GundamxRider: SD Sangokuden Xiahoudun : Part 1~!

ITSSSSSSSSSS WIP TIMEEEEEEEE~!

Hye guys! Kamen is here again to bring u another post and this time, we'll be doing a WIP. WIP as in work in progress. As u may know, im a cheap ass bastard who dont even have the money to buy Bandai original Gunpla kits.

Its true, i always ended up buying the "pirated Bandai", that is....u guessed it right boys, its TT Hongli. haha. I wonder if Bandai ever visit my blog. I sure hope they dont sue me. :D. That aside, its the famous pirated gunpla brand (at least in Malaysia) that modeller's turn on into if they dont have teh money. Research have been conducted and it has been proven that, like the guys who sells TT Hongli products said, "its 99.8% same like Bandai liao, no need to worry lar". I wonder where did they ever get/proven its 99.8% thing.

That aside, i have to warn you guys about one thing. TT Hongli is not for the faint hearted. Yes, it does have its problems. But nevermind that, i just want to gunpla-ing. Get it? gunpla and playing? gunpla-ing? :D........

Enough talk, lets get into the WIP. So here's the WIP of SD Sangokuden Xiahoudun.

The Box

So here's a pic of the model kit box.

As been expected of TT Hongli, they really did copy all from Bandai. Except that they just replaced the logo with their logo. and also, look!! Cartoon and instruction are included!!

Good one TT Hongli. hahaha.

Here we have the runners. I must say the mold looks quite ok. I love the fact that Xiahoudun is basically made of black. Shiny black that is. Quite nice actually. The first thing that made we wanna buy this kit is basically the distinctive design. Yeah, im a bad guy mobile suit guy (SIEG ZEON btw). TT Hongli is nice, they even give u a stand for ur SD Sango. Nais~!

Just look at those details. U can see a bit of flash here and there, but a small problem to pay for such a cheap kit. And also, the weapon for this guy is nice. U wanna know why? Let this pic explain to u.

Woot! they even give the metal chain like Bandai does for the sword. TQVM TT Hongli. I love u guys. If you look at the stickers for a SD Sango, u can get an insight of what color lacks the most for the kit. We can see here that it lacks black, red, silver and also green for the eyes.

GATTAI!/Assemble~!

So here we can see the parts that made the head. Im actually surprised that they made a separate part for the mouth piece. And also the pirate eye cover (i dont know what that purple color thing is called) is also separate.

U can see in the pic above, he looks similar to that black guy from Star Wars. hurm..

No, not u..

still not u..

u arent even black!

No, not that Lando wimpy motherfucker, that other black guy.

IM TEH FORCEE!

yeah, its him. :) U guess it rite boys, it's Darth Vader!! with a pirate eye cover!

\(0o0)/.

Lets move on to the body. Standard SD Sango assembly. Nothing special here guys.

Great details i would say. Looks great.

As usual, the SD Sango hand assembly. The usual 2 pc and 3 piece parts. The shoulder, arm and hand. Oh, if u guys wanna know, SD Sango usually give different kind of hand posture to each kit. For Darth...i mean..Xiahoudun, he got the grab the boobs hand. Naissss. :D

Here's the skirts armor. Looks nice. My only problem is that, the fact that this kit is basically made of shiny black plastic, u'll get ur fingerprints all over it. Especially if ur a fat ass like me. :D fat finger fingerprint all over gunpla. mmmmmmmm...

Here comes the first problem! as this is TT Hongli, u'll certaintly encounter some parts that will not fit perfectly. In Xiahoudun case, it cant be snapped together. (* ~ *). But dont worry, kamen's here to help. What u need to do is, just snip a bit of the MALE part (the PENIS or should i say, the COCK), so that it will be much more loosen and can snap together more easily.

kene potong liao..

problem solved! :)

Let's move on to the legs part.

`Man, i love those shoes. i mean the foot part. Funky design is funky. :) but I hate those yellow parts that supposed to be gold. Ugly color. blearrrgh.

And now i present to u, the finished kit!