Erdal Glänzer". The internals are flat black with some stuff being Tamiya Gunmetal and other Metallic highlights. I have most of the lower half more or less finished (not all pictured) besides some panel lining and other small part stuff. More to come :D

Good news everyone! Plamo CUSTOM SP-16 on 10/9

SP-16 will air on October 9th and will apparently feature the Japanese battleship Kongō.
That's all I know so far.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_battleship_Kongō

source: the FujiTV website

STURMDIAS -4- Color XXX

I wasn't overly happy with the red color - it just didn't work well with the silver thrusters. So i did some color testing to find a better color for the armor.

left: Vallejo Orange
middle: Vallejo Yellow + a bit Orange
right: the old red


Went with the orange which looks pretty sick imo :D
(Sprayed a white basecoat first)

I'm gonna make the overall color scheme more similar to the Rick Dias than the all red Nagano Dias.

Thus my dark blue/gray armor parts. They are a mix of Tamiya Nato Black and Tamiya Blue.

The colors go pretty well together i think.

STURMDIAS -3.1- joints

Forgot to add this to the last post. I used Yellow Submarine/Hobby Base joints for the ankles and the hip. Aside from the shoulder/upper arm joints the others don't really make sense to replace. I'll leave the shoulder pinned static as well since the Dias will hold a pretty big and heavy gun which would be to heavy for the small joints i could use there. Also the gun allows for only one pose anyways.


The T01 set is a PERFECT fit for the kit (like for the Qubeley)