Lowyat.net & Pla-Zone.com Collaborative Group Build

2012 Back To Basic Group Build

Objective
This first collaborative group build organized by LYN & Pla-zone is mainly aim for modelers who doesn’t have that much time for modeling and to those who simply prefer to build models as per Bandai’s original design. The time & effort being put into completing such built generally gain misconception that it’s too fast & effortless for modelers. Therefore one of the reason of the GB is to show the world what we can do with snapfits & OOB, it’s time to earn back some respect!
Of course, that’s secondary. The bottom line is, just to have our own group build and have tons of fun!!!!

General Rules & Regulations
- The group build will start 16th April 2012 & end by 30th May 2012 (Time:2359/11:59pm). Submission after the time will not be entertained.
- Participants shall put their names(LYN & Pla Zone)& preferably the kit he’s building in this thread for mod n admin will update the namelist in the first post. All discussion n Q&A will be carried in this LYN thread. (So just chat, shoot, give n share ideas, motivate each others here)
-No wip(Work in progress) needed. However, if u feel like having some photos n share, do feel free to post them here in the existing WIP thread
-Participant can submit more than one entries. Each entry needs one specific completed kit thread for judging will be based on one thread-one judging.
- Participants can join more than one categories too.
-Points from judging will not be revealed.

Snapfit Category
-As its name, the entry CANNOT be fully covered with paint; besides top coat. Partially covered with paint is allowed. Hence it’s to encouraged participant to do panel lining, color some small rivet, some parts that’s supposed to have color but doesn’t come with original Bandai kits.
- Aftermarket & kit bash is allowed: If u want, water slide decal, metal thruster, movable manupulators are allowed. For kit-bashing, u can do whatever u want, but bare in mind, since u cannot color the kit in full, make sure the color of the kit u r bashing does match with each other.
-Top Coat is allowed.
-Photography for judging: 1 front, 1 back, 1 left, 1 right are the minimum requirement. Action pose n close up is encourage. Simply, besides the 4 standard photos, post as many interesting photos as possible to impress the judges for extra point.
- One Title photography is allowed: This means the photo can be edited with background photos, effects, custom wordings for title etc might help u get an extra point or so. Eg, making it looks like an OVA DVD movie poster, manga cover etc. (Extra mecha can be used but will only be considered as part of the background)
- Judging:
40% fundamental ground work (nip mark, cleanliness, panel line, decal/stickers etc)
40% Presentation: action pose, angle, title photo etc. Tips: do anything that u think will impress the judge. Eg, u can even have a brief story, n make it into a movie poster style, with very dynamic action pose.
20% photography.

-Prize:

Champion

-MG 1/100 Sinanju Titanium Ver. (12,000yen)(*Lim Soo Jin)
-Trophy
-Kit & trophy documented & displayed in Litt Tak’s showcase during midyear in Sg Wang (**Litt Tak)
- The kit will be featured in Hobbimax magazine as the champion of this GB (**Hobbimax Magazine)

1st Runner up

-HG 1/144 AMS-129 Geara Zulu(1,800yen)
-Kit documented & displayed in Litt Tak’s showcase during midyear in Sg Wang (**Litt Tak)

2nd Runner up

-Gundam Collection 1/400 BigZam(3,500yen) (*ICW)
-Kit documented & displayed in Litt Tak’s showcase during midyear in Sg Wang (**Litt Tak)


OOB Category
- The kit has to be fully covered with paint.
- Waterslide decal is allowed. Besides that, NO after market nor kit bashing is allowed. No metal thruster, koto parts. As its name, we want it to be original Bandai’s design.
- Putty can be used for covering seamlines n any imperfection only. U cannot use putty to re-create something new. Eg, DON’T think it’s a grey area where u use putty to create an extra spike on a zaku shoulder.
-Parts can be cut or modified solely for the purpose of easy painting. Again as long as it doesn’t change the original shape. Eg,  cut certain parts so u can cover seamlines n paint the inner frame separately.
- Photography for judging: 1 front, 1 back, 1 left, 1 right are the minimum requirement.  Action pose n close up is encourage. Simply, besides the 4 standard photos, post as many interesting photos as possible to impress the judges for extra point.
- One Title photography is allowed: This means the photo can be edited with background photos, effects, custom wordings for title etc might help u get an extra point or so. Eg, making it looks like an OVA DVD movie poster, manga cover etc. (Extra mecha can be used but will only be considered as part of the background)
- Judging:
40% fundamental ground work (nip mark, cleanliness, panel line, decal/stickers etc)
40% Presentation: action pose, angle, title photo etc. Tips: do anything that u think will impress the judge. Eg, u can even have a brief story, n make it into a movie poster style, with very dynamic action pose.
20% photography.

-Prize:

Champion

-MG 1/100 Delta Plus (4,500yen)(*Vasthobbies.com)
-Trophy
-Kit & trophy documented & displayed in Litt Tak’s showcase during midyear in Sg Wang (**Litt Tak)
- The kit will be featured in Hobbimax magazine as the champion of this GB (**Hobbimax Magazine)

1st Runner up

-MG 1/100 Rezel Commander Type (5,000yen)(*ICW)
-Kit documented & displayed in Litt Tak’s showcase during midyear in Sg Wang (**Litt Tak)

2nd Runner up

-UC HardGraph Mobile Squad Set(1,500yen) (*ICW)
-Kit documented & displayed in Litt Tak’s showcase during midyear in Sg Wang (**Litt Tak)