MG Strike Noir, 1/100 Akatsuki

From Gundam Base Side 1, pics have surfaced of the completed MG Strike Noir and the 1/100 Akatsuki. According to the Bandai Hobby site, the MG Strike Noir is based of the MG Strike Freedom so hopefully its not going to be using polycaps for the pelvic joints. Another noticable thing about the Strike Noir is that it will come with fixed manipulators. Meaning that it will come with different sets of hands to recreate different poses. The last model that I remember that had fixed manipulators was the MG God Gundam.

The Akatsuki looks impressive with its gold mirror finish. Both the Oowashi and Shirunai packs are included. This is gonna be one hard model to put together since it has a mirror finish. If you want to paint it you are gonna have to strip the finish off otherwise nothing will stick. Hopefully Bandai figures a different way to attach parts to the trees if you dont plan on painting, otherwise you'll end up messing up that nice mirror finish. The one thing that I hate about these 1/100 models is the limited possability of the legs. It looks like the legs on the Akatsuiki won't pose that well.

Note: Gundam Musou should arrive tommorrow, i will post my impressions on the game as soon as i play it. For my previouos impression on the first PS3 game, Gundam Crossfire / Target in Sight, click here.