Long ago, in the depths of 2008, I built a Perfect Grade Char’s Zaku II. It was horrible. A travesty of all things great. A concoction of orange peel’d gloss and stickers. Thus, 2012 being the end of the world, the only proper thing to do would be to light it on fire and sing a sad song in remembrance. Or I could cover it in awesome.
Yeah, I’ll do go with the awesome option instead. Okay, maybe I’m being a bit presumptuous of myself.
After some work I’ve completed the wing structure for my PG Strike Freedom, and painted ’em.
Instead of a blueish-black they’re now a flat black (with a bit of temp gloss coat to protect the paint for the time being).
The gold bits have all been repainted and they look fantastic.
For comparison, a straight build shot from Dalong…
The new gold looks a lot better.
I’m starting to realize the extent of work that’s going to go into this kit. Not just because it’s huge (I giggled like girl when I saw how fucking massive this kit is after attaching the wings for the first time) but because the complex mix of dull and gloss pieces.
So after several different attempts I finally have some completed wings for my PG Strike Freedom. I decided to paint them prior to construction so I didn’t have to worry about misplacing parts during disassembly.
Eventually I’ll paint in the recessed parts instead of using the stickers provided with the kit. The gold pieces in the tips are painted.
It’s the new year, and time for some new pictures of my PG Strike Freedom.
I’ve finally finished building out everything except for the weapons and massive wings. The color scheme has been finalized (for the most part) and decals are on their way (a second order, hopefully the last).
In the above photo note the discoloration on the fingers. That’s the difference between the color of the plastic and the gold paint that Bandai coated ’em in. The patchy discoloration is a result of sanding down the nubs. I’ve read that people have complained about how the fingers aren’t cast as one solid piece as was the case with previous PG kits. I don’t have that same complaint. Putting them together was easy and the fact that I can take them apart means that getting a proper coat of paint will be easy.
This WIP post is more so a mini review of the PG Strike Freedom. People have complained about the price tag not being worth the level of detail/design/proportions/lack of gimmicks but I believe they’ve missed one of this kit’s biggest faults.
But first a few shots of progress thus far…
The skirt armor hasn’t been assembled yet. I figured that it would be difficult to separate the outer and inner pieces and that I might as well leave them off as it’s all get a fancy paint job anyhow.
