Interesting magazine scan re Strike Gundam

The RG Skygrasper is getting released at the end of the month which I am getting for Kenji for his Strike! Anyway I was doing my usual runs at my various sources and stumbled across this neat pic. Could this configuration be debuting in the HD remaster!

This concept however isn't new but to see it animated will be pretty awesome. I'd probably say the scene where he was changing packs every twenty seconds with the end result being the death of Nicol. As some of us will recall a SD kit was sold years ago which had all the Striker packs and the front cover art was of course this,

I started to try find subs of the HD Seed remaster all I can find are the 10 bit ones which dont seem to work on my system. My search is still going on! Perhaps our readers can help on this endeavour?


Edit: 8:35PM I managed to get the 10 Bit videos to work I had to downgrade my version of Windows Media Classic and download CCCP. Ended up working like a gem. This rather interesting pic shows up in the ad break screens!

Otaku Down what.....?

Hello friends its been ages since my last post. Work got in the way and............I got married! I've been a bit of a busy bee and my life's finally settling back down. So what does this mean? I get back onto ODU of course! The crew have been really excited lately because first off the Otakun novel project is now completely in full swing we got a complete plot summary for the first arc and pages of concept drafts!

I may have mentioned this before but because of my grandmother's condition I have completely stopped building models but..... this doesn't stop me from posting the COMPLETE PG Strike Freedom!

After a somewhat stale year of releases Bandai has launched back into full swing offering a variety of RG and MG models including the MG Duel Assault Shroud and the subsequent Seed MG releases coming out to allign with the HD remaster project and the RG Gundam MKII which is under development. The toy I have in mind this year would be a Hot Toys release I am praying for a release of Iron Man Mk7! Cant wait to get back into the engine room....ODU full steam ahead!!!

Supanova 2011 Saturday 19/6/11

I went to this year's Supanova which happened to be my first. Although its not an exclusively anime event it was easily the best convention I've been to in recent years. Firstly the foremost reason being scale it was held at The Dome in Olympic Park which meant that the event would be HUGE. In recent years anime conventions had been depressingly small I am still waiting for the day when they will be similar to scale to the ones in Japan and America... Supanova even!

With a crew of four we tackled the crowds to get into the door which took a good half an hour even with advanced tickets! The funny thing was being Agam's first convention he gave into some serious internal struggling wrapping up the day spending close to $200 in goods. The day for me was just being our teams photographer and liason with the cosplayers so that we can take their pictures without looking like creepy stalkers. I was largely impressed with the cosplay!

Amber from Suckerpunch

Red Ranger

Captain Jack Sparrow

Black Cat

Spiderman

 

OMG she killed Elmo!

I liked how this kids Iron Man cosplay made everyone look like they had huge heads this is not photoshopped

Vamperella

Its... Lady Gaga??!!!

Old school Optimus Prime

The girl was dressed as Saber but I loved her Yoda bag.

Poison Ivy

Logan

Emma Frost the White Queen

Catwoman

Baby Doll

King Kong

What the F is Bandai thinking?!!! Gundam Age looks so FAIL!!!

OMG I cant believe that after my hiatus the first post that I put on the blog is a rant!!! So here we are waiting for a new Gundam series... teased by a very mean looking silhouette then they drop this bomb shell man what is Bandai thinking. The pilots look like they are twelve at the most!

Well at least I wont be investing in Gunpla for this series...more money in my pocket!

WIP 1/144 HGUC Gouf Custom with battle damage

I ran out of Rubber Black which is a key colour for the PG Strike Freedom's undercoat so using the paints I have on inventory I started a side project.  This is the first time I dealt with battle damage or defacing in general The process of scarring the model is actual quite fun!

Last year for BAKUC I experimented with the concept of adding a silver underlay to the model which ended up being used by Kenji and Sok for BAKUC. The silver underlay would be used as a metallic layer for express battle damage. However as they were under time constraints the model wasn't scarred as planned. I have adopted the method now for a model of my own, The HGUC Gouf Custom! I wasn't planning to do battle damage at first until I saw the box art... however I went overboard with my one LOL!

I started to appreciate the concept of pre assembling certain parts recently I found that I could really save on paint from doin this. Okay the below shots highlight the silver underlay afterwards the colour gets sprayed on. so each piece gets three coats a grey undecoat, a silver underlay and a colour layer.

To get this damage get a sander and sand lightly for scratches that reveal silver lashings for gouge and burn marks scratch deper and colour in the central area with a black gundam marker and rub in the ink. Updates for this project will be presented parallel to the Strike Freedom.

RG Gundam photoshoot

I was a bit bored today since Cat is away in the Gold Coast so I decided to get some photography done! The subject was my latest achievement the RG Gundam. I love this kit its amazingly detailed and small. I'm beginning to build more HG and RG 1/144 series. So far I have the folllowing 1/144 kits left to build after the PG Strike Freedom

1. RG Char Zaku            

 2. HGUC Gouf Custom

I also have the HGUC Unicorn in mind.

If any of our readers have a particular model they want to see in particular from the list then feel free to comment your preference. Okay onto the photoshoot. The weather today was slightly overcast but the light was still good these shots were shot at ISO400 4F3.5



Japan Foundation- Kingdom of Characters

A free exhibition will be on in Sydney at the Chifley Plaza from the 6th April to the 25th May. Aptly named the Kingdom of Characters it entails the Japanese characters that became global phenomenons since the 1950s. Tell your friends about it because I really believe it would be quite a fantastic exhibition.

Im surprised DragonBall isn't in these pictures but I'm pretty sure that it would be there. Perhaps I might go twice once after I get my DSLR (Canon EOS 600D) and twice to listen to Dr Craig Norris' lecture on the 24th May.

Dr Craig Norris

Craig Norris is a lecturer in the Journalism, Media and Communications program at the University of Tasmania. He graduated with a PhD from the University of Western Sydney in 2004, and studied at Tokyo University from 1999-2001 on a Monbusho research scholarship. His doctoral thesis examined the spread of Japanese manga and anime through Western fandom. His current research interests are in transmedia content and fan cultures. He has published in the area of global media and the dissemination of Japanese popular-culture goods.


Cult Media Pilgramages to Japan's Kingdom of Characters.


Japanese cities crave the attention that comes from being home to a popular culture icon like Godzilla, Ultraman, Astro Boy or Hello Kitty. Western fan pilgrimages to Japanese locations associated with these cult media texts have been variously construed as fads or underground activities. More recently there has been a trend to consider cult media tourism as increasingly incorporated into commercial and state tourism branding and promotion strategies. This talk outlines how fans and industry ‘play’ with Japanese popular culture to experiment with various surroundings and location and will discuss examples such as fans travelling to locations made famous through live-action shows such as Godzilla or Ultraman, video-games like Yakuza, and manga and anime like Lucky Star.



Resources were derived from Japan Foundation, Sydney