HGUC Crossbone Gundam X1

Hello there again. Its time for another gundam review. This were going to take a look on the HGUC Crossbone Gundam X1 from the Crossbone Manga.

First and foremost, I dont know anything about the crossbone manga, but I just love the design of this MS. Ive been craving to have my self a crossbone gundam... and since the MG is too pricey for me, and heard the release of the crossbone in HG line.. I got pretty excited.. and oh boy...this kit is a total bad ass...without further ado... lets look on this kit.

PLATES

Total of 11 plates together with the polycaps, a sticker sheet and a instruction manual...the color youll get will be mostly white, dark blue, red a yellow.. and of course clear pink for beam sabers and effects.

Before the parts section, Ive put a lot of effort to build this kit, including some minor detailing like panel lining and painting some parts (because I hate using stickers)... all the painted parts will be stated as the review goes on.

FEET

Solid piece, Ive painted the gray part. no stickers is included here.

LEGS

The ankle guard is in different piece and connected on a ball joint.. double jointed knee... the yellow part on the knee is a plastic (I really thought that will be a sticker. whew!) Ive painted the gray part on the ankle armor and on the knee (which has a sticker, and its suppose to be dark blue).

SKIRTS

some panel lining opportunities here... the front skirt is molded in one piece, but can be separated, can move up and down..side skirts can move up and down and also molded in one plastic (so painted the details) and back skirt is in one solid mold..no articulation on the back skirt

 ARMS and SHOULDER

Double jointed elbow...nice details and part separation...it actually has an inner frame.(which will be shown later..
For the shoulder armor.. Ive painted the yellow parts on the front and the back... as well as the gray part on above the shoulder (which is supposed to be dark blue)

BODY

Pretty nice body... ive painted the vulcans on the shoulder yellow.. and the little white detail on the chest...the emblem is a sticker but it sticks very well...

theres a two joint on the stomach..both is connected in a ball joint...but mine is pretty loose on the lower part..once connected on the skirt...

I love the design of the body, especially that emblem..

HEAD

Oh boy... I love the head specially that skull...the skull is one solid piece...have a nice detail on it...you only need to do is to add some details on it..but its not that pretty hard using a gundam marker... also the red stripe on the face..i used a red marker for that...and used an eraser to remove the excess ink...pretty easy to do.. they will give you a choice on what kind of mask you prefer...one with close mask, and one with open mask.. I prefer using the closed one.. but they will give you another eye stickers i you want to swap... :)

INNER FRAME

Like I said... theres actually a inner frame on the arms...and also on the hips...

MS

After combining all parts... it has a pretty good articulation... my one complain on the MS itself is the poor connection on the lower stomach... its pretty loose...but a little modification will help that... aside from that...is a nice kit.

ACCESSORIES

CORE FIGHTER and BACKPACK

The core fighter is two plastic combined together...molded in white.. so I decided to paint this (just to practice my painting skills),

the back pack is can also attached to it... every part is connected in a ball joint... so it has pretty nice articulation in it...

and thrusters on the back pack can also be place backward...for more dynamic poses...

WEAPONS:

This guy has a lot of weapons... well first...

the daggers that is attached below its feet. (I dont what its called)

next.. a pair of normal hand daggers... that can be hold using the manipulator hands.

next is a pair of beam sabers...

unfortunately, weapons that mentioned earlier doesnt have a storage in the kit...so be careful not losing thos small weapons...

next.. its main weapon (with the help of wiki... ) the Beam Zanber...

its all white though... so I painted the details gray...

next is the Buster Gun... same with Zanber.. its molded in white...so I painted some of its parts..just to be accurate..

If thats not enough you could combine these two to make the Zunbuster... this can be hold using a special manipulator hand... (for me, once hold, it in a awkward position so Im not going to display it like that... but its pretty good if angled correctly)

and if the two is not in use...you could put in on the side skirts...

Were not done yet though...

next the armor on the arms can be place on the fist to have a some kind of brass knuckles..

with special effect parts of course..

and last, with those you can also put the beam shield called Brand Marker

So for weapons.. it has plenty

OVERALL
I love this kit... it is not stickers dependent and has a great articulation. some few panel lining opportunities...but it still good for a HG kit... my only complain is the lower waist joint is pretty loose.. and I did some research if its common to this kit...(well other has the same problem but on the upper waist joint)
for details...well its really up to you if you want to use the sticker...its pretty nice thought... but I rather paint it since its just some small parts...

I really love this kit.. its unique design pretty make it... attractive and..well unique. also posing this kit pretty easy (once the waist is fixed though)... Ill be waiting for its full cloth to be released...
over all...if you like pirates and gundam...this is one kit to buy
well thats all about it and please look forward for another review... Thanks..

SD RX-78-2 30th Anniversary Edition

Hello guys! Im back with a very short review... This time were going to take a look on the SD RX 78-2 30th Anniversary Edition.

Now first of all, Im not going to review this kit part by part (which I usually does) Im going to review the kits as a whole...just because its too small for me, and there's nothing for me to say for every part... so with no more further ado... lets look at this cute grand daddy!

REVIEW:

For runners, well, you will have a total of 3 runners, and a set of polycaps, a sticker sheet and a sheet of decals...

Straight building this kit will only give around 30mins. but bringing out the details of this kit has a lot of effort...

For the head, well I just added some details on the vents on the head (if thats what its called) and also the black part on the eyes, they do give you stickers for that (since the whole eyes is molded in yellow) but, I rather paint it black than adding those stickers

The hands on this kit, its originally all white and its supposed to be gray, so painted it... but instead of painting it gray, i decided to paint it in flat black...just for one reason, I dont have a gray paint left :P

well aside from that...the back pack came with gray-blue color, so I also painted it flat black.. and also the black part in the feet...I also painted it black.

ARTICULATIONS

Now for the articulations. the head can rotate, the shoulders can move forward and rotate, theres a bicep swivel, and the arms can rotate..pretty the same articulation on most of the SD kits..

The body can rotate, and the legs is connected on a ball joint onto the skirts... The legs and the heels is in one mold so you have to put stickers on the heels, which I didnt and instead, I used a red marker to paint those..
the actual feet is connected on a polycap so it can bend forward.. (oh! anyway, those black on the feet is painted..pretty crappy painting for me :P )

ACCESSORIES

For accessories, theres just three, a beam saber, beam riffle and a shield.

The beam saber is molded in white, so you probably want to paint it... I used a red marker for the beams.

the beam riffle has a pretty good details on it, the scope can move forward...the yellow part on scope is a sticker.

Onto the shield, well the shield disappoint me the most.. its all molded in gray (same collor as the beam riffle)...but they will provide a two sheet of sticker for that... one is the red which covers almost all of the shield and another sheet for the yellow cross..

I tried to paint the shield though.. but it turns out to be crap...so I just went using the stickers...(in the future, I may paint those shield)

OVERALL

overall, this is a great kit for a SD... few stickers is used for the MS...and some minor details needs painting... My biggest complain is that why do the shield needs to be in gray... seriously, they already have the red, white and yellow runners...they should have molded it in there..but then again...what can you expect on a SD kit

aside from the shield, the whole kit is not that dependent on the stickers (the V on the skirt is also a sticker), you could also use some decals to bring up more details on the kit... I have to say, this is a very good kit for its line...

well thats all for me..and kindly look forward on my next review... thanks :)