Steampunk 'Z' and Kotobukiya Bullet Knights Launch Hell Blaze (Z)

 Z has been recently dabbling in some crafty-type painting.  For xmas I worked with Byron to get Z a laser-cut steampunk 'Z' kit, which Z painted-up into the below wall art for Z's name sake.

This was Z's first foray into the world of 'dry brushing".

Z saw I was sharing my painting efforts here, and wanted to join in and asked me to include a post of Z's  recent effort here.

Also, during the earlier weeks of our shadow painting challenge, Z assembled a Kotobukiya model kit at the same time I did my Kotobukiya kit ( see my 'Kotobukiya' post further below).

In this case, Z assembled a craftsman ship Kotobukiya "Bullet Knights Launch Hell Blaze" (KP527/6400)

Z mostly enjoyed the model's assembly but did encounter a few frustrations with some pieces that needed to be glued in place, so for Z's next model she is going back to Bandai kits.

Hexa Gear BULKARM (Steve)

 My first build of a kit produced by Kotobukiya.  I experienced a different feel doing this Kotobukiya build than ad with the Ban Dai kits.  The 4 Ban Dai Kits I have built thus far all seemed more 'finished' when assembled,  just needing some pen lines to make the model look like the box art.  This Bulkarm kit when assembled, looks good, but does appears in need of a base coat of black paint and metallic paint job to get the model closer to the box art. 

I started this build a couple days ago, so this one is 100% assembled during our shadow painting challenge.  

Of course, just days after I talked to Byron about how I'd use this challenge to focus on completing gaming minis,  I go and build a total non-gaming model I had picked up before the lock down just for the 'looks cool' and fun to build.  That said, I did spent the time building with Z as she too was doing holiday builds these past days for lock down vacation fun.