Solvalou Fighter - Wave's Arcade Homage (OOB)

[Faust]

One thing I’m not into, and never really was, is video games. I never got the allure of spending lots of time and money standing in crowded arcades when I could stay home and work on a model. However, one thing I AM into is cool-looking spaceships! It doesn’t matter to me if I know their backstory or not, for me spacecraft provoke a very deep and immediate response.

 

In this case, I was drawn to the Wave Non-Scale “Solvalou” fighter from a famous (well, not to me, but…) videogame of the ‘80s. This game was called “Xevious”, and while successful here, it was a huge hit in its homeland of Japan. To honour the game’s anniversary, kitmaker WAVE issued this model a few years ago.

 

I’m not sure about it’s origins, but man, it’s a neat looking ship with all kinds of potential! For something a bit different from the usual Star Wars, Star Trek and Gundam ships, check out the link below!

 

https://adamrehorn.wordpress.com/wave-non-scale-solvalou-fighter-oob/

 

 

 

 

[bisc63]

Can't wait to see what you do with this. I love the style, but never cared for the Japanese asthetic in color schemes in sci-fi vehicles; always a little TOO toy-like and garish.

I heartily agree that the FORM has great potential! You'll do it right, I'm betting...