1/144 Age 1 Gundam Part 1

The idea behind this Age 1 was that it was the 2nd prototype before the production version of the Age 1 Normal. It has slightly higher energy output that allowed it to generate a "stealth field" around itself.




Actually, I just made that up. I've got no back story for this guy except that I love seeing prototypes of toys, specially during the pre-painting stage wherein everything is just painted gray and I was actually planning on just painting this kit with primer gray.


But then again, just one shade of gray is too boring so I opted to hand-paint the other shades of gray and added blue as an accent color.


This kit is amazing articulation. There are tons of poses you can pull off this one. Also, the seams are very well hidden, in fact they are so few that it made this kit one of my fastest builds to date.









I used Bosny Primer Gray for the main gray parts and for everything else Reeves Artist Acrylics that I hand-painted using a set of cheap artist brushes. The decals I got from various decal sheets that I have in my collection.

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