[Custom] Bandai HGIBO 1/144 EB-06j Graze Ground Type (Urban Environment Use)

The Graze is an immensely versatile frame, having spawned so many variants over the short run of the IBO series. The Ground Type variant was just made available in the 1/144 format with the release of the IBO MS Option Set 9 which contained the flat ground-type feet, and this is great news for 1/144 collectors (me).

[Custom] Bandai HGIBO 1/144 EB-04jc4-H Geirail Scharfrichter Heavy (Customised Build)

Galan Mossa's Geirail managed to kick some ass during the short period of time it was on-screen, but it was the Geirail Scharfrichters in the background that proved intriguing. With their saucer-heads, Zaku-style shoulder shields and khaki paint scheme, the Scharfrichters drew more attention than their green-blue leader, and having a name like Scharfrichter (German for Executioner) doesn't reduce its badassery.

[Custom] Bandai HGIBO 1/144 Gundam Barbatos Lupus Rex Apollyon (Customised Build)

In the previous post, I covered a straight build of the HGIBO 1/144 Gundam Barbatos Lupus Rex, a pretty decent update to the Barbatos frame. However, the proportions are a little off, particularly in the oversized arms. Something was also missing from the Lupus Rex, something that differentiated it from being a beast-like demon from the Duke of Hell title the Barbatos is named after. After some research and fooling around with parts, I found that something.

Wings.

[Kit Insight] Bandai HGIBO 1/144 Gundam Barbatos Lupus Rex (Straight Build)

I decided to snap up one of my Lupus Rexes to test the articulation and some modification ideas, having acquired a second one in order to appropriate the tail-blade. I didn't expect much from the 8th (or it is 9th) iteration of the Gundam Barbatos, especially with the more beastial look, but snapping this up showed me that IBO kits still have lots to offer, even in the HG 1/144 format.

[Kit Insight] Bandai HGUC 1/144 Hyaku-Shiki [Revive] (Painted Build)

The Hyaku-Shiki is a timeless kit, with a classic design that transcends time, series and model kit range. The latest iteration of the Hyaku-Shiki - coincidentally also Bandai's 200th HGUC model kit - updates the venerable golden mobile suit with modern Gunpla technology, features, gimmicks and ease of assembly. 

[Kit Insight] Bandai HGIBO 1/144 Mobile Reginlaze (Vidar Use) (Customised Build)

By now, everyone knows that Vidar is indeed Gaelio Bauduin, something that was actually really apparent when Vidar appeared in the opening. We know his intense hatred for McGillis, we know his motivations for said intense hatred. What we do not know is what happened during the time skip between the Battle of Edmonton and the current IBO timeline. We do know that Rustal Ellion rescued a disfigured Gaelio and recovered the crippled Gundam Kimaris before converting the machine into the Alaya-Type E enabled monster known as Gundam Vidar (and now Gundam Kimaris Vidar), but what did Gaelio/Vidar do to earn his keep in Rustal's employ?

[Kit Insight] Bandai HGIBO 1/144 Helmwige Reincar Galaxy (Ver.GPN Painted Build)

Of all the season two mobile suits in the Iron Blooded Orphans series, the Helmwige Reincar made the biggest impact. Granted, although it was nothing more than a modified, beefed up Grimgerde that fulfilled the role of a glorified sword holder for the Barbatos Lupus, the Helmwige is still one of the best, refreshing designs that came out from the series.

[EVENT] Hobby Art Tetsujin 2017 - Competition Entries

As some of you may know, local hobby shop Hobby Art Gallery is currently holding a first-of-its-kind model kit competition cum hobby fair from Monday, 6 Feb 2017 to this Sunday, 12 Feb 2017 at level 2 of Bugis+ shopping mall.

Comprised of two main parts, namely the competition and the hobby fair, the event is wholly run by Hobby Art Gallery with the support of some of their partners. This post will showcase all of the builds submitted for Tetsujin! Of course, pictures do very little justice to some of this masterpieces, do drop by and have a look if you're in the Bugis area!

Simply put, the quality of entries is astounding. Click the link to view them all!

[EVENT] Hobby Art Tetsujin 2017 - Hobby Fair

Hobby Art Tetsujin has lots to see and lots to buy! Hey, you can even spot Joshua Darrah there! 

[Kit Insight] DevilArts MG 1/100 Providence Gundam Ver. SUN (Straight Build)

Third party model kits offer insight into the "what could have been" and "what if" of Gunpla development, often with far lower price tags that won't discourage builders from picking them up. DevilArts teased their MG 1/100 Providence Gundam some time back, but then Bandai suddenly dropped a bombshell with the announcement of their own MG 1/100 Providence Gundam, with a full coloured build displayed at one of the year-end Gunpla Expos in Japan. Naturally, interest for the DevilArts version of the Providence waned, but it still remained on the radar for a while as the Bandai version will only be released in March 2017.