Impulse Gundam v2: Head 1 I

Getting stuck on the Nightingale's legs so I figured I'd pass some time gussying up the old Impulse from the old HG based mesh to a nice cleaner one based on a new plastic MG that came out a few days back, redrawn of course by good old BEE-CRAFT. I might be able to reuse some of what I had, but I'm really thinking that this will mostly be a complete redo as it's much slimmer than the old one. --the start of the head as always...

Nightingale: AMBAC booster 2

Life is catching up to me so updates are slim. Also trying to get some textures down on a bunch of machines I left high and dry. The boosters are "there" but they should probably be considered placeholders. I'm not done with them and it's difficult to get things right considering the shape and the pics I've used. I'm thinking that the full scale will probably be realized best when the model is completed. For now, this is the booster set.

Nightingale: AMBAC booster 1

Took some time to figure out how to start this one, but finally just taking the plunge because I'm tired of just thinking about it.

Apsalus: Stage 3

Taking a rest from the Nightingale as it's giving me a headache...Trying to fill in the gap that serves as the hump in the back of this MA.

Nightingale: Arms

Hmmm.... in a way. They're definitely over sized so I'll have to scale them back. Needs some extra detail under the triceps for the hydraulics.

Nightingale: Body 6

Still swiping at it. The side skirt might be ok, but the tail looks a bit too thick near the section that "attaches" to the body.

Nightingale: Body 5

Notice that I'm going quite slow compared to what I usually do. I thought that perhaps I could substitute a modified Qubeley tail binder for that of the Nightingale, but they just don't mesh at all, so I started from scratch on the Nightingale's tail binder.

Nightingale: Body 4

Call me dumb, but until the last few links I received in the comments I never knew the Nightingale had "sub-arms" under the skirt. So that set me back a bit. Still working on getting that "big arse". Still parts of the model that I'm unable to get details on (under some parts of the armor, etc) but it's progressing...

Nightingale: Body 3

Yowza, still going. Getting through the crotch rocket for the waist section but doing a poorly so far. Feels like I'm coming down with another cough/cold. ugh.

Nightingale: Body 2

This one's going to take more than what's there now to be finished. Needs more panel lining and stuff under the hood. Thus far slightly modified Neue Ziel and Zaku 2F2 parts are substituted where I am unable to identify specific areas of detail from the Nightingale pics I've found.