New scans of upcoming kits like PG Strike Freedom, MG ReZEL commander type and MG 00 Qan[T] have appeared in the December issue of Hobby Japan.
Source: Muso’s Album
What seems to be the final build of the PG Strike Freedom has been spotted at the All Japan Plamodel Hobby Show.
Gallery after the jump.
Update 15/10/2010: Added some pics from Japan Plamodel Hobby Show
Update 09/10/2010: Added some new prototype images – Source
Update 05/10/2010: Added Buster Sword/Rifle image from 2chan
Update 04/10/2010: Added image and some new info – Source
Bandai pulls another fast one, as this months Hobby Japan confirms the rumour of a 00 Gundam series MG for November. But instead of the hot pick 00 Raiser, I guess Bandai have decided to go with Qan[T] in order to coincide with the Awakening of the Trailblazer movie.
Price will be 4,725 Yen.
I’ll keep this post updated with more info as it comes.
A small teaser at Chara Hobby expo has hinted at the next MG to be from 00 Gundam. Could we finally see a MG 00 Gundam/Raiser?
Source: mkb1985 on twitpic
Strike Freedom Gundam has been announced as the next Perfect Grade kit in this month’s Hobby Japan magazine. The article states that the design will be done by Katoki Hajime (yeah!), release date is 10th December 2010. I’ll keep this post updated with any new information.
15/10/2010 Update – More pics from All Japan Plamodel Hobby Show 200 here
23/09/2010 Update – Added translated image from Bandai’s site. Pic taken from Hobbyfanatics forums.
18/09/2010 Update – Added images from Bandai’s Gundam 30th Anniversary site
17/09/2010 Update – Added prototype image from Bandai and new information
29/08/2010 Update – Added pics from Chara Hobby
To coincide with the release of the next episode of the Gundam Unicorn OVA, Bandai have just announced an MG Rezel slated for October release. I’m going to keep this post updated with any new updates I find.
According to Bandai’s release schedule, the ReZel will be produced on 21st October.
25/09/2010 Update: Added the final boxart
29/08/2010 Update: Added images from Chara Hobby 2010 Expo
11/08/2010 Update: Added images from the Gundam Super Expo in Tokyo.
04/08/2010 Update: Added image from Bandai’s hobby manual
02/08/2010 Update: Added waverider prototype image. Source 1999.co.jp
02/08/2010 Update: Added prototype image + info.
Update 28/06/2010: It’s been about a year since I actually finished this kit, but I’ve finally gotten around to taking some better pictures of it. Gallery added.
Completed in just under a month!
Gallery after the jump.
The most expensive Perfect Grade yet, weighing in at a a monster 26,000 Yen has finally arrived.
In one of the most suprising moves of the year, Bandai announced this kit sometime in late June, with the November release date. Cashing in on the 00 franchise while it’s hot I’m guessing?
A Japanese modeller (Gunpla Policy of Asayume) has completed a PG00 Raiser before it’s official release. Hopefully it will help you decide if the exorbitant price is worth it for this monster kit. Please view the gallery at his website below.
Link: Gunpla Policy of Asayume
I needed some red shading practice…and what way is better than building one of Char‘s Quattro’s suits?
On a side note, I actually started this kit about a month ago. But I’ve been really busy looking for a new house, so haven’t had much time to work on it!
I get the occasional odd question about preshading on my Gundam kits/gunpla, so I guess I’ll put up a short guide with some references for you to look at.
First is this tutorial from Hobby Japan that someone translated ages ago. It’s about the “Max Technique” shading technique that modeller Max Watanabe popularised in Gunpla (though it’s something aircraft modellers have been doing for some time already).
This teaches you the basics of shading, but I find there are a few problems I find with this Max technique. For one it’s extremely time consuming, since you have to do several coats, add white, do several more coats etc, to get the full colour to come out. For example, to paint the white parts on my Strike Freedom/God Gundam, it took about 2 hours for me to paint the 2nd coat (white + navy blue), and then another 2-3 hours to paint the final white highlight layer. The reason why it takes so long is because without enough coats, the white looks gray instead.
I only use black undercoat for painting white as well. Other colors such as blue/red/yellow etc, don’t paint well over black and the colour is quite affected. For these colours, first I decide on the final colour I want. Add some black to this and call it your base layer. Then use your original colour minus the black and paint away from the edges. Finally add a bit of white and paint away from the edges again. This will give it a nice colour rise shading effect.
Also watch this video on YouTube of a JP guy painting a RX-78 KA. He does a nice job of shading (he just adds white for highlights). This also shows that you don’t have to start with a black coat for the best results.
20/9/09 Update: I added some posed photos, namely the Full Burst and shooting at multiple targets. While this kit may have awesome articulation, I find it hard to find a good pose that isn’t dorky.
About 30 hours later…
Quite happy with the final result, which is much cleaner than my previous God Gundam build. My worst experience with this kit was definately dealing with the wings, from sanding, masking, and then un-masking. By the time the paint had finished drying, the blu-tack had dried up a bit, and as a result was a real nightmare to get off. There’s still a bit of green crap stuck to the occasional place in the wing joints.
Other dramas included breaking one of the ball joints off the fingers, but luckily I was able to glue it back into place and it seems like its holding out well enough. I also lost one of the red verniers for the wings, and one of the rear leg covers. I also think I have over top coated some areas such as the chest, and under coated such as the backpack.
Overall, this kit requires a ton of patience to build, and tested my limits as a lazy modeller. Even with the 30 or so hours I spent on this already there’s still so much more that I could’ve done.
No posed shots yet, but the gallery after the jump.
