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2005: Shield Liger Blox (Zoids Tactics)

RCM — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 23:55:34 +0000

A cute mini-me of Shieldy, now in Blox form! This was a birthday present from WIKD, much appreciated! As you can see, painting will be required for maximum coolness. There were some stickers meant to go over the fangs, but that doesn’t seem like as good as painting, so I’ll just hold out.

HMM-005 Shield Liger Mk-II

RCM — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 07:51:03 +0000

OK I’m completely in love with this kit, and I never used to even care about Shieldies. Thanks, Kotobukiya! The first HMM Shieldy was nice enough, but the color scheme on this one brings out a lot more detail, and has nicer contrast. Plus, gigantic cannons—always a plus! I think this one took about 16-18 hours to do, but that was spread out over a couple months, so I wouldn’t get burned out.

LATER The #!%#&!!% hoses under the belly broke when I was trying to put this in storage!

HMM-005 Shield Liger Mk-II (Build Review)

RCM — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 04:02:18 +0000

Another HMM build review/tips guide! Today we ask: should you glue some parts, even though it’s a “snap together” kit? The answer will surprise you.

(The answer is “yes”.)

Hip weakness:

Gluing the piece from step 28 to the rest of the hinder will solve the #1 complaint about HMM Shieldy. Also, the D31 pieces look a lot better if you go over the pipe parts in silver.
Gun bit:

That hose does not like to stay in place on its own, so glue the sucker!
Tail:

The instructions only call for using three of the H2 tail pieces, but that looks too short and stubby to me. Luckily, there is an extra one! (I think that’s what the second pic is actually saying)
Ankle armor:

And here’s the #2 Shieldy complaint: these pieces will not stay on for love or money! Glue them. I did discover that if you squeeze the sides of the foot, the plate will snap into place (but I still glued them, just to be sure).

HMM-001 Shield Liger

RCM — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 21:07:02 +0000

Containing over 400 pieces, this is one hell of a build. Took me a couple evenings to build, several hours to detail (with gundam markers, half the time was spent wiping off mistakes), and another evening to sticker. The stickers are even fussier than NJR ones, but at least they’re thinner. I still need to panel line, but that will have to wait.