Pre-Blog Kits #7: HGUC Jegan Fireball

Reference Artwork

Reference Artwork

This build was for Gundam Eclipse's 2012 Personalized Grunt Group Build. To better match the design of the MS in the reference artwork, I scratchbuilt a new backpack, and modified the  lower legs to accommodate more thrusters than the standard HGUC Jegan. I altered the shield with a weapons rack on the underside, the rifle with a bayonet of sorts and some minor pla-plating for the shoulders and chest to round things out.

HGUC Jegan Fireball, completed April 16 2012

Having decided to call it the Jegan Fireball, I figured a deep red colour would suit it best, and given that the only two reference pieces for this particular MS are of not particularly high quality in addition to being black and white the choice seems reasonable.

HGUC Jegan Fireball, completed April 16 2012

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Notes:

RGM-89R-2 Jegan Fireball [High Mobility Type-2] - the Fireball is a pre-existing design from the F91 Era (2 illustrations in the manga, to work off of)... Introduced in the early UC 0090s, the RGM-89 Jegan soon becomes the Earth Federation Forces' main frontline mass production mobile suit. But as the Federation slips into stagnation, the advent of new mobile suit technology won't be actively pursued for almost three decades. Over the years, the old Jegans are constantly overhauled and upgraded to keep them in service. One such Variant is the High Mobility Type-2 or the RGM-89R-2 "Jegan Fireball" a unit designated for use by an Ace pilot of the federation forces, designed in an attempt to match the performance of the Cross Bone Vanguards' Mass production units...

Grunt - any mass production MS, typically refers to the GMs ("Jims") and Zakus of each universe. They all have them its just a matter of how they are re-imagined or re-vamped.