While more close combat orientated then the ZAKU, to which it lost out to become the suit of choice for the Principality of Zeon, it is often a suit used by officers and aces.
The model itself is a 1/400 scale Gasaphon (capsule toy) made by BanDai in the same sort of soft plastic like the various Clix systems, and has been repainted from it's pre-paint (albeit correct) colour scheme and based to be used on the tabletop.
While 6mm is actually 1/300, these models look far better with the terrain often used for those games, and they can serve perfectly as well in the Mobile Suit Gundam skirmish game, something I`m looking into trying out solo one of these months.
Now to pick one of the many classes in the armylist to represent it with...
I'm afraid the text is all Chinese to me, but that's a fine-looking figure!
ReplyDeleteNice looking battle suit!
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Cool looking mobile suit.
ReplyDeletenice one!
ReplyDeleteNo idea what this is but that blue is rather striking and you’ve got some very nice shading effects.
ReplyDeleteLooks fine, but surely there’s a better name than a Gouf suit!
ReplyDeleteCool looking figure Tom.
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