EchoTech is a Japanese brand of Ultrasonic cutters with great high-quality models. ZeonMarket is one of the main gunpla and modeling tool sellers in northern Europe and the official distributor of some amazing brands among which are DSPIEA and of course EchoTech.
These two giants have joined forces to donate the ZO-91 Ultrasonic Cutter to the contest! This amazing piece of tech cuts plastics and resins as if they are butter.
If you want to see it in action, check out the youtube channel.
Natter Kit makes cool and unusual 3d printed kits, among which are some very odd mecha.
Always a patron of the fine arts, Natter Kit has decided to generously sponsor our contest by donating a physical copy of his Aletheia mecha kit.
“ALETHEIA” In Greek mythology, Aletheia was personified as a Greek goddess, the goddess of truth.
The first sponsor for our contest is the awesome Richard ‘Plainries‘ van der Meijden. Richard has not only ‘volunteered’ to be part of the jury ánd to moderate the contest group, but is also generous enough to sponsor this contest! Besides being the very first sponsor Richard was actually already on board when the contest was just a weird idea!
Richard donates 4 of his Plainries kits! However, which kits exactly will remain a secret for now… Curious to see his work? Look at www.plainries.com
Polynoise is the brainchild of the amazing Joram van Loenen.
Joram is a strong supporter of our motto ’the weirder, the better’ as can be seen from his creations.
He is not only a great 3d modeller, but is also really good at scale model building, a real all-rounder.
Joram kindly donates a kitbash set containing some of his printed designs, among which are these cute little (1/20) pilot critters.
Gundam Nederland is THE Dutch Gundam Community, Gundam Nederland has strong social media presence and consists of a nice and diverse bunch of modellers that enjoy building, you guessed it, Gundams and similar mecha. The group is very open without any gatekeeping or discrimination against minority mecha. They have a policy of hobby first, drama second, with very laid-back and reasonable admins. They also organize online and live events, from contests to build-days. From beginner to advanced builder, this is one of the best places to socialize with fellow builders.
Gundam Nederland kindly donates 2 HG kits and two Gundam cutting mats.
Gameyy Builds is a model and diorama maker who focuses on storytelling. He is currently working on an extensive world building project with interwoven storylines and a huge cast of characters. This world is expanded by designing and building a variety of kitbashed robots, vehicles, and more. An upcoming tie-in novel will add even more story and lore.
Gameyy Builds showcases his projects on his YouTube channel where he features videos of the builds from planning to painting, accompanied by short background stories.
Gameyy Builds kindly donates a sticker pack and one (random) t-shirt of his designs.
The Mech Case Model Shop, or MCMS creates nifty little detail-up pieces for mecha. Ranging from power pipe covers to heat sinks and more.
They operate a webshop where you can buy their printed parts. These come in amazing (jealousy inducing) high quality and resolution.
MCMS will be donating some of their outstanding detail parts for our prize pool.
Check out their webshop www.mechcase.com and support them by buying some of their parts to make your entry pop a bit more.
Aves Fine Clays and Maches makes one of the best sculpting clays around, they have an amazing track record for hobbyists and industry alike. Their products are used around the world by just about everyone in the creative sector
As their clay is an epoxy-type clay, there is no need for ovens or heating. After curing it becomes rock hard without becoming brittle. Aves Studio will donate one pound of Apoxie Sculpt white, a bottle of their finishing solution, and a clay matt.
Meaning that the lucky winner of this prize will be able to sculpt up an entry for the next contest
Hanco Workhop makes high quality 3D designs for printing. They include busts from various robot franchises, detail up kits, and conversion kits. Besides making and selling the files they also provide a print on demand service for their parts, for decent prizes too. Their shop also features a selection of paints, thinner and glue. As well as high quality decals by their design.
In addition Hanco Workshop also offers a painting service, where you can have them paint up your model to a very high standard.
Hanco Workhop has offered to sponsor our humble contest with some of their fantastic decals.
Modelbouwenzo (MBE) is a scale-model and supplies shop with an actual brick and mortar location in the beautiful Hoorn (the Netherlands). In addition to the physical location they also have a very well stocked webshop.
They somehow always have some weird kits that you won’t easily find somewhere else, and if you need paint, look no further, they have just about everything (seriously, half of their shop is filled with paint racks). If you are ever in the neighborhood, you should really check out their shop, you may even run into Plainries as he spends way too much time there.
MBE kindly donates a 25 EUR voucher for their shop.
David Diez is a renowned and very productive illustrator who comes up with all sorts of weird and cool robots. Some of which may be very good inspiration for the Peculiar Robot Contest.
He has graciously donated his ’46 Robots’ book plus a sticker pack with all kinds of robot fun!
Check out his socials for many, many, many more robot designs.
https://www.instagram.com/daviddiez_ilustrador/
MDMB is one of the best diorama kit makers out there and the brainchild of Marco Doeser, who is a very experienced (and very, very good) diorama builder.
MDMB produces high quality, high detail kits of dioramas that you can use to supplement your models, or use as a basis for your own particular storydriven display.
These kits give you everything you need to create a stunning base which can complement your model, without needing to design and build it yourself.
MDMB will be donating a voucher for 50 EUR for one (to be determined) diorama kit for our prize-pool!
Kallamity is a great allround artist. He doesn’t just make mecha, he also makes some really cool sculptures and paintings. In addition he is known for his Abakan books, which are treasure troves of weird and cool designs and details. As well as a great resource for scratchbuilding and kitbashing tips, and some nice mecha-universe storytelling.
Kallamity has donated one of the supercool new edition Bower kits for us to give away to a lucky winner!
The new edition comes with ton of optional parts, so after building your favorite, you are left with great parts for your next kitbash