Someone Didn’t Skip Arm Day! HGUC Gundam TR-1 [Hazel Owsla] Gigantic Arm Unit

Ever since Premium Bandai started releasing slew of crazy Advance of Zeta kits back in 2019, I have made a personal commitment of dedicating a year just to build those. And I've yet to decide when that would be. But that totally doesn't stop Bandai Spirits from announcing new AoZ kits, like this guy over … Continue reading Someone Didn’t Skip Arm Day! HGUC Gundam TR-1 [Hazel Owsla] Gigantic Arm Unit

Correcting Past Mistakes! Work-in-Progress #1: HG Gundam Exia / Astraea Dual Build

I didn't have much time last week, and I knew I won't have much time this week either, so I really hoped to make a lot of progress from the HG Gundam Exia & Astraea I'm currently building. Only to be marred by a lot of tiny bits, and not not-so-tiny, needing color correction. I … Continue reading Correcting Past Mistakes! Work-in-Progress #1: HG Gundam Exia / Astraea Dual Build

Box Art Extravaganza… Not! Work-in-Progress #0: HG Gundam Exia & Gundam Astraea Dual Build

Following the MODEROID Ingrams, I've set my sights once again on Gunpla, and to a particular series I wanted to return to. It's also nice to see how Naochika Morishita's packaging illustrations went from a cell-shaded style... ... into something more akin to his usual style. Nope, this is not a box art extravaganza post … Continue reading Box Art Extravaganza… Not! Work-in-Progress #0: HG Gundam Exia & Gundam Astraea Dual Build

“Gundam Thunderbolt”: Speedrunning the Alternate U.C. Canon

U.C. canon and Gundam Thunderbolt are two concepts you can't put together without encountering a significant discourse, especially on the English-speaking Gundam community. We tend to hold canon with reverence, so it throws us off when something like Gundam Thunderbolt shows us stuff we know can't exist in the timeline it's supposed to belong. And … Continue reading “Gundam Thunderbolt”: Speedrunning the Alternate U.C. Canon

P-Bandai Being P-Bandai: HG Gundam AGE-1 Razor & Gundam AGE-2 ArtEmIs Set

Earlier this week, Premium Bandai announced the HG Gundam AGE-1 Razor & Gundam AGE-2 Artemis Set as a late cash-in to the Gundam AGE 10th Anniversary celebration, I guess. These variants, or 'wears' as they call them in-universe, came from the Gundam AGE: Unknown Soldiers and Gundam AGE: EXA-LOG side stories which were serialized in … Continue reading P-Bandai Being P-Bandai: HG Gundam AGE-1 Razor & Gundam AGE-2 ArtEmIs Set