This is the second part of the review for the Crossbone Gundam X1. You can read the first part here.
It took me roughly 3 days to build this guy. 1st day for the torso, head and arms. 2nd day to rest my tired left holding hand. 3rd day to finish off the rest of the body and weapons. Photoshoot was done roughly a week later. =P
Read on for the rest of the review! =D
Part 1: Height Comparisons
As you can see, the Crossbone Gundam X1 is quite small as it stands 15.9m tall in the manga. ^^
Thus, it is roughly about 15.9cm in the 1/100 scale. Really quite short as you can see my tallest HG, the AHEAD, is almost as tall as it! It really surprises me how detailed something so small can be. ^^
Part 2: Up, Left, Down, Right
Part 3: Core Fighter
The following is about how to put the core fighter into the X1.











Part 4: Articulation


Part 5: Weapons & Gimmicks
Part 5.1: Cockpit
Part 5.2: "Heat Release"
Part 5.3: Beam Saber

Part 5.4: Heat Daggers






Part 5.5: Brand Marker






FYI, the Brand Markers can also form a beam shield as can be seen by the manga though something Kinkedo didn't really want to use... The beam shield is strong enough to enable the X1 to do an atmospheric re-entry!
Part 5.6: BusterRifle...Part 5.7: Zamber




Part 5.8: Zambuster
Part 5.9: Scissor Anchor


This weapon is good for grabbing back the Zamber that Kinkedo seems to throw at the enemy once in a while. ^^;
Part 5.10: Screw Whip


Part 5.11: Anti Beam Coating Mantle
Part 6: Randomness
Part 7: Conclusion
I totally love this Gundam! Its a pirate and it excels in melee! Yay for melee fighters!
Pros
- Small and easy to keep due to less space needed.
- Quite cheap at 3500 Yen.
- Large set or armaments.
- Pirates.
- Cloak of awesomeness.
- Intimidating face.
- Skulls.
- Katoki.
- No polycaps?
- Zamber can't be held properly.
- Small, fragile parts(wrists, face plate, etc).
- Elbow connection can come off quite easily.
- Need to panel line it to look decent by the least. Snap fitting isn't enough.
- Some really annoying nub marks especially on the inner frame.
- Might need some extra work if you want to apply all the decals.
- Katoki.
- No polycaps?
Get it or don't get it? Well, if you like pirates and melee oriented Gundams, this kit is the one for you! At first I was like "okay" with this guy but after I got it via request from my sister, built it and then read the manga, I like it a lot more. ^^ Also, for 3500 Yen, why not? Unless of course you want to gun for the Full Cloth version instead which costs 4500 Yen with more armaments but lacks the cloak though.
Okay, that's it for now. Until the next post.
3 comments:
lol The pro and con is both Katoki?
And so it really doesn't hold on the weapon as properly as rumoured.
I also noticed that you haven't done the most important part of a ver.Ka kit. Decals. That's why you put Katoki as con? XD
I was also looking forward to the cloak but you didn't show it.
Hmm? Oh, your sister is also interested in Gundam? That's rare.
I won't put decals on any of my Gundams until I get me some topcoat. Wanna make sure the the overall appearance doesn't end up looking like decal/sticker on toy plastic. =P
Anyways, I like my Gundams simple looking. XD
For the cloak, I still don't want to open it and cut the needed to cut parts. Maybe next time. >_>;
My sister and I virtually share similar interests. ^^
Share same interest, huh? That's nice. ^^
I had a brother and he doesn't even like Gundams as much as I do. XD
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