Multi Project Progress Report

What's up Gunpla lovers, so....I've been on hiatus once again, due to various personal reasons the hobby has been the last thing on my mind.  This past week I've been attempting to work my way back into it and have been working on 3 different kits at once...

The primary focus is still my custom HG 00 Gundam but I'm also working on panel lining my MG Dark Hound and I just got the MG RX-78-2 3.0 and built its head tonight!  Earlier this week I also built the torso for my MG X Gundam (had was already assembled).  I also randomly built the HG Wing Gundam Fenice from Gundam Build Fighters, this will be part of a future project but I just couldn't wait!  I'm trying to get the first 3 projects done...or at least one done by the local anime convention at the end of this month, where my friends and I will be hosting a Gunpla panel!

My goal is to have the RX-78-2 assembled by then and the 00 complete for the show, we'll see...  And as usual, to update more...see ya soon!

HG Ascalon Gundam (Custom 00) WIP: Part 1

Images only tonight, too tired to write about it all...

New Project: HG 1/144 Ascalon Gundam (custom 00)

This post is long past due as I've been working on this for the last month or so.  This is a kitbash that I've been semi-planning in the background for the last few years, and it's changed a lot over that time.  Originally supposed to be based of the Destiny Gundam with the DX's backpack strapped to it, I then changed it to the 00 Gundam with the funnel layout of the Hi-Nu Gundam.  Ultimately I've finally made my decision on what it will be and it's a combination of most of my ideas.  It's going to be the 00 Gundam with the DX backpack on it and 2 to 4 funnels from the Nu Gundam; with the Nu's beam saber attached to the side armor of the 00.  It wasn't until I built the HG DX Gundam that I came to the final design for this build.  Here are some of the preliminary images from the project, however I'm already done with all modifications and am at the painting stage, so expect only 1 or 2 WIP's before that painting WIP.

1/100 Zaku Warrior Custom

This is an old kit, I believe I built it in 2005 or so...  Anyways I've decided to do some touch ups on it and then I'm going to give it a gloss top coat to seal it away.  This was the Lunamaria Gunner Zaku Warrior that I repainted in red.  I was originally planning to just repaint the entire kit with an airbrush this time, however the original paint job has held up fairly well, and since it was one of my better brush paint jobs I've decided to just preserve that work.  I will most likely attempt to make a new one sometime in the near future and try to make a 1/100 Slash pack for it, as that's what I always wanted on it but Bandai never made on in that scale.

I've repainted over some of the red that had other colors rubbed onto it over the years.  I've also repainted all the gold parts and added grey under the side skirts.

HG Masurao: Review

Tonight I will be giving my thoughts on the High Grade Masurao from Gundam 00!  The first completely unique suit that pilot Graham Aker piloted in the anime, the Masurao was very samurai inspired and I have always loved this design.  Now, giving that the pilot is one of my favorites and I enjoy the look of this mobile suit so much, then you'd likely conclude that I would love the model of it right....well in the end that's only partially accurate.  Lets go over this more.

RG Destiny Gundam: Review

The Real Grade Destiny Gundam is the second RG kit that I've gotten around to building, and I really don't have a lot of complaints to say about it.  Design wise, it is a very good update to the Destiny model, even more detailed than the MG.  The only complaint I have in this department, and is the common one, is that the feet are way bigger than they should be...and I can't really see a reason why they are so huge.  It's something that could be easily modified with some sanding or perhaps the use of a rotary tool, but it didn't bother me enough to go that far.  These are my thoughts on this kit.  All painting was done with an airbrush.

HGAW Gundam Double X

Greetings, so it's been some time since my last post I noticed...well I've been back and forth working on the MG Dark Hound and HG Masurao since then.  HG Masurao is "done" as off last weekend, however several pieces broke while putting it back together after painting and I became very frustrated with it and haven't touched it since then.  I'll fix it, eventually, but in the meantime I needed something to build and just refresh.  Enter HGAW Gundam Double X!  I've built about 75% of it thus far and just from the build to this point it's a very well done high grade (much better than certain aspects of the Masurao, though I love that mobile suit it's HG kit is not very good)  Anyways, this will basically be a straight OOB paint job on this guy, however building has reignited my thoughts of using it's satellite cannons on the 00 gundam for that custom I've wanted to make, so I'll be having to get another one of these guys here pretty soon!  And, hopefully, now that we have a MG Gundam X (that I'll be getting soon also) a MG Double X will happen this year sometime...*fingers crossed*