Gundam Converge Zephyranthes Unboxing

Hello all!

I got a pleasant surprise in my postal box this morning...  the Gundam Converge Zephyranthes that I wasn't expecting for another couple of weeks.

This is what the box looked like.

Here are all of the contents.

The kit is surprisingly nice and somewhat poseable.  I'll let the pictures speak for themselves.

I won't be using the head or the shield at all and will most likely have to cut the gun off of the right hand.  The backpack is actually nice looking and might work as a jump pack straight out of the box.

The big plastic thing seems to be a stand for the model.

The absolutely weirdest thing about this kit is that it seems to come with a piece of bubble gum.  Is this normal?  Is this sort of like how American baseball cards backs used to come with a piece of gum?  Heck, they might still.  I haven't bought baseball cards in probably 25 years.

And finally, here's the picture that made me track down and purchase this.

Some Puretide Bomb Progress

I made a little bit of progress yesterday.  Ok...  a LOT of progress.  I finished up the 6 Crisis Suits and the 2 Sky Rays.  I made hovering bases for them to match what I did for my Devilfish.

This is just a quick shot from my iPhone at the GW Bear store.  I'll take some better pictures later.

The Puretide Bomb is starting to come together.

Broadsides Done

I finished the Broadsides, but unfortunately left them in the case at my local GW store.  I have my own shelf there!  haha.

I'll take pictures the next time I'm there (probably either tomorrow or next wednesday).

In the meantime, I need to start working on these next.  They have to be finished n 7 days to stay on task.

Tau Crisis Suits 1-3

Tau Crisis Suits 4-6

You'll notice that they all have magnets embedded in their arms.  That took fething forever, but was well worth it.  I'm considering painting the guns a different color.  Maybe metallic.  Maybe not.  I'm really uncertain on this.  The magic of magnets is that I can magnetize two sets and change my mind!