2013 Southern California Gundam Modeling Competition

This past Saturday Mrs. Nerd and I got to go to our first Gundam modeling competition! It was the third annual competition thrown by Those Gundam Guys at the Holiday Inn near Cal State Fullerton. They had some pretty awesome models there as well as vendors (including our friends at Robot4less!) and modeling tutorials. Here are some pictures from the competition.

The ballroom had everything for anyone interested in Gunpla!

Custom painted for the ladies

The 1:100 Gundam Wing Zero Custom is stunning. This will probably be Mrs. Nerd's next build

Some modelers featured whole dioramas.

Custom painted 1:100 MG Tallgeese

This Kshatriya is supposed to have the binders attached to it but it's still cool looking. It's massive too. Hard to believe its HG 1:144

RG Gundam Destiny with wings of light

Zaku II with a custom LED for the eye camera!

Everyone gathered for the competition awards

Best in show was a MG Sazabi

There were even SD's customized to look like TMNT and Splinter!

The best part was that there was an awesome raffle! $20 for 30 tickets and by 4pm we won these three kits: SD Delta Plus from Gundam Unicorn, HG Zaku Amazing from Gundam Build Fighters, and a RG Char's Zaku II! Praise God!

Best. Raffle. Ever.

This was such a fun day of learning more about Gunpla, seeing the people who love to build, and also winning some awesome prizes. Next time you're looking for something new to do on Saturday you should look for a Gunpla competition!