Thoughts on upcoming Gundam anime series "GUNDAM AGE"

Ok,my first thought when I saw this magazine page was "another gundam builder?".The 3 guys in the picture look so young,and the guy with the yellow coat is holding a controller sort of device,which make me think that its a gundam game type of story like gundam builder.But it is actually about a hundred year old war.

Truth be told,I was kind of disappointed,because the gundam in the picture isn't what I imagine it would be and somethings tells me that the story won't be as deep compared to some of the old gundam series.Of course,all this may change when more information about it comes out.

The story is about three generations,"father, child, and descendant" as the lead characters. The main characters pilot the Gundam unit to fight against an unknown attacking enemy (UE) and save Earth in a "One Hundred Year War" — an apparent homage to the One Year War of the first Gundam series.

The first main character is Furitto Asuno, who developed the Gundam AGE-1 mobile suit (humanoid mobile weapon) equipped with the AGE System (a self-adapting computer). The second main character is Asemu Asuno, Furitto's child. The third main character is Kio Asuno, Furitto's descendant who inherits the Gundam. The Gundam AGE-1 can be augmented as the Gundam AGE-1 Titus for more power, or as the Gundam AGE-1 Sparrow for more speed.

The AGE system is basically haro from gundam 00 and the gundam being augmented into different forms reminds me of liger zero from zoids.

Hopefully,more news will be coming our way and let us get a more detailed look at this series.The series will begin fall 2011,so look forward to it!

MG Gundam Deathscythe Hell "The Devil" WIP part 4(UPDATED)

So basically this week,I was doing cleaning work for the wings and some minor mod on the body.But i was excited when the stuff i ordered from HLJ finally arrived.Because in it were some things that i need to make a tail for this kit,and hopefully it will turn out as menacing as the wing looks.

For the wings,I went to apply white putty on the whole thing and sand it down,this give it a smooth surface and also even out the surface.I also did redesign the middle portion by making the ends longer,so that it won't look out of place since all the other parts are longer now.Take note that I have not finish cleaning it up,there are still places that needs touching up but i will do those after i have it primed.Priming it will help me spot out which part need to be sanded down and where i need to add more putty.

I also ordered some chains from HLJ,that i planned on putting them on the hand,leg and also wing of the model.But since the wing is not yet ready,I proceeded on with the hands and legs.

I will add damages to the chain first before attaching it to the screw thing.But I went to make a test fit piece,to see how it will look.

This morning,i started scribing new panel line on the model using this new tape that i got online and it works really great.Before this,I was using those thin metal pieces as guideline to scribe,but it was so hard to hold it still and most of the time the line was not drawn well.I also tried using other tapes but some are just too thin,and some are just too sticky that will leave glue marks on the piece you are working on.

Lastly,I will show you guys the tail that i've mentioned earlier on.I just started on this,so there is really not much now,but i hope it will come out great after i'm done.This is actually the heat rod from my NG tallgeese 3 that i have for a long time.I added small pipe joints to every joints so that each one can move independently and have more flexibility.I could have waited for the MG epyon to come out and use it's heat rod for this,but I think it will be a waste of money and the model itself.

Here is my rough sketch on how i want the thing to turn out and also i will redesign the tip too.

I will probably start painting next week,but I hate to start painting before i have finish all the mod.Well,no choice...So stay tune for the next update,and hope you guys like what i did.Cheers:)