THE CRIMSON COMET

I thank the GFP 1/144 sponsors and organizers for giving this opportunity to showcase the talents of our beloved GFP community! Hats off to you guys! A bit late on the update (but here goes): Quite happy I was a 5th placer along with a bunch of awesome entries, I am proud to have made it that far! My humble entry - 00 Raiser Liminality And a cool badge to top it all! Plus the prize which was an icing on the cake. SWEET :) That's me the Crimson Comet (Chini Toys) standing (I mean sitting) mighty and proud with the prizes Here are the entries of GFP. Grats to all! Champion - Acoy Delgado First Place - Rafael Santos Second Place - Gladwin Tan Third Place - Carl Yu Fourth Place - Richard Laranang Miguel Candelaria Michael Hontucan Angelo Vilog Emmanuel Moran Michael Roberto Jiddih Mendoza Jamil Rivera Kelvin Modina Frank Moratillo Ivan Turqueza Maxelle Lampa Reynald Dilao Dave Dela Cruz Raymon Delos Santos J...

Got up and finished my "Masking Level Up" project! A bit delayed because I got stuck finding the right paint stripper since I cluster-fucked the wing binders (present in WIP 02). Thanks and props to Kent of GFP for helping me out. Cheers! Now onto the review... Oh boy, the Karaba Assault color scheme breathed new life to the already sexy design of Zeta (one of my most adored MS designs). The usual, a 360 view of the kit A good tap on the back for a job well done etching the Amuro 'A' insignia on Zeta's left shoulder. Level up +1 I really fell in love with the stripes of Zeta KA Zeta's armaments. Had a little bit fun too with the beam saber. Two-tone painting success! Level up +2 Action sequence - commence! Pew pew pew! Though articulation is limited (which is a given for an SD kit), I am a bit surprised how well this guy is as agile and yet as solid while being complicated the Zeta's transformable design come. There are a lot (and I mean A T...

A quick update on my Karaba Assault custom paint job on my SD Zeta. I was 98% done when disaster struck. Seems that TOA primer didn't stick well on the surface. Sucks big time as I sang hymns and praises with how effective and good the nozzle was. :( Masked some pieces (v-fin, shield, and cockpit hatch) too with the Bosny primer (when it was still useable -- if you remember my debacle with my 00 Raiser) but never had a ripped paint on those. No doubt I'd redo the wings looking at how bad the gentle Tamiya Masking Tape cluster-fucked the paint. So off to the shop to get a paint stripper. *sigh* A top coat would've protected the sensitive surface. Oh darn... Well, whatever. Zeta is looking good (and tasty lol) with the Karaba Assault scheme. I say experiment success! Masking jutsu LEVEL UP! I'd still get TOA paints no doubt. The white used looks so good and shiny. This is a better alternative for those who are looking to achieve a gloss than the mediocre Bosny Whi...

Coming from a competition really fired my GN Drives up! I am now onto my 1st WIP of 2012, SD Zeta! This 2-pack kit was actually bought before I even knew about the GFP competition. But G-SHOT and the 1/144 Challenge came along and the fun and excitement was too hard to pass up! I initially thought of doing Zeta in its accurate colors. Watching Gundam AGE really blew me and I fell in love with white MS's particularly seeing how the G-EXES pawns the UE. Right then and there I decided to try something different, something that I've never tried before (well, sort of). BTW, if you've never encountered the Zeta Karaba Assault it sorta looks like this ~ It is a limited edition color scheme of the MG Zeta V2. The Karaba Assault was piloted by the White Unicorn AKA Amuro Ray. (Photo above is NOT mine. Thank you GundamPH for the reference. Visit his site too. There are a lot of GunPla, mech, and other anime-related cool stuff there to see) Upon straight building this dude, I ...