Gouf "Lionheart"


Go go gadget whip! Not Monique's favorite weapon though. Added some silver to the grey to give it some metallic shine.
Uggarrrrhhh! Monique is ready to chop some GMs.	Cockpit and chest detail.
The unexciting back with nozzle armor removed. "My techniques often overheats the thrusters, so I prefer to leave them off" Monique explained.	Finger missles!

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Introduction

Scale
1/100

Maker
Bandai

Completed
12/03

Retail
2500yen

For some unknown reasons I like Gouf 10x better than the Zakus. Of course, the Gouf Custom is even better, but the Master Grade Gouf can still hold his own. In the search of those Master Grade figures, I convinced myself to get this kit so that I can have the Crowley Hamon figure, but I also like Gouf enough. Moreover, I wanted to experiment with a few modifications before trying them on the Gouf Custom.

The Ramba Ral Gouf looks a bit boring, so I give this Gouf to the Zeon ace Monique Lionheart, who specializes in GM destruction with her masterful swordsmanship. She painted her spunky caricature on the shield and a lion on the heart of the Gouf. When Zeon was defeated on Earth, she successfully faked her own death by self-destruction of her beloved Gouf, changed her name and live happily thereafter...

Kit Review

The MG Gouf is a pretty good kit and I like it. Have some gripes however, namely the lack of mobility of the soles and POOR hands. Bandai was still experimenting with cheap hands and the Gouf ones are horrible - they don't look good and they don't work. It's just a scam to force people to buy their EX-GKP resin hands! Of course I got mugged too :) All the joints are pretty sturdy except the knee. The upper polycap of the doubly jointed is pretty loose and makes the Gouf difficult to pose sometimes.

Building

I added double joints to the feet to improve mobility, and also lowered the axis of the groin by 1-1.5mm to make the Gouf more sporty. Having looked at the chest styling on Ramba Ral's Zaku I, I added something similar... otherwise Gouf's chest is too plain! The B-club Gouf hands looks great, but they have this bad system - you get 6 "pegs" which you plug into the 5 hands, but 2 are for Zakus, 2 Gouf and 2 Kaempfer! WTF?! In reality I only get 2 Gouf hands, which makes no sense at all. Someone tell me if I'm missing something... otherwise it's another blatant rip-off.

Having more experience with weathering I use more restraints on this kit than my Ez8. I use mostly oil for washing and oil mixed with cold wax for drybrushing. The latter is wonderful, it allows you to achieve a pastel-like effect and a lot of control.

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