Omnimon pics

pictors of omnimon/omegamon
text review will come when i can muster the effort.

GN-006 Cherudim Gundam 1/100

Hello boys and girls! I finished constructing Omnimon and it took shorter than expected, approx. three hours only! While i take photos i decided i'll review the Cherudim Gundam from the Gundam 00 series. The model stands about 17 - 18cm tall with a range of different attachments. First off he comes with a huge sniper (which can fold in half to make more of a cannon) and two smaller white hand guns. In addition to this the model features a shield that's constructed from parts of the Gundams armour, if you've seen the anime the parts are called "bits", the shield is about the same height as the Gundam but requires you to remove armour from the model making it naked and less attractive so i opted not to use the shield.
A surprising nice feature of this model is that it came with holographic stickers instead of the standard ones. This bought me back to my primary school years as my brother collected holographic spiderman comic book cards. Now those were awesome!

You probably can't tell but these eyes are holographic. :D

Constructing the actual model is enjoyable and the plastic seems of seemingly good quality. Unlike the Omnimon which i had just recently built which was made out of very thin plastic, this model was sturdy and not only looked great but actually is a lot tougher than Omnimon. But then again some could criticize and call the model "chunky", so its really up to preference.Cherudim looks great and has high possibility, if your into chunkyish models which come with different attachments and extras, ASWELL as sweet holographic stickers i recommend this model. I bought this model off Minotaur in the city, they also had a different designers version which wasn't featured in the anime, this variation looked a lot more like a military tank with the added stripes so i gave it miss.A great model and i highly recommend you panel line it, panel lining brings out the details in the arms of this model. Actually you should pretty much panel line any part of any model that's on white plastic.

Au revoir!

Omegamon/ Omnimon Model Preview

TheModelPresidente! Get it! Pun?! I know everybody has been dying to see a blog entirely based on model building, so here it is! This blog will center itself on model previews, reviews and tips. However once in awhile i may post something unrelated to model building.
I'm currently in the process of building this beauty, Omnimon the first from the Digimon Reboot series some of you may remember him from watching the Digimon movie! He's the deadly combination of Wargreymon and Metalgarurumon used to thwart the deadly virus digimon whose name i don't remember.

Anywho the model comes in ten frames and comes with a sheet of stickers and instructions. The box isn't that large only slightly smaller than a 1/100 Gundam box. The box itself is fairly appealing with bright colours however my only criticism is that the box does not feature a raw graphic of the model without any additional painting or panel lining


The first thing i immediatly noticed about the instructions is that they're identical to Gundam ones. Not only are the instructions identical but a lot of the parts on the frames are used in Gundam models i guess Bandai are responsible for building the new Digimon Reboot.

The coloured frames match the box image fairly well although the golden parts look more orange than gold, the blue parts however look amazing.
The whole model itself is very similar to Gundam ones, so if you've built Gundams before you'll feel very comfortable here.

The first recommendation to do straight after opening up a model is to wash each individual frame. This is because apparently factories spray each individual frame with some kind of substance before packaging them, I however skip this step entirely and have never noticed any difference.
I recommend panel lining each frame before getting started, this brings out minor details and overall gives the model greater 'pop'. Panel lining consists of tracing details on models with a marker and then removing any excess ink with your thumb or an eraser.
These are frames, the top image is straight out of the box while the bottom has been panel lined.

A model of this size should take about five hours! So stay tuned for the review!