#00 qan(t)

[gundamfight]

[gn001-re]

ELS Setsuna, the celestial being

[athena-gunpla]

RG 1/144 Celestial Being Prototype Mobile Suit GNT-0000 "Gundam 00 Qan[T]"

The RG Qan[T] has had my eye for a while now. I picked this up at a black friday sale to go along with my RG Exia.

The Qan[T] is a much newer kit than the Exia. While it still uses the old RG pre-built inner frame, which is just as floppy at the hips as the others I've worked with, it also incorporates a lot of normally built sections like newer RGs, giving it a stiffer set of knees and arms, necessary to balance the large, heavy, weapon pieces.

Like other RGs, there's perfect color correction out of the box, including some subtle two-toning with slightly grey and white panels, as well as lighter and darker blue accent panels. The end effect looks a lot better than the larger difference between Exia's grey and white paneling.

RG Qan[T] comes with several hand options, like most RGs - two closed fists, two open fists, and two articulated hands, which I just got rid of as these old articulated RG hands are really brittle and loose, and don't really facilitate posing. Oddly, there's only a single left-handed open hand option, rather than one for each arm.

The kit comes with a series of really pretty trans-green parts to create the GN sword V, which, like the 00 Gundam's sword, can switch between rifle and sword mode by rotating the blade horizontally and tilting the handle and guard. The guard connects to the upper part of the forearm, rather than a shield on the side like with Exia.

There's also a series of 6 GN Sword Bits, also in trans-green and solid blue. Small attachments flip out of the Zaku II-style pauldron shield (GN Shield) and clip into the bits, which can flare out to be posed in a firing mode.

Handles fold out from each of the bits to allow them to be wielded as individual daggers as well.

The sword bits can also join with the GN Sword V to form either the Buster Sword or Buster Rifle. There's a clever bit of engineering here that lets them all clip to the sword blade securely without needing obvious attachment points. There's also an added stand for the Buster Rifle mode to help support everything.

You can also remove the GN drive from the back of the kit. A little latch opens up and you twist the sub-assembly out, revealing the main quantum GM drive. The other of the pair is hidden within the GN Shield.

The kit has some great, super flexible articulation. As is common for RGs, certain panels shift as you flex and extend the joints. The raised sections on the forearms limit flexion at the elbow, but the legs are really well designed and can bend all the way back.

You can also rotate the support arm of the GN Shield back behind the main body, allowing for the Quantum Burst pose.

Unfortunately, the design of the neck and a panel at the back of the head make it impossible to freely turn the head side to side, greatly limiting posing. I'm really disappointed at this, although oversights like this were common in this era of RGs.

Overall, I had fun with this kit. I really like the inclusion of the extra green GN conduits on the arms and legs - they reflect light in a way that makes them appear to glow, and the dark trans-green isn't so dark that it obscures the foil sticker detail underneath. The decal stickers also aren't too onerous or over the top, which is another common RG complaint.

I definitely think the RG is worth the price, although the best of the 00 Gundam series suits are probably the MG kits, as these allow for proper lighting inside the GN units. I think the kit I've wanted the most is of course the PG Exia, with its elaborate lighting system out of the box. One day maybe...

[alphamecha-mkii]

GNT-0000 00 Qan[T] by 0621utak

[purseownervolatile]

So, today (actually a few days ago but ignore that) I found out that the RG Quanta's sword bits are actually compatibe with 3mm pegs and this has been a game changer for me

[paralegal-transsexual]

I finally got to work on these gunpla I had on the back burner and I’m really stoked with how they’re coming out.

I’ve never tried like weathering or shading on them before so I’m still kinda figuring it out. I ended up mattering coating them and then using a white prismacolour pencil and black conte to shade and highlight them.

[qan-t]

rough designs for 00 qan[t] and els qan[t]!!

[cursedcorpse]

🛸

[cyber-neptune]

Finished building 00, here he is next to Ilfrith (dont mind the mess in the background).

Building him was a lot similar and different from Ilfrith, obviously due to the fact he’s and MG and she’s HG-

I only lost a small piece on the arm and one or two green caps. It it was a pain in the ass to build some parts, almost broke the hands and decided to remove a small piece so it could fit better, broke a part of the sheild due to not having a part separator (I should buy one tbh-) and had to fix some od the chest pieces with clear tape because for some reason there’s no glue in my house.

A problem I encounter with my copy is that the upper body isn’t standing correctly. It’s probably just a defect but you can see he’s kinda sideways. Also some parts keep popping off (arms and V crest) which was pretty annoying.

Overall even tho somethings went “wrong” it was a fun experience, I’ll definitely need a part separator and glue in the future.

Now enjoy some pics I took of them

[amalgamasreal]

Found something hauntingly beautiful on Youtube

ELSクアンタ 全武装 SDガンダム ジージェネレーション クロスレイズ"

Man, imagine you're those PMC's with your normal mobile suits, you've seen Gundam's before so you think you know how bad it can get and all of a sudden you're dealing with a legit alien modified piece of tech. The GNT-0000 00 ELS Qan[T] is up there with Turn A, Unicorn, G-Self, and G-Lucifer in "things I'd hate to see coming at me as a mook on the battlefield".

And yeah, that OST was great.

[poisonhemloc]

i was really excited about the rg exia and im getting really not excited about it fast

[gundamfight]

[qqchurch]

Schwarzette theories are great because you get something like:

"During the Grassley duel, when Suletta 'did it herself', she seems to prefer more a more melee and dynamic movement compared to Aerial's more shooty style. With Schwarzette having a huge ass sword this means—!!!"

And, like, I feel for these theories because Suletta donning a black knight's armor to save her princess is something I wanna see too 😭

[robonyoom]

Done building my first Real Grade gunpla. Why so many tiny pieces for my big meaty hands... My fingers hurt, my shoulders hurt, I spent four hours building it. And it look gorgeous ❤️

[hath-e]

On bad financial decision Friday (today), I wanted to buy myself my first Blahaj on Amazon, but they recommend me the 00 Qan [t] HG for 25$ that would arrive tomorrow, and um by god did I not buy the Blahaj

But besides that, guess who's building her first Gunpla to tomorrow

[purseownervolatile]

I understand why Advanced MS joints were phased out of real grades but they're such a nice aesthetic. Just look at him, he's The Skeleton™ and he's having the time of his life