GBWC 2014 World Champion - ANDY WONG of Malaysia

I have a very serious confession to make guys... I am also Malaysian!



Just kidding... I spent a lot of time in the old Malaysian forums ( ZeroGunz ) back in 2009 to 2011. In fact I was one of the moderators of that forums. I learned a lot of my techniques from Ryukaze, Ronnie Phoon, Jeff Ho, Rayloke ( whom I met personally back in 2008 Bakuc Finals ), Becky Law, Sammy514 among so many others.



Malaysia is producing Bandai World Champions and competing in the world stage, like they are competing in a forums group build or something. These guys most likely because of the friendly nature and the teachings of the the older modelers have not regressed at all.



The newly crowned Gunpla Builders World Cup (GBWC ) World Champion this year ( 2014 ) is

 ANDY WONG of Malaysia!

I did not ask permission and stole all these photos of Andy Wong, so be prepared to read Andy Wong's name in this post numerous times ( lol ).



I believe most if not all of the entries in this year's GBWC finals at Japan were unique and original. I love creativity the most and skills and execution is secondary for me personally and The Spider O of Andy Wong is one of the most creative builds I have ever seen! I am so humiliated to post my re-painted MG The O ( coz it is also painted yellow ) even here in my blog as this Spider The O makes my work looks like it belongs to the junior category ( albeit helped by Uncles ).

Inspiring work! I am so inspired to work on my GBWC 2015 entry as early as next month! Inspiring stuff from another talented, skillful and creative modeler from Malaysia! How I wish I live in Singapore, HongKong, Thailand, Indonesia, Japan, or Malaysia ( lol ).



Hope you are as inspired as I am! Thanks as always for dropping by! Until next post guys! Just enjoy the hobby! :)

MAN Elmeth 08 - Solomon Express WIP - modeling by Ronnie Phoon

I just saw this outrageous scratch building work in progress thread at Zerogunz a couple of days ago and felt I had to feature it as I find it really inspiring! This build is by Ronnie Phoon aka Phoon, a fellow moderator and modeler at ZeroGunz and is a very very good modeler from Malaysia.



I can't really say that Phoon has outdone himself as he brought his architecture background to the table when he started this hobby. Another scratch building wizard who loves weathered builds and is really good at it. This build is for the Femme Fatale GB in ZeroGunz that was started by Beckylaw.



Phoon is not that active in the Blogosphere though, but he updates his blog a bit regularly... now here is the link to his current SB project for the ZeroGunz Femme Fatale GB...

MAN Elmeth 08: Solomon Express - modeling by Ronnie Phoon

ZeroGunz Core Fighter Group Build

Ello guys, There is an ongoing Group Build ( GB ) at ZeroGunz and it is called " Core Fighter Group Build ". The concept is simple, give this neglected kit some lovin'! The core fighter is always unpainted or hidden inside the Gundams, so this time ZeroGunz gave this kit some much needed highlight!



A couple of good modeler friends has finished there GB entries, namely Ronnie Phoon and Jeff Ho. Jeff Ho Yick Yin aka Jeffho at ZeroGunz has been featured here once with his PG masterpiece. Now I present to you Jeffho's " Legend of EFSF "...

and here is Ronnie Phoon's equally well done Core Fighter! He simply calls it Corefighter ver. P...

Thanks for dropping by! Do visit us at ZeroGunz.com and share your painted Gunpla and Gundam thoughts with us! Phoon and Jeffho are also active members of M.A.C. at facebook.

Just enjoy the hobby guys! til' next post! XD