［レビュー］「METAL BUILD DRAGON SCALE サーバイン（白き秘宝）」ファンタジックで生体感のあるディテールが，唯一無二の存在感

original work「New Story of Aura Battler DUNBINE」(New Story of Aura Battler Dunbine) was released by Sunrise in 1988 as an OVA series (all three episodes) of the TV anime “Sacred Warrior Dunbine.”

I think most readers read it without any doubts, but I would like to make a note for younger readers: What is an OVA?original video animeIt’s about.

It makes me laugh that this would require annotations on the videotape, but the point is that it is an “original anime product for sale”.

This work was created by a mechanical designer who served as a guest designer for Holy Warrior Dunbine.Yuji Debuchiis an illustration-based story project that was serialized in Bandai’s model magazine “B-CLUB”.「PHANTASM AURA」is the original draft.

To summarize the flow of the film adaptation, after the main anime was aired, there was a spin-off serialized in a magazine, and an OVA was created based on that.

The story depicts the world 700 years after the holy warrior Dunbine, and the existing Aura Butlers are also drawn with new designs.
What is noteworthy is“Further emphasizing the sense of living beings of the mechas”is. It has been refined to make the biological features of insects, fish, dragons, etc. more prominent.

Among these, “Servine” is the main character, appearing in the work as a legendary aura battler touted as the “White Treasure of Baranbaran.”
I’m sure some people have never seen the OVA footage, but I’m sure there are a fair number of people who say they used it in Super Robot Wars.

Servine released in October 2023. The coloring is mostly blue overall.

In the past, Servine’s three-dimensional object was released as the first in the METAL BUILD DRAGON SCALE Aura Battler series.The first version will be released in October 2023It has also been developed under other brands such as “ROBOT Spirits.”

On top of that, this time’s Servain (White Treasure) is a similar aircraft that has often had a blue color scheme up until now, but it has been changed from the one seen in the OVA package illustrations and scenes in the work.Colored with white base coloringbecomes.

In addition, the White Treasure version also has new“Replacement wing parts”and“Large effect parts”is included, increasing the play value.

“Aura Machine”（※1）is not a mechanism composed only of mechanical parts, but a “strong beast”（※2）It is a kind of biological weapon that uses the outer shell and blood of the human body.

*1: Aura Machine is a generic term. Aura Battler is a humanoid aircraft specialized in combat.
*2: A large crustacean that inhabits the world “Byston Well” in the story.

Its primitive concept has stood out since the beginning of the series, Holy Knight Dunbine, and has captured the hearts of fans.

Climbing height is approximately 210mm. The main color is a matte white with less shine and more grain. And yet, when the light hits it“(The white part) shines blue like the surface of a lake.”The overall metallic texture and impression is strengthened by the coloring technique and the gold and silver color scheme scattered throughout.

At this point, new value is being created even if it’s just a different color.

The helmet on his head makes him look like a knight, but on the other hand,Eyes painted redThe mouth has a strong impression of being alien. The intensity of this contrast is probably the characteristic of Serbain.

The armor-like chest with a raised collar has a slim, inverted triangular shape. It stands out well in contrast with the volume of the shoulders, arms, legs, and back.

The blue clear parts have been painted with gradation.chest canopyis. A clear pink “soul dwells” behind the opening/closing gimmick.cockpitis hidden. The cocoon-like structure is also a manifestation of foreignness.

The skirt part at the waist also has excellent mobility and does not hinder the movement of the legs.

The arms have shoulder armor and two voluminous claws.“Shot Claw”It catches my eye. Since the wrist, gauntlet, and claw of the forearm move individually, they can be adjusted so that they do not interfere with each other when holding a weapon.

The elbow joint is die-cast (non-ferrous metal alloy) with stacked PVC parts to reproduce the artificial muscle “Aura Mars” that uses the muscle fibers of strong beasts. The best thing about METAL BUILD is to show the high quality in the joints.

Not only the base of the leg is operational, but also the armored parts on the back calf are operational in three locations. Especially reminiscent of insects or birds inherited from Dunbine.Dynamic size of toesis.

The base and base of the nails of all three toes are movable. Whether it’s a quiet flight or a fierce kick, the expression of the pose is determined by the feet.

aura power（※）The “Aura Converter”, the central device on the back that converts energy into power, is made up of three layers: armored parts, clear parts, and plated parts. Both can be moved individually and deployed radially.

*Aura power. In the story, it refers to the spiritual energy possessed by all living things. Equivalent to the gasoline (power source) of the aura machine

The four blades directly below the converter have2 types of partsThere is.

The wings with a movable part in the middle are inherited from the 2023 version. The wings without moving parts were adopted in “METAL BUILD DRAGON SCALE Verbin” (AURA FHANTASM version of Verbin), which will be released in 2024. Both are connected with ball joints and can be moved up, down, left and right.

play valueMovable version. A sophisticated impressionNo moving versionHowever, when the additional feathers were announced, fans exclaimed, “We’ve been waiting!”

Armed with“Aura Sword”It’s just the sheath, and the effect parts for the sword. The fact that it does not have firearms or beam weapons is to reproduce it as a machine specializing in close combat that fights with a single sword. Furthermore, due to the setting, Servain does not have any monitors in the cockpit, and uses a “mind’s eye” system that uses aura power to view the outside.

The effect parts that attach directly to the sword are made of clear pink glitter. Newly modeled large partsAn image of a “deadly aura slash”And it’s an impressive dish.

This large part is a new model. The interior is made of fine grained glitter.

The sheath can be joined to the side of the aura converter.

As a side note, the “AURA FHANTASM version of Servine” “before being remade for the OVA” and “designed as a prototype of Dunbine” had a large shield with elaborate carvings on the original drawing.

Although it is a separate individual with a different shape as well as color, I feel that there are many people who are looking forward to the addition of a shield that will make the figure look better, just like the non-movable wings.

The ROBOT Spirits version released in February 2022 is “before being remade for OVA”, “designed as a prototype of Dunbine”, and “AURA FHANTASM version of Servine”.

The 2023 edition of Servine is befitting the lineage of the series,“Reminiscent of the original Dunbine”It was a traditional coloring.

On the other hand, Servine (White Treasure) went one step beyond the brand strategy of increasing recognition by reminding people of Dunbine, and tried to reproduce the original work, original drawings, and expressions in the work.Figure made for “New Story of Aura Battler DUNBINE”You could say that.

Even when viewed as a form, the white serverine has a more heroic impression. It may be called an old orthodox feeling, but I don’t think there are any boys who don’t like the concept of being a white knight or a black knight (although girls may be more enthusiastic about it).

However, it is not only a fantasy knight, but also has various parts of the body.Aura Battler-like sense of living beingsis lurking. The contrast between the purity evoked by the name and color of the White Treasure and the vivid biological parts of a strong beast can be said to have elevated Servine to an even more unique existence.

It all came down to this article because Verbin was too cool.