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Welcome to Gundam Weapons website. This page is about Gundam, if you don't know what a Gundam is you can have a look at the "Gundam Story" section, it's not an in-depth essay, just something to get started.

The site is really young now, and I don't know how it's going to evolve, but one thing is sure: here you'll find every Gundam related computer graphics work I made in the past or I'm going to make in the future, that's why right now one the richest sub-section available is about my CG model of RX-93-n-2 "Hi-Nu" Gundam.


What's New

02-02-2002
the first update in 2002 is a new picture for the Hi-Nu Gallery. This is a revision of the old "boost" picture, with new Gundam model and revised materials and effects.
12-29-2001
Hi-Nu Gallery features a new Hi-Nu image, this one boasts two robots and a snowy ambient, Merry Christmas :-)
10-21-2001
After a long delay a new picture appears in the Hi-Nu Gallery section, featuring a "desert type" customized Hi-Nu with a new revision of the Hiper Mega Launcher.
08-14-2001
Two new steps have been added to the Zetaplus work in progress section. Take a look at the "rough" transformation scheme that's going to be implemented in the final model.
08-14-2001
After a lot of research and delays I'm ready to start the modeling of the Zetaplus. A work log is available with the first part modeled: the head.
08-05-2001
Now that new details has been added to the backpack and fuel tanks of the "regular" Hi-Nu you can see the result in this new space scene with the Gundam shot from the back. The color scheme is again the "Amuro Rei type".
07-8-2001
A new link has been added to the link section: Gianluca Panebianco Home of 3D. Visit it!
The Gallery page of the Hi-Nu section now has a new "informational" tool: if you click the small icon () behind the thumbnails, a new mni window will open, carrying informations and notes about the selected pictures. Grey icons () are inactive, they will be completed as soon as possible.
A bug that prevented the newest versions of the Gallery page to open in Netscape has been fixed.
07-05-2001
If you've seen the Katoki illustration serie Gundam Fix than maybe you're familiar with the layout of the new Hi-Nu picture, with the robot falling into atmosphere.
07-02-2001
The new picture in Hi-Nu gallery shows a personal interpretation of the RX-93-n-2 without fin-funnels and smaller back fuel tanks. This particular setup best shows the back of the robot.
06-10-2001
Added a picture of a Hi-Nu flying above earth, with global lighting information taken from the background.
There are two "stereo" images in the Hi-Nu gallery, one for green/red glasses, the other for blue/red ones. If you can't see the 3D effect, maybe you have to swap the lenses, or more easily try flipping the image horizontaly...
06-01-2001
Added a new CG section to show the development of a new model: Hallo, the ball-robot created by Amuro Rei at the beginning of the original Gundam serie.

Site's Map

Home:
Gundam Weapons opening page will tell you all the latest news about the website, plus a What's Hot section.
Gundam Story:
A brief introduction to the Gundam universe, with short descriptions of many Gundam series.
Gundam CG
"Hi-Nu" Gundam:
Take a look at the rendering and in-progress notes about my CGI model of the Hi-Nu Gundam.

Zetaplus:
Direct form Gundam Sentinel, the model of the transformable Zetaplus C1.

"Hallo" Ball Robot:
The omnipresent ball robot modeled and rendered with high detail.

SRW SD Robots:
A collection of SD robots related to the Gundam univers taken from Super Robot Wars 4.

Tutorials:
Tutorials and notes about the making of the images hosted in Gundam Weapons website.
Mecha Design
Mecha Designers:
Gundam mecha designers are presented here, together with the best mobile suits they worked on.
Links:
Look here for Gundam related websites or if you want to link to Gundam Weapons
Message Board:
If you want to drop a line and have a talk with other Gundam and CG fan.