How to paint a MG Jesta

[@colmboorman]

I went to japan for two weeks. Fell in love with the idea of building gundams so dumped all my clothes out of my bag to fit as many in as possible. 3 PGs and one MG Ka to practice on 1st. Got back home and booked two more days off so i could build a gundam... Next day I stumble onto your channel. Now have fallen in love with the idea of airbrushing the gundams. Two weeks pass researching airbrushes (ordered Iwata HP-CS) then a compressor (ordered Bambi BB8) then paint (ordered Vellejo) then spray booth, face mask, building tools, weathering effects. Not built a gundam and have not layed down a coat of paint yet. I hate you.

[@OrcPainterNerd]

+Colm Boorman awesome comment mate really hope you enjoy your journey into gunpla and airbrushing :)

[@bigrffbluehhh9073]

👌

[@reyven9706]

Same here. Been watching tons of vids, bought products. Havent started painting yet...

[@dlear85]

Lol. Did you ever start 😁

[@JordanKetterer]

Wow love to see what you made

[@Omnivolv]

You good sir are the man who got me into painting models. I bought this same model to follow along every step. Thank you for being such an inspiration. I’m not 3d modeling and printing my own sculptures. Thanks again bro

[@OrcPainterNerd]

Comments like yours make my day. Thank you.

[@Omnivolv]

@@OrcPainterNerd it’s true my guy! Thanks again 💪💪💪

[@arx3516]

Best repaint ever!

[@Zeros_Hobbies]

I've been looking for repaints of some gundams for a while . I guess not alot of alota people like painting em with a more militaristic look. Very nicely done sir

[@kp295swiss]

Hey man you gotta make more of these. Theyre so great. Awesome choice of music too dude

[@OzaruVejit]

Brilliant tutorial! At first, I thought that you did real damage to your kit by grinding parts, but now I know it's just a illusion made by really clever painting method.

[@PaoloSonego]

Great job! The result is beautiful and the procedure clear and reproducible! Keep up with the good work!

[@OrcPainterNerd]

Paolo Sonego Thank you

[@andrebarbosa224]

Technique looks awesome. I liked the chipping, gotta try that one. One thing was how evenly spaced some of the chipping looked. It became a bit like a pattern and almost looked like old fashioned tiger stripe camouflage from the Vietnam era. Sorry to interject criticism, I teach painting and drawing at a local college so I'm always thinking of both strengths and weaknesses. I thought the airbrush layering was amazing, def took some notes there, thanks for the tutorial!

[@dreadknot2238]

One word. Wow. This technique is the truly an art form. If you want to watch more of this kind of technique watch Adam salvage one day build video.

[@TheLukemcdaniel]

This looks awesome. I'd like to see(or possibly eventually have the skill to make) one colored like this, but then have brown camo overlayed

[@Dapper0Scrapper]

I really, really enjoyed this video :D Nice calm music with very clear text for what you're using and you were very informative too, this is so helpful. I'm hoping to get into the full painting and custom side of Gundam this year myself as I've only done straight assembly before. I'll be sure to come back to this video for help :)

[@ianrickhuss4637]

Really nice piece, in fact liked it so much I've just ordered my first Gundam kit! Excellent tutorial.

[@madbain79]

i love your work, your hints and tips are extremely helpful, thank you for sharing

[@OrcPainterNerd]

+madbain79 Your welcome and thanks for the kind comment

[@WaifuTrashWeeb]

Beautiful work.

[@maximus1239]

dude great job loved your video i hand painted my weapons till now and left the gundams untouched but after your video i think it's time for a airbrush and alot of practice!!!

[@AlexModeling]

I am on a modeling phase of mynlife were Mechas look a lot of dun to paint and weathered... really like your work... found your channel and liked it very much! subed mate

[@elazul1234]

Hi Ork, this is a very very nice video to repaint a gundam, I found this video really help me with painting gunpla, big thank you for you creating this video, could you please make more of this gunpla painting videos?

[@arscheerio]

love the streaking. looking to do something similar to an HG kit

[@IDICBeer]

Awesome job dud, interesting to watch you at work

[@OrcPainterNerd]

***** Thanks bud :)

[@robertbankus2138]

Great technique! The editing, notes, and narration are all very well done. I gotta admit though, that the music did about put me to sleep. Lok

[@OrcPainterNerd]

Lol apologies for the ASMR sleepy 😴 music lol

[@Metal_dude83]

Awesome job OPN 😉

[@OrcPainterNerd]

stepper19381 Thank you :)

[@abigbat]

so cool man! Started painting minis again for the first time since I was 15 - will send you the results :)

[@OrcPainterNerd]

Paul Canavan If your minis look anything like your digital art mate they will turn out stunning. I look forward to seeing your results :)

[@junglejink8230]

Cracking job mate!

[@OrcPainterNerd]

Jungle Jink Thank you :)

[@johnboy384]

Brilliant gunpla painting resource. Thanks. ^_^

[@GundamMecha]

Great job man ! I like it !

[@OrcPainterNerd]

***** Thank you :)

[@fatihlm1441]

You should join gunpla building competitions!

[@OrcPainterNerd]

Please like my facebook page. I regularly update it with WIP and completed painted builds. also add the odd random thing I'm up to lol facebook.com/OrcPainterNerd?ref=bookmarks

[@crucialjusticewarrior3307]

Please do a perfect grade kit and show how to best set up LED

[@CireBouvard]

i loved the highlight on the limit of the chips, and the weathering effect of the dripping(?) rust. =D also sorry about my lame english.

[@OrcPainterNerd]

+Eric Abillama Hi Eric and thank you for commenting and liking my video :)

[@CireBouvard]

you are welcome =D

[@TehWightKing]

great stuff. i hot my first airbrush thanks to your videos i got the confidence to try. do you build the kit all up first, or cut a paint everything then build it all?

[@OrcPainterNerd]

Wight King it is best to paint each part individually, but you can paint kits when there built but because of articulation and different colours and the need for masking it is better to paint each part separately. It is super awesome knowing you have started getting in to airbrushing because of watching my videos many thank and happy airbrushing :)

[@MistikBBQ]

Amazing work!Just a question...did you use any clear top coat?

[@reyven9706]

Your technique is the best by par Ive seen, and easy for beginners to follow. Just one tiny question though. With detailing, how can u correcr errors if u miss a line. Can u still erase or just cover with another layer of paint? Thanks! :)

[@ScrubbersGhost]

Can you tell us where you get those fan brushes you do the streaking with?...the result is way more realistic then what others have shown.Mig/Wilder etc.

[@AceIOMUK]

NEO is my workhorse for priming and basing too

[@OrcPainterNerd]

Chris Winterburn mine to, but some times I am a little cheeky and use it for fine detail to which it is not the best suited for lol

[@Tribune43]

Great tut m8.

[@OrcPainterNerd]

Tribune43 Thank you

[@luckybunny703]

Have you tried vallejo’s acrylic metal color airbrush colors?

[@ericdwillis09]

I love what you did with the Gundam but damn I wish Master grades weren't so expensive

[@Jay482]

Eric Willis gundam master grade aren't expensive at all bro, you can find them at amazon for cheap. Now the perfect grade is on the expensive side.

[@PANCAKECRAB1]

whoah!!!!!!! you should enter the GWBC (gunpla contest) your better than anyone i know at gunpla painting

[@mannygutierrez9071]

Hey mate, let me know if u wanna sale any of your complete model's. That's very beautiful painting u do on those figures.... Greetings from Los Angeles

[@OrcPainterNerd]

Manny Gutierrez Hi Manny contact me on my facebook page and you can maybe make me an offer :) facebook.com/OrcPainterNerd

[@chacrawarrior]

MAN! i fucking like your color method, great work

[@andretavares6827]

Thank you for the tips

[@djcressman3908]

do you stay with color of the Gundam or choose your own scheme

[@sicktag24]

do u have any tutorials on painting weopns

[@sumersnowz]

why do you need to spray grey first ? cant you just start with green straight away ? any reason ? thanks

[@mkulchar]

how do u do panel lining with painted kits? atm i have tamiya accent panel liner. but required thinner to remove once u do it.. wouldn't that remove the paint on a painted kit?

[@maximusZ09]

do you use any gaia color paint? I don't know the proper ratio of the thinner needed for the gaia brand

[@unkhter]

great tutorial :)

[@OrcPainterNerd]

unkhter Thank you

[@lucdumadirand6550]

very nice

[@IM_Shinling]

What kind of top coat/clear coat sealant did you use for this kit?

[@Mariner797]

Holy shit, you also do gunpla as well?

[@fernrjf]

Like to learn about micro painting for fishing Lures! Robert

[@MrDhimolt]

Great job man! I've a question, are your paints (primer especially) pre thinned? because when i use the same thinner from vallejo, it clog my airbrush (iwata neo cn) if i don't thin it, but i know it's suppose to be ready to use no?

[@OrcPainterNerd]

Marcello Smiraglio Hi Marcello I know someone on the gunpla forums that has the exact same problem as you, but personally I never get clogs with the primer. I do however experience dry tip ( paint drying on the needle ) I just swab the tip of the needle with a cotton bud dipped in airbrush cleaner it only takes a few seconds to do and then I am good to start airbrushing again. I am copying a reply from a great dude called Colin in the gunpla forums Adventures in Vallejo priming part 3:I hate being defeated so I decided to continue my journey into the heart of darkness, aka vallejo primers. Since I had invested a fair sum of shekels into this stuff and the model air range, of which I was also having problems, I didn't want to waste them, or go to to the effort of having to list them on eBay. I continued to do more research, watching many hours of KZbin videos and reading many hundreds of forum posts, all of which brought me to the conclusion that 99% of the Internet is wrong and a waste of time. However, I did stumble upon the magic bullet when it comes to these paints-or at least to people like me who struggled to get results.Here it is, the big secret: it's all about air pressure. And thinning/prepping.So many people suggest priming at 20psi or higher, but the extra pressure is the cause of the dry tip and ultimately the clogging which gums up the nozzle. If you drop the PSI to around 10-12 and thin the paint/primer a little it does not clog. Here's my process which I developed today that has so far given me a few hours of clog-free painting:1. Don't go below a 0.3 nozzle if you want optimal results. 0.2 was a disaster. I have a 0.4 in my priming airbrush now and that definitely helps.2. Polish the needle and lube with Regdab or equivalent.3. Keep PSI between 10 and 12. Keep the airbrush about 2-3 inches away and prime in two to three super light coats, letting each one dry before applying the next (takes about 5 seconds to dry between coats).4. After each piece is complete, use a cotton bud soaked in cleaner to clear anything off the tip. This literally takes 2 seconds if you keep the bud handy.5. To thin the primer/paint, I used the following recipe: - Whatever amount of paint you need. Add to it: - 10% Vallejo Flow Improver - 10-15% Vallejo Thinners - 5% Liquitex Slo-DriTo make things easy, I measure by drops. So for my priming session, I counted out 100 drops of primer into an empty 10ml jar, and added to that, 10 drops of flow improver, 10 thinners, and 5 liquitex. Give it a good stir and away you go.I sprayed for an hour and a half, using 5 color cups of paint, giving the needle and nozzle a quick dab with the cotton bud between each complete piece. After spraying 2 cups of paint, I then washed through with a single cup of a 50/50 mixture of water and Vallejo cleaner. At the end of the session, I only needed to do that twice and run a paper towel around the cup to have the airbrush completely clean.Sorry for the epic post, I hope this proves useful to anyone else having problems like I was. This however does't solve the sanding issue, but that can be done by mixing some Future with the primer, or spraying a mist coat over it once dry. Not sure why, but apparently this makes the primer sandable.

[@MrDhimolt]

This will definitively help, i'll try the secret mixture ;) but probabily by your answer i need only to play more with the pressure. Tnx a lot for the answer! :D

[@AlexanderPapadopoulos]

nice tutorial

[@raffaelepassarelli6444]

I think time has arrived for you to buy the 1/100 MG Sazabi Ver.Ka.

[@ayyytony]

i hope this isnt too late to ask but whatre you using to keep the pieces on the bamboo sticks? is it puddy or something?

[@michaelhalbert9264]

You use a gravity feed airbrush. Why do you put the lid on when painting?

[@ZakuMatt]

Do the Vallejo paints require thinning before airbrush use?

[@ClemDayOutbackMiniModels]

Yeah they do, I find model air needs a tiny amount of thinning too but not much, but I live in Australia every thing needs thinning.

[@rayuk9423]

Sweet!!!!

[@_gdmnw_]

Is this the 144 or 100 kit?

[@largolagrande]

mg

[@llmyth007]

a few questions if i may. first off do you not have to thin the vallejo paints? not sure i have ever seen you add any thinner. also when you do the filter did you first put a gloss coat to protect the base coat?

[@OrcPainterNerd]

llmyth007 The paints I way using are vallejo model air and they come pre thinned. I satin varnished before the filter. hope this helps :)

[@llmyth007]

thinks for the info i am at last working on my first kit using an airbrush. Its the Metal Gear Rex from Kotobukiya. Is there a place i can send you pics of it when i'm done? would love your input on it.

[@OrcPainterNerd]

I would love to see them. I love that kit and though about picking it up myself at some point. I'm a huge metal gear solid fan. you can send pictures directly to my facebook page facebook.com/OrcPainterNerd?ref=bookmarks

[@lowddow9212]

May i ask how did you paint the pre-assembled articulated hands?

[@halomov1]

Very easy.

[@SC-cx9ti]

I don't know if you don't care or just have a safe kind of paint, but I keep seeing that its recommended to wear gloves while air brushing. Do you let your fingers get painted because its a bother to have gloves on? I've never air brushed before, but I have plenty of paint, some primer, top coats, and an air brush that I'm way too intimidated to use. also, aren't you worried that there is wet paint on your fingers as you remove the masking tape?

[@xBMF9000x]

+Steven Coronel It's safe to not wear gloves if you aren't handling the parts directly. You may have noticed that he keeps all of his pieces on bamboo skewers with alligator clips so that he can manipulate the parts he's painting without actually touching them with his hands so no fingerprints will get left behind on the parts. Another reason that some people prefer to wear gloves is because it makes clean up much easier. Just snap the gloves off and throw them away, simple as that. Some paints can be harmful if you get them on your skin, but the stuff he's using in this video is Vallejo which is a water based acrylic paint and is completely harmless.

[@xBMF9000x]

+Steven Coronel One more thing, airbrushing is actually pretty easy in general. The hardest part is getting the thinning ratio right. You're looking for a milk-like consistency. I will make one suggestion though. While some people swear by acrylic paints, I personally can't stand them. It may just be because the way I paint doesn't really work all that well with acrylics. I recommend using enamel paints because they're easier to clean out of your airbrush. Acrylics dry really fast and if you aren't quick with your spraying (as well as depending on the temperature of the area you're spraying in) then they can dry while they're in your airbrush and cause it to get all stopped up. Sometimes it can be a bitch to clean out when that happens. Enamel paints dry much slower so you can take your time while you're painting and I've noticed that it doesn't clog up in the nozzle of the airbrush. Anyway, that's my experience with these two types of paints. I haven't tried lacquer paints yet so I can't really give any tips on that.

[@SC-cx9ti]

AWOLSpartan I keep seeing and hearing that air brushing is for the most part easy and effective, I just can't get the courage to actually fire mine up and put actual paint inside it. thanks for the recommendation about the enamel paints. That should be easier for a beginner like me to use.

[@SC-cx9ti]

AWOLSpartan Woops, am replying in the incorrect order haha. Well I mean when we say safe are we talking more about the safety of the paintjob or our skin? Well I guess that changes with the base of the paint. but anyway what I was concerned about was when he was handling them with his hands when using the masking tape. I was thinking if I was doing it there would be wet paint and I would end up smudging whatever wasn't completely dry onto the piece.

[@xBMF9000x]

Steven Coronel It depends on what type of paint you use. Acrylic paints like the ones he was using here tend to dry enough to handle within minutes so it doesn't really pose much of a problem as long as you're careful. The problem is that Acrylic paints are much easier to scratch than enamels or lacquers which is another reason that I made the recommendation to use enamel paints. They're a lot more resilient than acrylics.

[@MrPetreks]

Original 7.5/10 OrcPainterNerd 10/10

[@danielebling]

I use the same Vallejo paints as you but when ever I assemble my gundams the paint chips how do you get past this ? Since it looks like you don't have any paint chipping

[@OrcPainterNerd]

Daniel Ebling The key to having a really tough paint finish I find is to give plenty of time for parts to cure. I prime my parts then give them 48 hours to cure I then do all my painting leave for another 24 hours then satin varnish all parts leave for another 48 hours then I start to assemble the gunpla kit. I then experience very few if any l paint chips at all. I hope this helps :)

[@danielebling]

Wand your using normal Vallejo acrylic paint ? What varnish are you using ? This we'll help a great deal thanks

[@OrcPainterNerd]

Daniel Ebling I use vallejo polyurethane primer to prime the kit then regular vallejo acrylic paints ( model air range mostly but game colour and model colour will work just as well if thinned down with acrylic thinner) . I then use vallejo satin varnish to finish the parts off. It is very tempting to rush through the different stages of painting and some times the parts seem dry to the touch, but they have not fully cured to be able to assemble the parts with out chipping. I hope you have much better luck in future and you keep having fun with the hobby :)

[@danielebling]

I'll give it a shot thanks

[@burningeagle1298]

for some reason the paint reminds me of master chief from halo

[@Ynffy]

I am not always impressed by cartoonish paint jobs. But when I am they are often made by OCP.

[@dongdynamics]

So you're left handed? I am too

[@michaelhalbert9264]

You suck, why? because you are really good. That looks fantastic

[@smsno1]

i LOVE what you do. but man that feedback on your voice audio hurts my ears!!!!

[@OrcPainterNerd]

Sorry buddy. I know what the feedback is its my pc fan. I had a blue snowball resting on my pc. My next video I will be using a mic stand away from the pc case. So hopefully in future I will have crisp and clean audio :)

[@smsno1]

OrcPainterNerd since you replied. i watched your vid on depression. powerful stuff. i had a mojor league melt down 3 years ago, and came out a different person. but, the things i learned about myself made me change my job and embrace my art. you are the actual man

[@jedimasterham2]

Gloves.