Restartt Hobby

So, this Heine Westenfluss Destiny got me pumped to finish it, with the neat colors and looking so good.  Just as a reminder, I had no clue who Heine was, never saw the series the Destiny is from, but I started building this because it was the only 'reddish' kit that was at the local Barnes and Noble before our local gunpla group's big "red October" meetup.  Heres what I was building and how far I got. I don't have a lot of build pictures for this one, just one more middle pic where its spoiling for a fight: Heres the final pic on the build surface, and immediately I just had to take some lit pics even without the lightbox set up. It looks great! It also comes with a handheld gun and the white triangles on the shoulders come off to form daggers. And it comes with an extra hand that shoots a clear blast out, as well as a clear effect for a different shield I dont really understand. Also, the sword folds in half and stores on the back, as does ...

Last time I mentioned a meetup, it was checking out the local hobby shops "come and build models (mostly gunpla)" night. Like 10 people around 3 tables in the gaming area of a hobby store. More recently, the local Gunpla specific club held a big meetup I think they do like every other month or so.  There was a theme of"hey bring your red or aquatic suits to show off/build" but you didn't have to, just a suggestion.  Still, I was eager to go, and I had a Lunamaria preordered that MIGHT just make it in on time.  Man, that lunamaria is a sweet looking kit. Sadly, that didn't make it, so on my way over I stopped by the local barnes and noble, the only gunpla store within 25 minutes.  The only reddish kit they had was the Heine Westenfluss Destiny Gundam.  I had never seen the show and wasn't familiar with the person or the suit. Luckily, it looked pretty cool and slighly reddish, so I sprung for it thinking, what the heck. Man am I glad I did. T...