Oowashi Akatsuki Gundam

Decided that perhaps I should put something out for the Akatsuki. Not marvelous, but at least the surface is pretty close to what I wanted. Again, this is half of the full image, the Destiny is the other half. Thought I'd focus on just one machine at a time, even if the background is a bit jumbled. One day I'll figure it all out.

Akatsuki Gundam: Full Set

I really don't like the term "Gundam" at the tail end of "Akatsuki", but oh well. Anyway, I'm not too far from the end. I'm really close to what I want the base gold to do (and be like). If ever I got the the Hyaku Shiki, I would definately NOT use this sort of gold surface -- I left the shield out because it blocks too much of the view... I was trying to find out what the whole suit looked like in the gold surface I've been fiddling with. Again, based on the Vicious Project version of the Akatsuki.

Akatsuki: Oowashi 2

Screwing around with the way it looks. Might lengthen the wings a bit more. I haven't yet figured out the pseudo-cockpit section of the Oowashi fighter and I haven't gotten around to building the inside of the energy cannons, so it's basically hollow.

Akatsuki: Oowashi 1

So what I like about the vicious project is that it appears to build directly off the Strike's Aile pack as far as the Oowashi pack goes -- which is nice since it means I can make educated guesses about where to build what parts and how to scale them in relation to the Aile pack.