1/100 Saviour Gundam [Introduction]

Saviour Gundam, first m.s. of Athrun Zala in Gundam Seed Destiny and also my first plamo from this series. Saviour’s design is probably one of my fav. if it goes about Seed Destiny mobile suits. I still hope that some day Bandai will release a MG ver. of this kit. But to be honest the chances are probably low, especially since Infinite Justice came up first in the MG ver. so chances that less popular imo Saviour will get a MG treatment are not so high.  Anyway let’s start this first part of a review  after some time of my absence here ^^

M.S. data

M.S. full name: ZGMF-X23S Saviour Gundam              

Pilot: Athrun Zala

Operator: ZAFT (Zodiac Alliance of Freedom Treaty)

In the postwar era, ZAFT unveils its “Second Stage” of advanced new Gundam mobile suits. One of these designs is the high speed transforming ZGMF-X23S Saviour Gundam. As with other Gundam designs, the Saviour Gundam is equipped with Phase Shift armor that blocks conventional weapon attacks. Because the Junius Treaty bans the use of N-Jammer Cancelers in mobile suits, ZAFT develops the deuterion beam energy supply system to replenish the battery’s energy on the battlefield. When the Saviour Gundam’s energy runs low, it can receive the incoming energy beam from its mothership Minerva and recharge its battery. In its mobile armor mode, the Saviour Gundam is fast and highly maneuverable in both space and Earth’s atmosphere. The Saviour Gundam is equipped with a wide variety of armaments for use in its two modes. Its main armament is a pair of “Amfortas” plasma beam cannons which can be used in both configurations. The Saviour Gundam’s other armaments include two beam cannons, vulcan guns, a beam rifle and two beam sabers.
When a new war begins between the Earth Alliance and ZAFT in October C.E. 73, PLANT Supreme Council Chairman Gilbert Durandal assigns the Saviour Gundam to Athrun Zala after reinstating him to ZAFT as a member of FAITH (Fast Acting Integrated Tactical Headquarters). Durandal gives Athrun free reign to act as he sees fit with his authority as a member of FAITH, but he requests that Athrun join the crew of the Minerva and help it play a role similar to that of the Archangel in the previous war. After a brief encounter with the Orb Union’s military, Athrun rendezvous with the Minerva at ZAFT’s Carpentaria base and participates in battles in the Indian Ocean and Middle East. The Saviour Gundam is heavily damaged while engaging Kira Yamato’s ZGMF-X10A Freedom Gundam in a naval battle near the Greek island of Crete in the Mediterranean Sea. Following the battle, the damaged mobile suit is declared a total loss.

More mecha info on MAHQ

Plamo info

Scale: 1/100

Release Date: October 2006

Series: Mobile Suit Gundam Seed Destiny

Price: 2080¥ at HLJ and Rainbow Ten

Back to business

It was almost two years ago that I stopped writing here new posts. Many things have changed since that time but my passion for anime,manga,video games and most important gundam universe and gunpla’s haven’t changed a bit. That’s why I decided to start posting here again.

Like you can see blog have new layout and banner. Few things have to be still completed (like “About” page…) but it’s not a big deal . The blog title “Project Otaku” was changed to “Paliodor’s Hobby Blog” . Frankly, I was thinking about some other title for this blog but for now I did not invent anything better. I also added “Completed Plamo” page where I will gather all my completed painted/unpainted models. It’s  divided into Macross kits, HG,1/100 and MG sections so everything will be good organized.

If it goes about new posts then I would like to make 2-3post per week and  hope that I’ll stick to this. Right now I’m working on my 1/100 Saviour Gundam and in this upcoming week I will make a post about my progress on this kit. An interesting fact may be that I started to work on it with breaks about 2 years ago. Progress on it is so slow because it will be my first full painted model,with probably few little modifications. I call this kit my “victim” for modelling experiments and for now everything is going according to plan.

So stay tuned for new stuff on this blog!

With regards,

Patrick aka Paliodor

3.2.1 blog restart! Ehm, not yet…

Need some more time for finishing my plans for this blog.  And then I will post some new stuff. I hope so…