Girls and mecha

Gemuste has done a poll on favourite anime series and has put up results by gender. When taking a look at the results:

Males
1) K-On!
2) The Melancholy of Suzumiya Haruhi
3) Lucky Star
4) Gundam (all series)
5) Saki
6) Evangelion
7) Nanoha
8) Hetalia
9) Clannad
10)Toradora!

Females
1) Gundam (all series)
2) K-On!
3) Code Geass
4) Macross Frontier
5) Evangelion / Toradora! (tie)
6) The Melancholy of Suzumiya Haruhi
7) Lucky Star
8) Clannad
9) Guren Lagan
10)Minami-ke

Seeing the amount of mecha series in the girls top 10 (or top 5 even), makes it looks like there are quite some girls that like mecha series. It looks like the new approach of putting bishounen in mechas pays off. I'm not sure about the accuracy as there were 923 males compared with only 360 females who answered. But it does look like the target audience is evolving.

via altjapan via gemuste

image via gelbooru

Gunpla Project Update

Last week there was another plamo session where I and some comrades worked on our plamo. This time I finished the build of my MG Strike E IWSP. I added the weapons and had my first experience with putty. One of the aiming thingies on the IWSP's guns broke off and got lost. So I fabricated a new one with putty. Now it looks like a yellow blob grew on the IWSP. I still need to file/sand it down ._. Still need to putty more misses and seams.

I also took some pics using the dslr with macrolens of a comrade. The pics look much nicer than what my digicam produces.

Strike E IWSP *progress*

Today i finally have found the time to continue building my Strike E IWSP. For some time now my Strike E IWSP has been armless. Lately i couldn't find the time (was too lazy) to build the arms. Together with some comrades we spent the afternoon and evening building plamo. Had a good time and it is a great idea to make people that put off building plamo ^^;

Results of the day:
Strike E IWSP finally got arms ^^; (Added some panellining to test my new markers, I know it looks like crap but at least it got arms)

Now it just needs weapons and the build is somewhat complete. Still need to fill up mistakes add details and sand it until it is all smooth. All that then awaits me is painting it~
We'll see how long I can put off that one...

New MG Sinanju Pictures

I came across some new Mg Sinanju pictures I just had to share.

The sinanju with the pilot. You now can see and appreciate the size of the Sinanju.

Action shot with large axe

pictures via amiblog

MSN-06S Sinanju Ver. Ka

A new MG has been announced and is open for reservation. The MSN-06S Sinanju Ver.Ka. After the Unicorn this is the new Ver. Ka. Based on the Sazabi you can recognise the traits from it. It is from the same timeframe as the Unicorn and it was built to compete with the Unicorn. It is also equipped with a psychoframe but it does not looks like it has a destroyer mode. It looks quite nice. Out for release late December.

Gundam Pack Exchange

While building the MG Strike E IWSP a question hit me. Is the IWSP compatible with other gundams? I only have 2 other MG to try it on. The MG Freedom and the MG Strike Freedom. It did require some minor changes but here are the results:

The MG Freedom with IWSP. The pack did not fit entirely. I had to remove 2 thrusters from the back of Freedom for the IWSP to fit. Sacrificing 2 thrusters for 1 large pack wasn't that big of a problem ^^. I must say the pack looks good on the Freedom.
Another pose holding the shield. Getting the pose right was not so simple. The swords form the IWSP were somewhat in the way of the arms.
Here Strike Freedom with the old wings comes along. Too bad the IWSP doesn't fit on the Strike Freedom.
Soon when I finish the Strike E IWSP I will try more variations.

New Gundam:00 game

2 PV's have been released for the upcoming gundam:00 game. It will be released for the PS2(which means I will be able to play it), on October 16th. The battle system is somewhat different from the previous Gundam games. Button press timing moments have been added and it looks much faster than the previous games. If the gameplay is good this will be my favorite medium of Gundam 00 as the anime was somewhat disappointing.

next MG gundam

It was confirmed a while ago, the Infinite Justice from Seed Destiny is the next MG model. Releasing in October Hobbysearch has it already for preorder. It looks nice, though it does not have as much features as the Strike Freedom to play with. It would stand nice next to my Strike Freedom.
mmm i'm tempted...