bro, you can take up the challenge if you want to..  but if you ask for others opinion, most people will say no-no.. but if you're confident with your skill by all means you can try it out.. like General_nic also want to buy the PG strike gundam to try.. or even the PG strike rouge..

which I'm still waiting for the reviews

seriously? why is it no good? i was looking forward to it

that's quite some bad news :/
i suppose that's what you get for giving something so small an inner frame.. i will try to be careful when i get mine though, thanks for the info and heads up
which part of the leg and arms are the fragile bits? the knee/elbow or the feet joints? or the joints connecting to the body?

Update my mk ii wip.i cant wipe clean the gold excess from the panel line.is it becoz i leave it too long after i paint it?

I used gundam marker.btw if use paint remover would it effect my paint on the armor?

finished silver castle SD Epyon!
an amazing redesign of the SD version of Epyon, since we never got one from b**dai.. we only got the previous old one which is extremely short and tiny
the kit comes with clear armor and normal armor (for all the red parts on the runners)
the kit is also designed with an inner frame! pretty cool for an SD!

some comparison with b**dai's old SD Epyon


the clear part really shows, but the red color is much too dark


the bonus here is that while the old SD's heat rod is made up of the shield and 2 pieces of 3 units whip each, the SC Epyon has all the whip parts on individual ball joints for better posability! much like the MG, in fact


amazing kit, pretty okay to build, damn awesome to look at.. he stands as tall as the SD Wing EW and i'm very happy with that!

and now, for the cons.. while the design is great, the execution is lacking.. they have some great ideas, with their inner frame for the SD.. however! due to molding issue, the joints for the elbows and knees are extremely prone to breaking as they are 2 pieces connected via a peg to create the swivel for the elbow and knee
while i was careful with this, and trimmed down some of the pegs to ensure the joints are not too tight and not very prone to breaking, my unit's knee joint still broke and required some fixing.. while the fix is not extremely hard to do, it comes as a disappointment that i would have to do it in the first place..
the armor pieces sliding up through the arms and legs makes me nervous as well since the elbow and knee joints are quite hard to work with..

HOWEVER! i think it is a brilliant start for something like this.. just a few problems to iron out and they have a great looking SD line.. i'd love to have more Wing series SD kits as b**dai have ignored them for years! if you're a fan of SDs and Wing.. don't think twice about this one

Damn son, that Astray looks very impressive.

that gold looks quite good! thumbs up! hehe.

The work of pro....

finally did something without photoshop
love the results.. very good job! and as always, i have to ask, how did u get the gold i'm still on a quest to find the perfect gold blend

haha, just threw that out there because your SF PS-ed ver is your avatar i can't remember ever seeing anything else either
either way it's a really good job on the astray.. is it only tamiya over a primed surface though?

i see, a bit of off topic but which tamiya gold did u use? and where did u get it? if it really is that simple to get that kind of surface, i already found what i'm looking for

thanks! you've been a big help

nice! makes me wanna do my Lv Bu also.

anyway, heres my current WIP.
GaoGao HGUC Gaplant Hrairoo Tr-5 Char Aznable Custom.
do comment and post your thoughts.



more images here : http://imgur.com/a/nLH0F