Pre GBWC 2013

2012 was definitely a very good year for most gunpla modelers in Singapore. We had the mid year competition, a gunpla expo, a few group builds here and there and also, who can forget the biggest event of the year, GBWC.

If you missed out on GBWC 2012 Singapore last year, you can check out Toymaker and Waylander's blogs to knock your socks off lol! Just from Singapore alone, we could already see many world class entries, not to mention those monster entries.

Coming into 2013, it seems like Singapore has gone into a slump. Our mid year competition was overlooked and only after many months of MIA, Bandai has finally announced the dates for this year's GBWC only last week. And already most of us are having mixed feelings about the dateline being so early this year. We only have about 70+ days left to prepare for it.

So what do I hope to achieve for this year's GBWC? Well, after being in this hobby for so many years, I feel like my skills have reached a plateau and has been stagnant for a very long time. I have always been more of the "safe" modeler. Happy just being in my own comfort zone and never trying new things. Its high time I leveled up and do something different.

Just wanna give a shoutout to my friends who have motivated and guided me through this process and also for showing me the doorway to reaching the next level. You know who you are.

Anyway enough said. Need to stop procrastinating and time to catch fire.

Zoids Groupbuild 2013 @ HAW

Another groupbuild has come and gone. But this time, its not your regular gundam/zaku groupbuild. It is a Zoids groupbuild, which is somewhat rather refreshing. To my surprise, the turnout for this event was overwhelming good! Just check out the sheer number of zoids that graced us with their presence!

It was not that long ago when the last groupbuild was held at HAW. And back here again were some of the familiar faces and some new ones as well. This community is slowly but surely growing! Anyway without further a do, here are some pics of the entries! More pictures here!

The biggest and baddest of them all is the King Gojulas by Waylander. I was about 45 mins late and as I rushed into HAW, I was greeted by its majestic roar! As this kit is an ancient Tomy zoid, the process of making this one come to live was rather tedious and lots of effort with the masking and workmanship. More pics can be found here at Waylander's blog



Next up is Toymaker's Iron Kong in War Machine colours! In Toymaker's words, this is the PG of Zoids.




Next up, Leon Ku's King Kong. I really like this one. This whole presentation already has a story of its own! Check out the internal details of this kong. This one totally gave me the feel of King Kong the movie.





As these guys were more veteran in the modeling field, their entries were just there for exhibition. :D
So on to the actual entries!

1st place by popular vote! Maintenance Bay entry by Simon






2nd place by popular vote: Chocofalcon's Shadow Fox VS Genobreaker
More pics of this awesome build can be found here at his blog. :)









3rd place: Liger Zero by Francis Jordan with a cool dynamic pose!



A Chinese painting Tiger zoid by Reeve Tan



Joyce favorite entry! Edwin's Gunsniper Leena special in Iron man MK47 colours!



A Liger Zero Jager by Stanley Lim that glows in the dark

Command Werewolf by Chern Liang



Buster Tortoise by Reginald Ho



A mini scale orange Shield Liger



White Blade Saber Tiger



Gunsniper with a BFGG


and lastly, my very own entry. A gold frame konig wolf mirage. I felt that I didn't do justice to this kit. but I have definitely learnt a lot from attempting this one. :)



Of course the winners didn't go home empty handed! Winners received a very nice cash voucher courtesy of Hobby Arts Gallery







And its not over yet! Some of the zoids got bored and decided to have a duel



Many stayed on to chat and share modeling tips. As the day was coming to an end, everyone finally packed their zoids away and said their goodbyes.

Next Stop.. GBWC.

Stay tuned

2013 Gunplanatic Group Build at Hobby Art @ Work

The 2013 mecha groupbuild organized by Gunplanatic has finally come to a close. Personally, I always look forward to all these gatherings where many passionate scale modellers come together to share their works and also have a casual talk cock session as well as sharing tips and tricks on how they do their models. As you can see in the pic above, Kenny (Toymaker) is giving insights on how his magnificent maintainance base skills.

Anyway here are some pictures to share. I apologize for my noob phototaking skills and if i accidentally missed out any kits.

1st place

If displaying ur gundam wasn't gratifying enough already how about winning the groupbuild! This MG Epyon Gundam won the judges over with its magnificent marble paint effet and also it's smooth finishing. Who would have thought of that. Sorry but this pic does no justice at all to this entry which won 1st place!

2nd Place

In 2nd place, The weathered Geara Zulu done by Chocofalcon. A up and coming modeller who won the best new comer award last year. It comes with a nice and compact diorama as well. Great effort on this one!

 3rd Place

3rd place is this sexy Rozen Zulu in candy colours. This one gives a very elegant feel to it. Nice finishing as well. Thank God i didnt bring my girlfriend to this event if not she will probably ask me to make one like this for her. LOL. The Terminator Pikachu also won most creative award!

4th place

This is my entry. The MG-ized G Bouncer converted from the Age-1 spallow. 



5th Place

Yet another bling mech! Coming in 5th place, the MG Gyan. Seriously this gyan is already giving me ideas. Regret not getting hold of this model kit right then as HAW was having a 30% discount for model kits! DAMN!

Merit Winners

I personally don't like the 00 7 Swords but after seeing this one. I really don't regret buying a snapfitted one afew weeks ago for just $40. :) Nice decal placement and i really like the ala toymaker base concept.

If you guys do read my blog then i suppose you would have probably seen this one. The Double 0 Qan(T) done by my long time modelling friend Jayesh. Really digging the nice subtle violet pastel hue.

And what do ya know. A Deathpion! This vintage zoid kit is a MUST HAVE for every Zoidians out there. Very nicely shaded kit. Looks deadly lethal if u ask me.

MG Sword impulse Gundam. one of my favourite seed mobile suits.

Stole this picture from my friend Waylander. This guy basically scratchbuilt most of the Strike Freedom backpack and made it into his own RG-like SF. Was too busy talking to him about why he didnt just use an RG kit to bash the SF. Impressive work. Kudos to you.

This groubuild was hosted by HAW. For those of you who do not know where this place is, it is at 12 Arumugam Road, Lion Building B, #06-04. As i walk into the shop i was greeted by mountains of gunpla. This is truly a haven for gunpla modellers. It is everything Gunpla! <3 p="">

And the best part thing of HAW is their of course their display of finished works by various Pros! Only the BEST OF THE BEST works are allowed to be displayed at this place. It is truly the shrine of greatness. It is my dream to one day be able to display my works at HAW and HAG among the legendary works such as the Trinity beast and the Destroy gundam. Sadly I wasn't able to take many of the nice models as they were being blocked. :(

  

 

A very sexy MG-ized Providence done by Leon

And my all time favourite PG Strike Freedom of all time! if you thought Keita's strike freedom was the bomb. Imagine this one, but UPSIZED!





Some of the prizes i won. A 1/100 Scale Duel Gundam, a Dom piggy bank and a cup noodle dom! This Duel gundam brings back memories. this was the first airbrushed model kit i saw displayed at Takashimaya Toys department. And it was right then i fell in love with Gunpla. I even had to fight with my friend over the last piece at Forum Toysrus for this Duel Gundam. haha.



And what a perfect way to end the day with the First Place Lucky Draw Prize: MG Nu Gundam Ver. Ka! I literally screamed WoohOO when i won this one. :)

Finally a shoutout to the organizers of the gunplanatic event and also thelovely  Sam and Joyce for hosting the event. Thank you for all your effort and hardwork!