Gunpla

The following just showed up on Samuel Decal's news feed...

For those too lazy to open up Google Translator, 月 means month, so this list represents August through November of this year. The notes following the PG Unicorn and Banshee seem to indicate that it's currently in a testing phase and my premier at this year's Chara Hobby???

On Flickr

Just as soon as I finished building my MG Banshee, things begin again. The 6th, and perhaps final, member of my MG Unicorn family has arrived - the MG Full Armor Unicorn.

It comes after my MG Delta Plus placed first in Gundam Australia Forum's Delta Group Build. A special thanks to Sonar, of Gundam Australia, and Ryan Sabourin of HLJ.

Time to start keep building! 

I just wanted to take a quick minute to share my early impressions of the latest member of my MG Gundam Unicorn collection, the Master Grade Banshee. P.S. Be forewarned, it's incredibly late after a long day at work and this article is probably full of incoherent sentences and half finished thoughts.

The Mobile Suit Gundam novels are Zaku approved!

I've decided to move back the submission deadline to midnight of April 7th. That gives everyone an extra week to submit their entries. As you can see I've got the novels already and they're just waiting to make their way to our lucky winners. I haven't started to read my copy yet but I've certainly heard some interesting things from PenguinTruth who received a copy as well. A lot of new insights into the events of the First Year War and the events in the original series!

I'm nearing the end of my PG Zaku refurbishment. Enjoy a few photos of the kit pre-full armament...

Click to Enlarge | On Flickr

Click to Enlarge | On Flickr

In conjunction with r/Gundam and r/Gunpla we're pleased to announce our first ever Gunpla competition, Gunpla Posers!

For our first (hopefully not last) Gunpla competition we wanted to do something a bit different than a lot of the other ones out there. Gunpla Posers is not looking for the best paint job, the best photo, or the best custom work. Instead we're looking for the best pose.

I've been making decent progress on my clear PG Zaku, though I ran into issues.

Click to Enlarge | On Flickr

Click to Enlarge | On Flickr

It's been a long haul (the project officially started August 4th, 2011) but my MG Delta Plus has finally been completed. This morning I flipped a coin to see which should come first, my retrospective of the kit or all the pretty photos. Thus, if you'd like to read about the trials and tribulations of this build continue on. If you'd just like to scope out the pretty pictures just jump forward to the latter section of this article!

Over on Gundam Guy you can check out my review of the latest 1/48 Mega Size kit, Gundam AGE-1. Check it out!

As I mentioned over here, I've started to test all of my paints on cheap plastic spoons to get the feel for a colour before applying it to a kit. Instead of just hogging them for myself, I've decided to share them here. Granted, there's no better experience then testing out the colours yourself. The true colour of the paints will vary from the photos due to fluctuating camera settings and even the setup of your own monitor.

Note - The shade of these colors may change based on usage, especially the underlying base coat. All of these paint samples done straight on top of white plastic spoons. Unless otherwise stated there no primer or topcoat has been used. You can read more on how primer effects paint colours here.