HG GAT-04 Windam

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That aside, I did not watch Gundam Seed Destiny anime and did not have a clue about Windam until I saw it at www.armourofgod.co.uk.

This is a relatively easy kit and uses the same joint design as the OZ-06MS Leo and the Build Divers NPD Leo; please check out my other completed blogs.

Although Windam is aimed mainly for people new to gunpla; but it is not shabby in terms of parts separations and design.

You can see I went to town trying to paint all different parts in different colours (and with hindsight I should not)!

I tend to use Tamiya Flat colours as primer and preshade. Following that I will use mixture of Vallejo Model or Model Air as the base colours. I used to use Vallejo Mech paint if I don’t tend to panel line the details later. G Studio paint are great but just make sure you allow the paint to dry at least 24 hours before masking.
To be honest, what is a Windam went you only have 2 wings and a grunt face. So as usual, I present you the proper customised “Wing-Gundam”! To start off, I bought a box of 2nd hand bits on ebay and have no idea what parts I have, so I kit bashed the wings and head and used the backpack from my Strike Rogue.
I also used some beam effect shield from the box of bits. Funny thing is that I was later informed the parts I used were from Gundam Seed Destiny, which explains why the scale of different parts fitted so nicely to this Windam core.
Colour wise, I was initially inspired by RGZ-91B RE-GZ Custom. The custom Re-GZ is a P-Bandai kit, so I thought why not make my own, but regretted straight away when I painted the backpack purple!!
Do I like it? I am a bit on the fence about the colour scheme. If I have a chance to do it again, I might do it very different (maybe more traditional Gundam scheme). The red shoulder trim and the light blue and dark blue scheme makes this kit looks like a Gundam Space Police!
I enjoyed the creativity of the kit bash, I loved putting it together, but the colours are just a bit of an acquired taste which I still can’t get over it.
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