I'm supposed to be building a couple of kits out of my gargantuan backlog but I'm instead doing this. So why am I repainting the majority of this S.H.Figuarts Iron Man Mark 45 figure? Two answers. Climate change and wrong decisions, wrong storage decisions. I really can't do anything with the former but I can … Continue reading Work in Progress: S.H.Figuarts Iron Man Mark 45
Author: cvphased
A certified mecha junkie with deep fascination in fictional piloted bi-pedal machines. Collects various models & figures from both major franchises and obscure ones, all of which are featured in the MECHA CATALOGUE.
Mobile Suit Gundam IRON-BLOODED ORPHANS Urðr Hunt
UPDATE: Initial romanization coming from an Anime News Network article. The Mobile Suit Gundam IRON-BLOODED ORPHANS 3rd Anniversary "THE REFLECTION" event was held today and besides the usual stuff, an announcement was made for a smartphone app with anime and game elemets that further expand the lore of the series. Just to note, I won't … Continue reading Mobile Suit Gundam IRON-BLOODED ORPHANS Urðr Hunt
Backlogged Custom Color Schemes
I found myself interested at the designs of both the Scramble Gundam (yes, even that lame thing) and the A-Z Gundam when they were revealed, but not so much of their color schemes -- especially the former. As such, I concocted custom colors for these two that are loosely inspired from the vanilla Gundam tricolors … Continue reading Backlogged Custom Color Schemes
Amazing Yamaguchi Iron Man Model 37 “Bleeding Edge Armor”
Kaiyodo has been on a roll with their Amazing Yamaguchi line of figures based on western comic book characters. The conspicuous Revoltech joints are still present but they now act as precedent for the crazy articulation these figures have. So it's only a matter of time before they went back to a character they had … Continue reading Amazing Yamaguchi Iron Man Model 37 “Bleeding Edge Armor”
MODEROID Ariel C-Type
Yes, this is a piloted machine with a female humanoid design. Before DARLING in the FRANXX introduced the Franxx, or the Super Robot Wars franchise gave us the Valsione, Yuichi Sasamoto penned ARIEL -- a light novel series featuring female humanoid-looking machines of the same name. It's actually an acronym for "All a-Round Intercept and … Continue reading MODEROID Ariel C-Type