Introduction Scale 1/100 Maker Bandai Completed 01/2005 Retail 4200yen Spolier alert! The Freedom became the main hero mech in the second half of Gundam Seed and the first half of Seed Destiny. It was pretty invincible in all, except experienced some difficulty fighting Providence and got whacked by a very smart Shinn in his… Continue reading Freedom
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Gundam Astray Red Frame
Introduction Scale 1/100 Maker Bandai Completed 11/2004 Retail 2000yen The Astray Red Frame is one of the three prototypes of the Gundam Astray, the latter being the main grunt mech of the Orb Union. Each Astray prototypes has their own characteristics, with the Red having better power output. Obviously borrowed from the image of a… Continue reading Gundam Astray Red Frame
Strike Rouge
2770 Introduction Scale 1/100 Maker Bandai Completed 01/2005 Retail 4200yen Spolier alert! In another brave attempt to squeeze every last penny of fanboys, Gundam Seed introduced another variation of Strike during the final episodes – the Strike Rouge, piloted by Kagari. The concept was a bit abhorrent at first, since Strike is a pretty masculine… Continue reading Strike Rouge
Blitz
Introduction Scale 1/100 Maker Bandai Completed 11/2004 Retail 2000yen Gundam Seed has gotten me into another round of robot obsession lately. The show does the “sentai” thing again with 5 initial Gundams to sell more toys, but the new designer they employed, Junichi Akutsu, cranked out some of the best designs. Strike was an instant… Continue reading Blitz
Nuku Nuku jogging
4889 Introduction Scale 1/4 Sculptor Bome Maker Kaiyodo Completed 1/01 Parts 11 Retail 18000yen This is the bigzzest kit I’ve built so far, she stands over 50 cm in height. She’s extremely cute; while I’m not a “Bome-fanatic”, I do see the attraction of some of his cute kits, and he does hair very well.… Continue reading Nuku Nuku jogging
Shinji and Asuka
Introduction Scale 1/8 Sculptor Teraoka Kuniaki 寺岡邦明 Maker Kaiyodo Completed 2/13.01 Parts 27 Retail 18000yen This kit is the 3D representation of a watercolor painting by Sakamoto, the character designer of Evangelion. It appears in Volume 3 (?) of the Eva manga. Apparently the kit didn’t sell very well as HLJ used to sell this… Continue reading Shinji and Asuka
Faye Valentin
4895 Introduction Scale 1/6 Sculptor 戸部仁人 Maker Heavy Gauge Completed 7/14/00 Parts 10 Retail 10800yen Faye Faye! The infamous herione from Cowboy Bebop, a great series. Faye is a woman on the run from massive gambling debt, and joined up with the bounty hunters Spike and Jet on the spaceship Bebop. I like Faye a… Continue reading Faye Valentin
Aeka Jurai 阿重霞
Introduction Scale 1/4 Sculptor ? Maker 烈風 / Reppuu Completed 8/28/01 Parts 14 Retail 9800yen Aeka is the shy and insane princess of Jurai from Tenchi Muyo. Not a big fan of the show, but his kit’s expression is priceless so I picked her up. I think the suit she’s in isn’t a swimsuit but… Continue reading Aeka Jurai 阿重霞
Female Guyver
Introduction Scale 1/6 Sculptor ? Maker Max Factory Completed 98 Parts 11 Retail 4800yen This is the Female Guyver (Guyver 2) the OVA Guy: Out of Control. I really like the design of guyvers, would have like the female guyver even more if the proportions are done better. Thought it’s not slim enough to be… Continue reading Female Guyver
Misato Katsugari (movie ver.)
Introduction Scale 1/6 Sculptor 五右衛門 Maker Newline Completed 6/18/01 Parts 13 Retail 9800yen Rendition of Misato as her cool self in the movie The End of Evangelion, one of my favorite. I took many in progress shots this time and used them in my tutorial. [The rest of this Introduction contains spoilers to the movie]… Continue reading Misato Katsugari (movie ver.)