Manda’s (Amachan) Gundam Assemble

I was lucky to be one of the few selected to participate in the Zaku Painting Showcase for Gundam Assemble. I am interested in the game, but I have to be honest, I have not actually seen any of the anime yet. It is on my list though. So with that I have absolutely no clue what I am doing, as per usual, and will most likely piss off fans by what I am going to do. Although I don’t think it is going to be a far stretch from the artwork I am looking at. I will try to stick relatively close to the artwork, but I will be weathering it in a Grimdark style and the base colour is going to be a candy pink.

Here is some of the art I have been looking at;

The first image really encapsulates what I want to do with the base as well since the Grimdark weathering I have been doing has been in urban settings. I see no reason to change it now or try something new. I mean, when the sprue comes in I am probably only going to have roughly 20 days to get it done as the deadline is the 11th of October. So I don’t have any time to experiment or do a massive conversion.

How tempting this is as an idea, I do not have the time to sculpt an otter for the Zaku to ride. I think the drawing I found is actually a weasel, but it wouldn’t be difficult to make that an otter.

This is going to be a tight one to get done in time, so let’s get ready.

Look at what has finally arrived…..

The build for the Gundam Assemble Zaku Painting Showcase so far. Changed the pose a little bit and need to wait until it is dry for some putty work.

That’s the model build for the Gundam Assemble Zaku Painting Showcase. Next up, the base.

Here is the initial build of the base for the Gundam Assemble Zaku Painting Showcase. This now needs to dry before I can continue.

And here we have a gloss black Zaku for the Gundam Assemble Zaku Painting Showcase.

Once dry, that is the base ready for primer for the Gundam Assemble Zaku Painting Showcase.

That magical moment when you apply a primer over a custom piece and it all looks coherent. My base for the Gundam Assemble Zaku Painting Showcase.

Zaku got a coat of silver and then turned into a candy pink Zaku.