Ok painted the base and sprinkled on a little seasoning,i didnt use any 1/35 scale leaves because in trench images the trees have been oblitorated and nothing is left but…
The key lime green color wasn’t really working well with the blue so I completely stripped and repainted these parts with a cooler blue-green color instead. I had to re-mask and re-paint all of the details too. In this photo you can see the two gaps I drilled into the front codpiece. I have some option parts to insert there.
March has brought a change in weather and a whole lot of great Gunpla releases. In this video we’re going to unbox the newest Real Grade kit, the 1/144 RG Gundam Astray Gold Frame Amatsu Mina!
Hey Syd, I preordered mine back in January but its now on Backorder, will I have to wait till it gets back instock? I have some things in my private warehouse that I wanted to ship with it.
We have multiple distributors supplying Gundams and the product doesn’t always arrive from them all on the same day. Likely the remainder are coming today and the orders will be filled. Thanks for your patience!
Super Fumina, out the door to do more shopping, apparently. RG Gold Frame is a beautiful kit. Shiny black, like the Bandai _____ _____ kit (rhymes with “Darth Vader”)and red and gold looks so good. I need to build another RG. Thanks guys.
Show Fumina unboxing next please haha. Like the black glossy Gold Frame armor. Just the gold frame hoping it will glossy like armor but have to see the end product 1st to consider it as a must buy or not.
awesome, this kit looks amazing, with the exception of the pointy aladin feet, I was wondering, if I buy this kit, are there enough parts to build the Normal astray feet?
Made a start on the weapon but my camera has took it upon itself to erase a few pictures so what i did i used a fruit shoot bottle and covered it with clay and then made it…
We showed the MG Providence in an unboxing video already so we won’t get into that here — which is good, because Syd and Todd were too busy disagreeing over who would get to present the newest kit from Gundam […]
amazing strike freedom looks good, but the red frame just takes away the appearence i think
i wonder how long will the world would really have a real local type gundam
The MG Providence looks really good, although the Freedom waist joint scares me a bit. I personally want the regular one, because while the ZAFT stand looks really good, I don’t think it and the waterslide decals are enough to make me want the special edition more, plus the original has one of my new favorite boxarts. Option Set 9 is gonna be great, tones of kitbash potential, and I really like how you get Landman Rodi legs in color OOB, i’ll have to buy that one day.
I absolutely love the Amazing Strike Freedom, the shiny red frame looks really unique, and I love how so much of the suit is integrated so uniquely. The bulkiness and the sheer weaponry make me a fan.
The HG Bael looks good, and it does seem like a pretty neat kit. However i’m holding my breath for the FM version because I want that stand, and I want to display a Bael with my Grimgerde.
HG Atlas looks awesome, a huge shame the subarms aren’t white though, they really could’ve been done with all that white plastic, ahh well. I really like all the gimmicks and stuff the Atlas is capable of doing, and it’s functions make it look really damn sweet. People are complaining about it’s stickers but it’s not like other HGTB kits didn’t have any, i’m quite satisfied honestly, just wish those subarms were white…
Sometimes I fell old!
I see the Atlas and I think….meh…weird…ugly feet…ugly front skirt, etc.
I should be happy to see something different but instead I always complain about these new strange designs.
Best Review of the Year !!!
Great job on Gundam Atlas review… was enjoying it so much…LoL…
Good job Syd & TB your Gundam Atlas pose looked crooked ;)…
can’t wait for your Gundam Providence MG review
the Best Show IMO…
ohhhh… and don’t forget to give me that Gundam Local Type Origin!!!
and I’ll donate that “petite guy” to my neighbour..hahaha!!!
That rail gun definitely needs some color. Right now it looks like a really long Nerf gun. Still can’t decide if I want the Atlas or not. I’m still on the fence.
March is such a great month!
Just waiting on 1/100 Bael (my playing with plamo entry!) release to ship my private warehouse which includes the Providence Premium and ms option 9 and gusion rebake (more guns for Akihiro!)
Can’t wait for your build and review of the providence!
The Atlas Gundam is a creative design, I hope that BANDAI does have the funding to mass-produce such a kit. It would be bigger than the Double-Zeta, Unicorn, and the Nu-Gundam. I love the design of the origin kit and the bearguy would look cute for a center piece.
The Atlas is growing on me, especially after seeing what the HG kit can do with his skis. The cockpit ball reminds me that I don’t own any Ball kit in any form and really should. Mass produced Balls helped the Earth Federation win the one year war after all.
Am I the only one that thinks the Atlas looks dumb? So how long do we have to wait for Todd to do a kitbash and attach both of the Atlas’s skies to the ball?
The “unboxing episode” and now this. Beam cannons are go! “Born in the Bael,” Atlas throw down! Great show. Origin rules. Thanks Todd, Syd, Ryan (directed by…), and Luke (chop chop…).
I can’t deny the Atlas is simultaneously the dumbest and coolest Gundam I’ve ever laid eyes on. I love it coming in with it’s Armored Core looking rail gun on it’s stupid river rafting raft backpack. It’s absurd in all the right ways.
Next MG is Justice Gundam. I’m not sure how I feel about it. From the CG model we saw of it, the details are nice, but I’m not the biggest fan of the design itself, and the RG has better proportions in my opinion.
The Atlas Gundam looks like a pretty neat kit I’ll need to get that at some point. Looking forward to the MG Providence Rau Le Creuset is one of my favorite Gundam villains and one of the few good characters in Seed. I always wondered why the Gundam Local Type has the price it does it doesn’t come with much but it’s a good looking High Grade kit.
I like the Atlas but without the funky sled/submarine system thingy.
Looks really good by itself. Kind of interesting the ball core it has for cockpit.
Hope i win that HG Local Type from the Origin line. I have started collecting and painting that line. It will be awesome to paint and mod that kit a little bit and post it here in hobbylink.tv. 🙂
All hail the Atlas lord of the Ball master race. Also Syd’s love of RGs inspired me to try to build them all. All I’ve got left is the Strike Freedom, Strike, and Skygrasper. Time well spent.
Man that is one sexy box art for the MG Providence! I have a question regarding the plamo contest and I’m hoping it won’t be too late. If I’m entering one of those Macross kits that can transform, do I need to submit pictures with it in the 3 different forms or is it OK to stick with one? I’m asking because I’m afraid that if I transform it after all the decal work, the Waterslides might get ruind.
Have a question for my fellow commenters mostly.
My backlog has grown huge between zoids and gunpla.
How big is yours?
How do you deal with it?
I try to build faster but cant stop myself from painting all the details.
Send an email to questions@hlj.com saying you’ve got some Gunpla TV Fanart and they’ll let me know and then I’ll contact you about where to send it. Thanks!
Finished the arms, the hands are from a toy not sure of what but i have been wanting to use them for a while and they fit in nicely, i will need to clean up some of the cracks…
Finally primed the base paint. Now working on fine details and base part construction. Next update will be when this step is finished before a matte clear coat.
Only for primer and base coat. Even then I trimmed off all but one branch from each piece and initial sanded. Also since I’m kit bashing two kits I’ve built before I know where the least visible nubs will be. I’m actually removing the parts I’m using now and evening out the odd spots with a small amount of thinner.
Just simple ruler and sharp cutting knife. To make it symmetrical, just use the same geometry from one side to the other and then cut both identical pieces individually. Put them together temporarily with tape and sand them together.
Ok thanks for the info. Is there a brand or blade type you recommend?
What is the thickness of your styrene? Sorry about the questions I just have tried many ways of getting good symmetrical pieces and have always had issues.
I’m using 0.5mm plaplates for the thin panels on top while using 1.2mm plates underneath for a sturdier build. I use tamiya extra thin cement to bond them together.
As for the knife, i merely use an off the shelf hobby knife. nothing fancy. I actually cut my plates really oversized first, then use one cut to shave off the corners. i avoid using…[Read more]
Woo hooo, ok I grabbed a few yogurt containers and cut them in half then covered them in clay to make the shoulder armour, I really want the armour to look really beat up.
I…
Just sick.. the complete build?
Thanks.
Still have a bit to go not finished yet, maybe in a few days.
Maybe. 😉
Wow
This is crazy amazing. Are you building a mecha T-Rex?
Thank you.
Thanks!!
Nah this is the thing that fights mecha T-Rex. 😉