Zeta Gundam V2: Armament

As I have before, I generally went back to older versions of the previous zeta mesh and stretched/reformed a lot of the geometry so that it would look closer to the newer incarnation. Still, needs a few bits here and thar, but in general I can see it coming out well in the end.... woo hoo!!

Zeta Gundam V2: Wings 1

...Or something like that. Trying to refab the wings from the ver 1 mesh. Some parts have been completed while others have not. Needs a lot more detail that I think I'll try to hard model in. Got a business trip in Tokyo coming up next week and them some vacation time. Would like to finish this before then...

Zeta Gundam V2: Stabilizer

Took the old Ver 1 stabilizer, stretched and skewed it a bit, then added a few more sections of detail. The smaller stuff I'll yet again bump out.

Zeta Gundam V2: Legs 2

They look a whole heckuva lot straighter than they did on the older Zeta, not to mention longer and more slender looking. Still needs some finishing touches on the leg frame and some surface maps to get the seams.

Zeta Gundam V2: Legs 1

Taking a break from surfacing Ijustice to get to some more of the Zeta that I left behind there. The legs look thinner and sharper on the newer zeta versions so I'm leaning towards that.

Zeta Gundam: Arms 2

Jiggling around some of these polies yet still. The arms are looking ok, but the hands are monstrously bad. I'll have to ditch the armor and start anew on that.

Zeta Gundam V2: Arms 1

Flip flopping around. Actually, I'm still sifting through refs for the Ijustice, so in order to keep modeling "something" and posting it, I'm also going through the Zeta arms and redoing them a bit. Some parts stand out much more on the Version 2 than the Version 1 so they're getting shuffled around a bit to look updated...

Zeta Gundam V2: Waist

Again, not much change in the initial V1 design. All I really did was stretch and tweak a few places and add a little detail. The side waist area I really liked on the V1 I kept intact on the V2 because the latter version looks very stale to me. Otherwise some stretching pulling and a few bits and bobs here and there.

Zeta Gundam V2: Body 2.1

There are a lot of things I liked about the V1 Zeta that I dont want to remove from the V2... hence many areas of detail remain the same as the V1, though curved/slanted/re addressed for the V2's slight change in shape.

Zeta Gundam V2: Head 2

Fiddle de dee!!! The head is finally.. close!!! :D I should have gotten this far before starting the saviour image....

Zeta Gundam V2: Head 1

Mentioned that I had a strong urge to return to previous meshes and update them. Worked on the Zeta 2 years ago but that mesh was based on the version 1 MG. Looks chubby. Going back to the earliest stages to try to make it look like the version 2 that came out sometime after. Some of the changes look subtle enough... Again, my attention wanders...;)