#Zowort

[bells-chaotic-brain]

Also the Zowort!!

[ephemeral-builds]

There's so very many fantastic mobile suits in The Witch from Mercury - it's hard to pick a single, all-around favorite. But the Zowort is definitely one of my favorites.

In typical HGWFM fashion - there's no polycaps in this box. It's all PS plastic, even the joints. I love this from a building standpoint... It feels very sturdy and tight... But I guess we'll see how these joints wear over time.

There's absolutely no stickers in this kit - color-correcting, foil, or otherwise. So I painted the camera thing with a chrome Gundam Marker to add some extra depth and reflectivity behind that visor.

I just love how militaristic this mobile suit looks. It's not some flashy hero suit - it's clearly a grunt suit. But unlike something like a Zaku, it looks like a simple piece of military hardware more than an anime villain. There's no spikes or anything. This chest section looks like it belongs on a helicopter or fighter jet.

One of my favorite things about The Witch from Mercury is how strong the visual design language is. Each manufacturer has a very clear aesthetic and a signature style. The Zowort looks basically nothing like the Pharact... But the arms and legs show their shared lineage. They're both clearly made by Peil Technologies.

After building that HGGTO Zaku II this kit feels very light on the accessories. Just a couple beam sabers and a weird-looking gun. That's it.

I like how mean, aggressive, and downright predatory this mobile suit looks. The head has an almost shark-like look to it.

[amy-coolshark]

Oh yeah I forgot to show you all the absolutely massive gunpla order that came in the other day. Almost done with collecting all of the WFM kits!

[athena-gunpla]

HG 1/144 Zowort Heavy

Picked this kit up by chance when I saw in on sale. I really love the Zowort Heavy's design, it looks sleek and military, and reminds me of something from Armored Core.

It's a really large kit, with the torso section almost as large as half the Demi Trainer I built earlier, and it stands tall over the other non-protagonist mobile suits.

Like the similarly designed Gundam Pharact (here), it has beam sabers stowed beneath its forearms.

I've customised this kit with some leftover pieces from the Demi Trainer Expansion Set (the gatling beam gun and the combat knife) and I really like how cohesively the pieces fit in with this set.

I think this is a great kit for customisation, and might revisit it in the future for kitbashing.

[deazmonius]

It’s been a good while since I have posted. I have that said have not been completely idle. I have several kits to up load. Going start with the ‘F/D-20 Zowort Heavy’ from the Witch from Mercury. This unit is verdant from the F/D-19 Zowort and is a heavy combat model. Sporting improved flight stability and allows for heavier armaments. Mounted on its back it has the AMMs (anti-mobile missiles) missiles launcher which chains 4 missiles. It has a High-output beam cannon for medium to long range combat. In addition to the back mounted weapons it also has beam Vulcans on the head unit. Two beam sabers stored on its forearms and carries a long beam gun/grande launcher as part of its standard loadout.

[the-turts]

Celebrating gundam day by- you guessed it- building a gundam ( but not really). Very impressed by the witch from mercury grunt Zowort, I actually wanted to get the heavy version first but couldn’t find it anywhere. Really love the P90 inspired gun, too

[ryuki-draws]

Gundam Soundwave, I mean, Gundam Indra. More WfM fan AU ramblings under the cut! (it's 2:35 am, lord help me)

FP/A-67 Gundam Indra is a GUND format prototype MS developed by Peil Technologies and a step between company's Zowort and its later GUND MS, Pharact.

Built for testing the limits of the format and its enhanced pilots alike, it was developed with the Corax GUND Bit system. After Indra's development was discontinued, many of its parts - including the Corax - were implemented into its successor.

During its operation, it was piloted by all five EPs as a testing/training unit, but the permet link was optimized with N°3's brain implants in mind, who's its most frequent test pilot. It is, however, not 100% combat-ready.

[galactic-johnny]

I finally took pictures of my armored core mobile suit. The Zowort Heavy is very cool and I like it. I'm very partial to it because it was designed by Wataru Inata who had done work as a designer on Armored Core For answer (note he was part of a team of designers, and the main mechincal designer for the series was Shoji Kawamori).

Almost a full simple inner frame and fully color accurate accept for the missiles. It has most of the same joints as the Gundam Pharact which is fun, but the feet are simplified and it can't do that beam saber arm thing but I saw someone on reddit that cut a little part to make it do that. I also like the detail under the visor a lot, and its why I like the heads on the Jegan and Jesta (I don't usually like what they do under GM visors :/). I tried exchanging some parts with the Demi Garrison to decent success to try to give it an armored core look, and soon I want to get the 30 minute missions weapon accessories to give a more armored core look.

Soon there will be Armored Core 6 model kits from so I want to see if I can fit the pile bunker on this.

[bagea]

i feel like the ship of Theseus thing can apply to custom gunpla / kitbashing

[nyalternatehellkitten]

((Jeturk Gang represent!))

((Until the Desultor comes out, this is every Jeturk Mobile Suit available right now.))

[waffliesinyoface]

one of the final WFM kits that i'm actually planning on getting, Lfrith Ur! LOVE the minigun, it rules

yes, there's still the original demi trainer (and the recolored one on P-bandai right now) as well as a few other grunt kits, but I think i'm mostly set for this series*. Also I don't really have any more room in my display case, and will need to get another one!! fuck.

*Lfith Jiu and Lfrith Anavata are from a manga sidestory, and thus do not count.

[jame7t]

My zowort, but please don’t look at my tiny coffee or large water

[ephemeral-builds]

Of course I had to build a Tickbalang to go along with my Zowort...

This is a relatively simple kit - kind of reminds me of the Guntank I built. There's several really big, chunky pieces that make up the bulk of this kit. But, unlike the Guntank, this thing feels very solid and it's got some fantastic little details and gimmicks.

I'd normally have some in-progress pictures of different sub-assemblies like arms or legs or whatever... But not with this build. There's not really a lot of sub-assemblies here.

So - this is what it looks like fully-assembled and without a lot of extra work. I used Gundam Markers for the lights/windows instead of the included foil stickers. And I did some panel-lining. But that's about it at this stage.

I didn't use any of the included foil stickers and picked up some G-Rework waterslide decals instead. But I only used about half of the decals... I didn't want the kit looking as busy as that example picture.

Getting the Zowort posed atop the Tickbalang was surprisingly tricky. I couldn't get the limbs to move/bend the way I wanted them to.

It's a very simple, solid kit. Like - the hull is just basically three pieces that snap together. But the end result is very satisfying. It looks good. And I like the little gimmicks like the landing gear and the handles and stuff.

And it obviously looks fantastic paired with the Zowort.

I'm thinking I'll probably want to build another of these... Either to pair with the Zowort heavy, or just to pose on its own.

Also - now I'm wanting to check out a Base Jabber kit, too. See if they're as good as this thing is.

[osakanone]

I've been getting into gunpla and i'd like a rec since you know mecha. Are there any gunpla you recommend? I'd appreciate one that doesn't look like a dude as much as possible.

The closest i've gotten to that idea so far is a guarda/rever nova build from the 30 minute missions line because of the two scorpian arms.

May I suggest the Wodom Pod?

Its fairly simple to build, very cheap and readily available.

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If you want to straddle the "a guy thing" in your mentality and challenge it a little, also good is the Aegis specifically its transformation mode as its primary mode (like all humanoid MS) is intended for generalized combat and front-line logistical work (hence the hands).

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If not, Hildolfr is a fun one. He bridges the space between early mobilesuits in minovsky signals displacement warfare and was used by a starship cannon pilot, requiring a lot of manual skill to aim well!

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The Xamel is also really good though only provided you've got skills to bring the best out of the kit with scribing and painting. He's a heavy launch platform hovercraft designed for opening vollies with a high powered mortar grenade system via coordinates coming from other units, with legs designed for hit and run skirmishes so he can make his get-away after providing the opening strikes and fire-support during the mop-up phase of an attack.

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Not gunpla, and a bit more advanced is Variable Infinity's Armored Core Aaliyah. You're probably gonna need some glue for this as smaller parts fall off. Its extremely detailed, and very "not a guy" despite being humanoid.

It uses a spherical particle field of highly radioactive and toxicparticles to protect and cool itself, and is capable of absurd mobility.

Quite a pain in the ass to work with, the design itself is utterly sublime and a spectacle to look at and I fell in love with it circa 2007 with Armored Core 4. Sadly, it isn't anywhere near as posable as most Gunpla due to how "un-guy-like" its body design is. These are the concessions we make cool appearances like this.

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A substantially easier build (and much closer to Gunpla) is bandai's 30 minute mission 30MM Armored CORE Ⅵ Fires of Rubicon - BALAM Industries BD-011 MELANDER Liger Tail

I'm a huge sucker for 4-legged mecha since they're about as far from "an guy" as you can get. They're also super affordable right now if you can find a stockist who isn't a scalper.

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Also while not Gunpla, if you have advanced skills, Gunhed is also very good though it requires a lot of extra work since the plastic provided with this kit is more of a raw material you need to do work to, to achieve the look and hide the seams akin to more traditional model kits. Gunhed's role is to invade gigantic sprawling synthetic superstructures and wipe out unmanned weapons.

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Though likely not to your tastes, my own personal favourite of the year has actually been the Lfrith Ur. I don't usually go for chunkier designs but it has that delightful "chubby girl in a swimsuit" energy despite being a very intense and scary weapon that scratches some strange itch in my brain that I find deeply pleasing.

It is likewise, also very cheap -- and if you get two of them, its very easy to mod them together into a single 4-legged machine with double loadout (very cool, and probably bringing it more in like with your preference -- I wish I still had photos: I'm currently out of the country and my "big database of cool research files" is at home and wouldn't search well from two continents away)

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Also Zowort heavy from the same line if you do the same quad-leg/tetrapod adaption looks amazing. I have a huge soft-spot for unusual legs, if its not clear.

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I hope this provides some food for thought. If you have a clearer idea of the kind of kit you want, or what your needs are, let me know and I can provide more suggestions if you'd like.

Happy modelling!!

[kachikirby]

NEW SD GUNDAM GAIDEN WORK HAS BEEN ANNOUNCED

So, first is the little intro about this work. It's a new entry banner called SD Gundam Gaiden NEO. (The Knight Gundam series is separated into different banners that each series falls under. The previous one was New Testament SD Gundam Gaiden.)

The motif for this series is the 2022 Gundam series Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury.

The title of this first entry is "The Forbidden Magic" and this first arc is "Shrine Maiden of the Dragon God".

I'll be translating stuff from the snippet on the P-Bandai page. (VPN needed to access it from outside Japan)

STORY

Many years ago, the Benerit Clan wiped out the Dragon Village. However, some villagers, mainly children, were able to flee into the deep forest. It has been said that mysterious magic since ancient times has been hidden there…

In the Benerit Clan, which destroyed the Dragon Village and built a city in the remaining wasteland, a struggle for supremacy was underway among the young chiefs of the three families. The control of that power spread to the surrounding area, and the people of the Dragon Village are once again discovered by the Benerit Clan.

Under orders from the head chief, Delling, the elites of the three families approached the silent forest…

CARD LIST

In numbered order: (1-01, 1-02, 1-03, and so on.)

Knight Gundam Lfrith VS Knight Beguir-Beu

Knight Gundam Lfrith

Knight Gundam Lfrith Jr.

Elder Cardo

Warrior Nadim

Summoner Elnora

Soldier Heingra

Knight Beguir-Beu

Magic Knight Aerial

Mage Suletta

Summoner Prospera

Spirit Spirit Geist

Spirit IceBurn

Sprit Ericht

Shrine Maiden Miorine

Warrior Demi Trainer

Hunter Demi Trainer

Hunter Keinanji

Hunter Chuchu

Blacksmith Nika

Shopkeeper Martin

Waitress Lilique, Aliya

Monster Goblin Kapell-Kuu

Monster Orc Clibarri

Monster Bear Azrawan

Monster Killer Hosler II

Soldier Demi Garrison

Warrior Dilanza

Fencer Heindree

Mage Zowort

Noble Knight Dilanza

Noble Knight Michaelis

Noble Knight Gundam Pharact

Monster Pharact Dragon

Noble Knight Guel

Noble Knight Shaddiq

Noble Knight Elan

Chief Delling

Shaman Nugen, Kal, Nevola, Golneri

Item - Shrine Maiden's Tomato

Revealed Individual Card Translations

Magic Knight Gundam Aerial

"Water, Fire, lend me your strength! Magic Sword Gunbit Rondo!"

Welder of the Magic Sword Escutcheon

Mage Suletta

"If you move forward you gain two, if you run you gain one...I-I'll protect you!"

Dragon Village Mage

Shrine Maiden Miorine

"I made this tomato. Eat this, and you'll definitely win!"

Shrine maiden who worships the dragon

Noble Knight Dilanza

"I'll correct the ignorance of these hicks!"

Unites the Warriors of the Benerit Clan's Jeturk Family

Noble Knight Guel

"I'll get the priestess, I'll get the chief's position, I'll get it all, I'll show you!"

Benerit Clan, Next Head of the Jeturk Family

Noble Knight Gundam Pharact

"I can expose your true form."

Unites the Mages of the Benerit Clan's Peil Family

Noble Knight Elan

"I'd like to hear more about you."

Benerit Clan, Next Head of the Peil Family

Noble Knight Michaelis

"The dragon's shrine maiden is still alive? This is getting interesting."

Unites the Fencers of the Benerit Clan's Grasley Family

Noble Knight Shaddiq

"If you're a survivor of that village, I won't leave you alone."

Benerit Clan, Next Head of the Grasley Family

Additional art

Current Thoughts

I hope these aren't the final card artwork because it looks a bit bland with the default silver background. The ones with gradient look a bit better, but they are nowhere near as the fully rendered backgrounds in New Testament or previous works.

They do not give a gender, but I feel like Aerial is male here and idk how to feel about it. The card list does mention Ericht separately as a spirit, so that kind of alleviates my concerns. I just don't know how to feel about it.

The first chapter is Shrine Maiden of the Dragon God, which likely refers to Mio.

One of the spirits is Spirit Geist, which is one of Roux's main summoned Spirits in Kikoushin Densetsu, which makes me think this is in the Dabat Kingdom, but at the same time, I'm not sure since we've yet to learn where and when in the SD Gundam Gaiden timeline this takes place in.

It would make sense to have a story that takes place in that kingdom's area, since Seikihei Monogatari is the only one whose yet to have a post-Saddrac Knight Saga era work connected to it.

[deazmonius]

so another model down from the Witch From Mercury line, the Zowort(light) variant this was a nice fun build the light green plastic has a nice soft mat finish and silky texture to the touch out of box was just nice. Detail wise the head has some great detail with the sensors being visible behind a clear orange part. I wanted them to stand out a bit more as they where molded into the green plastic and even with paneling they just kind of disappeared to I painted them gray, and threw some gold on the lenses so they would pop a bit, I don’t know we’ll I got them to show in the pictures. It does look much cooler in person. I want to get the heavy version next.

As far as posing goes. like all the other simply killer. My only complaint is the shoulders the ball and sockets where really tight on one side so much so it was stressing out the socket so bad i ended up sanding the ball down. Just to stop stretching out the socket just trying to pose it. For some photos.