Continuing this beast, I decided to go ahead and finish up all the actual building. We're gonna get all the outer armor on and get the weapons together. There's also a few ideas I want to play with before painting.
The chest armor is only a few pieces and goes on easy enough.
The head is the same deal as the chest. It is worth noting that Bandai went out of their way to make the armor easily removable. Which makes sense as on this kit it seems like they spent a lot more time and effort on the inner frame than the outer armor.
Also, you have the option of making this an S-Type or Commander type Gelgoog with the included command antenna (horn) option. They also give you two choices for the horn and if I remember right the one on the left is for ground use and the one on the right is for space use. I could be wrong though.
Eventually I want to make this a B-type Gelgoog but for now I'm gonna leave the smooth helm on for the A-type. And yes there are a lot of Gelgoog variants with subtle differences. I may do a Gelgoog history post at some point before I paint.
Moving on to the arms.
More easy fitting. You can see in the second pic that the armor is gonna add quite a bit more bulk to an already bulky frame.
The armor for the shoulders is easily the hardest part of this build...
It's almost a shame to cover those cool cage frames.
I will say that with the armor on the skirts keep linked together a lot better. Also, not too much mobility was lost.
Legs are up next.
Easily more outer pieces than the rest of the body.
We also have more frame layering above the thrusters.
All together...
I do have to say, the completed model looks great. I just realized I forgot to take a pic of the completed legs, oops.
The articulation hasn't really changed after adding the armor. Actually I don't think it got hampered at all.
One thing you will notice when you start moving the legs around is that those easy to remove armor pieces will start to split.
It's not a big deal and hardly noticeable from most angles.
Moving on to the weapons to finish this build up.
Pretty simple construction for the Beam Rifle. I left the clear piece for the scope out as it will be impossible to remove later.
You do get optional grenade launcher and bipod attachments. Which is nice.
Not too big on the bipod but the grenade launcher is cool. I'm torn because I do like the classic look on the Beam Rifle too.
Beam Naginata is next.
Three pieces for the weapon itself, an adapter to mount it on the back or the shield, and four effect parts. The straight blades are a nice inclusion but I don't think I'll use them.
Last but not least is the shield.
Nice big hefty Gelgoog shield. Not much else to say. The arm on the underside attaches to the back of the Gelgoog and can move pretty much wherever you would need it too.
A quick look at it all together.
Looks great. Getting the shield to clip onto the hand is a bit finicky but it holds none the less. Speaking of the shield, it's heavier than I thought and while typing this even the sturdy 2.0 frame succumbed to the weight.
Sigh. Oh well, I can only hope that paint and some simple joint tightening will fix the issue. Also the arm can only hold the shield up in certain ways, otherwise it just gets dragged down. There's probably a reason most of the promo and box pics of this guy show it with the sheild on the back.
Sorry to end this post on a somber note but at least the shield weight is the only real issue I've found with the kit.
That's all for now.
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