20 April, 2008

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.

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02 March, 2008

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.


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01 March, 2008

Akatsuki: Surface Test

It was while I was trying to surface the Unicorn that I thought of the Akatsuki. I had a few reasons, but one was the pink psychoframe surface that kind of had me thinking. I decided that I'd try a variation of what I was thinking on the Akatsuki. It's sort of coming out, but not quite what I wanted. Still working it out.


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28 February, 2008

Akatsuki: Shiranui 1

Kind of getting through it. It's difficult to judge the relative size(s) of everything in the shiranui mesh as Vicious Project doesn't appear to use any strike parts to make the shiranui... at least not that I can tell. So while I'm still not done building it, I'm also not done scaling everything to fit. Still studying.


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27 February, 2008

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.


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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.


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26 February, 2008

Akatsuki: Beam Rifle

I'm too tired to do anything significant today.
Basically I just added a small cubby on the bottom of the Strike's beam rifle for the Akatsuki's beam saber. The vicious project version of the Akatsuki seems only to have that specific modification. Otherwise, the actual plastic model seems to differ a bit. I might sway it toward the plastic model direction if I feel so inclined later on.


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25 February, 2008

Akatsuki: Legs 1

Removed some pieces to alter and then replace them. The vicious project version of the Akatsuki seems to have the ankle guards much lower than the original strikes ankle guards, but still having room for the foot.. .which leads me to believe that they've lengthened the ankles. Experimenting with that thought at the moment. In any case, the legs still need some work.


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24 February, 2008

Akatsuki: Arms

Gotta smooth out the shoulder armor and lengthen the forearm a somewhat (lifted them right off of the Freedom mesh). Then get a few more detail lines. Other than that, it's not far from the target.

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23 February, 2008

Akatsuki: Waist

The good old strike waist modified from an earlier saved version of the mesh before I started digging into it. It wasn't too bad I suppose.

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22 February, 2008

Akatsuki: Body + Head

Well, the progress thus far. Though the head is basically from scratch, the body is of course that of the "Strike Gundam" with the front chest modified to curve down a bit and the top section rounded off to look more like the Akatsuki. My decision was based on the Vicious project version of the Akatsuki given in a comment on the previous post -- though I rounded out the front section more than vicious' squared off version.

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20 February, 2008

Akatsuki: Head 1

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I promised myself that I'd NEVER make this one as well, but here I am. I figured at least that I'd probably get this one done a bit easier than the Hi-Nu simply because I can build this one on top of the Strike/Strike Noir frame -- which could make this one a bit smoother looking. I dunno. Mind is going everywhere nowadays. Despite liking the "Strike" system a whole lot, I'm not a fan of this design or the "color" simply because of its perceived invincibility...but I figured that it's close enough to the strike where it might be doable. So, basically going off of what I can find online, but maybe jazz it up a bit and lose the super reflective surface.

And so... the usual and humble beginnings of a moble suit... head...

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