#Amate Yuzuriha

[athena-gunpla]

HG 1/144 Principality of Zeon Prototype Psycommu Mobile Suit gMS-Ω "GQuuuuuuX"

GQuuuuuuX!!!! I was really lucky to get this kit on pre-order, and it arrived earlier this week, well before it'll be available in retail over here.

This kit was a tall order for a HG, given how detailed and complex the suit design is, but Bandai really knocked it out of the park. Just like a lot of the newer wave of HG kits, such as the WFM and SEED Freedom ones, polycaps are nowhere to be seen, giving it the ability to hold stiff poses.

I was initially a little worried about the skeletal foot design, as it doesn't look like it'll let the suit stand with any stability, however it seems to work fine, and there's some nice poseability with the ankle to help it balance.

In terms of colour separation, it's pretty good. The GQuuuuuuX is really detailed, with tons of layering and colored stripes, but the kit manages to replicate a lot of it through the build alone. There are quite a few yellow foil colour correcting stickers, as well as some fiddly yellow sticker decals to replicate markings, which went on relatively painlessly.

There was still quite a bit of painting necessary, especially on the beam rifle and backpack. There are some small white details on the handle which need to be done, and the piping on the thrusters also needs to be painted white. There are also a couple of extra spots along the suit where yellow detailing needs to be done manually, including on the shoulders and beam saber hilts, as well as the white arrows on the v-fin horns. The core-fighter cockpit also needs to be painted metallic blue. There are lots of smaller details on the fingers that can be painted but were a little too small for me to bother.

In addition to colour correction, I painted a bit of the heat effect on the heat hawk blade, as well as adding in some weathering, which I did as usual with a gunmetal and silver drybrush, and some Tamiya silver pigment powder, as well as a little soot smudging on the foot-thrusters and beam rifle.

The kit comes with two weapon holding fist hand options as well as two open hands. It also comes with a few weapon options, including the industrial looking beam rifle, a large heat hawk, and two unique looking beam saber effects. These are done in a really nice trans-clear light green, with injection glitter, giving them a cool shine. The parts are sword-shaped, with a hollow space in the middle, giving them a super unique profile. There's a small shield that clips onto the suit's wrist, although I was a little disappointed it didn't have a logo decal on it.

There's also an extra head option with the V-fin in Omega Psycommu deactivated mode, with the red parts folded over the eyes and front camera. You can also take the backpack off and add a part to recreate the core fighter, although this hasn't appeared on-screen yet, and the manual is unusually cagey about any details, meaning that they're probably going to reflect a major plot-point.

Overall the kit is a really fun and unique build, with tons of cool little details, such as the tanks and fuel piping winding around the legs, and the little bolt holes for the V fin. It's really flexible, with some clever design in the hips and waist. It poses solidly and goes together quite smoothly. If the GQuuuuuuX kit represents Bandai's ongoing plans for HGs, I'm definitely looking forward to the rest of this line.

Hopefully the Red Gundam will be available soon!

[eggtempest]

passing on her gundam main protagonist knowledge

[kaxtwenty]

It would be so awesome...

It would be so cool...

[rennebright]

マチュ by 煮たまごサンド [Twitter/X] ※Illustration shared with permission from the artist. If you like this artwork please support the artist by visiting the source.

[scarnemo]

some nyaan machu

[kamenwriter]

Gquuuuuux Begining Design Works

[animepopheart]

★ 【このはな】 「 マチュ 」 ✔ republished w/permission

[sizuri-blog-blog]

Gundam GQuuuuuuX

[homulilin]

GOOD MORNING??????

[mi-soni]

機動戦士Gundam GQuuuuuuX 🪓

[arama2bit]

映画、beginning観てきた！！！

めちゃくちゃ面白かったです。

親父と見に行ったんですが帰りめちゃ盛り上がりました。早く続き見たいですね。

[uguisuann]

[eggtempest]

already love the new gundam girl 🥹🤧

[anhilliator1]

Machu seems distinctly unimpressed with the Tem Ray Circuit.

I imagine someone told her that it was a performance-boosting component of some kind and she, much like Amuro, recognized it as junk.

[rennebright]

マチュ by ほしうみ [Twitter/X] ※Illustration shared with permission from the artist. If you like this artwork please support the artist by visiting the source.

[scarnemo]

they went to wetzels pretzels