And hopefully some that come already painted

 

I was just chatting with him and he says he also sells them painted.

This is what he sent me when I asked what it would look like:

 

If only he did an upgrade for the thighs as well. But as it is now, this kit makes the figure a billion times better than ToyWorld's op, in my opinion of course.

 

Hot damn! He has my money already! Does he do custom painted guns for the purple and Teal versions of challenger? I would love his gun but I have the teal ver.

 

The upgrade makes me want a Challenger.

 

I actually bought Dragoon about a month ago. The transaction went smooth as silk, but shipping has been a bit of a nightmare. I don't expect him to arrive until mid-January because my copy was immediately returned to China because the address on the box didn't match up with the postal code. I guess I'm partially to blame for that, since I didn't fill in my address information correctly, but it's still a bit dumb. Still, I'm sure the figure will be worth the wait, especially considering it'll be my very first MP-scale figure.

So yeah, if you plan to buy him off of Show Z Store, which I'd recommend, make sure your address info is on point!

 

As @Tyman said he does have the painted versions as well (and it looks like he does an awesome job with the painting!), $77 painted, $65 unpainted (prices include shipping to the US).

Do you have facebook or instagram? If so you can contact him directly, if not then one of us can ask him for you.

 

I do, I'll ask him later today. Thank you for the offer though!

 

No prob! It’s a good thing he’s just under his regular name on all platforms it seems. Makes him easy to find.

 

Quick Update on the chest piece. Spent a few hours masking and detailing it and I think I am satisfied with it for now. Masking the entire body just to paint the exhaust took way longer than I expected since I didn't want to get any overspray on the body.

May repaint the rest of the body but not sure how I would redo the flames.

Anyways...Here is a few quick shot of it with the gold/copper details. I masked and chromed out the hands, elbow joint, and exhaust. I then did the burnt effect on the exhaust to match the 3A and put some gold details in the hands and gave the red tubing on the legs some silver. Pretty much tried to match it to the 3A.

I'll prob tackle the shotgun next.

 

Omfg that looks so beautiful  
Amazing work dude!!

 

Looks great! I've been considering how to do the exhaust marks on the stacks as well but I don't have an airbrush so I assumed I'd mess it up. Can't wait to get my new chest piece in! Any tips on getting the pins out? I'm really worried about that part. I tried doing some pin work on my MPM4 and I ended up chipping some plastic and not even being able to get the pin back in all the way.

 

Sure. I used a nail that was small enough to just fit through the holes to push the pins out just enough so I can then use pliers to pull the pins the rest of the way.

Be careful when hammering and do it slowly so nothing breaks. Just get it out enough for pliers to grip on and I use a twisting motion with thr pliers to pull it out.

The pin at the hitch has a Grove on one end so I made sure to push it from left to right.

Here are some pics:


Hope this helps and happy holidays fellas  

Oh I used this tutorial for the exhaust painting. He showed techniques to hand paint it as well so you don't need an airbrush:

 

Awesome thank you for the tips! And here’s a fun pic I took today:

 

Anybody knows the size or name of the screw used to hold the head in place?, mine is stripped and can't find a suitable replacement.

 

It's a washer head screw. I can't give you a size though.

 

The figure we deserved

 

Imagining how incredible this one would be if UT upgraded their sculpting work from head to toe  

 

And bit more articulation and a bit more curves. It would be almost perfection.

 

Omg the chest piece is gorgeous Oo I can definitely see it on my custom version, but I'm to afraid to deal with the pin !