SD Destiny Mini Review PT2

When I first started doing gunpla I was doing it in the mind frame of trying to do cheap and cool tricks to make your gunpla look good with out alot of money. I thought to call myself and my blog PoorMansGunpla. Well didn't really take off but I tried to stay true and do things cheaply. I wasn't going to be concerned with paint but after making my SD Destiny I won't do anything but paint from now on. It just looks better and what your mind comes up with it actually happens in real life with paint. I'm gonna take this time to explain what I mean before I go on with the review. First of all I painted the AS Sword light blue to match my Mg. I took the tip from Ngee Khiong and used my Destiny Gundam Marker, worst decision made in 2009. Not only did it drip and leave beind kind of a brown lining around it just didnt do well. Maybe I didnt shake it enough or something please tell me if it was my fault. After at least 10 layers of GMarker I just let it dry and I figure ill buy some light blue paint later if it bothers me that much. The chest did a bit better but it had its moments. I started painting the wings with black gundam marker (its not the paint one) I think it was suppose to be just for panel lining but man it was kinda thick anywho painted the wings and it looked terrible it whiped off I tried sharpie same thing I had to wash the wings to get the ink off. So after that I got pissed next day went to HobbyTown USA gripped the paints I needed. From now on I'm never using a gundam marker for replacing a color I.E if it needs to be yellow and the part is blue ill go grab a small bottle of Tamiya or Testors and color with that.

Ok onward to the review:

I took GundamUber's advice and painted the shield clear blue and got it to look like the real shield which came out really nice. It has some streaks but ill fix that later. I only painted the side and the front I didnt paint the yellow jewel just yet. Painted the Hand chrome silver and the other hand which holds the AS Sword gunmetal. I painted the chest and AS Sword with light blue gundam marker.... I so advise not doing that. I will paint the vents on the chest gunmetal later forgot about it just noticed lol Used stickers on the camera and eyes I think thats all I did as far as stickers. Painted the wings gunmetal too. Pretty good kit lots of gimmicks I will say though the WOL (wings of light) are so big he kinda leans forward so im gonna wait till I get a SD Action Base (black) to pose him next to his big bro Mg Destiny. I would definitely recommend the kit I like Shinn Asuka and his MS's so next one for me is Force Impulse and SD Force Impulse.

Here are some more pics