Showoff; Repainted Kotobukiya Sandtrooper

[slave1pilot]

I just couldn't take the crap pintjob of the Kotobukiya.

I did a total repaint & am much happier with it.

I couldn't even display it before.

LMK what you guys think.

Here's a "before and after " shot

Koto on the left, repaint on the right

and here's a few detail pics;

Of course, now I have to repaint the dials to be accurate

and one for scale;

[slave1pilot]

edited & moved to first post

[Ilovesand&dirt]

YOURS look better. Nice Job, Nathan. I could hope my armor looks as good as that.

[TD-1536]

That looks great. I avoided buying one of those because the paint job sucked.

[TD1043]

Yours looks a **** of a lot better than what was originally applied to it. What did you use to remove the original paint job? And, what paints did you use to give it a much more realistic weathered effect? Great job!

[Daetrin]

Unbelievable - the pauldron & gloves look like real leather. Amazing

So, will you be doing this as another side business

[TD 551]

Wow! If their paintjob was half as good as yours I'd buy one!

Maybe they're hiring

[SethB6025]

That's a marked improvement! Excellent work!

[hhuggins]

I've got that sitting on my desk here at work. Every day I find myself looking at it and thinking, "I need to repaint that." Great job! Please let us know what you used. Did you strip it first?

HH

[Robster]

That looks great!!!that's how they should look!!

[slave1pilot]

I didn't strip the old paint off.

I taped off the black areas & repainted the whole thing in Flat white.

Then I touched up the black with "Apple barrel" 20404 Black acrylic craft paint.

The "dirty" areas are "Tamiya" XF-52 Flat Earth Acrylic paint from your local hobby store.

some of the colors are a mix of both.

[TD2802]

Niiiiice kitbash!! Just gave me a low-cost, time-friendly idea for my kotos as a future project.

[Hippie Trooper]

Absolutely badass!!! These people need to hire you!

Good work man!

Later

[slave1pilot]

Fixed the pics in the first post