All You Need Is Gunpla

Merry Christmas!!

2011-12-25T21:50:00.002Z

An update to the blog that never gets updated and when it does get updated, the topic is totally different. :)

Merry Christmas virtual visitors... if you guys even exists hehe

Update? Nah

2011-11-29T13:23:00.000Z

Still no motivation finish my RX-78 unfortunately. Still busy with Anime and games. :)

I also think I would need to buy a new airbrush as I may have stepped on it accidentally. :D

And I'm back!!

2011-11-18T01:43:00.000Z

Well, I didn't really go away, just didn't have time to continue making em gunplas. The RX-78 is still in the same condition from 3 months ago.

It's tough being a gamer, an avid anime fan and a gunpla hobbyist but I suppose being a gamer and watching anime comes first for me. And with Battlefield 3 being released, I've gotten less motivated to get my gunpla done. :)

Hopefully by the time I get my BluRay copy of Unicorn Vol 4 in December. I'll get my motivation back. :)

For now, I'm happily gaming(BF3, MGS HD Collection, FFXIII) and watching anime.

PG RX-78-2 Gundam 30th Anniversary EX Finish - Head Unit #01

2011-08-13T14:19:00.001+01:00

So I finally started doing my Perfect Grade one. I have to say, it looks really nice.

The inner stuff of the head.

All the parts without the armour. As with all PG version (afaik anyway), all head unit lights up.

Full assembled. Light switched on. I turned off the flash of my camera otherwise you wont see how it looks.

Same thing with the light switched off.

I've finished doing the right arm but I wont put it up until I've done the left arm. :)
It's looking really good and to be honest, I kinda like it more than my old PG Astray Red Frame at the moment.

I've got some new pens too but I'll post it some other time.

More Kotobukiya. 2nd post already?

2011-08-07T22:11:00.000+01:00

Well, I quickly went to Dalong's website to check his version of the Noblesse Oblige and he/she actually has one luckily.

Just wanted to show/compare how it looks without all the panel lining I did to it. Luckily the one on his/her website doesn't have any panel linings.

Quite a difference w/o panel lining.

It's August and it's done!!

2011-08-07T21:54:00.000+01:00

That's right, my CR-Hogire Rosenthal is finally finish.

I suppose I couldn't be bothered posting bit-by-bit updates about it. Probably wont be doing it anymore but we'll see. I do change my mind very quickly.

Anyways, here's the finished model.

By the time I took this, I still haven't finished the 2nd gun. The problem is, the gun is made out of only 3 or 4 pieces of plastic so I had to actually (and properly for the first time :)) use a masking tape. The golden parts on the gun as you can see aren't separated from the rest.

Here's another one I've taken. Weird pose I know. I'm not used to making poses because every time I do, some parts keeps falling off. :)

Here's one compared to my MG 1/100 Shin Musha Gundam. When I first finished the legs on the Rosenthal, I thought it was going to be bigger than the MG.

And here's the last pic of it. Complete with both guns. Was so relieved when I finished it. :)

I'm now planning to do my PG RX78-2 Gundam. Even though I've got 4 or 5 more gunplas that I bought much earlier than the PG, I kinda don't feel like doing them... for some reason. Might have to do the Strike Noir first before I do the Sinanju(I want this one to be properly done, so I'm keeping it for now until I get used to doing airbrushing properly)..

X-Japan came and went

2011-07-01T12:31:00.000+01:00

So I had the chance to finally see them perform live here in London. They started off their European tour here which was pretty awesome. One ticket seller nearly botched it for me though... f**kin bastard.

Anyways, when I arrived at Shepherd's Bush Empire, I was surprised how long the queue was. I was in it for an hour or so and people still kept coming. I would've also loved to get one of those X-Japan tees but there was another queue for that so I said f**k it.... but I kinda regret it not buying them now. :)

This was printed red on the black t-shirt.

If they ever come back again in London, I'll definitely get one t-shirt for sure.

Oh and their new single Jade is out now... I'm waiting for a new album cause I'm not really into singles.

More Kotobukiya soon. :)

Noblesse Oblige #05

2011-06-25T11:44:00.000+01:00

Been a while. Too lazy to post updates.

I've done a fairly bit more these last 2 days.

This is the foot part. I have to say that it feels much stable than the gundam ones.

Some decorations I guess... luckily I bought a heat gun to dry the gold part quickly.

These little bits were such a pain in the arse to panel line.

Here's the to-be-assembled and assembled legs. Looks really nice even in RL. :)

And here are both feet/legs standing. Can't wait for it to finish.

Well, I stopped using my sis' DSLR again as I find using my Arc somewhat better with the correct exposure settings.

I've done the head and the body part already but will post that some other time... hopefully in a few days instead of after 15 days.

Noblesse Oblige #04

2011-06-10T12:12:00.000+01:00

I was actually going to post this yesterday but I was so into building the model I didn't bother posting. :)
The current section I was doing were the lower feet which looks quite awesome with all those small gold pieces mixed into the white/black plastics. I have to say white/black/gold are pretty cool looking colour combination.

This part is I believe some sort of knee armour that is sticking out... if you check the finished model and look from the front, you'll see.

Back of the lower feet. I somewhat melted another part again with the heat gun

You'll find it if you look harder. :)

Just like the pic above but more small stuffs added.

Top piece: all three pieces put together

I'm continuing it today until before I go to sleep in an hour or so. Will post whenever I feel like it as usual.

Learning Japanese

2011-06-04T06:55:00.001+01:00

I've been trying to learn japanese for the longest time now and never really got used to it mostly because of the software I've downloaded("free" mind you :)) lacks something that makes learning, interesting.

Now, I thought I'd give it another try and since I got an android phone a few weeks back, I searched for "learning japanese" on the droid market and found this software called "Human Japanese".

The free version goes only up to chapter 8, last time I checked. But the full version goes all the way up to chapter 40, learning kanji and other stuff. All for the price of only £6.09. You can also get the trial version for PC and the full version is USD19.00... so that's about £13(?).

This software actually made me get a piece of paper and a pencil to get familiar with and write hiragana. I only do bit by bit a day 'cause if I do more, I'd definitely forget all about what I learned. Currently on chapter 4, learning the t-series as the software calls it.

More info here:
http://www.humanjapanese.com/home.html

Noblesse Oblige #03 - finally

2011-06-01T13:45:00.001+01:00

Continuing from more than a year ago here: http://msmav.blogspot.com/2010/02/noblesse-oblige-02.html

I had some runners that I actually airbrushed, some just primed and the rest with no paint at all. I just don't feel like airbrushing them for some reason.

The two arm parts from last time are now now connected as you can see from the pic. Also added some more stuff on it (weapons?).

The parts below are for the legs. Having looked at the complete model, they seem to be the thigh protector/armour. I do some panel line on them every time I finish a section from the manual.

These parts are also for the legs. The top one is t he completed section and the bottom part are the pieces still to be put together.

This is now the combined parts from the above. I'm still "no good" at panel lining. The few mistakes I made on the lines are quite noticeable and it's quite hard to fix them because.... I don't really know how. :)

The next section will be the lower part of the leg so I'll probably be doing that either tomorrow or whenever I feel like doing it... as usual. :)

Noblesse Oblige continuation + PG RX-78-2

2011-05-27T12:45:00.001+01:00

That's right... I finally got up and looked for the missing piece from the Armored Core plamo. I kinda misplaced the construction manual for it but I luckily found it.

Also, I got a new plamo to work on... probably after I finish the Noblesse Oblige or maybe in-between. I recently bought a Perfect Grade Gundam RX-78-2 "30th Anniversary Model Extra Finish Version".

Bought it from a good ebayer in Japan at a decent price. Thanks to him again.
Highly doubt I will do any painting on this one. The runners are just like the MG Shin Musha "Sengoku no Jin" I did, molded in gloss colours. Not sure how I'll do the panel lining yet though.

Bacho Blue Destiny Gundam #06 FINAL

2011-05-27T12:31:00.001+01:00

And so I finally finished reworking Bacho Blue. It took a while and I'm quite impressed with what I did to it. I could've posted an update yesterday but you know. :)

Here's the pic I took yesterday when I've done putting the gold colour on the sword.

And here's the finished, painted Bacho Blue and the older picture for comparison.

I used my sister's DSLR camera so you'll see some difference in quality.

And that's it. I don't think I'll be able to continue with my Noblesse Oblige plamo for some time as I have mentioned before, there's one piece of plastic missing and I haven't really searched for it yet. I might start with the MG Gundam Noir though.... we'll see. :)

Pic taken from www.1999.co.jp

Edit: This was posted some 2 or 3 weeks ago, seems after I edited it, the date changed to today's.

Bacho Blue Destiny Gundam #05

2011-05-08T13:25:00.001+01:00

I felt like continuing it so I did. :)

The first white coating actually looked quite good but since I have another type of white, I wanted to try it out. It's pearlized white so it looked more glossy... I quite like it though but it's a tad bit dark. Next time I'll mix it with the white coating I have.

Not sure if you can notice the colour but it has definitely changed. The other 2 pics that I took looked quite bad so I wont put it here.

As usual, if I don't get lazy tomorrow, I might be able to finally finish it. Otherwise, give it 2-3 more days. :)

Anime

2011-05-08T09:51:00.000+01:00

Just started watching a new anime series. It's called "Nyan Koi".

Here's a summary taken from ANN: Junpei Kōsaka is a second-year high school student who despises cats and has an allergy to them. It just so happens that his high school crush is Kaede Mizuno, a girl who adores cats. One day, while walking home from school, Junpei kicks an empty can and unfortunately beans the local neko-jizō-sama (guardian deity of cats). He finds he can now understand what cats are saying, including his family's own ill-tempered cat, Nyamusasu. However, if he does not grant 100 wishes from cats, he will turn into cat
himself.

Love it, watch it. :)

I was going to continue colouring Bacho Blue but it was raining pretty hard yesterday when I came, I just didn't feel like doing anything at all... but I'll continue it today and hopefully finish it by tomorrow or the next day. If I don't get lazy, I might post another update in a few hours. Otherwise, it'll be tomorrow.

Bacho Blue Destiny Gundam #04

2011-05-06T09:42:00.002+01:00

Finally an update. I was actually off work for 2 days but laziness took over as always and just ended up re-watching Naruto Shippuuden from episode 157 where Konoha was attacked by Pain.

Well, early this morning, I just decided to continue with this one. Only thing I've done is primed the surface though. Nothing much really. They were the leftover white parts so once I'm done painting them, I'll be finish with it.

Took some pics using my new phone. They look good enough to me. :)

Edit: The formatting looked horrible after posting it with small thumbnails. So had to redo a few times.

Xperia Arc Battery

2011-05-02T12:16:00.000+01:00

Got home about 4 hours ago. Was so tired I fell asleep for 2 hours.

As posted earlier, the battery of the Xperia Arc seems to drain very quickly probably due to some software bug(my guess anyway). I looked around and found that there's a simple way to fix it.

Before, the battery would drain about 10% every hour in which case, the phone would only last in 10~11 hours. Now to remedy that, simply before you unplug the charging cable, press the home button to "activate" or "switch on" the phone screen and do not unlock the phone. Only unlock it after you pull the cable then restart your phone. That's it.

If my phone's fully charged, it'll stay @ 100% charge for more than an hour which I find pretty neat.

Now as for the Bacho Blue update, I'll probably continue doing it on my days off which should be coming soon, or whenever I have time(not being lazy).... whichever comes first.

Xperia Arc

2011-05-02T03:18:00.001+01:00

Right... I'm posting this using my phone :-)
I haven't actually posted this before but I recently got a new phone which is, as the title suggest, the Xperia Arc.

Been having a bit of battery problem for the last 2 days and since last night, I think I found a solution on the WWW. I'll post it here when I get back home... for anyone actually visit this blog and has the same phone. :-D

Just posting

2011-05-01T13:17:00.000+01:00

No update today... well... except for this post. :)

Still trying to get rid of the paints and stickers. My fingers are now getting dry because of the paint cleaner. Will probably have them done tomorrow or the next day assuming I don't get lazy.

I've also started watching a new anime series called "Darker than Black". Yes, it's not new but I haven't seen it and has been on my watch list for a very long time. Currently @ episode 10 and have to say that it's quite decent but not for people expecting a story from the beginning. You could say it's a 2-episode story.

I wouldn't recommend to people with weak heart. :)

Bacho Blue Destiny Gundam #03.1

2011-04-30T13:23:00.001+01:00

I tried to remove the old paint and stickers on the pieces and they were quite tough to do especially the gold ones. Some were hard to reach corners.

Noticeable but good enough. :)
The golden line that is visible is painted on the depressed(lowered?) part of the piece so I can't be bothered to remove it.

Bacho Blue Destiny Gundam #03

2011-04-27T16:10:00.001+01:00

Right.. I just primed all the blue parts I had for this model and put a black colour coating on top of it. Looking good so far. Gonna leave overnight to dry 'cause it's getting quite cold again here in London. I might have to go and buy a heat gun as I heard it works quite well and fast for drying paints. Will take some pictures once I re-assembled them.

29-04 Edit:
Right... so the colour has settled in. Today I went to B&Q and bought a Heat Gun to use for drying paint. Now I tried it on one of the parts and me being a noob, I nearly deformed and melted the piece.

Luckily that side is the inside part

so it's hidden between the legs.

Bacho Blue Destiny Gundam #02

2011-04-26T09:07:00.001+01:00

I just started painting it with blue and I have to say that it looks pretty neat. I'm going to put another blue coating on it in about an hour as it currently looks too dark blue.

The picture doesn't show it but it's a tad bit more darker than that.

Edit: This is the finished one. Somehow the camera shows it too dark. Oh, and putting another blue disn't seem to help... maybe I've done something wrong. :)

And yes, I messed up the red beard/chin thingy at the bottom. Since the whole head was in colour blue, I tried to cover the chin part with red Gundam Marker and as it turned out, oil-based marker on top of water-based colour doesn't mix well. I'm still a noob with these things. :)

Bacho Blue Destiny Gundam #01

2011-04-25T12:14:00.001+01:00

So maybe not a "once a month" post. :)

I decided to put some colours on this already finished SD Gundam(my first gunpla I've actually built). IMO, it looks plain and simple compared to my recent ones.

Before: A few stickers, few panel lines and some painted parts with acrylics.

Golden parts with Gundam Marker.

I started with the head and airbrushed it black as base then sometime tomorrow finish it with blue. The small red and green parts, I'd most likely use the Gundam Marker for them.

The (maybe) once a month post

2011-04-25T04:11:00.000+01:00

Right, so it's been a month since I last posted.

Been watching SD Gundam Sangokuden anime lately which made me want to start building my gunplas again. Unfortunately, a small piece of the Armored Core plamo has been missing for some time and atm, I cba to look for it so it's on hold for a bit longer. I might start doing the other SD Gundams that I have though.... we'll see.

Motorcycle's doing great except for the bent radiator which is still functional(expensive to replace) and the few scratches here and there. I put this on the right side of the petrol tank plastic part to cover the big scratch.

GANBARE NIPPON!!

I had some extra reflective stickers so I cut them out. I copied the design I found on the web(I forgot which).

I'm mobile again

2011-03-26T14:13:00.000Z

That's right, I can finally ride my motorbike again. So glad I didn't pay more or at least pay my own estimated amount which was around £1300.00.

I was most worried about the front right damper as I saw there was a nice straight crack in the middle but apparently that was part of the design. That part alone would most likely cost me around £250.

All is good now though, safe ride to me and everyone who rides motorcycles. Riding is fun but getting injured, not so much.

Oh and btw, I bought a new helmet as I don't want to risk wearing my old helmet.Shame because the old helmet was a limited edition of Rossi/AGV GP TECH that costed me £200 or so. One thing's for sure, I'm not giving it away. :)

No idea when I'll be starting building gunplas again but if I do I'll probably do one of the BB Gundams that I have.

And I'm back again.

2011-03-18T15:00:00.001Z

Been a while... posting again because I'm finally getting my motorbike fixed!! YAY!!

Unfortunately still, the driver who hit me was never found. May he/she/it rot in hell. I would have gotten it fixed sooner but I had a serious toothache 2 months ago and had to use the money for the treatment instead. Anyways, all's good now. :)

As for the Armored Core model I was doing, I'll most likely postpone for quite some time. I got pissed sometime last last year and sent some parts of the model flying across my room.

That's it for now.

Oh and here's a pic of my bike before I sent it in for repairs.

Yes I know it's not badly damaged.... externally.

Either way.... I also bought a new helmet as I don't want to take my chances with my AVG helmet. Having a fractured collar bone isn't a good thing.

EDIT: Oh and as for the stuff I said about not riding a bike anymore.... well... I guess I just can't give it up. It's like an addiction. I probably said it at the spur of the moment. So yeah, I'm going to ride a motorbike again.

Gran Turismo 5

2010-11-24T20:13:00.001Z

So the game is finally out. I bought the Signature Edition, yay me.

I played for about 3-4 hours now and am liking it pretty much especially the Kart racing. Also took some picture in Photo Mode and I think they look great. :)

Honda Civic Type R (EK) '97

Chevrolet IMPALA 2010 Jeff Gordon #24 DuPont

Nissan Fairlady Z 280Z-L 2-seater (S130) '78

Gran Turismo PDI Racing Kart 100

These are the cars I currently have in the game(not much I know) that I have driven.

Accident #3!!

2010-11-17T04:14:00.000Z

Well, what a sad month for me.

I had a motorcycle accident last Friday while I'm on my way to work. Car slowed down, moved to the left, I tried to overtake, car tried to cut in front of me, my motorcycle got hit, I high-side, rolled over at least twice and then fractured my right collar bone at the same time. Apparently I'm a tough guy and that was the only injury incurred to me... and 1 or 2 scratches. My thanks to the one person who stayed and talked to me the entire time I was lying on the floor, I remember her name was Kelly.

Worst bit, I was told the driver that was involved took off before the police came. Here's hoping there are CCTV's in place.

My motorcycle doesn't seem to have gotten much damage. Foot pegs on both sides were bent, so were the gear shifter and the rear brake pedal. The tip of the clutch lever broke off and the brake lever was bent as well. The right side indicator was hanging, a scratch on the right side front fork and a scratch on the right fuel tank cover. Also, scratches on the exhaust.

It's probably the last time I'll be riding a motorcycle. As mentioned, it's the 3rd time I had a motorcycle accident since I started riding in 2008.

For me, getting minor injuries isn't much of a problem but dealing with insurance companies, police, investigation, etc, etc... is much more a pain in the ass than dealing with the injury.

Stuff and Updates

2010-10-26T13:18:00.000+01:00

There wont be any updates from me for a while(dunno maybe more than a month again :)). Only thing I can say right now is that I finally started airbrushing my PG Gundam Astray Red Frame. Still puts a smile on my face everything I look at the coloured piece of plastic that I just did a couple of hours ago.

Only bad thing about airbrushing for me is when I'm priming. My room is small and the window is behind my TV so I can't really open it. The problem with the primer is the smell and the fumes(?). Since it is really cold outside so early in the season, well, I can't really do it outside. We'll see how it goes but dang, I should've started airbrushing ever since I got my kit a year ago. :)

Updates as they come.

Airbrush

2010-10-25T10:48:00.000+01:00

Right, so I finally used my airbrush kit after gathering dust for more than a year. I've only ever tried it on paper and wasn't too sure whether if it'll look good on plastic models with my skills.

Now that I've tried it though, I'm definitely going to use it on my next one. Here's hoping that it'll turn out OK as far as my skills with airbrush is concerned.... I'm a beginner at it afterall. No fine detailing though as I would most likely mess it up. :)

Kanpei Gundam Finish!!

2010-10-24T13:10:00.003+01:00

Yes it's finally done!!

I had some issues having those glitters on the weapon. Since I did not want to use the sticker as they looked horrible, I bought this finger nail lacquer from ebay.

It worked quite well except that when it touched the part with the gundam marker, it dissolved the paint from the marker so I had to apply it carefully which was a real pain in the A**. It was also quite hard to distribute it equally on the surface. I still managed to, somehow, and the weapon turned out quite nicely.

More or less good I guess so hopefully I wont have to use that glitter lacquer anymore. :)
Here's the final model. Only one pose as I can't be a***d to do some more. ;)

And finally all 4 BB Gundams I've made so far. I'm thinking of re-doing Bacho Blue as it looks quite horrible.

Tamiya "Fine" Surface Primer

2010-10-23T12:59:00.000+01:00

Wow, 3 posts in 1 day. :)

So I decided to use one of the Tamiya primers that I just bought and I have to say that it works really good compared to the one I was using before. The coat is very thin.

I'll be using this type of surface primer from Tamiya from now on. Definitely recommend it.

Itsaaa Hiiiiaaaa

2010-10-23T10:21:00.000+01:00

Strange really. Another guy from Royal Mail came and delivered it. "It" as in my MG Sinanju!! :)
Seriously, Royal Mail needs to sort out how they deliver their customer's parcel. It's just not very efficient IMO.

The guys who sent it to me also included a small gundam sticker handbook. Unfortunately, everything's in japanese so I can't read it. Btw, the Sinanju pack also included a red medallion which looks pretty nice.

Here's some pic... actually only 2 :)

Here it is. I've dreamed about doing it one day last year when I first started doing gunpla's.

The medallion is the round thing at the bottom, between the feet.

And this is the sticker booklet. Pretty awesome stuff.

New tools and stuff

2010-10-23T09:28:00.000+01:00

Postman just rang my doorbell and gave me these.

2x cans of Tamiya Fine Surface Primer White

1x can of Tamiya Fina Surface Primer Grey

1x Gundam Marker White

3-brush set of Tamiya HF Modelling Brush (Size 0 & 2; 1 Ultra Fine)

Even though I already have a White Primer can, I wanted to see how fine these Timaya primers are as the one I currently have is quite thick.

Also, not really the parcel I was expecting. Where's my Sinanju?!

Kanpei Gundam #08

2010-10-22T14:59:00.002+01:00

Body & armour done!!! Yatta!!!

Only pose it can do with the hands. :)

The 2 armour parts for the back that I did below this post can actually be used, or rather equipped on both arms as some sort of claws. But to do that I'd have to remove the green armour that is currently attached on the arms, which I did but w/o success. Either way, it's looking good.

Last thing left to do is the weapon/spear then I can finally move on to the next one, most likely the Armored Core Noblesse Oblige.

Kanpei Gundam #07

2010-10-21T11:16:00.001+01:00

Finally finished painting these parts. Turned out pretty well although you can probably see in the image below that gold part didn't cover some area which I'll be correcting after I post this one.

It's finally almost done. :)

Again, the green is much darker than that. The camera flash simply made the colour lighter.

City of Wonder

2010-10-21T03:48:00.000+01:00

I've been playing this game on facebook for the last 24 hours now and find it really quite addicting especially for me because it plays pretty much the same as Sid Meier's Civilization.

It also has things that looks like farmville(not too sure as I've never played it and don't ever want to). Basically you have a 2x2 tile which you can either plant, mine, etc, etc... Then there's also the part of building World Wonders ala Civilization except that you will need FB friends to help you out to complete it.

The interface looks like this. If you like Civilization, you'll most likely like this game to pass and/or waste time. :)

Kanpei Gundam #06

2010-10-20T06:05:00.002+01:00

Here's some more update.

Acrylics paint and Gundam Markers doesn't quite get along on top of each other. Even though both are acrylics. Quite tough having 3 different colours on a single, small plastic part.

Turned out quite nicely. IMO, BB Gundams looks best in matte.

And no, those PS3 games did not fell off. :)

These were the 3 pieces that was attached on the right shoulder/arm. I didn't really had much problem with these except for the small red colour on top of the gold one.

Looks nice all in all. The only thing left is the back decoration part or whatever you call it and the weapon. Kanpei's weapon might be a bit hard as it has glittering part on it and I really do not want to use the sticker as it really looks shitteh IMO.

Nothing

2010-10-19T16:07:00.000+01:00

The ebay seller already sent it and as I thought, those damn RM people couldn't deliver a 1st class mail within 1-2 days in my area. Anyways, I'm still pre-occupied with my current BB Gundam. 5 or 6 parts left to do and I'm done with it. Will probably post 2-3 more updates.

Btw, just ordered pizza. :)

Just Bought Something

2010-10-18T13:44:00.000+01:00

I was trying to avoid spending money but it's hopeless. Was browsing ebay and came across a MG Sinanju for £59.00 incl. shipping. The seller is in the UK so I don't have to wait 2+ weeks to wait for it coming from, usually, HK/TW/CN/JP.

Hopefully the guy/gal is sending it today so I'll get it either tomorrow or the day after.
My allowance this month is running out quick. :)

I've also been looking for water slide decals for this kit but unfortunately they've all been sold out for quite some time.

Kanpei Gundam #05

2010-10-13T09:47:00.001+01:00

Keep 'em coming.
Little update. I tried to use acrylics paint on it to see how it looks and have to say that it turned out quite nicely although the green colour that I used is a little brighter/lighter than what I need.

The colour looks actually much darker. It became like that because of the camera flash.

Kanpei Gundam #04

2010-10-11T16:22:00.002+01:00

Done the head decoration part or whatever you call it.
Turned out quite all right I must say.

Here's the head.

And here's the head attached to the body.

Here's hoping to finish it within the next 7 days. :)

Kanpei Gundam #03

2010-10-09T14:14:00.001+01:00

1 month, 1 post. :)

Finally some update again on this BB Gundam. The legs are finally done... actually the side was done since the 2nd update so I guess I just got lazy continuing it again.

Either way it's looking good with the Gundam Marker but some how I feel the colour is lacking something. Dunno what but something.

Legs done.

Gatai!!!
All good!!

1 year!!!!

2010-09-20T13:44:00.000+01:00

OMG LOL

I was just checking the blog history and to my surprise, it has been 1 year since I started using this blog with a total of less then 40 post. :D

That's all, just want to let you(if anyone) know. :)

I Am MOVEing

2010-09-20T13:42:00.000+01:00

Yo to anyone (if anyone) who visit this more-or-less crap blog. :)

Tis been a month since I posted, wow. Well, nothing's changed and the BB Gundam I'm doing is still not done since I last posted about it. Anyways, Playstation Move came out last week and bought the Move Started Pack, an extra Move Controller and the Nav Controller.

Pretty awesome stuff, as many have mentioned in the interwebz, it's really accurate. Haven't used the MavCon yet though. Also, my Sports Champions game just came in from the mail. Damn Argos didn't deliver it to me last Friday, wont ever buy a game from them again unless I go to their store directly.

And that's it for now. Got games to play, bed to sleep on, work to attend to, etc, etc, etc....

Stuff

2010-08-23T11:54:00.000+01:00

Well, nothing new. Tis been raining here in London again. Haven't done much Gunpla's the last few days and probably wont be for the next few. :)

Kanpei Gundam #02

2010-08-14T12:06:00.001+01:00

Right... 2 days in a row update. :)

Done this a few days ago, I still suck at panel lining. I'll get used to it one day.

Did this earlier. Took a while to colour 'em as it's a mixture of 3 different colours on a single small piece of plastic. I managed somehow so it's all good.

I primered the pieces first and it turned out quite nicely.

Will do the rest some other time as usual. :)

After 1 month -- Motorbike & Gundam

2010-08-13T10:50:00.002+01:00

I'm back again.

Motorbike is doing great. Was a bit hard to tame it as it was quite a power jump from 125cc to 645cc but I managed. A few days ago I saw a tiny shard of glass sticking inside the tire that made me panic a bit because the motorbike is brand new and only done about 350 miles. I took out the shard yesterday and to my relief, it wasn't stuck too deep. Pic below:

Shard is stuck just below the tire tread, below the blue line.

My current bike btw with the IXIL Hyperlow exhaust.

Now for an update of Gunpla's, I've decided to put the Noblesse Oblige model aside for a bit and started doing one of my SD Gundam stuff.

Pix of the runners + stickers:

That's it for now... as usual, will post again whenever I feel like it. :)

It's here!!

2010-07-09T15:36:00.000+01:00

Just went to the Suzuki dealer to pick up my new ride. :)

New Motorbike!!!

2010-07-09T06:02:00.001+01:00

That's right!!

Finally managed to get nuff money for a new motorbike. Was initially planning to either get a Triumph Street Triple or the new Honda Hornet but... well, I couldn't thanks to 2 certain banks that got my hopes up and crushing it at the last moment.

Either way, thanks to a certain finance company, I managed to get myself a new Suzuki Gladius. :)
A lot cheaper than those 2 bikes I mentioned above but it's also heavier and has a smaller tank. Read great reviews about the Gladius so I don't think I'll be disappointed.

Oh and btw, I passed my DAS course. Both MOD1+2 passed on my first try with 3 minor faults.

That's the new Suzuki Gladius. 645cc, a 2 cylinder, DOHC, 90 degrees V-Twin engine.

Just look it up here :) :
http://www.suzuki-gb.co.uk/bike/sfv650l0/tech/

For security:

Xena XPL Bullet Padlock

And the Almax Immobiliser Series IV Chain + Squire SS65C QC Lock

And finally the aftermarket exhaust - IXIL Hyperlow

And that's it. I'll probably make another update once I get the new bike later this afternoon. Can't wait. :)

W00t Updated!!

2010-06-11T14:14:00.002+01:00

Well, it's been what... 4+ months or something since I posted? Doesn't really matter. :)

Main reason I suddenly stopped posting is because my motorcycle got stolen, less than a month after it was delivered to me. Fortunately, the loan payment for it was already planned otherwise, I'd probably have sold my TV/PC/PS3/games/etc... just to make up for the loss.

Now for the reason I'm posting. With the accident claim finally received, I now plan to get a new bigger bike. I've taken a Direct Access Scheme course so that I could ride any bike I want without engine restriction. My test is going to be on the 29th so good luck to me.

If everything goes accordingly, I'm going British. I'm purchasing a Triumph Street Triple at the beginning of or mid July. I'll be getting a new chain as those f**king thieves bolt-cropped the chain that I had so easily so I'm getting a 19mm chain link by a company called Almax. This is the chain I'm going to get. Not only am I going to get a chain, I'm also going to invest on a "Tracker Monitor" for motorbikes. So if the motorbike is moved without the key in the ignition, it'll alert the police straight away. The best part about Tracker is, it is also usable/trackable in Spain and France for a peace of mind. :)

Well, that's all the updates for now. Will probably post something once I passed my practical test in 3 weeks and got the bike.

Noblesse Oblige #02

2010-02-16T13:59:00.000Z

Here's a small update of the Armored Core I'm doing.

Finished up a bit of the arm part. I'm now panel lining the parts I've done as I'm sure it's going to be a hassle if I do the panel lining after finishing the model.

Will be doing small updates in the meantime 'cause I'm busy playing games. :)
Well, that's all for now.

Happy new year!!!!

2010-02-12T11:51:00.007Z

Well, not really and it's already the middle of February. :)

Anyways... I finally got my motorbike after more than 1 month of waiting for it because of the freezing weather in London. Also bought a new Dainese Santa Monica jacket and an AGV GP Tech helmet which I got very cheap during christmas sale.

As for gunpla updates, I actually planned to do the Strike Noir first but a post in Hongfire Gallery, made me want to do the Kotobukiya Armored Core first.

Finished these two which I believe is part of the shoulder. Will do some more tomorrow.

Motorbike update

2009-12-05T14:01:00.003Z

Well, the black colour didn't work out. The dealer said they didn't have any in stock so I went with the blue one. I'm really hoping it's the 2010 Blue colour version and not the 2009 version.

Here's a pic of the 2010 Blue

Back and more

2009-12-04T15:20:00.001Z

Wow, long time, no post. :)

Busy at work and no time to do gunpla's lately. Booked my holiday on the 16th so hopefully I'll start with the MG Strike Noir.

In other news, my old Varadero 125 is going to be salvaged as it seems it has been written off. I had an accident about 2 months ago btw. The good news though is that the other party's insurance is paying me for the current value of the bike which I'm going to use to buy a new motorbike.
The bike I'm getting is again, a 125cc, Yamaha YZF-R125. I'm still on prov. license and I don't really intend to take the full license so the max engine displacement I can ride is 125cc. Pic below.

Well, that's all for now so hopefully there'll be more updates on the Strike Noir.

Zhao Yun FINAL!!

2009-11-09T15:11:00.001Z

That's right, it's finally finish. :)
Took a while for a small BB Gundam model haha.

All done without the horse.

Zhao Yun on the horse. Blue + Red spear gattai. :D

All 3 BB Gundams I've done so far:

Rikuson Z Plus
Zhao Yun Gundam Heisen
Bacho Blue Destiny

As for the closing note.... My gold Gundam Marker has ran out :( but hopefully I'd be able to get one seperately from the Gundam Sangoku Marker Set.

Ans also, I finally got my airbrush kit but I'm still waiting for the mini water filter that attaches directly to the airbrush as it seems water is coming from the air compressor which messes up the colour.

The next kit I'm going to do is either the MG Strike Noir or the Kotobukiya Armored Core Rosenthal.... we'll see. :)

Zhao Yun #06

2009-11-03T08:19:00.002Z

It's finally done. Well, except the horse.

While taking a pic, I decided to compare the quality of the Satio and the Canon 450D DSLR camera.

This was taken with the Satio phone camera.

This was taken with the Canon 450D. Settings on automatic & AF.

And this again with the Canon. This time, the setting is for incandescent lighting and on MF.

Now, I'm not a professional photographer but I do care about quality. :)
As you can probably notice, the Satio one is brighter and I suppose that's because the camera(flash) is only about ~12cm away from the figure.

Zhao Yun #05

2009-11-02T16:01:00.002Z

Small update

Armours are finally done and on the model now. I'm nearly done with the weapons as well and after that I'm going to do the horsey that came with it. :)

It was a bit hard to balance the colour of the Gundam Markers as you can see on the blue part.

Kotobukiya Rosenthal CR-HOGIRE Noblesse Oblige (UPDATE)

2009-11-01T14:22:00.003Z

Alright... something I always wanted to try out.

These Armored Core models from Kotobukiya always impresses me whenever I see one. So I decided to look and got one from ebay. The seller I got it from was very friendly and the kit was/is decently priced. As the title mentioned, I got the Noblesse Oblige version which looks far cooler than the regular Rosenthal kit.

And just FYI, I absolutely have not much info/idea about Armored Core series except that it is from a videogame and I've never played it. :)

Here are 2 pics from the kit, courtesy of Hobby Search(1999.co.jp).

Update 04/11/09: Finally received the kit. :) It only took 3 days from Hong Kong to London UK via EMS, pretty cool stuff.

Totally unrelated to Gundam

2009-10-31T15:10:00.003Z

I just played the demo of God of War 3 and I must say... IT FREAKIN OWNS!!!

"Kratos, he only does everything."

Zhao Yun #04

2009-10-30T02:19:00.002Z

More stuff detailed.

Made a few more colouring mistakes and I just CBA to fix them anymore as they will be covered by some armours anyways(except for the waist). :D

Almost finish now...

Zhao Yun #03

2009-10-29T09:32:00.002Z

Finally an update on the model. :)

I've actually finished this for some time now

Primed the whole model except black/grey-ish part (upper-body and hands). There was really no point putting a new colour on it unless it's a colour other than black.

Did the panel lining. The head part was a pain but luckily I hardly made any mistake there so it looks very nice. I even surprised myself. :D

I seriously messed up the colours on the left foot. It seems the gundam markers that I had for it didn't look as good as I had anticipated so I covered it with the sticker that came with it.

More updates soon... again hopefully.
Really hope I'll have this done by the end of the month but I kinda doubt that. :)

Zhao Yun #02

2009-10-23T18:47:00.001+01:00

This model is a tad bit harder to paint... actually the waist was. It needs 4 different colours in 1 single part which was a pain to do.

I tried the gundam marker first but it didn't look too well so I ended up doing it with acrylic paint. Will post another update soon.... hopefully. :)

Zhao Yun Gundam Heisen

2009-10-16T13:30:00.001+01:00

Now that I finished with BB 319, I started making a new one.
I'm doing Zhao Yun Gundam Heisen complete with the horse. :)

This time I used my Satio to take pictures. Some of the shots are either too bright or too dark and that's because I'm still messing around with the settings.

The front cover of the box. It's twice the size of the 2 gunplas I've made.

4 runners (1x multi-coloured, 2x in white and 1x in rubber for the joints) and stickers.

My Satio!!

2009-10-16T01:59:00.000+01:00

After two years of contract with Vodafone, I was finally able to upgrade my old phone to a new one. I got the recently release Sony Ericsson Satio camera phone. It simply looks very sleek and not much heavier than the SE K850i that I have.

Contents: 1x Satio Phone, 1x Battery Cover, 1x 1000mAh Li-Po Battery, 1x Handsfree Headset Cable Adaptor with earphones(you can use your own 3.5mm-plug earphone), 1x Charger, 1x Composite Video Cable(used to plug in TVs), 1x USB Cable and 1x Phone Strap(which is actually the Stylus Stick to use on the phone)

My Satio phone. :)

Another 2 years contract but I only pay ~£20 monthly with 300min freecalls and unlimited internet through WAP. :D

Finally!!!

2009-10-12T14:18:00.002+01:00

It's done!!

This took a while as I didn't have much time to do them and also painted the whole model this time. I also bought a new gold marker which worked quite well and the best part is it has a 0.8mm tip. The marker is called "UNI PAINT" by Mitsubishi and is part of their Uni-Series.

Here's the finished model

And another shot with the weapon

And here's a shot with Bacho Blue

I still have 4 SD Gundams to do and a MG Strike Noir. I'll probably do the MG once I got an airbrush.

More update!!!

2009-10-06T13:53:00.002+01:00

Alright, here are 2 more pics.

Headgear..... or helmet if you prefer. :)

Done it with acrylics and it turned out rather nice but as you can see, the colour is quite uneven and I didn't actually noticed it until I took the pic.

Headgear and the blue shoulder pads attached to the model. I did the shoulder pads with the gold marker.

An update w00t!!

2009-10-05T13:23:00.004+01:00

Well it's been a while.

This is what I'm currently working on --> Rikuson Z Plus
I'm still experimenting on which type colours I should use. On this model I'm using both acrylic paint and gundam markers. I'll most likely try/use airbrush an a couple of weeks.

Here's some pics.

I tried priming it as well and I liked how it turned out. Made the model feel non-plastic.

The body without paint.

Note: Do not prime before putting them together. Not a good idea.

Linings done and painted parts that needs to be painted. :)

That's it for now. More soon... hopefully. :)

BB SD Gundam Sangokuden

2009-09-21T21:20:00.000+01:00

Well I'll be doing these BB SD Gundam for the next few days.
I've finished the Bacho Blue Destiny "BB 321" and already working on the 2nd one Rikuson Z Plus "BB 319".

First!!

2009-09-20T18:28:00.001+01:00

First blog post, w00t.

It's a rant blog... I guess. :)