Construction and optional painting

Unicorn combines PS armor and weapon parts with ABS runners A, B, H, I, J, K and L. Bandai advises against painting ABS because paint may damage it and recommends water-based paint. Its nine optional recipes include three for the standing and seated Banagher figures.

The beam magnum, hyper bazooka, shield and beam sabers work with the illustrated Unicorn and Destroy mode arrangements. Follow the transformation sequence and select the appropriate antenna parts. Supplied color stickers, marking stickers and dry-transfer decals have separate application steps; rub the dry transfers into place after positioning them.

Materials in the parts list: PS: C, D, E, F, G, M, N, O, P, R1, R2 and SB1 runners; ABS: A, B, H, I, J, K and L runners.

The original also shows optional panel lining without prescribing an exact paint or marker color or numerical product code.

The original recommends water-based paint and gives named ingredients without numerical H/C product codes. The water-based AK 3GEN store products below are optional approximate candidates, not manufacturer-specified paints or physically verified matches.

Complete original painting recipes

9 printed roles use 12 distinct named ingredients. 6 roles contain mixtures; 0 use separate paint layers. Original proportions describe the source paints. Ratios for these substitute pigments are unvalidated starting points: test and adjust a small dried sample. Unquantified additions remain unquantified. Keep undercoats and topcoats separate and let each layer dry.

1. Main body: White 100%.
2. Backpack: Blue 75% + Clear Red 10% + Silver 15%.
3. Antenna inside: Yellow 60% + White 30% + Orange 10%.
4. Abdomen: Black iron (黒鉄色) 90% + Silver 10%. Candidate recipe incomplete: Black iron (黒鉄色) has no chosen store match.
5. Rifle: Neutral Gray 95% + Green 5% + White small dose.
6. Energy pack: Navy Blue 95% + Dark Green 5%.
7. Banagher Links normal suit: White 100%.
8. Banagher Links suit piping: Monza Red 100%. Candidate recipe incomplete: Monza Red has no chosen store match.
9. Banagher Links suit gray: Neutral Gray 95% + Green 5% + White small dose.

Named ingredients and optional store candidates

10 mapped purchase cards and 2 disabled ingredient references cover all 12 named ingredients. Mapped cards represent 10 unique paint variants. Source-role counts are not purchase quantities. Each selected variant is added once, even if chosen for more than one source ingredient.

1. White. Approximate candidate: 3G Acrylic White AK11001. White is a named opaque water-based candidate. Exact source formulation and dried appearance are untested. Family: AK 3rd Generation. Finish/effect: matte.
2. Blue. Approximate candidate: 3G Acrylic Deep Blue AK11182. Deep Blue supplies an opaque blue candidate, with untested depth and pigment strength. Family: AK 3rd Generation. Finish/effect: matte.
3. Clear Red. Approximate candidate: 3G Acrylic Clear Red AK11213. Clear Red is a named transparent water-based candidate. Exact source formulation and dried appearance are untested. Family: AK 3rd Generation. Finish/effect: transparent.
4. Silver. Approximate candidate: 3G Acrylic Silver AK11209. Silver is a named metallic water-based candidate. Exact source formulation and dried appearance are untested. Family: AK 3rd Generation. Finish/effect: metallic.
5. Yellow. Approximate candidate: 3G Acrylic Yellow AK11044. Yellow is a named opaque water-based candidate. Exact source formulation and dried appearance are untested. Family: AK 3rd Generation. Finish/effect: matte.
6. Orange. Approximate candidate: 3G Acrylic Medium Orange AK11078. Orange is a named opaque water-based candidate. Exact source formulation and dried appearance are untested. Family: AK 3rd Generation. Finish/effect: matte.
7. Black iron (黒鉄色). No sufficiently supported water-based black-iron hue/effect candidate is established. Ordinary black, steel and generic gunmetal are not silently substituted.
8. Neutral Gray. Approximate candidate: 3G Acrylic Neutral Grey AK11018. The descriptive Neutral Grey candidate supports a neutral-gray approximation. Its bottle may also serve generic Gray while both ingredient names remain separate. Family: AK 3rd Generation. Finish/effect: matte.
9. Green. Approximate candidate: 3G Acrylic Deep Green AK11142. Deep Green supplies a generic opaque green approximation, separate from the Dark Green and special named green ingredients. Family: AK 3rd Generation. Finish/effect: matte.
10. Navy Blue. Approximate candidate: 3G Acrylic Dark Blue AK11181. Dark Blue has a dark navy-blue chart sample. It is a hue-family approximation, distinct from the near-black Midnight Blue candidate. Family: AK 3rd Generation. Finish/effect: matte.
11. Dark Green. Approximate candidate: 3G Acrylic Dark Green AK11146. Same descriptive Dark Green name supports an approximate opaque candidate. Family: AK 3rd Generation. Finish/effect: matte.
12. Monza Red. No independently supported water-based Monza Red candidate is established. Preserve the source name and any bilingual Monza Red / Red Madder note without inventing code equivalence.

Optional supplies are recommendations for the tasks described above, not manufacturer-required purchases. The AK 3GEN thinner applies only to the AK 3GEN candidates. Do not paint materials the original warns against painting. Digital color squares are browsing aids; they do not prove dried color, pigment strength, sheen, metallic reflection, transparency or a successful mixture.

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