New banner is up!

Finally finished the new banner!
Phew, that took like, what, half a year?

Finally worked on it again after left forgotten on my folders. Left the Window XP wallpaper background and went with the usual chessboard motif instead for the background.
Poured hours to make the title with effects that at first I thought were "cool", only to end up looking incredibly tacky and gaudy. Ended up with a simple one that works.

Sorry it took so long, and thank you very much to all that have voted for which kits to appear on the banner and gave advices.

[Gallery] RG Z Gundam MS mode

Here's some pic of the RG Z Gundam that I've just finished.
Due to the fact that RG Z cannot move the shoulder forward (limited thanks to the transformation mechanism) and that I've been watching Lighting Ace's blog that features many awesome aerial poses for gunplas, I tried using more aerial poses here myself.

Also, do you prefer the small thumbnail gallery look in this post or the usual large thumbnails (like in this post)?
Please post in the comments.

Merry Christmas 2012

Almost too late, but might as well make this the usual "I'm still alive" post.



As you can see, I've built the RG Zeta Gundam. Will probably make more post about it soon.
At least I planned to make a video of its transformation mechanism.

FABULOUS

RG Destiny Gundam (and other interesting stuffs)

[Comic] Cute Lil' Justice

Here's a view from a different angle to see what they're sitting on:

[Anime review] Robotics;Notes eps 1

Finally got myself to review an anime ;^^
Though I'll have to admit, the writing style is more like a text version of a video review or a video game let's play archive ;^^.

I made this one for a somebody else's blog, so I'll put the link right below.
http://vnproject.org/index.php?id=21&label=ROBOTICS%3BNOTES+EPISODE+1+REVIEW#.UIzkXGc0iSr

Comments and critiques are deeply appreciated, thanks!

[Gallery] RG Justice Part 1

These photos has been sitting on my harddisk for a couple of week yet only just now did I posted it.
I dunno, my brain hasn't seem to work very well lately @_@.

Well anyway, here are the pics for the RG Justice Gundam (part 1 because I haven't put any of the decals yet).


Loved the details on this kit, in fact it might have more details than the RG Mk-II, even though RG Justice had roughly the same number of runners while also having parts for the huge Fatum backpack.
Props to Bandai for the great parts build (especially on the Fatum) and the panel lines all over the place.

Thoughts on recent plamos

Speaking of plamos, after the All Japan Model & Hobby Show 2012, lot's of new plamos shows up there. I have to say, the ones that shows up were incredibly enticing. Even so, due to my limited budget, I'm limiting my "must get list" to just 3. Here they are by order of priorities:

That thing about Culture Japan Night Jakarta...

Well, it has been over a month since I've said I'm going to write about my experience at Culture Japan Night Jakarta. I've been writing a long post, and at one point I just got sick of writing it as it turns more like a long diary that nobody will be interested to read. That, and I realized that there was pretty much just one thing I want to point from that event:

I wanted to boast about getting 2nd place on the first ever Moekana tournament.


Here's some hint to know which person in this picture is "hiroy_raind": I'm a guy, and I'm definitely not Danny Choo. Also apparently my definition of "to smile" is to put the biggest smug face I have to the point of wanting to punch myself in the face the moment I saw my own photo.

[Comic] First Experience

Well, yeah, I'm kinda somewhat learning on doing weathering, as suggested by a commenter on my deviantArt page. Did some dry brushing with dark copper (coulnd't find metallic grey in a local Tamiya store).
Not sure if I'm satisfied with my first try. Kinda felt I overdid in some places and didn't put enough in other places. But oh well, it's a start :).
And I'm quite fond of portraying SCM EX RX-78-2 as the crazy guy that does silly stuffs XD.

Model kits used in this comic:

• Bandai's RG 1/144 RX-178 Gundam Mk-II AEUG color
• Bandai's HGUC 1/144 GM Striker
• Bandai's HGUC 1/144 GM Custom
• Banpresto's SCM EX RX-78-2

Japanese version after the jump.

[Gallery] Rooftop Test

Tried doing some photoshoots on the rooftop of my new lodging house. Dusty as heck and not as flexible as taking pictures on my own room, but I am very, truly, extremely satisfied with the results.



More pics after the jump.
Open the pics on a new tab for larger size.

System Weapon 003, Writing Interrupted

Well, my writing process was halted by the arrival of this:



Couldn't resist getting one since both the beam rifles and shields included here are pretty awesome looking. Not to mention I haven't built anything in the past two months, the temptation for building this is pretty tough ;^^.

Some pics after the jump.
Pics are taken using my cellphone camera, so sorry for the quality.

H_R is Currently Writing~

Currently (still) writing a post about my experiences from Culture Japan Night Jakarta last week.
Meanwhile, here's some random things that I myself am not sure why I made them.

[Event Diaries] AFA Indonesia

In case any of you wondering why I've been spamming Japanese on my Twitter account yesterday (I doubt anybody even cared, though), I just came back from Anime Festival Asia Indonesia, which was the very first actual Japanese event in Indonesia, and I was blown away by the concert. After getting home, I went to thanks every artists on Twitter before sleeping despite sore throat and sore legs & arms muscles (worth every hops and glowstick swings).


My only loot from AFA ID.
Had I not found this, I probably would've bought the Aniki Muffler.
I want it soooooo much, but it was pretty expensive :(.

[Comic] Partner Planes

SCM EX is in town, baby!
Kits used in this comic:

• Bandai's RG 1/144 RX-78-2
• Bandai's RG 1/144 Aile Strike Gundam
• Banpresto's SCM EX RX-78-2
• Banpresto's SCM EX Guncannon

Also, a little surprise after the jump.

Banner's progress

I really wanted to make this banner as good as I can, so it might take a little longer even though some can say that I'm very close to finishing it. And it doesn't help that my teacher wanted me to script some extra code for my report's revision ;=_=.

That said, here's how far I've made it:

Click for larger size

Thanks to my friend for recommending me a cool Photoshop plugin.
I still need to alter the angles and size so it'll fit banner size.

By the way, do you guys prefer it to look like a painting or not?
I think I'll put this as another poll. It's on the right side of the site.
EDIT: The poll won't save for some reason, so just post it in the comments ;^^

Here's some pic of the cropped HGFC God Gundam and RG RX-78-2 that I've played around with effects on Photoshop.

"Muv-Luv The TSF Forefront" slated for December release!

Muv-Luv The TSF Forefront, a doujin game created with UDK, is slated for December release! (probably Comiket 83).
The developer's site

The newest PV showed some more co-op vs BETA. So far only the Grappler-class BETA and small Laser-class BETA is seen in the game. New updates includes more dynamic camera angles, Laser-class BETA warnings, better friendly AI and Japanese HUD (even though the TSF is F-15 Strike Eagle LOL).



So far the game looked great, hopefully we'll see more videos before the release.

Previous videos:

[Updated] OH MY GOD, Kotobukiya plamos!!

THIS. I HAVE TO GET. (if it doesn't have many issues, of course ;^^)

UPDATED:

[Sidestory] Recent Stuff July 26th 2012

Working on it.

Slower than I promised, as always =/.
Now let's see whether I can justify myself with these excuses.