I mean, if making a product I want is a cash grab, I'm down for it. Sure they're mostly the same model, but having different color separations, a generous difference in decals, and different weapons for each felt pretty good to me.
I didn't grab the Sleggar, but I wouldn't say I was disappointed with the Moroccan Front GM.
https://imgur.com/gallery/southern-cross-ms-06gd-zaku-squad-tCaAlIJ
I finally decided to tackle building the whole Southern Cross Squad from Cucuruz Doan's Island. And after around 3 months of work I am finally done.
This was a bit of a challenge with all of the water decals, especially the commander who had about 125 total water decals. I also have decided that I'm tired of mono-colored weapons and have started painting knife and axe blades. Mono-eye = good, mono-color = not good.
That's a nice looking model. How was the quality of it? How was the build experience?
I feel like that Zaku landed on the bad side of the HG spectrum. But, as a Zaku addict, I'll probably get it anyways.
Except, a pressure gage reads the number it's pointing at. Not 1 hand means the number it's pointing at and the other means 5 times the most recent digit passed plus 1 for each tick mark.
I'd wager that most people would never even see a pressure gage with two hands. Dual-indicating double-bourdon tube differential pressure gages are quite rare in the real world. Usually for that kind of application you'd go digital.
Dating life is hard as a single dad.
I have so far stuck completely with 1/144 models for a few reasons. First is that I can get more of them onto the shelf. Second because it gives me an artificial limit to what I buy, helps me from getting too crazy with the backlog. Also, I do like the aesthetic of looking upon the shelfs and every model appears around the same height.
That 5th star was for making his life worth saving.
The black and transparent blue do go really well together.
That sure is a heckuva kit. Almost as big as it's name!
Looking nice! That's a pretty cool looking kit. So many shields!
Those are some nice looking colors. Great job!
Or as my wife likes to refer to it, the iPhone Zaku. I didn't seem to run into the same build issues that I did when I built the OG RG Zaku II, which had me belly crawling on the floor to find spring-flung beads and supergluing the leg spring mounts.
However, the pauldron sticker with the blue stripes was abysmal trying to get it to match the opposing and ever changing radius curves. The sticker was never going to lay flat. Luckily, there was an unused logo that matched the one on the stripe sticker, and I had a bottle of acrylic paint that was bought to paint rocks, and had also been recently used on some Warhammer minis that matched the color pretty spot-on. I ended up freehanding the stripes. It isn't perfect, but it definitely looks better than the sticker did.
I haven't put paint to brush in about 20 years, but got an itch and decided to throw together one of these smaller teams using mostly paint the kid had leftover after painting rocks. Now I just need to figure out the rules and find some opponents!
This model is kind of special for me. I spent several months in Korea last year on an extended work trip. I got to go to a Gundam Base for the first time and knew that I had to get at least one Gundam Base limited model as a souvenir. Among all of the MG size and translucent models I found the one Gundam that I enjoy with my HG/RG mono-eye loving heart. Of course, they released the GBK-20 two months after I got back to the states, but alas.
The model build was pretty standard fare for an HG. The Caletvwlches were more involved than I expected, each of the 3 being a whole sprue worth of parts unto itself. Getting the dual-handed hold on the dual blade S mode was difficult enough that I almost gave up.
Finally got my Maxter in the mail. I can honestly say that there is nothing more American than wearing football pads while shooting sixguns from a surfboard. Of course he looks great fighting against his little Rose friend.
The concept and the look of the Slave Wraiths intrigued me so I was excited to put together my first matching squad of gunpla. The Slave Wraith logo decals look quite good for stickers, but I might want to find some water slide versions later to "deputize" other models.
Also getting better at my new game of "balance on one foot" instead of just ponying up for more stands.
I finished putting together the XM-XX Ghost Gundam, and holy crap this was the best model building experience I've ever had. While the special shiny finish was perfect, the massive amount of undergates helped maintain the finish, except some of the arm pieces.
However, the true standout was just how well every piece fit together. These pieces slid together like they were made out of silk. It just felt so nice.
This was a long, but overall enjoyable build. The waist comes apart easily if you try to pick up the model by the torso, but holds positioning better than most. Maybe I'll feel like putting the water slides on one of these days.
Also, I finally got another mono eye in the backlog so I can stop faffing about with these gundam types.
Great completely bonkers movie. Also surprisingly pro-trans.