And now for something slightly different. Photos below were taken during a visit to Gundam Front Tokyo back in 2012. Bandai was preparing themselves for re-release of that series by asking different modellers to make dioramas related to it. The result was quite stunning, attention to detail and overall color scheme was incredible. At the moment of visiting GFT I haven't seen 08th MS yet. Now, after watching it I've found those photos and decided to show appreciation for this story.
Enjoy! And watch the anime, if you haven't — it's a solid piece of animation.
I'm getting better at taking photos. You may think otherwise, but I'll stick with my opinion :P
If you remember this guy has been a Work In Progress™ featured previously here (#1, #2, #3). This weekend I sat it down in front of a camera and asked it to pose. Here are the results.
About two weeks ago I've cracked open my first Master Grade box.
This was my first proper gunpla kit.
After being gently pulled into embrace of a new hobby, I've started watching related anime too. Gundam 00 was my first choice; not too old, and largely self-contained. Main protagonist's mobile suit was sleek, fast and was kicking everyone's ass with a set of swords. Obvious candidate to assembly as first ever gunpla kit. I've picked HG grade as I wasn't yet sure whether I'd enjoy this kind of thing, clicked through an order and started to wait for it to arrive.
Once I've snapped it together, I started to wonder what kind of experiments should I expose it to. Panel lining was the easiest thing to do, and the results were impressive. I'd found a set of decals on ebay that were essentially scaled down versions of those available for MG version of Exia. Despite being cheap knock-offs, their quality was surprisingly good; even the tiniest text squigglies turned out fine. Finally, after a lot of waiting and hesitation I've sprayed flat Vallejo varnish on top, to seal everything off, and improve the surface "feel". I'd previously wasted Eva-00 with a generous dose of varnish, and it took me some time to get things right. Definitely switching from a spray can to an airbrush helped a lot.
One photo session later — here it is. Enjoy!
Some people have to deal with their spouses who don't approve of their hobby. In my case, I need to deal with my hobby being enthusiastically adopted by my spouse :P
