新機動戦記ガンダムW Endless Walts3D&è¨å®šè³‡æ–™é›†
This recent release (Dec, 2011) release is Dengeki Hobb magazine’s answer to Hobby Japan’s Gundam modeling books. Being recent this book features all of the new EW Master Grade model kits. A long book in 100% full color at 133 pages featuring only Katoki’s designs. I like the presentation better than the Gundam Weapons books, however it features less progress images than them.
The first builds in this book are clean representaions of the original Endless Waltz designs over a span of 70 pages. Most being made from released HG and MG kits starting with an OOB MG WZC and D-Hell…
After these 3 the kits featured are the 1/100 HG kits made into a MG-like format.
After these builds get out of the way the book take a focus on Katoki’s Early Type Wing designs even exploring into the GundamW: Glory of the Losers add-on equipment. Unfortunatly not all the Gundam’s GOL equipment was revealed as only the first couple volumes were relased when this book released. Thus the only non OOB Early Type MG gundam were Heavyarms and Sandrock.
Following up the Gundams is a 1/100 Tallgeese and a OOB MG Epyon. Ending on a high note is a sculpted diorama mimicing Frozen Teardrop’s (The Gundam Wing Novel sequel) cloaked Snow White and Warlock Gundams. Hind sight it is very sad Frozen Teardrop has been going on for 5 YEARS and only 1 gundam design has been revealed, especially when Katoki has been done designing for Gundam Unicorn for quite some time…
Rokku Studio 