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Inspired by some great looking projects out there (such as Khai62‘s) I decided to dust off my kit and snap fit the parts. My first impression is that the kit was huge! Before opening the box (which I’ve had since Decmeber 2011 – I likely opened it up once back then said "woah it’s huge" only to forget until now) I expected it to be about the size of my 1/144 Hildolfr. Guess I missed the part about this kit being 1/35 scale.
Psycho-Pass takes place in a futuristic Japan (I guess) where society is governed by tests which index people’s personality traits. The tests help determine best career paths and, most importantly, the likelihood that they might commit a violent crime. Psycho-Pass tells the story of a police division whose task is to stop those who commit these crimes and are likely to do so. A proper synopsis from Wikipedia…
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In the near future it is possible to instantaneously measure a person’s mental state, personality, and the probability that a person will commit crimes with a device installed on each citizen’s body called the Psycho-Pass. When this probability, measured by the "Crime Coefficient" index, is too high in some individuals those individuals are pursued and apprehended — with lethal force, if necessary. This task is performed by a special team of potential criminals called Enforcers, who are supervised by police officers known as Inspectors; the Inspectors ensure that Enforcers perform their duties within the constraints of the law. Enforcers and Inspectors employ special weapons called "Dominators" that are designed to fire only on those with a higher than normal Crime Coefficient. The story follows Unit 1 of the Public Safety Bureau’s Criminal Investigation Division. |
Psycho-Pass is another piece from Production I.G, directed by Naoyoshi Shiotani, and written by Gen Urobuchi (Fate/Zero, Blassreiter). It’s already been licensed in the US by everyone’s favorite Chris Sabat employer, FUNimation.
Oooh, now with Mari’s new Eva unit (Unit-09?)…
Thanks to this trailer 4 the Answer is going to be stuck in my head all day.
Recently I acquired a second-hand PG 00 Gundam from a modeler in Australia. In my haste to get it up on it’s stand and take a look at it I accidentally broke the little piece of plastic that’s supposed to connect the huge kit to the stand (smooth thinking there, Bandai). Early attempts to fix it were less than successful, so, to the internet I turned. Turns out you can buy display stand purposely built for the PG 00 Gundam… for only 90-fucking-dollars. $90, for just an oversize d action base? I really hope that’s just inflated due to demand and not a serious price tag from Bandai. Not willing to dump so much on so little I kept looking and found one of these…
Here it is, so hot off the presses that it’s not even a properly captured video!
After all this waiting anything new or unexpected? Well… no, not really. At the least it hints at more Asuka and Mari battle shenanigans. It’ll be a long, long wait until the BluRay release and eventual subbed rip here in the USA. Sigh.
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For me, and I imagine many other model collectors, the biggest enemy of a completed project is dust. Nothing like checking out your collection to find everything is coated in a nice layer of grey. THis is why for the longest time I’ve been thinking about getting a glass enclosure for my Gunpla models. Something nice to display them in while protecting them from the unavoidable everyday dust. Living in an apartment and putting together a full blown, wall long, built in display cabinet is out of the question (someday I will have one, damn it!).
Instead I started looking at curio cabinets, Pulaski being one of the largest and most respected manufactures. They make some great cabinets but there were two issues, the size and the cost. A good sized cabinet would not only take up too much wall space for me but cost me upwards of $1600. They’re also a lot more showy then I prefer. I tend to prefer clean lines and many Pulaski curio cabinets are better suited to stand alone in the middle of a classic dining room then a simple/mish-mashed place such as my own. Though well designed they also feature unnecessary additions (which also raise the price) such as specialized doors and a mirror back. All around they’re fantastic but more than I need and more than I want to spend right now.
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Ah, here it is. My latest Gundam Unicorn creation, a Banshee more specifically, themed in the lovable Titan’s colour scheme. Blue and gold has always been one of my favorite schemes, well before I saw Zeta Gundam ages ago. To see this kit come together and look pretty damn amazing, with the yellow details here and there, is a long time coming. The project was envisioned months ago before I convinced PatrickGrade (of GundamGuy fame) to part with his Banshee.
