Guyver
Elfin - scale 1/8

This is the first vinyl conversion I made and is one of the two models I used to compete at JafCon96 (see page 49 of Hobby Japan 10/"96 ) with the GP01 one. It has been a light conversion because I only modified the position from standing to running and Jump one. I cutted the vinyl with a sharp blade and with other pieces of vinyl glued with cianocrylate I made the new position you can see in photos. As putty I used the english Kneadite (yellow-Blue that mixed becames green and has a good adhesion on vinyl , thing that milliput doesn't have). Working with wet tools I made the texture of the joints between the armour pieces. I gived a good hand of primer and I coloured it with Gunze colors and the Airbrush to make shadows and Lights, a black oil wash has finished the work. the right hand blade was reconstruced bigger with a piece of plasticard. For the base I used some low cost italian Putty (Dash) to make the rock and I done after a first colouring with cobalt blue from Lifecolor 7 passages of drybrush (see the Tips&Tricks section for explanation of this technique) with various tones of gray to finish with a light flesh one. The overal work seems good to me and I obtained what I was looking for (it was only 2 years I was making models). I hope it looks good also to you all.



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