This is one of the many garage kits
that hit the scene after Yoda was revealed kickin' butt in Attack Of The
Clones. Although the kit is small and doesn't really look like Yoda, I
really like it. I don't know why. I can't really explain it, I just do.
Maybe it's the pose. I don't know. The kit came nicely cast in resin in
just a few pieces. I painted them separately and then assembled them.
The cloak was sprayed Camouflage Gray and then the inside was painted
a Dark Brown color. The skin was painted a darker than normal Hunter Green
and then dry brushed with successive levels of lighter greens to bring
out all of the rich detail. The rest of the details were picked out and
the lightsaber painted with Silver, Black and Gloss Green. For the hair,
I had some left over from my 1/4 scale Screamin' Yoda so I decided to
use that. I spread some white glue on the back of his head and pressed
on a nice clump of hair. I let the glue dry and then I trimmed the hair
with some scissors to finish the effect. It's a little off scale-wise,
but that's ok. I've never really liked real hair on models but there often
isn't a choice. Oh well. I got this kit off of eBay for about $10 when
it first came out. At the time of this writing, they are still available.
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