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. ^_^
Seeing that my post for the Sinanju OVA vs Ver. Ka has been kind of popular (based on my view chart, anyway) and I haven't been posting anything since forever, I am now sharing you what has recently caught my attention in the Gundam Modelling World care of Gundam Guy's blog post!
It's not every day your jaw drops and puke rainbows after seeing something awesome.
Look at those awesome details!!!
Well, I guess someone DID have time for that!!! Those meme pictures say outright how i fucking feel.
If you want to feel the same or more, go visit Gundam Guy's post Sinanju Ver. Ka Painted Build.
Wow! Its been weeks (!) since I last posted, and I'm still going to post Wing Gundam shots! This time though, I took time to put him on a stand. But that is where all my efforts stop because I was anxious and so I disregard the background - I was also watching Game of Thrones! Silly me. hihi
I didn't even had time to edit them on Photoshop.
Hot days like these (its freaking summer in the Philippines), I get all lazy. Meh.
Now, Epyon's got a playmate and my one shelf space is getting full because their wings take so much space! Haha
Its a stand-off!
Blah, blah, blah, blah...
Meh.
I had trouble with pointing the Buster Rifle, it keeps pointing down .
See? Come to think of it, the box photos show it that way also. Hmm...
I really like the look of the Bird Mode. Its one thing I like with Gundam Wing units - transformation!
Zwing!
I almost cried putting on the dry transfers. It was hell.
So, the glass table effect has awesomeness to it.
The Buster Rifle. Brings terror just by looking at it...meh!
I never had time posing Wing Gundam to its glorified effects... I... I... I got lazy...!!! huhuhuhu
But look who was brought in to the office last week?!
Eggzoiting!!! ^____________^
I took a photo of my small collection. This one is from my Instagram. I think I have to get another shelf... (I'm sharing the bookshelf with my engineer mom, hence the cylinders). Featuring my other toys, POP Batman, Ketchup Bottle Chowder and Annoying Yashichi from Mirmo!
Those top coats need to be used! hah! One of these days, I guess.
So, I saw Gundam Guy's post about the Gundam World 2013 Exhibition.
Char Aznable is the theme.
OMG!!! I heart CHAR!!!! >_<
But I guess I don't love him enough to drop everything and go there right now. Hahahahaha! <<-- Action Mask laugh.
Further reading into GG's post, I found the video was posted by Gtoys blog, which was in nihongo, which I don't understand because I'm too lazy to click the translate button, so I just scrolled down to the videos. If you can read nihongo, then feel free to browse Gtoys blog. Here's from Youtube.
One of these days, I'mma build me a Zaku helmet.
For my friends who are near Sapporo Factory and planning to visit there, I envy you - especially since this exhibit's admission is free.
I wish Manila featured big events like these. Meh.
So I just realized that Ver Ka's are for standing poses. Well, that lot's a bit of a downer.
But I still love this model, the colors are so fucking bright! It's an awesomely candy colored figure! It stands out actually.
I'm still a way off from completing this though, the shield and the rifle are still waiting for assembly.
Well, I completed the gundam unit just days ago, and here's some annoying unartistic photos which despite the lack of focus, I like to show around. Some of it you've seen from my last post, I guess. Haha.
Like the Epyon, I posed him like Prince Cedie without his Wings.
Just posing him that way looks a bit awkward...
Much better!
Way out of focus, girl!
Nice, nice...
"OMG, where's my V-fin?!"
Sitting pretty! ^_^
I tried doing what Gaijin Gunpla does on his models. He absolutely stood there all day like that.
While I was having fun posing him around (well, taking different angles of one pose is more like it), his v-fin keep falling off so I did the best thing and super glued it to that mofo of a head.
The decals are going to come in later, I read they were a pain in the ass to stick on, especially they were absolutely minute details. Seems exciting!
Yesterday, my brother celebrated his 20th birthday, and relatives came to party. One little cousin of mine, Deus, was excited to see my small collection and wanted to get his picture taken with the set. He was all smiles looking and pointing at the mecha and I could really see his amazement! And for that one brief moment, I could almost say, "This is why I build Gunpla." Here's his pic!
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.
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