HG 1/100 Gundam Heavyarms Custom Part 6

Colorful half-clown-face
Finishing up the work on HG 1/100 Gundam Heavyarms Custom after the previous posting. ^^


Looking at the completed shoulder missile hatches in the previous posting, the vibrant color of the armors' edges doesn't seem to match the gray parts. ^^;


The edges are shown to be in gray in the instruction manual.

HG 1/100 Gundam Heavyarms Custom Part 5

The forgotten white and gray
Continuing the work on HG 1/100 Gundam Heavyarms Custom after Part 4, with just a few more components to go. ^^


I completely overlooked the need to paint the collar and neck area white when going through the part count in Part 3. ^^;

HG 1/100 Gundam Heavyarms Custom Part 4

Missile party
Moving on to refining the parts already painted in the previous posting and to work on new ones for HG 1/100 Gundam Heavyarms Custom. ^^


The border between the left and right thigh parts is painted black using normal marker to emphasize the gaps' appearance


Same treatment for the borders in front and behind the shin.

HG 1/100 Gundam Heavyarms Custom Part 3

So much gray needed on so many parts
Continuing the work on HG 1/100 Gundam Heavyarms Custom after the previous posting. ^^

If Part 2 is the culmination of some of the fun little things I had planned for the kit all this while, then all the "grunt" painting and detailing work will start from here on. ^^;

As most of the parts molded in gray are for the gatling guns and shoulder missiles, you can imagine how little the color is designed to be on parts of the kit itself, hence the need for a quite a bit of gray paint to be applied. ^^;


Some of the major line details on the four leg parts are panel lined first using Tamiya's Panel Line Accent Color (Black).
Parts to be painted gray:


Vents next to the knee.

HG 1/100 Gundam Heavyarms Custom Part 2

Shiny hooks, shiny gatlings
Starting the work on HG 1/100 Gundam Heavyarms Custom after the introduction in the previous posting. ^^


Just three parts to focus on right away: the v-fin and two hook-like appendages on top the shoulder armors.


No fancy detailing needed for the parts according to the completed model's picture in the instruction manual, but they do need to be painted gold. ^^
Adding gold paint to my model kits, how can that not be the priority right from jump? XD

HG 1/100 Gundam Heavyarms Custom Part 1

A 1/100 scale Gunpla, which is also a High Grade kit
Starting on a new Gunpla project this time, with a kit that is straight out of Nostalgialand. ^^

1/100 Gundam Exia Roll Out Color Ver. Part 8 [Final]

Blue versus gray, bright versus pale
More action poses from 1/100 scale Gundam Exia Roll Out Color Ver. to kick off the final posting of this review series. ^^



Supported using Action Base 1 Celestial Beings Ver..

1/100 Gundam Exia Roll Out Color Ver. Part 7

"Setsuna F. Seiei, exterminating the target!" IX
Another round of action poses from 1/100 Gundam Exia Roll Out Color Ver. after the previous posting means another opportunity to extend the numbering of the reused tagline above. XD


Supported using a wire stand meant for Gunplas.
The thrown GN Long Blade is supported using Soul Stage Act 4 for Humanoid Clear.

1/100 Gundam Exia Roll Out Color Ver. Part 6

"Setsuna F. Seiei, exterminating the target!" VIII
Some action poses from 1/100 Gundam Exia Roll Out Color Ver. after the previous posting. ^^

By the way, the numbering of 'VIII' above represents a continuation of the tagline that has been used in my Gundam Exia reviews since Part 7 of the original 1/100 Gundam Exia's. The most recent posting, 'VII', was for Part 11 of 1/100 Gundam Avalanche Exia. ^^

As the numbering itself somewhat represents the numerous variants of Gundam Exia in my collection, I'm determined to continue this "tradition" of using the same tagline in other applicable Gundam Exia reviews, just to see how far I can take the numbering to. ^^

1/100 Gundam Exia Roll Out Color Ver. Part 5

The semi-accurate anime appearance
More images of the just completed 1/100 scale Gundam Exia Roll Out Color Ver. ^^

1/100 Gundam Exia Roll Out Color Ver. Part 4

  Phase Shift Down   Roll Out Color Ver.
Continuing the assembly of 1/100 scale Gundam Exia Roll Out Color Ver. after the previous posting. ^^


Identical sets of parts for the feet.

1/100 Gundam Exia Roll Out Color Ver. Part 3

Retcon the Seven Swords
Finally, after a very long delay (for more than a year ^^;), I'm going to assemble this Gunpla. ^^

It's time to roll out 1/100 scale Gundam Exia Roll Out Color Ver. (I did that intentionally XD).


Real Grade 1/144 scale Gundam RX-78-2 and HGUC Kampfer were the first and second Gunplas I worked on in this year respectively, but this kit is going to be the first to be assembled. ^^

1/100 Gundam Exia Roll Out Color Ver. Part 2

All done
Starting the detailing work on 1/100 Gundam Exia Roll Out Color Ver. after the introduction in Part 1.

Since the more troublesome parts to paint were all taken care of in the All Exia Project, the rest of the kit should be even simpler to handle, especially now when I have tools like Tamiya's Panel Line Accent Color (Black) that can simplify some of the panel lining work required. ^^ Furthermore, since I had worked on the first 1/100 Gundam Exia and two of its variations: Gundam Avalanche Exia and Gundam Astraea, I don't think I'll need to rethink on how to detail certain parts anymore. ^^; I just have to "copy and paste" the formula from the first three kits onto this one. ^^


Panel lined some areas of the weapon parts using Tamiya's Panel Line Accent Color (Black).


The handle areas of the four GN Beam Sabers/Daggers and GN Blades that used to cost me plenty of time to panel line are taken care of in an instance. ^^


With excessive panel liner paint on the parts wiped away using cotton swabs soaked with enamel thinner. ^^



Panel lining for the tiny slits behind the three shield parts can be considered as new details as compared to the other three 1/100 Gundam Exia-type Gunplas. They weren't detailed back when I was working on those three kits as I deemed the slits to be too narrow and the work too difficult. ^^;


Other details on the weapon parts are done using normal panel liner.


(Left) Details on the GN Blades can be challenging to panel line due to their size and having different designs in front and behind the parts.
(Right) It's nice to see all the teeth-like details on either side of the shield parts again. ^^


The beam parts and GN Blade crossguards are attached temporarily to the different handles as "helpers" for me to hold onto when cleaning up excessive panel liner paint and to apply new ones using normal panel liner. ^^


Simple panel lining for the arm parts.


As with those for the feet.


The white space behind the ankle guards and elbow area of the forearm parts are painted black using normal marker to give them a bit more depth.


A little bit of the edges on the leg armor is painted in gray using Gundam Marker Gray to make it as part of the mechanical interior of the leg.


The border between the top and bottom shoulder block part is painted black using normal marker to highlight the gap.


Unlike the other three 1/100 Gundam Exia-type kits, the GN Drive is not painted black this time. Since I'll be using the foil sticker included for this part (to get the green ring with text details), painting the part is really not necessary at all. ^^


Panel lining done for the body parts.


As usual, the beam dagger mount racks on the rear skirt armor are cut to allow each side to move independently.


Simple panel lining for the hip parts.


Much like the slits behind the shield parts shown earlier on, some minor line details behind the rear skirt armor parts are realized using Tamiya's Panel Line Accent Color (Black). I gave up trying to panel line them on the other three 1/100 Gundam Exia-type kits because of the difficulty in reaching the part's narrowest depth using a normal panel liner. ^^;


Panel-lined the tiny lines on the edges of the gray face part.
The top portion of the face part and the area around the forehead sensor are painted black using normal marker to avoid the slightest bit of their base colors to escape the foil stickers later on.


With the other head parts already completed in the All Exia Project. ^^


Test fitting the parts to see how the head would turn out when assembled. ^^
The gray chin immediately stands out as a refreshing design on this version of Gundam Exia. ^^
And just like that, all the work on this kit is done. ^^ The fast completion on the work reminds me of HG 1/144 Tieren Taozi and Mechanic Collection Mazinger Z with God Scrander, and even Pokepla Pikachu to some degree, where two postings are enough to finish up on the work. ^^ Even though most of the details are treated based on experience from working on the first 1/100 Gundam Exia, Gundam Avalanche Exia and Gundam Astraea, it's amazing that there are still details realized for the first time on this kit, namely the shield rear skirt armor parts. ^^ I'm looking forward to seeing how those details would turn out to be on the completed kit. ^^

As usual, there'll be a bit of offset time between now and when I revisit all the parts again for the final assembly. ^^