Back to Witch From Mercury this week with the Beguir-Pente.
After building so many of those Iron-Blooded Orphans kits this kit feels completely different. So many runners for just an HG kit! And no polycaps at all.
There's quite a few stickers, but they're almost all shiny/foil.
We get a weapon stand and a wire to display the shield independently.
This kit has a tiny little pilot seat right in the middle of the chest - so I had to paint it. Nothing fancy, just a bit of black paint to make the seat pop. It's barely visible under that clear plastic bit, but I know it's there.
Everything builds-up really nicely in that fantastic HGWFM all-plastic style I absolutely love. Simple, solid construction. Really good color-separation. Dramatic use of foil stickers and clear parts. These really are terrific kits.
This is basically a recolor of the Beguir-Beu with a couple different accessories. The weapons, backpack, and head are different - but that's about it. The main build is identical.
I really kind of wonder about Bandai's decision-making when it comes to what gets a standard release and what's P-Bandai. This kit feels like it easily could've been a P-Bandai release. And something like the Desultor feels like it could've been a standard release.
I don't know how I feel about those rabbit-ears popping up from the backpack... But that shield looks very cool in its full-activated state.
The rifle weapon is fantastic, too. Big and chonky and it's got two camera bits on it. Very impressive.
I don't generally love the wire-attached weapons... It's hard to get the wire to look natural and believable. But it's always nice when they include all the gimmicks to replicate what we see in the show.
