My First Gunpla Display! How'd I do?

#Gundam #Gunpla #Diorama
This week, I decided to give Gunpla a try. I've been asked many times to use Gundam or Zaku in a diorama, but never have until now. I'm super happy with how this one turned out and I am excited do more. The articulation of the kits lends itself to some dynamic and exciting composition possibilities!
Kenshin is the Modeler behind the diorama at 1:30 in this video: m.blog.naver.c...
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[@samsveryniceaccount9258]

I just love how vibrant and neon it looks, truly an epic battle

[@erc3338]

Very Gundam Thunderbolt

[@AnvilAlex]

Sieg neon!

[@turtlegaming4427]

@@AnvilAlex lol

[@xXCORRONXx]

So freakin sick, shame the Zaku doesn't have a littleight for its eye though

[@rhino202]

I'm always amazed how well the final product comes out. The lights and smoke trails look so realistic, in such an unrealistic scene

[@phantomvulcan2206]

Indeedy, his lighting work covers all the other stuff

[@64bitrobot]

I really love the way you use the filaments and airbrushed cotton to capture such amazing dynamic moments in a static scene. I'd love to see a diorama going over the top with this effect.

[@Unit_With_Legs]

I think using it sparsely to give an accent to this piece is what makes the effect 🤔

[@wallabaatar]

This build just confirms that anything you decide to do is exceptionally done! Love the lights and smoke, and would love to see more Gunpla dioramas!

[@KnarbMakes]

I remember getting a gundam for Christmas when I was around 7 or 8 and it was one of my favorite toys. This diorama kicks ass!

[@och70]

I look forward to these dioramas every week. You never disappoint, they just keep getting cooler.

[@wakuotaku]

This is honestly the coolest Gundam diorama I’ve ever seen.

[@wjgaming6662]

Go look for ray studio or studio g or sdark, They build the coolest Gunpla and Gundam diorama... This person here not even close..

[@Mikey415abrea]

You must be new here.

[@PestoPla]

Personally disagree. Those poses just look offputting at best

[@Tharringbone]

Gunpla kits are rad as hell. Some truly wild engineering and great sources for kitbashing. Awesome to see your take on it.

[@fabioragone22]

Your videos never disappoint, it doesn't matter the subject of the diorama, if it's Star Wars, Wild Imaginary West or random battles... What a beauty of a diorama!

[@TheHavnmonkey]

Ive been watching your channel for a few months now, def enjoying your building techniques which I can only describe as "attainable DIY but also very skilled and professional." I am re-arranging my Nerd Room at the moment and have several SW and other model kits I plan on doing some mini shelf dioramas with. Thanks for showing us your creativity!

[@apexminiatures528]

The lights look sooo good. I love what you did with these models

[@TestPilotWally]

I have a huge soft spot for Gundam- I'm so glad you made something from that genre! It looks terrific, as always!

[@evocatusgrove824]

Been building gunpla for 5 years now and this is an amazing diorama you created. Great work!

[@barbatosrex9473]

Now this is what I'm talking about, a man after my own heart. Keep up the great work

[@dewottpower45]

Dude, this video finally pushed me over the edge to get into gundam and I just bought my fist kit

[@marcelpoppe362]

Ive toyed around with the idea of building dioramas myself for a while, but never did anything. In the recent videos by you i finally gave myself a little push and bought the stuff and just built. I'm pretty happy with how it turned out. Anyway, thank you for the great content!

[@pabloaloevera2]

It’s so beautiful it’s bringing tears to my eyes.

[@staceydeller2881]

Adding that projectile was a god-tier move! LOVE IT ALL

[@1x1.studio]

The final product always blows my mind. The light, the smoke is perfectly together. All of them create an awesome scene!

[@FredCheckers]

Those 2 were rivals in the show and are the most popular characters. They are the most available kits, so originality when picking up gunpla retail is difficult. Your take on the fight was really cool.

[@JoyceGreens]

This is so freaking awesome! great job man, I've been building gunpla for 10+ years and this is just too cool

[@edwinsouder6640]

I love how epic this fight looks. Loved watching the Gundam animes and playing some of the games but seeing this is so much better

[@reneosantos3096]

This is the first diorama of gundam that i saw with this details and no over killing the kits with paint. this diorama kit. makes me want to build one ! IT LOOKS SUPPER AMAZING!

[@NotSoFinalProductions]

Spectacular work. Hope to see more Gundam/Gunpla dioramas soon...

[@andygorman858]

This looks just like a scene from any Gundam series or side story! Amazing result!!

[@jacobakana5649]

The color variety is stunning!

[@earlware4322]

Awesome Gundam diorama sir!! I love the LEDs and smoke trails, they really help to sell the action going on. I was kind of surprised when you choose not to paint the figures, but decided to just detail them instead. The end result was very impressive and I was amazed at how much believability you achieved with just a wash and some light weathering. Simply masterful job!

[@kmecha-z4353]

More of this please! I really admire all your work for WIW. i watch your videos everyday at office with a full intention of making my own.

[@modelermark172]

Excellent work; especially the way you finished the models without painting any major parts! Those Bandai Gundam and Star Wars kits are marvels of engineering. It's remarkable how they're able to produce parts of different colors on a single parts tree. (I'm still amazed at the Darth Vader TIE Fighter with the solar panels being a single piece molded in TWO colors.) As a sidebar, when I was in Junior High School in the early 1970's, Bandai was famous for their detailed 1/48 scale World War 2 tank kits, complete with engines and interiors. I wish they'd bring some of those back . . . .

[@lucienwolfswift]

As a massive gunpla fan, this is incredible!!! I love it so much. Well done sir, you inspire me to want to be better lol.

[@elliotdawson1272]

This is incredible, as a huge fan of gundam you've absolutely nailed it! Can't wait to see what you create next!

[@Blockio1999]

It's really impressive to see a final product this good looking with such a low asking price on time committment and required knowledge. We need more stuff like this that lowers the percieved barrier of entry to dioramawork

[@gamerkingdom1442]

As one who’s been building Gunplas for years, and started to do Dioramas with them just last year, WELCOME TO THE HOBBY. You made a exceptional work!

[@Gumpeets]

Such an amazing way to elevate these kits! Great job

[@Nikofoxreal]

Words can’t explain how much and how long I’ve been waiting/wanting for you to gundam! I’ve been happy after this appearing in my notifications

[@tachi98lep]

Nice looking diorama-what an epic battle that would actually be in a movie or show!

[@bwop3369]

Super cool! Really glad you finally knocked a few gunpla out

[@amszulu]

This is amazing. Been seeing it around the web in all the Gunpla groups. Contest winner for sure

[@Stavekoff]

the smoke adds so much here

[@AtlasJotun]

Beautiful scene, the resin on the base of the saber was perfect. The diorama Boylei found on Pinterest was very well-executed, but his own 'rendition' is stunning. The nerd in me noted of the finished work: Ray-san must be very confident on this day, for he has positioned his shield to absorb the incoming explosive projectile, rather than using a shallow angle to deflect the round.

[@annbrookens945]

You do such a great job of selling the scene in all your dioramas! The smoke trails are a really great effect!

[@CajunCraftastrophe]

I like the way that you used XPS and the plaster rocks together. That's a nice combo. Great job on using the underlying plastic colors of the Gundams but sprucing it up with washes, edge highlights, and bare metal touches. Nice. Your cotton ball skills are growing! : ) Where oh where did you get that extremely tiny wiring from? I could have used that on my last project! Looks great, C!

[@orion19117]

That is AWESOME! I never could’ve imagined it would turn out like that! Great imagination! And creativeness!!!!

[@xJadeWolfxx]

I'm not even into Star Wars or Gundam and I eagerly devour these videos every week. Your artistic skill *makes* me care about franchises I would otherwise have no interest in.

[@garzilla7123]

I have built a few Gundam figures in the past, but man what you do with them is Amazing. You always make everything look so realistic. I just love to watch you work, I look forward to it every week.

[@Valorantgod1202]

yo man this MASTER piece is the best gundam fighting scene i ever saw on the internet keep up the good work!

[@sidsinder4144]

Perfect timing I have a buddy that hit me up yesterday thinking about getting into gunpla. So Im sharing your video with him to give him some inspiration.

[@russlondon]

Love your vids. Great projects & love the commentry too. 10/10.

[@AussieBall_Animations]

Looks absolutely epic, awesome work Hobby Time

[@russellrollain5295]

Wow. I have NEVER seen anything like this in my life! Amazing!. Just amazing.

[@scottymaxwell8205]

I've been watching your diorama builds for a short time now and the time and effort you put forth is astonishing. They look amazing. I originally looked for ideas on materials to use on my gunpla dioramas. This was a gorgeous tribute to a Gundam classic. Thanks so much for being awesome.

[@peyparoni]

Im a huge Gundam fan, and your videos are what got me into modeling! I've been wanting this for so long, an amazing build!

[@animalyze7120]

This is Amazing! Great work!

[@CeretPenyok]

When I got my first HG Gunpla and built it, I felt like something was missing; I thought I need a "better" detailed gunpla like RG or something to make it looks cool, but watching this video made me realizes that it's not what kind of grade my gunpla is, but turns out it's how creative I could be to make the product looks cool. This is amazing. I should finish my other HG gunpla and probably buy some led filaments and some paint. Thank you for this, you're awesome. subbed.

[@Harrfuzz]

I've been building Gunpla for years. I love what you did with Char's Bazooka. Ever since I saw the strobe LED's you have on the Star Wars videos I have wanted to do one melting through a mobile suit.

[@michaelerickson7364]

I have binged most of your videos this last month after I discovered your channel. Can’t wait for more!

[@LEWIIS23]

This is a dream come true! 😱 Would love to see you do more!!

[@craigkniffin4948]

This has to be one of the sickest dioramas I've seen in a while...your videos are always great

[@JasonPope989]

This might just be your best work involving LEDs, absolutely fantastic!

[@Stone_D.Leif00]

This is an amazing diorama and it goes to show you that you really don't need to break the bank to have an amazing piece like that in your collection thank you I'm inspired to see what I can do with stuff I have lying around the property now

[@bjc_]

Was drawn to how you said you're not a big proponent of following instructions, but because you wanted to stay accurate to the material, you decided to follow the instructions for this project. I'd love to see what you can make using a Gunpla kit but going wild with your own imagination instead of relying on how it's supposed to be built!

[@wixk]

my favorite by far. been waiting for you to do some gunpla stuff

[@kj_m14]

The neon filaments really take the project to the next level. Even small additions of weathering to the Gundam improve the presentation so much. And now that you've started tapping into the Gundam model-building, I hope to see you possibly look at Transformers figures as well and see how creative you can get with that. With Transformers, there's so many different versions of every character (G1, Cybertron, Animated, etc) that the possibilities are endless. Like different versions of Optimus Prime fighting different versions of Megatron in a massive battle or something.

[@frankcosyns2348]

woooooooooo! that's what we're waiting for! i love your work!

[@ajschwartz3924]

This video is sick! I love the lighting the most. Great job once again.

[@countgrogu1269]

FINALLY! been wanting to see a Gundam Diorama from you for a long while!!

[@hazonku]

The lighting just takes them up to a whole other level!

[@dregbash]

your builds are always so straightforward, yet amazing. I love them.

[@TheTypicalNinjas]

This might be one of my favorite so far in terms of the lighting elements. Looks so good, excellent job my friend!

[@michakasprzak6869]

Every time you make something with those lights, it's amazing. Youngsters would say it's *lit*

[@CiofinhoHD]

Char vs Amuro done right! I love this!

[@tjlambaes]

Bad ass man. Just found the world of Gunpla. It’s cool to see the things ppl do with them.

[@debbralehrman5957]

You always do such an awesome job on all of your projects. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@tomatoheadfd]

In my inexperienced oppinion probably your best work when it comes to the lighting led effects, they look so realistic!

[@lucaortolani2059]

These videos are stunning. Never getting tired of them

[@Deytrex]

I definitely wouldn't mind more Gundam diorama's, this is awesome!!

[@TomWDW1]

The dynamic angle of this one is amazing!! Great work

[@natalebabbo-gunplaanddioramas]

Awesome! Looks spectacular! The tip of isopropyl alcohol to help spreading diluted pva glue is very useful.

[@Pedro_Kantor]

I love how you did this with two simple HG kits.

[@ericc7925]

This is incredible! The details on the smoke and bazooka are next level immersive

[@nat1club349]

As an avant Gundam and gunpla fan, thank you so so much. It's beautiful

[@onealryan]

This is soooooo DOPED! Superbly crafted art!🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥💯

[@lxd_scalemodels]

This is absolutely amazing, beside the lighting I like the dynamic the scene spreads 👍👍👍

[@Dynamodel48]

nice build. one of the coolest lighting effects i have seen.

[@renzkellingin2324]

Mannn I love these scene where zaku and gundam clashes, you had me there. This is cool man🥰

[@AnarchyThirtySeven]

Absolutely love it ! Please make more Gundams/mobile suits.

[@BenderDigital]

I love it. The only criticism I have is that I wish you'd lit up the monoeye on the MS-06S and the eyes on the RX-78-2; I think it would've been a great extra detail that would've drawn the eye to three separate points, between the weapons, thrusters, and eyes, and lit up the fronts of the suits a bit better so they weren't silhouetted quite as much. But all that said, amazing work!

[@the_crusading_otaku]

I wonder how amazing and creative people could be with these skills and Master grade kits with them being bigger and more comfortable to add and hide wires.

[@jt.creation_yt]

I love the videos like it’s so satisfying watching you make these amazing scenes. Like this is so inspiring

[@blaaaaaaaaaaaaargh]

Welcome to your new backlog collecting hobby.

[@lifeofmrordinary]

The talent on display is astonishing. Another triumph.

[@davidf2281]

The bazooka projectile is absolutely perfect!

[@baudsp]

the lighting SLAPS!

[@xCriticalStrikex]

Totally sick! Those lights make everything so good!

[@frankierzucekjr]

This is awesome, you're so good at the cotton explosions. I would maybe paint the silver pipes that are holding them up, with that black 3.0 stuff so they blend into the background. My buddy really likes this figurines, so this was cool.

[@konoikurozora5851]

Oh wow, this looks so great! The very defined colors of the suits combined with the bright colors of the light effects are stunning! I especially like how the bazooka shot's rendered

[@kevintang2605]

Bandai Boylei? Yes!

[@purpledreamz7790]

every time I think he is done he adds one more thing that makes it look even better.

[@modvavet]

Holy shit that's amazing I just built my first gunpla in 22 years, the HG 1/144 Turn A. It was exciting!

[@TekGeekDad]

Go Bandai Gundam! great to see a different genre. thanks.