I am having fun painting teeny tiny details. A lot of times, I think I feel the poison of "do it for the likes/attention", but I think sitting with the details that no one will really comprehend is a nice antidote for it[1]. Plus it meshes with the deepest desires of my little goblin brain that adores teeny tiny things. I'm painting another gunpla, and it has these little mounting points all over its body. These can either hold additional blorby-orby drones or just kinda sit there, but to achieve these two states there are two separate parts you can attach to the model for each state--one with a flat top or one with a peg on top for the drone bit.
The kit comes with stickers, but they're pretty meh wrt how they're cut so the fit is guaranteed to be a little lackluster. Plus there are some details on the profile of each mount that could also be painted...
Do I need to paint these, especially when the versions with posts will be occluded by the drone bit? Absolutely not. But the joy of learning better brush control and trying a two-part painting method[2] compel me and I am greatly enjoying this madness
I think another antidote is just Not Talking About them or at least not in specific places (online), but I also do like to talk about the tiny things!! details are Neat ↩︎
I painted these almost entirely green to start, and now I'm covering it all up with the grey. This lets the green be shiny without worrying about doing a bunch of precise layers to ensure the green is solidly colored. ↩︎