#gilvader

[sir-phobos-boa]

Titans and Gods

[sir-phobos-boa]

More stuff in the mail! I won an auction for the GU-01 Hyper Beam Gun and I purchased two GU-02 pulse cannons! All three of which will be mounted on my Gil Vader, after painting of course. I also received a resin kit to convert an hmm berserk fury into an hmm sturm tyrann! Quite excited to start painting all these new parts. Let me know what you think!

[ponkotsukasa]

[pointytilly]

Old Zoids photos #30: Mini Zoids! Mainly, gashapon Zoids, in particular a lot of Gilvader pictures...and one unfortunate Leoblaze. I'm not sure if all the mini Gilvys have that dark cockpit "glass"/painted glowing eye look, but mine looks perpetually very grumpy. Gator, meanwhile, is extremely adorable.

[kyuofcosmic]

Photoset of Genesis Gil Dragon: Golden Garuda edition.

I remember when this colour variant/re issue of Gilvader came out around 2005-2006 and how badly I wanted it, but due to cost and size I couldn't get it. Thankfully That's changed and I was gifted this kit on my birthday!

Blue and gold are my favourite colours but when I took a look at the sprues I noticed that there was a lot of blank space so I planned ahead and decided to do some henna-que/paisley patterning on some of the larger pieces. End result is breathtaking; the gold paint and marker combo makes it sparkle in the light and the sheen is so intense it does sometimes go white depending on light + angle. Also took the time to repaint the 'gold' plastic with gold leaf so it's a lot richer and detailed the guns. Did a silver wash on the navy pieces too. Went with traditional masers versus the back spikes on the helm because faiarr0w has a 25th Anniversary Gilvader and matching Zoid buddies.

The kit itself is pretty easy; easier than a Deathsaurer or any HMM. Just. Big. 2ft wingspan and roughly 2 1/2 feet long. the LEDs still function as well. Some pieces don't sit flush but I think that's mostly a design issue given the large hunks of plastic.

[kyuofcosmic]

Work in progress of my Gil Dragon with gold Paisley and Henna-like markings. I don't have a special name for the 'custom' but Garuda is kind of appropriate given the role this Zoid does play in Genesis.

[auroralionzoids]

Gilvy in my stlye. Still not sure how I'm going to do the saw blades, but I'll probably make them part of the backpack thing. After Transformers Prime's Predaking, I really want a more organic Gilvy that moves like he does =v=;

[rustysalamander]

Neo Zenebas Gilvader

Series: Zoids

Completed: July 14, 2009

Materials: Gilvader kit