Radiant

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Just another white guy with a hobby. Specifically, #gunpla Stream: https://twitch.tv/radiantblader

Tiny pilot Amuro from the 1/100 MG Ver Ka Nu Gundam, now fully painted and loaded into the pilot seat
Tiny pilot Amuro from the 1/100 MG Ver Ka Nu Gundam, now fully painted
Tiny pilot Amuro from the 1/100 MG Ver Ka Nu Gundam
A tyranid mini from Warhammer 40k
Little bitty 1/100 Amuro in his little bitty 1/100 pilot seat for the Nu Gundam Ver Ka
The legs of the MG Ver Ka Nu Gundam
The modified forearm of the MG MG, being held in front of a computer screen with a Blender 3D model that will eventually be a full copy of the physical item, but as a single piece. The digital model will then be used to 3D print a lighter, stronger version of the part, so that the arms will actually be able to hold a pose
The foot of the MG Ver Ka Nu Gundam next to the foot of the MG 00 Qan[T]. It’s nearly three times larger
The MG 00 Qan[T]’s shield, with the sword bits attached and locked in place
The MG 00 Qan[T], with all its sword bits attached to the GN Sword V, holding the weapon straight up like Luke in the original Star Wars poster
The MG Gundam 00 Qan[T], standing in a relaxed pose with the GN Sword V attached to the side skirt and a hand resting on the guard. This kit is definitely an upgrade from the standard 00, but it still has some minor issues left over from the old Exia model. In particular, the side skirts don’t have much clearance and pop off easily, and some of the smaller connection points are fiddly at best. The worst offenders are the double-hinged internal slots for connecting the largest sword bits to the shield, which frequently work themselves loose and don’t hold their position correctly, and the clear piece for the back end of the main GN Drive, which just fully does not stay in at all. I ended up cementing that thing in place entirely
A collection of 3D models in Blender that will eventually be turned into part of the forearm for the Bertigo commission
A skit from derrickcomedy on youtube demonstrating “self-defense techniques” which constitutes gaining wrist control over the other party and the pulling out your gun
Sign on the door of a walk-in fridge that says WARNING! CLOSE THIS DOOR Leaving this door open costs your store $7.48 per hour Leaving this door open for one hour every day costs your store $2,730.00/year
Tape Face giving a thumbs up on America’s Got Talent
The MG AGE-2 Dark Hound, in its transformed state
The MG AGE-2 Dark Hound, standing the menacingly
The MG F90 Gundam and its clear-color variant posed like they’re in the middle of a firefight
A clip from “Don’t Turn Out the Lights” where the three surviving characters are trying to steady themselves and don’t notice they’re being watched
The 0 Raiser and XN Booster, combined into the XN Raiser. Still using that same action base
The 0 Raiser, sitting on an action base
The 00 Gundam XN Raiser, wielding both GN Sword II’s. The right hand’s is in sword mode, ready to fight, and the left hand’s is in rifle mode, aimed at the camera
The 00 Gundam XN Raiser, equipped with the GN Sword III and the GN Shield, in a basic standing pose. The head and chest are explicitly designed around the included LED unit, which looks great while it’s on, but results in very dead eyes while it’s off, no matter what you do. The only ways to have good-looking eyes without the LED are to use the included sticker(nope) or paint over the eyes yourself. Both these options are also sub-optimal, since they both prevent the LED from shining through when you DO want it. Honestly, the way this is designed makes me want every gunpla head to be designed like the RX-78-2’s 3.0 even more
A large paper sculpture of Lapras in the bed of a truck
A frame stitch from Megas XLR showing a bunch of buttons and switches, all labelled as different attacks
The back of the 0 Raiser’s wing binder, where a large flap made of two parts is connected to only one of two pegs with a cuff piece
The arm piece of the MG MG that I have modified to look like the Bertigo, held up in front of my computer, which has a fresh Blender file open
The upper peg hinge for the HG Gundam Schwarzette’s elbow assembly, sitting next to the one I scratch-built after it went flying off the runner
The beginnings of a fresh pot of chili
The clear color Gundam F90, in a pose that’s ready for anything
One of the photo box cases I use for gunpla parts, now empty after I built all the kits I had stored in it
Gundam has two sides Original Gundam, greyed out: Our governments are too ineffective or downright oppressive to meaningfully change. The new generation is making the same mistakes as the old. The world marches towards its death while all we can do is watch. We can do nothing. Unicorn Gundam, fully colored: Even so
The HG Gundam Ground Type, missing its head and with its beam rifle and cannon laying in front of it
Four small square plastic boxes, each filled with different-colored nubs from plamo kits, inside a larger rectangular box
Ten small glass bottles with metal caps, with a small amount of either plastic nubs or pre-melted plastic in each one of different colors
The results for May’s build poll, with the MG God Gundam being the winner!
The results for January’s build poll, with the HGUC Gundam Ground Type being the winner!
The instruction booklet for the Gundam Astray Blue Frame D, and several boxes of unbuilt action bases
The instruction booklets for the MG EW Tallgeese, the MG EW Gundam Heavyarms, and the NT-1 Gundam Alex
The instruction booklets for the MG Gundam Virtue, the MG VerKa Nu Gundam, and the MG VerKa Hi-Nu Gundam
The instruction booklet for the MG 00 QAN[T]
The instruction booklets for the MG God Gundam, the HG Mighty Strike Freedom Gundam, and the HG Rising Freedom Gundam
The instruction booklets for the MG Gundam Barbatos, the MG Gundam Age-2 Dark Hound, and the MG VerKa Crossbone Gundam X3
The instruction booklets for the MG Gundam 00 XN Raiser, the MG Wing Gundam Proto Zero, and the MG Providence Gundam
The instruction booklets for the MG Jegan and the MG F90
The instruction booklets for the MG Sandrock, the HG Gundam Ground Type, and the HG Beguir Pente
The MG MS-06 Char’s Zaku II, in a basic ready pose with its bazooka and heat hawk attached to the skirt armor, and its machine gun held vertically