08 May, 2021

Impulse: Blast Silhouette 4

Getting the Blast Impulse surfacing in. A lot of it is pretty ok. Missed a few bumps. I feel like I want to try to get an Abyss backpack together somehow.
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03 May, 2021

Impulse: Blast Silhouette 3

I did get the blaster parts into the silhouette and am generally ok with how it looks. I may have fudged the scale of the blaster parts, but I'm not 100%. The rest of the detail can be mapped in.
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18 April, 2021

Impulse : Blast Silhouette 2

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Still working by eye so some of this is probably super off, but it looks like it at least fits. Used the force silhouette as the starting point for sizing. Hopefully the larger cannons work out.
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11 April, 2021

Impulse : Blast Silhouette 1

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I feel like I should finish the main impulse line-up of silhouettes. Giving the old try to the blast silhouette based on the older work from the horrible version I had many years ago -- (based on the no grade model kit I think). Winging this one a bit based on the Sword Silhouette.
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27 July, 2009

Force Impulse Gundam

Out and about in Japan so not at home at the moment. Probably won't be back for some time, but whilst playing around on PS with this one I finally decided on an image (which I posted as a header a wee bit ago). It's an oldie that I didn't like at the time but decided to gussie up a bit while I had some free time away. Anyway, I wont be back for probably quite a while -- training for marathons, traveling, etc, so have fun during summer!!

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06 June, 2009

Impulse Gundam: Sword Silhouette 2

Wow! The MG Impulse is a lot of fun! Went back and changed some of the Impulse parts that I wanted, but still want to do a few more things just for the hell of it, especially after reading the information in the manual on some of the impulse's parts. But as far as the sword silhouette goes, it's pretty close to done if not already. Might be a few things that I didn't see that I'll end up just punching in real quick.

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04 June, 2009

Impulse Gundam: Sword Silhouette 1

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When my wife gave me an MG Sword Impulse, I was elated. But surfacing the Astray is getting tedious so I'm going to the sword silhouette for now. I'll get back to the Astray afterward.

Basically modifying the Force silhouette as a start. Not much to look at yet.

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31 August, 2008

Saviour Impulse: Shield / Gun 2

As per the comment by Aulon a couple of posts back, I had completely forgotten that the Saviour stores its beam sabers in the shoulder rack, unlike Impulse which doesn't have any at all (unless it is equipped with the Force Silhouette packs). So I'll have to compensate by changing the arms.

EDIT: Or not. I'll put the beam sabers in the shield. ;p Saviour still needs arms though.

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Saviour Impulse: Shield

There could stand to be more grid/honeycomb detail on the backside -- possibly more definition in the nose sensors, but I'm not too unhappy about it. It seems like it might work out ok.

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29 August, 2008

Saviour Impulse: Beam Rifle

In general I went with the Saviour rifle I made before, but jazzed it up with the newer impulse's rifle stuffs. They rifles they use are not the same (just the "supposed" technology which stems back to the Freedom/Justice beam rifles). It's getting somewhere...

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28 August, 2008

Saviour Impulse: Backpack 3

I added a little bit of detail, some missing parts and repaired a few displaced components on the cannons themselves. From the images that I uploaded of the Chaos-Impulse, Gaia-Impulse, and Abyss-Impulse it seems that the backpacks are the main component of those respective systems but retain a few other required details in order to fit their roles. The side skirt on the waist seems to be similar if not identical to the original Chaos, Gaia and Abyss machines, so I imported and fixed up my old Saviour side skirt. I didn’t start from scratch because Bee-Crafts version of the Saviour's (side skirt) doesn’t seem different enough to require it.

I’m sure to a certain degree that as the shield will likely need be the same as the Bee-Craft version (or acceptably similar). The gun will probably need to be so as well. What makes me wonder the most are the legs… not sure if the would-be Savour-Impulse would use the Saviours legs or the Impulses. While Chaos-Impulse looks like the regular Impulses, the other two feature subtle differences relative to the original Gundam's specific roles. In any case, for the Saviour I’ll have to make the (lower) legs anyway but for this Saviour Impulse, they might just stay “Impulsey”


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Saviour Impulse: Backpack 2

Still going strong. The booster/cannons have yet to be finished, but they're kind of in place back there. I'm fairly certain that they are scaled correctly thus far. Need to finish them and then hit the fin/stabilizer.

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26 August, 2008

Saviour Impulse: Backpack 1

Again and again I planned to return to the Saviour to give it that extra SHAZAM! But I was always diverted to another idea or project. So instead of starting from scratch on the Saviour or starting from where I left off on the very old mesh, I thought… “HEY! Why not make the Saviour backpack a SILHOUETTE!!??” Sure, it never happened in the show(s) nor in the manga(s) as far as I’m aware, but there seems to exist a Chaos-Impulse, Gaia-Impulse and Abyss-Impulse (or at least the idea exists). Wondered why there wasn’t a Saviour-Impulse, but if I had to guess, it’s possible that one of the previous Impulse variations might have only made the design redundant. Speculation of course, but I thought about going ahead with the Silhouette idea anyway.
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Truthfully, I don’t actually know if the MSV (XXX) Impulses are actually silhouette system packs (they don’t look like it) but seeing as how the Impulse, Chaos, Abyss, Saviour, and Gaia are “second stage” units, I figured basing the Saviour’s chassis on the Impulse and in that frame of mind, making the Saviours backpack part of the Silhouette system (hard wired on the Saviour itself – but attachable to the Impulse for lulz).
Then obviously graduate to changing the actual Impulse chassis to the Saviours. Not a tall order, really. Just putting it down in words so that I can keep on track.

The re-re-start of the backpack…as a silhouette. Still need to do some adjustments on the base.

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24 July, 2008

Impulse Gundam V2: Text 0

Been some-odd days and I'm only now getting this far. Not all of it has been textured and it still needs dirt and "crap". Going in the right direction though.

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20 July, 2008

Impulse Gundam V2: Force Silhouette 2

2 Words... "Beach Soccer". A great time was had and so I was away just a-playin in the sand. Even Aomori isn't so bad this time of year. Blue skies!! Ah!!!

So, the force silhouette is getting there. I'll probably bump map the rest of the detail (as per usual) since I'm feeling particularly lazy about hard modeling more details.


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Force Silhouette attached to Silhouette Flyer (folded/undocked)

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Force Silhouette attached to Impulse (docked/unfolded)

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17 July, 2008

Impulse Gundam V2: Force Silhouette 1

Started the Force Silhouette after some days off. Thought I could use parts from the previous one, but the MG version of the Impulse's silhouette looks more daunting. So this one's basically from scratch. Getting hot around these parts...


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11 July, 2008

Impulse Gundam V2: Silhouette Flyer 2

And after plodding around for a bit on just what to put where, I've finally gotten off of my keister to get more done. Probably bump map the rest of it...


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09 July, 2008

Impulse Gundam V2: Silhouette Flyer 1

Rough day at work, but it all came through. A bit tired but sat down to go at the little silhouette flyer. In reality I just started tinkering with the old flyer that I previously built -- stretching some points here and there and planning to add more detail. Some of it had to be tossed (wings) and started again. Almost there...


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08 July, 2008

Impulse Gundam V2: Leg Flyer

Between work, watching "Heroe's" with my wife (addict) and life, it's hard to get back to Gundam. Still..

I've taken the liberty of adding an extra larger thruster under the foot armor (not unlike the V-Gundam). I was thinking of one under the knee armor, but it already rotates to accommodate the "proposed" landing gear so no go there. A shot with the nose and without. I still like the idea, so I'll probably go with having it be jettisoned before transforming from leg flyer to Impulse legs/waist.


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05 July, 2008

Impulse Gundam V2: Check 1

Still not finished with all of the bits and stuff. Got a 21k race tomorrow that I've got to get ready for. I may indeed get rid of the nose attachment in the form of a moving piece of armor and instead make it a "cheap" nose that can be thrown off after forming into the Impulse MS. Getting a look with the standard shield and rifle.


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