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That guy really went to town on the weathering! Getting a smooth glow would be really difficult for this, there would have to be lots of leds spaced carefully.
Originally Posted by Vector Prime
Speaking of LED lit Unicorn Gundams, anyone want to attempt this?
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Pull your finger out and get cracking!
Zee Zulu > Geara Zulu?
I disagree. Geara Zulu looks awesome.
Yes, it's very impressive.
Wish I could create something like that.
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Ask and you will receive:Speaking of which, what the hell happened to the other OTCA Gunpla builders?
Psycho Gundam (Base Mode)
Psycho Gundam (Base Mode next to 1/144 HG Seven Swords Gundam)
Psycho Gundam (Gundam mode next to 1/144 HG Seven Swords Gundam)
MG Crossbone Gundam
1/100 HG 00 Gundam with O Raiser
HGUC 1/144 HG Sazabi and Nu Gundam
HGFC 1/144 HG Master Gundam and Fuunsaiki and G Gundam
HGUC 1/144 HG ZZ Gundam, Unicorn Gundam and GP01 Fb01 Gundam
HGUC 1/144 HG Hi-NU Gundam
Group shot (10 points to anyone who can guess what all those Gundams have in common)
The display shelf
I was actually disappointed with the MG Crossbone which was one of my Gundam grails for a while. It looks great but the build was unsatisfying. There were pieces which were not cut properly so I had to trim them, pieces didn't fit together as securely as other kits I've put together and the crossbow itself is too heavy to be held in the hand for posing. But as a display piece, its certainly unique in he collection.
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OMG! Fungal, where have you been hiding?
Nice collection there.
As for what those Gundams have in common, well, they're all 1/144 scale Gundams - that's my guess.
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HG PSYCO GUNDAM!!!
I NEED to get that kit.
Totally agree with MG Crossbone full cloth. Weapons too heavy, pieces falling off everywhere but dang does it look good. If you can get it on a base with a good pose and use a second stand for the weapon, it can look really nice. Otherwise it is a very nice mech wasted on a "broken" kit. Sometimes Katoki is just way too ambitious. This is a prime example and also the MG V Gundam. HG size with the detail of a MG and also transforms! Peices were so small that it's easy to break. Although it has the best engineering I've seen in a gunpla kit so far. The transformation almost has the mech invert itself and fold out into a flat piece. Then there's that arm and legs. I need to build the V-Dash version just thinking about it! Eeee.
Anyway, I totally geeked out then. Nice collection Fungal.
Cat, build that Astraea!!!
As for that light up HG Unicorn Destroy Mode. The lighting work is phenomenal! The shoulder lights and thrusters on the back and, as gamblor said, the filtering to avoid light bleed would have been some meticulous work. All in a size of a HG! I'm not too fond of the paint scheme though. It's a little over the top and over worked with the intense amount of weathering. Just not to my tastes.
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New pics have been released of the upcoming MG Duel Assault Shroud... looks pretty fab!
Article and pics here
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I'm wondering if it will reuse the Strike plates as Assault Shroud without the armor is a modified Strike frame. The kit will tell I guess. Looking forward to Blitz, Aegis and Buster more.
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I'm just disappointed that there haven't been any Zeon suits announced as being in the pipeline - where the hell is our MG Kshatriya, Bandai?
Also, I still don't think they've milked the v2.0 Zaku frame enough yet - give us Doble Zabi's custom Zaku (trust me, it looks awesome, imagine Sinanju's gold trim & elegance on a Zaku wielding a mssive Heat Hawk).
Or at the very least, a v2.0 Gouf custom complete with massive gatling gun, not that little one that came on the ltd ed v2.0 MS Igloo one
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Well there is already a LOT of Zeon mechs out in MG and especially HG. But yes, not enough in comparison to the leads and secondary mechs. Unfortunately this year they are focusing on AGE and SEED. So maybe you might like the UE mechs in AGE and perhaps they can reuse the Zaku v.2 frame on a MG SEED Gunner/Warrior Zaku.
A MG Kshatriya was considered actually. Bandai engineers made a prototype but the four Sub-Arms were way too heavy and the mech itself needed metal rods to weigh it down and support the huge things. The cost of the metal rods, let alone such a huge mech the Kshatriya is means almost the price of a Perfect Grade. They don't think it will be a profitable venture. They have made a MG Perfect Zeong and even The-O but they were simple really, just huge panels. The Kshatriya Sub-Arms hosted 24 funnels and they moved with little arms inside. So it would have needed a lot more plates due to the complexity of it. Mind you, I'd probably bite for a MG version.
I'd rather a PG Unicorn.Due to it's popularity as a highly desired and requested PG, I think it might happen.
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As for a PG Unicorn... LEDs galore I imagine for when it's in destroy mode.
Time they did a Zeon PG me thinks - if they're doing a Unicorn, they would surely have to do a Sinanju shortly thereafter?
That's something that I'd be all over right away - if it's even just a larger scale MG with the same engineering, I'm sure the fandom would still buy them like hotcakes.
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