I wish I had a smaller decal for it, but it worked out nevertheless.

Thanks! The minute I saw it, I couldn't shake that impression. I originally wanted to use the cannons from the Amazing Kampfer, but I was late on pulling the trigger on the only remaining one at my local hobby shop.

Worked out OK tho 😁

Thanks man! I was burned out for a while, but this build got me going again.

The orange piping was particularly satisfying, and while I wish I'd added some gray to the blue to desaturate it some, as well as redo some of the decals, I'm nevertheless very satisfied with the results.

I'm sure Max would love the color scheme.

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That said, the effect under UV light is fricken AWESOME! I definitely need to get some sort of stand or attachment for it so I can free up a hand for a spot light.

That said, feeling a bit burnt out, with my current backlog of 4 filled with ambitious builds.

So next up is a simple Moon Gundam

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Lastly, the pics in the same order as above. Snapseed is doing a lot of heavy lifting, and the end result isn't too different.

Ultimately I'll go with the new set up as I'm sure more advantages will reveal themselves as I take pictures at more varied angles.

More Vidar pics soon.

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The new set up, using 2x 5⅜ wooden dowels, 5⅜ copper t-connector, parts of a dollar store tripod, and black spandex.

Resulting pics. Note the darker background and continuous gradient.

So far all pics haven't had amy post processing.

The Origins GC has better waist articulation, as all the Origins kits do, but I was surprised at how thiccer the Origins GC is compared to the HGUC.

He chonky!

Both were fun in their simplicity!

Thank you!

It has almost completely replaced The Division 2 as my current perma-game.

It's pretty neat! The original color palette is white blue green, which is also pretty striking. But this color palette feels less jarring to me.

And pink's an awesome color anyway.

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I absolutely adore this Tokai Teio kit, though I probably won't pick up any other 30MS kits unless they make an Oguri Cap.

This was a truly fun couple of weeks, but now it's back to some old school designs before I tackle the birthday MG Vidar I got for my birthday back in April.

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Then Umamusume happened. While I stumbled through training up Oguri, listening to Tazuna's poisoned cup of advice, I decided to abandon a straight build of the Nobel Gundam for a Mihono Bourbon-inspired custom (I started playing the game during her banner).

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A while ago I missed the boat on a reprint of the Nobel Gundam. So when I saw a KO, I pulled the trigger on it and the KO Shia Qant recolor.

Tough-looking war machines are fun, but variety is the spice of life, so some fem-coded MSes provided a much-needed break from beam rifles and missiles.

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And up on display. Also planned, Semi-Gloss -> Gloss -> Matt.

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And fighter mode, where the decals truly shine. I had to really think hard about whether I wanted to stick to my original vision, or keep it in fighter mode because damn that's sexy.