Mark Bersola, 2012 NC Philippine Champion!

 Hi guys! Mark Bersola here, I would like to thank DC23 for inviting me here, to this awesome league!I started collecting Gunpla kits last 2011 and started modifying/customizing kits last year (2012). Btw this is Berst Mk1, my 2nd  modified kit and the only kit I have finished so far.

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FrancisChungFS Clear for Launching...

Greetings from Malaysia, my name is Francis as in my nick above. I guess I'm pretty new to this passion as I started Gunpla only in 2012. I am more of a straight-builder with minor touch-up on the kit if needed but keen to learn in modding if given a chance to learn. I enjoy posing the kits as much as I love to build them so articulation is a very important aspect to my choice of kits. 

As I just started venturing into the world of Air-Brushing and hope to be able to share and learn more from this group. Thanks again DC23 for inviting me into this wonderful group of builders. Sieg Zeon !!! 

Facebook : http://www.facebook.com/francischung

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Yoi ichi-nichi!

Good day in Japanese! Jose Sabale reporting! thank you DC23 for inviting me here! I've seen doing gunpla since 1996 and been an avid fan of the Gundam Wing series. I'm grateful to be with the company of these guys.

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Hello!

 Hello, all! This is Richie Ramos/Lord Desslok, one of the founders of Mechapinoy. I'd like to thank Don for inviting me to this blog, and hopefully I can contribute some stuff.I started Gunpla way, way back (1990s), and my very first kit was actually a semi-bootleg 1/144 Academy Sentinel Gundam kit. After that, I bought quite a few MSV kits, most of which have, alas, not withstood the test of time. These days, I'm a bit too busy. Most of the time, I have a lot of kitbashes, but I rarely get any painting done. However, that may soon change, given that there are new winds blowing in the communities (thankfully).

I'm also interested in Kotobukiya Frame Arms kits. Cheers!

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Nichols is the name

Hello kids and kids at heart! You guys probably already know me. I'm everywhere. Just kidding.
So like  what the title says, my name's Nichols. It's not an alias. It's my real name. I'd like people to know me with my real name. Thanks to DC23 for creating and gathering this new group of hobbyists. You're probably reading this blog right know because you love giant robots. Well I love giant robots too! So let's be friends, okay? Most of the work I do are painted snap-fit gunplas with some minor mods here and there. Here are some you'd probably wanna see.

These are just some of my works. You can check more of them out on my blog and my Youtube.

I can not wait to post more, but more importantly, I can not wait to read more of what the other authors on this blog have to offer, since I am more of a reader than a poster when it comes to blogs.

Thank you so much for reading this!
Follow me on my blog! http://www.meistersleek.blogspot.com
Follow me on Twitter! https://twitter.com/knee_calls
Watch me on Youtube! http://www.youtube.com/user/00niicholzz18

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Davime Reporting for Duty!

Hi I'm David Ceremonia, Also known as Davime though I prefer my real name :)

well anyway I would like to thank DC23 for inviting me here and oh welcome back!

I started buying gunpla since I was 9 years old, but ugh of course I broke most of them. lol...yeah...lol..

and I first started modifying after I saw DC's work and a lot of other mech artist that inspired me to do so,

I started with kitbashing, painting with spraycans and simple pla plating.

I planned to improve my self as time goes by and I think I have made some improvements but I will always strive for improvements xD at first I was really irritated with criticisms but I saw it as a major part for improvement. I will always appreciate that gave the time to teach me all they know and share it with everyone else. anyway here is a recent work of mine :)

I hope we learn a lot from each other and always enjoy what we do :D

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DarkWorkx Here!

HELLO EVERYONE. This is DarkWorkx, 
Jimmy Bautista Jr. or in Facebook, Wuji Zun Jr.

First of all, I would like to thank DC23 for inviting me on this team.

Here's a little intro about myself, I've started modding Gunpla around November 2010
My dad is a Wing/Gundam X FG/HG Kit Seller wayback when i was 7 or 8 yrs old. 
And Grandpa is a modeler too, He likes Aircrafts, warmachines, etc. except Gundam/Robots.

Now I would like to share my Cherudim Saga entry last GBWC 2011, and this is my first time to use this so called, Pla-Plate.

I'm really thankful to these people who help and guide me on this build.
Next is my 1st handpainted kit, HG 1/144 AGE-2 Normal inspired by our Bro Kamm.

I'll be posting more updates about my DOM soon!~ Why Soon? because i'm still busy in our Church activities and studying Photography.

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gunpla...y u no look like what i want you to?!? ='[

GUNPLA! y u no look hamazing?!?

most of us get into certain hobbies because we came across a photo and thought "yeah, i could cook that.." or "i can take better photos than this sh*t" or "yeah, i can afford to build myself a customized sniper rifle too" or "im gonna max level my character to LVL infinity in a week" or "im gonna make this SD unicorn into a BAD-A$$ mothahfutha!".

But then after a bit of tinkering we get hit smack in the face with a REALIZATION OF REALITY HAMMER. We're not new to these : "Nobody's gonna eat this muck" / "im pressing the shutter button but nothing's happening!" / "i just wasted a totally kickass stock rifle" / "my character cant even kill a wolf puppy" / my SD unicorn melted"

we end up crushed under the high expectancy that we'll create a masterpiece overnight only to have melted plastic in our hands (WITH NUBS!). then come the morrow, we go online, see an inspiring work, and get fired up again, try again, fail again. vicious cycle.

most of us would power through, buy a new kit and start again. some get fed up and go on hiatus. some would go to the extremes of selling everything and just quitting.

others just really have the right combination of uber talent, perseverance, creativity etc and come up with these : (eday's arios)

what about the rest of us though? are we consigned to quit eventually? can we not become as great? are we earthbound? 

epkers not! :D but ofcourse we also cant start something today and come up with a masterpiece tomorrow. heck, even Einstein started out not knowing 1+1=2.

Hence, my point is...START WITH THE BASICS and DONT RUSH THINGS :)

elementary first, then progress, progress, progress :)

most great modelers i know started out with the easiest, most practical "mod" out there : PAINTING. 

you say: "painting? meh. i want a MODDED kit man! not some repainted sh*T! just repainting doesnt make it AWESOME and at all!"

i say : GOOGLE "FICHTENFOO WING GUNDAM"

dont get too excited though, painting in itself is a tedious process that involves a lot of experimentation, spilled paint, gallons upon gallons of thinner (im kidding), and a strong nose.  BUT ITS A START. 

other "modifications" include :

• painting (as iv mentioned)
• proportion adjustments (making legs longer, torso longer)
• armor modifications (pla plating etc)
• kitbashing (taking two kits and getting parts from both)
• battle damage (wreaking havok on ur masterpiece :P)
• scratchbuilding (making things from scratch)
• diorama-ing :)) (making ur own "scenarios")
• and many more!

you may do them all, or do only one, its totally up to you (and your budget). the idea is to get familiarized with a process, practice until you master it, and then explore a new skill tree and do the grind once again :)

as a newbie modder myself, i've come to enjoy painting, kitbashing, and armor tinkering myself. i prefer to keep mods as simple as possible mainly because im not as skilled as id like to be yet, but im practicing (and failing!) :p

one of my recent tinkerings involved 4 bottles of paint (tamiya acryllic bottles :P), a 10cm x 10cm piece of pla plates (WHIPS!), a scribing knife and some brushes :)) my mods mainly consisted of repurposing parts, getting weapons from other kits, and painting the build with the color scheme of an EGGPLANT :))

here! my NG 1:100 Seraphim Gundam (NG Seravee kit) aka : 

The Silencer :P

"The Silencer"

WIP

(white parts are pla plates/tubes...there are only 6 pcs :P)

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ZgokDaddy diving deeper (for shellfish)

HELLO. I am ZGOK DADDY! I love Zgoks, and Im a daddy. 

First of all, thanks to DC23 for inviting me as a contributor to this blog! 
To my fellow contributors, wazzup?! Glad to be in such great company :)

To the readers of this blog, welcome! I know that I'm a relative newcomer to the hobby (I've only taken this hobby seriously last year 2012) and I have yet to prove my worth in terms of doing kickass mods, participating in hobby events and contests, heck I haven't even gotten around to reading most tutorials on the craft, but that is what drives me to write! 

I shall step inside my Zgok Mobile Suit of Newbness and dive into the depths of the hobby! (the pressure of these depths are too damn high! but with le Zgok suit, I hope I can manage :D)

Thanks so much everyone! more power to all of us!

ZgokDaddy Diving IN!!!  **bubbles SFX

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Krescenhaze signing in...

Hello everybody, this is Krescenhaze of version.krescenhaze. I am grateful to be part of this blog in which all of the contributors are my fellow kabayans and  friends who have been sharing their passion in this hobby for almost 3-5 years. I will be posting my finished kits here in this blog and the updates of my WIPs.

I will try to add some tutorials/information that will be helpful to our fellow kabayan gunpla modellers out there.

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Amir Corpus awaiting orders!!

Hi everyone! Amir here, more known as amir_anti_yosi from Zero-G, MAC forums and GMAC facebook page. Nice to have a new place to post my WIPs along with other great modellers like the champ himself DC23. 

I'll be posting pics of my completed works (the few of them), my ongoing WIP Sinanju stein, some tips and tricks I learned from the trade, toy review if possible (DMK-01 Optimus Prime and HMM Liger Zero) and other Gunpla/Mecha whatnots! Be sure to drop by again at PinoyCrazyCustoms for Insane, Unorthodox and out of the box designs!!

Signing Off!

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DC23 reporting for duty...

Hi fellow Plastic enthusiasts! This is DC23 of DC23-mecharts welcoming you to our newest " group " blog. This site will feature posts from my fellow modelers focusing on customs, mods and paint jobs of Gundam, Kotobukiya, Zoids, Resin Kits, and other scale modelling stuffs.

We hope to bring you a wide variety of tips, tutorials and other creative crap from this day onwards. Hope you follow us, as we fill up this space with our old and new works. Until next post guys! Just enjoy the hobby! :)

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