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HGIBO EB-04 Geirail

adding another series to the Gunpla pile

this is a neat mech and build, though the way the shoulders assemble was confusing at first

the gun is neat but the axe-shield seems a bit lacking in both modes

didn't bother painting the jetpack the screen-accurate blue

[reversemoon255]

ASW-G-56 Gundam Gremory

I don’t know why I bought this. Not that I didn’t enjoy building it, but even all these years later, I still have terrible mold fatigue for the Gundam Frames. And that’s partly because I paint them all the same, but all the Gundam Frames are the same, so there’s a precedent for it. And to top it off, I had a terrible experience with the Marchosias. I bought it on instinct, and I really shouldn’t have. Don’t buy things on impulse because you bought anything/everything else in the line, people. It’s not good practice.

Although, it did teach me about Deira Nadira, the Gremory’s pilot and a very politically powerful, black lesbian. Yes, Gundam, more of this please.

The Good: I like the armor on this kit a lot. Aesthetically, it’s very cool, with the way the head armor works, adjustable arm guards, and the new way it does its front hip skirt (which are attached to a ball on the side skirts rather than the front). It’s a neat set of gimmicks and new engineering.

The Bad: The Gundam Frame is a very repetitive build, and even new armor doesn’t help alleviate that. Apart from that, while the hood is up is hinders head movement a bit, and down it sticks off the back a lot. The shoulders are centered quite low because of how high the shoulder armor extends on both ends of the joint. And the front skirts, while I like how they’re constructed, pop off their joints sometimes, and are more intrusive than normal.

The Details: I tried replicating how I’ve painted the Gundam Frames in the past, with gold on many of the joint and hydraulic details and Ahab Reactors, and red and blue on the wires to simulate arteries and veins.

As for the armor; black. A lot of black. Mostly black. All of the inset details are filled in with black, along with the underside of the hood to help catch more light and cast more shadows. The only other details I added were gold to the shoulders, eyes, and a few rivets on the back. For the anchor, I again used black for in inset details, but for the broken part I did a bit of dry brushing to make it look more like worn metal (first gold, then black, then gold again).

Overall, I enjoyed this kit, and I probably would have enjoyed it more if I hadn’t built almost every other Gundam Frame in existence before it. Still, it’s one of the better ones, and if you like IBO, I suggest checking it out.

[original-color-penepla]

ASW-G-08 ガンダム・バルバトス・第2形態

折角第１形態を作ったので第２形態も作成。色は好きに塗ったのでティターンズに居てもおかしくない色味です。

[macks-mechas]

Today’s review: HG 1/100 Gundam Barbatos!

I watched Iron Blooded Orphans and, despite its repetitive nature, I enjoyed it. Mostly for the iconic fight scenes of the series. No beam weapons, no hard hitting shells, just pure melee hand to hand sword smashing carnage! The titular mobile suit was a must buy for me. I’m not willing to shell out for the MG kit, so I settled on the 1/100 instead.

The kit is still really well done for the equivalent of an RE kit. It has a complete inner skeleton that you have to build first before adding the armor to it. When the armor is added, it looks alright. The colour separation is definitely this kit’s downfall, hence why I custom painted mine instead of having this mostly white drab look;

It’s a very flexible kit, too as you can see. It comes with its sword and cannon accessories, but unfortunately not its iconic mace it uses throughout season 1.

I give the Barbatos 7/10 - losing points to the lack of the mace and colour separations.

[inkdesigner]

Decals on wings. WIP.

[orloph]

Let’s start this new Red Knight.

[g-29astarothtrinity]

ASW-G-29 Astaroth Mobile Suit Gundam IRON-BLOODED ORPHANS Gekko The High-Grade IBO Gundam Astaroth is my second gunpla, and first entry into the Calamity Universe of Iron-Blooded Orphans (aka Post-Disaster Universe). I wanted something that wasn’t as mainstream as the Gundam Barbatos yet, and the Astaroth was already one of my favorite Gundam frame designs. Probably my favorite aspect of its design aside from its overall appearance, is its fighting style which is designed around using bladed weapons. All canon versions of the Astaroth utilize a distinct and signature blade weapon. For this Astaroth, its the demolition blade/sword which I assume, as the name implies, specializes in effective demolition of structures, fortifications, ships, etc. It really reminds me of an oversized Odachi blade, and the Buster Sword which I find pretty awesome. I’d like to assume that in its folded position it can also be used as a shorter blade or blunt weapon as well. Additionally, I appreciate the assymetrical jury-rigged appearance and its head design. I bought a weapons option kit with the Gundam Astaroth, so that I could arm it with an additional, but smaller buster sword and have a set of open/reach-out hands for posing. This weapons option kit will come in handy for when I build the HGIBO Gundam Barbatos Lupus. Other than that, this is another straight build. Face plate was a bit troublesome to extract and handle, but other than that it was a smooth and fun build. Still a WIP as it stands now, until I can come back to paint and apply topcoat. Kept stickers to a minimum. Finally got an action stand and I’m really glad I got one because now I can do way more dynamic poses.

[masterofwolfe]

P-Bandai: HG 1/144 Graze "Ground Type" Twin Set