u/JarateHunter

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So this is what I've been up to since the last post with Justice of Razgriz. With nothing but the reveal trailer to go with, I already committed to making this. The game could flop one way or another but I know what I heard in that trailer and I know that the soundtrack's got my back, and that's what inspired me to make this ahead of the game's release - especially in the latter half of the trailer after Rex (2) came out of the water. I may or may not have cried multiple times when that part plays.

Wing Gundam was an obvious choice for the base, although I considered grunt suits because grunts can be cool and why not since most AC protags use mass produced, non-5th gen planes in canon anyway. I settled on RG Wing TV specifically because of how its wings spread out like it does - close enough to Rex's orange wing - and the final photo in the gallery is exactly what it felt like to see the title drop in the trailer.

Made the decals myself since not even 3rd party decal makers had them at the time that I was making this and I didn't want to wait, so I apologize if they look a bit off from up close.

u/JarateHunter — 15 days ago
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I got so hyped by the one trailer song that I couldn't wait for the game to come out and started making this immediately.

This was a nice kit overall, although I didn't like how the pegs and holes in the wings looked + I didn't want to deal with different tolerances in them once they were painted so I removed them and tried replacing them with magnets which mostly worked well. >!I did, however realize too late that I messed up one part of the right wing so that's why it won't close properly. Whoops.!<Also after painting, for some reason I couldn't get the foot to bend all the way down like it's supposed to for bird mode, not sure what happened in there.

Apologies for the exposed wires in some shots, but the power unit for the LEDs is in fact in the shield where the beam saber is supposed to be stored; I would have hidden them in the arm if possible if I didn't need it to transform at least once for the photos.

Decals specific to Rex / Wings of Theve were all custom printed since not even third party decal makers have made them. On one hand it's pretty noticeable how different their quality is up close, but on the other I got to control each decal's size to exactly as I needed them. I did pay for the whole sheet though and I have more projects in the future so I used the whole sheet, but those will have to be a build (or more) for next time.

u/JarateHunter — 15 days ago