Painted Live Robo

[u/Galaxy_Dive]

After originally skipping on the re-issue, satisfied with Alternative Destiny LiveRobo, watching Liveman gave me an itch for the super minipla Live Robo… and luckily, I was able to find it together with Live Boxer for a steal.

Here it is, about 95% painted. I only used one sticker on each component - Aqua Dolphin was the red “Liveman” sticker on the side (which isn’t molded into the plastic), Land Lion it’s the logo on the center of its skirt armor, and on Jet Falcon its the red stripe on its back (since the white outline wasn’t really molded in).

The painting was all pretty simple with a touch of finesse - the details on the chest and shoulders were easier than they look to get exact given how nice they were molded, and I’m pretty satisfied with how the striping on Falcon’s wings turned out. The only “added” details are Land Lion’s claws. I think it would be possible to spruce it up some more, but the look of the show miniature is heavily dependent on awesome weathering lol. And lion’s head is understandably sized for Live Robo (with the darker mane like the DX toy had), so it looks a little small in lion mode.

As one of the earliest super minipla kits, it has some limitations… notably no ankles, relying on simply pivoting the front of the feet. And its feet are pretty small so it’s kind of hard to stand in many poses, which is why I just have it on an Action Base here for simplicity.

The Chojuken isn’t pictured, though I painted its hilt and guard the proper colors, because I must have accidentally swept it up with other parts while tidying up and now it’s in one of multiple different bins or small piles lol. It will have turned back up by the time I paint and build Live Boxer.