Model competition

At first glance, this year seems rather quiet on the contest front. The number of models shown on the tables are not quite staggering, but in reallity, there are also numbers of entries not being shown. The total number of works submitted was actually exceeding 1,000!

The competition broke into 2 category. Gunpla contest and everything else falls into the Non-Genre. Let's take a look at some of the more interesting ones. Click on the picture to see large version.

Gunpla Contest

A Metal Gear Gundam!?	The father and son Acguy!
Nice paint job on both the Nu-Gundam and Sazabi.	1/220 scratch-built Nightingale. Hmmm, this thing seems to be popular this year.
Some MS entitled 'G-Wizard'.	A full scratch-built Guntank 1/144. Got chosen by Takuji Yamada.
Zugock and Zaku diorama.	ReGZ 1/100. Converted from MG Z-Gundam.
A PG Zaku diorama that won 3rd place. Done by a 14 year-old! scary.. More pics: 1	2nd place winner: A huge 1/60 Gouf Custom. Full scratch-built. Morre pics: 1 2 3
Contest winner. 1/100 scratch built Messala. More pics here: 1	GAIA Gear and Byarlant, both scratch build.
Another scratch-built. This time, the Xeku-ein from Sentinel.	Bigro. You guessed it, full scratch.
Cima's Gelgoog Marine. Great detai;l works. Detail pic: 1	1/100 Barzam Kai. With the 1/144 Apsaras next to it.
A huge 1/35 EZ-8!	Yet another Nightingale. And someone must really hate the Turn-A. Heh heh heh More: 1 2
One funny looking Boud Doc.	1/144 Hammer Hammer.
GunCannon/GM diorama. More: 1	GP-01Fb with very exaggerated hightlighting.
Another Barzam Kai.	A beautifully converted Gelgoog J.
GM Sniper Custom 2	Katoki version, full scratch 1/100 by Mr. Jerris Lee from Hong Kong. More pics: 1 2
A magnificently detailed 1/550 scale scratch-built of the Zodiack by my friend from Hong Kong, Mr. Ken Chan.

Non-Genre Contest

There are quite a lot of non-genre entries, but I was just too obsessed with Gundam (as if you don't know that already), so I didn't get to take too much photos of this category. Here's the few that I have...

Hmmm, This baby looks familiar...	Xabungle. The shadow is painted onto the base. Neat idea.
Whoaa, a ships galore!	1st place winner: Gamera diorama.
Here's my favorite. Very intriging design. The finishing looks very authenthic as well. More pics: 1 2	Scratch-built brain powered. Won 2nd place. The details are quite stunning.
Jill Valentine from Capcom's Biohazard 3.

Ok, let's go to the event booth now. >>