#darilbalde

AERIAL/DARILBALDE

I actually finished this one a few weeks ago but I'm only getting around to posting it now, but here's the Michaelis! Left this one mostly OOB but did some minor modifications like panel lining and painting behind the visor with a chrome marker.

Really enjoyed the simplicity of this build! It shares a lot of parts with the Beguir-Beu so there was some familiarity between those two builds but it still felt very unique, especially the arm cannon weapon it has, very cool design!

For panel lining I opted to only use the fine tip marker and I think it works very well here! Especially on the larger recessed areas it works wonders to add that little bit of shading. My only problem with it is that it rubs off way too easily even just touching it with your fingers so I have to be careful handling it. Maybe next time I'll use some tamiya accent panel liner for those shading effects.

I don't have much else to say about this really! The articulation on the kit is fine, not the best in the HGWFM line by any means but it certainly gets the job done. I think the simplicity of the build ends up leaving the kit less articulate than others but that doesn't mean it can't strike a dynamic pose by any means! All the joints are solid enough and none of them are loose, though I worry that over time the clips on the arm cannon will loosen over time.

In the end I posed it together with my Darilbalde as a bit of an homage to the Guel vs Shaddiq fight in the latter half of the anime. I'm pretty happy with how it turned out!

Been working on making some With from Mercury merch and here are my chibi wfm mech designs!