Zoids at Winter Wonderfest 2016?

[Legna (RPZ41)]

Last couple years HMM has had something to present. And there's always been some garage kits here and there. But I haven't seen much posted about either online. HMM may tease something when we get closer to the convention weekend though. As to the garage kits, anyone aware of any makers preparing something for the show? I'm interested since a friend is actually attending and might be able to pick some up. 

Thank you.

[Hanyoutai]

You can expect Tsun (sp?) to show up just about every WF. For Winter WF he's working on a garage kit for an HMM Sturm Fürher. Here are some direct twitter links (his main twitter might have some nsfw stuff maybe? But these links are all safe as long as you don't navigate away.)

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He is also the guy who makes the Genesis Liger HMM kits, Ritter, etc.

[Illandrasen]

www.geocities.jp/zoidingzero/StrumTyrann/SturmTyrann

[Hanyoutai]

Just to clarify since there's no comment posted with that link, that is not Tsun's Sturm Furher resin kit. They're two separate things, that red one is someone's individual custom which appeared over a year ago and won't be sold at Wonderfest. Just be advised if you plan on picking up the WF one that it won't be the same, and will likely come uncolored/painted as most resin kits do.

[ligerofthenorth]

What are resin kits?

[Hanyoutai]

Resin is a type of plastic that is very common in fan-made kits. When I say "Resin Kits" I usually mean unpainted fan-made kits like the first of the 4 links I posted above. I'm not an expert on resin kits so someone else might want to weigh in but here are some quick facts you should know before buying them.

- They're almost guaranteed to have molding flaws (knicks/unevenness in the plastic, flash that needs trimmed, etc.)
- They come with unpainted yellow plastic.
- The mold agents put off a strong chemical smell. Scrub and clean them thoroughly before anything!
- They often require some degree of customization knowledge to build, needing glue or customization to fit properly.
- Most resin kits are NOT the full kit. If you see "Sturm Furher Resin Kit" it includes JUST the Sturm parts, not the whole HMM Furher. You will need to buy that separately. This is the case for ZOIDS, many other series have full figures but Zoids usually just have "customize parts" with a few exceptions (Zoikino's D-Style Gilvaders I think were complete?)

[Maethius]

That SF custom is outstanding; the resin kit has some incredible detail, too!

[Hanyoutai]

It looks like another person will be selling HMM Mirage Fox resin parts! VERY well done and looks like they went the extra mile to "HMMIfy" the parts instead of just re-mounting the lower detail motorized pieces.

The same group may be selling the horseshoe crabs from Zoids: Material Hunters~

Zoikino also has some upcoming parts listed on their blog.

[spiralofvertigo]

Little under a week til Wonderfest; any guesses of what the new HMM model will be? I'm hoping for a smaller kit like Helcat but I don't know how likely that is haha.

[Hanyoutai]

I'd be happy for any new builds, hoping there won't be another recolor. For now I'm still hoping for a K Wuf, though I realize it's a long shot! I also think it was called earlier, and is likely, we may see the ZA Mugen Liger. Though, that isn't the/a HMM.

Also, looks like one of the Buster Heads (name?) from the Concept Art Books / SS / Original Story will appear as one of the fan made kits. We've also seen some nice color images of the Sturm Tyrann fan kit that'll be sold. I like the concept of making the shields open up to reveal hidden guns. One thing sorely lacking about the Sturm unit is any remotely functional weaponry. If you can't anchor down for a minute to charge up your particle gun you're completely SOL at any kind of ranged combat.