Perfect Grade Evangelion Unit-01
Posted: Wed Dec 21, 2016 3:57 am
I've been sitting on this kit for probably...10 years? Bought it while I was on my first deployment, and just never had the confidence to build it! For those of you who don't know much about the series, the full title is "Neon Genesis Evangelion." I don't remember when I first saw it, but I now own all of the series on DVD plus both movies!
There are multiple Eva units in the series, but here is a bit of information on Eva-01 specifically:
Taken from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evangelion_(mecha)
Unit 01 was created in the Third Annex of Gehirn's Artificial Evolution Laboratory in Hakone and is piloted by Shinji Ikari (with Dummy Plug as backup pilots). It is the first and the only Evangelion to be created from Lilith, the Second Angel, instead of Adam, the First Angel, from whom all the other Evangelions were created. Concept art for the TV series reveals that Unit 01's body was grown from biomass cultivated from Lilith's legs (the reason why her legs are missing throughout the show). Despite this fact, Unit 01 bears no real morphological difference from the other Evangelion units, possessing a core (unlike Lilith) and exaggerated proportions similar to Adam and the other Evas. Unit 01's armor is primarily purple; some components are colored neon green, light blue, orange, and black. Its helmet bears the signature unicorn-like single horn, and a 'frill', giving an appearance reminiscent of a ceratopsian dinosaur. The horn and the glowing eyes also gives the Evangelion a rather demonic appearance. It also has a distinctive chest plate resembling pectoral muscles, as opposed to the regular V-shaped chest plate the other evangelions have. The humanoid entity beneath the armor has light brown skin, two emerald-green eyes, four small nostrils positioned, flat white teeth resembling that of humans, and red blood. It has the best battle record of all the Evangelions. It is a notorious berserker, and frequently acts independently, without the instructions of a pilot and without any apparent power source, moving freely even when the internal power source was depleted. The Eva will also take action to protect its pilot while sometimes servicing other interests. The Eva's resident soul, Yui Ikari (Shinji's mother), appears to be responsible for such events, in an attempt to protect her son. In such berserk incidents, the Eva goes into a 'battle rage', characterized by inhuman savageness and animal-like behavior. In the height of its berserk state, Unit 01 also demonstrates angelic abilities such as regeneration (repairing its damaged arm in a matter of seconds in battle against Sachiel and Zeruel), forming angelic cross shaped energy explosions, as well as manifesting a powerful AT Field for offensive purposes. It is the only Eva to have gone berserk in direct combat, inflicting fatal damage to Sachiel before it self-detonates, ripping apart Leliel and savagely mauling Zeruel. Shinji is clearly not responsible for these events, having blacked out in the first two berserk episodes and having dissolved into LCL after reaching a synchronization level of 400% during the battle with Zeruel. A similar state of battle rage, displaying heightened physical power and savageness, can be achieved when the Eva is controlled by the Dummy System, though this does not qualify as a genuine berserk incident. Unit 01 is called the "Test Type", in reference to its unusual method of creation.
Now that a little background is out of the way, on to the kit!
Another one of the perfect grade model kits made by Bandai, when finished it will be approximately 18 inches tall and fairly articulated. The hands will not be, and must be switched out depending on what pose you want or what weapons you want it to hold, but I don't know how I want to pose it yet. If possible, I would like to see if I can do the running pose up top.
Contents of the above box:
And the manual. I tried to take some photos of the instructions but they would not come out well due to the gloss of the paper. They are really well illustrated, but nothing is in english
Sorry for such a picture heavy first post. Updates shouldn't be as bad...but this is my first Group Build and if I went too overboard, just let me know!
I will be doing this in conjunction with Paul's Stuka SiG that begins on the 1st, so I'll have to manage my time wisely!
Darwin
There are multiple Eva units in the series, but here is a bit of information on Eva-01 specifically:
Taken from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evangelion_(mecha)
Unit 01 was created in the Third Annex of Gehirn's Artificial Evolution Laboratory in Hakone and is piloted by Shinji Ikari (with Dummy Plug as backup pilots). It is the first and the only Evangelion to be created from Lilith, the Second Angel, instead of Adam, the First Angel, from whom all the other Evangelions were created. Concept art for the TV series reveals that Unit 01's body was grown from biomass cultivated from Lilith's legs (the reason why her legs are missing throughout the show). Despite this fact, Unit 01 bears no real morphological difference from the other Evangelion units, possessing a core (unlike Lilith) and exaggerated proportions similar to Adam and the other Evas. Unit 01's armor is primarily purple; some components are colored neon green, light blue, orange, and black. Its helmet bears the signature unicorn-like single horn, and a 'frill', giving an appearance reminiscent of a ceratopsian dinosaur. The horn and the glowing eyes also gives the Evangelion a rather demonic appearance. It also has a distinctive chest plate resembling pectoral muscles, as opposed to the regular V-shaped chest plate the other evangelions have. The humanoid entity beneath the armor has light brown skin, two emerald-green eyes, four small nostrils positioned, flat white teeth resembling that of humans, and red blood. It has the best battle record of all the Evangelions. It is a notorious berserker, and frequently acts independently, without the instructions of a pilot and without any apparent power source, moving freely even when the internal power source was depleted. The Eva will also take action to protect its pilot while sometimes servicing other interests. The Eva's resident soul, Yui Ikari (Shinji's mother), appears to be responsible for such events, in an attempt to protect her son. In such berserk incidents, the Eva goes into a 'battle rage', characterized by inhuman savageness and animal-like behavior. In the height of its berserk state, Unit 01 also demonstrates angelic abilities such as regeneration (repairing its damaged arm in a matter of seconds in battle against Sachiel and Zeruel), forming angelic cross shaped energy explosions, as well as manifesting a powerful AT Field for offensive purposes. It is the only Eva to have gone berserk in direct combat, inflicting fatal damage to Sachiel before it self-detonates, ripping apart Leliel and savagely mauling Zeruel. Shinji is clearly not responsible for these events, having blacked out in the first two berserk episodes and having dissolved into LCL after reaching a synchronization level of 400% during the battle with Zeruel. A similar state of battle rage, displaying heightened physical power and savageness, can be achieved when the Eva is controlled by the Dummy System, though this does not qualify as a genuine berserk incident. Unit 01 is called the "Test Type", in reference to its unusual method of creation.
Now that a little background is out of the way, on to the kit!
Another one of the perfect grade model kits made by Bandai, when finished it will be approximately 18 inches tall and fairly articulated. The hands will not be, and must be switched out depending on what pose you want or what weapons you want it to hold, but I don't know how I want to pose it yet. If possible, I would like to see if I can do the running pose up top.
Contents of the above box:
And the manual. I tried to take some photos of the instructions but they would not come out well due to the gloss of the paper. They are really well illustrated, but nothing is in english
Sorry for such a picture heavy first post. Updates shouldn't be as bad...but this is my first Group Build and if I went too overboard, just let me know!
I will be doing this in conjunction with Paul's Stuka SiG that begins on the 1st, so I'll have to manage my time wisely!
Darwin
, one question what is the black/grey part look like a body parts?
) but it looks like an interesting kit! Looking forward to the build!
look forward to the finished product