1071 - HGIBO Gundam Barbatos Lupus Rex (OOB Review)

Here's the High-Grade 1/144 scale Gundam Barbatos Lupus Rex. This kit's got a pretty bad case of stickers, but overall it's really interesting! Quite fun to pose with it's tail, gorilla arms, and giant feet.
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[@jesscamara740]

It's design is almost based (or really based) on a werewolf. Werewolves have large long arms and big feet. Search for a picture of a werewolf and you'll realize that this design makes sense, since it is a Wolf King after all.

[@iamgundammaybe6296]

"Demon Wolf King"

[@connorwood7072]

IAmGundam Maybe no Bearded Wolf King

[@sea_triscuit7980]

No wonder this is my favorite suit (I'm new to the franchise and picked up my first kit today which is this one) haha it definitely caught my eye at the store. Yes I've seen the anime as well but not all of it yet

[@steffy2]

Funny, the kimaris trooper had legs in his legs, the graze ein had a body in his body and now this Has arms in his arm.

[@ethanocampo5083]

I don't get the graze ein but did you mean guns on ein's shoulders?

[@davedionisio7893]

@@ethanocampo5083 he meant the comatosed ein inside the graze ein cockpit

[@ethanocampo5083]

@harrkion I knew but I thought it was the guns because @Sherry mentioned two mobile suits with mechanical appendages on their limbs witch are metal and I thought when he/she mentioned the graze ein I thought he/she meant the guns because ein was a person and not a mechanical part of the mobile suit... Btw every mobile suit has a body inside a body........ Just conscious Kill me ;-;

[@snowballandthegoddess5020]

Limbception

[@haleyleyley8951]

And the Hashmal had mobile armors in it

[@zombiefeast1.039]

Your mailman must hate you. Package every day.

[@BNuts]

Why? People like us keep them in business!

[@mocareginaalcus1263]

1409 tim 😂😂😂

[@OtherMarch]

I wish i got sponsored for free gundam kits.

[@winatas]

OtherMarch yeah i know your feeling LOL

[@philhayes3781]

OtherMarch we all do

[@jaysonjamesguerta8510]

i dont know why many hate the proportions..its based on a werewolf bit if they made the feet smaller it will look worst..and HG is better than the FM for me..but still Lupus is the best version

[@Wobbey363]

Really? I just built the 1/100th scale and it's fucking awesome. Especially with the color separation on the toes, and tail.

[@kizaragiren]

+Wobbey363 nah both 1/144 & 1/100 has some the down grade like how they put big stickers for the tail blade in HG kinda awkward looking proportions (if you looked it too much) its a design flaw i'd like to say because it has working sub arm inside the arms and unpainted backpack but hey who cares its cheap already besides 1/100 is has a lot loose arm joint when he wield the weapon even bandai only give us a stand for the weapon that looks solid black still both has unpainted claws

[@kizaragiren]

i forgot mention that FM 1/100 of this need more modification on the joints to stay still which is mean is no longer out of box review again

[@VacuousCat]

Yes, one of my favorites too. And artists should never design every main gundam in the same style. Anyone who every studied character design knows you have to give them unique silhouettes.

[@user-lynKx]

People don't like it *because* it's based on a warewolf. It's just weird and unconventional.

[@ToxicAtom]

by 2020 we'll have the Barbatos Lupus Rex Canis Major Familiaris and it'll straight up just be Bladewolf from Metal Gear painted in the iconic hero suit color scheme

[@haleyleyley8951]

it's 2020 and Barbatos Lupus Rex Canis Major Familiaris ain't here yet

[@sea_triscuit7980]

We got covid instead... Haha

[@Furno52470]

Gotta get this to honor mikazuki

[@dualwieldingbarbatos2923]

Same bro

[@JangoTheBlueFox]

I'm sure there will be other Barbatos kits. after 00 ended they did a ton of alternate versions of the Exia, 00 Gundam, and Quanta that never appeared in the anime. not to mention there are 72 different Gundams so there's alot of room for more model kits using the Gundam frame.

[@tenebrasolanum4215]

If you've seen, they've released 2 more frames we've seen in the comics, I don't know how many that brings us to in total, but one of them steals most of its parts from the Astaroth Origin.

[@ucNguyen-qw5ju]

Jango The Blue Fox qanT is in the movie

[@Bahamut8937]

Tenebra Solanum What about Gremory??

[@fane2323]

An RG barbatos? Would be great

[@VisibleNinja5674]

I know when I saw the neutral poses when it was first revealed, I didn't really like the Rex. That being said, it always looks really cool posed. Kinda wished the neck went back more, as it seems like it'd look really great hunched over.

[@maxaryan100]

Our Suiton in box fortress, Hallowed be your name. Your boxdom come Your wishlist be done, On Earth, as it is in Bandai. Give us this day our daily spam, And forgive us our debts, As we also have forgiven our debtors. And lead us not into grammar errors, But deliver us from bootlegs. Amen

[@denver6331]

Ben Dover whut?

[@martincastro9938]

@@denver6331 he re-wrote "Our Father who Art Thou Heaven". Our father who art thou heaven, Hallowed be thy name, Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done, On earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, And forgive us our sins, As we forgive those who sin against us. Not bring us to the test, But bring us from temptation. Amen

[@vustvaleo8068]

with the odd arm proportions, its like Barbatos became Slender man, friend to all Iron-Blooded orphaned children?

[@ryanwalters1682]

Guess who's gonna build a werewolf gunpla, this guy. Can't wait to customize this.

[@winatas]

i totally agree with you, "its pose really really well" thats the main selling point for this hg kit i gues

[@MaktubStar]

i bought my first gundam and i really love the design no complain at all

[@threatfiree]

really love how far the toe can bend on this and the original lupus. Really wish the 1/100 was able to do that :/

[@dualwieldingbarbatos2923]

Love this kit

[@thedandy6765]

i painted the fingers of him in a really different way i dipped them in white (the longer sharp like parts) and then after 3 hours in yellow and now they look perfect yellow no weird spots with more or less paint at some points

[@amirazhar8377]

Still love barbatos...my favorite gundam design so far...im getting this kit yeah! Thank you zakuaurelius

[@sadchild9478]

It’s my fav design too. I love how you can see the pistons and the mechanical detail instead of it looking perfect with everything covered with panels

[@classicalthrasher]

I am building this right now and see nothing too bad about it-just extra work for me as I generally like painting sticker colors with markers. But it's a good and fun gunpla endeavor. Taking longer than I expected because of all the details I am painting along the way (it has a lot of small to medium details to paint if you are picky-I didn't find painting the finger claws of each of the four hands too challenging, so pay not too much mind to such critiques... definitely, stickers would have sucked on the fingers!) Despite some "wrong" colors, the design engineering was amazing, with very stiff arms ensuring longevity and being able to wield that enormous mace without trouble. They definitely cut costs in the color separation parts, but the design itself is ❤❤❤ for me. And in the end, it becomes even more enjoyable as I have to work and make my own choices as I "fix" the "inaccurate" colors. Even though I didn't see the full series, am familiar with Barbatos Lupus Rex, and love its animalistic, unique design. This HG's proportions are fine by *me*! Not a regular Gundam by any stretch. 😊 In short, excellent mechanical engineering, lots of painting to do if you like details, due to a somewhat lacking color separation. You could always use the stock stickers, of course, but even the humble Gundam Markers can make a big difference in the overall end result.

[@justinjacobs1501]

My Rex has even bigger arms... I modded them so I could put two tail blades in place of the sub arms and they look great. I'm still working on modding the rest of the design though but it looks beastly.

[@sea_triscuit7980]

Love the model but the problems I kept having were the torso detaching from the waist and the weapon always falling off with the handplate haha but besides that it was a fun and easy-ish build

[@drei7316]

His hands go past his shins where it supposed to be on his mid knee. The color accuracy on every barbatos are weak but its an easy fix.😀

[@TheRealFacemanguy]

It has proportions of a sonic character but hey at least the side skirts aren't ridiculously huge

[@realityisduality1897]

I think the sword mace would fit better with the lupus rex and the ultra large mace would fit better with the regular lupus since the lupus's hands aren't weapons by themselves so a bigger weapon Wilkes fix that

[@peterchi3568]

How would i make the tail wire longer?

[@KingOfHalla]

buy a longer wire.

[@heavyriffs4807]

Does this kit allowed to store additional/option sets weapons on its back pack?

[@ZakuAurelius]

yeah, there are ports on the side of the backpack

[@phuongthaolethi1554]

I hate the arms because they are to long, but I also like those because it’s gave him the monster look

[@chacrawarrior]

that gundam is me when i am in the computer and i need to reach something but i don´t want to stand up.

[@davidchan3781]

The yellow stickers look alright from a distance. Up close though....a completely different story....almost a nightmare to look at really....

[@ZakuAurelius]

They aren't good, no.

[@abrenvillanueva8623]

What to do with the leftover parts in the runners?

[@Youarekenough]

I personally just keep all spare parts just in case i need it. But other than that, you can just throw it if you want cuz it has no use for the kit

[@MaiHobby]

Have you played Megaman Battle Network? Because I cannot find any Gundam to better represent Cybeast Gregar transformation than this one.

[@Tofu6969]

I luv mega man x but battle network is fine

[@Elehk99]

anyone know any good melee-based gundam that use primarily fists? I have try burning already but I'd like another. I was gonna do titus cannon, but then I found out it wasn't by bandai so it was immediately out

[@qiushuang239]

Gundam Dantalion?

[@Bahamut8937]

Elehk Dantalion and Titus(from age) are the only ones I remembered

[@vincentxiong16]

Elehk Meele based, but not fist, is Exia from 00

[@lhcwresslar5033]

all hail the Bearded Wolf King

[@pandaviking6669]

could you give a tutorial on best way to fill in hollow space on a kit or like an SD

[@henriquequedevez7884]

robbiesenpaiplz check out his tutorial videos he covered it before. basically you fill it with putty..then sand it down and paint over it

[@brendanturner6726]

what paint or marker could I use to fix the yellow parts?

[@petertwigg7895]

I used a gold Gundam paint markers. Looks great

[@kaoru288]

I only have the HG Barbatos Lupus so I havent really tried it but have you tried taking the Lupus's shoulders and side skirts and put it on the Rex? like mix and match the parts together? I dont have the Lupus Rex yet so i was curious as to how it would look like

[@christiancardeno2706]

Wanna see it too..

[@rahmathadi855]

I think you can swap the shoulder armor since the hg IBO gundam kits have the same shoulder connection. Don't know with the the side skirt, since not all the connection part there are the same

[@kaoru288]

Oh yeah I saw that. but he only changed its arms though. not the shoulder pads. I would honestly love to kit bash both Barbatos variations and see the results but the Rex is not yet available from where I am Orz

[@hitrevvy]

What can i use as a longer wire for the tail?

[@023_igedekarmenmaheswarapu5]

Wow

[@aki9851]

i hate it when people hate his proportions lol

[@shinixb.6500]

What the use of the holes of the backpack of the Lupux Rex? is the short cannon from MS Option kit 7 compatible with it?

[@rbdzn_]

that flying base r was soldout every where when i was in tokyo :'(

[@Arikrog92]

blasdiaz _ buy it online...

[@pablomorgon]

Should I pick this one or the standard lupus? I like both designs, but I'm not sure wich one is better for the price and for what you get. Anyone pls

[@pablomorgon]

I actually appreciate a lot the rex's short sideskirts

[@kaim.5292]

Great review man! quick question... what can I used to paint the tail, fingers and toes yellow? *new to gundam coloring*

[@christdanger7779]

yeah also you can use metalic gold or yellow

[@christdanger7779]

but i think colloring the toes of rex may be good i recomend you to just put sticker in the toes and just paint tail and the finger

[@Youarekenough]

@@christdanger7779 yeah i feel like its gonna be hard to paint the toes unless you hand-painted it. Ill just use gundam markers for some exposed plastic

[@pwimetime6687]

It's name should be "Barbatos Kong".

[@nicholasrodriguez1168]

Pwimetime. or king barbatos lupus

[@Grimmlocked]

well... the Rex is king....

[@nicholasrodriguez1168]

they could called rex barbatos lupus

[@mikethecurious2489]

Behold! A Mecha Gorilla that could take down King Kong

[@cocomcsprinkles2741]

I look forward to the 1/100 version review too! It should probably have better proportions to match its unusually large arms and feet compared to its HG counterpart.

[@CaptainBill22]

It's the Popeye Gundam.

[@CaptainBill22]

I'm Barby the Gundam, man! I'm Barby the Gundam, man! I beat all the Grazes and Kimaris too I'm Barby the Gundam, man!

[@jimzarate7976]

The A24 piece of my copy broke. Fortunately, I had a backup. How can I strength that piece?

[@helmypradika5029]

What is the smaller hands and other unfuncional parts for? I mean I dont know how to use it and just leave it on the runner😂

[@purpledragon2504]

Helmy Pradika just extra parts from other kits that use the same runner. 1 year late btw

[@maxaryan100]

Hey zach you should see if you could modify the gundam the end's hands to work with this since his hands are yellow and shaped like claws.

[@JAKEATO]

I wonder if you can use the extra arm of the first Barbatos on this guy .( for use 2 vainilla Barbatos to give him short arms).

[@quanganx5466]

I can see the holes on the side of the backpack, can you use that to store weapons?

[@ZakuAurelius]

yep. but there isn't much space there- so it's gonna be a little tricky.

[@quanganx5466]

ZakuAurelius thanks a lot for replying!!! It really helped, love your channel!!!

[@FR33S1A]

what i did to my stickers is i apply double sided tape to the part where ill stick the stickers then apply sticker and its now more durable to come off...

[@thecanadianeh1438]

Do you know if the shoulders can be swapped out for the astaroth origin's shoulders? for a custom project im working on.

[@ZakuAurelius]

I think so

[@skuffles]

at least he's not dragging his knuckles along the ground.... This thing looks better with the SD head on it......

[@jenniferlin234]

Are the white loose pieces on the torso loose only for him? Plz answer me because I need to know before buying! Thx for anyone replying!

[@Kevin-nv1kl]

Rg ibo

[@abraxis7292]

Why is it that the IBO line is so insanely sticker heavy? its like Bandai tried to cut costs on the tiniest amount of plastic they couldve added for color apps

[@d10ragingmountain11]

Bandai most likely wanted to keep costs low on the kits, this was done by using many stickers as well as having some equipment sold separately in the HGIBA sets.

[@zetatrain]

That's most likely the reason. IBO HG kits tend to be cheaper than those of other HG lines.

[@Mudux]

The plastic isn't the expensive part, the molds are.

[@rovvy221]

I can already see someone will turn the 1/100 into a MA/carrier and let the 1/144 mounts it in GBWC.

[@kblanko5]

In one word describe the HG IBO and Thunderbolt kits. Me: stickers

[@rolandfrancisbadiola480]

i love the savageness of this guy :3

[@gundambuilderstv8258]

How thick is the wire?

[@ZakuAurelius]

Gundam Builders TV I'm not sure off hand. I'd have to measure it. You mean in millimeters right?

[@gundambuilderstv8258]

ZakuAurelius yeah in milimeyers

[@kevinc1162]

Does anyone notice how the backpack on the on the barbatos is black? Mine came white

[@namikazeamal2916]

Excuse me i wanna ask. Hope u notice and respond my comment. My question is can he stand as usual when u attach his weapon on his back?

[@ATBN99]

make a tutorial for how to paint the claws

[@ZakuAurelius]

what'll you give me?

[@ATBN99]

ZakuAurelius subscription

[@yungwells6549]

Wish they scaled down the arms like the 1/100 version

[@Tofu6969]

But it can’t hold the weapon if tat happened

[@taddad2641]

they mech is pretty badass.......... but i am REALLY iffy about how iron blooded orphans is going right now. like really iffy. i have bad feelings that it is gettin shitty

[@ZakuAurelius]

the ADD writing style could really fall apart in the end. But hey, they can always make an extra movie to wrap it up (and milk the series more) later!

[@kutbuddinkheriwala6806]

lupus rex is awesome

[@winatas]

definetely

[@smsm3956]

I want to ask, what is your action base brand for this hg?

[@jiromaeda2200]

happy birthday meister

[@RodH_05]

It looks more like an Ultra Digimon than a Gundam.

[@RSA1254]

Just found out this is not the final form of barbstos

[@UVAmatsuo]

Edwin RSA But it is for Season 2.

[@RSA1254]

Well it's almost the end of the story , might as well go out with a bang. I'll just wait and see if the final form is significant improvement or not. After this review i was having a second thought of getting this lupus rex since he is able to hold the XXXL mace without a base.

[@daws761]

Edwin RSA the "shadow pic" was an edited photo from IG so this is the last one

[@bagonmyhead69]

I have a hard time believing that they'll make another barbatos as we literally just go this one

[@RSA1254]

Thnx for the info.

[@jolocostiniano5249]

gundam barbatos mg frame and gundam barbatos lupusrex outer frame and little bit sticking and you can create gundam barbatos lupus rex mg

[@steffy2]

I might gonna get this , I order gunpla and paint this friday (rip about 120$ XD) might pick this up if its in stock at hlj and practice hand painting to get wrid of the stickers , but what do you think this or the normal barbatos ? or even the flauros ? want to touch the flauros up with uv light reactive paint ,...but wait I wanted to do that with the scramble D:.......ARGHH why is choosing gunpla so hard ...help me XD....pls

[@davidbecker4218]

i thought the claws were supposed to be yellowish?

[@Farons8]

Anyone know how decent a kit would look if the only painting you did on it was detail painting? I wanna fix color apps and whatnot so I've got some acrylics coming in but I don't have an airbrush to compliment them.

[@zetatrain]

If you just paint the details then it will at least look better than with the stickers.

[@rahmathadi855]

If you want to make the kit show accurate with just painting the missing color, it will be fine. Most of the time, painting the small detail will be better than using sticker but will consume more time. You can even topcoat it with gloss or matte topcoat to make it look less plastic. The full painting with airbrush are usually done to change the whole color to the painter custom color

[@deadsoul7512]

Bandai does not complete the hole figure like the claws.the back is only black it should ba white

[@linhnt23]

This or the normal one? I like them both but can't choose, can you help me? Tks.

[@srntnjl523]

I might be 2 years late, but Barbatos Lupus is the best HG Barbatos IMO

[@The_menace_of_yt]

Lupus rex I so good

[@tomefilho3902]

I wish the 1/100 have that guns he use in the Anime.

[@xSkye629x]

Erm the Lupus Rex's guns are integrated into the arms in case you didn't notice

[@sundancelancer1502]

Calamity War era Barbatos maybe?

[@aniplamo5038]

So Zack, what is your favourite HG Barbatos Form?

[@ZakuAurelius]

maybe the original HG.

[@absolute_erwin]

BARBATOS LUPUS REX = WAR GREYMON KIMARIS VIDAR = CLOYSTER BAEL = MEWTWO

[@verax0436]

cloyster??? .... you might have a "point"

[@gunplaray2.085]

what's your favorite version of the barbatos

[@samuelkolarik9760]

lupus

[@lolo-san8818]

I broke the shoulder joints on this.

[@eduardopuntos1415]

love 😍😍 kit

[@misterbulate]

For height comparison, is the Rex taller than Lupus?

[@rogerher3827]

misterbulate no their the same

[@emmohal]

welp nope think theres a new one with a spikey shoulder pad

[@jackwilson6570]

i think if the torso was longer and there were less stickers then this kit would be perfect or y'know as good as it will get.

[@popotatopotato9218]

Does this model require glue? I want to get it, but I'm new to model kits.

[@ZakuAurelius]

No glue required!

[@popotatopotato9218]

ZakuAurelius Thank you for the reply. I’m glad it doesn’t require glue, it’d fall apart if i tried to glue it. Also, are there any other models you’d recommend?

[@PsyChromed]

@@popotatopotato9218 Im not Zaku but i recommend Hg Rx78 revive its beginner friendly hope im not late and enjoy building

[@popotatopotato9218]

@@PsyChromedI'll check it out! I got this kit, and since, I've gotten several others! Model kit building has become one of my favorite hobbies!

[@CaliburHex]

For me its not based on a warewolf its based on a demon godlike

[@Zer0Hour17]

I hate it's arms. That's my number 1 issue with this kit. It looks so goofy like they put MG arms on a HG kit. I feel like I want to try and kitbash it with the regular lupus arms.

[@gundamminecraft]

It has extra Peices to make new arms to

[@Veliuss]

Lupus REKTS

[@ethanocampo5083]

;-; its perfect

[@roliandibagas244]

Barbatos Lupus Gorilla. even the sub-arms is kinda dumb.

[@nicholasrodriguez1168]

Roliandi Bagas. there look like werewolf arms

[@jackwilson6570]

there'll probably be a barbatos repair or something at the very end of the series.

[@changie3541]

Real grade Lupus or lupus rex

[@justinogawa7946]

This guy sounds like rich brian

[@philhayes3781]

Arms way to long torso to short way copler in the anime my opinion though

[@gabrieloandasan1339]

Smoke weed everyday

[@Shigization]

Way too many stickers on this kit