GNY-004B Black Plutone

For those long time readers of my blog you might remember that I talked about this suit quite a lot when I first started. I had only been blogging for a month when I first mentioned it.

Actually, even now it's still one of the one popular things on my Flickr.

Here's a pic from those days.

Well the Plutone is making a comeback it seems and it's back in black.

From last months Dengeki Hobby.

I have no idea what the story is behind this thing but I think it looks cool. Kind of reminds me of Psycho Gundam in a way. But better.

The Plutone, if I recall correctly, is supposed to be the predessor to Virtue/Nadleeh Gundam. The cables in the back are a unique touch and I definitely love the colour scheme.

Personally, I'm not the biggest fan of the cables and I don't know what those things on the shoulders and hips are but all around... I have to say that I like it!

So what do you think? Feeling it? Not feeling it?

Plutone Core Fighter

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Originally uploaded by Busterbeam

We've all seen that the GN Drives can be ejected from the base 00 suits but the Plutone suit (prototype for Nadleeh I believe) was equipped with Core Fighter technology. Kinda makes you wonder if we'll see this come out later on in the series. Stats say it's unarmed, so probably just used for escape. The yellow antennas are called "Cervical Antennas". I'll let you figure that one out yourself. More at my flickr.

Gundam 00P - Character art

Yeah I know I said I was going to go in a different direction but then I realized that I said I'd post pics of the characters but haven't done that yet. Well here it is. Characters names can be seen here. Not sure about the translation of those names though but it's from a reliable source. Also... apparently there's a core fighter in the Plutone! I always liked the core fighter idea. I think Plutone is the only 00 mech to have it. Let's hope we see it in the animation!

Plutone - Extras + White Mark II

Man, I'm getting really frustrated going without my camera. I feel like I shouldn't be working on my models unless I can take pictures of it. Bleh. OK well here are the last of the Plutone photos. Think I'm going to go in a different direction tomorrow. Also... been doing a lot of research online about modelling and I've come across some really amazing things. Shocking things that make me realize just how far I have to go. Part of me wonders if I'll ever get there. If I have the drive because it takes a lot of time and determination to get to that level. But for now I'm just happy with improving. Step by step.

Anyways, here's a pic of something I found surfing, on a Japanese site. I'm always been a fan of monochrome schemes. The white looks so clean. Think I might try it out myself someday.

Plutone - Exia comparison + Red Astraea

You can see a comparison of this model and the Exia at the top and you can also see the Astraea parts 1/144 Exia at the bottom painted in red. Those protruding nozzles are kind of interesting. Presumably to release the GN Particles? I think I might like to see some alternate colour schemes for this suit. So what do you think? Do you like it? Kind of like a slim downed Virtue huh.

Plutone - Coloured line art

I wonder when/if this model is going to come out? To be honest... I like the Sadalsuud a lot more and the Astraea even more than that. Pic of that one tomorrow.

Plutone - more details and some updates

My camera's fixed but I can't use it yet for 'legal' reasons. Silly but it'd take way to long to explain. They told me 3 weeks but they got it done in days. Kind of impressive actually. Bought some more paints today. Copper, light grey and clear. Don't know what to do exactly with the clear but I figured I'll give it a shot. Same thing with the copper... I bought it because it looked nice. I do have a plan for the grey though. Beam rifle's paint has dried but I've noticed some issues so I'm going to touch it up a bit.

Gundam 00P - GNY-004 Gundam Plutone

For the next couple days I will be posting pics from the little known Gundam 00P side story, a magazine serialization which is currently at File No.4. These pics will be of a relatively large size so you can see the details. It's all about the details. Also the pictures will largely be of a 1/144 scratch build GNY-004 Gundam Plutone but there will also be some schematics/line art, character art and 3d modelling art. Let's start with the suit itself.

Some shield huh?