Monthly Archives: August 2011

The Chronicles of Riddikulus

Posted on August 28, 2011 by gundaRn

I tell you what, I like the Chronicles of Riddick. Sure it was a flop and not very popular: doesn’t mean it’s not good. It’s big, impressive looking film. Sets, costumes, action and special effects are all well designed. It … Continue reading →

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Dead or Alive

Posted on August 26, 2011 by gundaRn
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Light Cycle: not forgotten

Posted on August 23, 2011 by gundaRn

No sir. Still working on it, albeit quite slowly as Zelda on my 3DS is demanding my attention.

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Detective Comics

Posted on August 20, 2011 by gundaRn

Well, I just finished the Scott Snyder run on Detective Comics (871 to 881) and am rather impressed. I hadn’t read anything by him before, so I didn’t know what to expect, and more or less read the whole thing … Continue reading →

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More Nintendo 3DS

Posted on August 16, 2011 by gundaRn

So, I’ve played it a bit more now and it has become clear why you get a little docking station for it: the battery doesn’t last all that long. It’s not a major issue, and one I am willing to … Continue reading →

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Nintendo 3DS

Posted on August 15, 2011 by gundaRn

I was getting one, then I wasn’t, then I was etc. I finally got one from the Supermarket yesterday for £108. The selection of games available wasn’t great, so instead of getting my first choices: Dead or Alive Dimensions and … Continue reading →

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Dead & Buried

Posted on August 15, 2011 by gundaRn

A couple of nights ago, I was watching Kull the Conqueror and it was pretty guff, then I noticed that one of the crappy movie channels was showing Dead & Buried. This was one of those films I had heard … Continue reading →

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Light Cycle: gone all wrong

Posted on August 10, 2011 by gundaRn

I’m sick of my light cycle model, so I am now attempting to rub it down to start again with different paints. Frustrating.

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Light Cycle: redone some

Posted on August 8, 2011 by gundaRn

Well, today I redid the black window sections and a bit of the red too. It’s cleaned up some of the problems, but the red paint is hellish delicate, so I have gloss coated it and am going to let … Continue reading →

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Light Cycle: more red (too much?)

Posted on August 7, 2011 by gundaRn

So, I deepened the red on the light cycle. Not sure if I’ve made it too thick, but I was trying to get a shiny coating, not just a smear of paint. So, time to remove the masking tape and … Continue reading →

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Light Cycle: red

Posted on August 7, 2011 by gundaRn

First thing today was to paint the section I want to be a lighter red with white. I did start the clear red painting, but I found the chrome had taken too many knocks and scrapes, so decided to re-chrome … Continue reading →

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Light Cycle: windows

Posted on August 6, 2011 by gundaRn

So I masked the window sections for painting with my Alclad Smoke Black stuff. So I let the paint dry, then gloss coated it again for protection, then let it dry for several hours. To my horror, when I peeled … Continue reading →

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Light Cycle: chrome

Posted on August 5, 2011 by gundaRn

So I have now chromed the Light Cycle and gloss coated again, ready to start the smoke black windows tomorrow.

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Light Cycle: silver paint

Posted on August 4, 2011 by gundaRn

So I masked off all the non-silver parts of the cycle and sprayed with Mr Color Silver with some Flat Base added to dull it down. So it looks like the first lot of masking has worked okay. So, due … Continue reading →

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Some random toy photos

Posted on August 3, 2011 by gundaRn

This gallery contains 25 photos.

Just found a bunch of old pictures, so though I could post them up:

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Light Cycle: wrong paint

Posted on August 2, 2011 by gundaRn

Well, it seems my Alclad base paints simply couldn’t adhere to the resin of the kit. In my desperation I switched to my Mr Color black and it seemed to work. All the arsing around does seem to have had … Continue reading →

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Revoltech: Iron Man

Posted on August 2, 2011 by gundaRn

It’s not often I get a new toy, but I did today. It’s a Sci-Fi Revoltech Iron Man Mark IV.

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Light Cycle: too smooth?

Posted on August 1, 2011 by gundaRn

It has to be that the resin was too smooth to allow priming, and with my fine grade wet and dry paper, I just smoothed it more. I’ve gone over the whole kit with one of my much less fine … Continue reading →

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Light Cycle: major issues

Posted on August 1, 2011 by gundaRn

Right, so I decided to build the Light Cycle before painting as there were some large gaps that I wanted to fill. This will make painting harder, but I should be able to mask things off efficiently enough. So, kit … Continue reading →

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