First Love, First Gunpla: Kapool

After my HG 1/144 Cherudim Gundam purchase, I decided to practice snapbuilding first using a cheap kit. A discounted 1/144 Kapool did the job, which I got for 245 php (approx. 5$). I chose the Kapool because it reminds me of Sochie <3. It took me two days to complete it, because I started late at night and my eyes were already drooping badly. If I continued on I’d cut myself with my modeling knife. I didn’t sand the kit, but panel-lined it with a Fine Gray Gundam Marker. Tragically, I ruined the marker’s tip by mistaking my knife’s cover for the marker cover. But I was able to fix it up, no worries. Practice makes perfect!

LORAAAAAAAAAAAAAN~!

Not bad for a first job with decent tools. I’ll be bringing this to the office now, hohoho. I’m swamped already, so that’s all for now. Back to regular programming tomorrow.

Adventures With Gunpla: To the Promised Land of Greenhills

Warning: LJ-ish post ahead

I decided to take the leap of faith into model-building again.

When I was a kid, and when Gundam Wing was immensely popular, I had a total of 4 kits: a 1/144 Wing Gundam Zero, a 1/144 Gundam Virsago, a 1/144 Gundam Spiegel, and a 1/144 HG Zeta Gundam (the old one which had a really crummy transformation). And I built them like a kid who had no idea how srsbzns gunpla building was. I tore the parts out of the sprue with bare hands, or used terribly inappropriate scissors. I used a nail cutter to to remove the excess nibs, messed up the stickers, etc. But I did enjoy the finished products, as long as I didn’t try making them transform (they’d fall apart if I tried). I’m still apprehensive on considering transforming kits to this day.