OVER-21 course

FOR CHAR

Troy Lee

Developed in secret at Axis during the early days of the Gryps Conflict, the ZR-01 was never meant for open war. Conceived as a last-resort rescue-and-destroy unit to ensure Char Aznable's survival, it was deployed only once, when Char and his ally faced annihilation at the hands of a monstrous biomechanical plant-like entity that reduced their Zeong and Zaku to wreckage. Unlike the original MSN-02, the ZR-01 was rebuilt as a colossal mobile armor. Its head was re-engineered into a devastating mega particle cannon, borrowing elements from the Nightingale and HG Meteor Unit. The core frame combined MG Zeong internals with Nightingale armor, while shoulders were scratch-built from pla-plate and putty to expand its silhouette. Its lower body, reinforced with custom pistons for a raw mechanical feel, integrated Re/100 Jagd Doga parts and others. Traditional thrusters were discarded in favor of high-output propulsion units adapted from HG GN Arms Type-E, sustained by a massive MG Full Armor Unicorn fuel tank. The machine was detailed with heavy panel scribing, kitbashed components, mottling, weathering, and hand-painted chipping to convey battlefield desperation. The diorama depicts a fractured steel-frame deck, strewn with debris, the wrecks of Char's Zeong and Zaku, and the grotesque biomechanical foe, constructed from EX Model La-Vie-En Rose elements and four MG Aegis Gundam arms. This custom project drew from an extensive library of kits and builder parts: MG Zeong, Sinanju Stein, Sazabi, Aegis, Full Armor Unicorn, Kaempfer, Zaku II, Gyan, Tallgeese III; Re/100 Jagd Doga; RG Zeong; EX Model La-Vie-En Rose, Dopp Fighter; HG Neo Zeong, Nightingale, Meteor Unit, Kshatriya, GN Arms Type-E, Psycho Doga, Dra-C, Lightning Buster, Messer, Typhoeus, Giant Gatling, Balden Arms, Gunpla Battle Arms; Builders Parts MS sets; and MG Psycho Zaku decals.