Hello guys, while working with the initial mods of the Acguy...which is the removal of the armor parts, I got bored doing the same thing overe and over again ( the drilling is boring ). Plus, I have primed the Acguy base with flat black already...now the problem is, I am lazy to set-up my airbrush just to paint the Acguy base, so an idea came to mind.

Tadah! I present to you " On Guard "...a simple diorama featuring a HGUC Zaku on top of a cliff and under him is a damaged Guncannon. The Guncannon was my second HGUC build, painted with airbrush and finished around February of 2009...Not much story involve here, it's just that the Zaku is doing his rounds guarding the perimeter of a nearby Zeon base. I am still thinking if I will do a snow type dio or a tropical type with trees and such...The problem with tress, is that the one's yout get from artshops are really student project looking for me...so I might opt to do a snow dio eventually, unless I find evergreen trees in a local hobbyshop, which I highly doubt I could.

Anyways here are pics of the intended initial layout of the dio...it is basically styropor glued together and reinforced with barbecue sticks...






more pictures here:
http://dc23-mecharts.blogspot.com/2009/ ... -zaku.html

wow...have you ever get a break from gundam???...looks like 24/7 gundam....lol....cant wait to see this finish.....work faster.....

The setting looks interesting....love it very much...cant wait for the in-depth tutorial...hihi

Woah bro , such great momentum starting on a project so fast after the compy !!! Love the dio idea How are u gging to do surface ?? Using the glue paste method ??? Canr wait for more

You are very very productive man. Gambate!

@ aiku-aiku, yeap...hehehe, I have a 9 hour work and 3 kids...thanks for the visit man!

@ sammy514, thanks bro sammy...will upload a few steps tomorrow.

@ raven89, thanks man...will show step by step process.hihi

@ a-poc, thanks buddy...just riding the momentum and mood man.

I love you Don!!!



Err, that's sound gay...i know.... pardon me...hihi

@ sammy514, hahahahahaha ...will do post a few steps man, even if you don't love me.

Philipines guy really is hard working ...especially you DonC!!! Agreed with some members" On to a next project already??"

looking forward to this built...I m almost exhaust for BAKUC!! 3 more days....Enjoy your stress release build.

@ neo_sigma, goodluck on your Bakuc piece bro neo! thanks for the visit bro!

UPDATE 11-20-09: Texturing the dio

Hello again guys, I will be working with a PG Zeta commision work soon so I might have to set aside the acguy build, but I will try to finish this build first. I managed to work on the dio texturing yesterday....It took me roughly 4 hours to do the paper mache. I never imagined that it will take me that long though. I had fun developing the ridges and curves of the dio and I am very much eager to paint this piece already. Anyways this is how I went through the texturing...

Materials used:

A roll of tissue paper

A bottle of white glue ( preferably wood glue )

Water

A large soft brush

Here are a few pics...









The step by step process and more pictures here:

http://dc23-mecharts.blogspot.com/2009/ ... -zaku.html

wow...........Thanks for showing us how well u do on ur dio.
Personally I learned alot form this rock dio.....i like it!

wow u are super fast and productive !!. Aguy / Zaku and PG zeta somemore. really admire your skill.

keep it coming !!

Such an enjoyable and informative WIPs....nice one Don!

@ elliotric, my pleasure bro...glad you learned something from my small dio.

@ chriswoo, thanks bro chris...the initial plan is to do the acguy and zaku at the same time...but I might get the PG Zeta tomorrow, so I'll be finishing the Zaku and set aside the acguy to work with the PG Zeta. ...thanks for the visit buddy!

@ sammy514, as promised bro sammy, will post the painting steps soon.

Wow!! you are a life saver!!! I was squeezing my brain on a dio, which can be executed in a easy and fast method. Don't mind if I use your idea.lol