MG QanT Snapbuild Complete!

Done with snapbuilding the kit. Checked out parts for detailing and which parts to be extra careful with or consider (paint scratches!). Tried my Bandai LEDs too. Some of my thoughts below, but photos first:

Kit Pros:

• Articulation, one of the strongest points of 00 kits as far as I know.
• near zero seamlines, Bandai manufactured the kit with that in mind, you hardly need your cement for this guy
• sleek and sexy, the QanT's appearance gives me a humanoid-like impression, design is quite unique for me
• LEDs! one of the few MG kits with LEDs. Well they're Setsuna suits and the GNX anyway...

Kit Cons:

• Spent 15-20mins making him hold his sword, the peg ain't strong enough and the other peg that attaches to the forearm does not really help much!
• Backpack is kinda loose, maybe because of the humongous shield's weight? Gotta fix that...
• White parts on the side skirt keep on falling off!

Would start the grueling sanding process next week, gotta work tomorrow night, and I don't have my decals too yet so I better chill for a while. Thanks for viewing! 

WIP: MG QanT

One of my New Year Resolutions was: TO BUILD MORE KITS. So here I am, starting off with the QanT. My own Full Saber add-on would be arriving anytime so I figured this would be the best choice to kick-start the year. I already had an MG QanT WIP but for some reason I cannot finish it, nor do I have the will/determination to do so, so I got myself a fresh MG QanT kit hehe.

What is the best way to build and paint a kit? Paint then build it? Or build, paint then rebuild?

Well here's my approach: I snap-build the kit first. I check out which parts are covered and does not need to be painted/detailed and which parts I could modify or detail. I also take note of which parts I should be very careful with. I know this is time consuming but it saves me some paint if I follow this process (and Tamiya cans aint cheap mind you).

Managed to build the head and body unit yesterday, and I'm on Rest Day today so I would build like mad hehe.

After an hour:

My own rendition of the half-missing, crawling zombie girl from The Walking Dead Season 1. 

After 12 hours:

God i'm slow, had a 6-hour sleep, but at least i'm making progress hehe! I personally think that the MG QanT has superb articulation. Thanks to its skirt and ankle design (cough Seed kits cough), you can make your own Martial Arts poses with ease. Tomorrow: WEAPONS!! Thanks for viewing!

WIP: HG 00 Raiser Sky ANA Project Part 3

Finished the rest of the kit this morning. I must say the decals for the 00 Raiser are more difficult to apply compared to the RX-0 Unicorn. The Raiser decals was a pain! But managed to slap them on just right hehe.

More photos to come this weekend. Will try to make a proper photoshoot set-up! Thanks for viewing!

Sprayed the Clear pieces of the GN Condensers with Tamiya Clear Blue. I was careful enough not to spray too much, I wanted to replicate the RX-0 Unicorn ANA's Clear blue parts

I think the GN Condensers look cool with Blue on 'em instead of green hehe

Spent a good hour applying the decals on the Raiser... -_-

Probably my favorite photo of the kit so far.

WIP: HG 00 Raiser Sky ANA Project Part 2

December 26, 10:44am, no sunshine... Shoot... Can't paint the Clear pieces for the GN Condensers. I settled for the legs and built them. Just like with the HG RX-0 Unicorn ANA kit, Bandai's efforts in terms of hiding/minimizing nubs are evident. Although some can't be avoided, I still think Bandai made a superb job.

Built the legs, waist and applied the ANA decals, check them out:

Gundam 00 kits have superb articulation thanks to simple parts like the waist. The 00 Raiser for example do not have skirt parts which could hamper thigh articulation, like Seed kits.

Gotta love the decals. Its the decals and paintjob that makes ANA kits really cool.

Christmas WIP: HG 00 Raiser Sky ANA Project

Merry Christmas Gunpla fanatics! I'm sure most of you now have their respective Christmas hauls with them. Exactly 1h 9mins from December 25, I decided to build my 2nd HG ANA kit. My wish came true when I got this guy, I have the RX, 00 Raiser and RX-0 now in my possession. Although i'm still thinking hard if I want to get the HG RX-78 ANA for the sake of uniformity (1/144 scale).

Some photos:

Hopefully, I can finish this before Monday. Enjoy the Noche Buena everyone! :)

MG 00 QanT WIP

This kit was with me since December 2010, no thanks to my work and selling activities, my MG 00Q kit still rests inside his box. Had some free time in my hands this weekend and decided to do the internal frame for the body unit and other parts. The armor parts require a bit more work coz I won't be painting them so I have to be careful on how I sand, apply the waterslides and topcoat them. Some photos of my ultra slow progress: