My FIRST Zaku in my collection xD.
I am really happy to find this here in my country , as this one is quite a rare kit here. haha xD
Don't get confuse , this is Shin Matsunaga , some people call it the White Wolf .
There is another white Zaku , the White Ogre , known for his beautiful lizard decal, which his legs isn't as awesome as Shin Matsunaga. xDD
The moment when i receive my parcel *0*
So ! xD some W.i.P photos ......
i started of with the head....
Now if you look at Matsunaga's horn , it takes a specials shape compare to the other Zakus ,
That is know as the Stabilizer horn ....
Of course you want the special horn to be on you kit xDD haha
And , yes, i painted the mono eye , instead of using the sticker provided ... i admit that painting the eye red is abit dull but still looks good xD
Proceeding to the body .....
And for the body , the backpack is to be built together ....
the is one thing you need to pay attention , which is the PC parts in the body which connects the backpack.....
The backpack can only hold together properly if the PC parts is placed the correct way ....
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| Sorry bad quality photo : This is the back piece of the body that connects to the backpack .... realize the PC parts at the sides.... |
Those tubes .... to be honest , IT HURTS MY FINGER ALOTTTT !!!
You are supposed to push those black "rings" from the runner straight right to the tube , i thought it will be easy but no .....
i end up removing the black rings from the runner one by one by cutting the runner ... and i find out that there are "bumps" on the runner which makes the original procedure to be something difficult , or maybe it is just me too weak to do it the original way xD haha ... Either way .... as long as the work is done xD haha
Next up the arms and waist.....
As for the fingers ..... i did something unnecessary , just for the fun and experience ....
i actually split-ed up the fingers xDD
Splitting the fingers have both advantage and disadvantage ~ ....
Advantages are you enable articulations for the fingers , and so you will be able to do more different hand pose.
Disadvantages are , when trying to arm on a weapon , you will need to do extra procedures to make sure he looks like he is holding the weapon in a proper way..... Isn't a big deal anyway xDD
Worth it. xD
Splitting fingers can be easily done using a hobby knife , or maybe a hobby saw blade if you have one. make sure you becareful with it and no to be to rough when splitting it up.
Next up the legs ~ sexy legs xD
As you can see , the legs for Matsunaga is not the same as the normal Zakus , and i think it is actually extra cool compared to Johnny's xD
Each leg have three thrusters , one on each side and one more at the back ......
The two red dots are actually paint on it ...
and believe it or not , i actually painted it using Sharpie Fabric Marker.
well , as you can see , it works fine , although the paint dry up slow.
As for the bottome of the leg , i also do some "dirty up" using black Sharpie Fabric Marker . and also for the inner part of the thrusters , i paint them up using the red Sharpie Fabric marker ~ lol
I just wanna test if i can use the fabrc markers , so i just did it xD
WHAT A DISCOVERY XD
and thennnnnn ..... body is complete ! xD ....
As you see I am able to do the Peace sign after splitting the fingers up xD Advantage shown ... xDD
now the body is done ~ so we proceed to the WEAPONS !
The signature Zaku melee weapon .... the Heat Hawk ....
Instead of the "heat up" effect ..... i decided to paint my heat hawk silver to match the white body ....
What do you think ? Silver to match the body color ? or better stick with the "heat up effect" ??
This kit also comes with a signature Zaku machine gun .. and Bazookas which you can choose to build better the Prototype Zaku Bazooka(320mm) or the Zaku bazooka (280mm).
hmm .... 2 ranged weapons ... which one should i choose to arm ? the machine gun ? bazooka ? machine gun ? bazooka ?? ...hmmmm why not BOTH ? xD
Inspired by the Sinanju Bazooka Gun ... i decided to make one like it ... xD
Prototype ......
and FINALLY .....
i think its awesome xDD tell me what you think xDD
Well ... so the last step would be the decals ....
UNFORTUNATELY .... the water slide decals torn , due to bad handling :(
well there is still hope , my friend told me a place which i can buy decals ~ let's see if we can get some awesome decal for Matsunaga !!
I'm also planning to look for some metal parts for Matsunaga , like the tubes , shoulder pad spikes ~ thrusters etc etc ....
So i consider this kit as "semi" complete because the decals aren't done yet ....
i have been busy with activities for the month of July that is why not much new post is on my blog ... so i would not want to delay this post to next month xD
well , although it isn't complete (for me) , it is here for you to see ! xD
before i end this post , i would like to spread a message ....
#worldpeace #peacenowar #savegaza
