Bro Builder
@brobuilder.bsky.social
Artist, craftsman, podcaster, scale modeler in NJ.
I currently build and paint mostly scale representations in the SciFi and Fantasy genre... And cars.
Podcast I co-host : Built Sideways Podcast
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I currently build and paint mostly scale representations in the SciFi and Fantasy genre... And cars.
Podcast I co-host : Built Sideways Podcast
Leguminati
Been working on some new stuff. Kind of all over the board but I finally finished Ripley.
Here's my first real attempt at figure painting and at capturing realism in both my sculpting and painted finish.
#painting #figurepainting #aliens #sci-fi
Here's my first real attempt at figure painting and at capturing realism in both my sculpting and painted finish.
#painting #figurepainting #aliens #sci-fi
November 12, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Been working on some new stuff. Kind of all over the board but I finally finished Ripley.
Here's my first real attempt at figure painting and at capturing realism in both my sculpting and painted finish.
#painting #figurepainting #aliens #sci-fi
Here's my first real attempt at figure painting and at capturing realism in both my sculpting and painted finish.
#painting #figurepainting #aliens #sci-fi
I used two of those on this crazy build I did back in 2019...
October 1, 2025 at 5:13 PM
I used two of those on this crazy build I did back in 2019...
Five years ago I was still in the GBWC scene and this was my project for the next season.
That was, until they changed the guidelines, essentially eliminating scratch building and heavy customizations from competing.
I cleaned it up and assembled it last weekend.
#plamo #プラモ #gunpla #ガンプラ
That was, until they changed the guidelines, essentially eliminating scratch building and heavy customizations from competing.
I cleaned it up and assembled it last weekend.
#plamo #プラモ #gunpla #ガンプラ
August 1, 2025 at 11:21 AM
If you see this, I implore you to post a pic from your device without context.
July 18, 2025 at 6:24 PM
If you see this, I implore you to post a pic from your device without context.
I was just revisiting an old Model Graphix magazine from 2019 on this morning's commute. (F91 is my most beloved and heavily collected Gundam IP)
July 15, 2025 at 11:38 AM
I was just revisiting an old Model Graphix magazine from 2019 on this morning's commute. (F91 is my most beloved and heavily collected Gundam IP)
Where are my fellow Gundam Thunderbolt fans?
RGM-C(G) from the South Seas Alliance. A custom concept I was passionate about for a brief period several years ago and then shelved.
The research led me to a kitbash of the 1/00 GM Ground Type and GM Quell.
#gundam #gunpla #scalemodeling #mecha
RGM-C(G) from the South Seas Alliance. A custom concept I was passionate about for a brief period several years ago and then shelved.
The research led me to a kitbash of the 1/00 GM Ground Type and GM Quell.
#gundam #gunpla #scalemodeling #mecha
July 14, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Where are my fellow Gundam Thunderbolt fans?
RGM-C(G) from the South Seas Alliance. A custom concept I was passionate about for a brief period several years ago and then shelved.
The research led me to a kitbash of the 1/00 GM Ground Type and GM Quell.
#gundam #gunpla #scalemodeling #mecha
RGM-C(G) from the South Seas Alliance. A custom concept I was passionate about for a brief period several years ago and then shelved.
The research led me to a kitbash of the 1/00 GM Ground Type and GM Quell.
#gundam #gunpla #scalemodeling #mecha
Doing a YT Livestream hobby modeling chat tonight on YouTube with my friends from the Modeling Insanity Podcast.
July 10, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Doing a YT Livestream hobby modeling chat tonight on YouTube with my friends from the Modeling Insanity Podcast.
Late night conversations, post podcast recording, have me invigorated enough to share some (5yr) old WIP photos of my Gundam "Project Sentinel."
1/100 Ex-S/Plan 303e Deep Striker kitbash with many alterations and scratch built elements.
#gunpla #scalemodel #mecha #gundam
1/100 Ex-S/Plan 303e Deep Striker kitbash with many alterations and scratch built elements.
#gunpla #scalemodel #mecha #gundam
July 8, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Late night conversations, post podcast recording, have me invigorated enough to share some (5yr) old WIP photos of my Gundam "Project Sentinel."
1/100 Ex-S/Plan 303e Deep Striker kitbash with many alterations and scratch built elements.
#gunpla #scalemodel #mecha #gundam
1/100 Ex-S/Plan 303e Deep Striker kitbash with many alterations and scratch built elements.
#gunpla #scalemodel #mecha #gundam
Before things got completely out of hand I picked up two boxings and a set of the expansion. I still kick myself for not getting in on the Kickstarter for the rerelease.
July 1, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Before things got completely out of hand I picked up two boxings and a set of the expansion. I still kick myself for not getting in on the Kickstarter for the rerelease.
Looking forward to helping grow the hobby modeling community with Modelers Without Borders in their first online expo. (All scales, all genre of models)
Check out modellers.org/home/vmx25/ for the fine details.
#scalemodeling #mechamodeling #gunpla #macross #votoms #dugram #armormodeling
Check out modellers.org/home/vmx25/ for the fine details.
#scalemodeling #mechamodeling #gunpla #macross #votoms #dugram #armormodeling
June 26, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Looking forward to helping grow the hobby modeling community with Modelers Without Borders in their first online expo. (All scales, all genre of models)
Check out modellers.org/home/vmx25/ for the fine details.
#scalemodeling #mechamodeling #gunpla #macross #votoms #dugram #armormodeling
Check out modellers.org/home/vmx25/ for the fine details.
#scalemodeling #mechamodeling #gunpla #macross #votoms #dugram #armormodeling
June 15, 2025 at 5:50 PM
A blitz of different WIP projects on the workbench today. Gotta start checking off boxes and wrapping things up... So I can start on different things!
#scalemodel
#scalemodel
June 7, 2025 at 9:14 PM
A blitz of different WIP projects on the workbench today. Gotta start checking off boxes and wrapping things up... So I can start on different things!
#scalemodel
#scalemodel
Resurrecting this build for 2025...
Too creative for the Bandai "Big Show" but worth finishing for community stoke.
#mechamodeling #gunpla
Too creative for the Bandai "Big Show" but worth finishing for community stoke.
#mechamodeling #gunpla
June 6, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Resurrecting this build for 2025...
Too creative for the Bandai "Big Show" but worth finishing for community stoke.
#mechamodeling #gunpla
Too creative for the Bandai "Big Show" but worth finishing for community stoke.
#mechamodeling #gunpla
1) 40k Horace Heresy: Medusa (WIP)
2) Grizzley Battle Tank from Command and Conquer (WIP)
3) 1/35 Nacchin tank (canopy opens and has room for a cockpit inside)
4) Nacchin Tank cockpit with mini art figure. (Unpainted)
2) Grizzley Battle Tank from Command and Conquer (WIP)
3) 1/35 Nacchin tank (canopy opens and has room for a cockpit inside)
4) Nacchin Tank cockpit with mini art figure. (Unpainted)
June 1, 2025 at 4:58 PM
1) 40k Horace Heresy: Medusa (WIP)
2) Grizzley Battle Tank from Command and Conquer (WIP)
3) 1/35 Nacchin tank (canopy opens and has room for a cockpit inside)
4) Nacchin Tank cockpit with mini art figure. (Unpainted)
2) Grizzley Battle Tank from Command and Conquer (WIP)
3) 1/35 Nacchin tank (canopy opens and has room for a cockpit inside)
4) Nacchin Tank cockpit with mini art figure. (Unpainted)
Hyperion Flakker Legendary Shotgun (master sculpt) Borderlands 2
Scale- 1:1
Parts count- 19
Before I got back into small scale modeling I spent several years getting good at sculpting/creating prop replicas, making molds, and rotocasting.
Scale- 1:1
Parts count- 19
Before I got back into small scale modeling I spent several years getting good at sculpting/creating prop replicas, making molds, and rotocasting.
May 30, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Hyperion Flakker Legendary Shotgun (master sculpt) Borderlands 2
Scale- 1:1
Parts count- 19
Before I got back into small scale modeling I spent several years getting good at sculpting/creating prop replicas, making molds, and rotocasting.
Scale- 1:1
Parts count- 19
Before I got back into small scale modeling I spent several years getting good at sculpting/creating prop replicas, making molds, and rotocasting.
Garden 🌱 update: I used the remaining drop from the landscape lumber to make caps for the small square planters.
Some math and careful cuts later and I also had a tapered round planter made from the old cap rail on the front deck. (I replaced that last season.)
#garden #planters
Some math and careful cuts later and I also had a tapered round planter made from the old cap rail on the front deck. (I replaced that last season.)
#garden #planters
May 27, 2025 at 10:53 AM
I took some of that inexpensive landscape lumber to the table saw and milled up some components to assemble and add to my planter selection. The raw wood was sealed with two coats.
These two got a couple tomato plants and some companion marigolds.
I still need to finish the cap rail...
These two got a couple tomato plants and some companion marigolds.
I still need to finish the cap rail...
May 22, 2025 at 7:52 PM
I took some of that inexpensive landscape lumber to the table saw and milled up some components to assemble and add to my planter selection. The raw wood was sealed with two coats.
These two got a couple tomato plants and some companion marigolds.
I still need to finish the cap rail...
These two got a couple tomato plants and some companion marigolds.
I still need to finish the cap rail...
Absolutely love the Alien franchise. Been working on a piece related to it for an article...
May 22, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Absolutely love the Alien franchise. Been working on a piece related to it for an article...
Thanks! Here's another!
May 13, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Thanks! Here's another!
1/100 Marasai custom.
May 13, 2025 at 11:30 AM
1/100 Marasai custom.
Well, it's been a month and Ripley has come a long way.
Lots of corrections made to anatomy and garments. With only a few moments in a very active scene, I've had to use some artistic license.
Sculpted in Apoxie Sculpt and refined with a variety of hand tools.
#aliens #scalemodeling #sculpting
Lots of corrections made to anatomy and garments. With only a few moments in a very active scene, I've had to use some artistic license.
Sculpted in Apoxie Sculpt and refined with a variety of hand tools.
#aliens #scalemodeling #sculpting
May 2, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Well, it's been a month and Ripley has come a long way.
Lots of corrections made to anatomy and garments. With only a few moments in a very active scene, I've had to use some artistic license.
Sculpted in Apoxie Sculpt and refined with a variety of hand tools.
#aliens #scalemodeling #sculpting
Lots of corrections made to anatomy and garments. With only a few moments in a very active scene, I've had to use some artistic license.
Sculpted in Apoxie Sculpt and refined with a variety of hand tools.
#aliens #scalemodeling #sculpting