Ive been wanting to recreate this Hound concept art for forever! I figured something from gunpla would be good to start with since i havent seen any 3P with something similair within the forseeable future, but i dont really have any knowledge on gunpla kits. Would someone with experience mind giving me any recommendations on what i can use as a base to try and kitbash him?

 

Do you want him to be able to transform?

 

Probably not lol. If only so it'll be easier on me, but also I want be as accurate to his bot form concept as possible. But if I have to make him transformable to keep the tires and kibble I will try

 

Why would that be easier?  

I really don't get that at all.  

 

Like I said I don't know a lot about gunpla, but I'm assuming trying to mishmash different kits to get his look down probably won't lend itself to transforming very well. I also have no idea if gunpla actually can transform. But if they can, and that's the only way to get to-scale bits like tires to fit correctly like in the image I'll try. Does that make sense?

 

I just don't get why it could be neccessary for him to be able transform to make him scale well. Gunplas as far as I can tell are usually Deluxe to Voyager sized (14 to 18 cm tall in robot mode). Some can transform but mostly into jet-like alt modes and as they don't intend to be "in disguise" most of the time they have visible-head-syndrom and legs just hanging out of their backs for propulsion.
I'd for example like to make a transformable Bulkhead out of HG Gusion but I have no idea how to pull that off because especially this one is very voluptuous and originally doesn't transform.

 

Actually i was mostly being facetious when I said it wouldn't transform very well, I'm not expecting it to  

 

Looks like quite the ambitious project! As far as Gunpla kits are concerned, my first question would be what size you want your Hound, as Gunpla kits come in a variety of scales.

 

Hm maybe about masterpiece size(7-8 inches)? If they do come that big. I don't mind working at other scales if that's not feasible

 

So in that case, I'd go with Master Grade Gunpla kits. They're fairly big and relatively inexpensive. Here's a couple that may help:

Zaku II FZ:


Jesta Cannon (left), Jesta (right):

 

Ooo yeah those look really good! I can see different parts of them really working. I actually think the Jesta Cannon is probably closer Thank you!