2nd May 2010: Stage 8 LAST HURDLE RARRGHHH!
So it was a bad idea to leave the legs/wings until the las three weeks but school work's to blame, right?!
28th January 2010: Stage 7 Wing Zero has risen frm the ashes... of hiatus. After more than a 'few' months of inactivity, I'm happy to say that the project is back on track! I'm working on it as much as I can in between of A Levels/exams/part time job to get it finished by May's Expo.
The whole upper body is pretty much finished, all's left are the legs, feet and wings. Huzzah!
17th August 2009: Stage 6 The head is finished :) It has gone from looking like a Spartan helmet to Master Chief to a Stormtrooper to finally... a Gundam head!
Just latex and paint left :)
The torso is also nearing completion and so are the wing frames.
21st June 2009: Stage 5 You have no idea how much I hate circuiting. But it's all done with, they light up when I speak. Time to implant these in the chest :)
Wing frame's finished.
12th June 2009: Stage 4 With the lovely help from the experienced Companion_Cube and K4tt, I'm going to try my hand at circuting LEDs to the eyes and chest so that when I speak/noise is caused they will illuminate. The threshold decibel level will be adjusted so that the generall hubbub of Expo won't cause it to be constantly illuminated. I've ordered all the components needed for circuting, eee I can't wait to apply the Physics that I've learnt from 6th form into a Gundam project! Now the total expenditure has been bumped up to £148 - I will be expect the final cost to be £200 since I still have to buy latex and paint :P
The wing frame is looking good so far, it's not as heavy as I predicted it would be and I trust that it's strong enough for me not to worry about them breaking due to the weight of the wings themselves. Pretty good for cardboard I have to say!
7th June 2009: Stage 3 15 sheets of plastazote arrived two days ago; I grinned in glee and got to work.
The centre torso mainframe is finished, it's purposefully made small (and bodyhugging) so when I build pieces on top of it it won't end up being overly huge and out of proportion. Photos when I've done more work to it otherwise you'll be spammed with worthless progress photos XD
Left glove's finished, right glove is on it's way (I have to do THAT all over again?! It's starting to bore me!)
1st June 2009: Stage 2 £110 worth of plastazote has been ordered!
First rifle has been completed! (constructed, weighted, latexed, painted, detailed)
Second rifle on it's way.
Left hand on it's way.
28th May 2009: Stage 1 Twin rifles construction begun, got as far as making the inner mainframe and layering plastazote on the outside but then I poured hot glue all over my left palm by accident and now I have a second degree burn :C I can't do anything with my hand in this state so all construction is brought to a halt.
27th May 2009: Planning Stage - 36 ultra bright green LEDs to illuminate the chestpiece pending order.
- 6mm and 12mm thickness Plastazote pending order.
- Long plastic tubes already collected for the twin rifle.
- Latex at the ready.
- Rifles to begin construction as soon as my Further Maths exam is complete.
ryaoki - 26th May 2009 goood luck and i agree with uk needs more mecha hence me doing metabee
Odd-One-Out - 26th May 2009 Metabee, GET!
Defrain - 28th May 2009 and shes off already cosplaying machine
kiichan - 28th May 2009 YAY Gundam! Can't wait to see!
KamikazePenguin - 28th May 2009
Omg this is actually gonna be amazing; if you succeed. :P
Template looks awesome.
Good in the future with this!! (:
Will be epic.
stripey_dani - 29th May 2009 YOU GO PHEEBS!!!!!!! 8D
Odd-One-Out - 29th May 2009 @everyone: /flails/ WAAA I burnt my hand, gotta wait a few more days till more work can be done orz and my mum told me off for 'making too much stuff' haha!
Anonymous - 29th May 2009
*bows down*
WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOUR AWESOME PROP MAKING SKILLS?!
Did they inject mako into you or something?
;D
Defrain - 29th May 2009 damm what a work rate
JakeX - 31st May 2009
ahhhhh one of my fave Gundams, really is..........after Epyon of course =3
I cant wait to see this done in full, excellent detail already with teh guns =3
Anonymous - 31st May 2009
... *literally in silent awe*
X
Anonymous - 31st May 2009
*O*
I can't wait to see more progress!
Odd-One-Out - 31st May 2009
Jake: Just googled up Epyon, DAMN WHAT A BEAST! I will bear that in mind for the future.
AJ: *joins in the silence?*
Crimson: Everytime you comment I dunno what to say because I pretty much say everything there is to say on MSN? XD
pocket-tammy - 1st June 2009
I'm... crying manry tears of awe just from one rifle..
Who know's what i'll be like when it's complete!
NightmareWings - 1st June 2009 Wow, I cant wait to see this, it will look wicked! I love GW.
Anonymous - 1st June 2009 YOU FINISHED THEM ALREADY O_O
Defrain - 2nd June 2009 the guns mint lol
Anonymous - 2nd June 2009 Major good luck with this!! =D
No thanks - 3rd June 2009
sgklesganegn!!
i really hope i get to see you in this! xD i'd love to get a few pictures as i fangirled over this one for quite a while, a while ago xDD
Goodluck!
Odd-One-Out - 3rd June 2009 Guys, support like this really spur me on to completion. Thanks for the encouragement, it will be a good Expo next May if this is finished :D
RanmaSyaoran - 3rd June 2009
GOOD LORD PHEEBS! O_O
This is bigger than mine... And your painting ALREADY?!?
Ganbatte! I want posed fight photos! xD
perfectly_purple - 3rd June 2009 0.0 Trying really really hard not to over-squee here but it's so difficult. This was my favourite anime ever and it's the reason I got into anime and manga. What you've done so far is amazing! I saw the hand on the home page and was literally bouncing in my seat with joy! Good luck with this! ^_^
Toshi-chan - 4th June 2009
that gun is fucking awesome 0.o
cannot wait to see the rest of the costume!!!! ^.^
Odd-One-Out - 4th June 2009 That's if I can hold both of them with these gloves OTL
Anonymous - 7th June 2009 Don't let it bore you Pheebs! After all; you are truely becoming GUNDAMU.
nanahara - 10th June 2009 this will be EPIC XD, I konw you cna do it pheebs, so keep on going, and I'll look forward to seeing it in may next year ^^
Anonymous - 10th June 2009 This is looking epic so far! Seriously looking forward to seeing the outcome =o
stripey_dani - 11th June 2009 You astound me! Its looking fantastic!
Defrain - 11th June 2009 looking sweet how can you say im the better cosplayer your clearly in a league beyond me :P
Odd-One-Out - 11th June 2009
Nana: Your comments are really encouraging, Grandpa :3 Thank you.
Demented Kid: We can both be big robots, you = phallic, me = geometrical. Y/N?
Dani: Only to satisfy your G-Wing fangirl needs. Sorry, no Trowa Gundam yet!
Sam: Nah dude, Gabranth blew me away at how similar your resemblance to Basch is!
Ragepotato - 11th June 2009
O_O The epic is overpowering,
GOOD LUCK!
BladeyCakes - 14th June 2009
I love Gundam Wing! 8D I'm sure this is going to look amazing!
Great work so far!!
Anonymous - 14th June 2009 I'MA FLY YOU.
k4tt - 18th June 2009
Oh yeah, two things. are you gonna do battle damage on yours? Also, have you thought about how you're going to do the sphere in the chest? When I made Nanoha's Staff, I bought some clear acryllic baubles (comes in two parts, snap together) spray painted the inside, and mounted that LED unit we talked about inside the sphere. You can probably do something similar, ie spraying the inside of the half sphere green, and have the LEDs behind. That way, you're not limited to just green LEDs and you can introduce some nice effects too depending on the different colours of LEDs.
I'll have to PM you my progress so far.
Anyway, good luck on the rest of the build. Can't wait to see the finished prototype. ^__^
Keep up the great work!
Odd-One-Out - 19th June 2009
I have considered battle damage, I will consider in more depth when it comes to the painting stage.
Mhm that was my plan, I've left the acrylic clear for now so when the LEDs are done I can see what sort of glow it gives.
Definitely update me with your progress :D
Anonymous - 21st June 2009 My dear Robin, I am glad to see your new anti Sheriff armor is coming along splendidly! I shall not fear for my safety whenever I am by your side this coming May!
Frainc - 1st July 2009 OH MA GOD this is so awesome i must have a photo with you and Wing Gundam Zero is my favourite overall !!
Anonymous - 6th July 2009 that looks fantastic
White Leviathan - 6th July 2009 This will be beyond amazing!
JakeX - 6th July 2009
Progress looks so good Pheebs!!!!
(Y)
k4tt - 7th July 2009
your WIP helmet is looking great so far ^__^
I still haven't got round to buying any of that zote stuff, but as you already know, I'm trying hard to avoid it until absolutely necessary.
Keep up the good work, look forward to seeing more progress ^__^
ryaoki - 9th July 2009 i just jizzed
Anonymous - 10th July 2009 you have officially struck me with amazement girl! man i can wait to see this mega beast finished! keep up the awesome work!!!! 83
Defrain - 10th July 2009 looking awesome youve surpased gabranth
Odd-One-Out - 10th July 2009 @ everybody: TT____TT you guys make me all happy inside hahaha! Reiss has jizzed in his pants, BEWARE!
Mothfox - 10th July 2009 O.O Bloddy hell i really want to see this!!!! it looks awesome at the moment!
k4tt - 10th July 2009
I like the "quick photo" update. it's all starting to come together pretty well now. which makes me think, how on earth am I supposed yo catch up now ;p ;p
Keep up the great work as usual ^__^
SherlockHulmes - 11th July 2009
Have to admit this is going to be a *liiiitttlle* impressive. ;)
How are you doing it? Is that Plastazote? Looks fantastic! You and Xaeraela (can never spell his name! XD) are super awesome at this stuff. :D
KhaosKreator - 15th July 2009
Your light up circuit thing has given me ideas for cogsworth. I hope you don't mind if I borrow it for him? You can both have darlek like conversations with each other lighting up.
Tab
Odd-One-Out - 15th July 2009 Of course Tab, but the credit really should go to k4tt here on cosplayisland since it was he who had the original idea of voice activated LEDs and the original sources of materials.
goodbyeworld - 4th August 2009 GO PHEEBS GO 8D
GAINAX - 4th August 2009 HLY SHIT! This is looking awesome! Have fun doing the wings :P
nanahara - 4th August 2009 this is looking EPIC XD
Mothfox - 4th August 2009 Really coming along well ^.^ and looks just rawksome!
k4tt - 4th August 2009
Looking real good there.
Is that the final piece you're using for the front, or did you just use that as a compare to see what it would look like?
I have some spare Clear Acrylic Spheres if you need any
BladeyCakes - 6th August 2009 Wow *_* its looking so amazing!!
k4tt - 17th August 2009
It's looking more and more epic each time you update the photos ^__^
I really need to get cracking with mine too :S
Keep up the awesome work!!
perfectly_purple - 17th August 2009 Everytime I see this is updated I get even more excited about seeing it! *squee*
Odd-One-Out - 17th August 2009
Thanks everyone :]
The kitchen floor is busy being covered with acrylic paint pots, cutting mats, X-Acto knives (oops, shouldn't really leave these lying around!) and various pieces of plastazote ;__;
Anonymous - 18th August 2009
AWESOME! It's coming along so well =D Nice going.
Lol yes Pheebs, take your own advice and stop leaving knives on the floor >_<
miruru - 18th August 2009 This is coming along really nicely. Looking forward to seeing you in May 2010. Our living room is a mess now, what with k4tt working on his cosplay.
KamikazePenguin - 18th August 2009
Pheebs your work never fails to amaze me!!
This is looking dead imba. C:
Defrain - 19th August 2009 looking ace go go go go dont stop
Keekal - 1st September 2009 Can't WAIT to see this, it looks EPIC!
Smallfry0 - 7th September 2009 WOW you progress on this there is no words I can't wait for you to finish this **
RebaSephiroth2 - 19th September 2009
WOW! Brilliant Wing Zero Custom cosplay. ^_^
Gumdam Wing's Great!
leumas - 23rd September 2009 this is looking great, a lot of hard work has obviously gone into that :)
WhaleInTheSky - 30th November 2009
Wow *_*
Looks amazing so far!
Can't wait to see it finished
Darkiekun - 26th January 2010 Wows..... I'd be scared to wear it incase it broke T_T looks awesome though! Can't wait to see :D:D
White Leviathan - 26th January 2010 What can I say... amazing!
Duo Maxwell - 26th January 2010 Oh wow it looks amazing!!! Great choice of Gundam BTW!!! <3 You rock! Can't wait to see it finished!
kitty - 26th January 2010
SO FRIGGIN AWESOME
(b^A^)b
stripey_dani - 27th January 2010 Looking amazing!!
Defrain - 27th January 2010 cool keep it up
JakeX - 27th January 2010
Holy feck! 0-0
This already is made of win! Loving the torso piece atm
nanahara - 31st January 2010 HELL YEAH XD this is looking amazing, and will be EPIC when complete
Kitticus - 6th February 2010 oh mai thats shiny *_*.That is some epic work!!!^^
Manjou - 6th February 2010
That pic of your cousin wearing half your gundam made me lol
Great work so far, are you only taking this to expo? Or will you be taking to Kita? Ame? etc
goodbyeworld - 6th February 2010 Pheeeeebs this is soooo goooooodddd *w*
JakeX - 6th February 2010
Great sloth of ice planet hoth! THATS AWESOME!
Its interesting to see the top half all put together in your latest shot. i am interested to see how you do the leggings :D
Looking good atm
Emzone - 7th February 2010
so amazing
Seriously can't wait to see you in this!
No thanks - 7th February 2010 Can i like, Bother you so bad for a photo with you in may!! <333?
Kuma - 7th February 2010 Wonderful~~
Sephirayne - 7th February 2010 This is so beyond epic.
Odd-One-Out - 7th February 2010
Guys you make me happy deep down inside!
At the mo the only plan is Expo because it's kind of hefty to pack into a car and I'm busy with school IRL. I'll see about selling it off post-Expo.
Anonymous - 8th February 2010 So beyond words! This is looking STUNNING. I'm in awe...
Adamoluna - 8th February 2010
lol'd @ your cute little cousin in that GIGANTIC gundam. XD
It looks absolutely fantastic so far, I'm betting you're gonna go for the eurocosplay, eh? :)
RanmaSyaoran - 25th February 2010 O_________________________________________O
k4tt - 8th March 2010 Excellent Progress Pheebs. I must try harder ;_________;
Anonymous - 29th March 2010 epic progress, keep it up and man are u gunna have trouble moveing in that thing lol..
k4tt - 3rd May 2010 wOw!!! a 2metre wing? that's twice as big as my wings. your Gundam is gonna be sooooo epic!!
Alyx - 3rd May 2010 ...jesus pheebs.... this is looking incredible.. i'm so excited to see this finished!!
Odd-One-Out - 3rd May 2010
Your Gundam's wings are meant to be smaller in scale compared to mine so 1m wings are perfect for yours :D
Alyx you will be equally as amazing, if not, more!
Ranma1-2 - 3rd May 2010 Shaping up really nicely.
Defrain - 5th May 2010 awesome awesome awesome
Sephirayne - 8th May 2010 EPIC!!!!!!!! So loving seeing the progress on this.
M.Kesaiyn - 8th May 2010
My word how the heck are you going to wear that!? Looks amazing, but can you get it off easily if you needed to take a break?
Looking forward to seeing it. Great job.
No thanks - 8th May 2010
*cries* Omg
This is absoloutly amazing, glorious!
Can i pleasepleaseplease pester you to catch up with you at some point, and get a photoshoot done for you. 8)?
k4tt - 8th May 2010 wOw Pheebs. Looks like you're gonna get this one finish on time. *cries* unlike me :( :(
goodbyeworld - 8th May 2010 Pheebs you have blown my mind o_o This is jdjkghdfamazing
Anonymous - 9th May 2010 You've been busy O_O Looking amazing!
Blasteh - 9th May 2010 Can't wait to see this in person, it's looking damn good so far!
tousen_218 - 9th May 2010 looooks so awesome i love gundam wing <3
gaming_goddess - 9th May 2010 This is so amazing! Can't wait to see it at expo :)
Anonymous - 9th May 2010 HOLY MOTHER OF GOD!!!! DO WANT!!!!!
Odd-One-Out - 9th May 2010 You guys are so nice *sheds tear*
Smallfry0 - 9th May 2010 Odd_ Im don't really like the gundon programe but woooooooooooooooow that is amazing I can wait to see this ^^ and my bother lovvvvvve the programe and will love this cosplay
Anonymous - 9th May 2010 u still need someone to shout 'get the hell out of the way' again lol????
Yuka - 9th May 2010 OMG. just... OMG. I can't wait to see this done!
kawaii-kerri - 10th May 2010 i agree OMG! this will fantastic to see finished ^_^
Anonymous - 11th May 2010
You know, I thought I had already commented on this? Oh well, I guess I better do it sooner rather than later!
The progress you've made on this Pheebs is amazing! Kudos to you, man! It's a shame I won't be able to see it in the flesh... D:
Defrain - 13th May 2010 looking win win
Pez - 15th May 2010 OH GOD OH GOD WILL THIS BE READY FOR MAY EXPO? PLEASE SAY IT WILL!
ryaoki - 27th May 2010 cheeky cheeky, hiding it
k4tt - 31st May 2010 It was an absolute honour meeting and posing with you. Props for suiting up on both days. Just goes to show how incredibly well made your cosplay is ;)
Amy-Lou - 31st May 2010 Utterly incredible, can't wait for the final pics.
Anonymous - 31st May 2010 It was great to see this in person - great costume, well done :-)
Odd-One-Out - 31st May 2010 Thank you guys for the fun times I had over the past weekend. Final photos will be put up later :)
No thanks - 31st May 2010
I saw you when Cosplayfever photographer pulled us away, I was the one with the MASSIVE scythe, i really wanted to get a photo but i couldnt get anyone to hold my scythe to ask you if you wanted me to do a shoot for you like i wanted too sweetheart ):
Really gutted i didnt get any photo's and i didnt even get a chance to talk to you
But you looked really really awesome!
<33 *was in awe*
sjbonnar - 31st May 2010 This was simply amazing.
Pez - 31st May 2010 You are absolutely incredible. The Gundam was beautiful, and kudos to you and your spotters for surviving such a busy Expo! Watching you go up the steps at the masquerade was kind of scary lol.
Anonymous - 31st May 2010 You far exceeded any expectations anyone had for this. I'm just speechless. You're the most determined person I know, this is phenomenal! To see this in person was a fantastic experience.
Dusttee - 31st May 2010
You really did look absolutely incredible.
When i saw you, carefully, walking up the stairs for the masqurade i was blown away (and scared you wouldn't be able to get up the stairs)
Every part of your cosplay was stunning.
and as Pez said, well done for surviving such a busy expo (y)
Defrain - 31st May 2010 two words PURE WIN
PinkCharlieBear - 31st May 2010
Pheebs this blew my mind! Its too freaking epic!
I wanted to say hi but you seemed so busy. Really a very big well done to you though!
SephNoir - 31st May 2010 Absolutely wonderful! It was amazing seeing this in person and great to see it on the Sunday too!
Moonchild - 31st May 2010
SO SO SO EPIC! <3
Really amazing work =) Really glad I got to see this in person! x
Ilpala - 31st May 2010 Wicked costume, Great to see someone (two someones even with K4tt) finish a Gundam costume in the UK
Ranma1-2 - 1st June 2010 Excellent. I saw you on stage..looked awesome.
Sweeturk - 1st June 2010 SO EPIC!!!!! you looked amazing on stage too =D
Ragepotato - 1st June 2010
Hey there ^^
Yes I was at the travel lodge by the airport but I wasn't with my mum XD I was with my girlfriend and four friends from home and ireland =) You looked amazing btw! Was it hot to wear? x_x
-Phi
pocket-tammy - 1st June 2010
Completely, Absolutely, Totally depressed that I didn't get to see Peedam/Gunpee!!
OTL OTL OTL OTLLLLL
Freyarule - 1st June 2010 This was so awesome!!! I really love it, you must be have been so hot in it both days :( very big well done!!!
lastordersuk - 1st June 2010 yea awesome job, this was really sick. was cool to see this in person and glad that you wernt living at the glue gun desk like me lol
infinitydragon - 1st June 2010
You were totaly awesome, Its a great costume.
Kudos for wearing it for so long on both days.
k4tt - 1st June 2010 Did they let you keep the game? :B
Odd-One-Out - 1st June 2010 No because I didn't have a Xbox 360, only a PS3 :(
Anonymous - 1st June 2010 this was insane! i can't believe how little and cute you were in there! you were one of my favorites. i feel like you should have won. :)
AmethystEyes - 2nd June 2010 You did a fantastic job on this! I missed May expo but saw these photos coming up on facebook and actually thought someone had brought an actual model in!
Odd-One-Out - 2nd June 2010
@AmethystEyes: LOOOL noooo I assure you that I am standing inside it XD;
@Kitsune Cosplay UK: Aww thank you, yes I am actually rather dinky and small when not kitted up in a mecha suit :P
@everyone else: It was rather airy actually, it's a little warm with the helmet on but once the helmet comes off it's fine. My legs... my shoulders... I can't move them even today!
Smallfry0 - 5th June 2010 u cosplay was an so amazing is so sad u selling it but was great to see u again
Anonymous - 5th June 2010
I would be very interested in buying the plastazote!
I will text you tomorrow about it. :)
GAINAX - 5th June 2010
Was seriously impressed by this costume:3 Shame you're pulling out of the Expo scene... Although I'm not sure how you're supposed to top Wing Zero XD
Great work!
Limegreenjelly - 7th June 2010 mesmerising O.o
Odd-One-Out - 7th June 2010 Cheers everybody for the feedback. Kinda wish I was still making new cosplays so I can improve on this one but it'll have to do :D
k4tt - 14th June 2010 Congratulations on the award Pheebs! ^__^
My__RoadOfBlood - 24th June 2010 :DDDD This was amazing! I saw you at Expo <3
Berserk667 - 12th March 2011 simply amazing o_o
Fizzykat - 12th March 2011 this was amazing!! i was suprised to see how little you were inside that huge costume!!! fantastic work!
Sephirayne - 13th March 2011 This is so epic. I love the finished costume.
Sley - 15th March 2011
WOW!
This is simply amazing!
minato_haruna - 16th March 2011 I remember seeing you in this!! It was awesome!! ^^
CosMech - 22nd March 2011 Amazing costume i'd love to do an EW group with you and K4TT would be awesome as my Deathsycthe is in the works :]
Pippin4242 - 29th March 2012 Woah, that's an insane costume! I can't believe you're in there - I can't even picture how you must be posed within the suit! So cool, and I can't believe you did it on such a small budget (comparatively).
cookie - 30th March 2013 Sweet Mother Of God this is a walking piece of Art i want to steal you ;D
Valentine Cosplay Gaming - 5th May 2015 HOLY SHIT