RG Destiny Gundam: Next Project

While I wait to make up mind/am able to get the rest of what I need to remake the Independence, after much debate, I've decided to make the RG Destiny as my next kit!  This will be my second Real Grade and the Destiny being one of my favorite designs this will be a fun build.  Gonna be a pretty straight build, except I'm going to paint the inner silver or chrome like the Master Grade Destiny that came out a few years ago.  It'll be tricky with that pre-assembled frame, but I think if I just do the parts that show it'll be ok, stay tuned.

MG 00 Gundam/Raiser: RE Update

As I said before, there wouldn't be many updates on this project and here we are, 00 is as done as it can be for now...  As you can see it is not complete, and that's due to complications along the way, yes complications even though this was a simple "pull it apart and put back together" job.  Now the yellow v-fin was already broken from a cat knocking it off a shelf awhile back, nothing new there.  Everything was going fine until I put the right arm back together after flat coating it, even with only 1 layer it was enough to make the arm unbendable and in an effort to break it loose, well I did just that.  With really no way to fix it, I had no choice but to order new parts, and those will take awhile so this guy is going away for the next month or so while I wait on that.  When the parts come in I'll get him back out, finish it up, and take completed pictures and post them.

MG 00 Gundam/Raiser: Revisited

Tallgeese EW is done now (pics tonight or tomorrow) and I've decided to take some time and retroactively go back and top coat/detail some kits of the past.  Some of these kits will just need washed and then flat coated, others never got panel lined even, so those will be more work.  I'm do this for now mainly while I wait for my friend to start his MG Crossbone X2, at which point I'll be building my MG Dark Hound with him in a sort of build off; given the X2 and DH are parallels it should be an interesting game.

So, first up is the MG 00 Raiser, one of my favorite mobile suits of all time, and we'll be starting with the 00 Gundam itself.  Working from the feet up, I've been disassembling each part, washing them in water and then drying them, and then finally taking them out for a flat coating.  Thus far I'm pretty pleased with the results.  Alclad II is a pretty good product for this.  Anyway, not going to be a lot of posts on this, probably just this one then next will show 00 completely reassembled, then the 0 Raiser and such.  Enjoy!

MG Tallgeese EW: WIP Part 7 (Final)

Here it is, the final WIP for this kit, and while I love this model, it's been quite a pain in some areas, but more on that in the next post which will show finished pictures and have thoughts on the model.  Now for some pictures and the last one I'll have a brief description on what's going on there...

MG Independence Gundam ver. RM

Tonight I want to tease at a soon to be project, MG Independence Gundam ver. RM!  After a couple years now of wanting to remake this custom model I'm finally preparing to do it, and it's poised to be much better than the original model that I made 8 years ago (...wow 8 years really?)  Giving my improvements in painting plus the release of an MG Epyon is sure to make this kit much better.  I will be using to MG Wing Gundam EW this time as opposed to the ver KA that I used in 2005 (the EW wasn't released untill 2011)  This is probably going to be 2 to 3 projects away, but I wanted to show off that the base kit has arrived!

MG Tallgeese EW: WIP Part 6

So didn't quite make the goal I set for this weekend as Tallgeese only has one leg tonight, but the left one is done just not pieced together yet, I'll do that after work tomorrow.  However I am pleased with the progress that did happen because the legs did get finished and both arms and shoulders got flat coated tonight as well.  Hopefully I'll be able to get the mobile suit party all assembled tomorrow night, and then all that's left are the thruster pods, gun, and shield!  Here's some pics of where we're at as of tonight, the next WIP will probably be the last before the final!

RG Freedom: Complete

After a lot of work, my Real Grade Freedom is finally done, and I think it was a fitting suit to be my first RG.  Can't wait to do my RG Destiny Gundam, which I may end up doing after the MG Tallgeese, we'll see...  I'll probably do a full review of this guy after I get an action base to put him on, but for now here's some pics I took a few days ago, enjoy.