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So I've finally convinced myself to watch Mobile Suit Gundam Wing, since it seems to be one of the all-time fan favorite series. It's alright, I guess. I don't really understand the appeal of it, though. It's like watching Mobile Suit Gundam: The Geopolitical Soap Opera. I get that it was meant to have a greater focus on character drama in an attempt to appeal to a wider audience, but could stand to have a little more interesting giant robot action.

Anyhow, this here's my redesign of Kunio Okawara's classic Wing Gundam. I suppose it could be thought of as an alternative to Hajime Katoki's redesign (While the Ver.Ka is a beautiful illustration, it's got too much "Wing Gundam Zero" and not enough plain old "Wing Gundam").

I've made a few small changes to the design, most notably the golden bird-mode claws folded on the forearms. I've moved them from the center of the arm to the sides, as the original positioning was a little awkward, and would interfere with the articulation of the arm (can be seen here: [link] ). Aside from that, I just took away a little bit of color here and there.

So yeah, this is for all you Wing fans out there. Cheers.

EDIT 10/28/12 It's come to my attention that my previous computer's monitor settings were somewhat skewed, causing yellow colors to have a pale, sickly hue. I've since corrected this to have the more golden yellow that I intended.

Gundam (c) Bandai/Sunrise
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Mood: Joy ~chichiboy Dec 19, 2012
better actually
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~NOMANSNODEAD Aug 25, 2011  Student General Artist
nice one! like it.. :-)
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~Tecmopery Jun 8, 2011
I understand that...
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~JTM93 Jun 4, 2011  Hobbyist Artist
I love this design it seems more functional. also i prefer white fins or no fins (as in Ez8)
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~JTM93 Jun 4, 2011  Hobbyist Artist
I love this design it seems more functional. also i prefer white fins or no fins (as in Ez8)
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~JTM93 Jun 4, 2011  Hobbyist Artist
sorry for double post my laptop fubard
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Mood: Love ~pikaMK3 Apr 24, 2011
Hey...how do you draw the Gundam's head? @@ Omigosh...
Nice drawing, at any rate.
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~eps-phr Apr 17, 2011
It's a beautiful redisign

And at least closer to the original than The ver. ka.
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*zeiram0034 Apr 12, 2011  Hobbyist General Artist
well I've always been more of a fan of the UC ara but not to say I don't dislike gundam wing's mobile suit designs and this one is quite a awesome revision.

I can see what you mean about the wing kai that katoki did, yours on the other hand finds a nice middle ground with keeping the basic shape but streamlining and refining it while your at it.

The detail on the joint areas are top notch as well as the coloring, which is both simple and eye pleasing :)

great work :)
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~KaiserKenn Apr 12, 2011  Student Writer
I really hated taht Heero treated the Wing Gundam like complete crap, in my opinion. I mean, really, the poor thing got butchered over and over in the series. Self-detonation, dumped in the ocean twice, ripped apart by mobile dolls, and almost completely, if not completely destroyed by Libra. I mean, come one. That was my favorite of the whole show, aside from the Wing Zero. I only liked the Wing Zero because the damn thing was practically alive.

Aside from Wing, I find myself leaning towards the 08th (especially the 08th, loved the realism), 0083, SEED (the Strike and the Freedom are awesome), Unicorn, and 00. I adore the original Gundam since, well, it was the first. Back to the 08th, I could actually see myself piloting a (G) type Gundam with ease, after an ass load of training mind you. Oh, and the Gouf Custom solidified my fear of any Gouf model in any Gundam game. I try to never get anywhere close to it because I know that it can rip my shit if it wanted to.
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