HGIBO 1/144 Gundam Astaroth Quick build and review

Ok, I decided to pick this guy up from amiami.com since I had a shipment within the same month, and since shipping is nearly the same with or without Astaroth, I decided to go with it. This won't be a formal review like I did before since I was building this in my rented house. So I will just do a quick review of this and show you the basics and details of the kit. I will not be using the sticker provided with this kit except for the eyes as I think I might have plans for this kit.

WIP custom abyss gundam update

Some minor updates on my custom abyss gundam, Already sprayed most of the joint and cannon parts with some Mr.Hobby Dark Grey (2). Decided to add a bit of mettalic parts on abyss' gundam binder cannons. I drill a bit on the end of the cannons to widen up the hole to make sure the metallic parts could fit in. It worked out perfectly fine without the need to use super glue for me to secure the metallic parts. A pretty simple mod but yeah I'm kinda of a newbie when it comes to modding stuff and adding metallic parts.

 Pics of it before being assembled, I forgot to take the picture of before and after the hole widening on the barrels. But it's pretty easy for you to widen it if you know the size of the metallic part's peg end.

And here is the pic of it after insertion. Turned out quite nice than I thought. Probably will removed these and insert them again after I topcoat the barrel's with matte clearcoat.

Slight update on current progress

So, haven't been touching much gunpla lately due to work again, So far it's just been priming the parts then checking for defects for the past 3 weeks really, but most of the mods seem to end up being fine, the only hard part is masking and painting each part. Also decided to go to a weekend flea market to see if there are any old or rare to find kits and sure enough there were at least a few that piqued my interest. They weren't necessary buys but I couldn't resist the urge to get them since they were there in a pair.

Yup, pretty much the main parts are primed and ready to paint. Just the head is giving me some slight scratch marks here and there. Still need to restock primer before finishing this up.  Seam lines so far aren't apparent in the large parts and mostly left are in the shoulders which shouldn't be a problem with slight putty if need be.

Yeah, I found these guys in a second hand shop selling for like RM15 each, color swap was intentional I guess or the previous owner decided to do so. Since both of them were there I just couldn't help it. They're pretty much in good shape, don't see nothing broken except for the mercurius' defensor bits being loose but that could be fixed and also a rigid hose for Vayaete's cannon to it's generator missing. I am still unsure if I want to restore them completely with a painted build or decided to kitbash both of them into one unit. I have another vayaete in storage and an unbuilt HG Serpent. I could probably use them for thought.