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I took a knock-off G2-cyberjet and repainted him like the "botcon stryker" wreckage deco. I call him Sky Stryker. Basically, I ripped off Jin's color scheme found here:
http://www.angelfire.com/mech/jinsaotome/JinsDangerousToys/Stryker.html
Jin's paint job is much better. I'm still trying to get some of the techniques down.

Here are some pictures. What do you think? Anyone with any pointers, tips, comments, or criticisms are welcome!

thats Friggin awesome for a first try!!

Very good, especially for a first attempt!

Keep up the great work!

Looks great; actually it's not entirely unlike the repaint version of that mould (Strafe in the US, but just a redeco of Space Case here in the UK)), only a little more weathered. Like lots.

Thanks for the nice comments!

I had a lot of trouble with the ball joints chipping. So, I sanded them and shielded them with super glue to prevent chipping. It was difficult to sand the joints evenly. Does anyone have any pointers on how to deal with repainting joints?

That's pretty good.
For the joints, I think some people just leave them un-painted. That would be fine for the hip joints in this figure, but those elbow ones are very visible, so I'm not sure what is best to do.
The way you've painted the green and grey parts is interesting. I don't know if it is an intentional technique to make it look weathered, but there are quite a few places where there is black showing through from under the green or grey. It looks okay if that's the look you were going for, though there are probably better (Read as more professional looking) ways of achieving that effect, but if you wanted solid colour it would benefit from another coat or two on those areas.

spiritofcat wrote:That's pretty good.
For the joints, I think some people just leave them un-painted. That would be fine for the hip joints in this figure, but those elbow ones are very visible, so I'm not sure what is best to do.
The way you've painted the green and grey parts is interesting. I don't know if it is an intentional technique to make it look weathered, but there are quite a few places where there is black showing through from under the green or grey. It looks okay if that's the look you were going for, though there are probably better (Read as more professional looking) ways of achieving that effect, but if you wanted solid colour it would benefit from another coat or two on those areas.

I was going for the weathered look. Do you have any links to tutorials for better techniques?

Pretty good for a first try! I guess your going for a more realistic coloring. Nice.

Nice work for a first repaint. Hope my first attempt looks half as decent when I finally get around to it!

Quaternion wrote:

spiritofcat wrote:That's pretty good.
For the joints, I think some people just leave them un-painted. That would be fine for the hip joints in this figure, but those elbow ones are very visible, so I'm not sure what is best to do.
The way you've painted the green and grey parts is interesting. I don't know if it is an intentional technique to make it look weathered, but there are quite a few places where there is black showing through from under the green or grey. It looks okay if that's the look you were going for, though there are probably better (Read as more professional looking) ways of achieving that effect, but if you wanted solid colour it would benefit from another coat or two on those areas.

I was going for the weathered look. Do you have any links to tutorials for better techniques?

Have you had a look at Jin's tutorials? http://www.jinsaotomesdangeroustoys.com/guides.html

spiritofcat wrote:

Quaternion wrote:

spiritofcat wrote:That's pretty good.
For the joints, I think some people just leave them un-painted. That would be fine for the hip joints in this figure, but those elbow ones are very visible, so I'm not sure what is best to do.
The way you've painted the green and grey parts is interesting. I don't know if it is an intentional technique to make it look weathered, but there are quite a few places where there is black showing through from under the green or grey. It looks okay if that's the look you were going for, though there are probably better (Read as more professional looking) ways of achieving that effect, but if you wanted solid colour it would benefit from another coat or two on those areas.

I was going for the weathered look. Do you have any links to tutorials for better techniques?

Have you had a look at Jin's tutorials? http://www.jinsaotomesdangeroustoys.com/guides.html

Yeah, those are where I started from. They are great, but they really only scratch the surface of the techniques. I guess practice makes perfect. I'm just going to keep painting knockoffs for now.

He looks better than my first repaint that's for sure!