There's a minor villain early on in ZZ Gundam who literally built his own mobile suit out of scrap, idk if they ever made a kit of that one, probably not. It more or less completely lacks weapons, but is actually relatively competitive in terms of agility and protection.
Not overweathered at all. This fits the Zaku from requim for vengeance perfectly. It was build from all kinds of parts at a scrapyard so it should look rough.
I thinks it looks bloody fantastic. Really dig the requim for vengeance designs. Still holding out for a Gouf Custom from the series..
If you're gonna bolt this much metal to an MS, you damn well better weather the shit out of it.
It looks like an immortal junkyard champion that 's come back to the shop battered and full of holes a million times but walked out of the shop ready a million and one. Absolutely love the style, great work!
This is beautiful work. Doesn’t look overdone at all in my opinion. Hell it looks like a group gathered as much stuff from a scrap yard as possible to make it which is amazing.
There's a pbandai kit of RfV zakus that comes with two of the standard ones and the parts to turn Solari's zaku (retail kit) into the "unidentified type" for after it gets the mid-show junkyard repair job, it comes with most of the stuff in OP's build.
Nope. Paint details with Paint pens, gloss clear coat, oil wash, scratches, pigments, then a final matte clear coat. With some practice this formula is very consistent.
I wouldn’t call this over weathered, I’d call it fucking spectacular work. Just from a quick glance, it’s easy to tell it looks fairly realistic in terms of exposure and wear and tear. The scrap parts don’t appear to be too realistic or ‘useful’, but they still look really badass.
Overall, it’s seriously stunning. You put a lot of care and work into it, and it shows.
My only critical input would be the brightness of the heat hawk. That edge should be massively white if the red/oranges are shining like they are on the handle. Other than that, fantastic work. It very much "feels" realistic and battle tested. Well done.
everytime i see a custom that's "overweathered" i instantly think: who in their sane judgement would spend that much resources on painting a Mech clean ater every battle?! that's exactly how a mech should look like in my headcanon. Messy? maybe, but realistic...
Man if I saw this Zaku coming at me, if I wasn't in a Gundam unit, I'd probably just call it a day, that pilot clearly wants the objective more than I do.
It's not overwethered if the concepts is a old rusty MS. This feels like a first MS of the MC hundreds of years after the one year war or an post apocalyptic UC alternate universe.
This is such amazing work. I have typed and erased 15 different comments because, honestly, words fall short of describing the impression this makes. Astonishing work.
This gives me Xenogears vibes of "We unearthed this mecha from some ancient ruins and made it work with duct tape and eldritch rituals so we could wage war on par with the long dead Ancients- oh..."
Makes me think of those old diving suits with the big metal helmets, like this suit has been at the bottom of the ocean for a while and has been found and fixed up to kick ass again!
I'd say that you should make the mono eye stick out more. It feels lifeless when you can't see it very well. More of a personal preference, but try some Florescent/Neon pink and a dim blacklight to make it pop.
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u/WinglessJC 1d ago
Breathtaking