HGMobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans Urdr-Hunt

Cyclase's Schwalbe Custom

A stolen Graze in wine red and brown, and one of the more quietly satisfying reskins in the HGIBO line.

MechaGrade Score

3.6/5

Cyclase's Schwalbe Custom · 1/144 · 2022

GradeHG

Scale1/144

Released2022

Runnersn/a

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The verdict

This is a Graze-family kit doing exactly what Graze-family kits do well, and I like it more than a simple reskin has any right to be liked.

Cyclase Meyer stole this thing from Gjallarhorn and rebuilt it his own way, and Bandai actually followed through on that story with real part swaps, not just a new paint job. It won't wow anyone looking for MG-level engineering, but as an HG built around a proven inner frame, it's honest, fun, and looks sharp on a shelf next to the rest of the Graze family.

Best for: HGIBO collectors building out the Graze family who want a genuinely different-looking variant, not just a recolor

The full review

What it is

This kit takes the well-worn Schwalbe Graze base and reworks it into Cyclase Meyer's personal ride from Urdr-Hunt, and the changes go deeper than I expected going in. The head gets a new antenna, the left forearm loses its rounded Schwalbe armor for a plainer Graze-style piece, the left shoulder picks up a shield where a wire claw used to sit, and the backpack swaps in a three-thruster unit instead of the usual booster layout. The wine red and brown color scheme with bright brown joints reads great once assembled, and because it inherits the Graze's well-proven frame, the whole thing goes together with the kind of confidence you want from a suit this size.

The catch

Some builders flag loose joints here and there, which tracks with the Graze frame's known soft spots rather than being a new problem introduced by this variant. It's a Skill Level 2 kit, so you're doing real gate cleanup and sanding, not snap-fit shortcuts, and the color separation still leans on the parts being pre-colored rather than extensive stickers, which is good, but there isn't much decal work to punch up detail if you want it. It also doesn't come with a big weapon loadout. Two customized handguns and a shield is a deliberately light armament, true to the character, but it means less to fiddle with in-hand compared to other Graze variants.

Who it's for

If you're already collecting the Graze family from Iron-Blooded Orphans, this one is worth grabbing specifically because the part swaps make it feel distinct on the shelf rather than a redundant repaint. It's also a solid pick for a builder who wants a straightforward HG that still has some engineering pedigree behind it, since the Graze frame has been refined across several releases. If you've never built anything in this line, it's a reasonable but not essential entry point, better suited to someone who already wants this specific look than someone hunting for the single best beginner Gunpla out there.

What works

Real part swaps (head, left shoulder, left forearm, backpack thrusters) make it look genuinely different from a stock Schwalbe Graze rather than just recolored
Wine red and brown colorway with bright brown joints comes out looking sharp with minimal painting needed
Leftover surplus parts from the base Graze kit give customizers extra material to swap or kitbash
Built on the proven, well-regarded Graze inner frame, so assembly feels confident rather than fragile

Worth knowing

Some joints run loose, a known soft spot inherited from the Graze frame rather than something new here
Light armament by design (two handguns and a shield), so less to pose with than other Graze variants
Skill Level 2 gate cleanup and sanding required, not a snap-fit experience for total beginners

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The build story

What the build is actually like, and the engineering worth knowing about.

This is standard HGIBO Graze-family construction: cut parts from the runners, clean up gates with a knife or sander, and assemble a limb-and-frame structure that's been refined across enough Graze releases that nothing here feels experimental. The part swaps that make this variant distinct, new head, reworked left arm, shield-equipped left shoulder, and the three-thruster backpack, slot into the familiar Graze assembly sequence without adding real complexity, so the build stays approachable even with the extra pieces.

Articulation follows the HGIBO standard, which means solid range through the hips, knees, and shoulders for dynamic poses, with the usual Graze-family caveat that some joints can feel a touch loose out of the box. Color separation is handled mostly through molded plastic in the wine red, brown, and bright brown joint colors rather than heavy sticker reliance, so the finished kit reads clean without much extra work. The armament is intentionally sparse, twin customized handguns and a shield, but the leftover Graze parts included in the box give builders room to kitbash or swap details if they want more to work with.

Lore & trivia

01Cyclase Meyer was a former Gjallarhorn officer who stole an EB-05s Schwalbe Graze and modified it into the EB-05c Schwalbe Custom seen in this kit.
02The suit first appeared in Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans Urdr-Hunt, a mobile game spinoff of the IBO television series rather than the anime itself.
03Notable changes from the stock Schwalbe Graze include a new head antenna, a three-unit backpack thruster array replacing the standard booster layout, and a shield mounted on the left shoulder in place of the usual wire claw.