Saturday, February 14, 2009

1/100 Seed Destiny - Infinite Justice Gundam

Finally I've been able to put up some pictures for this kit that I built 3 years ago. Not only this, the 1/100 Legend Gundam, 1/60 Gundam Exia, MG 1/100 F-91, MG 1/100 F-91 Harrison's Color, and MG 1/100 Crossbone Gundam X-1 ver. Ka will be updated here in my blog with pictures. Thanks to my friend who borrowed me her digital camera because without it, these second wave kit will not be able to show their faces in this blog. Now, I won't go into detail of what second wave means. I'll explain that after I've uploaded all the above.

Now, let's start off with some pictures of this 1/100 Inifnite Justice Kit. As you can see from the following pictures, the background is not as pleasant as it looks, so please forgive me. This kit is based on the fictional mobile suit in Gundam Seed Destiny with the same name Inifinite Justice Gundam, pilotted by one of the main protagonists called Athrun Zala. The base color scheme is pinky red, but instead of that I sprayed it with metallic red instead. Following are pictures taken from the front and the back of this kit.






The significant feature about this Gundam is the flight lifter at the back of it's body. As compare to the anime, the whole body slimmer, and the flight lifter is bigger, so one can consider this as out of proportion. But in my opinion, it is out of proportion but it still doesn't look extremely horrible like its twin brother, Strike Freedom. The reason for such a slim body figure is to accommodate for the flight lifter because the lifter can be moved upward with its head connected to the shoulder of the Gundam's body, thus the body has to be smaller to allow the Infinite Justice head to move around.

As compare to the previous Gundam Seed universe kit starting from the 1/100 Strike Gundam, this is the first kit in the line that has double joint in the elbow, allowing it to be more articulated. If the lifter is moved to connect to the shoulder of the kit, it won't be able to stand firm by itself because the back will be very heavy. It requires quite a few trial and error to make the legs to be in a position that could sustain the weight. Thank goodness that this is one of the first batch that being produced because the first batch comes with a display stand, that could allow it to be displayed with the lifter in flight mode (connected to shoulder of the Gundam's body). The picture above shows the Infinite Justice displayed with the display stand, with the flight lifter in flight mode.


Some not-so up close shot of this kit. Notice that the color scheme on the torso, where the silver lining from the upper chest towards the shoulder. The original color of that line is actually green, but because I don't have enough resources, namely money at that time to purchase a can of green color spray just for that purpose, I decided to spray it silver instead.


It comes with another palm for the left hand that could be used to show display it dispatching the anchor... whatever it is... from the shield. Speaking about the shield, it is another weapon that is out of proportion because it is too big, and the beam saber that comes with the beam boomerang is also too big in proportion. Despite of the proportion, it comes with the affect part for the flight lifter, the beam saber on the legs, and 2 for the beam boomerang.

Overall, it's not such a bad kit. The reason for me to get this kit is because I want to make up the collection of the 4 major Gundams that appear late in the Seed Destiny series, namely Strike Freedom, Destiny, Legend, and this one. But if one is thinking to buy this kit, if one have enough budget, I'd suggest to get the MG version of this kit, of which I've got one. The MG version is much more proportionly made, so it should be a better option as compare to this one.