Dreaming the impossible dream

"I dare to dream."

This is by far my most ambitious project.  

Since Hobby Art Gallery (HAG) will be having her long awaited Tetsujin competition in 2017,  I thought this will be a good opportunity to show everyone the prowess of HAG's resident modeler!  Me!  

So I gave myself this ridiculous challenge.  

Six months... 

Six months to remodel and recreate the Deepstriker in my vision.  Six months to create a maintenance city (1m by 1m) as its base. 

And six months started a month ago! Lol.... Well, I guess there is no harm in attempting the unachievable. Hell, I'm not going down without a fight!

Preliminary concepts:-

1. To recreate the Deepstriker into an huge armored unit 

2. Design and create new armaments. 

3. Two support units will be attached to the main Striker. Zeta Plus or Delta Plus 

4. Brainstorming... Brainstorming... 

The clock is ticking....  I'm going to sleep early tonight to replenish my energy.  The impending storm , the anticipated excitement, the unrelenting pursuit for that elusive ultimate build.  

I live just for that. 

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FAZZ (Commissioned Work)

After six long months, I finally completed this. It took me quite awhile because I have been trying a few colour schemes and was undecided on the best one. Eventually I went for something refreshing for this classic MS.

When I was commissioned to do this one, the immediate challenge to me was how to make a bulky looking mecha look streamline? I brainstormed for awhile and singled out the key areas to work:-

• Colour scheme - to concentrate more on the grey tones than the whites.
  
• Reducing the armor without sacrificing the "look" of the FAZZ.  
• Breaking the general shape of the armors to create depth and complexity.
  

For detailing, this would be one of my favorite MS as there are so much area for me to work on! The process was pretty fun! 

So after numerous failed colour scheme testings, I think I have achieved what my objectives. I sure hope my customer will not mind a "different" FAZZ.  I have chosen red over blue as the base colour of my whites has a hint of reddish-brown to it. I also used Hull Red for panel lines which is a first for me. And with the three different grey tones I used, all colours actually blend in nicely.

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FAZZ WIP (Part3)

I did not make it to BAKUC. Actually I managed to finish. But I realised there were quite a few fundamental mistakes I made and I just could not get pass these. THe colour scheme did not turn out to be what I set out to do. So, I had the whole thing taken down and send it back for sanding and fine-tuning.

Well, some pics of the arms.

I have removed bulk of the armors on the forearms to make it slimmer.

The picture above looks fine, but the red actually clashed with my intermediate blue. Something that I overlooked until its too late.

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