NEW YEAR. NEW MISSION.

It's been 6 months and I feel like I've abandoned this website. Well, school, work, and life pretty much took most of my time so I couldn't afford to do anything here.

Anyways, a lot has happened since last July. I have sold out 75% of my collection because I wanted to redefine my gunpla collection. So here is my new mission: I will only buy model kits that I will customize. I will only buy Gundam figures of my favorite designs/themes. This is all due to financial constraints and display preferences. I really want to start saving money for a long term plan. Also, I find it rather irritating when my shelf is too crowded and doesn't have a theme.

That about does it for now, I'll update very soon. :)

Custom Build #002 Part.2

Here is a little update:

- Aile Strike's backpack is added. It was raised and pushed back a little to give room for the shoulders and the head.

- Gale Strike thrusters are added to the backpack. Top pieces of these thrusters are cut off to avoid friction between the gale thrusters and the aile thrusters above them.
- More Strike thrusters are mounted on the beam saber handle on top. They will be modded later.

- Knee caps will be modded.

- MG Aile Strike feet are added because the original NG1/100 feet are too fat and hard to mod.
- MG Aile Strike hands are added.

That's it for now. It resembles a little bit more like Ex-S now. I'll see you around!

Custom Build #002 Part.1

I'm currently abandoning my previous project because I need inspiration. Finals during last semester also had an impact in this project. Although I do not intend to continue #001, I am not completely abandoning it. Meanwhile I'm going to concentrate on a new project.

Gundam Eclipse is holding a summer contest. Basically, you mod a recently purchased model kit and show it off! The prizes are fantastic, but I'm aiming for the first prize: MG Delta Plus.

I purchased NG 1/100 Gale Strike Gundam in April. Although I'm satisfied with it, the model kit does not look great on my shelf. Later on, it utterly annoyed me because the candy-like colors do not look impressive at all.

I had an idea of turning Gale Strike into a heavily armored mobile suit like Ex-S Gundam. The inspiration came from GFF Ex-S Gundam that I bought in May. I figured, "What if I re-imagine Ex-S Gundam in Seed universe? Although it utterly failed, Seed is supposed to be the new UC, afterall."

I started this project a few days after the contest was announced, which was June 2nd. And, here is the progress so far:

Week one: Head was slightly modified. Torso, back, and waist parts were heavily modified. I used a lot of spare parts from 00 model kits that aren't used. Pen caps (green) were used to imitate thrusters on the back skirt.

Week two: Scratch-built a  beamsmart gun using a rifle that came from Kotobukiya's Weapon Unit #6 as a base unit. A pen (green) cap is used to imitate energy tank. Basically, I used a lot of unused writing utensils to build this gun.

Week three: Sensors and pipes are added to the chest piece. Shoulder parts are slightly modified. Side skirts are modded into storages for beam sabers.

The progress of this project has been halted because my parents are in the states right now. So, I had to put away modelling stuff away at the moment. Also, I ran out of pla-plates. So, until my parents leave New York and I get my supply of pla-plates, then I can resume this project. :)