#wing gundam fenice

[robotsareneat]

The Italian Dandy strikes again!

I really like the Fenice. It's such a cool design, and the little beam-cape is fantastic. The kit itself is pretty good, although it has much of the same issues I have with the standard Wing Gundam (polycap waist and weak wrists that just do not want to stay attached.)

I was also only today years old when I realised it was in the colours of the Italian flag.

I'm gifted in other ways.

As an aside, if anyone is debating getting the Gunprimer gate removal set, I would highly recommend it. This is the first kit I built using it, and in that respect I'm very happy with it indeed. One of the best gifts I got this holiday!

[gundamfight]

[kaxtwenty]

Kept ya waiting huh? Anyway, let's go in chronological order. Starting with my very first Gunpla, the one I bought before I even watched any Gundam in the first place, Wing Gundam Fenice.

Lil' man's old. He's missing a couple of parts and I had to be a bit boring with the pose because I was scared to break anything, but I still got lots of love for him (even tho I had to touch him up a bit because Little Kax's craftsmanship was NOT up to standard anymore)!

After him I got another Gunpla from the Build Fighters line, Sengoku Astray Gundam.

Its arms have grown stiff and I can never make sense of the legs, but as my first solo build, I still gotta lotta love for this four armed Gunpla (also I only put that mouth sticker on TODAY! Apparently I had just missed it for all these years until Iooked in the box today lmao).

Now to finally get to the sets I built this year, starting with the GOAT: Barbatos.

*Raise Your Flag intensifies*

Stickers refuse to stay on and the weight of the mace often throws 'em off. But it's my favorite Gundam so it's my favorite Gunpla too! Plus it isn't as old so I can be more creative with the posing! I actually bought this kit before starting IBO this year, but I only completed it during my watchthrough. Even had the big guy sitting near me as I had 3 individual emotional breakdowns during the final episodes.

So with the ball rolling properly, my next set was Gundam Bael.

Try posing this thing properly with *those wings* I fucking dare you-- Not my first choice, but I was in an IBO mood and this was the only IBO set I could find between two towns, so I took what I could get. It made me appreciate how Gunpla can enhance the Gundam Experience™️ however. Because it was only when I had finished it did I realize that Bael's body plan is a lot closer to the typical Gundam "shape" than the other IBO Gundams, which is an excellent touch given it's lore and what it represents in the story. Building Gunpla always reveals more about the designs of these robots that I hadn't noticed previously.

But I did get two sets that day, he other set being the Gundam featured in the show I'm watching right now, Gundam Mk-II (AEUG).

The first Gundam set that I've built that actually looks like a "normal" variation of the Gundam. It's gotta lotta extra additions as you can see, which makes it funny to look at when you put 'em all together at once. The joints are a loosey goosey however, making to very hard to pose as the slightest movements will change the whole thing (even just picking it up will cause the legs to shift). And whomever designed this neck must've been cucked by a Zeta fan or something because the neck is SO BAD IT FALLS OFF SO EASILY! One of my fave desgins tho, unfortunately it's mainly good to just look at.

After this, we finally get into the first batch of boxes I posted, starting with the Grandpa Gundam itself.

Y'all know I just HAD to make it do The Pose

This one is an Entry Grade, so I didn't need to use nippers to put it together. Still, I used it for sanding practice and am quite satisfied with the result. Majorly impressed by the engineering and detail they put into this design. I highly recommend it for a first time or even if you've got some experience, Entry Grades can be a lot of fun to build it turns out.

After that, I went from the OG straight to the newest "main" Gundam, Gundam Aerial Rebuild!

My beloved Robo-Tanuki. I see why the WFM High Grades are seen with such reverence, this thing had a LOT of detail in it (a....lot....). I like how you can see the more "feminine" design elements they gave her when you compare it to the Grandpa Gundam. And yes, all the Gunbits can be removed and combined into different formations and onto Aerial herself. I can still hardly believe it because it's just too awesome. Sadly, posing her is rather hard due to her legs not being very flexible. And the weight of her wings (?) can make it hard to balance her.

After her, I returned to my roots with Gundam Barbatos Lupus.

*Rage of Dust intensifies*

Sweet mother of God was this a pain to build. Three separate parts broke and I had to order model glue to fix them before I could continue. Not to mention that I had to use a neck-piece from another set because the original was so loose it kept falling off! But was the end result worth it? Yes...mostly. The joints are weirdly stiff, but also kinda loose? And the arms are somewhat inflexible, so trying to make it hold its sharpened mallet with two hands rarely looks good. To top it off, the arm cannons seem to be sold separately, so it looks kinda incomplete. Still, a fine addition to my collection. Now I only need the Barbatos Lupus Rex and my Barbatos shrine collection will be complete!

After that, I finally got a non-Gundam kit! Char's Zaku II!

Pretty out there build. It was nice seeing how different non-Gundam Gunpla are from the Gundam kits. The weapons never pose right and the arms keep trying to fall off, but these are the things we must accept for robot yaoi- I mean robot building. Glad to have both the Grandpa Gundam and Red Comet in my collection (for reasons unrelated to the earlier comment).

After that we get into the recent stuff. Starting off with GOD GUNDAM!

The posability of this kit is insane! To think I almost ruined it by cutting off the wrong parts (dw I fixed it). It's got a lot of extra hands, movable parts and the core fighter even comes out of the back! Definitely one of my favorite sets (now to order the Rising Gundam so I can make them kiss).

Then we get into my second non-Gundam kit and the first from the second batch I posted, Demi Barding.

Love this build. Very unique, deceptively posable and comes with a bunch of cool accessories. Chuchu supremacy. Go get it immediately!

Last is my most recent build and fourth IBO Kit (kill me), Gundam Hajiroboshi!

Sweet mother of CHRIST was it nice to build a Gundam kit that didn't have *any* white on it. Nice lavender (?) color. The design of this thing's so good it makes me want to interrupt my UC watchthrough and go through Urdr-Hunt. Very unique look for a "main" Gundam, but one I really dig. Unfortunately the kit's got some issues with balance, mainly due to the wings (?) on the back and the feet. These feet are a pain in the ass and never pose right. The front and back are too separated and rarely move in the same direction. Still, one of my favorites from a design standpoint and am certainly gonna check out Urdr-Hunt sometime to see it in action (I'm keeping Urdr-Hunt in a glass case until I absolutely *need* IBO again).

So that's all my little robot guys :D

@paxesoterica @ips-n-caliban @average-transdalorian

Would anybody like to see my little robot guys? (Gunpla)?

[twigasus]

Back on my gunpla bullshit ✨

[erika-mr]

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[scarletlotus182]

Wing Gundam Fenice completed!

Cool kit, kinda janky but a lot of fun c:

[jaybuilds]

Soketsuden Fenice

Soketsudens Wing Zero + Destiny + Extra parts

Been a while since I painted one of these- just a fun side project

[shoolis]

I DID IT!

[weirdunclegamer]

Woof, bout time!  I finally got some more shelves and promptly did the unthinkable; organized the wing kits!  It’s some sorta organized!  I obviously was shooting for each cubby to be a unit and its upgrades (or redesigns or whatever), buuuuut then I hadta just go with “grunt units cubby” and “g-unit cubby” and I had those spare super old vayeate and mercurius units so I just decided to put them with epyon?  And I sorta smushed all the wing’s in together at the top more or less forgetting I had wing fenice who needed to go somewhere too.  If you pay reeeeeaaaaal close attention you can tell the four p-bandai kits from previous posts are just standing straight up no pose, and three of them should be propped up higher on something but aren’t and just... y’know, model kits are hard work everyone I was TIRED okay.

I feel bad for shenlong, new HG hasn’t even been announced yet and at least deathscythe has that ex-sd kit so his cubby has four things in it but not shenlong, good thing ew altron looks dope as fuck

[robotsareneat]

I've been busy, and have a few kits to show off!

First up is this Gundvölva that my little brother got me for my birthday. We built it together! I think the weathering got away from us in places, but it was a really fun kit and a really nice thing to do together. We've had a rough year so it's nice that we're getting closer and doing things together more lately.

Next up we have this Ez-8! Not counting this as finished because I'm planning on using him for my first diorama and will be weathering the heck out of him, but I wanted to include a picture. He was a pretty fun kit, and the decals he comes with are pretty nice. Not so much a fan of the parachute pack (not pictured, obviously) but the base kit is pretty cool.

Lastly we have the Knight Gundam! Now, I'm not normally that into SD kits but this. is. AMAZING. Very few stickers involved, not of them egregious, and he's just so much fun to pick up and play with! I put a little paint on the V fin and the shield, but other than that he's just panel lined. He is friend shaped!

Next up I have the Wing Gundam Fenice that I'll probably start on today, and I was gifted the MGSD Barbatos for the holidays which I'm looking forward to sinking my teeth into. I also received the Gunprimer gate remover set, so hopefully my kits going forward will be a little cleaner!

Happy Holidays!

[the-anime-void]

Can't you just smell that spaghetti?

[gundamgifs]

[erika-mr]

All done for now.

Very first model and the latest build. Still trying to figure this out x3

[masterofwolfe]

Custom Build: HGBF 1/144 Gundam Fenice Rinascita + Custom Base

MODELER: Dew Plamodel

[final-mazin-blade]

I GOT A BURNIN' HEART

[quatre-deserved-better]

The Reversible's foot makes him a lot taller but that stability support in MA mode...It's also just low enough so I can put the ankle armor back on. There's also a thruster/jet outlet molded into the foot so it won't look insanely off in flight mode too!