my TOP10 - BMKWC 2010 Philippine entries

I thought of creating this new type of post after reading a really nice thread at our MAC forums on " What is your TOP10 favourite Gundam / MS? ". This is basically my TOP10 picks amongst all of the entries at the recently concluded BMKWC Philippines 2010.

As I've said before I like all of the entries at the event and that their is simply just not enough placings or prizes to go along. I could easily have a TOP30 or even a TOP50 in this year's entries as all are topnotch works.

I chose my TOP10 in the most biased way I could do and these are just friends that is why I am featuring them here... JOKE! I based my selection on the level of effort put into the build, skill level to accomplish such great builds and the creativity in putting up such a masterpiece.

Now here is my TOP10 in NO chronological order whatsoever...

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" The Gilgamesh Project " - DC23

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The concept behind the Gilgamesh project is simple... " The Gilgamesh Project " is a secret mecha project in the remote regions of Northern Siberia. A small Zeon faction created this monster out of old Zeonic technologies. The mecha has been wrecking havoc on Federation forces for 5 years now, however the enemies has this mech as unclassified. No one has lived to tell the tale of the attacks of this monster, The Gilgamesh is often referred to as the " White Shark " or the " White Sunset ".

The diorama is made of of different plastic scraps from M&M canisters to small 1 inch PVC pipes. The figures used are basically out of scale coz they are 1/72 military figs. Obviously the main kit is the MG Sazabi and parts from 1/144 GNX and MG Qubeley was used to enhance the overall look.

I painted this with Tamiya acrylics and weathered it with Mungyo dry pastels, Tamiya enamels, Citadel paints and Tamiya weathering master. The diorama was painted with Bosny ( industrial grade ) spray cans and was weathered in the same manner as the mech. It took me roughly 3 months to finish this build. 

Now I present to you my latest diorama... the Gilgamesh project...

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BMKWC 2010 Philippines Placers! Congratulations to all!

Now let's roll the red carpet! I present to you some photos of the placers in this year's Bandai Model Kit World Cup Philippines. I am really sorry though coz I cannot name all the winners and the categories, I know most of you guys specially those who are active in the forums but unfortunately I do not know all of you. I would entertain any private message sent to me at Facebook or our MAC forums so that I can include your names in this post.

Anyways this is my best effort so far to enumerate all of the winners! Congratulations to all!

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Bandai Model Kit World Cup 2010 Philippines - DAY TWO

First of all, I would like to congratulate all of the participants in this year's Bandai Model Kit World Cup Philippine Finals! I am very very happy for all the Filipino Gunpla modelers this year! As I've said in my previous posts, The Filipino Gunpla modelers are heading in the right direction, everybody is improving vastly every year. Great job everyone!

I am looking forward to next year's Bandai World Cup Philippines already. If this year was any indication of the number of quality entries... I definitely have my expectations very high for everyone for next year. 90+ bad ass entries! Just simply not enough prizes to go around but everyone is a winner. Congratulations to all who joined!

I actually just got home from the event and I would like to show you some snapshots taken today ( day two ) by my wife ( sorry for some lousy pics, hihi ). Btw, I will have a third post later of all the placers in this event but for the meantime here are some pics...

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BMKWC 2010 Philippines day two coming up later!

I slept early yesterday after day one of the event... too tired coz I brought my wife and kids. The kids had fun, they saw looooooot's of Gundams. Afterall my youngest, the little boy calls me " Daddy Gundam " and he was overly excited after seeing the 9 foot tall Exia in front of the venue. I won't be bringing my kids ( much to their dismay ) today ( day two ) coz it's going to be really busy later. Awarding ceremony later at roughly around 4 pm!

Anyways, I will be taking more photos of the entries today. My camera batteries ran out an hour before MatX arrived so I was not able to take photos of a handful of entries including his entry. I am btw in the Expert category and there are only 4 participants including Nathaniel Barrera, the best Filipino modeler around IMO.

Kinda excited to compete with " the guy " but the Expert category is simply just a courtesy category for the old winners ( Thanks to Bankee and Bandai ). I am a ton more excited to share with you and upload photos of my " the Gilgamesh project " tomorrow morning than for the results of a category with 4 participants. hihihi

Highlight of the event goes to all the PRO and Junior Pro category participants. We will know later today who will represent the Philippines to the World Championships at HongKong! I am overly excited for all those guys as most of my friends and MAC forumers are contestants. Afterall, Eduardo Quirong is last year's Junior Pro World Champion back in BAKUC HongKong 2009.

There are a handful of kits that I saw yesterday that I really like! I do not know the modelers though, thus I am saving my biases later after the results. Goodluck to all the participants later! But I am rooting for the MAC forumers a little more in this event! See yah later! :D

Needless to say... most MAC and GMAC likers at Facebook are MAC forumers. Goodluck guys! hihi :D

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Bandai Model Kit World Cup 2010 Philippines - DAY ONE

I just finished uploading these gazillion photos! Dang there are I think 90+ entries back at Bandai Model Kit World Cup Philippines today! 40 + entries joined the New Challenger Category, 20+ entries who joined the Professional Category, 10+ entries in the Junior Category, a handful of entries ( maybe around 3 - 4 ) in the group category and 4 entries in the Expert category! Not really sure with the numbers but those are rough estimates.

The quality of the entries vastly improved in comparison to last year! I mean it has constantly been improving since the first time I joined which was Bakuc 2008... but I really like all of the kits I saw today. All sorts of creative mechas from all the participants.

I am really excited for the results of the Pro and Junior Category and even the New challenger category. Most of them our good friends from Facebook and our MAC forums! I have my bets though they are bias bets... so to keep it fair to the participants whom I do not know, I will just post random photos of the kits that I was able to shoot before my camera's batteries ran out. I present to you the kits in this year's Bandai Model Kit World Cup Philippines!

edit* I am really tired now, I might edit this post tomorrow, it was a 2 hour drive from the venue to my place... dropping to bed now! Goodluck again to ALL the partcicipants! You are all winners in my book already! :D

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glimpse of my " Gilgamesh project " before submission to BMKWC 2010

It's just a few minutes after 6 am here in the Philippines, I will be leaving the house and submit my " Gilgamesh project " for Bandai Model Kit World Cup in a few more hours. I am really glad that I added the mountain at the back in the last minute.

The snow mixture of the new mountain is still a bit wet to touch, though it is not glossy anymore which is a good thing. Much like my last year's entry,  " The Graveyard " which has a wall at the back... my Gilgamesh project has a mountain to serve as background.

I like putting walls at the back of the kits, it simply forces the viewers to focus on my dio without seeing the kits at the back. You'll know what I mean when you see coverage photos of my entry later. Having a wall simply will eliminates the nuances in the background. hihi

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BMKWC 2010 Philippines has started!

BMKWC entry of Jose Sabale aka Kisapmata

Rumors has it that there are 91 entries in this year's competition! So much kits for BMKWC ( formerly BAKUC ) and the number of entries should be a record. However back in 2008 in Bankee's midyear competition, there where 150 entries in the Senior category alone not including the expert category.

Their will be lots of entries from MAC, ZeroGunz and GMAC members come Saturday, I will be documenting all those entries by tomorrow. I will also be featuring some kits individually after BMKWC that are from exclusive MAC forum members. So let us see those photo shoots after the contest.

Goodluck to all the participants! See you tomorrow! :D

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BANDAI Model Kit World Cup 2010 - Philippine Finals

edit: This is a re-post and this post was originally posted last September 9, 2010

Alas!!! The official news form Bankee ( Official Bandai distributor in the Philippines ) has released the flyers and rules for the BANDAI Model Kit World Cup ( BAKWC ) 2010 here in the Philippines. Practically the rules are the same with the previous BAKUCs but with minor alterations here and there.

Unfortunately I have neglected Gunpla for weeks now and I have been into Facebook games as of late. hehe... I would not be surprise if I won't make it this year. I do hope I get my Gunpla mojo back in time for this annual big stage competition.

I will be joining the Expert category for the first time this year, thus I am not that enthused at all at joining. I do wish that our Filipino modelers that are eligible to join the Junior and Open Category do well in the competition and I sincerely hope that the Philippines will again be represented well at Hong Kong Finals this year.

Afterall, our Junior category representative Eduardo Quirong is last year's BAKUC finals World Champion 2009!

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