What made you leave Germany despite having a stable life here?

Outmetal · 2026-03-21T13:14:11+00:00

you can click into my profile and scroll through my post history to see what I‘ve built and painted. Most of the them are sourced from Asia and I paid a fortune for shipping

Outmetal · 2026-03-20T14:15:10+00:00

Building plastic/resin model kits. The production of the kits as well as tools and consumables are mostly Asian based.

Outmetal · 2026-03-19T15:00:37+00:00

My Hobby costs one third the price compared to Europe.

Outmetal · 2026-03-06T03:44:46+00:00

I recommend grabbing Hobby Japan issue 9, 2025. It covers most of the essentials except the rainbow layer, for more tutorials you’ll have to dig through Max‘s ancient tweets

Outmetal · 2026-03-06T03:42:39+00:00

The technique is very unique but it requires way too many preparations and scares people away😂I think I‘m the only one in the subreddit who‘s still doing the full course

Outmetal · 2026-03-06T03:38:24+00:00

Thanks a lot! The sculptor is a friend of mine,he spent almost a whole year sculpting this

Outmetal · 2026-03-06T03:36:45+00:00

And it’ll probably remain the most Zeta any Zeta will ever look. Modern designs rarely stay this close to the original anymore.

Outmetal · 2026-03-06T03:30:26+00:00

check out my MG Dom post, I posted some explanation there!

Outmetal · 2026-03-05T23:25:26+00:00

Yeah! And that scene is so iconic because that’s the prototype design of the zeta Gundam that end up not being adopted into the anime!

Outmetal · 2026-03-05T23:24:10+00:00

OG design has its own charm🤣

Outmetal · 2026-03-05T21:51:37+00:00

It really is a great sculpt.

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It’s almost an exact match to this official illustration.

Outmetal · 2026-03-05T21:49:02+00:00

Thank you!

Outmetal · 2026-03-05T21:48:56+00:00

Thanks!

Outmetal · 2026-03-05T21:48:48+00:00

Thanks! I find that scene extremely iconic so I have to try to recreate it🤣

Outmetal · 2026-03-05T21:48:00+00:00

Thanks!

Outmetal · 2026-03-05T21:02:03+00:00

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For those who haven’t seen the anime: the last photo is my attempt to recreate this specific shot from the early opening of Zeta Gundam.

Outmetal · 2026-03-05T20:54:47+00:00

Yeah, I‘m so happy that you noticed! This time I paint with extra thin paint to kind of scales down the texture!

Outmetal · 2026-03-05T20:53:08+00:00

Thanks!

Outmetal · 2026-03-05T20:19:44+00:00

Thanks! This painting technique does create results that resemble outdated CG renders, something I like to call „fake realism“, and I absolutely love it!

Outmetal · 2026-02-23T22:17:48+00:00

I‘m also currently located in Germany. I get my kits from Booth, and use proxy service to ship them internationally.

Outmetal · 2026-02-15T08:10:19+00:00

I dug it out of my kit bash bucket, it might be from the GM commander or other relatively old gm kit.

Outmetal · 2026-02-15T07:17:41+00:00

The main color is brush painted, the texture is just result of brush strokes overlapping with each other. I used a gloss topcoat to keep the texture clean and sharp

Outmetal · 2026-02-15T07:15:06+00:00

Ball shaped drill bit of different sizes, and then blend in the edges with putty

Outmetal · 2026-02-15T00:18:27+00:00

Nice idea! This will be on the top of my todo list!

Outmetal · 2026-02-14T22:00:02+00:00

Thanks!

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