Wednesday, January 4, 2012

I still hear the frog screaming...

While working on a 1/100 RX-78-3 Gundam G3 2.0, I finished up the core fighter and could only think this:

Monday, January 2, 2012

1/100 MG Char's Z'Gok Snapfit


Finished up the 1/100 Master Grade Char's Z'gok. The first Gundam kit I ever built was an SD Char's Z'Gok almost a decade ago so this was kind of a sentimental build.


The size of his upper body is formidable compared to my other models. His arms and legs are not as sturdy as I wish they were but the overall design is great, very unique.


The dark gray parts that show through the red armor look very nice, the bottom of Z'gok's boots has a similar look with large screws showing.


They did a great job making the MS appear to be amphibious, it's like a great big crustacean with Char's red.


The backpack is great, it has the same gray-through-red appearance as the rest of the kit and has great internal detailing as well. The very bottom of the cylinders have spinning blades that would presumably propel the suit through water. These are also found on the bottom of the Z'gok's feet.


The arms and legs can extend but don't bend much. The forearms and knees are where all the bendy action happens.


Very mean looking claws! The kit has a lot of rubber detailing, you can see some of it in the dark lines surrounding the waist armor so every time it leans the exposed innards are covered by ribbed sheets of rubber.


And a good look at the torso mechanics. Every fin of those vents is individual and had to be sanded one by one. Overall it's a very fun kit even though its arms and legs lack posability.