Mecha 2012 - 1/100 MG Sazabi Ver. Gav [Project Hades] WIP 5 (I've only gone and bloody finished it!)

HELL YES.

Here's the finished build, all primed and ready for painting. Colour scheme to follow this week, really need to get cracking!

Mecha 2012 - 1/100 MG Sazabi Ver. Gav [Project Hades] WIP 4 (Ran out of primer...)

So these legs would be pretty much finished had I remembered to buy primer last week. It'l arrive at some point next week I imagine, so I suppose I'd better start detailing up the torso (the last part to do). Y'know, I may even finish this bugger before the deadline.

Mecha 2012 - 1/100 MG Sazabi Ver. Gav [Project Hades] WIP 3 (Big Gun)

Bit of a long one so I'll split into two posts - This one will be about the 'Dark Lance' that I was going on about in the first WIP post. I'm pretty pleased with my stroke of genius to use the shield to form the body of the weapon, as it fits in with the model really well. I had the shield left over as I knew this model would not be using it, and I was thinking for weeks about how I was going to build the massive weapon that this thing needed - it took a while to click but is seemed obvious once I started building. 

Mecha 2012 - 1/100 MG Sazabi Ver. Gav [Project Hades] WIP 2

It's been a crap couple of months in terms of finding time for Gunpla! I seriously don't think I'm going to get this build done in time for the deadline, bit I'm going to give it my best shot...

Mecha 2012 - 1/100 MG Sazabi Ver. Gav [Project Hades] WIP 1

Here's some progress on my Mecha 2012 entry. For those of you who don't know, Mecha 2012 is an epic competition running over on the MAC Forums. Tonnes of epic prizes and the best in the world competing. I don't expect to win or anything, but it's a great opportunity to up my game, the competition is pushing me to try new things and really push the boat out. It's a great thing to be a part of, and if you havn't had a look yet, I suggest you check out some of the 300 entries, there's some cracking stuff going on over there.

There has been a distinct lack of progress from me this year. This is due to several things.. We lost our flat, so have been spending the last 6 weekends looking for a new one, which we thankfully have now found. I have also started a new job, which has been tiring me out. I gotta drive 100 miles a day to and from, so I haven't had time to do anything else whilst settling in. Oh, and in the new flat I've got a whole room for model making and painting, so I don't have to use the coffee table any more and might even be able to take some half decent WIP photos!

Anyway, back to my piece of crap entry! Starting off with the Sazabi, I decided I wanted it to be a long range heavy tank like mech, who towers over the battlefield dealing massive long range damage and having super heavy front armour to take all the punishment it will no doubt attract. I went with the theme 'Hades' as I see it being this big purple and black monster with a huuuge long range lance like cannon.

1/100 MG Freedom Gundam Ver. Gav

UPDATE 14.12.11: - Featured on DC23 Mecharts.com!

This was an old model that I had kicking around from when I was 17, much like my Wing Zero Custom! It was really satisfying breathing life into this old model. It didn't take too long compared to my other models, but that's because I didn't do anything drastic and I've learnt a lot from previous builds. 

1/60 Broken Blade Eltemus

UPDATE 17.11.11: Featured on DC23 Mecharts.com!

Not really happy with this one, but I think it's a lesson learned. It's only my third model, and I think I jumped in at the deep end with the weathering techniques. Although, I know exactly what I did wrong on a lot of it, so next time I try some weathering I'll definitely do a better job.

I won European Gunpla Cup!

Normally I wouldn't blog something without posting any work or progress, but I thought this worth putting up here! I recently entered my Sinanju into the Mech Art Forum's European Gunpla Cup, not really expecting anything to come of it as it was my first ever kit and there where some really strong entries, but I entered nonetheless.

1/100 MG Freedom Gundam

I should really do some modelling.. But here's another colour scheme! These colours are based on what I had lying around left over from my other builds. I'm actually really pleased with it, so I'm going to get cracking on it asap. I've already started modding the Freedom's awful shield, and putting details into the armour and stuff like that, but more of that in another post. For now, here's the scheme.

1/100 MG Strike Rouge

So here's my take on the Strike Rouge Gundam. I hated the wishy-washy dull pink of the original, so I brightened it up a bit. The white might also turn to light grey, but I'm not sure yet. I also though I'd give the hexagon thing a go to break up all that dark pink. Updates to come! I'll try and take more WIP photos as I go, really need to record my progress a bit more!