Kamen Rider AV

Remember the previous S.H. Figuarts Shocker Rider a.k.a. Shewsbury Pervert Rider? This is now the new customized look of this Shocker Rider and at the same time he will get a new name as well....


Ladies and gents, Shewsbury Land presents Kamen Rider AV....




This figure painting project is actually a joint project between me and my friend Billy Wong.

My objective is to make all those gold (or maybe metallic light brown or whatever color it is) to be green, the eyes and those mufflers become red.... in a way copying the classic Kamen Rider 1 or maybe Kamen Rider 2 - but in fact it's a tribute to the classic heroes...




So I passed it to my friend Billy Wong and after a few weeks later, he managed to finish it....

But when I look at the finishing... I feel that it's lack the "boldness" and certain part on those green lines on the limbs is less attractive. Well, I can understand that my friend Billy is not a pro and at the same time I always expect something great. He did a great job on the head and body part but since he forgot to Top Coat the figure, some of the paints start to faded when I play around with the figure and thus further touch up is seriously needed. Top coat is a must....

And thus... to satisfy my desire... I decided to add some touch up to make the color thicker... yes, that's the word; bold - thicker....

The word of some touch up is in fact quite a lot of works... I seriously hate doing painting... it makes my hand dirty, I'm quite clumsy my self and that is not helping either but despite that, since I want it to be better.... against all odds I decided to proceed with the daunting touch up work...

I re-painted those green lines on the limbs (arms and legs) as well as those extra hands and the shoes/foots.

In addition, I also bought a Metallic Red spray paint from the hardware shop just to color the eyes....

Lastly, I use the Flat/Matte top coat to protect all the paints. I love top coats.... usually use a lot of them, I can use 1 big bottle of top coat for 1 1/100 MG kit.... no joke... I just love it to be thick...

And this is it... after 6 hours of struggle.... I hate doing painting....






Apart from top coat... I did not disturb the head part....





that's the final result of the eye - metallic red spray paint with semi-gloss top coat and late flat/matte top coat... not perfect but I had enough with it and I think I can live with this color...




The same for the body part and that muffler (something like necktie), apart from top coat... I did not disturb the head part... I use semi gloss top coat for the mufler though...





And now the shoulder, arms and hands.... this is where I redo the painting.... I have to use lot's of cello tape to try make the line straight.... it's never easy...







Even the shoes get some extra painting layer as some of the color are slowly faded and showing the inner brown color... I think I give 8 to 10 layers of top coat on the shoes alone....







This is the paint that we used.... Tamiya Park Green X-28...




Since I hate painting and I don't have any proper equipment... at the end I just use these cotton buds... people may laugh, but who cares... it's proven that the project is successful. In fact it's much easier to use the cotton buds to paint on those small lines on the limbs....




And finally here we are... a new hero is born... Kamen Rider AV - "Honto ni Hentai, Honto ni Ecchi"


The signature erection stance...




And now some dangerous attack of this Kamen Rider AV....







This attack is a secret ambush move.... the Kamen Rider AV need to hide behind doors or trees or wall or any other object so that you don't see him... and once you walk pass him... there you go... he will jump right at you from behind and make you feel surprise and shocked and unable to move for 2 seconds...




The deadly punch of Kamen Rider AV....





And Kamen Rider AV secret hidden weapon....




The deadly Magical "Joy" Stick.... not an ordinary one that is...





And Kamen Rider AV exist with 5 main objectives;







The 5th one is a secret and will be revealed next time....







If you love Japanese Adult Video (JAV) you will love Kamen Rider AV... he will protect your hidden fun hobby and encourage you to excel further with it...

Kamen Rider AV likes DMM <<<<< click that link for further information...

Overall, I personally feel that this project is a very big success - at least for me personally. I'm happy to have my first and probably the one and only customized paint figure in Shewsbury Land collection.

Maybe - just maybe, next time we can consider giving it a customize red and yellow color (the color of Sazabi - the color of Shewsbury Land).... though I'm not sure if that will ever happen since I hate doing painting... eating McDonald's Big Mac McValue Meal is more fun than painting....



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