Jinxed for a Quarter Moon
A week full of unpleasant surprises... >,< But it's all done now... The pain subsided and I can finally fully floored my foot into walking stance instead of zombie-dragging... 0_0 Do not underestimate the healing power of A Certain Horo's Nuigurumi... XD
That aside, my latest MG Gunpla, GN-X was completed just before the jinxed event, but wasn't documented up until yesternite... This report will be short so take heed... ^_^
GN-X, or so called Jinx due to its pronunciation, is one of my fave non conventional MS designs in the 00 series...
As a cannon fodder of the series, its overall feature emits sleekness and intimidation, with a hint of feral-ness on it... :Dc
GN-X is equipped with a GN-Tau Drive, an imitation of the GN Drives utilised by the likes of the Celestial Being...
The drive is installed onto Jinx's hollow chest via the drive's quad sets of attached screw-nuts and a single peg underneath the chamber...
A comparison between the two drives, each docked onto their respecting display base...
Note that the base for GN-T can dock with one another to form a huge bunch, if you have more Jinx kits at your disposal... XD
Length-wise, GN-T Drive is longer than the GN Drive... The cone-shaped end of GN-T is also pointier...
Note that the grey parts of both drives are identical to each other, for each can hold a couple of Light Units to imitate the ignition of the drive itself...
Jinx's drive is supposed to emit red GN Particles, therefore red Light Units (Similar to the ones included with the recently released MG Exia Trans-Am Mode...) are needed for this purpose.
Unfortunately, the kit doesn't come with the Light Units themselves, instead you'll have to pre-order a couple from Bandai by yourself... 0_0 The PO will only start on the 28th of this moon, but I've managed to secure mine thru HLJ's Gunpla parts request system... :Dc
Stealing green GN Particles from the genuine drive! XD...
While it shines brightly on one end, the claustrophobic structural design of the other end of GN-T kinda blocks most of the GN Particles from coming out, making the drive glows dimmer than the likes of GN Drive... ^^;
Searchlight thru the chest! See how brightly it shines? :D
I can't wait for the red Light Units to reach my den... :3c
As always, a look at some of Jinx's basic articulations...
There's a certain restriction to the movements of the shoulders as Jinx's arms are built onto a large ball joint... Elbows and Hand units face no problems...
The chest armour pieces at either side slide according to how the shoulder moves...
Quite restrictive as the armour pieces are pretty huge... >,<
Quite restrictive as the armour pieces are pretty huge... >,<
Jinx's waist can rotate 360 degrees at its pivot, while its body can move at a certain degree forward and backward...
Sideway rotation is slight tho...
The rear skirt armour pieces are adjustable at various points...
Kinda resembles that of an aircraft's fins and verniers...
The most attractive part of the whole MS is perhaps the Jinx's head...
It is hunched at the neck, so whenever you tilt its head it would appear as if the Jinx is glare at you...
Sideways motion is blocked by the chest binder fins, tho... ^^;
Notice that the rear head armour piece moves accordingly with the tilting of Jinxed head...
Unlike the conventional positioning of a pilot's seat as seen on many MS designs, Jinx's cockpit is located at the crotch of the MS, similar to Turn A Gundam... ^^;
The huge binder fins at each side of the cockpit is adjustable... Taking the whole thing apart, one can imagine the whole cockpit being an escape craft... ^^;
Beneath the huge thigh armour is a compartment for storing Jinx's Beam Sabres, one on each thighs...
A pretty unconventional way of stashing away one's Sabres... XD
Huge armour pieces around the legs prevent healthy articulations all round... ^^;
The cockpit's binder fins also contribute to the inability of wide hips-leg range of movements... ^^;
Only two accessories are available to Jinx besides its Beam Sabres...
The Beam Long Rifle and the Shield...
The barrel of the Beam Long Rifle can be detached to reveal a much shorter sub-machinegun-esque Beam Rifle...
Between the two modes I prefer the short one... ^_~
The rotary fins on the Shield can be raised into position to form Deflects Rod capable of boosting the defensive capability of a Jinx...
Similar to the ones utilised on Enacts and Union Flags... XD
Some shots of the Jinx in action... ^_^
An omake to celebrate the imminent release of Red Frame Kai in several more days... :D
Blue Frame 2nd Revise pulling a Delta Form! XD
News of upcoming MGs has been released just this Noon... MG Musha Mk II coming in May and MG Wing Gundam (Neither the Wing Zero Version KA nor Wing Zero Custom Endless Waltz Version...) TBA... XD
I applaud your work for finally cleaning up the panel lines.. Though most nubs are still visible xD
No hitting below the belt then, but you can kick him in the nads when the ref is not looking.
Go treat your Horo :D
Always love the Blue Frame X3
The GN-X I is pretty awesome, but unfortunately, the design of the foot joint is rather dissapointing. It can't stand, and I hear alot of people complain about that, but I realized after re-marathoning 00, was that the GN-X rarely even touched the ground... So now I need a clear red sparkling stand.
a lot of visible nub marks..>.<
nice work on the panel lines though..^^
Hmm... they really mean it when they say "cockpit" then, don't they?