High Grade 00: GN-006GNHW/R Cherudim Gundam GNHW/R

Neil Dylandy, the first Meister to hold the codename "Lockon Stratos" piloted the Dynames Gundam, a long-range support mobile suit noted for its sniping abilities. Neil was killed towards the end of the first season by the mercenary Ali Al-Saachez, resulting in Celestial Being's search for a replacement. Naturally, they went to his twin brother, Lyle Dylandy, and gave him the Cherudim Gundam, an upgrade to the Dynames. After sustaining damage in a battle with the Innovators, the engineers at Celestial Being repair the suit and equip it with new weapons and equipment, mostly in the form of six remote-controlled GN Rifle Bits.



The kit itself is a fairly simple build, however the green plastic is particularly susceptible to nub marks after clipping them off the tree. I did my best to clean most of the parts, but you can still plainly see them in person. The whole thing was another 3 1/2 hour build between snap-together and painting.

In any case, the Cherudim Gundam is a compact mobile suit with loads of accessories. There's the GN Sniper Rifle, four GN Pistols, seven GN Shield Bits and six GN Rifle Bits. A transparent stand is included so that the bits can "hover" to the side of the kit.

Articulation is impressive, given the size of the kit, but it's coming to be something that the High Grade 00 line is known for. The only paint required is for the GN Pistols, though I painted the sensor on the V-crest because the sticker was rubbish.

There are some complaints however. The kit is incredibly back heavy thanks to the GN Rifle bits hanging off the backside, and the pieces don't even fit together very well, so they routinely fall off. The GN Rifle cannot switch between sniper mode or submachine gun mode on its own and requires part-swapping.

Overall, you could probably survive getting just the basic Cherudim Gundam, unless you really want the Rifle Bits or the second pair of pistols. The core kit is excellent.



Again, the top picture is a blurry cell phone picture of the one I built, the bottom picture is from some Japanese site.