Three Minutes Clapping

Although the Jagd Doga is famously a newtype-use suit, what with the psychoframe cockpit and remote funnel weapons, I found myself toying with the notion of a oddball unit without that equipment. After all, Anaheim Electronics based their development of this machine upon the grunt suit Geara Doga—and perhaps they would've constructed a mechanical test unit while another team worked on refining the psycommu system and funnels. What if, instead of disassembling that test unit for spare parts after AE's development was complete, some astute Axis engineer intervened, earmarking that high-performance prototype for a capable pilot without newtype abilities?

As with the Gundam Mk. III I'd built just before it, I opted for a battleship grey sort of look. (In fact, I'd planned this color scheme before I got the notion of building the Mk. III at all.)

For the monoeye, I used a stick-on plastic jewel instead of the usual flat sticker. This domed piece has a reflective backing, so when it catches the light it returns a compelling glint. It also makes the eye look much more substantial in general.

Forswearing the kit's fixed hands, I splurged on a spare pair of so-called emotion manipulators, the highly articulated hands used with the vaunted MG Sazabi ver. Ka. They didn't come with their own back plates, so I had to file the ones from the kit to fit the new hands. I also had to make some adjustments to the grip tabs on both the hands themselves and the Jagd Doga's weapons. Unfortunately the resulting fit is imperfect, making the suit's grip on its weapons rather weak. This is especially an issue with the large, relatively heavy beam gatling, which also causes the wrist to sag.

Posing the suit is also difficult on the whole. Although its joints have decent range, the bulkiness of its design doesn't permit very many poses. Additionally, despite lacking an inner mechanical frame, its large components are still fairly heavy, which keeps the Jagd Doga from holding some poses at all even if it can be positioned into them. For instance, it is capable of a fair bit of torso bend, but the joint isn't strong enough to hold the suit's weight.