Mai Customs

[Maiasa Liger]

Oh mai, aren't I punny lol. Anyway, since I seem to be finally able to finish a few customs myself, it's high noon time to finally make mai own thread to showcase them!~

This first post will serve as an overview hotlinking the individual customs. (wow big words, maybe I should finish a few more first...)


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Zoids FZ-002 ⚜ König Wolf Mk-II "Kerberos"・Pumpkin




Zoids MPZ-01 ⚜ Shield Liger Battle Damaged Ver.




Zoids RZ-003 ⚜ Barigator "Bali-Gator"




Zoids ZW07 ⚜ "Stardust" Kuwaga

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[Maiasa Liger]

Zoids MPZ-01 ⚜ Shield Liger Battle Damaged Ver.

Oh man I cannot express how much I LOVE this boy. Shield Liger is my favorite Zoids kit, the Masterpiece is my favorite Shieldy variation, Chaotic Century was the first Zoids anime I watched, and my first Zoid was a Tomy Shield Liger too (thanks to Aurora Lion !). So now having an MPZ Shield Liger in anime accurate colors and realistic weathering is a dream come true for me ;u; He's truly the crown jewel of my collection~

I got this boy semi-painted off UK eBay. I loved the anime color scheme; but when I received it, I felt like it needed a little more....weathering. That, and some parts were still plain and unpainted (e.g. canopy, joint caps, black leg hydraulics and armor, ...). So I went to town on it - mind you, this was my first real go at weathering and battle damage. I didn't have oil paints so I just used coffee for oil stains and gunk washes, and added battle scars and bullet holes with a nail heated with a candle flame :'D

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[Maethius]

Oh, this is great! Even though I want a Masterpiece kit, this one is destroyed with class! Love the sparingly used metallic highlights around the vents. Poor kitty needs to keep his shields up more often!

[dchan]

Ooh well done! I especially like the white drybrush on the nose area, and the cockpit slash seems to almost tell a story on its own. Also, your photos look very professional-- great decision to shoot outdoors too.

If I had to give one bit of admittedly unsolicited critique, I'd say that to me the foot claws look a little clean compared to the rest of the weathering? In any case, I'm looking forward to seeing more of your customs!

Edit: Wow, just checked out all the social media links. Way to put yourself out there!

[Maiasa Liger]

Maethius Thank you! I really had a lot of fun with him c: and LOL yeah maybe his shield generator is broken, seeing how most of the battle damage is exclusively concentrated on the head x'D whoops...

dchan Thank you so much for your kind words ;v; gotta thank my mom for helping me touching the photos up~ I'm glad the outdoor pics worked at all, considering I had to shoot them on the college's parking lot xD You're right about the paws though, they could have definitely used more weathering. Maybe I'll add some in the future when I feel like it~
(and LOL yeah I tend to spam my stuff all over, I'm an attention wh*re xD; ) [can't believe I have to censor this, wth Pheno's?]

[Maiasa Liger]

Zoids FZ-002 ⚜ König Wolf Mk-II "Kerberos"・Pumpkin

So this custom is already a year old lol, but I never posted it - so I'm doing that for this year's Halloween!
Pumpkin is technically my first custom ever; being a mere parts swap that I decided to fit with LEDs cuz his motor was broken and it just looks AWESOME x3

Pumpkin wishes you all Happy Halloween!!!
try to not have him steal your candy corns

Beware of when the clock strikes midnight though...because then Pumpkin turns into Kerberos and comes after you.....






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[Maethius]

LOVE Pumpkin Woof! Looks great with the lights!

[Maiasa Liger]

Thanks Maethius!! I'm really happy with him too, considering he was my first venture into SMDs slash LEDs in general~

[dchan]

Looks great! I imagine it was tricky to add in the LEDs, but so worth it for those dark photos. The light coming through the goggles is especially cool.

[Maiasa Liger]

dchan Thank you so much! ( ´ ▽ ` )ﾉ It was a challenge indeed, and I learned a lot~

[cougan]

Always a pleasure to see such good custom working with lights looks magical thanks! As i am usually more a fan of the older designs this wolf looks so nice!!!

Cougan

[Snowflake]

WELL. Now I'm hungry for pumpkin pie

[Maiasa Liger]

cougan Thanks man!! LEDs do indeed add crazy much to a custom~ And I agree, König Wolf is a beautiful classic <3

Snowflake NO DON'T EAT HIM--

[Maiasa Liger]

Zoids RZ-003 ⚜ Barigator "Bali-Gator"

Hey, I'm not dead! At least I think! Just in last year of college and moving to LA next week! :'D Which is why I've sadly had barely any time to work on Zoids customs. I really wanted to finish this guy before I move though, so here he is! I'm actually really proud of how quickly I got him done haha, with under a week he's definitely Mai fastest custom so far~

I do not apologize for the horrible pun name, which was actually what inspired the entire custom in the first place lol! A Bali-themed Barigator - with all the fancy stuff ( ´｡✪ω✪｡｀)
The green is a chameleon powder that shifts forest green - ocean green - turquoise - blue, with gold drybrushed on top. Oh, and under strong light it's also covered in holographic sparkles! And I just had to add those holo palm tree stickers and some fancy fimo flowers (which turned out way bigger than expected, since I didn't know that Barigator is actually super tiny xD).

I achieved the crackle paint crocodile skin texture by pure chance btw - because as it turns out, spraying acrylic gloss clear over alkyd gloss black will do that! So don't mix these two types of paints unless you want to go for this exact look~

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[Maethius]

Oh. that is a handsome gator! Love the paint job on this one!