HG GQuuuuuuX Completed 2025-11-28 Had an incident with the head crest where it broke into four (!) different pieces in my hands, I'm happy that I was able to fix it but still not quite looking how I'd like. Other than that pretty impressive for an HG, not TOO many color correcting stickers.

I want to do 3 different Wing kits next, 2 MGs and an RG. I figured to stay consistent with what I did on the Tallgeese a while back I'll paint all the yellow bits the same shade of gold - might as well do it all at once, since it's a multi-day process and not that many parts.

Been recovering from some surgery the past few weeks making it difficult to do things like crawl under my desk to find gunpla pieces I inevitably drop on the floor. But I'm ready to get back into it now. Wanted to start with something light, plus the build just looks like it'll be a fun one.

"Fat Cat" 1/100 RG RX-78-2 Completed 2025-10-21 Some of those joints were so tight my thumbs were sore for days afterwards. That kind of works in its favor in the end though - it's an absolute joy to pose. Kind of did my own thing with the decals since the MG Origin ones I had didn't quite fit.

Just realized it was actually 1 year ago today since I built my first model. I've come a long way but still plenty more to learn - the model show I visited today was definitely both humbling and inspiring.

Stopped by the Torcan model show today, figured I'd post some of the cool stuff I saw there. The vast majority of the floor was dedicated to things like military and car models but there was a decent amount of gunpla and other mecha.

HG Scopedog Completed 2025-08-27 Fully painted with some weathering. Starting to get the hang of this. The model itself was a breeze to assemble, though it does kinda make me want to seek out one of those 1/24 older kits with a cockpit and Chirico figure.

Also got the Yuanzu Fat Cat, any resemblance to the RG 2.0 RX-78-2 upscaled to 1/100 is purely coincidental. I've got some newfangled water based Stedi panel liner as well that should be safe to use on bare plastic even if this is ABS like reported.

Couple new pickups today - finally got a good price on Daizengar to be ready for when Bandai announces HG Aussenseiter...any day now. But yeah, going to paint him I think. It's a cool kit that apparently doesn't use stickers but I think I could do some cool stuff with it.

Here's what I'll be doing next - planning to fully paint this one and experiment with weathering techniques. Wanna make it real grimy looking. Also got a new airbrush that I'm definitely looking forward to trying out on this guy, from early testing seems like a nice upgrade from my GHAD-39.

You thought it was Tallgeese, but it was me! Leo!

MG Tallgeese Completed 2025-08-14 This one is partially painted, I wanted to change it to the 'anime version' colours. But I also made some other adjustments like the head crest and metallic highlights. Had a few rough spots doing this one but I definitely learned a lot in the process. #gunpla

I've been meaning to start MG Tallgeese for a while and all the Gundam Wing talk pushed me over the edge on it. The plan isn't to fully paint it but I do want to convert it to the 'anime version' colour scheme. Except I also want to keep the yellow stuff as gold highlights.

Grandpa is unstoppable now.

Best Mecha Collection RX-78-2 'Revival Ver.' Completed 2025-08-02 Fully painted, tried to keep it simple with as few mistakes as possible. I thought it would just be the EG slightly changed but it's actually got a lot of differences, love how it looks but boy does it ever not articulate much.

Next up, finally managed to get my hands on one of these goofy things. Right off the bat the manual is kinda amazing, has some little history lessons on how far gunpla technology has progressed. Also was surprised to see color separation for the head vulcans, which is an improvement over the EG.

I'd like to airbrush a couple more gunpla as practice, but my real goal is to combine a couple of the 30MM Armored Core 6 kits into an approximation of my 'real' AC. This is a combination of Nightfall and Liger Tail - still deciding on a paint scheme, but it's nice I can preview it in-game.

SDCS Zaku-II Completed 7/25/2025 My first time custom painting gunpla - I didn't base the colour scheme on anything in particular, just thought it'd look cool. Made a lot of mistakes while learning, so I ended up incorporating them into the weathering.

Next up is the SDCS Zaku-II, but I plan on doing a fully painted build this time. Don't know how it'll turn out but worst case, it's about as cheap a kit as you can get here.

For my first test project with this airbrush I'd like to attempt to fix Gunleon's guns. I don't know if I want to do exactly like the example but I could certainly get at least somewhat closer. If the base plastic had been orange I'd probably have attempted it with markers already.

HG Gundam Calibarn Completed 7/17/2025 I picked this one up before I even watched Witch From Mercury because I liked the look of it so much. I could see myself grabbing a few more of this line, this one was great. Also my first time using both holo decals and my airbrush (for a gloss topcoat).

A doodle of a Zaku urbanmech

MG Gundam Vidar Completed 7/2/2025 Vidar has all of the fun of MG Barbatos and not only did they fix some of its issues, they included spare parts to either fix or convert the older inner frame. It's been fun gathering my thoughts about all my models while updating my photos, all caught up now.

HG Weissritter Completed 4/28/2025 Would be cool if they eventually do the upgraded versions of this one and Alt, though I know Kotobukiya has versions of those from years ago. I just really like what Bandai did with the SRW kit designs and they are super fun to build.

EG RX-78-2 Completed 4/23/2025 I've been using this one as a weathering testbed. I did more since the last time I posted it, and will probably keep messing with it (want to try dry brushing next). EGs are surprisingly cool, I like that no stickers were involved.

MG Zaku-II (Char Aznable Custom) Completed 4/20/2025 It was really interesting seeing the technological advancement from that old Gouf Custom I did to this. It's a bit old but holds up great...though, those tubes made my fingers hurt.

MG Ball Ver.Ka Completed 4/4/2025 Fun, unique little kit. Was a little spooked by the arms being entirely ABS so I didn't put any panel liner near them, but I think I've got what I need to do that safely now.

RG God Gundam Completed 3/23/2025 This would probably be my favorite kit if it was 1/100 but it's still pretty great. Didn't have issues with tiny parts this time, maybe I just improved in general since my previous RG.

MG Hyaku Shiki 2.0 Completed 2/24/2025 Got nothing to complain about here, it looks incredible and build experience is immaculate due to extensive undergating. Though honestly I was too scared to do much to it beyond a few dry transfer decals, for fear of ruining the painted finish.

SD RX-78-2 Completed 2/7/2025 Pretty decent aside from the cross on the shield being a sticker. Kinda sad considering the EG version did it with no stickers at all! Regardless, still looks alright for what it is. Though maybe I need to rip that sticker off and just paint it.

MG Sazabi Ver.Ka Completed 2/3/2025 Put a ton of work into this one and got some aftermarket stuff for it to go a little bit further. Eye LED is magnet activated so I don't have to constantly change the battery but it's not too hard to get at.

SD Gogg, Acguy and Zock set Completed 1/25/2025 These guys all came together in a box set, I actually started a different kit (to be posted next) before this. I put these guys together as a little break from that beast. For as simple as they are the Zock and Gogg have some fun eye-moving mechanics.

HG Gunleon Completed 1/13/2025 By far the most impressive 'HG' I've ever done. It barely fits in this photo box. It also has an alternate form, though requires a bit of parts swapping.

HG Grimgerde Completed 1/6/2025 I just got this to mess around while waiting for a different model to show up but had some fun customizing it a little bit. Not so great at standing up straight but can kinda use its swords as crutches.

MG GM Sniper II Completed 1/1/2025 Definitely lived up to its (fantastic) reputation. Super solid build all around, and I love how poseable it is.

RG GaoGaiGar Completed 12/20/2024 Some complicated feelings on this one...the tiny parts pushed my poor old ham hands to their limit but it is *so* cool. It uses every gimmick you can think of and it's almost unbelievable that it can even exist.

SD Zaku-II Completed 12/12/2024 After I finished Barbatos I just felt like doing a simple little guy to take it easy. Still added a few small touches to it like replacing the eye and throwing on some leftover decals.

MG Gundam Barbatos Completed 11/6/2024 This was my first time using water decals, I actually fully decal-ed the inner frame first as practice. Still one of my favourites in terms of looks and build mechanics.

MG Gouf Custom Completed 10/4/2024 Looking back this was a pretty funny one to pick for a first MG. But I learned a lot doing it, and was happy with how it looked in the end. But boy did it have some problems, like weak joints and seam lines I had to fix.

HG Cybuster Completed 9/27/2024 This was my first time attempting to do a topcoat - I had a little incident and ended up losing a few of of the stickers. Mostly fixed it with gundam markers, the stickers didn't look great anyways.

HG Alteisen Completed 9/17/2024 Did some extra work on this guy recently to spruce it up, since I built it before I even had decent nippers.

Improved my photo setup a little bit so I took some new pictures of all my #gunpla. Starting off with the first one I ever did - SD Gundam Deathscythe, terrible stickers and all. Completed this one on 9/13/2024.

Having a pretty good time with Mecha Break so far, just hit Diamond rank. Made my boy Pinaka look like the God Gundam. I mainly only play it when we need a healer, but that's often enough I certainly get my time in. Usually queue as Panther + Inferno otherwise. I'd totally get a Panther model kit.

Thinking HG Gundam Calibarn will be next. I recently finished Witch from Mercury and I've got some neat holo decals I'd like to try out. I don't do a lot of HGs but this one looked too nice to pass up.

MG Gundam Vidar done - took my sweet time on this one due to extenuating circumstances but definitely one of my favorites. #gunpla

thinking back to early World of Warcraft when there was an Alliance player on Burning Blade named 'Aznable' and my guildmate pronounced it 'Asian-able'. None of us knew anything about Gundam let alone Char at the time so nobody batted an eye

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