Shinobu Oshino by Honey Sorority – My Second GK

Good day, kitties! It took me less than six months to get started on my second GK. Of course, I didn’t want to stop after my imperfect first attempt, but finances slowed things dow...

Good day, kitties!

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It took me less than six months to get started on my second GK.

Of course, I didn’t want to stop after my imperfect first attempt, but finances slowed things down: I not only had to buy another garage kit, but also get an airbrush of my own, which I hadn’t expected to manage anytime soon. But then a miracle happened—I was given one for New Year’s! And the work went smoothly and was an absolute pleasure.

The airbrush is the very one that Kapyushonchik-sensei recommended in my previous post: an Iwata HP-C Plus.

An excellent piece of kit, I have to say. Aside from the fact that you paint for about five minutes and then clean it. But that’s a minor detail.

I changed paints as well. Last time I used Tamiya; this time, Vallejo Game Air, along with their Vallejo Surface Primer. It’s many times nicer to work with than Tamiya. Either that, or my hands have begun to straighten themselves out.

And now, the GK itself.

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I chose her not only for her cute little face, but also because of her size. The Touhou cuties I’d like to make are absolutely tiny! Shinobu, on the other hand, is a proper 1/8—just right for a beginner. The number of parts didn’t look too intimidating either. But the kit turned out to have enormous casting runners and parts that, as tradition dictates, didn’t fit together.

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I test-fitted everything and started assembling. It turned out the lady wouldn’t stand straight on her own. The horizon in the photo isn’t tilted.

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Shinobu’s original position changed for the better after I put a 5 cm pin into her leg (I was so afraid I’d drill straight through!).

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All of this was done almost immediately after I received the kit, in the autumn of last year. Then it went onto the back burner for a veeeery long time, until I got an airbrush.

...Work resumed on January 2 :)

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The doughnuts took quite a few attempts. Once, in a fit of passion, I painted them upside down :D

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I think the dress is the only part I didn’t repaint. Somehow, it came out satisfactorily on the first try. Everything else had to be redone, once again because at the test-fitting, sanding, and priming stage, I decided that “the paint will cover it; no one will see.” Oh, you’ll see it all right! And I did see it, and then I redid it.

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There are a couple of things I’m very happy with: the bent elbow, where the seam is practically invisible, and the chain I removed. Yes, if you look closely at the kit in the photo, there’s a plastic chain on her chest. I painted it, and it looked dreadful. I cut it off and was pleased with the result. Well, “cut it off”... the solvent was so potent that after a few minutes of exposure, I only had to pry it off with a fingernail. After discoveries like that, I used the solvent by putting it on a cotton pad, never by immersing a part in it. This.

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There were also difficulties fitting the two separate strands of hair. I couldn’t get them perfect, but they seem to have turned out well enough. I can’t say the same about the join between the fringe and the main mass of hair, or the join between the leg and the panties. I’ll come back to those a little later.

I redid the face twice. After the first attempt, I tried to refine it into something more “Shinobu-like,” but it kept coming out somehow wrong.

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So I decisively stripped it and started again. Incidentally, I painted it with a toothpick both times. It turned out to be better than a brush :)

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And here is the result of my work.

Let’s give her a 360-degree turn.

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Doughnuts!

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Close-ups:

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The hair:

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The fly in the ointment: the join between the hair and fringe, and the join between the leg and panties.

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Redoing them and sanding them thoroughly didn’t solve the problems. It got a little better, but still not very good; I’d like it to be better... much better :(

My -gatari shelf :3

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And finally, a few attempts at something more artistic:

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I’d rate my second GK a 5/10. Overall, there is progress, but I need to keep improving... everything! From sanding to applying paint. And to keep myself from stopping, I took apart Remi and Flan, the subjects of my previous little blog post, and I’ll rework them in my spare time.

Thank you for your attention, and see you next time!

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