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vrijdag 19 maart 2021

AHPC11: The Oldest of Rivalries

 If there is one long lasting rivalry in anime, it is without a doubt the one between Amuro Ray and Char Aznable.



Ever since the original Mobile Suit Gundam anime aired back in 1979, the two have been protagonists, and it is actually a very complex villain.

Char is one of the most charismatic and loved bad guys around, and with a record service of 44 years and counting at the moment, one that remains incredibly popular even with new generations, as could be seen by the OVA series Char's Origin the past year.





For this entry, I went up and painted two 1/400 scale gasaphon, whic I plan to use in MechaTop, a kickstarter I`m eagerly awaiting delivery for (should be march btw).  I like this scale the best to game, as the models are the size of a 28mm figure (I scored them as such below), and work really well with 1/300 scale infantry, vehicles and buildings without towering TO much over them.  Even though your average Gundam stands at about 18 metres... as could be seen in the news as Japan is working on a functional RX-78-2 recently.




To that end, of course I need the famous RX-78-2 (it's also the Gundam appearing in the excellent Ready Player One movie btw), and one of Char's mobile suits in which he duelled with Amuro, the aquatic MSM-07S Z'Gok in his typical red colour scheme as he is "The Red Comet" for a reason.

Demaz!


donderdag 22 oktober 2020

Rebasing for MechaTop

So I started rebasing my 1/400 scale gasaphon for the MechaTop game, as the game is played on octagonals.


For size, I chose to go with 50mm diameter (the rules speak of 150mm, but that is immense for the little models of course) as that feels "right", but also fits the 4 by 2 rectangles they are currently based on.

The easiness of a 3D printer of course helps finding a good size, run a test print and then adjust if needed.


I also decided to paint both the front arcs and the aft arc as well, handier at times with the orientation of certain models.  Blue for the line of sight arcs, the red back arc for the heavy damage that can come in.

In the end, a quick and easy job, and some needed preparation to get the game going soonish!

dinsdag 21 april 2020

MS-07B Gouf

The latest addition to my Future War Commander "Open Market" aka Gundam force, the good old Gouf mass produced mobile suit.

While more close combat orientated then the ZAKU, to which it lost out to become the suit of choice for the Principality of Zeon, it is often a suit used by officers and aces.


The model itself is a 1/400 scale Gasaphon (capsule toy) made by BanDai in the same sort of soft plastic like the various Clix systems, and has been repainted from it's pre-paint (albeit correct) colour scheme and based to be used on the tabletop.


While 6mm is actually 1/300, these models look far better with the terrain often used for those games, and they can serve perfectly as well in the Mobile Suit Gundam skirmish game, something I`m looking into trying out solo one of these months.

Now to pick one of the many classes in the armylist to represent it with...