Here's a trick: Move your phone camera slightly closer than you want, tap to auto-focus on the area behind whatever detail you are wanting to photograph, then move the camera back slowly until the detail comes into focus.

Various hobby tools laid out on a blue cutting mat

My gunpla tools of the trade: glass nail file, cheap hobby knife, simple nippers, and a nail buffing sponge to finish it off. If I’m feeling extra wild I’ll get out the tweezers for applying decals.

Glass nail file would definitely work, I also use a nail buffing sponge to clean up the plastic. I hate nub cleanup as well, but there's no real way to get around it.

I love this classic anime style, gives me OG Gundam vibes

A 3D printed Inn or Tavern, hand painted with a red roof, wooden beams, and grey stonework

I think that while I'm still getting used to this whole Bluesky thing, I will go ahead and share some older projects which have never seen the light of day. Here's my rendition of Narnaa's Snoring Warrior Tavern!

I've read that Tamiya's panel liner can cause cracking on gunpla, have you had any issues?

My first master grade! I finished up this Jegan earlier today, and I'm rather surprised at how easy he went together. It was a joy to build and that minty green color is just 🤌.

I like Army Painters Warpaints for this reason. Cheap, and still very good for regular miniature painting.

HGs are fun, but at least they're cheap. When you have a backlog of 30 MGs you've officially lost it.

High Grade Cold Districts GM model, customized with a horror theme. Flesh colored tendrils sculpted on appear to be creeping up the model, and one arm appears to be held on only by a fleshy connection.

I'm on Bluesky now! Lets start it off with a model that I finished recently, a High Grade Cold Districts GM with a bit of a horror twist.