GBWC 2011 - EA designs Entry - Veyron Deathwing

Alot of you may already know this project of mine from the Apocalypse showdown on MAC forums. This is also my FIRST TIME entry on this years GBWC 2011. Whether I will be able to finish the horse in time for the competition is still uncertain for now I only wish to keep the quality high on the horseman it self.

With his sword

Size Comparison with a 1/144 Zaku - I most probably still have to extend somewhere on the lower leg and the feet 

My Latest Mods

Mods on the backpack - Some people are already cursing me for what I did with the huge wings and backpack, well If you guys thought I was done, you were wrong! I added some more fins to the backpack to adhere to the "spiky and pointy" theme of the kit. I dug up some scrap from my strike noir and aile strike packs and temporarily placed it on the thrusters at the backpack. The results were very satisfying

 Unfortunately I couldn't attach the shotels because it's very hard to pose everything right plus the small feet aren't that stable, so I hope you can make do for what updates I have for now. :)

The strike Noir Fins I added on the backpack overlook the shoulder adding to the original spikes on the shoulder armor, I was surprised how those two pieces increased the impact of the shoulder spikes :)

The Knees

I have this theory that, the most detailed part of most kits are the legs, if you think about it, it was on the legs or knees to be specific that bandai first applied the "shifting" armors, later on it went to the arms and then it went to the other scales, now we have shifting armor even on 1/144 kits :)

I used some parts from my MG deathscythe - the arm guards and the side skirts. I designed them to utilize the shifting Knee armor that the original sinanju leg had. I made use of this to further enhance the detail of the kit, and the outcome didn't disappoint

The shifting Armor - Pictures show from step 1 to step 3 :)

Amazing isn't it?? It amazes me even though I built it :))

Well that's all of the updates I have right now I may make more blog posts about the previous progress on this kit so that others who will visit my blog maybe able to view the "transformation" this kit underwent :)
I'll be doing some more detailing tonight, hopefully when the sun is up tomorrow I can take good pictures and make another blog post :)

thanks for viewing!

An Update to the horse

This is a long overdue Blog post, this picture here has been posted for about a week now at MAC facebook page and is STILL getting "likes". This was the first picture of the horse when I first installed the hind legs. Right now it's supported by my deodorant and the front legs are just standing there freely

A day later, after much thinking I found a way how to attach the front legs to the horse's main body. This is the result. Ever since this picture, Comments have been pouring! From MAC's FB page and the Forum. I guess this is because it is very rare for someone to try out this "CRAZY IDEA" as some put it

It surprised me further that the horse can stand on it's own two feet with some balancing of course.

One more to show the size comparison with the Sinanju. Note that the sinanju will undergo Height mods so that this size comparison is only tentative and will soon change. This is a week old picture and TODAY I am currently working on the torso itself.

see you guys on the next update ^_^

it's so fluffy~

here's a little something I've been working on, still alot of work to do but I just wanted to post some very early pictures of the design so here goes

the main body

hind legs

fore legs

maybe I could bring this on the MAC anniv :D

EA designs excluseive - MG 00 raiser WIP 1

Worked on this guy today only, for 6 hours straight (not really productive IMO) had to stop because I felt that I wasn't thinking of better mods after about the 5th hour, I had to rest and be ready for fresher mods :) anyway this build is an EA designs exclusive meaning I'll only post this here and not on any other forums (some pics may occasionally slip in my FB account). This is a detail job on the MG 00 raiser as well as touch ups on some of it's flaws and I'm trying to make it accurate with the PG 00 raiser line art. anyway here are the pics

Body shot :D

Started working on the GN drives first, I added some details on the binder holder and the backpack. I also did some cutting on the locking mechanism to increase the swing allowed for better articulation on the wings. Also here I introduce the Koto Combo's (koto part combo) where I combine 2 koto part's for a change in detail. :D

there are 5 koto parts in this picture. including the one on the grey arm holding the GN drive

the added swing, the left side swings higher than the right only the locking mechanisms on the GN drives are used, the locking mechanisms are not used on the backpack. (the ones under the arms)

Next I moved on the arms. I'm really trying to go for accuracy to the PG line art. Quite disappointed really that despite the PG 00r and the metal build 00r the MG 00r wasn't accurate with the PG lineart. really frustrated since the line art looks very COOL. I cut the lower arm armor into 3 pcs and add koto part's near the wrist for some detail 

You may also notice that I added some bulk on the bicep area, I was inspired to do this when I saw my cousin's metal build 00r and the impressions given by the MB and the MG 00r are different, honestly the MB has better proportions (it should! for an 8,000php model). I wanted to copy the muscular biceps of the MB (metal build) I've only done one side of the left arm

just a little cutting to add some details on the shoulder armor

ahhh the torso! well for me the torso of any model kit should be one of the most articulated parts of a kit. if the torso is articulated enough, the kit will be able to do very dynamic poses EVEN if the arms and legs cannot do full bends. One vital joint in the torso is shoulder joint (where you insert the arms and shoulder armor) While the MG 00r does have this joint I find it to be quite limited with some design flaws on the BOXY armor of the MG. thus I had to do some cutting and modding to allow the joint to swing higher up!

Also something important to note, and also DO (I highly recommend you do this) is that the peg above (in the picture, peg where you insert the arms - left in this case) is rather long, even when you push arms all the way in , the arms will still be to far away from the body. I recommend that you cut them. I've cut my MG freedom's as well as it suffers from the same condition where the arms are too far from the body. I recommend you do it, all you need is a plastic cutter. this will also lock the shoulder armor in place

comparison between the left (modded) and right (normal). the left angles higher from the body because of the mods on the shoulder joint. also try to notice that the left arm is positioned closer to the body than the right. that's because I cut a small portion on the peg on the left side while the right side still has the normal length of the peg.

over-all mods shot

waist unit

the koto parts combo. the bigger square is from P-116 and the smaller square with the details is from P-127

mods on the back of the leg, I wanted to do more but I wanted the mods to be subtle. and not ruin the original design of the 00 gundam so I thought that I would not place koto parts on the white armor pieces as much as possible

that's all for now, maybe next I can do the "layering" I've been planning on the GN drive holders : D. see you on the next update 

What I've been up to lately

Well, this are the thing I've been up to lately. I apologize for the lack of continuity in my blog. I started the MC Hi-Nu and never got to posting WIP part 2 for the kit. XP Right now I really don't have the luxury of time so the progress on my kits are ever so slow. Once it's July I think I'll be working on different kits on different phases of WIP at the same time (modding 1 kit, sanding another and painting another one). Anyway, just to keep my viewers interested, here's what I've been up to lately.

I'm sure you recognize this guy XP

I've also "kitbashed" a Rx-78 SCM. EX figure to a 1/144 00 gundam. The SCM EX series of banpresto has very articulated figures, they only have a small range of figures but the articulation just blew me away

I've also recently joined the forum "Gundam Eclipse", I've been warmly welcomed and thank the admin for accepting me. I joined the forum under the name NexusPrime20. I joined the forum  to join their "Summer War Contest", a gundam competition that ENCOURAGES modifications. So this is the competition for me, I've always told Sir Vanz Hilario that "I don't know how to make a clean build, I MUST ALWAYS have mods on my kit" XP  hahaha, so this is my entry for GE's Summer contest (apparently it's summer in the US)

Thanks for viewing guys! XP And I'm definitely more excited to start Working on my kits again, than you are to see updates on them

A long Due update on my blog - 1/144 MC Hi-Nu Ver EA.

Long time no blog yeah? Well first of all thank you for all the followers and viewers I have though I'd hope for more interaction with you XP. No, I really do.

This is what I've been up too lately. Got really inspired looking at Master Eday's work on his 1/144 kits. So I took my MC Hi-Nu which is the missing link between the 1/100 and 1/144 scale. A perfect step to stepping down from MG to 1/144. I'm also taking this kit as "warm-up" for BKMWC this year. Hopefully I could finish this and actually reach the point of painting  this kit (the last kit I panted was a year ago). Still not decided what to do for this year's BMKWC. Only Sir Vanz has an idea XP.

Anyway let's move on to the reason your here in my blog

Most of my Bro's from GMAC are familiar with my MC Hi-Nu. What I did here is based on master Eday's totally AWESOME work on his 1/144 kits. I had to extend his waist upward though for about 1cm to accomodate the mods then added some piston works and koto parts. If your familiar with the kit you'll know it's about as tall as MG WZC, after the mods it's 1 head smaller than MG Blue Frame. Due to the unfinished work on the waist the back arches back because of the weight of the backpack, thankfully the fuel tanks saved the day X)

Right now I'm experiencing shortage on the koto parts I use for making the pistons. So more mods for pistons will be postponed for now. Actually there are 2 pairs of pistons here. (4pcs in total, the bigger ones cover smaller ones at the back not seen in pic). I promise better pics and a tutorial on this pistons next blog post guys XD.

Next thing I'm gonna do while waiting for the replacement of the koto parts I use for this pistons is to add pla plates to the inner torso since after the cutting the female and male peg joints in the torso can be seen and also for added strength and stability. I also need to finish the back since this gundam probably has more weight on it's back rather than the gundam itself.

and of course there's pla plating XD. That's all folks here another Pic for your enjoyment