I haven't done any work on my model kits these days - it definitely feels like, forever!
Any ways, progress is absolutely slow on my side. What with the holidays and time-consuming shopping sprees looking for gifts that only a number of people will appreciate. As they say, "It's better to give than to receive."
Plus, been busy with other things - some pre-orders came in this month, and well, nostalgia follows. Also, Gundam Build Fighters is absolutely building up... excitement! Not to mention Kill La Kill!
Figma 200 Hatsune Miku 2.0 - my first!!! ^_^
The family's getting bigger - I gotta get me my own shelf!
They have Constantine and the Dean brothers, we have Trese.
A second piece for OnePiece - an SCultures Princess Shirahoshi
Best thing with my holiday so far is, I got this kawaii SD 00 Gundam Seven Sword G from the raffle at the office! Someone didn't want it, I guess. Built it in an hour or so, soon as I got home. Cute as hell.
Uhuh yeah! Also got that Gaiman book on my wishlist!
Teeny-weeny arms - my first SD.
Anyway, here's some work-in-progress on the RX-78-2 Ver. 3.0!!!
I was shopping at this surplus shop in Makati and found these.
Perfect.
Se detailed.
The instructions are very adept.
I like that these plates (?) have a hue difference.
Having some fun.
The torso as built.
Pilots from previous models:
Char Aznable, Heero Yuy and Zechs Merquise
Testing the head on some LED light.
The difference panel lining can make!
These. Arrr.
Very time consuming.
Then someone told me I could have done with a gold/bronze
Artline marker. LOL
Testing the head again - well, admiring it this time - with a pink LED unit.
Arms done, yo!
A "side-by-side" comparison.
I did not like what happened
to those stickers after installing the parts in.
Here's a side by side with the earlier Ver 2.0 for comparison:
Aaaand here's a look at the promised expansion set excluded from the deal, look at that decal sheet:
Gunplars are claiming the unit to be an upscaled version of the 1/144 RG Rx-78-2 Gundam and would be a waste of time to acquire, however, I wouldn't know since I haven't bought any of the earlier versions!
I think it's all very EXCITING, though! (yeah well, maybe coz' I don't have an RX78-2 yet!)
Char's salmon Zaku has been sitting on my desk for a month now and I'm all up to the upper body parts as to date.
Well, I'm awfully loaded on the weekends!
This has been my weekend schedule:
10:00 pm (Friday) - 10:00 am (Saturday) = SLEEP
10:00 am - 2:00 pm = EAT
2:00 pm - 7:00 pm = SLEEP
7:00 pm - 10:00 pm = EAT, FACEBOOK, MOVIE
10:00 pm - 1:00 am (Sunday) = CANDY CRUSH (!)
1:00 am - 10:00 am =SLEEP
Repeat
See how busy I am?!
At least, one highlight I was really having fun with was my discovery underneath the Zaku torso - just 'coz I'm a sucker for funny faces.
"WHOA MY GAHD!"
I couldn't stop giggling when I saw this!!! LOOK AT IT!! Some kinda WALL-E funny shit! I thought it WAS funny so I took another shot.
LOL. It's like it saw something he shouldn't have seen!!! Which was...maybe... ME. O_O
hahahahahahahah!
EH-nyway.Although that part was funny I had a kind of hard time with those teeny weeny cylinders. They were grouped together and you had to snip away carefully bit by bit, then slide them over to the real cable.
Between the torso and the arms, my much awaited comic title was released. So when I got back home after the comic release, all I ever touched was the comic. Marvel put out this awesome new gig for the X-Men and it's an all woman team! I love how they re-conceptualize their outfits to fit the individual X-Men's needs. Arrgh. Couldn't wait to get the next issue. My 'dealer' has already alerted me that they have it in stock now!
The arm was a pretty solid build, nothing fancy (as in the words of experienced gunplars). My problem came with the really cool hand. Unlike the 3 previous models I have built before, this comes with the very complex finger points, it is after all a Zaku 2.0. It has all the articulation points close to a real hand, I had a tough time cutting away the small pieces and sticking 'em together - unlike the Epyon where you just slip on the pre-bent fingers on a slit in the hand.
Ain't nobody got time fo' dat!
Sometime after that, DC released the new Superman title 'Superman Unchained', consequently with the movie release of 'Man of Steel'. I thought it was high time for me to get me attached to Superman like I did with Batman, so I went down to Castle Geek to go get me a copy along with the new Killjoy comics by my crush My Chemical Romance frontman Gerard Way. I got a bit depressed over the weekend, though, because I couldn't have the time to go out and watch Man of Steel on the big screen. And you guessed right, building was delayed for another week.
This was all I came up with that weekend.
The next week, I was feeling kinda sorry for the Zaku. I thought, "Hey, Char is waiting for his unit. You can't let Char wait." I went down to business as soon as I got home. And... well... I still didn't finish it.
I was super excited that I got to finish the upper body, that when I caught a glimpse of its decals - shit, I wan't those decals on, NOW! So there goes my time - wasted on putting on the dry transfers and the teeny weeny stickers.
Pink!
Around that time and now I had a drastic change to my appearance. I had absolutely long hair just two weeks ago, I had 'em chopped off and BAM! I've never looked and felt this GOOD before!
To which the Zaku did not reciprocate:
Finish me now, fucker.
Well, as the song says;
"You gotta count on me, I'm gonna get it done, get it done - before the night segues the day - we gotta operate!" - Procrastinator, Sandwich
Hope my next post will be about the dramatic ending of Mr. Zaku and a new hope (or beginning) for a new model kit. ^_^
With vacations and get-a-ways happening and being planned, an on-and-off relationship with my model kits is inevitable. Not to mention I haven't been to managing my pre-orders. T_T
The Wing Gundam Ver. Ka I've been working on has already been postponed three times!
I'm just glad I had free time last Friday (my boss told me to skip work). I got to do Wing the whole day!
And because I'm such a slow noob worker, I only got to finish the unit - the awesome weapons and shield are left to be established another time....
So while those are waiting, I captured some noob shots of the Wing Gundam.
These are from my Instagram.
Early today me and my extended fam were out walking around this sweet mountaintop golf course in one of the country's cool tourist cities.
Anyways. Enjoyed a lot but suffered some cause you know, its a walk. Haha
Well, before I head back to my day job in the big Makati City tomorrow, I thought I'd share my latest development with the Wing Gundam Ver. Ka. Not that it's that big of an addition. LOL Noob alert!
As I completed the torso and arms yesterday, I pulled out my camera and started to fool around.
Birdie!
It reminds me of SailorMoon uniforms. LOL
You fold 'em down for when you transform into Bird Mode! Coolness
One does not simply imitate a very famous meme.
Come on, man, I'm not even complete yet!
BFFs!
Literally "hanging" around with good ol' buddy Epyon!
Well, now that the holidays are officially over, I'm gonna head out to the real world once again. I'll be coming back to finish him off next weekend! (I hope!).
And here's a view from today's getaway! My first time riding a funicular! >_<
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