nickel_models
@nickel-models.bsky.social
Scale modeler and Illustrator based in Richmond VA.
I build more community than models, and I'm pretty happy about that. (he/him/they)
I build more community than models, and I'm pretty happy about that. (he/him/they)
"Big O SHOWTIME!"
Moderoid Big O
Photos by my good friend Alan Yuan.
Big O has become a cherished piece in my collection and I'm happy I had the chance to make this the way I did.
I'll post more photos and talk process in future posts.
#toonami #BigO #mecha #anime #scifi #robot #modelkit #BIG
Moderoid Big O
Photos by my good friend Alan Yuan.
Big O has become a cherished piece in my collection and I'm happy I had the chance to make this the way I did.
I'll post more photos and talk process in future posts.
#toonami #BigO #mecha #anime #scifi #robot #modelkit #BIG
November 24, 2025 at 11:17 PM
I picked up this acrylic Lazy Susan at a department store earlier. I think it's going to come in a lot of handy in the future. Makes a creat noise too.
#gundam #gunpla #modelkit #scalemodel #modelmaker
#gundam #gunpla #modelkit #scalemodel #modelmaker
November 2, 2025 at 2:49 AM
I picked up this acrylic Lazy Susan at a department store earlier. I think it's going to come in a lot of handy in the future. Makes a creat noise too.
#gundam #gunpla #modelkit #scalemodel #modelmaker
#gundam #gunpla #modelkit #scalemodel #modelmaker
#RVAGunpla threw a Halloween party for our Friday build night this year.
Ya boi had to dress up as Duo, with appropriate snapping, to enjoy the festivities. @charmander-aznable.bsky.social slide in with her Rinko cosplay, and another friend came in as Domon. What a champ.
#gunplaiscommunity #gundam
Ya boi had to dress up as Duo, with appropriate snapping, to enjoy the festivities. @charmander-aznable.bsky.social slide in with her Rinko cosplay, and another friend came in as Domon. What a champ.
#gunplaiscommunity #gundam
November 1, 2025 at 3:16 PM
#RVAGunpla threw a Halloween party for our Friday build night this year.
Ya boi had to dress up as Duo, with appropriate snapping, to enjoy the festivities. @charmander-aznable.bsky.social slide in with her Rinko cosplay, and another friend came in as Domon. What a champ.
#gunplaiscommunity #gundam
Ya boi had to dress up as Duo, with appropriate snapping, to enjoy the festivities. @charmander-aznable.bsky.social slide in with her Rinko cosplay, and another friend came in as Domon. What a champ.
#gunplaiscommunity #gundam
Almost finished with the MG Altron.
Thinking I want to do the Protest scene from the film.
See how it shapes up I suppose.
#gundamwing #endlesswaltz #altrongundam #nataku #mecha #scifi #anime #toonami #giantrobot
Thinking I want to do the Protest scene from the film.
See how it shapes up I suppose.
#gundamwing #endlesswaltz #altrongundam #nataku #mecha #scifi #anime #toonami #giantrobot
October 31, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Almost finished with the MG Altron.
Thinking I want to do the Protest scene from the film.
See how it shapes up I suppose.
#gundamwing #endlesswaltz #altrongundam #nataku #mecha #scifi #anime #toonami #giantrobot
Thinking I want to do the Protest scene from the film.
See how it shapes up I suppose.
#gundamwing #endlesswaltz #altrongundam #nataku #mecha #scifi #anime #toonami #giantrobot
October 26, 2025 at 2:09 AM
What a lovely lad. I love the unique hands that allow THE pose.
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#trieze #gundamwing #tallgeese #gundam #gunpla #anime #scifi #toonami #realgrade #plamo #modelkit
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#trieze #gundamwing #tallgeese #gundam #gunpla #anime #scifi #toonami #realgrade #plamo #modelkit
October 16, 2025 at 8:59 PM
What a lovely lad. I love the unique hands that allow THE pose.
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#trieze #gundamwing #tallgeese #gundam #gunpla #anime #scifi #toonami #realgrade #plamo #modelkit
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#trieze #gundamwing #tallgeese #gundam #gunpla #anime #scifi #toonami #realgrade #plamo #modelkit
Time for some coffee and robots.
October 16, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Time for some coffee and robots.
Took a little time off, now it's back to the backlog busy.
This guy's been on the shelf for years. God I love a Goose.
Stay tuned for more of them soon!
#gundamwing #toonami #tallgeese #anime #scifi #mecha #gundam #gunpla
This guy's been on the shelf for years. God I love a Goose.
Stay tuned for more of them soon!
#gundamwing #toonami #tallgeese #anime #scifi #mecha #gundam #gunpla
October 16, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Took a little time off, now it's back to the backlog busy.
This guy's been on the shelf for years. God I love a Goose.
Stay tuned for more of them soon!
#gundamwing #toonami #tallgeese #anime #scifi #mecha #gundam #gunpla
This guy's been on the shelf for years. God I love a Goose.
Stay tuned for more of them soon!
#gundamwing #toonami #tallgeese #anime #scifi #mecha #gundam #gunpla
Another weekend and another Model Show, this time to Paxcon in Eastern Maryland.
It was a smaller but nicely organized show. Took a few things and placed Gold with each. #BigO brought home Best of Miscellaneous so I'm hyped for that.
#plamo #mecha #hobby #toonami #anime #scifi #bestof #award
It was a smaller but nicely organized show. Took a few things and placed Gold with each. #BigO brought home Best of Miscellaneous so I'm hyped for that.
#plamo #mecha #hobby #toonami #anime #scifi #bestof #award
October 4, 2025 at 11:13 PM
My dear friend @onepunchsam.bsky.social gifted this to me during our trip to Patcon this passed weekend I'm excited to buddy build it with her!
Gonna use it as a refresher of the basics and see how tight I can get this old girls finish.
#gundamwing #gunpla #deathscythe #toonami #gundam #anime
Gonna use it as a refresher of the basics and see how tight I can get this old girls finish.
#gundamwing #gunpla #deathscythe #toonami #gundam #anime
October 1, 2025 at 8:37 PM
My dear friend @onepunchsam.bsky.social gifted this to me during our trip to Patcon this passed weekend I'm excited to buddy build it with her!
Gonna use it as a refresher of the basics and see how tight I can get this old girls finish.
#gundamwing #gunpla #deathscythe #toonami #gundam #anime
Gonna use it as a refresher of the basics and see how tight I can get this old girls finish.
#gundamwing #gunpla #deathscythe #toonami #gundam #anime
Shared on IG, but a bit of my trip wrapped into a pic. A big shout-out to @creepingforscalemodels.com for gifting me these Haros I've been a fan since the first, and was so excited to see them in person. They'll live happily with Big0 and other friends here in VA! Ohh and Domon 😉
#gunplaiscommunity
#gunplaiscommunity
October 1, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Shared on IG, but a bit of my trip wrapped into a pic. A big shout-out to @creepingforscalemodels.com for gifting me these Haros I've been a fan since the first, and was so excited to see them in person. They'll live happily with Big0 and other friends here in VA! Ohh and Domon 😉
#gunplaiscommunity
#gunplaiscommunity
I've been MIA for a few days because I got lost in the woods in Massachusetts attending Patcon!
Took a few lads and they all brought home some coinage, including Big 0 who took Gold in his category.
I'll have fresh pictures of him up soon!
#ipms #contest #gunpla #plamo #BigO #scalemodel
Took a few lads and they all brought home some coinage, including Big 0 who took Gold in his category.
I'll have fresh pictures of him up soon!
#ipms #contest #gunpla #plamo #BigO #scalemodel
September 30, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Got some work in on Big O today.
I got through all the part mods I needed to make so I could seal all the clam shell pieces, which is 90% of the model, and now it just needs a lot of sanding.
With any real luck it'll be ready for painting start of the week.
#big0 #showtime #anime #mecha #toonami
I got through all the part mods I needed to make so I could seal all the clam shell pieces, which is 90% of the model, and now it just needs a lot of sanding.
With any real luck it'll be ready for painting start of the week.
#big0 #showtime #anime #mecha #toonami
September 14, 2025 at 4:44 AM
Went ahead and primed the Big One.
I haven't decided if I want to keep or repaint the prepainted parts, so I'm just gonna work on the rest a little at a time.
First is a ton of seam removal.
#plasticmodel #BigO #Showtime #mecha #anime #moderoid #toonami #scifi #adultswim
I haven't decided if I want to keep or repaint the prepainted parts, so I'm just gonna work on the rest a little at a time.
First is a ton of seam removal.
#plasticmodel #BigO #Showtime #mecha #anime #moderoid #toonami #scifi #adultswim
September 10, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Went ahead and primed the Big One.
I haven't decided if I want to keep or repaint the prepainted parts, so I'm just gonna work on the rest a little at a time.
First is a ton of seam removal.
#plasticmodel #BigO #Showtime #mecha #anime #moderoid #toonami #scifi #adultswim
I haven't decided if I want to keep or repaint the prepainted parts, so I'm just gonna work on the rest a little at a time.
First is a ton of seam removal.
#plasticmodel #BigO #Showtime #mecha #anime #moderoid #toonami #scifi #adultswim
@sillygenius.bsky.social
Showtime!
Just finished cleaning this up the other day. 😉
#BigO #moderoid #plamo #plasticmodel #mecha #anime #toonami
Showtime!
Just finished cleaning this up the other day. 😉
#BigO #moderoid #plamo #plasticmodel #mecha #anime #toonami
September 9, 2025 at 2:36 AM
@sillygenius.bsky.social
Showtime!
Just finished cleaning this up the other day. 😉
#BigO #moderoid #plamo #plasticmodel #mecha #anime #toonami
Showtime!
Just finished cleaning this up the other day. 😉
#BigO #moderoid #plamo #plasticmodel #mecha #anime #toonami
I finally got around to getting a file system set up in the studio. I still have one drawer to figure out but I'm in love with it already.
This is gonna smooth out my work flow and help keep my desks much cleaner I hope.
#plamo #modelkit #shopupdate #upgrades #gunpla
This is gonna smooth out my work flow and help keep my desks much cleaner I hope.
#plamo #modelkit #shopupdate #upgrades #gunpla
September 9, 2025 at 2:21 AM
I finally got around to getting a file system set up in the studio. I still have one drawer to figure out but I'm in love with it already.
This is gonna smooth out my work flow and help keep my desks much cleaner I hope.
#plamo #modelkit #shopupdate #upgrades #gunpla
This is gonna smooth out my work flow and help keep my desks much cleaner I hope.
#plamo #modelkit #shopupdate #upgrades #gunpla
I sat down with nothing more than my idle project. But I did sit down with something.
Detailed up the broken arm with some damage and glued all the parts together in a new holster. I also built a new rock for it to mount too.
#gundam #gunpla #gundamwing #toonami #anime #shenlong #wufei #modelkit
Detailed up the broken arm with some damage and glued all the parts together in a new holster. I also built a new rock for it to mount too.
#gundam #gunpla #gundamwing #toonami #anime #shenlong #wufei #modelkit
September 7, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Sandrock UPDATE:
Our buildings are coming together quite well.
The basic structures are complete and the facades are coming along, they need quite a lot of work though.
Soon I'll be able to figure out the windows and make the roofs after that.
#gundam #gunpla #plamo #sandrock #toonami #gundamwing
Our buildings are coming together quite well.
The basic structures are complete and the facades are coming along, they need quite a lot of work though.
Soon I'll be able to figure out the windows and make the roofs after that.
#gundam #gunpla #plamo #sandrock #toonami #gundamwing
August 28, 2025 at 2:46 AM