Took a break from Gunpla since late November to play videogames and do family stuff. Started back up with the Blitz a couple of weeks ago. Have to work on the MG Hyaku Shiki 2.0 next since it was a bday gift from my wife but after that I'm working on the Duel to finish out this team.
Honestly I felt kind of the same when I ordered it, and then the build blew my mind relative to the Gouf I had built literally the day prior, and then 1/144 scale didn't sound so small once I realized NT-D mode was the same height as Earthrise Voyager Starscream. Totally worth it to me but of course the decision is yours to judge.
I'll probably get it anyway to have a taste of the Real Grade at some point. Also, would you please mind explaining what NT-D mode is? Are you referring to Destroy mode?
So how do we refer to mobile suits, internally? Do we call them hes, because they often have vaguely masculine forms like most mecha do, shes because people often refer to vehicles with feminine pronouns out of endearment, or its because in the end they're just lifeless machines?
Uh...usually "it" because they're non-living machines and gender as a concept doesn't apply unless we're meme-ing like calling Gustav Karl or Messer "chonky bois" or affecting a bad Aussie accent while exclaiming "she's a beaut".
And the MG Wing TV has been snap-fitted. The build itself is pretty good; definitely way ahead of the MG Wing/WingZero EW 2004 mold. Will probably start painting this weekend. One thing I've realized (for me, at least) from my last two MG builds: start painting the backpack/weapons first. Because if I started with the main body, once it's done and looks great already, I start losing interest real quick. I'm weird that way.
to be honest, this is my favorite Wing Gundam kit at least until the Alba. One more spot on that kit that demands paint is the protrusion on the center of the eye piece. The one minor detail about the face design, it's molded onto the eyes' clear part instead of on the helmet.
They are all either "it" or male. Except one. Also kinda sorta Gundam Nadeleh since the word "Nadleleh" refers to a female warrior but that's Virtue's core unit and Tierra's whole schtick joke is that he's pretty damn androgynous.
For me, I base it off how the mobile suit looks. Like for example. I call GN Archer "her." Because she looks female to me. And I definitely call RX-78-2 "Him."
is it manly to wear skirts? almost every mobile suit has one. Or you can call them a kilt, whatever works.
I default to it most often, but sometimes when a suit is particularly breathtaking I'll switch to she regardless of its appearance, however my mind will always interrupt me with "dude stop being cringe that's a non-living war machine." Then reviewers use he very frequently, which also feels wrong, but still understandable. For all that it matters. Pic broken but psycho waves are leading me to guess this is Nobell without a doubt. I know they were going for "anime girl hair" there too like Nobell, but it always looked more like dreadlocks to me, so I subconsciously associate it with the Dreads from Bayformers, making it feel more metal than anything. I have to admit; ... I have never finished a non-UC series. I got halfway through Build Fighters, season one of IBO, and had a few false starts on a few others, but that's really it. It isn't that I don't care about anything outside of UC... just that it's easier to keep track of one continuity. Chalk it up to anime backlog syndrome, I guess.
Gunpla pronoun list: Her: Him: Jim: It (everything else): Murderball (amusingly, the collective noun for this is a sack of murderballs): Haro, destroyer of worlds, devourer of souls, that which rends time, stare not into its eyes lest your sanity be forfeit: Also, anything pink or red is a CHAR. This? It's a CHAR. This guy here? Also a CHAR This one? You betcha it's a CHAR What about this thing? definitely a CHAR This thing? Yeah, it's a CHAR too But this one, this is not a CHAR, no matter what the letter says. See, it's not red, so it's just an "it".
