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2/2

A couple more pics.

Calibarn + Mirasoul Flight Unit

WfM kits never miss (except for the c-clips on the VRR thrusters). I'm glad to finally have a Calibarn on my shelf.

The MFU is from Anubis Design Studio, and I love how it bulks up the shelf presence.

1/2

#gunpla
#gundam
#witchfrommercury

Thank you so much for it! Icing on the cake for sure!

It's a blast! There are so many delightful cameos, so keep your eyes peeled!

A cute chibi Jungle Pocket and supporting characters of the Beginning of a New Era movie.

What a time to be alive! Umamusume on the big screen at a major cinema chain?

Such a feast for the eyes, and a lovely story to boot.

A shout out to @eelbeats.bsky.social who gave me this lovely sticker.

#umamusume
#beginningofanewera
#ウマ娘プリティーダービー
#新時代の扉

Instant pick up the moment I saw it.

It's such a fun and clever HG.

2/2

Articulation is actually pretty good, but the backpack mostly restricts her head, meaning the pose in pic 1 is about the best she can manage without it looking a bit strange.

1/2

More Uma shenanigans.

Inspired by someone on Reddit, I've been waiting to get this painted up. It's a fun melding of my two current hobbies.

Last pic shows some mods to get an Action Base to work while clearing her tail.

Flying poses in the follow up post.

#gunpla
#gundam
#umamusume

A few days ago I realized just how cluttered my workspace has become. Most things needed something else moved to be accessed.

I don't have a lot of space to spread out, but I do have space to go up. So a 4-tier wire shelf later, and I feel like I've accomplished my goal of improving efficiency.

Thank you so much! The option parts really do add a delicious amount of detail.

4/4

Some final pics. Honestly a 10/10 build experience.

3/4

Some action poses. If I'm being honest, the GQx kits have all had a strange dichotomy of both limited articulation in some parts, but crazy poseable in other ways. I'm usually pretty conservative with my posing though, as more extreme camera angles usually breaks the limits of my photo set up.

2/4

3rd resin parts can be a pain to work with, but man do they hit. Love that greebly goodness.

1/4

Bocata's GM...(cough)...Gelgoog Dominance.

Anubis option parts don't miss, and for now this is as close as I get to one of my dream kits.

Anubis parts close up in the follow up posts.

#gunpla
#gundam
#GQuuuuuuX

2/2

Some more pics. Last one is one of my favorite pics I've taken in a while.

1/2

Finally built the Moon Gundam. Fantastic kit, and one of the best HG kits IMO.

No surprises as I'd built the Varguil last year, and it's nice to have the Varguil > Moon Gundam > Sazabi progression.

#gunpla
#gundam

Shoulda led with this picture, cause that's a lot more obvious.

Me too, especially with food, as carbonated beers just make me feel overfull. Hope you enjoyed the Guinness friend!

Pretty damn close though. I usually don't get it either.

3/3

I also painted some details I'd neglected the first time, like the rifle and club, the strap across the bars, and added her helmet.

And lastly I've included a previous attempt at her face, which is just yikes.

2/3

And the after. It's hard to take pics of all white kits. I had to really crank down the brightness for these.

I'm not sure how much it comes out in the pics, but the möwe looks a lot dirtier now.

1/3

Revisited an old kit I built in 2023 with a new (to me) weathering technique, using a Gundam weathering pen and a melamine sponge.

These first set of pics are the tools and the before pics. Sadly, not many and not great angles.

#plamo
#nausicaa

And the last pic is a family photo. Given what we see in Delta Absolute Live, I'm sure Miriya still has it as well.

Bandai. Give me the rest of Sound Force and my wallet is yours!

I will say though, that the J runner, which is a multi-color injection runner, is basically witchcraft. The wings and vertical stabilizers are each basically one piece, with the livery baked in. A great advance that I hope we'll see in other Gunpla.

1/3

Another Jenius build.

I have a love-hate relationship with the Macross kits. On one hand, they make such sleek-looking kits, especially in fighter mode. On the other hand, the color-correcting stickers (or decals) are hard to apply nicely.

#plamo
#macross
#macrossdelta
#vf31c

The Guncannon Rollout color is a knock off. This month I felt really burnt out, though that wouldn't actually last all that long.

I just realized that I have these in the wrong order, and I build the Vidar first, then the Sazabi. I was still feeling a bit burnt out when I started the Vidar, and being color-blind, the UV decals were almost impossible for me to see on the plastic when I was placing them, leading to a lot of frustration with the build. Still, it's one mean-looking kit!

The Ez-SR was my first Build Fighters kit, and I absolutely love the "out of the box" custom MSes, which I can then further customize. I'd build the Zaku Amazing next month, and I have a Kampfer Amazing in my backlog. Some Ez-SR parts even made it on to my KO Pale Rider.

I think one of my most satisfying builds is the Zaku Amazing, for which the mantra "trust the process" kept me going, because man did I have doubts throughout the build. Very happy with how it turned out. Of course, the GQx and Police Zaku were absolutely fun to customize, but I've learned my lesson with home-printed decals. Next time I'll just us a decal-printing service.

3/3 September to December

Extra notes in the alt text.

The G-Line is a knock off.

The Nobel Gundam is a knock off, and also the parts I bought to customize it cost more than the kit. She's inspired by Mihono Bourbon, the Cyborg uma from Uma Musume Pretty Derby.

The Varguil and the Shia Qan[T] are knock offs. The Varguil is such a good knock off that it got me to buy the Moon Gundam, which will likely be my second build of the new year. My first build of the year will probably be Mirage's VF-31C, so I can put her valk up with her Mom's and Dad's.

2/3 May to August

Extra notes in the alt text.

The EG Nu is a luminous coat version that was available in convenience stores. The 1:200 Gundam came from a Strict G Gunpla hanger (not hangar).

The Gouf's flight pack is a KO of an Anubis Design 3d-printed part. The Zowort is based off of Houquet's Ride Armor from Genesis Climber MOSPEADA.

The Zaku is a knock off. Nausicaa is one of my favorite builds this year because of how different it was, and how much better it turned out compared to my Nausicaa on Mowe (which I really need to revisit; in fact, that might be the perfect candidate to try out pre-shading).

My second year back in the hobby, and it's been fun. I built a lot, got burnt out a bit, and really started upping my custom game.

For next year, I'd like to try pre-shading a kit, and certainly more customs.

Here's to 2026! Happy building folks!

1/3 January to April

Thank you!