For Gunpla builders, painting a kit is like drawing on paper. A straight build is like coloring in a blank coloring book, while an all-white kit is truly a blank canvas. Painting standard 1/144 scale Gunpla is par for the course, but tackling candy toy models or even smaller figures? That's where real dexterity and patience come into play.
Enter Twitter user Nicovol (@nicovol48), a Gunpla painting maestro. This time, they took on a "High Mobility Z'Gok" from the "Gundam Superior Define" candy toy series, a mobile suit originally featured in "Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket."
(Image source: Bandai)
These candy toy models are typically a pale orange and fit right in the palm of your hand. But that didn't faze Nicovol! They enhanced the original mobile suit colors, giving it a stunning metallic finish and incredible three-dimensional depth.
And get this: the palm beam cannon looks like it's actually "glowing" and about to fire, thanks to yellow paint meticulously applied around the fingers. From the mobile suit's body to its weaponry, the level of detail is so high, it's hard to believe it's just a candy toy!
This masterpiece totally blew netizens away, especially the ingenious beam cannon effect. Comments flooded in like, "It's glowing! It actually glows!" Beyond that clever touch, the overall look of the mobile suit earned heaps of praise. Seriously, from every angle, this High Mobility Z'Gok is absolutely flawless!
via： ねとらぼ