At this point, the torso is built, but not fully assembled (I have to clearcoat them first). For my standards, I did a near flawless job with the stickers, but the plastic itself got roughed up a bit much. Here’s a bit of scuff on the right side:
Aaaaaand the left side:
The only major screwup with the stickers can be seen in this pic. On the white sticker on the bottom, there’s supposed to be a shiny gold part near each tip of the ‘V’ shape. On the right side, I accidentally cut that part away. This mistake bugs me the second most of any of them so far.
The most annoying mistake belongs to the weapons. I built them out of order on account of them being so simple. It was a nice way to wind down the evening, but look what I did to the Heat Hawk:
If the clearcoat doesn’t cover up some of that scratch, I’ll have to attribute it to “battle damage”. On a side note, I kind of wish that light grey blade on the Heat Hawk was colored translucent red. Whenever it is wielded in the shows, it gets red hot, and I think it’d be a cool effect (maybe one day I’ll try and add that myself with some paint).
The rifle and bazooka came out mostly unscathed, but here are some pics for completion:
The next step for me is to coat all these pieces and put them together. I’ll probably start the next post with those results, followed by the building of the upper body.