GarekiPhoenix

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Yoko Littner Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann Manufacturer: Pearl Number of Parts: 33, including base. Custom base, additional hair strands, bullet casings, battle-damaged clothes, alternate color scheme, modified bikini, and modified hair. Tamiya Acrylics, Testors Enamels, Jaquard Pearl Pigments.

Customer has had two other Yoko kits commissioned by me, so we went for something a little different this time.  Customer requested blue stockings to match her shorts, battle-damaged clothing, sandy base.  Despite being 1/4 scale, the sculpt was rather bland, having the bikini straps sculpted flush against her body, no texture on the hair on her head, and no clothing detailing on the stockings.  Therefore, I modified all of it; removed and added new bikini straps that sit off the body, added tears and puffed skin onto the stockings, sculpted hair detail.  Base was custom cut to fit the large kit, and modeled with a skidded sand effect.  I also crafted miniature bullet casings for added effect and detail on the base. As always, more images on my facebook, GarekiPhoenix.

Please enjoy my fourteenth GK, Battle Damaged Yoko.

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Hey everyone, my migraines are acting up again, and I'll likely be going to the doctor on Monday to get an injection, since my at home medicine isn't helping at all. So until then, I'll be taking a few days off. Sorry for the inconvenience everyone!

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Tiki Dragon's Crown Manufacturer: Vertex Number of Parts: 29, not including base. Custom base, anklet, base extras. Tamiya Acrylics, Alclad II Metallics, Jaquard Pearl Pigments. Base materials in WIP Album. As always, more pictures on my facebook, Gareki Phoenix. Commission finished a few days ago Customer requested iridescent clear wings, darkened hair tips to match original artworks, worn tavern tabletop base to match original artworks, gold and swarovski crystal anklet. Used Interference Violet pearl pigment on wings, painting the veins transparent white, to contrast with the gradient on the wings. Yellow-green pearl pigment on dress, and Micropearl on hair. Poison vial created with resin and fluorescent green paint, added natural saltwater pearl strand, individually colored gems in varying colors and sizes, brass key. The base was pretty easy on this kit, and the weathering was fun.  I originally used the provided decals, but they were bad and ruined.  My printed decals didn't fair any better, and cracked terribly, so I ended up handpainting the eyes and eyebrows over them. Please enjoy my thirteenth GK, Tiki.

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Jeanne d'Arc Fare/Apocrypha Manufacturer: Volks (Charagumin) Number of Parts: 75, not including base. Customer-selected color scheme, very subtle shading/highlight, replaced resin chains with real metal chains, created scratchbuilt extensive destroyed base.

Tamiya Acrylics, Alclad II Metallics. Base materials in WIP Album.  Eye decals used. More pictures on my facebook page, GarekiPhoenix.

Commission finished a few days ago, for a first-time GK buyer. Customer requested very subtle shading/highlight on the kit, similar to the Volks prototype, with a destroyed church base, but leaving Jeanne and the cross pristine, as a testament to her unwavering faith.

This kit was a practice in reservation on my end, as I usually shade far more intensely, but the client wanted very smooth, subtle shading/highlight. The kit itself had several pieces, and was a bit of a pain to assemble in some areas, but the cast quality was gorgeous. The base took about as many hours as the kit build itself, but the end result was definitely worth it. Used Alcad II Polished Aluminum on her armor, with a wash and satin finish.

Please enjoy my twelfth GK, Jeanne d'Arc.

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Queen Emeraldas Uchuu Kaizoku Captain Harlock Manufacturer: Kaiyodo Number of Parts: 11 Customer-selected color scheme, no modifications. Tamiya Acrylics, Alclad II Metallics, Jaquard Pearl Pigments More pictures on my Facebook page, Gareki Phoenix. Commission I finished in later October, but was really sick and hardly able to work, so I'm just able to edit and post these now. Emeraldas has several variations of colors in every iteration of her, so the client and I went for what we thought looked best, with his specific requests being very heavy pearl pigment.  Pearl pigment lightly used on hair. for luster, and red dress.  Pearl pigment used heavily on interior and exterior of cape; Alclad II used for guns. This kit was a practice in patience and masking, as it's only in 11 pieces total, so a lot of masking and handpainting was done.  Skull and crossbones on dress, and eyes, are handpainted.  The face itself is only about 1/2' wide, so the eyes were really tiny, but I was pleasantly surprised with how nicely they came out.  No base requested, as the kit stands very stable as-is. Please enjoy my eleventh GK, Queen Emeraldas.

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Kits on the workstation; Jeanne of Arc sculpt by Volks (Fate/Apocalyptica), and an Emeraldas sculpt by Kaiyodo.

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Soil Original Character Sculptor: Klondike Number of Parts: 18 Modified color scheme, additional frosted base. Tamiya Acrylics and Testors Enamels Completed commission for a client, another sculpt by Klondike; this is one of the counterpart kits to Erde. Pretty simple build, though the suspenders gave me a bit of trouble in the end, despite my having test-fitted them three times during prep.  The front buckles did not reach her shorts, so I managed to stretch one of them into place, but the other had to be snipped and a piece of styrene added to lengthen it.

Customer and I chose the dark green color scheme, to contrast Erde's dark red. The base included with the kit was too thin to balance her, so I layered it with an acrylic base to increase stability, doing a wash on the tan sections of the base; this base is reversed colors of Erde's, to give another layer of contrast between them.  Also included a stacked transparent base in deep green/white, with a frosted appearance. Played with some satin on the brown bits while keeping everything else fairly matte. It's almost invisible in the photos, though more apparent in person, but I used a light pearl finish in the hair for luster.

Please enjoy my tenth GK, Soil. www.garekiphoenix.com www.facebook.com/GarekiPhoenix

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Yoko Littner Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann Sculptor: Vispo Number of Parts: 103 LED Lighting, modified color scheme, custom rifle strap with magnetic attachment. Tamiya Acrylics and Testors Enamels

Commissioned kit

Should’ve been done with this a while back but lots of issues kept popping up.  Went with a candy red bike per client’s request, made a custom fabric rifle strap that attaches via magnets, replaced door hinges with mini nut and bolt, replaced internal springs in engine.   It’s been a huge effort and I’m pretty damn happy with how she came out.  

Anyways, please enjoy my ninth GK, Yoko Littner. More pictures on my facebook, GarekiPhoenix =D

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GK talk! With special guests Leona Senshi, Seraph Phoenix & Gamera Baenre!

Try this one if youtube isn’t allowing comments. https://plus.google.com/u/0/events/cot61uvettkk9do00fh33if0vvc?authkey=CKTPlInAobuaggE

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GK talk! With special guests Leona Senshi, Seraph Phoenix & Gamera Baenre!

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Alright everyone! This Saturday, at 5pm EST, I'll be joining GunPla Fixation, Leona's Workshop, and Gamera Baenre (Clement Eng) on the Gunpla Fixation Youtube Channel, for a live Garage Kit Session! Just go to the youtube channel around 5pm, Saturday, March 21st and the live video feed will be uploaded! Feel free to do Q & A in the comments section during recording! Hope to see you there!

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Alright everyone! This Saturday, at 5pm EST, I’ll be joining GunPla Fixation, Leona’s Workshop, and Gamera Baenre (Clement Eng) on the Gunpla Fixation Youtube Channel, for a live Garage Kit Session!

Just go to the youtube channel around 5pm, Saturday, March 21st and the live video feed will be uploaded! Feel free to do Q & A in the comments section during recording! Hope to see you there!

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EDIT: This post is inclusive to ALL art forms.

Likes can only go so far for artists. Artists may exclusively upload their artwork to tumblr, or don’t have the time to use other sites and prefer tumblr over deviantART due to its simplicity, but the tagging system can make it harder to navigate. Many artists on tumblr tag with high-traffic tags or use their own tags to prevent tag clogging which eventually become lost. That’s why it’s very important to reblog an artist’s work. 

I’m not trying to push you to ruin your blog’s aesthetic or something, nor am I saying that “you must absolutely reblog your favourite artist’s work or you’re trash”, all I’m saying is if you truly want to support your favourite artist, instead of just liking their posts, try to reblog them once in a while. The more reblogs they receive, the more exposure/notes/followers they may receive, and it’s just one of the easiest ways to show you care about them.

*This does not mean to reblog unsourced artwork or works reuploaded to another person’s blog without permission (re:stolen). Nor does this mean to reblog artworks without the artist’s consent, even if this case is slim.

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Legit

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And dont be afraid to leave comments when you reblog, or in the tags!

As a perfectionist with ocd who suffers from depression and bipolar disorder...please let me know that you appreciate my work. Seeing comments, tags, reblogs repeat reblogs from people, that shit is so flattering and really makes me smile; it brightens my day. It means the world to me.

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Rebrand Update

Hey everyone! Just dropping a line to let everyone know I'm rebranding.  I'm still the same business and paypal, just a new name, blog, facebook and email address.  I now have my own domain =D GarekiPhoenix(at)yahoo.com www.garekiphoenix.com www.facebook.com/garekiphoenix tumblr.com/garekiphoenix I decided to use the Japanese slang term for garage kit, gareki, in the name instead.  This feels a bit more personal and less stuffy?  Anyways, enjoy! 

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That moment when a clients kit has a 1:1 scale hand D= For my Persona followers, this kit is Shadow Labrys with Asterios.

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1/5 Shujinkou/Souji Seta/Yu Narukami from Persona 4 Arena Sculpt by Little Pink Summer Completed Feb 2013 Garage Kit - Commissioned Build for line and pulse. Custom base with clear resin surface, custom katana hamon, decal logo and houndstooth pattern.  Mostly airbrushed but lots of hand-painted details on him.  Working with the clients on getting the colors they wanted, as they change up slightly with every iteration of the story.  I think I saw stitches in my sleep for days, they had to be painted by hand.  Twice o__o  I am super pleased with how he came out ^__^ More pictures on my blog, here.

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Seraph’s Adventures in BJDs Firal - Part V - Completed (Part II)

So my first faceup is a success ^__^  She came out quite nicely and she was a lot of fun to work on.  Color-corrected photos =D Company: Fairyland Sculpt: Feeple65 Chloe