Sunday, December 3, 2006

"Raven" (MG Sazabi conversion)

I finally get to take some decent pictures of my latest creation, "Raven" before I submit for BAKUC 2006. A few months ago, I was flipping through the the Gundam Weapons and came across some fantastic works of this Japanese modeller, Motoo OSUMI. His creation, "Goblins the gravity vanguard" was really mesmerizing. Eventually, I went ahead with a conversion using a MG Sazabi with such a concept in mind.





The first thing I need to do was to create an identity for my creation, I came up with "ATAG" (All Terrain Assault Group). A task force consisting primary of converted Sazabis. My initial plan was to create two converted Sazabis. however , I was too slow and hence only one made it. I wanted a Sazabi that is heavily armed and be able to conduct air raids/ assaults.

I did some scratch building but a majority of the kits were kitbashed from various model kits. I have to apologize in advance for the lack of WIPs as I seldom take photos during construction. These are the only few I have....









Well after three months, I completed Raven. Parts that I have used were a PG Aile Strike Pack, Missile Pods from Heavy Arms Gundam, Weapon from Serpent and the rest were built from scratch. Lots of pla-cards were used and it cost me a bomb.

Front View



Front View



Side View



Rear View



Close-up Torso



Close-up Torso 2



Rear Close-up



Close-up Leg



Close-up legs



Top View



Weapon




Raven with maintenance diorama










Now some pictures of the diorama.






Scratch-built these cargo containers





Before priming



Finishing painting the walls and ground



A little close up


Finished Maintenance Diorama





















Fences



Hmmmm, where shall I put this cable ?





Hey! Quit staring and get back to work!



A bit crowded, man!





Read these instructions carefully....No touching, once broken considered sold.






Hey!!! You're still at it?



Cozy area to rest my butt





Damn these ladders! Who scratched them!?



How come I am seeing gaps between the fences? hmmm....



Hey!!! Raven's gone. What are you staring at!?





Ok folks, lights out!



14 comments:

Preanorian said...

Looks great. as for the cable... either get rid of it or make it a fuel line cable

Ken/Chuang said...

This is one insane peace of work... man you're a god.

sandrum said...

Always a treat to see someone who's good at things like this. Great job, especially as the Sazabi is one of my favs (as is probably the case with many others).

Mike said...

This rocks. Wish I had the know how to do something like this.

WILLIAM said...

Excellent work!
I think better to post my comment here than forum.
You are definitely going HK, if you ask me!

Anonymous said...

ehh can i ask u smt? y is ur work in hobby art? i mean ur legend. your raven rocks man can u kinda of teach me smt? though i only getmerit in the junior cagetory in this bakuc competition... pls teach me!!!! i need training!!!!!!!!!!! i'm a noob! if possible reply me. add me noob_ville@homail.com =) looking forward to ur reply thx

Toymaker said...

Hey Mr Noob, I think your add. is wrong, I cannot seem to contact you.

satanswing said...

nice work man, i believe you are one of the strongest contender for bakuc 2007 XD! all the best

Anonymous said...

Thats is now my all time fav gundam

and one more thing....

WHERE DID YOU GET A MSN-04 Sazabi!

i can't find them anymore for sale!

Toymaker said...

:) There are plenty in Singapore, but i bought a few just for rainy days :p

fred said...

hi wanna know what did u use to paint? airbrush or spraypaint? cos i saw a few spraypaint cans there. Anyway a very very unqiue and beautiful piece of work!

Toymaker said...

Hi Fred,

The Sazabi itself was airbrushed. As for the base, I used a mixture of AB and spraypaint. I use spraypaint for base coats at times.

Anonymous said...

Awesome work! Saw it first hand at the shop. I am not a gundam modeller but the whole diorama is so detailed that I stood there for like a whole 15mins. You must have spend a whole lot on the styrene. Once again, very detailed and awesome works.

Toymaker said...

Thanks! Every now and then I would go back to the shop and look at it too. Over time, I realise that there are things to improve and a lot more details that I could add. Hopefully I am able to do a larger scale of this type of diorama (which is my wish)in the near future.