I’m using this model to get back into building. I took 2 and a half years off. I usually build armor, but I do love Gundams.
This is the frame of the kit. Base coat of Tamiya gunmetal followed by a sloppy drybrush of chrome silver and gold details. Then added an AK dark brown wash. Tomorrow I will knock of some of the wash and start some home made oil washes.
I made some mods to the armor, but deleted the pics off my phone. I’ll reassemble everything when the frame is done.
Oils on. I only used black and burnt umber. Randomly apllied over a few days.
A little fine tuning and I’ll call it done. Then on to armor parts.
Look incredible
Looking metallica
That is cool, I like the attention to detail.
The fact that you have to build the mech up from skeleton, onwards…That is neat!
Thanks for sharing! 
Barbatos club/sword thing painted and weathered. Same paint process as above, but heavier on the burnt umber wash.
Thanks for the comments! Snowman, a lot of the newer Gundams have inner frames like this. It makes for some interesting painting.
More Barbie…
Club finished. Just added some damage and scratches.
Armor on. I started oil washes but wasn’t really happy with the way it looked. I can’t airbrush right now and I think it looks a little too… meh.
So I added a little damage.
Some color added
Turquoise from a mig ammo russian cockpit kit. It’s almost perfect.
Also been adding washes and filters trying to get the white to tone down a bit. I tried an orchard yellow filter, but it didn’t work well. So I just drybrushed all the armor with black oil paint and removed/worked it in. Sucks not having a basecoat on. Still can’t airbrush right now.
I worked the oils for a few days. After the washes were dry enough I started drybrushing black oil paint over all the armor surfaces. Then used q-tips to remove and work it in. Once I was satisfied, I let it sit for about 5 days to let the black dry. Today I started chipping. I still need to tone them down/blend them in a bit more. But I’m hungry and models can wait!
I also still have to paint the white evergreen sheet parts I added to the blue pieces. I haven’t been able to get to the hobby store and I think I accidentally left all my paint behind when I moved😔
And she’s perfectly camouflaged too.
If only I could train an 8-legged modelling buddy to rig a biplane my life would be so much easier!
Great work on your build. I’ve only ever done a few Gundam robots and never any to this standard of finish. Lots of fun to put together.
I usually don’t go this deep into a Gundam. I usually do this to armor or other sci-fi stuff. But this was definitely a nice change of pace.
I’m pretty close to being done.
I finally was able to hit the store and buy some blue paint. Got the white parts I added to the blue pieces painted and weathered. Worked the oils for a while adding in a lot of areas. Use pastel to give it some dirt /nastiness. A little detail painting. I only need to spray a flat coat and maybe do something to the red pieces.
The light in these pics is a little harsh. The white pieces are actually light grey now after all the weathering. I’ll probably get more pics later away from LEDs.
I am also primarily a ship and armor modeler but Iron Blooded Orphans has so many good gundams in it I had to build up a few as well. Your Barbatos is looking fantastic!
oh wow, cool detail 
