How I paint My Gunpla pilot figures 

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

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

This guy speaks my native tongues, sarcasm and cursing.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

Always happy to watch a Gundam video.

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.

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

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 RU-vidrs 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

“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

YOUR WORK IS AMAZING! I congratulate you!!!

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

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.

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

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

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

Thank you sir on the paint tuitorial

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!

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.

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👌🏼

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

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.

funny as hell bro. that came out fire dude.

Yessssssssssss been waiting for this

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.

Great work

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

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

That Masters brush cleaner is AWESOME. 👍👍👍

Never knew about brush sponges very helpful Gundam

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

Amazing job! Thank you, very cool

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.

Thanks for the update on your promo code!

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

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

badass gunpla

Adding eyes and the tiny tekkaden emblem is pure madlad stats

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.

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.

I’m gonna start painting my figures now

Awesome video

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.

Nice painting tips

Good stuff

Thanks RU-vid, this is now my favourite gunpla channel.

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.

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.

Was looking for this...

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

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

Best 20min I have wasted in a long time

THERE'S A GUNDAM DOWN HERE!

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

Pertty cool.

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...

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

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

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

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.

Taking notes while watching this

I enjoyed the video

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

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

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

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) 😅

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

The identifying text is pretty 😎

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

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

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?

Neat vid

rewatching this episode making sure youtube doesnt unlike your videos

How did you get the jacket logo so perfect!

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!

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.)

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

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

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

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

any tool reviews would be great.

Which kits have pilots inside the cockpit?

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...

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

Think you will be painting the FAZZ ver. ka?

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.

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 RU-vid gunpla community?

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.

Which barbatos come with the pilot

Can you paint the rg pilots??

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

Fiiiiiinally, someone who knows how to paint. I’ve been watching warhammer painting videos and haven’t seen any good Gundam painting videos. Sub’ed Also, I just got some vallejo mecha paint and haven’t tried it yet... please tell me it’s better then the normal stuff, because it scratches if you look at it.