TOBE! GUNDAMU!!

HGUC 1/144 Delta Plus review

2010-09-19T21:05:00.002-05:00

Edit: now that the model has sat there for a while, it seems that there's minimal frosting...

Alright, so here's my review of the HGUC 1/144 Delta Plus

The model has a very good mould overall, some very fine details in the head such as the vulcans and the inner frame portions on the legs. This kit comes with very few stickers, most of them are the white portions below the vents on the legs as well as the back skirt. We're given a choice of three different stickers for the eyes (which has a clear piece over them), which are dark maroon, blue and sliver. There's also two stickers on the shoulder armour, but you can't really see them and there's one final sticker on the shield.

There's one joint in the elbows that allow a slightly greater than 90 degree bend (like 92 degrees), as well as a pivot point below the shoulder allowing for a full 360 degree rotation. Shoulder is connected via a peg and can rotate a full 360 degrees, come up to around 90 degrees (design and shoulder armour limitation) and can move forwards and backwards a little bit. The shoulder armour slides onto the connector bit and can move up and down a little bit.

Because the front skirt is practically nonexistent, the legs can bend all the way up and create a perfect kneeling pose. the legs themselves are connected via a ball/socket joint at the hip and feature two points of bend at the knee. The top joint allows for 30 degree bend backwards, but a 90 degree bend forwards (this is for the transformation) and a full 90 degree bend at the lower joint. The feet are connected via a peg at the lef, so there's a little back and forth motion and a ball/socket joint at the ankle which allows for a full range of motion. The toes are seperated from the back and can bend down really far. The side skirts are a bit long, but don’t pose much of a problem for poseability since they’re on pegs connected to the back skirt and have a wide range of articulation. The head is on a ball/socket system at the base of the head and can rotate from side to side. The head can do a full rotation, but the collar as well as the pointy bits on the cheek hinders movement. At the base of the neck there is a pivot joint which allows a back and forth movement.

The beam rifle is extremely long and can not be held in hand unless the arm is bent slightly or if the model is up on a stand. The model comes with an extra hand to hold the rifle, but only for the right hand. The mounting points used in Wave Rider mode can also be used while in MS mode so you can store the rifle on the wings as well as on the shield demonstrated later. Next few images are just action shots with the rifle and shield.

This model also comes with a beam sabre, though oddly enough, there's just one ebam sabre handle, but you're given two beam parts. There is a specific hand just for the beam sabre like the rifle, but again it is only for the right hand. It is not possible to store the beam sabre on the suit itself nor on the shield, so you'll have to keep track of it. Some action shots of the beam sabre and shield.

In Wave Rider mode, the Delta Plus still looks great and is very secure. Bandai achieves this stability through parts swapping to form the Wave Rider. As mentioned before, you can mount the beam rifle in this mode in three different places, on either of the wings and on the blue part of the shield.

The head sculpt is simply amazing, I'll let the images speak for themselves.

Two torsos, one for MS mode, one for Wave Rider mode.

As previously mentioned, there is one sticker part on the shield, and that is the white/grey bit on the top part of the shield.

The ankle guard is connected the foot and can move up and down.

There's another set of shoulder armour parts for Wave Rider mode, but I forgot to take pictures of them.

We're also given two different partsfor the back of the feet. The left one is for Wave Rider mode and the right one is for MS mode. The Wave Rider versin lacks any articulation except for the ankle guard.

Rating:
Head: 9.5/10
Arms: 8/10
Legs: 8.5/10
Torso: 9/10
Weapons: 7/10
Gimmicks: 8.5/10

Overall this is an outstanding model at 2200yen, thought not the best 1/144 out there, this is one of the best. It is a little on the pricey side, but that's accounted by the amount of extra plastic needed for the Wave Rider mode, but they could've splurged a little bit to give us extra left hands instead of only for the right hand.

Series: HGUC
Source: Gundam Unicorn
Scale: 1/144
Price: 2200yen
Release date: Sept 2010

Anime Fest 2010 cosplay (some) photos

2010-09-07T22:25:00.001-05:00

So this past weekend (Sept 3rd, 2010 - Sept 6th, 2010) was Anime Fest here in the DFW area. This time wasn't as great as the ones before, but there were still quite a few cosplayers, and two amazing things during the cosplay/skit competition, but more on that later.

first off, the cosplay pics that I took (note: somewhere in the middle, my camera decided that taking photos is a pain and decided to not focus):

(i'm not going to be naming all of them because most people already know them)

not only did Giovanni do a decent cosplay job with Rocket flunkies, he also had a business card

Comrade Diana0001 from dannychoo.com/figure.fm

just thought this was a cool license plate; reads: "1OTAKU"

ok, now onto the cosplay/skit competition (too bad I couldn't record any of it...)
first amazing/cool thing: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJB5Rqc1m0Y somebody did a cosplay of her (not full cosplay) and her song (albeit shortened version and acappella and without all the random action)
second amazing/cool thing: so...there was a proposal...and of course all the girls went crazy

And that pretty much sums the convention for me, especially since I was volunteering as a door nazi to the Dealer's Room.

hiatus?

2010-07-16T00:59:00.000-05:00

wow, I haven't posted here in such a long time...it's almost been a year...I need to do another photoshoot

ZGMF-X19A-K Infinite Kurai Seigi

2009-08-11T16:18:00.004-05:00

So, finally did a photo shoot of my customised Infinite Justice. Tried new techniques this time around, using natural light, and multiple shots of the same pose from different points of view. Here it is, enjoy!

it was a pain getting the shield to stay in position...not the greatest hand design and mount design, but it works...

bases that came with the kit, two are for the backpack

the beam parts

backpack gimick

underside of the backpack. As you can see, there are handles on the underside for a hanging pose for the model, but it's a pain to try to get the hands into the slots and get it to stay up. Mounting the backpack on a base doesn't really work since the back part of the main model gets in the way of the stand. And I have no idea what the two inner hooks are for.

parts of the shield

sliding gimick

upper torso, showing range of motion for arm

cockpit

range of motion for legs

range of motion for hips. The side skirt armour does move up and down, and the back moves in and out to allow for more dynamic leg poses.

beam sabres and beam rifle

combining beam saber

place to store the end caps

end note: yes, i do know that the paint is chiping/rubbing off in some places...

∞ Kurai Seigi

2009-07-22T17:18:00.003-05:00

first pic of many of my MG ZGMF-X19A ∞ Justice, "modded" to fit the name Kurai Seigi (Kurai=dark/black, Seigi=justice, hence the play on the name)

A-Kon 20...or what i rememeber of it...

2009-06-03T01:51:00.007-05:00

so, A-Kon (click the link for the site) was a blast, all three days were filled lots of people cosplaying, sadly i only got like 5% of all the cosplays there...now onto coverage...or what i remember of it...

Friday:
nothing much, just the starting of the Kon, few cosplayers here and there, nothing too amazing, except for Pyramid head. the concerts were amazing. ALSDEAD certainly started off the concert with a good atmosphere, and camino ended the concert on an even better atmosphere. Everyone that left the room were still rocking out to the songs (not that hard to do since the speakers were turned up all the way up...). the dance that followed was also raging, sadly i didn't go, but lots of others did...needed to let my ears heal crom the ALSDEAD+camino jrock barrage...

Saturday:
lots of cosplayers, wentout as pedobear, hunting for some lolis...sadly some girl stole my bait and i ended up having only a stick for the remainder of the day TT-TT...The rest of the day was pretty much the same; cosplay, photos, pose, repeat. at night, the dances were pretty much like friday, except that one was a ball and the second one was a rave...don't remember much of that night except for this random alarm at 4 in the morning...

Sunday:
the day that most of us bought our stuff (LOTS OF DISCOUNTS!), there wer still a few cosplayers, but it was mostly shopping time...

that pretty much wraps up what i remember of A-Kon...

just reading this won't give you an impression of how EPIC it was, you have to go to it to grasp the epicness that words can't describe

refer to the photo dump for a sample of the Kon

A-Kon20 photo dump

2009-06-01T17:31:00.010-05:00

eventually...

now that photobucket is working, i present the photos of A-Kon, taken by me...except the pedobear ones...those were taken by someone else

update...since photobucket is being a damned nazi...(how do those photos violate terms of use?)i'm going to be uploading them to flickr...

A-KON Day 00

2009-05-28T22:39:00.001-05:00

so, with A-Kon just one (ok...less than 12 hours away...) i'm going to be covering some of the convention through cosplay photos, look forward to those!

on a side note: i'll be cosplaying as Pedobear, so if anyone reads this and is going to be at A-Kon on saturday, look for the Pedobear!

RX-178+FXA-05D Super Gundam

2008-12-19T22:53:00.003-06:00

the RX-178+FXA-05D Super Gundam

TOBE GUNDAM!

2008-12-11T15:40:00.002-06:00

just two teaser shots of my GAT-X105E + AQM/E-M1...for those of you without an extensive knowledge of gundam model numbers, this is the Strike E variant with the IWSP. This will be ny first outdoors photoshoot, so don't expect great things...^^;

Bakunetsu Godo FINGA~!!

2008-11-27T22:03:00.002-06:00

Quick and dirty review of the 1/200 SG GF13-017NJII God Gundam

Intro:

This is one of the Speed Grade models, meant to be built in under 15 minutes. All parts are pre coloured, so no painting is necessary.

Head:

The head is quite detailed despite its size.; the only complaint I have with this model is that the V fins keep falling off

Torso:

The torso is entirely one piece, meaning NO WAIST JOINT. The back skirt armour is fixed in place and the front is in one piece, so when one side moves up, the entire thing moves. The neck area is quite roomy, and allows for full turning motion of the head (120°). Side skirt armour is removable, and even comes with another skirt piece for when you want to display the model with the beam sword out. The middle chest crest symbol area comes with two pieces, one covers up the entire crest, the other is the “activated” mode. Again this is quite detailed, even the twin vulcan on the shoulders is coloured. The fins on the back are moveable, but are not attached to a core fighter/core lander/whatever it was called in g Gundam.

Legs:

The legs are like any other 1/144 NG model, range of motion is limited, but the knee joint allows for 90° of rotation. The feet have just enough space to allow for a slight bit of motion

Arms:

The arms are like any other 1/144 model. Only one elbow joint allowing for 90° of motion, there is a joint which allows the arm to turn in a complete circle. The shoulder armour is commected to the arm and has free rotation as well. The wrist guards are removable and can recreate the “Bakunetsu Godo FINGA~!!” move.

Accessories:

Comes with a beam sword, extra skirt part, six hands (left pointer, right god finger, left and right holding beam sword, left palm, right open hand), and a base to display the Gundam.

Conclusion:

This is a good model for busy people or for people who are just starting out. Recommended for display purposes only at your work space (the plastic used is quite hard and can break easily)

Pics:

Destiny

2008-11-26T19:34:00.006-06:00

finally got around to taking pics of my Destiny Gundam...for the second time around...but this time, i gave it a slightly custom paint job, and i mean slightly...

action!

another shot

with beam rifle attached

sorry for the crappy pic, but wtf...the beam rifle doesn't even fit the hand correctly...

another action shot

beam boomerang

twin beam boomerangs

now they're beam swords?

short sword with beam shield

getting ready to pull out anti-ship sword

SHINING FINGER~!!

"Ka-me-ha-me..."

"HA~!!!"

0083

2008-11-25T18:53:00.003-06:00

the 0083 girls say "Hi"

Catharine Blitzen

feet/base connection could use some work

paint job a little bad

detail is good

Reiko Holinger

fuse lines -_-

lots of detail

bored?

2008-11-19T16:19:00.004-06:00

got bored...noticed the 1/8 scale covie carbine was the same size as SF's beam rifles...replaced...and...IT FITS!!!
just try to ignore the "nippon" headband...i couldn't find a place to put it...

ZGMF-X42S

2008-11-18T23:21:00.002-06:00

new Destiny photo shoot coming up soon....it looks much better than my first run with it...

teaser photo of "modding" progress...

(it's more like sanding and painting)

manga galore

2008-11-10T17:13:00.002-06:00

so, been reading a lot of manga...a lot...

Elfen Lied (finished)
Kurogane no Linebarrel (caught up)
School Days (finished)
Yakuza Girl (caught up)
Highschool of the Dead (caught up)
Claymore (caught up)

and watched a bunch of anime

Rosario to Vampire (finished)
Rosario to Vampire capu 2 (caught up)
Chaos;HEad (caught up)
Gundam 00 S2 (caught up)
Sky Girls (finished)
School Days (finished)
Claymore (yet to start watching)
Macross Frontier (finished)

i think i'm missing from these two lists...

RX-0 Unicorn Gundam

2008-10-24T02:05:00.003-05:00

so all the reviews were right...the thing is crap...in terms of posing that is...
and it seems that the leg/hip ball-peg joints (is that even right?) are really loose...the legs keep falling off and it's really annoying...
the base clip is barely there...how the hell is 1mm of plastic on either side of the groin area of the model supposed to hold it up?
but other than those complaints, there's not much to say about this kit except that it is amazing to look at, in both Unicorn and Destroy modes.
look towards a photo shoot sometime within the next year and possibly a review...if time allows...

long

2008-09-20T03:05:00.002-05:00

so yeah...it's been a while since my last real post...and suffice it to say, a lot has happened...

watched a ton of anime...started college...listened to a ton of music...started wroking on my long awaited MS-06S Zaku II Char Custom...and finally getting somewhere in life...

im guessing it will be a while before my next blog post...but until then, nobody will read this...

GN-001 Gundam Exia

2008-09-04T01:03:00.000-05:00

My GN-001 Exia 1/144 HG scale

Turn-A

2008-01-05T23:24:00.000-06:00

∀Gundam

F91

2008-01-04T18:20:00.001-06:00

Finally got around to taking pics of my F91...

axes are fun?

2007-09-24T19:03:00.000-05:00

well...
theres a new murder wave hitting japan...

teens axing arents in the head...

sounds like something i would do...

go to dannychoo.com(NSFW, well... actually depends on where you are...) for more info on these tkilings and the relation to anime

first

2007-05-24T00:12:00.000-05:00

first