#Nu Gundam

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"I'm not as impatient as you!" "I can wait for humanity to learn and grow!"

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MG Nu Gundam Ver Ka, with the Rage Nucleon backpack, resin parts, and some other bits from my box of extra parts.

Probably my favorite project yet! I LOVE the green, and getting to work with resin parts and 3rd party additions really added to the experience. Now to find somewhere to put it..,,,.,.

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Amuro and Nu Gundam

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Nu is only months old....

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BEYOND THE TIME

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Master Grade RX-93 Nu Gundam Ver. Ka

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I forgot to post here, but I finished my RG Nu Gundam!!!

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Gosh it's been a while since I posted my gunpla projects but I'm finally making headway on them!! Expect more posts from me soon!

The main thing delaying me was the fact that I wanted to look into painting details on my kits, mostly to avoid having to use stickers but also to be able to paint the extra details that may be missing from some kits (looking at you HG Kampfer and Gundam Alex)

This was even further delayed because I was on holiday for a bit but now I'm back home and I have all the supplies I need!! Very proud to be able to show this to you all, I'm really happy with the results.

I got the Entry Grade Nu Gundam to test out detail painting, which ended up being a really nice introduction for it since it has some finer details that could do with colour correction but it also has larger areas to paint. I can definitely recommend using Entry Grade kits as practice for customising your gunpla as they are dirt cheap and super easy to assemble. You technically don't even need any tools for it but I would recommend using nippers and a hobby knife to clean up nubs. Here's how it looks out of the box without any modification:

I was honestly really surprised at how colour accurate this kit is for how cheap and simple it is. I was a little worried I wouldn't have any details to paint in! But thankfully there is some colour missing from the forearm verniers, the backpack and rear skirt thrusters and the head.

I used acrylic paints for most of the details, though I did get a set of metallic colour gundam markers, mainly for the sensor green, which I used for the eyes and head cameras on this kit too. It works really well!

As you can see here the details are quite subtle but they really add a lot, and I'm super happy with how they turned out! I was worried that it would look messy but thankfully I could clean up any mess with isopropyl alcohol and cotton buds. The last thing that I did was panel line the kit to finish it off, as well as applying those cool custom Amuro Ray decals on the shoulder and shield.

I was honestly super impressed with the Entry Grade Nu Gundam. The build is very simple and fun, the articulation is very good, better than most kits I've built in recent times, and the colour accuracy is also nothing to scoff at. There is some extremely innovative technology going into these kits, and they look simple yet elegant. The only drawbacks of this kit are the fact that it doesn't come with a beam saber effect part and that it doesn't have any funnels. Minor gripes for me but if you really want a full Nu Gundam experience then you might want to skip this kit. Other than that though, I highly recommend getting at least one of these, whether it's for practicing customisation or just having something neat to display!

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[zazagundam]

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Starting to remember why I stopped working on this back in 2022

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TOP 5 Favorite Gundam

Honorable mention:

Gundam Mk II (A.E.U.G. Colors)

I really like the color scheme and the elements of its design that makes it look more bulky and solid. Personally I think that it’s a great improvement over it’s predecessor the RX-78-2. It also happens to have some of the best pilots (Kamille, Emma and Elle).

5. Tequila Gundam

As a Mexican, I suspect that I’ll lose my nationality if I said that I didn’t like the Tequila Gundam, XD. (And frankly it’s silly to complain about the stereotypes when G Gundam’s basically “National stereotypes: The anime”).

Love the colors for this mobile suit, the Tequila Gundam doesn’t need to be strident to impress. My favorite elements are the shoulder and arm spikes and the mustache, of course. I think that they went overboard with the sombrero but it doesn’t look that bad either. Realistically speaking a Mobile Suit from Neo-Mexico would include Aztec and/or Mayan elements, but as far as a Japanese interpretation of Mexico goes, this one’s pretty decent, flattering, even.

Also, why haven’t we gotten the HG Tequila Gundam kit yet?

4. Nu Gundam

It’s huge, it’s elegant and it has funnels in the shape of a single wing that makes it look truly iconic. What else do you want? It’s design uses both elements from previous Gundams as well as new additions, which turns it into a great representation of Amuro’s evolution as he goes to his ultimate battle.

Also it carried Char as a basketball and that's always good on my list.

3. Turn A Gundam

I’ve only watched a few episodes of the titular series, however I really love this guy. His design is absolutely unique and it makes him stand out from other Gundams. Love the mustache, but also, who doesn’t love the mustache?

The preponderance of curved lines on his structure gives the Turn A a very sophisticated and retro-futuristic look that’s very pleasing to the eye, and even if it’s supposed to be an artifact from a lost era, his aesthetic doesn’t look out of place in the Turn of the Century world of the series. I just think he’s neat.

2. G-Self

Look at him! He’s just sooo cute!! Big eyes! Round features! He’s definitely friend-shaped!

(I don’t care that this is a weapon of mass destruction, he made me very happy).

The G-Self almost looks like a toy, and don’t you find it very suspicious? It also has multiple backpacks that are only used once and some of them are extremely bulky and unpractical. With the exception of the perfect pack, they don’t affect the plot at all. However, you can get their model kit versions of these packs as p-bandai exclusives. I wonder what was Tomino trying to tell us with all this…well, it’s a mystery just as G-Reco’s plot, I guess.

Gundam Aerial

She happens to be my first Gundam + first model kit, so there’s that. Aerial also has a unique design that combines both curved and sharp elements, it gives her a nice contrast. The shade of blue in her chest armor and gund-bits is very eye-pleasing and it makes a good contrast with the red permet lights. It’s a very elegant and dynamic design. And the similarities with the G-Self make her pretty cute.

But she can also look scary, she has the range!

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Got a funky guy and my first clear kit! The RG Nu clear color version!

It'll also be the first time I've built the RG Nu too!

The inner frame is fukin beautiful and the clear armor makes it super easy to see and appreciate, although I wish the white was a lot more transparent

The articulation is amazing and it moves beautifully 😭

The only slight I'd have against this kit is that the design of the head isn't to my liking, I much prefer the usual iconic tall face

That and the action base adapter is way bigger than it needs to be I think????

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Entry grade Nu Gundam(almost done panel lining)