RESULTS: Zakuhin Mo Mukha Mo (MP's 1st 2010 In-House Contest)

And the winners are:



(Sorry but I'm just too lazy to create an HTML table today... hehehe)



And here's the winning piece:










The body used an MG Zaku II F2 as a base. I stand corrected: it's an HGUC Zaku II conversion with F2 arms. The rest were scratchbuilt. GREAT JOB, YVANOMECH!

More info about the Dra-C can be found in MAHQ.net.

MS-21C Dra-C courtesy of yvanomech of Mechapinoy. Photos courtesy of V2 of Mechapinoy.

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MP’s 2nd Inhouse Contest for 2010: “The Bitch is Back: Mecha Femmes”

The improved sequel to the old “Female Mecha” inhouse contest way back 2005.

Contest rules and guidelines below courtesy of Samukako Nasuka:
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I. Contest Objective: To build the best Mecha regularly used by female pilots in all the Gundam series!

II. Rules and Regulations:

1. Bandai kits of ALL SCALES AND SERIES (Ungraded, SD, FG, HG, HGUC, MG, PG, JG) of Gunplamo.

2. Modifications are allowed (e.g. joints, lighting, limb extensions, detail-up parts).

3. ORIGINAL COLORS ONLY. Colors should depict the mecha regularly used by female pilots, in its proper scheme. (note: within the color range/chroma, e.g. “light blue”, “pastel blue”, “vivid blue”) and not totally different. (green was substituted for blue, yellow for white, etc.). AGAIN: ANIME COLOR SCHEME RANGE.

4. Diorama entries not allowed. However, stands/flight stands WITHOUT details are allowed, but not necessary.

5. One-person is allowed to enter a maximum of three (3) entries.

6. Minimum of ten (10) entries to open the contest.

7. Kits that were entered in other/previous contests are not allowed.

III. CRITERIA FOR JUDGING:

1. Assembly Skills (absence of mold lines, flash, inappropriate gaps, proper parts alignment, completeness, absence of excess adhesive marks, proper modifications, parts detail-up) — 30%

2. Painting (ORIGINAL COLOR SCHEME, smooth paint texture, unless for obvious reasons, absence of overspray, brush streaks, complete paint coverage, color line separation from masking/brushing/spraying, overall color combination) – - 20%

3. Detailing (includes parts and paint detailing like shading and paneling, weathering, functional parts, proper decal/marking positioning and usage) – - 30%

4. Presentation (all entries are not required to have their kits paneled and/or shaded as long as the overall presentation is impressive, then a high score is given. At first glance, is the model impressive? Even to the audience? Impact varies from distance. The model may look good from a distance but turns out ugly at close-up) – - 20%

ENTRIES MUST BE PRE-QUALIFIED BY SENDING PHOTOS TO honeybabylove_09@lycos.com AT LEAST ONE WEEK BEFORE THE EVENT PROPER. PHOTOS MUST DEPICT FINISHED MODEL IN DIFFERENT POSES/VIEWS, 640 X 480 SIZE.

IV. PRIZES:

To Be Announced

V. DATE OF EVENT AND VENUE:

To Be Announced, around August to September 2010

Please visit Mechapinoy Forum for more information.

MS-06FZ Zaku Kai [p03]

I've been away from my workdesk for the last two months on business (unfortunately.) Like they say, no rest for the wicked.

Anyway, I've been trying to catch up on the hours missed and here's what I have so far:


I've beefed up the right shoulder to complement the shield and scratched a new left shoulder guard. 



Here's a then (right) and now (left) comparison on the shoulder guard. I think I can still look better...




Here's what I've got planned so far:

1. I may have to either completely remove the spikes from the left shoulder guard, or just add stubs to look like sawed-off spikes.
2. Beef-up the right left shoulder itself.
3. Think of details that can fill the space between the left shoulder guard and left shoulder.