While the gun and shield has been repainted, the beam saber is in its original molded plastic state with some panel lining only on the handle. the OZ-00MS TallgeeseĪs you can probably tell from the first and last photos on this post, the Leo also come with weapon and shield accessories. but I'm fond of this design because its similar to one of my favourites i.e. In terms of its general silhouette, the Leo grunt suit has a profile that is largely unspectacular. I'm sure there are some good third party decals you could use for the Leo but Ï didn't have any at hand so I just left the Leo alone without any decal markings whatsoever. No decals were included with this model kit so applying markings on the Leo was a non-starter. which in my opinion makes it that much more visible to enemy units in the battlefield.Īpart from painting and panel-lining, the only other thing of note I did was to place a shiny foil behind the mono-eye. the Leo grunt suit has a generous splash of rather vivid red on both sides of its head. One thing that's aesthetically pleasing but is perhaps a tad illogical is the fact that. Since it's all make-believe, aesthetics win over realism. But from an artist's point of view, the reds do make the color scheme more attractive. Granted you would've the occasional oddball with too much bravado, but the majority would want to stay camouflaged. I'm assuming grunts would generally wish to stay inconspicuous during war. And I don't quite get why a grunt suit would have vivid reds on its head, which would stand out in a battlefield. hence its predominantly dull green and brown color scheme.Īs color schemes go, the Leo has a pretty basic one comprising largely of dull green and brown for its body with a dash of red and yellow on its head. In Gundam Wing lore, the Leo is a grunt suit designed for ground combat. OZ-06MS Leo custom painted build ( front view sans weapons) All the colors used were from the Mr.Hobby Mr.Color lacquer paint line.
So in a sense the Leo has been custom painted to a degree. Moreover, most of the grey and dark brown parts have been custom painted using metallic lacquer paints. So the paint job hues you see here slightly vary from the plastic mold color. In terms of color accuracy, I can never seem to mix the exact same paint color as the plastic mold despite using the suggested paint ratios in the color guide. High Grade (HG) 1/144 scale OZ-06MS Leo: Custom Painted Build Completed Below are some thoughts on my full-painted build of the grunt suit. In this case, the finished Bandai High Grade (HG) 1/144 scale OZ-06MS Leo comes from the Mobile Suit Gundam Wing anime series. If possible, I intend to include a grunt mobile suit from any Gundam Universe that's represented on my display shelf. While it great to have that complicated standout piece on display, I will always have a soft spot for the grunts. Slowly but surely I am moving more model kits from the 'box-gathering-dust-on-shelf' to the 'completed-for-display' category.
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