{"id":96,"date":"2008-01-24T19:07:54","date_gmt":"2008-01-25T00:07:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scope-eye.net\/?page_id=96"},"modified":"2008-01-28T01:00:22","modified_gmt":"2008-01-28T06:00:22","slug":"1200-regult","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/scope-eye.net\/?page_id=96","title":{"rendered":"1:200 Regult"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Recently I came up with a plan to organize a model building and       painting workshop to be held at various anime conventions in 2004.       I&#8217;m very enthusiastic about the plan, but at the same time I&#8217;m       keenly aware that I need to improve my painting skills before I       can try to teach anything to anyone.  So, to try to improve my       skills and develop the teaching plan I have decided to do a       number of quick projects, under conditions similar to what       students will face in the class:  In particular, limited tools       and supplies, no sprays, and all painting done by hand, with       acrylics only.  The last time I brush-painted a full model was       in the summer of 2000, so some review and relearning was in order.<\/p>\n<p>For the first of these projects, I chose the Nichimo Regult.       The kit is very small and simple, and yet rewarding to build       as-is.  I thought this would make it a great choice for the       limited time of the modeling workshop.  Unfortunately, however,       the kit&#8217;s availability is rather poor these days, so buying them       for the workshop would not be a particularly good deal.       Presently I am considering other alternatives.  However, the       Regult still served as my re-introduction to brush painting.       It&#8217;s been a very fun project and a great excercise: and now I       have a neat little model for my effort.<\/p>\n<p>Initially I intended to finish the whole project in the amount       of time people would have in the workshop: between 3 and 6       hours.  However, that really didn&#8217;t work out at all:  It took 4       hours of work before I could even start the paint job, and I&#8217;d       put in about 17 hours over two weeks before the thing was done.       In light of that it&#8217;s pretty unrealistic to think that someone       new to modeling could do any kit starting from start to finish       in the time of the workshop: At most they might be able to       complete assembly and surfacing and start the paintjob.  I&#8217;ll       have to keep these results in mind as I plan the event.<\/p>\n<p>I did complete the kit according to the rules I set down: no       knives, no sprays, etc. with just a few exceptions.  The Regult       kit has big screw-holes in the pod and hips and feet, I could       not stand to leave those as they were, so I filled them with       SGT.  Also, I drilled out the gun barrels, and once or twice I       did wind up using an xacto knife, mainly to clean up small       mistakes.  It was really <strong>tough<\/strong> to work on a model and not       use a knife.  It makes me want to rethink my no-knives rule for       the workshop.<\/p>\n<p>Overall I&#8217;m very happy with how the kit turned out.  I had some       serious paint adhesion problems along the way that caused the       acrylic coats to come off in chunks, when really I would have       prefered they stay exactly where I put them.  This resulted in       some patchwork, but hopefully it&#8217;s not too bad.  I also was a       bit sloppy with the wash I applied, but I&#8217;ll just have to do       better on the next model.  It was a lot of fun trying out the       decals I had printed for this kit: I think I maybe overdid it a       little but it really added a lot to the model.<br \/>\n<a href=\"\/model-data\/Workshop_Regult\/regult_01.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/model-data\/Workshop_Regult\/regult_01_thumb.png\" alt=\"1\" \/><\/a><a href=\"\/model-data\/Workshop_Regult\/regult_02.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/model-data\/Workshop_Regult\/regult_02_thumb.png\" alt=\"2\" \/><\/a><a href=\"\/model-data\/Workshop_Regult\/regult_03.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/model-data\/Workshop_Regult\/regult_03_thumb.png\" alt=\"3\" \/><\/a><a href=\"\/model-data\/Workshop_Regult\/regult_04.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/model-data\/Workshop_Regult\/regult_04_thumb.png\" alt=\"4\" \/><\/a><a href=\"\/model-data\/Workshop_Regult\/regult_05.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/model-data\/Workshop_Regult\/regult_05_thumb.png\" alt=\"5\" \/><\/a><a href=\"\/model-data\/Workshop_Regult\/regult_06.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/model-data\/Workshop_Regult\/regult_06_thumb.png\" alt=\"6\" \/><\/a><a href=\"\/model-data\/Workshop_Regult\/regult_before_after_1.jpeg\" title=\"Before\/After 1\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/model-data\/Workshop_Regult\/regult_before_after_1_thumb.png\" \/><\/a><a href=\"\/model-data\/Workshop_Regult\/regult_before_after_2.jpeg\" title=\"Before\/After 2\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/model-data\/Workshop_Regult\/regult_before_after_2_thumb.png\" \/><\/a><a href=\"\/model-data\/Workshop_Regult\/regult_size.jpeg\" title=\"With Artifact of Protoculture\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/model-data\/Workshop_Regult\/regult_size_thumb.png\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recently I came up with a plan to organize a model building and painting workshop to be held at various anime conventions in 2004. I&#8217;m very enthusiastic about the plan, but at the same time I&#8217;m keenly aware that I need to improve my painting skills before I can try to teach anything to anyone. 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