So, uh, this one is clearly long overdue. Like last year with our Quanta armor, I didn’t have time during the final few days of building and the subsequent rush of the actual convention to churn out the final build log chronicling our last leg of the journey that led to the full Wing suit. We worked until 7am the…
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Anime Expo 2018: Days 1 & 2
Anime Expo week is always a whirlwind of last-minute cosplay repairs and exhaustion walking the halls of the convention center with little sleep, but this year seems particularly grueling. The Wing Gundam suit is turning out to be our toughest Gundam to bring to ‘con, and it’s been an uphill battle getting it to work as intended. The last build…
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Operation Meteor: Part 4
The suit is finally living up to its namesake – Wing has wings! But of course, this build isn’t done giving us issues – the wings may be up, but they don’t like being down. In retrospect now, it’s a really good thing we decided to get a head start on this year’s suit – we’ve had to rebuild…
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Work In Progress – Wing Update
School’s almost over. Y’know what that means? Giving up! I know it’s probably really bad to give up just before the final stretch, but I’m all but done in most of my classes so that means brushing off the remaining little work and recalibrating for ‘pla. Summer is calling my name, and with that call comes the smell of fresh…
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MG Shenlong Gundam EW
As I’ve noted before in my previous post on getting back into the Gunpla groove after quite a while of no kits, I picked up the MG Shenlong Gundam mostly ’cause…well, there was nothing else to really buy. I wanted a kit, and since the Unicorn I had my eyes on was overpriced, I went for the next best and…
