The Duckpond

  I wasn’t a huge fan of the Zaku I initially. To me, it never really looked like a predecessor to the Zaku II, rather just a stripped down version of it. But the design eventually grew on me and I liked it enough to build a model of it. This isn’t actually a Zaku I model kit. It was built out of a HG Zaku II from the 08th ms team line. It was a simple conversion, since the Zaku I is just a Zaku II with some bits taken off. Mostly, I just had to fill in the holes left by the power cables and do some scratchbuilding. I built joint covers for the elbows and built a new armour part for the cockpit hatch. The machine gun was made by cutting up the old gun and rearranging the pieces to make the Zaku I machine gun. The spikes on the shield are the spikes that were cut off of the shoulder ball. I also made new shoulder and ankle joints for the model. The model was painted with a brush and then I added some decals and weathering. Comparing the unpainted model and the finished version New a...

  About five years ago I watched Space ghost coast to coast. Seeing the cheap animation in it and other adutswim shows made me think ”I could probably do that” So I opened Gimp and drew a little picture. I made some primitive 2D animations and kept practising. Stop motion animation has been my primary focus, so I haven’t really been practising drawing as much as I should. Still, I felt that I might be ready to try out a complete 2D animation. I was not ready. As you can see the result leaves a lot to be desired. But even so, I managed to complete it, that’s worth something, right? After making Imperial inspection in 2015 I said that I wouldn’t do anything with green screen again, and then years later I made the Ace combat animation and Gundam stop motions. I might be tired of 2D now but what about later? I guess we’ll see where my journey with 2D animation takes me. But It’s not taking me anywhere just yet. My next video will most likely be normal stop motion. After th...