Bandai Super Deformed Gundam Cross Silhouette Gunpla Kit - Zaku II [Completed]

 Second in the type of scale model kits or figurines that can be created from the Bandai Hello Kitty/Zaku II Super-Deformed-Gundam-Cross-Silhouette (SDCS) Gunpla kit is the SDCS Zaku II. This model kit could not be more different from the first one that I completed earlier i.e. the Hello Kitty figurine from Sanrio's supercute universe. The Zaku II, meanwhile, is a mecha mobile suit from the Gundam universe that deals with war in the future. However, the SDCS product line from Bandai takes this more serious subject matter and turns them into smaller deformed versions of their usual form. And the SDCS Zaku II is the scale model kit being featured here.

Bandai Super-Deformed-Gundam-Cross-Silhouette (SDCS) Zaku II [Completed]

 Unlike the Hello Kitty figurine before it, the SDCS Zaku II had at least some panel-lining work done on it despite being a straight out-of-the-box build. But that was all I did. Because this super deformed mobile suit's molded plastic finish was of high quality, I felt it didn't need a coat of paint to make it look better and less plasticky. On the other hand, the weapons does look a tad plasticky. So much so that I very nearly painted the machine gun, heat sabre, bazooka, and leg missile pods.

SDCS Zaku II is fitted with a lot of weapons starting with the machine gun on his right hand, ...

... the heat sabre in his left hand, missile pods attached to both ankles, and ...

... the biggest weapon of all, a bazooka, which is secured onto its back.

 So I guess you could say that the one key drawback to doing a straight out-of-the-box build, at least for the SDCS Zaku II, was that its weapons would've looked much better painted in a dark metallic gun metal hue. But tempted as I was to paint the weapons, I had decided against it seeing that realism wouldn't be the main takeaway from a kit designed to look cute rather than menacing. So with that in mind I left the weapons unpainted and in its original glossy black finish.

Bandai Super-Deformed-Gundam-Cross-Silhouette (SDCS) Zaku II (back view)

Both the SDCS Zaku II's armor and weapons are molded in a glossy plastic finish ...

... and look good sans any paint save for some panel-lining on the grooves.

 In addition to panel-lining, I also applied foil stickers onto the SDCS Zaku II's mono-eye as well as on the lenses of its machine gun and bazooka. For the mono-eye, a reflective chrome-like sticker was first applied onto its surface. Following that a piece of clear pink plastic was then placed on top of the reflective foil sticker. What this does is to allow the mono-eye to better reflect any light that falls on it thus making the mono-eye look like it's shining. Meanwhile, the other two foil stickers comprised shiny/reflective pink stickers that acted like pseudo-lenses for the machine gun and the bazooka. 

The SDCS Zaku II is the second of three figurines to be built from this scale model kit

 With the two main figurines of this scale model kit - the Hello Kitty and SDCS Zaku II - now completed, there is only one option left to be build from this scale model kit. This last option uses not only new parts but also parts from both the existing Hello Kitty and SDCS Zaku II figurines. This Hello Kitty Zaku II combo should be finished in time for next week's blog post upload. Until then, I hope you're having a good week so far, and as always ... do be well and happy!