Wednesday, January 4, 2012

MG Gundam Exia Carbon Graphite Gold Frame


Here is the review of the MG Gundam Carbon Graphite Gold Frame. Quite long for a description. Nonetheless, this kit that I have during the vacation caught my interest on the inner frame of the kit. This is the reason why apart from giving much attention on the paint job of the armor, I put more effort on the details of the frame. Thus, I painted it with a mixture of gold and metallic graphite to achieve the effect.


Out of the Box: MG Gundam Exia


I just can't get out from the hang of it so I let the the MG Gundam Exia out after the snap fit and decided to square it off with my Tieren. A preview of what I'll add up on my next post.


Tuesday, January 3, 2012

Tieren Desert Storm Ground Type 1:100

This kit has been a typical playing ground for experimenting different types of weathering from soft to hard and battle damages. This kit is so popular from the 00 gundam series that is used by the Human Reform League in its ground warfare with the celestial beings. It has enormous amount of photos floating around the net so I won't bother to post here any out of the box pics to avoid redundancy.

I think this has been the kit that I have assembled quickest so far. It took me a day to snap-fit the parts together. Then another day to paint the entire thing, and lastly, another full day to put weathering and battle damages. Unfortunately, after completing it, it took me weeks before to post it here. Another kit in the pipeline caught my attention and I have left the Tieren standing on the shelf collecting dust.





Thanks to the runners of my MG Shin Musha, it has extra lots of parts and I was able to salvage its spiked flail mace. Then I added a chain to hold it together. 

Haro's Gunpla Meter

Hello everyone! I've just added a new and simple way of reviewing the kits. To be more concise and straightforward, Haro will show us how the kits are ranked and reviewed.

Monday, January 2, 2012

Gundam Unicorn "Ver Ka" Metallic Inox Steel Finish

The review of this Unicorn Ver Ka really took me some time to post during the holiday season. Although I had already finished doing the kit, my daughter got sick and I had to look after her. But anyway, because this kit is way popular and a lot of photos floating around the net, I didn't bother to pound this post with tons of out of the box pics. Secondly, I have to admit in advance that I'm disappointed with this kit. I mean there is one particular thing that turned me-off. Its articulation. . I bet most of the poses you will see around the net, this unicorn is just standing. Of course, with the use of an action base you can play around with its poseability but in terms of the legs movability, personally its a failure in my opinion.


Thursday, December 8, 2011

MG Gundam Sandrock EW Roll-Out Color Version

Definitely there is no denying that I was eagerly itching to paint this kit after I had snapped-fit it a few days ago. After this is I'll be back to my destroy mode to finally wrap up the Unicorn. Anyway, here is the so called roll-out version - ala Exia roll-out color that I also previously did with the Gundam Virtue. At first, I thought of retaining the original white color   of the OOB because it's already a bit fine. It has a sort of off-white but still quite "plasticky" when stared at. So I then proceeded in painting it. 

The customisation I had made revolved only with the paint job. I had painted it with a flat grey and graphite. Metallic blue and honey gold for the accents. Later on, I applied soft weathering. Then of course the decals. Photos are all raw - no photoshop tricks here.




I tinkered with the B/W of my camera. Hmmmm... quite serene or dramatic for a portrait.