Dragonflye

Hi! I'm Toya, also known as toya0013 or Dragonflye around the interwebz! How are you doing? I renovated this TUMBLR blog as my new HQ for GUNPLA-related stuff (I only started a couple of months ago)! I'll try to lessen the re-post and provide my own content - mostly beginner stuff and pathetic attempts at custom building! As for me, I am a Guitar newbie, a Music School applicant, and a Japanese Culture Enthusiast. I'm personally going through a tough time and I'm hoping that having a new hobby (GUNPLA!) will help me feel less gloomy! If you have any tips, comments, or suggestions, feel free to mail me here! CURRENT PROJECTS: HG 1/144 Infinite Justice Custom "Tenshi"

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I am the worst at tumblr. I apologize if I didn't update much. There's little progress with the Justice since I need to rebuild the wing from scratch + I want to apply new techniques I've learned from watching japanese builders. (They are amazing when it comes to fixing proportions). I probably wouldn't update tumblr as much, but I'll post WIP pics here whenever I get significant progress with my kits. 

KITS because I just got a Mega-Shiki last week and finished it last night. Ended up finishing after a week because I went on a vacation in Baler, Aurora - which was amazing!

Hopefully, I can finish my Justice within this month! I'll post pictures/updates soon!

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Breaktime #2

Surprise - I AM STILL ALIVE!

Sorry about the delayed posts, guys! I feel bad for not updating my tumblr as much. Well, to be fair I have nothing to post about my Justice's WIPs because they're all just boring panel lining and stuff. Anyways, I've been busy with school, band stuff (I started playing again), and video games (League of Legends (I play in PH) and Guild Wars 2 (recently transferred to Fort Aspenwood - but I mainly do Open-World content and PvE). Even though I have a lot of things going on right now, me and a couple of bandmates (Jami and Jei) were able to drop by Philippines' GBWC regionals a couple of weeks ago, where we met some builders and saw a lot of good builds/diorama. Most importantly, we were able to meet and greet THE MEIJIN himself!

I feel bad for not shaking Meijin Kawaguchi's hands. I was so scared to embarrass myself (which I probably did anyway) and I just wanted to get off the stage as fast as I can. At any rate, I was able to bring my Justice's manual to have it signed by Mr. Kawaguchi. I think it's appropriate that I have the meijin sign the manual of my first kit. I was a very happy fanboy that day (and I'm sure my bandmates are, as well).

I was also able to hang out with a friend I met online a year ago, Kane, who I assume is a pretty well-known guy in the local Gunpla community. He introduced us to one of his friends, Daryll, who brought one of his custom MS Girls. He also introduced us to a new friend he met the same day: King (aptly named, btw), this year's Web Entry champion. He's not from Manila, and he said he would have been wandering around the mall the entire day if he didn't meet Kane. Personally, I'm just really honored to meet him in person. I was really amazed by his custom Sinanju. Just follow the link to his Instagram and you'll see what I mean. The whole page is pretty much gunpla porn. Another thing that really impressed me is that there was a diorama entry that day made by a kid with a disability. He won a runner up plaque IIRC. I have nothing but respect for the guy. I chuckled when Kane told us how the guy was winning stuff with quality entries while we healthy folks can't even compete. I told him I have 2 things right now: Respect, and a lot of excuses lol. It was a really fun day, and I learned a lot from the the entries as well. Hopefully, I'll get better at building and join next year's regionals! I still feel bad for not posting updates about my Justice, so here's a preview for my next post! Ciao~

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I’ve been away from doing WIPs since I was busy doing other stuff. *coughleagueoflegendscough*

Anyway, to kick myself in doing my WIPs again, we went to GBWC. We also got a chance to meet and greet Meijin Kawaguchi! Hype, hype everywhere!

I got my SD Neo Zeong manual signed and shook the Meijin’s hand. I feel like the happiest kid in the world!

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UPDATE 10: More panel line stuff! Obviously, I made a lot of mistakes, hence the putty overload. I'm using Tamiya's Basic Putty and it's great for covering seamlines, but not so great for filling up things like the back of the skirts, etc. Part of the reason my spear is taking forever to get finished is because the putty isn't that good at filling in the "sandwich" in the spear.

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Breaktime!

Taking a break from Gunpla to clean up all the styrene dust! It was a good time to clean my room, too since my F'N HARD DRIVE FAILED ON ME. Ended up spending stuff allocated to my next Gunpla :(

Yeah, It was pretty sad but It can't be helped. Anyways, There were a lot of mess in my desk + the PC and It feels really awkward to just throw my keyboard and mouse on the side to instantly turn it into my Gunpla workbench. I'm gonna try to put the PC underneath the table and move my toolbox in it's place.

As you can see, my room is a clusterfck. Also, the spray can isn't for my Gunpla, the guitar isn't an original Sakito ESP, don't mind the dog, etc etc.

Finally, here's my new Hard drive. It's a Seagate 1TB SV35 and it's designed for Surveillance cameras? I don't know if there are any repercussions in using this thing for my desktop but I read reviews and benchmarks and it performs better than Seagate's Barracuda series so I'll just go with it. Also, NEW PHONE! By new, I mean a hand-me-down cuz I don't really care for gadgets (unless it's for my guitar lol) and I definitely won't complain if I get an upgrade from my dying phone hahaha!

I did a lot of WIP-ing while waiting for a new hard drive. I'll post more panel line work on my Justice tomorrow.

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WIP in Progress™ 20140801-31 RX-78-2

I’m almost finished with detailing-up the legs, the only thing left to do is the triangle-thingy behind the legs: not sure if I’ll scribe it or put a pla-plate on it.

Speaking of pla-plating, I tried something on the torso. =V

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UPDATE 9: First time scribing and some ended up uneven. I have to putty the thing and try again. The one on the knee, I think I scribed it too deep? We'll see. I also started working on the new wings, starting with its inner frame. Hopefully, I finish all the panel line work this week.

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Update 8: See the wings? Yeah - they broke while I was trying to attach the Griffon beam blades. I might have to build a new pair from scratch, but at least I learned quite a lot from this mistake. I'll plan the new pair better next time. The spear is looking great though! I'll do the blade/particle thing after I filled up the sides with putty.

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This is my current WIP, Gundam Double X “Ω”

The idea of this project is to create a Double X with a “GBF feel”, The unit can also utilize a variety of weapon configurations such as mounting the Launchers on the back pack(More powerful pew, body can absorb the recoil) or mount them on the forearms for smaller, weaker pews, and more articulated use. Launchers can also be used as a beam saber[watchout for it haha]), Large beam axes can also be mounted on the harpoint Mounted on the forearms, as well as other weapons that I might make for him in the future.

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CLG DoubleRIP

C9 will get rekt as well. #CRSORDIE

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sips your genius is showing

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Sips’s streams are a gift.

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PhotoSet 20140811 SBSver.ジャ

Ugh, I haven’t posted any WIP in Progress™ in a while.

So last month, Star Build Strike ver.ジャ decided to nose dive from his stand to the floor, breaking his right V fins. I felt so bad when I saw this kit on the floor and felt even worse when I saw the debris of the V fins.

At first, I panicked, of course, who wouldn’t? I grabbed my bottle of plastic cement and my cheap old tweezers and tried to fix the thing. I thought I won’t be able to pull it off since the broken parts are so small and it seems that it’s hard to align the pieces. After not breathing for a while just to steady my arms, thank heavens I was able to fix it properly. The crack marks are slightly visible if you’ll look closely, but who cares. Battle damage.

Lesson for this story: Keep your kits off the edge, literally. :D

PS: Oh daemn, my Airmaster Photoset just reached double digit notes! Thank you very much, guys! It may be a small thing but it means so much to me. :)

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WIP in Progress™

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GW-9800 Gundam Airmaster

This is the kit that got me started on doing GunPla. Actually, I didn’t really plan to buy this in the first place. I just visited a toy store after buying my computer desk, then I saw this kit which was on sale. I kinda got that nostalgic feeling and the next thing I know, I’m in queue for the cashier holding the box of this kit. XD

This is also the first kit that I painted. Given that, I had many painting mistakes and stuff, but it turned out pretty well (for me). I want to give thanks to Sir Lean for giving me tips and advice when I entered the world of GunPla. \o

I’m really into Gundams that transform into aircraft (Yes, I’m looking at you, Zeta) because maybe I like toys that transforms into stuff. (Yes, I’m looking at you too, MG Unicorn)

Well anyway, this kit deserves its own photo set.

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DAY 7: (Which isn't really done within a day - more like a week. I should change the format to weeks, I guess since I don't do gunpla stuff everyday anyway).

A lot of closing seam lines and boring stuff. I decided not to post about those things too much, since they're not really that interesting. I mean, personally, I wouldn't want to watch someone close seam lines either. Anyways, I also had to sand down the wings to make them fit the backpack. I still need to sand/trim the edges to make room for the "GRIFFON 2" beam blade, but so far, I really like it.

As you can see, I also started drawing panel lines and stuff. I'm also filling up the hollow skirts with putty, but I just remembered that I still have a lot of styrene work to do - THE SPEAR. I don't wanna work with styrene anymore since it's really hard to work with them without having a proper cutter (especially for the thick ones) but I guess it can't be helped. I'm rethinking the design right now and hopefully, I get to finish the spear within this week so I can start scribing panel lines.