I wanted to model a light mech with relatively heavy weaponry. Bandai's HG 1/144 Reginlaze of the Iron Blooded Orphans series seems to fit the profile. It's also one of the cheapest Bandai kits out there.
To emphasize the de-cloaking effect, I painted half of the mech with the real colors of the unit. In this case, I chose red, dark gray, and light gray. The other half is a sandy color that reflects the desert base. I wanted the base to be part of the vignette's story, and not just something that is used for the model to stand on.
I decided not to weather the armor too much. Being a stealth unit, I figured out that the armor undergoes a high level of maintenance to avoid compromising the unit's photo-receptive paint and cloaking ability.
The chain laser gunmount is one of the kit's backpack units, turned upside down. The shoulder cannon is actually the Reginlaze's rifle.
I am not really a fan of mechs with hands (or fantastic Gundam designs for that matter). So I decided not to include the hands in this model. I wanted to put a pair of humongous cannons in place of the hands to make the model look more aggressive.The cannons are made from the kit's "pikes," the Reginlaze's melee weapon. I simply cut off the tips to make the pikes into barrel cannons. I modified the pikes' handles to add them as details to the particle projector cannons
Melnikov Ivan "Nakatan"
gold!
GianCarloJubela
Thank you!
Pierre Balmette
Not my universe but I really like the effect of de-cloaking, I find it very convincing and makes the piece look original. Great work, gold! Your friend must be proud.
GianCarloJubela
Thank you, mate! This is my first time to detail and paint a Gundam as well as an experiment. Although I’m not a fan of Gundam, but I do like other mechs. :) Again, thank you!