So /m/ was the Ahead equal to the 3rd Generation Gundams? Or did it surpass them?
It looks like shit. The GNX was better.
>>14924001
Categorically worse. They were immediately outclassed by the GN-X, which themselves were slightly inferior to the Generation 3 Gundams (although not by a long way).
Also they look terrible.
>>14924001
Slightly surpassed them. Better than GN-XIII, but only by a small margin.
>>14924008
>Also they look terrible.
No, only from the wrong angles.
>>14924008
>They were immediately outclassed by the GN-X
What. Do you mean GN-XIV? Ahead was made long after original GN-X introduced. It was commander unit where GN-XIII was for grunts.
Even Andrei got happy when he finally managed to pilot an Ahead late in the series.
>>14924025
This. The lineart is terrible, but after owning the HG it grows on me. It's not a handsome or heroic design, but it's brutish and menacing with oni demon imagery fitting for A-Laws.
>>14924001
>>14924025
I can't believe how much difference a slight change in angles makes.
I still prefer the GN-X but the Ahead went up by a lot in my book.
>>14925018
It's just another case of terrible lineart. I personally like the Sakigake because it ups the ogre-ness with the box samurai head, although it makes me wonder if Bushido/Graham used a proper GN-X during the timeskip ever.Smultron a shit, though.
>>14924008
>They were immediately outclassed by the GN-X
Not really... They had considerably better performance than the GN-X III that were in use at around the same time. As for the GN-X IV, which was considered a successor to the ahead, those were made after the A-Laws were disbanded based on innovator tech.
>>14925040
I thought he was focused on becoming MISTAH BUSHIDO and his boyfriend was making ace custom GN-technology Flag lookalikes for him?
He wouldn't need to use a GN-X like a pleb EFSF trooper.
What about the Neo-Head?
>>14925056
>his boyfriend was making ace custom GN-technology Flag lookalikes for him
This started after Setsuna tracked down Captain Freeloader at his apartment. Billy kind of didn't do anything since the end of S1.
The original Masurao was another Ahead variant until Billy took over and scrapped it.
>>14925018
Even a relaxed stance can look good.