



Suit Lore:









The GN-0000 or simply 00 Gundam is the only 4th generation Gundam developed by Celestial Being. The core design feature of the 00 is the twin drive system. This system allowed two GN drives to work together to exponentially increase the GN particle emission rate. This allowed the 00 to; create powerful GN fields, enhance maneuverability, and gave the suit impressive acceleration.





Ultimately the 00's twin drive system proved to be unstable; limiting its potential and preventing the Trans-Am system from functioning properly. The 0 Raiser was developed to remedy this situation by balancing and regulating the twin drive system. When docked the 00 Gundam and 0 Raiser form the 00 Raiser. In this configuration the 00 is able to realize its potential allowing the mobile suit to use quantum teleportation and unleash tremendously devastating blasts of energy.













Before the 0 Raiser was designed, the 00 was intended to use the prototype Seven Sword System. This system was developed to realize the 00's role as a close combat mobile suit and featured Seven different physical and energy blades. Following the final battle of the TV series this prototype was further updated with the powerful Sword II Blaster, this new configuration was dubbed the Seven Sword/G. Although it was not featured in the animation the Seven Sword/G was available for use during the ELS incident.





Kit Talk:





Bandai doesn't currently sell the 00 in such a way that you can purchase the 0 Raiser and Seven Sword/G pack as one kit. Of course that means I acquired both kits to complete this build.





I fused seam lines along the edges of all of the physical blades. In most cases this didn't require and substantial modification of the underlying parts. The exception to this being the Buster Sword II which required reworking the parts allowing the blade to fit onto the slide mechanism. The other instance being the GN Sword 3s which have a small gray beam emitter part which needed to be painted.









One of my gripes about this kit is that it features a huge amount of inner frame complexity and detail for its size, but the exterior is fairly bland. I decided to do some minor panel line scribing on the white knee armor and on the blue areas around the chest and GN drive mounts.













I used super metallic silver in certain joints in a similar manner to the 00 Qan[t] I did almost two years ago. Ultimately I think this is a very good look for the kit as the silver creates a very nice contrast with the neutral grey.





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Photos:





GN-0000





Fun fact, these photos were taken after the Seven Sword /G photos. The 00 leaped out of my hands and hit the ground, there was no damage; but some paint transference occurred.









The base 00 Gundam is one of my favorite designs, it has a light athletic look to it and the multiple clear green GN condensers make it look almost otherworldly.







The GN drives can be replaced with condensers to replicate the look of the suit during the ELS incident in Awakening of the Trailblazer.







The GN Sword 3 was added to the 00 Raiser late in the series. It's a GN sword with an integrated beam weapon.









It's always great to see a direct call back like this.



