1/144 ag (advanced grade) age-3 normal

I bought this kit on a whim some time ago, I had the thought that it would be similar to a no grade but I was wrong as this kit has even less articulation than a 1/144 ng (no grade) gundam seed model, it has only 5 points of movement which are: the arms (the entire arm will rotate around 360 degrees with no joints anywhere except where it pegs into the body), the head (the head is on a stationary ball joint but still has a decent amount of movement (a little up and down, tilt side to side, and can be rotated 360 degrees around)), and the shoulder wings ((don't know what they are actually called) they go up and down (not sure if they are suppose to moved but they can be)). and as for everything else you are basically getting a statue as there is no torso movement or leg/foot movement at all, the gun can be removed as it is made up of only two pieces (a handle piece and a body/barrel piece).

the kit is really well detailed and looks very nice as well there are zero stickers used so every color is from a different piece of plastic (I personally really liked not needing stickers), this kit is probably good for beginners or someone whom wants to practice painting but doesn't want to spend a lot of money as these kits are pretty cheap to buy.

all in all I would say I like the kit as it looks nice on a shelf and it adds something a little different to my collection.

customized Phantasy Star Blue Burst RAcaseal: redria ver. APSY

I recently acquired two Phantasy Star Blue Burst RAcaseal model kits by kotobukiya, using the two kits I did some parts swapping to get the look I wanted and ended up with a pretty nice looking model kit.

the two kits I used were: Phantasy Star Blue Burst RAcaseal: redria ver. APSY and Phantasy Star Blue Burst RAcaseal: shino ver. APSY, I really like the way it turned out and I don't think I'll change anything, I am still debating whether or not to put her skirt armor on as I like the way she looks without it, also I made a custom stand for her mag.

1/144 ng (no grade) gundam seed model kit collection

this is almost all of my no grade kits, the only no grade kit not shown in this picture is my red frame astray gundam but aside from that this is my collection of 1/144 scale ng (no grade) gundam seed model kits.

from left to right: gunner zaku warrior [lunamaria hawke custom] and slash zaku phantom, strike dagger, bucue, sword strike gundam, duel gundam.

the two zaku's are knock off no grades (I think) and I have done some parts swapping on them, as well I have removed their back unit weapons, also the strike dagger is missing it's head antenna and beam saber handle (from the back unit).

wind up bots

I meant to post this sooner but I've been a little busy with various things, better late than never though I suppose.

I bought a slightly damaged camera (the case is split open and the battery compartment door doesn't close all the way due to damage (there is a broken/missing clip/peg piece that holds it shut)) some time ago and forgot I had actually used it to take this picture, I don't plan on using the camera again as it's kind of a piece of junk (low resolution and fairly damaged), but that aside; these are two wind up robots that I own, eventually I'd like to take more pictures of these little guys, but at the moment I have other things that I'm working on so taking more pictures of these can wait.

been too busy

this past month I have been really busy with a number of things, endless house related projects (I am soo tired of painting things in the house) as well as helping in the planning and preparation for an upcoming party (to celebrate my parents anniversary), so I have not had much time to do anything for myself, also I don't currently have a photography area set up so I am unable to take quality pictures.
hopefully next month I will have something I can share.

sd gundam gashapon black tri-stars

so in my collecting I've managed to acquire a number of doubles, so many doubles in fact that I've started a second collection with the doubles. the last few times I've tried my luck at a gashapon machine I've always gotten a dom in the lot, so I decided to put them together to form the black tri-stars team.

I gave one of them a beam saber from another double instead of having three doms with bazookas which in my opinion would be a little boring. I'm not sure if these figures are real ones or knock offs because the colors aren't right and the quality seems a little poor but I like them regardless.

second hand gunpla

about a year ago I stumbled upon a gaming/toy store that sells new and used things, in their display cabinet there were a couple 1/144 ng (no grade) gunpla, I purchased them both for $5 a kit.

the two kits I got were the duel gundam (the one on the left) and the strike dagger (the one on the right), both kits are missing parts but at $5 a kit I don't really mind that much, when I bought the kits they had been assembled very poorly and I had to take them apart and fix them then put them back together (basically I had to rebuild them), I had originally planned on using them for parts and custom projects but I never got around to it, so for now they are just space fillers on my shelf.

my knife collection

I had wanted to take photos of something else but at the moment I don't have a good photo taking area set up.

my collection might be a little small but these are what I own right now (I think I might have one or two more but I don't know where they are right now).

from left to right: a small folding knife, a multitool knife, a folding exacto knife with compartment for spare blades (I keep it empty), a folding knife with a wooden inlay in the handle, a folding knife with a motorcycle theme (part of the handle is shaped like a motorcycle engine and it has an inlay with a picture of a motorcycle), a folding knife with a cheap plastic handle and a keyring added to the blade for easier opening (I only use this for opening letters and packages), and finally a fishing knife (I think it's meant to be a tanto style knife).

without my camera

sadly this month I have been without my camera and have not been able to photograph anything, but I promise next month I will have some pictures to share.

buyers remorse

buyers remorse, we've all had to deal with it at some point in time, be it a food item that tasted bad or buying a piece of tech just to have the latest version come out a week later.
so continuing on about buyers remorse, one of my friends is a bit of a collector but it seems he wants to sell off some of his figures, I've known that there were a couple he had that he wasn't happy with (paint was messed up, didn't want the figure as much as he thought he did, etc.) but I didn't know there were so many he wanted to get rid of.
he wants my help to sell them, although he has offered them to me first for purchase (there are a few I'd really like to have) but I fear I might get buyers remorse myself if I spend too much for them, there are a number of things I want to buy but I don't think I could pass up such an opportunity to attain certain figures, on a side note I don't know where I would even put them as I have run out of shelf space (and space in general) but I don't know, I guess I'll wait and see how much he wants and then make a decision.

persistent cold

almost all this month I've not been feeling the greatest, I've had a persistent cold, headaches, and so on, I've also been busy trying to organize my living space which has resulted in the loss of my photography area (where I take all my pictures), so for now I don't have anything to post but hopefully next month I will be feeling better and have the time and space to work on something that I can share.

RGM-79 GM girl nagato

my most recent mobile suit girl, made using a hg 1/144 rgm-79 gm, figma yuki nagato, and figma homura akemi school uniform ver.

the build wasn't super hard to do and only required some light modding work, I wasn't originally going to use nagato's head but I really didn't feel like using the one I had originally chosen (figma madoka kaname school uniform ver. which came as a package deal with figma homura akemi school uniform ver.) so I bought a used figma yuki nagato to use, I had also originally wanted to use the gm's shoulder armor but I couldn't get it to work so I decided to leave it off (I might try to figure out a way to attach it again in the future, but for now it's alright).

to build it I pegged the arms and legs in using leftover pieces cut from the model kits runner, the back unit was also attached using a runner peg (what I call them) but had to be sanded down a little to fit in the hole on the back unit, the neck piece was basically just put over the neck, the head piece and side skirts had their connection pegs trimmed down/removed and were then glued on, the chest vents were the hardest part as they were trimmed down to be a little smaller and then glued on.

all in all I'm very happy with how this figure turned out.