MG Exia Ignition Mode

First i gotta start off the post with some of my personal life updates. Yeah yeah yeah, life is getting more busier after change of job especially the role of the job. From buying to selling, it use to 80% planning, 20% monitoring but now is 30% planning and 70% implementing. Its really suck up lot of time and energy in selling role as there might be no reference or there isn't an always confirm right reference. Turning on the mood back to hobby is rather more difficult than starting an 30 years old engine (maybe i should use another example). While it hard to get in hobby mood, it even more difficult get into blogging mode but i'm still not giving up yet. So, back to business here. What am i going to show here, something that i show before but this time will be in... another way.

Previously i was building the MG OO seven sword, i guess i continue with this one might be suitable for the flow (what kind of flow? i don't know). I watch the entire OO series from first season to second season as well as the movie except the side story. I guess i can describe anything from this MS. The first thing that i want talk about, instead of weapon, it power core or concept, this thing come with lots of variation, till its expansion and upgrade version. It got the original Exia, Avalanche Exia, Exia Type- (many type), Astrea, Exia R1, R2 and R3?. It just come with lot of variation not counting the upgrade version which is the double O gundam that using its concept. Even OO Quanta is base on this. I guess this it just won the best base model of variation in OO series. Maybe the platform of its design really have a lot of potential. So, the concept of this MS was made for melee combat with a lot of melee weapon and the weapons also create to penetrate different types of armors as shown in the season 1. What i like most about its weapon is not those two stupid GN blades ( GN Sword 1 still remain as my favorite) but is the way it design to store those beam saber. Storing the beam saber at the back of the shoulders really something "unimaginable" yet it's actually quit efficient and effective. A melee combat MS that come with super fast attack move from the Trans Arms system (berserk), not an bad idea. I think i should stop talking about the kit here as i really got a lot of opinion about this kit (both positive and negative).

I actually made a "simple" review about this kit before and i totally forget about until i search for some old action pose photo of this kit. I was thinking maybe i can skip this post but from what wrote on the previous post was, i feel i miss something.

So, start with the assemble process for this kit, straightforward. Connecting the arms and shoulders to the main body were a bit difficult due to the GN Condenser that attach at the side of shoulders  and arms. The structure or design of the kit is simple too, no heavy back pack or heavy weapon to carry. Although the design might simple but it still pack with lot of detail and/or panel like that make it look not too plain. It might not come with sliding armors but the transparent GN Condenser can expose some of the sliding part in the inner frame. Color separation is great as most of the individual parts only come for one color.

In terms of the proportion and articulation, this great have it all. Articulation is great in this kit because it can be said no obstruction for different movement (especially the waste). As for the proportion wise, at first i thought everything look too square-ish but after the completion of the assemble process (for the first time), its totally different. The shoulder seems shorter, main body bulkier, bigger tights, and bigger head unit compare to NG 1/100. As compare to the current Metal Build version, i will give at least 80 point for the proportion.

MG Force Impulse Review

Another kit from Seed Destiny again. I always like to review kit from this series as it is my favorite series which i'm more familiar with compare to UC, Wings or others. Previously i have review the MG Sword Impulse version which have most of the parts same with this except the silhouette parts.

Since i have review the Sword Impulse, in this post i will more focus on the Force silhouette pack but it gonna be short. So, the force silhouette pack that form Force Impulse, as what we know this pack is serve the same function as the Aile Striker from Strike. Compare to Aile Strike, the force silhouette is more smaller which didn't come with two large thruster at the back. The design is more sleek and sharp compare to Aile Striker pack. Come with two beam saber which make the Force Impulse still able to fight for medium and close combat. The wing is foldable which doesn't require much space to store it. The detail of this Force Silhouette is pretty great too. Compare to other Silhouette such as the Blast and Sword Silhouette, those are more focus on the weapon that it can carry but as for this, it greatly improve the overall performance of the MS. Therefore, what we can see it's more focus on the individual silhouette unit compare to the weapon it can carry (only two beam sabers)


The actual kit here is actually quite accurate for this Force Silhouette pack compare to the anime. On top of that, it come with one of the sword from Sword Silhouette ( but its slightly different) to form some of the "Excalibur" scene.

 

HGUC FA-78 3 Full Armor Gundam 7th Custom paint complete

Alright, finally i got this finish. Its been a while that i didn't paint any kit and only focus on building OOB kit. After this kit, i will be going back on building another 2 OOB kit before move into another painting project. As for any project with additional detail or modification? I haven't think of any since last few modify project was not really up to some basic requirement, it really think of where are the mistake and what i should really focus before starting any. As for this, i guess its another trial to improve my painting skill and masking skill but there are still some part that i didn't do well. Its all because of IMPATIENCE.

HGUC FA-78 3 Full Armor Gundam 7th review

Damn, i delayed this post again. Its was supposed to be here by the end of December but it ended up being upload now, mid of January. The pre-build was completed few weeks ago and it already under painting process now. Too bad that this project was held during the hand over for my previous job and i'm in another job which is in another field now. Two days off on weekend, i can spend one day for gunpla and post it on the coming weekend (Great).

So, FA-78-3 (instead of RX-78) Full Armor Gundam 7th, i don't know why it goes by number 7th but i guess this should be the 7th variation from RX-78. If i'm not wrong, it was from one of the Gundam game series and its not from any gundam anime series. As read from our best friend or you can called it as "gundam wiki" a.k.a MAHQ, this thing really come from many version or generation. The origin was from RX-78 till it develop to FA-78-1 to 2 to 3. And the best part of it was this 3rd generation can be said the combination of the FA-78-1 or 2 with using the NT-1 as the platform. This kit was actually re-design from the Mr. Katoki and the original of this FA-78-3 was carrying a lot more weapon than this. There is another heavy armor of this FA-78-3 which something look like Gundam Double X with its add-on flight "jet". From what i read, this should be the strongest RX/FA-78 series as the with more weapon and additional armors while maintaining its agility. If this come in MG version, which using the original design concept of this MS, it really can store a lot of weapon as MAHQ stated on its design concept. What a small kit with a lot of story.

Let check out the box and the runners.

MG OO Raiser Review

Damn, i started to get use to what adult collectors are doing, piling up the back log and took few months to complete one own custom gunpla project. It almost 4 month after i customize my own MG Destiny and till now i don't even have any clue what to start. Getting in for the November competition and try to have some fun over there, I think this is not going to happen this year. So, lets focus on this review kit now.

What we have here is a MG OO raiser, man we have waited this long time and finally i get my hands on it but unfortunately its not mine and i still going to build the best out of it. It was part of my "ex-boss" project and this is the sixth MG gunpla that i build for him. There is another MG OO seven sword, MG Astray Red Frame Kai and MG Force Impulse, after that it will be the time for me to build my own project ( its great to enjoy this addiction without paying a single cent while i can save some money for the future project). I forgot when was this release but if i'm not remember wrong it released last year and few month later, the seven sword version came out too. The MG version was released later than the PG version and that was the time for RG take place in the market, i guess the designer sure headache about this which want it maintain the "not overly done" look, better and worth more than a normal RG while it won't exceed what we have from the PG, quite tough isn't it.  

Alright, some brief introduction of this MS. It was from the Double O gundam series season 2 which airing around 2008 and first appearance was on 2007 ending of the Double O gundam season 1 (only the upper torso and the head unit were show). I though this is it, the best gundam in the Double O series, nothing can be better than this but the ending of the series was, quite disappointed for me as such brilliant design MS will end up with it "soul" being separate back to its predecessor and the worse part is, although it did appear back in the " the Trailblazer" movie but it got destroy by some sort of alien call ELS and the OO Qanta was replacing it? I don't care, this is the best gundam in the Double O series no matter from which season or movie series of it. Instead of those "quantum brain wave power" or what ever special power of the pilot, the only thing make sense to me is machine is a machine, machine will not bring superpower (that is why i hate this MS sometime when it use the so called "burst" more where everyone get naked and able to talk to each other through again, "quantum brain wave"). I do admire that it is a MS that using twin drive system which sound like a twin cam engine that able to double up it power, with the O raiser attach on it will make it even more stronger (and of course it look better) but operating it seems a bit complicated since it need two pilot where the pilot of the O raiser need to support to maintain the stability of this twin drive system. Another thing that i like most about this MS is the weapon system. When the GN Sword 1 from the Exia, it was amazing, it feels like the old WWII Rifle with a knife in front of it. It can use as a melee weapon or it can shoot the enemy from the far side, as for this.... large sword that going to slice the pity Enact apart from Mr. Patric and transform into a small GN Beam Pistol to shoot the rest. And when it come to this MS, it carry 2 GN sword 2 instead of one, can be combine to become like a lance on what we have on the MG Infinite Justice, while it can become a high frequency "heat sword" it can also become beam swords and like it predecessor, it can transform into a rifle which something that can shoot the enemy down. The GN Sword 3 will be another nasty version of it as the sword is as large as the GN Sword 1 while it can create a very large beam sword that might even bigger than the bean from the Gundam Seed Meteor unit. Just the hand carry primary weapon is not impress you enough because the wing binder which is have a small cannon beneath it and also can become a shield like the Forbiden gundam, it also can generate a biggers beam "sword" that can slash down a "fotress". Two GN Beam saber at the back, that is the flying knife for Setsuna to cure his throwing weapon addiction on the battlefield. Enough for the MS and lets see what it have inside this kit.

NG 1/100 Akatsuki Review

I remember the first post for the Seven6398 was using NG 1/100 Akatsuki, I can't believe the first post about model kit in this Seven6398 ver.2 will be NG 1/100 Akatsuki. 

Although it's not pilot by main character or being the main character mobile suit but this still caught many attention from the audience i guess. It's the only gold plated kit in the Gundam Seed Destiny series even in gunpla. At the end of the day, the unit was pilot a man who also wear his mask during the combat really reminding Mr. Quattro as believe to be Char in its Hyaku shiki which also a gold plated mobile suit in Gundam Zeta series. The first appearance of this mobile suit was quite "deep", as it is the sword for the savior to protect Orb from burning again. Even a song that have the similar name with this mobile suit was played. The role created for this mobile suit and its pilot was quite great in my opinion. 

Back to the mobile suit itself, maybe i should let the information collected in Mahq explain it all:

Before his death in C.E. 71, Orb Union leader Uzumi Nara Athha commissions the construction of the ORB-01 Akatsuki to serve as the final defense of Orb, should the need arise. Developed in secret, the Akatsuki is hidden underneath the Orb mainland until C.E. 74. The Akatsuki's design is similar to the GAT-X105 Strike Gundam that Orb assisted the Earth Alliance in developing. Aside from visual similarities, the Akatsuki is capable of using several packs similar to the Strike Gundam's Striker packs. Perhaps the most unique feature of the Akatsuki is its "Yata-no-Kagami" anti-beam defensive reflection system, which is coated on the armor. Comprised of many tiny mirrors, the armor coating the Akatsuki allows it to reflect any beam energy fired at it. The armaments of the Akatsuki's main body include a pair of vulcan guns, a twin beam saber, a beam rifle and shield. When equipped with the "Owashi" sky pack, the Akatsuki can also use a pair of high-energy beam cannons. In addition, the "Owashi" pack can separate and function as a separate fighter. In space, the Akatsuki can equip the "Shiranui" pack, which is armed with a guided mobile beam turret system similar to ZAFT's DRAGOON (Disconnected Rapid Armament Group Overlook Operation Network) system. In addition to functioning as beam cannons, the units can be used to create a defensive shield. The Akatsuki is first used in by Cagalli Yula Athha to defend Orb from a ZAFT attack during Operation Fury. During the battle, the Akatsuki engages Shinn Asuka's ZGMF-X42S Destiny Gundam and receives minor damage. Soon after, the battleship Archangel heads to space, and Cagalli gives the Akatsuki to ace pilot Neo Roanoke (aka Mu La Flaga). In a battle between ZAFT and the Orb space fleet, Neo and Athrun Zala destroy the Requiem cannon that ZAFT captures from the Alliance. Soon after, the death of PLANT Supreme Council Chairman Gilbert Durandal and the destruction of the mobile space fortress Messiah mark the end of the war.  

Boxart, runners and manual

I think that explanation should be sufficient for this mobile suit. Personally, with its weapon system it can said that it might unbeatable or even as strong as Strike Freedom (which is my favorite mobile suit in Gundam Seed Destiny). A unit that have beam reflector to protect it from any beam attack and even a guided mobile beam turret system which can use to create a large "prism" as a energy shield, it can be said one of the safest mobile suit in the war if the pilot worry about getting shot by others.