Standard Category

Best 1/144: Entry 2002 High Grade Bearguy
Best 1/100: Entry 2012 Master Grade Ball ver Ka
Best 1/60 and above: Entry 2019 Perfect Grade Strike Freedom
People's Choice: Entry 2011 1/100 Master Grade Unicorn Gundam

Advanced Category

Adult 1st Place: Entry 2021 1/144 High Grade RX-78-2 Ground War Diorama
Adult 2nd Place: Entry 2006 1/144 High Grade "Hatsune Miku" Gundam Kit Bash
Adult 3rd Place: Entry 2014 Super Deformed Kshatriya

Junior 1st: Entry 2010 Brave Battle Warriors Ryofu Tallgeese
Junior 2nd: Entry 2023 1/144 Real Grade Zaku Diorama
Junior 3rd: Entry 2007 1/100 00 Seven Sword

People's Choice: Entry 2027 High Grade Unicorn & Fuunsaki

The prizes for the BANDAI GunPla Builders World Cup Gold Qualifier are as follows:

Advanced Prizes:
Open 1st: $100 Zombster Gift Card + Automatic Entry into the Sydney Finals
Open 2nd: $70 Zombster Gift Card
Open 3rd: $40 Zombster Gift Card

Junior 1st: $40 Zombster Gift Card + Automatic Entry into the Sydney Finals
Junior 2nd: $30 Zombster Gift Card
Junior 3rd: $20 Zombster Gift Card

People's Choice: $40 Zombster Gift Card


Standard Categories:
Best BB/SD: $40 Zombster Gift Card
Best 1/144: $40 Zombster Gift Card
Best 1/100: $40 Zombster Gift Card
Best 1/60 and above: $40 Zombster Gift Card
Best Juniors: $40 Zombster Gift Card
People's Choice: $40 Zombster Gift Card

Highlighting recessed areas including panel lines can be achieved by a few different methods including marker pens, pencils, artist oil washes and enamel washes. In this tutorial, I will demonstrate how easy it is to make your own panel line wash with enamel paints and lighter fluid. More at http://www.ghostofzeon.com

1/144 HG M1 Astray


1/144 HGUC ReZel Defender b-Unit


1/100 MG Blitz Gundam


BB Gundam AGE-2 Normal/Double Bullet

Namco BANDAI Games recently released an announcement promotional preview for Gundam: Battle Operation Online, a free-to-play online first person shooter for the Playstation Network.  The game is set to enter a closed beta stage during 29/3 - 31/3 with 10,000 beta testers and will become available for download and play in June.  The game features team battle matches between 4 to 6 players selected to battle either with the Earth Federation or Zeon forces.  The battles features gameplay both inside and outside the Mobile Suits, giving players the ability to commandeer enemy Mobile Suits and vehicles.  Between matches, players are able to customize their pilots appearance and weaponry with currency earned from battle.  There has been no announcement of whether the game will be available in the international Playstation Network stores, but we expect a large number of new Japanese Playstation Network accounts to be made from Australian IP addresses after watching this preview.   You may even be able to spot a Zombster player or two when the game is released.

Water slide decals are a great alternative to the stickers and dry transfers that come with most Bandai kits as when applied correctly, can appear as they have been painted on.

A lot of people fear water slides thinking that they are difficult to apply but as I show in this tutorial, they are not quite as difficult as people think!

For the text version with pictures, head over to here : http://www.ghostofzeon.com/diy/waterslides/decalapp.html

Recently announced, due for release mid 2012.

I really really want to do a Franky (One Piece) custom of this unit. Those sholders call to me.

From the pages of Dengeki Magazine, both the Earth Federation and the Titans version of the RG RX-178 have been confirmed, with both to be released on the same day. This is to be expected as they are identical other than colour and decals, but great to have confirmation.

And as a bonus, from the same magazine, BANDAI has announced they are continuing the MGF range with models of Tiger and Bunny. Due to come out around the middle of the year, these two figures will use the same style and scaling as the previous Master Grade Figurerise models, such as the Dragon Ball Z, One Piece, and Kamen Rider models that are currently available.

Once we have some good images of these models, we will post them here.

In this tutorial, I will demonstrate the basic technique required for masking your Gunpla model if you wish to paint multiple colours on the same piece.

For a full text tutorial with pictures, head on to : http://www.ghostofzeon.com/diy/painting/masking_basics.html

Kotobukiya has outdone itself with the release of their best hobby kit ever made - The Danbou from Yostuba&!




Standing at about the height of a standard HG model kit, it also includes LEDs in the head to light up the eyes (while there is a switch on the side of the head, it apparently does nothing), and can be fitted with standard kotobukiya weapons and accessories due to the holes placed around the body (weapons and accessories are sold seperately), and can fold up to contain all of the parts within the head.