Softcover, 132 pages with high-quality full-color photographs. Also available in Spanish.
Kotobukiya is one of the largest Japanese companies producing fantasy and science fiction vehicles and action figures. It is well known and highly regarded for its ARTFX statues representing characters from Star Wars, Marvel, DC Comics, and many other films and video games. In addition, Kotobukiya also produces a large number of plastic kits depicting robots, armored suits, and characters from many science fiction TV series and video games, such as Patlabor, Metal Gear Solid, Armored Core, Border Break, Full Metal Panic, Ghost in the Shell, and Evangelion, among others.
But Kotobukiya is not limited to marketing products based on other companies' franchises, they also create their own sci-fi universes, such as Hexa Gear, Frame Arms, Frame Arms Girl or Megami Device, which feature amazing models of ships, robots, armor battle suits and characters with a stunning futuristic appearance with great aesthetics and a simple enjoyable assembly process. Kotobukiya models also allow you to mix and match parts from different sets in their series to create new designs, providing an almost endless number of possibilities for creating your own robots, ships, characters and dioramas.
In this amazing book, Mig Jiménez and the team of AMMO modelers will show you the different ideas and techniques used to paint and weather your Kotobukiya models. These techniques can also be applied to any style of SF model, from the simplest and quickest painting and weathering effects to more complex and intricate processes including modulation, lighting and all kinds of dirt and grime. Each step can be adjusted to be subtle or intense, allowing you to develop your own painting and weathering style. Also included is a simple method used to build truly impressive dioramas by combining concrete and plant elements, perfect for displaying your kits in their natural environment, telling a story.
The themes selected in this book represent only a small part of the Kotobukiya line. Take the challenge and explore the rest of this dynamic series of items, you can even create your own by combining and improving parts as you wish. The possibilities with Kotobukiya models are simply endless!
