How I paint My Gunpla pilot figures

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[@ItsAGunpla]

Paintbrushes used newtypehq.com/products/mr-brush-round-000-mb01?variant=30596586307633 Paints used are from the mrHobby Brand newtypehq.com/search?q=&fR%5Bvendor%5D%5B0%5D=Mr.%20Hobby&fR%5Bproduct_type%5D%5B0%5D=Paint&fR%5Btags%5D%5B0%5D=Mr.%20Color Vallejo Mecha Colors can be substituted newtypehq.com/search?q=&fR%5Bproduct_type%5D%5B0%5D=Paint&fR%5Btags%5D%5B1%5D=Mecha%20Color&fR%5Bvendor%5D%5B0%5D=Vallejo Vallejo Flesh wash www.amazon.com/Vallejo-VJ73204-Flesh-Wash-17ml/dp/B004PY6NVW Tamiya Panel line newtypehq.com/products/tamiya-panel-line?variant=15389526720561

[@sketchtherapy1218]

Always wondered how you do this, great video.

[@freshoutafolsom20]

"They say the second you smell it its killed a brain cell" and I'm over here with a nose full of alclad crome

[@oddmanoutprops9391]

Same :(

[@tonunknown1]

I work on jets... what’s a couple more brain cells?

[@zeronolife5060]

I was literally going to type this word for word. Now where is the thing that makes the paint go on... the uhhh? ... the uhhh? oh yeah the hairy stick, ummm,, brush yeah brush, thats the word.

[@dr.bluebox1136]

This guy speaks my native tongues, sarcasm and cursing.

[@Ra3_ar1adnE]

You’re probably the first person that made me wanna paint my pilots now ahaha.

[@JS-dn4yc]

you reminded me of when i was about 7 years old back int he 90's, my brother built a heavyarms and had a trowa barton pilot figure that he suddenly couldnt find. he couldnt find it because picked it up and basically chewed on it until it was an unrecognizable piece of plastic. it was stupid, but i was stupid back then. now that i build gunpla, i feel kind of bad...

[@onishizno]

I would have no patience for this lol. Awesome to see how you do this!

[@shaggybaggums]

Another game in the Warhammer 40K universe was Epic Space Marine (as it was called back then), the marines in question being about maybe 6 or 7 mm tall. For the force I used for wargaming I had to paint about 300 or so of the little bastards plus their vehicles and some larger models. I made the stupid decision to paint chapter badges, and squad and company markings/colours on their shoulders. Because of constantly adding new miniatures to my army I never did get it finished even over several years. Looking back I should've been more practical with my gaming miniatures, and kept the fancy work for one off pieces brought for just that reason. Something I started doing way too late. I always did get miniatures I liked the look of, just for the joy of painting them. But the army became a chore. Something which I now know shows I had the balance all wrong. If I were able to still paint, I would've liked to try airbrushing but I think I would've stuck with brushes and acrylic for something so small. There are many tutorials on using a 'wet palette' something which would probably be a godsend on getting good but even coverage on something so small. I used to use washes a lot too for definition on the smaller stuff. Enjoyed the video though, look forward to more. Still loving that shipping container.

[@Sarah.J.Jacobson]

Damn, I love these paint tip videos. It's always great to see the amount of effort you put into these gunpla kits.

[@iRKakashi]

I am from 70 years in the future and.... I found this helpful

[@almostontimehero5415]

I cried tears, because you love painting tiny robots and figures with more passion than I have put into anything in the last ten years.

[@coreydillon4330]

Please continue to make more Gunpla videos like this. Even if I personally will never attempt to paint pilot figures, you're like the only youtuber that takes any time at all to explain his thought process. You also treat these kits like models whereas all these other channels treat them like toys. Also you always make sure to tell people how much this crap costs in US dollars instead of Yen like every other channel. I don't know why these other channels never bother to do that. Everything now is just time lapses with music thrown on. It's nice to see some effort being put into editing and presentation. Points for also shining a spotlight on all these different tools. I learned about the God hand nippers through you and now I have two. I mostly paint in little details with gundam paint markers. It's not the best but it gives the models a little extra oomph.

[@the8wave]

Probably some of the most impressive painted Gunpla pilots I’ve seen on this here KZbins. Well done good sir. And now for some reason I want tea... Earl Grey, hot.

[@briandannprimalte2745]

Thank you sir on the paint tuitorial

[@therapeuticrc9769]

Love the work bro keep up the legit reviews n gunpla builds. Ur channel rocks bro!

[@thebigbient8736]

3 vids over the weekend? Feels like Christmas all over 😂👊🏼 Thx bruh! We appreciate ya! Love how Gundam gets at least one name wrong a video, Meezakeez(Mikazuki) 🤣🤣🤣 btw, the Godhand brushes are the shit, great for little details👌🏼

[@TheScientificBackpac]

“You need some information for paints and tools on youtube, forget it, you wanna see a billion guys review a gunpla the same way? They got you covered” If any more truth has been spoken today than I have yet to hear it

[@jasonbieler1424]

Damn dude your insane smh. Thanks for the video. I knew it took alot of time and patience but had no clue where to start. They are tiny and the detail you put on them is so good,great job

[@gpaintedsenyo3184]

Wow, this video really helped me out, I have been doing spraying for a few years but always feel scared with that little figure after two tries( which failed tremendously ) and know I know the right way to do it! This channel is so great, just what I was looking for after breaking GFW, I thought there would be some channels about gunplay maybe not much, but there's really not that many KZbinrs doing this kind of content, especially I want content about spraying and air-brushing. The other channels are mostly reviews and have very limited styles of spraying. But this channel fills that gap

[@RayFChung]

Great tutorial PapaGundam. Cant wait to see that camo tutorial as well.

[@ldyjaybx1]

Yay 😁 finally a miniature figure vid!! Thanks Gundam!! The gunpla gods have spoken and they’re proud of ur skills!!

[@RetroRanter]

Man, you are next level with the paint applications, I'm a master of dry brushing but that's about it. 😂 Always wanted a good tutorial, brilliant man, hope to see more how to, videos from you Gundam.

[@DarthSharingan101]

You're right, masking off stuff is boring, except when you're doing it. Then OCD kicks in. Before I usually know it, a hour or 2 have flow by. Thank you for the videos. You gave me some ideas I haven't tried and it's nice to have voice instead of just music like a few of the other model builder videos.

[@pathogenoxide6917]

All I gotta say is, Holy shit man putting that much detail into figures THAT small, you weren't kidding with you going all in on what you set your mind to! Hats off to ya!

[@lostinuru7603]

Good i watched it all, ill grow to be 120 years old now :)

[@countpicula]

Thank you for reviewing gear bro, we agree it’s a missing neigh!

[@countpicula]

Senpai noticed me?! Sugoi?!

[@MidnightHatter]

That Masters brush cleaner is AWESOME. 👍👍👍

[@Kenny_F91]

Always happy to watch a Gundam video.

[@mayanknautiyal3728]

Papa Gundam is a good painter, has great vocals, automotive skills. Dude is filled with talent. Only drawback is that he is 5'4.😂😂

[@mortemssoul6342]

Mayank Nautiyal 5’11 actually

[@mayanknautiyal3728]

@@mortemssoul6342 Sure. But that's his words can't be sure what papa Gundam says 😂

[@mortemssoul6342]

Mayank Nautiyal he said it In his bagel boss video

[@mayanknautiyal3728]

@@mortemssoul6342 dude "JOKE" I am not serious hence the smiley emoji. I know he is 5'11. That's the only thing gundam and xiltix talks about in the stream. The running joke is that gundam lies about his 5'11 height and actually is 5'4' I was mentioning that.

[@mortemssoul6342]

Mayank Nautiyal oh ok I wants trying to be mean I thought I was just letting you know

[@Naqnom]

Thanks KZbin, this is now my favourite gunpla channel.

[@j.d.thornton3683]

Really awesome job with Mika. You make me want to try hand painting now. Love your Barbatos airbrush work too. I don't have an airbrush but it's nice to see that handpainting isn't impossible. It just takes a while.

[@jessemeyer445]

Don't apologize bro without trying new things and making mistakes we never learn anything new so thank you for sharing that with us

[@lilianpose4388]

YOUR WORK IS AMAZING! I congratulate you!!!

[@sleeper9638]

Might as well start doing chop shop, back alley surgeries at this point, you've got the dexterity for it

[@EdmondHiggins]

Your videos have convinced me I need an airbrush. It seems somehow more relaxing than brush painting. Also I think I have gone as far as I can with just brushes.

[@chrisgoblin4857]

It's funny because I found your Gunpla vids looking for inspiration for painting Tau Battlesuits for 40k. Now I sit here prepping the parts of my first Gunpla kit listening to your sweet tones.

[@markmcgibbon7013]

Never knew about brush sponges very helpful Gundam

[@iRKakashi]

Yessssssssssss been waiting for this

[@dtejada1988]

Thank for this video bro! Love these instructions videos, very helpful 😎👍🏼.

[@koekie90]

20 mins not wasted, mate. Love to learn more like this, you make this so much interesting, Gundam-Senpai!

[@zackchiavetta]

thanks for these gunpla tutorials help me improve and get my mind off puttting my cat down

[@Galactic7orce]

I was just looking for a good video on this topic and couldn't find any...this is blessed

[@rockbuildaz7115]

funny as hell bro. that came out fire dude.

[@ldyjaybx1]

Look at those steady hand skills!! Oh shit!! 👍👍 u make it looks so easy! 🙌🙌 #best #english #gunpla #builder

[@ZXStormRider]

Well at least i waste my time with you PapaGundam keep at it dude

[@Greyhoundsniper]

Adding eyes and the tiny tekkaden emblem is pure madlad stats

[@8474Starscream]

Great work

[@cupnp]

Best 20min I have wasted in a long time

[@antonioreyes1698]

Lol this is funny. Keep up the good work man. subscribed

[@truong8199]

Amazing job! Thank you, very cool

[@jessuit121]

Honestly for minis that small try using citadel contrast paint it cuts out alot of the work and looks just as good in my opinion.

[@ItsAGundam]

It maybe time I tired them.

[@benitomartinez2106]

ItsaGunpla: you wasted time watching this you'll never get back Me: I would watch more if I could 😁

[@shane7277]

Wasted*

[@child0please]

Hey Gundam, firstly, nice channel, found it from your primary channel. I'm not much in to Gunpla and mostly come here for airbrush tips since the 40k community really focuses on brush work. In that vein, I dont know how much acrylic paint you use, but have you tried the Raphael 8404 series brushes? They tend to have a very sharp point and a massive body, so much so that I use the Size 1 on most 28mm miniatures, and have never found it wanting. Also, dunno where you get your brushes, but Jacksons art supply in the UK ships to the US and they are about half the price of the brushes Ive found on amazon.

[@Koomoa]

Thanks for the update on your promo code!

[@1nvd]

I’m gonna start painting my figures now

[@Wryne]

Your actually doing it, and as you already know you are crazy lets be honest... Brushes with o.01-0.05 sizes and use Acrylic for small works like the figs your painting...

[@Wreck1990]

THERE'S A GUNDAM DOWN HERE!

[@almostontimehero5415]

As reliable as the rising sun and just as luminous.

[@chrisestrada6513]

You got me 5 bucks offa MG Sandrock thanks. Also you made it into my google feed. You anit been there before, and I been watching ya do gunpla for a bit. You ain't been there till Newtype backing ya. Bout time man congrats. P.s. congrats about newtype not my feed(who gives a shit about that) 😅

[@Geeko170]

Zenithal highlighting is always fun. I have yet to get a handle on it. I mainly stick with shades and dry brushing. And yes I would love to chill and paint my own stuff while watching you stream.

[@ragingsaviorkami9862]

Thank you for this tutorial. I've never painted anything at this scale before, but I'm jusr building my first kit(MG Deathscythe Hell EW - my favorite ridiculously badass design of all time), and even though I've grasped my mind around cutting out the peaces, properly cleaning them and putting them together, I just can't leave that pilot figure unpainted. The kit itself, I can paint later on, but the pilot is something that's going to be in the middle of the torso, and I know this one isn't going to be perfect, but I want some detail on there, so that there's something interesting to look at when you open the cockpit.

[@ChrisEvil138]

Great vid! The only kit I ever had w/ a pilot was an RG Char Z'Gok. I used a black pour type panel liner marker to bring out the details & matte acrylic paint for everything except his gun which I used a silver Gundam marker. I don't have any fine tip brushes so I used a sewing needle. Gunpla is an expensive hobby, especially for a dirt poor street musician. Oh well, gotta make due with what ya got.

[@neohubris]

badass gunpla

[@johngrain1332]

Awesome video

[@canijustgetanamealre]

Love your videos. You are currently my favorite Gunpla youtuber. I love the diorama, and painted gunpla, your east coast accent and comments. All of it is fantastic. One issue I do have is that I can't watch your videos around my kids because of all the cursing. If you can tone it down, cool! I can let them watch with me. If you can't, that's cool too. I'll watch your videos by myself. Keep up the great work

[@KillerOrca]

Was looking for this...

[@davidallen7053]

Good stuff

[@cloudst850]

Nice painting tips

[@Username-ky3lr]

Good to see I am five minutes early to a Papa Gundam video!

[@TheBurg229]

Enamel thinner is what the aircraft modelers use to clean panel line washes.

[@shockers12512]

rewatching this episode making sure youtube doesnt unlike your videos

[@remarkzero]

I appreciate the effort you put into posting these kinds of videos. Its a shame about the chest cam footage but... shit happens. Another thing, I have a hell of a time just getting space marine eye Ienses to look right, you did a great job getting the eyes done and the flesh tone wash was legit. Honestly I had completely forgot about the pilot figures that came with my MG Barbatos.

[@b5_poseidon784]

How did you get the jacket logo so perfect!

[@ScarecrowKing611]

Do you use Mr Hobby Color Thinner/Color Leveling Thinner to rinse off the brush before using the master's brush cleaner?

[@xxnike0629xx]

It takes a lot of patience and dedication to go as far as painting the figures that come with an MG, RG, and PG.

[@msn-04sazabi5]

@xxnike629xx It takes a lot of patience and dedication to go as far as spamming _wishlists_ and hoarding *BOXES* of kits you'll never build in the end.

[@7575hoss]

Pertty cool.

[@666styxxx666]

I like your style and your willingness to take time to learn new stuff on painting figures have you looked into 10/0 and 100/0 brushes for faces ?(I use them for Warhammer and RG figures ) plus I use a visor with a minimum of 5 times magnification to save my eyes

[@kuhanvijiaratnam6040]

As boring as you say it is, imma stay for the gold tier narration

[@GundamFandom]

I usually do all my painting with Tamiya spray cans. So is it fair to say that the color Olive Drab for Tamiya spray paints, would match the color of Mika's coat? Or should I go for a dark green thats a little bit more brighter than Olive Drab?

[@epyonkiller3195]

Would you consider a video on clear coating? What brands, mixtures, etc?

[@night2385]

I enjoyed the video

[@Oneinchpunchmaster]

Neat vid

[@akocbibbo]

Taking notes while watching this

[@giovanniponce7989]

The only figures I've ever painted were the Amuro Ray ones from the origin RX-78, I said fuck this shit after I finished them

[@DomVonDoom]

I would like to add that a good optivisor with glass lenses is very useful. The GSI Creos Mr.Magnifier Lamp LP01 and the Tamiya Stand Loupe Pro 74110 are also extremely helpful. Tamiya makes one that is also apart of a workstation but that seems like overkill. Finally, both of these companies (and probably Wave) sell their own optivisor style loupes but they are outrageously expensive and most likely have plastic lenses.

[@anime-mun]

For thinner usage I actually use folded coffee filters. Dries out slower and keeps it well enough to wipe away smaller details.

[@ItsAGunpla]

Ironic that's also what I use to clean up a CPU to get rid of thermo paste

[@anime-mun]

@@ItsAGunpla you too huh? Well I learned both about 20 years ago so...there is that. Funny enough I learned both tricks from my stepdad who did Civil War miniature recreations as he had family on both sides of the conflict. He also built his own server for Counterstrike after a while. I miss that man.

[@Ax2gy]

Wait since that you have the newtype sticker, i wanna know if you went to the newtype store in CA!?!

[@Jetblast01]

Man, once I learn to finally use my airbrush I think I'll eventually get around to the RG pilot figures.

[@nathanielrobles3284]

I'm a year late but really like how you made a tutorial on painting the pilot cause i myself wpuld love to paint those little ones cause I see them on detail with my naked eyes so it is such a pain to see them painted horribly just because they are small. Also the eyes! I even made a small mika head with even detailed eyes before the MG release but it turns out that the MG version of mika way way too small to what i did like the head i made was 3-4x bigger than the MG but i looked for IBO reference and I think the mika pilot in MG is too small compared to his ratio in anime. I even learned from you the name of the liquid mask. I will search here if I could buy one. Thanks for this!

[@ManapuaMan]

The identifying text is pretty 😎

[@siguppallmall]

bro from which gundam / gunpla that marida cruz from ? imma get 1

[@588holly]

Well, how did YOU do the tinkada logo on mikas back? My left hand is waaaaay to shaky to hand paint that shit. (Nerve damage.)

[@coreygruber8381]

Which kits have pilots inside the cockpit?

[@ooojayman2331]

Hi peace and love Where can I get these pilot figures I need a few for my build thanks in advance

[@Apexcasket]

Think you will be painting the FAZZ ver. ka?

[@kalderstudios6453]

Have you Ever tried mission models paints I've heard they're one of the best acrylics. Some have gone so far as to say they are lacquer like in their qualities...

[@benroebuck3721]

Would you be able to do a video that's like a brief overview of tools you use/ used to use to give some well needed advice to the KZbin gunpla community?

[@MemowMedia]

@ItsAGunpla, I look forward to you’re Gunpla upload, you’ve actually taught me more than most of these Gunpla..uhhh..Tubers?? Now I like ZakuAralies or however it’s spelt, he’s taught me shit too. But you actually are the one that inspired to be paint my kits, I’m debating on just building my MG Dynames without any of the decals and stickers so I can paint it first. I did just get my airbrush in, but I’m not waiting to practice it on the burner SD I ordered. Plus all the time you and fluffy make me sore from laughing on @ItsAGundam, I look forward to your shit. You and No Bullshit tell it like it is against these bs, hypocritical ass munches in Hollywood and destroy them. So, you’ve wasted none of my time! Anyway, this is the Gunpla is Freedom channel, so I’ll leave my rants on your main channel lol. But seriously, eff these asses at KZbin messing with you and other creators, you make quality content. Anyway, enough fan boy. Love you PoppaGundam. I, and many more support you sir. P.S. Scratch Fluffy for me.

[@ItsAGundam]

I'll try to keep the videos flowing

[@Leescreativeart]

Do you use a magnifying glass or anything for the brush section? Wondering if it’s ok... crap I’m laughing now, you just said “working on his knees.” Hahahahaha.

[@mikeleo5405]

any tool reviews would be great.

[@mineralwater25]

Can you paint the rg pilots??

[@carlosaponte1331]

Lol..I like this guy:)...I'm subscribing..

[@Geekeric]

As an acrylic-only guy, I had the impression that you can't use solvent-based paints over acrylics; is that true? It's hard to find panel lining medium for acrylics that cleans up without wrecking the finish beneath.