Without further ado, let's meet the winning entries. First, the 2nd runner's up. It is a PG 1/60 RX-178 Gundam MK-II AEUG colour scheme with full armor. The builder of this kit is from Penang, and he actually scratch build the armor parts by using pla-plate (plastic plate for modelling), PVC pipe, and some parts borrowed from other kits.
Next, the 1st runner's up. The builder of this kit used a very creative concept as shown in the following picture.
What he did was to use parts from unwanted VCR player & some other stuff which I can't really remember, and then combined them together with the MG 1/100 Zeong. The final product is amazing, and it even has LED gimmick as well. Not only that, his skill is very high-level as well because he's able to scribe a skull head behind the skirts, of which some people mistaken it as a decal. Scribing lines on a plastic surface can be very tricky and hard to do because if not done carefully, the scribing tool used could go out of line and damage the surface. On a side note, he's the one that motivated me (indirectly) to join the event.
Then the champion is a work of art (at least to me) because he managed to pull off a very nice diorama with 2 re-modelled kits: HG 1/144 Unicorn Gundam and HG 1/144 Kshatriya.
The diorama is done very well. I'm not really good with diorama myself, but from what I could see, it's very well done; there's a story to it, the Unicorn Centaur looks amazingly nice, the Kshatriya looks pretty well done, and the modifications are well executed that none of the parts look out of place. The only thing that I'd say about the Dragon Kshatriya, is that if the fingers can be sharpened to become claw fingers, it will be "mama mia"!!!
Finally, the other main attraction of the event is the new group build category. The champion in this category is a diorama of an exhibition hall as shown in the following picture.
This is a group build project by the members of the Zero-G forum. It has been confirmed as well that this diorama together with the champion will be representing Malaysia to the grand finale in Hong Kong this year. It will be such an amazing opportunity to let people see such a great work from Malaysia's Gunpla community.
Conclusion, it is a very good event because it really test my ability in modelling and it's very inspiring to see other people works as well. I personally have been inspired to do better for the next event, which is the mid year contest 2011. It's also good to share my kit with other fellow modellers as well (although I might have said something that's not really nice or give wrong info...). I'm really looking forward to next year to see if I could pull off something better.
