Across a large, open walkway displaying tanks and vehicles from the Japan Self Defense Force to curious aficianados is a small elevator that goes up to the West Hall space, a much smaller venue than the stadium like main halls that felt much more like a regular ballroom. Despite their detachment and miniscule size, the talent in this space wasn't compromised in the least and, perhaps, it was here that I saw some of of the most impressive works of the entire convention. The smaller hall perhaps gave way to more interaction with the builders themselves, too, allowing for a more intimate atmosphere that was less crowded, noisy, and bustling than the main halls.
I only realized after looking at the picture at the end of the event that these two Fuchikomas were decked out in cigarette company logos.
Impressive dioramas. The small explosion on the AT-AT in the Rogue One diorama was lit up by an LED.
A massive scale figure of Haman from Gundam. Sign me up for a kit.
I feel criminal in that I couldn't get a better picture of this impressive bust of Snake.
Large Canti replication from the anime FLCL. I hope this gets a kit treatment sometime.
I'm not so fond of the plain paint job on the Swordfish itself, but this diorama of a scene from Cowboy Bebop impressed nonetheless.
Impressive work on a Figure-Rise bust of Fumina.
This model is based on the cover of an early manga by Akira creator Katsuhiro Otomo and surprised me more than anything else. Not to mention the paint job is fantastic.
A great little military diorama.
Great large scale dioramas with a huge sense of scale.
A light up kit/diorama of a soldier from Jin-Roh.
One of my favorite pieces recreates the scene from Nausicaa in which she peers out from inside of the skull of a God Warrior.
Another of the mundane, slice of life dioramas that are always well done.
Wego kits are starting to show up prominently and in imaginative dioramas.
More of a reference kit for when I paint my Arcadia. At least I know that the recently released Hasegawa version, pictured here, is much smaller in scale.
Love Live didn't have as an impressive showing as last year, but these few kits sufficed.
This creator had some great robot designs with a interesting pastel color palette.
An underrated suit that I always hoped would be released as a kit someday: Baund Doc.
The size of this thing was enormous. The O, at its feet, is 1/100 in scale.
Great diorama.
These Okami kits were a surprise as well. I'm not sure if these are scratch built.
It's hard not to leave the show with something and rest assured, I picked up a few items at the Modeler's Flea Market when I first stopped by which I will save for a separate post.
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Chri
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