[META] [GUNPLA] R2-G0 "Action Figure"

[LynnInDenver]

So for those of you who don't know, one of my many hobbies is building
scale models. My particular focus is science fiction, although I also do
the occasional aircraft.
So before we moved, I bought a Bandai
kit that consisted of R2-D2, and R5-D4, both in 1/12 scale. Last year, I
bought the BB-8 and R2-D2 set, and assembled both of those. Since I
didn't want to build a second of R2-D2 specifically, I quickly decided
that I'd be doing Geo for the older R2 release.
I just finished
the kit today. In addition, doing the Adam Savage Method of doing
multiple pieces in case things go wrong, I went ahead and did up the R5
in the same color scheme. Anyone wants to write him/her up as a Warsie support character, is absolutely free to.
So here you go, the "action figure" of Geo, and his unnamed R5 Warsie "cousin".






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"You know how parents tell you everything's going to fine, but you know they're lying to make you feel better? Everything's going to be fine." - The Doctor

[Dartz]

There are no worse colours to paint on a figure than red and white, together.

Colour me impressed.
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[LynnInDenver]

Dartz wrote:

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There are no worse colours to paint on a figure than red and white, together.

Colour me impressed.

It does help that a lot of those separations of the colors are accomplished by the simple expedient that Bandai made them separate parts altogether. The only set I had to mask were 3 of the 4 back panels, I painted pretty much the entire kit "on the sprue" before assembly. The tricky part was managing to completely cover the existing colors with the white, this entire set was molded in color, except for R5-D4's red door panels.
Naturally, I painted the white first. It's actually a Tamiya primer.
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"You know how parents tell you everything's going to fine, but you know they're lying to make you feel better? Everything's going to be fine." - The Doctor