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https://www.facebook.com/Gundam.info.us

The English speaking Gundam Model community is fragmented across many message boards, chats, build gatherings, blogs, youtube pages that may or may not interact with each other. The English Gundam.info Facebook page hosted by Sunrise is an unfortunate mess that is managed by Bandai Asia and is inadequate for the U.S. audience. For supposedly being an English page, they cover only events taking place in Malaysia, Singapore, and Taiwan without regard to the happenings of the larger English speaking community. With that in mind, this page serves as a portal to events, contests, and happenings going around in the U.S. both offline and online. Whatever is happening in the GunPla community and is relevant to the U.S. we hope to post that content. If you have something GunPla related and involves the community be it a competition ,a group build, a meet up, anything that involves multiple individuals hit it up on our page so that people outside your ring may know about it.

We will occasionally have non-Gundam model content as it relates to other products produced by Bandai Hobby, which is now ever expanding its market into more properties. If we're lucky we'll see those Yamato 2199 kits hitting the U.S.

Industria Mechanika's primary goal is to produce and promote really cool original model designs. Everything seen on the I.M. website is an original design by the original creators. Industria Mechanika helps modelers turn what might have been a one-off project into original products that everyone can enjoy.

Industria Mechanika masters, and produces these models into top-notch resin kit releases. They also design and print materials, pack, sell and ship worldwide. The artists get a share of the profits and recognition for their works and everyone can get something uniquely cool to build.

Industria Mechanika, and the owner operator Michael Fichtenmeyer have been a huge asset and friend to the modeling community which is why when I heard that some of their designs had been bootlegged, I decided to help get the word out. Please understand that buying these bootlegged copies harms the original creator and makes it harder for small companies like Industria Mechanika to keep putting out really cool, original designs in the future. Please help support these small hobby enthusiast owned companies by buying original.


The bootlegged design in question is the "Rook".

http://industriamechanika.com/

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On 1st June 2012, Gundam Eclipse launched our second Summer War contest, and threw down the gauntlet to modelers from around the world to show their modelling skills !

Five months later, and with a field of nearly ninety entries, we are ready to announce the results !!!

But first, we need to thanks some people!

Firstly, the team would like to thanks each and every member who contributed a model to the competition. The standard was fantastic this year, with some incredible modeling skills and creativity on display.

Secondly, a big round of applause to the GE Staff for facilitating and organizing the contest, well done everyone and thanks for your time and effort!.

Thirdly, many thanks to our judging panel for their hard work over the past months, given the quality of the entries, it was a difficult task to pick the final winners.

Finally, a huge thanks to our sponsors BlueFin, GundamPlanet, Model Grade, Monster Kolor Robot4less, and curtratcliffel, for their very generous contribution to the contests prize pool. And a special thanks to everyone who donated funds towards the shipping cost which will be incurred for the contest.

And now the results (and prizes!)!!! :













The judges also felt that a prize should be presented to the entry which was considered to be the most creative.



The GE Team would like to congratulate all of the winners, and again thank everyone who contributed to the success of the contest .

Can all winners arrange to send their shipping detail to an admin team member (via PM), to facilitate shipping of prizes.

The Gundam Eclipse Chatroom has been given a fresh lick of paint, and is now up and running.

http://gundam-eclipse.net/pages/chat/

The Chatroom is intended to replace our forum shoutbox (which will now just be used for announcements), and we feel it will offer a much more enjoyable experience for interacting with the members of the forum.

Feel free to drop by and chat about mecha, models and your Summer War II entry.

Gundam Eclipse SUMMER WAR 2012 Contest
June 1, 2012 - 11.59 PM November 4th, 2012





This is our second year doing this and GE's third year alive, so we're kicking things off with a bang! What do you have to show and prove to the Gunpla community? If you have an idea or something that you want to do with a kit you have, DO IT! This is your chance to shine!

The 2012 Summer War is officially an international competition! Where do you stand amongst your peers around the world?
Donations toward shipping costs for the competition are still appreciated, though its not mandatory. (http://gundam-eclipse.net/pages/sw_donate/)

Like last year, all you have to do to enter the competition is create a WIP thread in this section (http://gundam-eclipse.net/forum/1688280/) to prove to us that you are starting a new kit or working off an already built kit that has no paint apps or modifications added at all. Be sure to also state what category and skill level you want to enter in as well.

YOU MUST PROVIDE A PICTURE OF THE ACTUAL MODEL KIT(S) YOU PLAN TO WORK ON, UNTOUCHED BY ANY PAINT APPLICATION OR MODIFICATION WITH OUR GUNDAM ECLIPSE SUMMER WAR ENTRY PASS ALONG WITH THE DATE & TIME THE PICTURE WAS TAKEN.

The Gundam Eclipse Summer War 2012 Entry Pass:



Again, this WIP section will be under moderator and administrator approval so the judges will be able to know about what kit you will be entering.

Finally, to submit your finished work, submit it to this section of the Showroom (http://gundam-eclipse.net/forum/1688281/). This section will also be under moderator and administrator approval and will not allow comments until the end of the contest, October 31, 2012.

The contest will be divided up into two categories, Out-of-Box (OOB) & Modified. Within each of these categories are two sub section, intermediate and advanced. This so that beginners dont have compete against advanced modelers. The only difference in the sub categories is skill level of modelers entering. Contestants may pick which category they want to enter, however if the mods deem a build to be too advanced, it may be moved up to the advanced category. The only criteria you need to consider when deciding to enter advanced or intermediate is your won skill level.

Judging Criteria & What You Should Aim For

OOB - Intermediate: OOB category for beginner modelers. Emphasis is placed on seem line, nub, and flash removal.

OOB - Advanced: OOB category for advanced model builders, overall quality of finish and creativity of paint will count more in the section.
Modified - Intermediate: Modified category for beginner modelers.

Modified - Advanced: Modified category for advanced model builders.

THE RULES FOR ADVANCED AND INTERMEDIATE ARE THE SAME. THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IS THE SKILL LEVEL OF PEOPLE ENTERING. If your new to the gunpla world, enter intermediate, if you have a lot of experience, join advanced!

The judging rubric will be based of off the one used for the Gunpla Builders World Cup:

GE Summer War 2012: Judging Rubric

 

• Painting (0-10 points): Quality and execution of the painting, including detail, of the entry. Essentially, the paint job should be clean and aesthetically pleasing to the eye in order to score higher points.

• Technical (0-10 points): Includes thoroughness of basic model building including nub removal, seams as well as excellence of any modifications. You should be covering as much of the basic techniques when working on your entries. No one should score a 1 or below if you really want to win!

• Creativity (0-10 points): Aesthetics of the entry, including concept, posing, unique painting scheme and presentation, including diorama if applicable. The more creative and interesting things you do to your entries, the higher you will score!

There are specific rules for each of the categories:

RULES FOR THE CONTEST

Rules

 

1. All entries CAN be mecha/giant robot related, not just Gundam.

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• Resin conversion and resin kits are allowed for this year's contest.
  
• ABSOLUTELY NO TT Hong Li, GHD, or Knock off of any kind. If you submit a kit that is a knock off, it will be disqualified instantaneously.
  
• Macross, Evangelion, and even Zoids model kits are allowed in the competition. Anything else mecha related is allowed, but if you are unsure about what you want to enter, post a work in progress thread, and if the staff feels it does not meet the requirements, you will be pm'd with an explanation as to why it is ineligible.

RULES FOR OUT-OF-BOX (OOB) - INTERMEDIATE & ADVANCED

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• The model may not be altered in anyway physically besides removing nubs and seam lines.
  
• Custom color schemes are allowed.
  
• All entries should be completely painted.
  
• Action Bases and any stands that are used to position a model in some way are allowed but will not count toward final score.
  
• Water slide decals are allowed.
  
• ABSOLUTELY NO TT Hong Li, MC, RC, GHD, or knock off of any kind. If you submit a kit that is a knock off, it will be disqualified instantaneously.
  

RULES FOR MODIFIED - INTERMEDIATE & ADVANCED

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• Custom bases and stands are allowed and encouraged.
  
• All entries should be completely painted.
  
• Kit bashing is allowed.
  
• Modifications can be from panel line creation to full blown dioramas.
  
• Resin entries will fall into this category.
  
• ABSOLUTELY NO TT Hong Li, MC, RC, GHD, or knock off of any kind. If you submit a kit that is a knock off, it will be disqualified instantaneously.
  

3. Your entries CANNOT be something you have previously built AND painted/modded or has been entered in a contest already. If you had just started a kit within 7 days of this announcement, you can use that as your entry for this contest. If you just have a simple, snapped together kit that you DID NOT apply paint or performed any modification on, you CAN use it for the competition. This applies for prepped resin.

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• When showing your kit in the WIP area, you must show your kit untouched by any sort of modification
  
• You must also try and provide the date the photos were taken in some fashion as well if it was started before the June 3rd annoucement.
  

4. You must have High Quality pictures to show us your entry. We want to be able to see all that hard work you put into your kit, so give us your best photos of the entry!

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• Maximum of 30 pictures to be shown as an entry. Minimum of 10 photos to show as an entry.
  
• No hotlinking images or uploading images directly to Gundam Eclipse when you post.
  
• If you wish to upload your images, please use imgur, PhotoBucket, ImageShack, TinyPic, or other image hosting provider to display your images in your posts.
  
• Must show all sides of the kit (Front, Back, and both sides)
  
• Want to show off some dynamic poses with your pictures? Do it! Show your entry in action! But remember to include some standard photos of the front, sides, and back of the kit!
  

5. You are allowed to do a video to accompany your entry’s photos.

6. Entrants are allowed up to THREE separate entries, in total for the competition. They can all be for one category and section, or spread out (Doing this will not allow you to take more than one winning placement for one category).

7. Prizes are subject to change according availability from our sponsors*

8. And above all these rules, is the most important one: Have Fun! Enjoy your build, and don’t think of this as an actual fist fight to the death. This contest is for fun and to show how well you can push yourself as a Gunpla builder to make the best looking kit!

You have the chance to win one of the many prizes provided by our gracious sponsors: Bluefin Distribution, Robot4Less, Plamo UK, curtratcliffe, Model Grade, and Gundam Planet.



PRIZES*

Grand Prize:
• A Master Grade that will be provided in October by Bluefin Distribution
• Paint Package provided by Plamo UK





Confirmed Prizes Include:*


In addition to all these new prizes, we will be holding a few random, special giveaways throughout the competition (at least until that stack of prizes runs dry).

To join in on that bit of fun, be sure to follow @GundamEclipse on Twitter (http://www.twitter.com/GundamEclipse) and like Gundam Eclipse on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/GundamEclipse). There will be specific instructions regarding how to enter utilizing hashtags and likes/shares/comments.