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1/144 ZGMF-1000[H] Hunter Zaku [p04]

ALMOST done!

Here's a mock-up...




...And the lower limbs!



I'll have to put this on ice for now. The detailing is taking longer than expected and I don't have the time to work on it just yet because of my workload in the office.

1/144 ZGMF-1000[H] Hunter Zaku [p03]

Leg and foot mods:

Trying to beef it up and giving it an "edge"...

Before and after.



Starting with the leg mods.



More befores and afters...

1/144 ZGMF-1000[H] Hunter Zaku [p02]

Torso updates:

Right and left shoulder armours have been shapped. Just needs to be refined. Fin was added (which I'll be replacing later on...)


Trying to determine which shoulder armour looks better together with the fin.

SD RX-121-2A Gundam TR-1 [Advanced Hazel]

START DATE: ca. November 2009

I got the SD GM Custom a while back (around 3 years ago, if memory serves me right). I had since planned to convert the GM Custom to an SD Advanced Hazel. Never got around to it until around a couple of months ago. Wanted to join an SD contest with this but it seems like work will always get the better of me. :cry:

Here are some WIP photos:


GM Custom head vs NT-1 Alex head



Torso



Skirt armour (front)



Skirt armour (rear)



Mock-up whilst using the GM Custom's head and upper limbs

1/144 ZGMF-1000[H] Hunter Zaku [p01]

START DATE: 19th October 2008, 14:23h

This'll be my second WIP. The first is still pending completion. What's the result of 6 months being a bum in the company of a PSP? Zaku Warrior ala Monster Hunter.

Moster Hunter places you in the role of a novice hunter who, in the quest for fame and glory, must accomplish various quests. These quests will unlock various armors and weapons; these and other items are created from the remains of slain monsters by carving off their horns, scales and bones. The idea was (and still is) to create a swordie and a gunner. This WIP is for the Blademaster; I have another FG Zaku Blaze that I plan to use as the base kit for the Gunner.

The base kit is a FG Zaku Gunner Lunamaria custom. I've sketched a design and I'm making improvements & changes as the build goes.

Let's begin!

First, the chest and torso. The collar was extended, and the torso "trimmed":



My initial design for one (of two) swords:

1/144 MMS-01 (OZ-17MS) Serpent Kai [p02]

Here's what precious little I've finished so far:

1. Added a blade as a tribute to the anime Gundam Heavyarms. Swings back when not in use:



2. A "gun pod" will go on the left shoulder, still unfinished:

* Scrapped! For now.

3. A couple of pics of the leg:

* I wanted to deepen the panels on the leg but it was too tedious to scribe panels. So I borrowed an idea to cut-out the panels and add plaplates from the inside. (Thanks Puffer Fiz!)
* Beefed up the knee armour, inspired by the Dom Funf. Will need puttying and lots of cleaning though, mainly because of the superglue glop (had a minor accident).

4. I initially wanted to add planet defensers on the left shoulder, just like the Virgo's. Threw that idea away because this grunt may look to super for its own good. So I just puttied it ala-Zaku.

5. Added some detail to the chest:


6. Beefed up the sword as Cyclone X suggested:


7. Missile launchers on the right shoulder:

8. Also came up with a backpack:

* This part took me the longest to build. Basically got the aft portion of a 1/144 F-15 fuselage (the ventral half to be exact) then slapped styrene all over it. :D

* I tried to simulate thrusters on the inside, barely noticable though:


9. I've always wanted a BFG for a grunt so I chopped up the beam cannon and slapped on the gattling and a scratched big bore cannon...



* Which now looks like this:


* The orange thingy is the cap from Tamiya's putty. It's supposed to be the ammo cap or something, like Katoki's Wing Zero's.