Also, thanks for the figmas tips. So, they are fragile huh. Gosh, I didn’t know that. I just pre-ordered a few recently (the K-ON girls) and waiting for them to be delivered. I hope I could maintain my gentle self with them.

So is this your first gunpla (excluding the one back in your childhood)? Nice one there!

I can understand people who are used to collecting pre-painted finished items (mostly figure collectors I know) would prefer things pre-painted and pre-assembled, which is understandable, since models do take time to build and possibly to paint as well. I got back into Gundam stuff around 4-5 years ago and have been more into it for the recent 1-2 years. Now just like a lot of gunpla fans I have a backlog of them to build ^^;

Don’t compare other people’s works or else you can feel down! I am fairly casual on them so this is the reason why I usually buy 1/144s rather than 1/100s or even MGs/PGs (but I also have a passion for 1/144 scale models in the first place). As long as you put in the work you wanted to in the first place then you deserve the end product – and of course you can always go back and ‘enhance’ it even more with a few more touches now and then.

On the other hand, gunpla are quite a treat compare to, say, military models, where they do require proper modelling skills… I’ve only built one really small one and found out my skills don’t quite belong in that league at all (lol…). Oh well maybe one day in the future when I do have more passion to build myself one rather than to collect the pre-painted ones (since some can be really hard to find or are really expensive as pre-painted/pre-assembled).

As for figmas, buy whoever you really like in your heart. By the way they are rather fragile as poseable action figures, so do be careful with the joints should you do own one.
.-= Q´s last blog ..Happy Chinese New Year =-.

Remember to show us your mod when you do.
I need to figure out where I could get the markers first.

I haven’t tried to mod it yet. My Gundam Kyrios will be my first victim because I’ve lost his mouth… I won’t be too much in sadness if I fail.
.-= divinelight´s last blog ..2nd Bandai Candidate =-.

@Evangelisque,
Thank you for the clarification. Now I know what is GunPla and it wasn’t easy to get someone to share the passion, I must admit. But, my wife, she is on the adventurous side. So, she was the one pestering me since the day I mentioned once to her.

@heathorn,
*LOL* Don’t you like that title? KK… I shall not but you really provide good tutorials. Thanks for those. I really need some time to go thru’ them.

@divinelight,
Yep, first gunpla is rewarding. But after reading some of heathorn’s posts, my sense of satisfaction vanished. I want to mod it too!!!
Also, I’ll keep a look out at the kit you’re getting too

Congrats on your first gunpla! 00 Gundam is a fun kit to build. I wish I could get a friend to come and build with me. x)
.-= Evangelisque´s last blog ..|| money doesn’t grow on trees =-.

@Katsura-chan,
We (you, Lyli and me) are the same league. I bought the model kit because I didn’t want to leave the fiesta empty handed. I guessed that’s what the ladies call man’s ego.

@rockleelotus,
After reading your blog on gundam, customization seems to spark up my interest in my this OO gundam. I wonder what I’m capable of doing to it.

@chubbybots,
Thank you for your tutorials. I must really sit down and slowly digest them. I normally visit blogs during working hours, just to kill some boredom and time in waiting for the computer to get stuff processed. But I saw some very brilliant tutorials which I’d like to share with my wife. I’m trying to turn her into assembling models, if I couldn’t get her to watch more anime. hahaha.

@heathorn,
Master of gunpla! Thank you for commenting. I’ve lots to learn from you. I’ve gotta spent time on your gunpla tutorials too.