#gm custom

HGUC 1/144 E.F.S.F. Mass-Produced Mobile Suit RGM-79N "GM Custom"

Another entry to the GM collection!! Joining the 2001 GM, 2003 GM Cold Districts Type, 2012 GM Sniper II, and 2023 GM Missile Pod, 2011's GM custom is part of one of Bandai's best runs, with pleasing balance between sticker detail, molded detail, colour separation, cost, and option parts. Of note is the inclusion of 7 whole pre-posed hand options, with 2 closed fists, 2 open hands, a special hinged open left hand to get around the poor shoulder articulation, and special right-handed weapon holding options that accomodate the large square forearms.

The kit overall is a welcome upgrade from the 2003 GM Cold Districts Type, with shoulders on pegs that rotate forward, and better ball-jointed hips. The shoulder and leg connections are nicely secured and have a lot of detail, and the single colour style of the kit allows parts to be cemented together to hide the panel gaps you often get with older kits.

This kit comes with the older light trans-pink beam saber effects (rather than the deep pink you'll see on newer kits) and an extra beam saber hilt, as well as a really nicely detailed bullpupped "GM rifle" and a post-0079 style shield.

All of the red vents and booster nozzles, as well as the grey inside the shield, need to be painted on, which was a little annoying in terms of cleaning up. Like other recent kits I've done, I added some gold as well.

This kit came with a nice set of detail stickers with complete freedom on how to apply them. There's plenty of EFSF lettering, lots of numbers, and a badge for the spaceship "Albion". I chose to number this "120", after the kit number, as the suit didn't appear to have any canon number. Combined with spare stickers from my other HGUC kits it looks really nicely detailed. Unfortunately there's no foil stickers with this kit, so I used my green metallic Gundam Marker for the sensors.

Just like my GM Cold Districts Type I also used some black sponged paint, as well as Tamiya weathering sets C and D for heat discoloration, oil stains, and paint damage. I tried to limit the degree of weathering here to save time, and I think it also helps let the base kit shine through.

I also picked up a set of custom resin weapons as a promotion from the hobby store I use. I painted the shotgun for display with this kit, and it looks really fitting. I like how the company name also looks like an in-universe logo.

More gunpla, this time its the HG GM Custom, which is the oldest I've done so far. Visually I really love it (aside from the color accuracy mostly in the back but painting some details is fun to me so I don't mind that much) and its my friends favorite GM variant. Articulation is okay and much much better than the ECOAS Jegan. I also liked the stickers it came with and its fun to put on the logo and model number decals on it, its a shame they don't have those on new ones for an extra $1 but I guess sticker decals aren't that good for things other than small logos.

The thing I wasn't a fan of was the 90mm rifle and the limited hand options. The hands work for the accessories it has, but it would be nice if it could at least have a left hand for the beam saber, and it the runners have extra hands that don't work with its accessories and the open lego man holding hands on other kits would work as closed fists at the right angles. The problem with the 90mm rifle is the magazine is on the bottom and really limits it posing, there's a reason the in the Stardust Memory anime and most illustrations have it use the 90mm machine gun instead.

That seems like a lot of complaints but it was $13 from online retails in america and is probably like $10 in japan so its still pretty good, and also these comparisons come from a perspective of someone who started with the Gwitch HG kits. I'm now wondering why I didn't get the gm sniper ii when I bought cheaper grunt kits on sale.

Mobile Suit Gundam 0083 Bandai Robot Spirits [SIDE MS] Action Figure : RGM-79N GM Custom ver. A.N.I.M.E.

My favourite non-Gundam suit (and my favourite suit in the entire franchise) is GM Custom from Stardust Memory:

Generally in Gundam I prefer the mass-produced suits to the flashier main-character suits, and I like all of the designs in 0083, 08th MS and 0080; I love the various versions of the Jegan in later UC, I love the original GM design, even stuff like the Leo and Mercurius/Vayeate suits in Wing.

Still, GM Custom is my favourite because it’s a great blend of cool and functional design, and I love the colour. Plus, in-universe it’s supposed to be a development of the project that built the Alex Gundam, and if you compare them side-by-side there are a bunch of similarities between the two suits.