Quick ZGMF-1000 Zaku Question...
Quick ZGMF-1000 Zaku Question...
Does the HG 1/144 Zaku Warrior kit work with the NG 1/144 Wizard packs for the Blaze Zaku Phantom and Slash Zaku Phantom kits? Or will I have to drop for the HG versions of the latter kits to get my Zaku collection complete?
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Re: Quick ZGMF-1000 Zaku Question...
Yes, the NG 1/144 Wizard and Silhouette packs are compatible with the HG kits, but I don't have any experience with the NG Blaze kit. The Slash pack lacks a central post for the polycap, so it just snaps in by the polygonal posts and holds in by friction; it's a good fit, though, and I've never worried about it falling out. It comes in all blue, though I don't know how much work you do on your kits.
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Re: Quick ZGMF-1000 Zaku Question...
Unfortunately I don't have a good reference for the Wizard packs themselves (sniffle). They LOOK predominantly gray with just a few color-specific panels. If that's the case, I'll just resort to using Zeon Green Gundam Marker to normalize it for the regular Zaku Warrior.Gone Astray wrote:Yes, the NG 1/144 Wizard and Silhouette packs are compatible with the HG kits, but I don't have any experience with the NG Blaze kit. The Slash pack lacks a central post for the polycap, so it just snaps in by the polygonal posts and holds in by friction; it's a good fit, though, and I've never worried about it falling out. It comes in all blue, though I don't know how much work you do on your kits.
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Re: Quick ZGMF-1000 Zaku Question...
The Slash, Gunner, and Blaze packs are mostly different shades of grey, with a bit of red or yellow here and there. A matching color set to the basic ZAKU would look really nice, though.Jaynz wrote:Unfortunately I don't have a good reference for the Wizard packs themselves (sniffle). They LOOK predominantly gray with just a few color-specific panels. If that's the case, I'll just resort to using Zeon Green Gundam Marker to normalize it for the regular Zaku Warrior.Gone Astray wrote:Yes, the NG 1/144 Wizard and Silhouette packs are compatible with the HG kits, but I don't have any experience with the NG Blaze kit. The Slash pack lacks a central post for the polycap, so it just snaps in by the polygonal posts and holds in by friction; it's a good fit, though, and I've never worried about it falling out. It comes in all blue, though I don't know how much work you do on your kits.
"For who would lose, though full of pain, this intellectual being--those thoughts that wander through eternity; to perish rather, swallowed up and lost in the wide womb of uncreated night, devoid of sense and motion?"
Re: Quick ZGMF-1000 Zaku Question...
Basically of you want a slash pack you gonna have to spray or paint the NG one, because it's entirely bleu. It did it a few years back, it's alot of work but it's nice when it's done. Or you can dream bandai will release a HG or MG one soon
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Re: Quick ZGMF-1000 Zaku Question...
At worst I'll get a Zaku Phantom Slash, I suppose. Winding up with a bunch of spare ZAKU Parts for kit-bashing isn't exactly a bad trade for me, and there are a few non-canon packs that I wouldn't mind getting builds of anyway.firefox wrote:Basically of you want a slash pack you gonna have to spray or paint the NG one, because it's entirely bleu. It did it a few years back, it's alot of work but it's nice when it's done. Or you can dream bandai will release a HG or MG one soon
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Following up, I did get the suits in (See the Corrupt the Young thread) and managed to get the Blaze cannons painted. I'm not terribly skilled at painting, unfortunately, since I have the attention span of a gnat for such things, but it came out okay. Surprisingly, there are no HG kits of the Slash anywhere to be found... which is a pity. I know there would be demand.
(As a thought, I'm a bit surprised that Bandai didn't release loose Striker, Silhouette, and Wizard packs.. the variants would have done fairly well and up-sold some of the grunt units quite nicely...)