The Making of "Deggial"
| The basis of the figure is centered around the 1/35 Bandai's Gasaraki: Ishtar Mk.2 kit. I gradually add bits and pieces from other kits as I goes. These include legs from (Gasaraki) Shinden, and weapons/armors of Nadesico's Artilerry Battle Frame. | |
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The rifle from Artillery Battle Frame's given a simple handle, and detailing. This, mainly just because I want enable the robot to hold it in manner other than firing pose. |
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Adding claws to the feet was meant to represent the vulture's feet, while steer away from being easily recognized as the Shinden's leg/feet. The pin size of Ishtar kit (upper leg) and Shinden kit (lower leg) is different. In this case the joining piece is attached with different size of rods on each side. |
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Extended the arm by 5mm. The hands are a copy of my favorite Kotobukiya's metal hand. Just goes to show how cheap I am, not wanting to waste the original on this. |
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I tried to to stay away from the obvios shinden look (the turret is a dead give away) by altering the face. This treatment was meant to embody a bird-like creature. As always, this wouldn't be complete without my standard super cheap radome. |
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My stock of Wave's G-Tanks finally has some uses. |
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"Cockpit" hatch (well, it's not actually a manned robot ere) taken from (I think) backpack of the Shinden. Had to cut off in the middle a bit to fit. I also couldn't resist my instinct Gundam aesthetics, I had to add the intake parts to either side of the chest. :D |
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Sure's not the most elegant way of mounting the shoulder thingies, but hey it gets the job done. |
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This time, the painting seesion was done in a trapped basement, with no efficient ventilation. Had to run upsatir gasoing for air every once in a while. |
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Phew,
finally.
It probably come as no surprise that the weight on the back is a bit heavy, rendering the kit quite unstable at times. For this reason, a couple of small propellant tanks are used to act as support behinf the leg. <--Click! |
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