[kamen rider Q]

Gaim has been revealed!
https://www.instagram.com/p/CxfJqYJs3YR/
Metallic orange plating!
The eyes are also recreated with clear plastic in front of the metallic orange, rather than clear orange over silver.
He’s got both of his swords (which can combine) as well as a removable lock seed (yay!).
Also it looks like his armour may actually be able to fold up into a fruit, at least partially.
And of course, the next one is confirmed to be Kiva.

[Henshinmorph917]

Gaim looks good and proportions look just like the figuart version. How fitting that Kiva will be the last one and I hope they do him justice like the seihou did

[Sunred]

*Sets up beach chair and waits for someone to paint it as Bujin Gaim while sipping mojitos*

[SPLIT LIP]

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Originally Posted by kamen rider Q

Gaim has been revealed!
https://www.instagram.com/p/CxfJqYJs3YR/
Metallic orange plating!
The eyes are also recreated with clear plastic in front of the metallic orange, rather than clear orange over silver.
He?s got both of his swords (which can combine) as well as a removable lock seed (yay!).
Also it looks like his armour may actually be able to fold up into a fruit, at least partially.
And of course, the next one is confirmed to be Kiva.

The clear visor and semi-folding armour is almost certainly future-proofing for Arms Change capabilities.

Very excited. Plated orange is great to hear and even if the gold is not plated, I feel like painting gold is much easier than painting an accurate metallic orange.

[kamen rider Q]

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Originally Posted by SPLIT LIP

The clear visor and semi-folding armour is almost certainly future-proofing for Arms Change capabilities.

Very excited. Plated orange is great to hear and even if the gold is not plated, I feel like painting gold is much easier than painting an accurate metallic orange.

Definitely on both fronts.

I wonder how similar the engineering will be to the old Arms Change figures (will the eyes be attached to the helmet and slot in, or will you have to take apart some of the head).

Also yes. My regular paint supplier (Citadel) doesn?t do coloured metallics, so painting up golds and silvers is much easier.

[MrWilliamGraham]

SHF Drive versus Unstickered FRS. A little faint to see, but the emblem on the helmet is sculpted in

https://twitter.com/toritori9314/sta...363753238?s=20

[SPLIT LIP]

Even the black on his helmet is a sticker?

[Kyushushu]

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Originally Posted by MrWilliamGraham

SHF Drive versus Unstickered FRS. A little faint to see, but the emblem on the helmet is sculpted in

https://twitter.com/toritori9314/sta...363753238?s=20

As soon as I saw this post I immediately ordered new black and white Gundam markers. This is going to be a rough one.

[Kyushushu]

Working on Drive right now. Most of the kit is really good, detailed and easy to correct with some paint. The biggest issues are in two spots: the white lines and a small part on the back. The lines are not molded well, so unless you want to break out a straight edge you might just want to use stickers. Luckily the stickers for the white lines are thicker and seem a little more durable. As for the back, there are two small parts that should be red on the black part. There are stickers, but it just blew my mind that the red wasn't an extension of the red front piece that it's connected to. It's not seen for the most part, but trying to color match the front was a pain when it felt like it could have been an easy fix on bandai's side. The kit was great, but I just kept thinking I'd rather pay an extra 5-10 bucks for some better molding/color separation.

[SPLIT LIP]

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Originally Posted by Kyushushu

The kit was great, but I just kept thinking I'd rather pay an extra 5-10 bucks for some better molding/color separation.

This is how I've felt with just about every FRS kit besides, I dunno, Black? And before that, maybe Kuuga and Agito? (actually Blade was pretty damn good considering the suit design)

My Drive is finally on its way, so I'm interested to see how those white stripe stickers turn out. I'd like to paint the red for a better quality look so the mould lines might get covered up a bit.

Honestly the stripes don't bother me nearly as much as the head logo. Even if it wasn't a separate part, the fact that it's joined to the head stripes means unless you have precision cutting skills it's either painting both or neither, when I'd prefer to paint the logo and have the stripes as stickers. (again, if they're good)