Double (Rei)nbow, All The Way!

The first day of the Xmas Toyfair was dismal for me, nothing really new and interesting to take home, ended up buying another microman Rei Ayanami and a Blue Swat toy (pretty neat).

Funny story though, (and I just can't let this go because it's so out of the ordinary to me) someone used my name to obtain an item I've been wanting to get, actually an extra of the Rei and Asuka plugsuit set that I wanted to buy as a gift to a friend.

Well, my only consolation would be that I already got it for myself at a much more affordable price, but it boggles the mind how someone namedropped me to get a toy. Ah well, I'll look for something else for my friend when my family goes on vacation in Hong Kong this weekend (excited!).


The only other cool thing I bought from toyfair was this:

It's a neat little pod/car for a character in Blue Swat named "Gold Platinum". the set even comes with a simple figure of GP and his gun, but I'm using the pod itself for my Micromen.

Thanos the Mad Titan (500th post! Woo)

Whew! Done. Took me the entire morning (having no access to the internet helped me concentrate) to finish this guy, with the help of the paint guide I made last night so I wouldn't forget the exact mix of colors I did while I worked on the head last night. 

Anyway this is a straight-up repaint with slight resculpting around the torso area of the comic pack Thanos I bought last weekend.

Seeing him now, I'll need the single card version for the non-gauntlet fist, open gauntlet hand and scowling face to probably complete my version of the Mad titan.

Here's the close-up detail of the head

...And the stuff I resculpted (chest seam+ straps, Infinity gems)

Diane

Yay?

Man, I was hoping to get the Microforce Command Microman this month but the shop I ordered from gave me the wrong figure. Was kinda disappointed at first, no actually frustrated that they mixed it up, but then again it's not like I wasn't going to get this figure at some point. I just wanted to get more micromen because i have a lot of microladies already. 

In-hand she's not bad, actually she's tons of fun. the plastic feels solid and won't break with a bad glance, the weapons and gear all fit and store snugly on her person, and it's a good choice of weapons too (bazooka, assault rifle and combat knife) . I especially like details like how she can switch cartridges on her assault rifle and store them. Probably the only thing missing would be a pistol.

Went ahead and painted her face like I do with all my microforce figures, and I'm surprised by how pretty the face is underneath when I painted it, all that chrome kinda obscured it but now it's out in the open, and it's a very nice sculpt to me. 

New heads!

New head recasts from the shop arrived today, as well as a set of parts for another figure. I'll see about building one over the next few days. In the meantime I tested out some of the new heads:

Definitely pretty good fits, I kinda want to paint these in my usual style of metallic hair and flesh faces, but probably when these begin rolling out they'll either be painted full metal or left in their plain cast color

Despite my compulsion to have all my microforce figures sporting non-chrome but fleshy heads, I kinda want to retain the ghost white color of the resin. It really appeals to me.

The recast Beta Midget heads look pretty boss as well on microforce bodies, I think even handsomer than the actual microforce male heads.


Anyway, probably the only thing missing now are casts of the male bodytypes.

and of course, custom accessories. 

Den-O

And done! Lots more I could have worked on but I'm satisfied with how he turned out. Pretty fun and spontaneous project, anyone who wants to ask anything feel free to hit me up in the comments box!

More on the Kuuga soon. 

Rides

Let's talk about vehicles since I bought a few recently,

First up is this Honda Hornet bike. It's scaled at 1:18 and made by a company named Welly. Other than that I know nothing about it, what I do know is that there are a lot of welly motorcycles at the mall, I actually bought another one but probably won't open it until I have the rider I want on it in-hand.

Welly has a lot of brands in their line, aside from Honda there's Suzuki, BMW, Kawasaki, Aprilla (another one I want) and many others all of which feature very clean decos, diecast parts, and amazingly clean finishes

Little details on the bike are wonderfully chromed and painted, giving this vehicle a lot of eye-candy

Aside from the stellar pearlescent paintjob what also catches my eye are the simple "honda" tampographs and the odometer. Really adds a lot of realism to this tiny model.

The goldish yellow color is really beautiful and complements the black and silver detailing.

The quality and simple colors really appeals to me and I forsee myself buying more of these Welly motorcycles. If only they came in more colors that complemented my Micromen though.

I'd really love to own a Kawasaki Ninja that was colored purple for my microforce ninja microman. 

...Of course the bike wasn't the only one I bought. 

BEEP BEEEEEP

This is a 1/20 scaled pull-back Diecast golf cart from some no-name company, and obviously I bought it for hilarity.

It hardly fits the already small Micromen, but it's a snug fit for microsisters

But everytime I look at one of the micromen riding on it, I enjoy it all the better.

Due to the really small space alloted for the driver, nothing short of multiple points of articulation will get any 1:18 figure in there, which is what makes it perfect for Microman figures, since they're probably the only ones with enough articulation to contort inside. 

More vehicles to come! 

Quick Returns.

After a whole weekend of resting (I'll post what went on later) I got back to this guy, took me three hours to paint but I'm happy with the outcome. All it needs now is some topcoat and it's off for a pictorial! 

This was earlier tonight.