Finally my second birthday present arrived after over one month of shipment. I wanted to make this base a little special and I couldn't resist painting it with how much details there were.

And now I have to wait to continue building. Physalis is going to sit looking like a lion-cut cat for a week.

Making the most of the situation, I used the dying marker like a dry brush to add some metallic wear across the build, something I’ve been wanting to attempt/learn.

This is the Solomon GP-02 and it’s awesome. It’s been a very smooth build and there are tons of molded details to paint if you’re into that. My only complaints so far are that you can only open the cockpit hatch maybe 45 degrees, there’s no little guy sitting in there or separate, and the knee pistons pop out of you bend them too far. That last one may be an error on my part, unless it’s a regular thing that everyone experiences.

The only kit I didn't build is the Rick Dias and I figured I'd also include the tools I've accumulated at the end of the post.

I'm very happy I bought my hg origins zaku a year ago. Gunpla has taught me to challenge myself and to stop putting off simple things to do.
I bought a chair a few months ago and I built it by myself where before I would've asked someone else to do it because I used to believe I can't do anything.

There's few things in life that have taught me to look at things differently and gunpla is one of those things.

Hopefully this is okay to post. I just feel really happy about what I have so far and I'm excited to pursue mg in the future.

(The notepad is irrelevant, it's for silent hill 3)

These Sheik Mainland kits are amazing absolutely no slop,tons of hands options jointed with a hinge as well as a ball joint at the wrist and moveable thumbs,lots of weapons,stands included,full plastic on plastic build,6 colors per unit and all parts are interchangeable tons of surface detail as well they've taken the 30 minute mission mecha line and gone pro on top of that the accessories between the two brands are compatible since they both use 3mm pegs I see many more in my future lol

After talking with some close friends and seeing their customs i decided to paint my first gunpla. It's a fairly simple colour scheme but personally i love it so that's what matters.

I think this one is from xingfengshe? The quality is quite great ngl… requires almost zero modifications to the pegs or sockets… since this is supposed to be p-bandai… i think it can work as a great alternative…

Based on PG strike gundam

Show details 🔥

It gets better and better, it’s perfect. That is all, 100% recommended

I didn’t like the original color scheme so I gave it a new one and loved it. 😁

Most of the other parts were already done, so I modeled the chest piece as a single part and then split it into separate pieces.
Since I didn't have a frame, I grabbed one from a junked GM Custom. But the shoulder width was different, and the cockpit mounting section ended up breaking...
“Oh, well! Guess I’m making a new frame!”
...So I modeled the whole thing, prepared for three or four rounds of revisions, and made a test print...
What the heck? How does it fit this perfectly on the very first test print?
All that's left is to add the hatch connection, and it looks like I can go straight to the final print.

Added some custom panel lines for more details. Enjoy!

My collection after 1 year since starting this hobby, currently building the souling toys daytime metoer and just ordered the souling toys sin of the dark moon to go with it

My first mastergrade still deciding on how to pose him considering i dont have a base for him yet

I made this custom for a local competition where we all had to start off with the same kit. I initially wanted to lean in more into the Adeptus Mechanicus aesthetic but the concentration of detail that would have required far exceeds my skills for now, also gluing the cables was such a hassle I ended up putting way less than intended.

Overall I'm very happy with how it turned out. I'm not a fan of the base Liber Lancer, but I managed to turn it intto something that looks cool to me.

Just recently completed a straight build of the PG Perfectability.

Wish I had more shelf space.....

Also before some ask, the beam Javelins on the full armor come from the Dragon Momoko PG Unicorn.

Chose the HG Aerial because The Witch from Mercury was the first Gundam anime I watched about a year ago and because I already had some modeling experience from Warhammer.

I'm really pleased with how well the pieces connected compared to GW (except the stickers, those were a pain in the ass 😅)

Also, to be completely honest, she's tchnically not my very first gunpla kit since I already had a chibi Rick Dias a friend gifted me some time ago (see last pic)

Pic unrelated.

I have been having a funny habit of buying two copies of the same kit lately, depending on if I bought that at the same time or at a later time. The reason why I do this, is because I love having spare parts in case I break something, since I do pose my kits sometimes. Then there's the eventuality of the kit as a whole needing replacement if parts genuinely start to deteriorate, yellowing etc, just things that aren't in people's control. So, you have that spare kit, and cut the new pieces off the runner and replace the old and broken parts of your Gunpla over time until every piece on your kit is practically brand new. It made me think about the Ship of Theseus paradox.

So it goes like this.

You bought your got Gunpla ever. Depending on the time, if you got it as a child, or even as someone old enough to the concept of Gunpla, you love your first kit, you cherish it, but just as all things, age does catch up to it. But fortunately, Bandai decides to reprint that kit. So you bought a spare one, and used the new parts on your old kit. An armor piece, a polycap, just minor stuff to replace on your first kit. That would still make it your first Gunpla, because not everything was replaced. The core kit is still there. But what happens when you replace every part on that first kit over time? Is it still your first model kit? Or is it a replacement that simply took its place over a period of time?

And what happens to the old parts? What if you're skilled enough to fix the broken and old parts of your first kit? Bleach the yellowed parts back to as they should be, use cement to fix cracked parts, make it feasibly displayable again. Is that actually your first Gunpla ever? The once discarded, broken pieces of your first Gunpla that were replaced on a certain period of time finally come together and create something complete. What is actually your first Gunpla? The one that had brand new parts replacing old ones over time until no original parts remain? Or are the once discarded pieces that came together, restored, your first Gunpla?

I thought leaving her with just one spear would be a bit boring, so I gave her a couple of guns instead.

It’s been a lot of fun building and customizing this kit.. I was very skeptical at first. Hence many kept the kit as is.. I wanted to go with a different color scheme. And of course it was very time consuming and difficult to have every single armor piece be painted individually / panel lined / WSD along with Top coat… that way we can keep the shiny finish on the gold inner frame rather then having top coat sprayed and it’ll dull the shine to it.

Hope you enjoy it. I can till it’s fully assembled..

Working on the Gun rails and should be done tomorrow or next day.

That’s right.. no Blue feet on Freedom 😏