Gundam Epyon (Sturm und Drang unit), with decals and topcoat applied. What I really wanted to do was to have the Epyon hold it straight up with both hands, like the He-Man pose, but alas the wrist articulation doesn’t support that pose.
Fun fact: the tip of the tail is actually in one of the holes in the base plate, acting as a brace to keep the model from tipping backwards.
Looks sharp! How was the build process for it?
Similar to most of the other MG EW kits, really. Even though the Epyon has a lot more moving parts to support the mobile armor transformation, none of it involves any fiddly bits, so all it really amounts to is an extra step to lock the moving pieces in place. If the Wing Zero ver Ka. is comparable to a MG 3.0, then this would be a 2.0 or maybe 2.5. There’s zero undergating though, so expect to deal with a lot of nub marks.
That looks amazing. That beam is heckin long!
It is, in fact, literally longer than my forearm. And that’s still not even the actual full size!
GAHhh! Holy cow!
Man, that’s a lot of decals!
I always find it an interesting choice when the weapon + effect is too heavy for the joints.
The kit actually comes with most of an Action Base 4 (just with 1 hex plate instead of 3) specifically for supporting the blade, but I wanted to minimize the horizontal space taken up. Fortunately, the wires act as a counterbalance when the blade is upright, so the only thing to worry about is the arm slipping off the shoulder joint entirely from the weight, but thankfully I seem to have angled the upper arm enough for that to not be an issue so far.
