HGI-BO ASW-G-08 Gundam Barbatos 6th Form

The High Grade IRON-BLOODED ORPHANS (HGI-BO) ASW-G-08 Gundam Barbatos 6th Form is a 1/144 scale kit released in 2016.

Includes[]

Gundam Barbatos
- 5th form parts
  - Reactive Armor
  - 2 arm mortars
  - Feet parts
- 6th form parts
  - Chest Armor
  - 2 Autocannons
  - Ground Type feet parts
  - Boosters (with joint arms)
Large Special Mace
- Chainsaw tooth
Graze Ritter Standard Type parts for HGI-BO Graze Ritter
- Shoulder Armor
- Head Crest
- Chest Armor

The head can swivel/tilt on a double-sided ball-joint neck.
The torso can pivot.
Shoulder joints can raise upwards.
The arms can...
- Swivel on a ball-and-socket joint.
- Raise horizontally. (The shoulder armors can lift upwards to avoid interference with the arm articulation.)
The upper elbows can turn.
Elbow joints can be bent up to 120 degrees.
The manipulators can swivel on a ball-and-socket joint.
The waist can rotate 360 degrees.
Front, and side skirt armors can pivot to avoid interference with the leg articulation.
The hip joint axis can swing frontward/backwards on one side.
The upper thigh joints can swing frontwards (and backwards in some extent) on a peg, raise horizontally and/or rotate on each thigh.
The knees are double-jointed.
The ankle can swivel on a ball-and-socket joint, and/or tilt sideways.
The front feet can pivot.

Any of the weapons can be wielded by the default hands.
Large Special Mace can...
- Be rearranged into attack mode via minor parts swapping.
- Attach onto either of the the backpack sub-arms with special adapters.
Gundam Barbatos can interchange between:
- 5th Form: Arm Mortars + 4th Form Shoulder Armors + Normal Feet + (McGillis' Schwalbe Graze's leg boosters + joint part from the Gundam Barbatos + Kutan III set
- 5th Form Ground Type: Arm Mortars or Autocannons + 4th form Shoulder Armors + Ground Type Feet
- 6th Form: Arm Mortars or Autocannons + Graze Ritter Shoulder Armors + 6th Form Chest Armor + Ground Type Feet + Boosters
The included Graze Ritter Standard Type parts & Barbatos 6th form's Shoulder Armor is compatible to the HGI-BO Carta Issue's Graze Ritter if one wants to build the regular Graze Ritter unit. (Painting is needed for the shoulder armors if you want to have matching colors)
Gundam Barbatos can mount onto any Action Bases. (sold separately)

For better results, some or most of the details are needed to applied/panel lined with Gundam Markers and/or Mr. Color paints.
Topcoat (Mr. Hobby recommended) can be used to protect applied stickers and if any, marking decals and painted details.
The Long Sword from the HGI-BO Gundam Barbatos or the HGI-BO Gundam Barbatos + Long Distance Transport Booster Kutan Type-III can be used on this Gunpla.

The open hands from the Mobile Suit Option Set 7 can be used for this kit. (The dorsals must be swapped.)

Initial Batch comes with a special "Fun to Build! IRON-BLOODED ORPHANS" Gunpla booklet and a coin of Barbatos' 4th for the SD Gundam Mobile Disk arcade. (Japan only.)
Reissues of the Gunpla from 2020 onwards will bear the blue Bandai Spirits logo, while reissues from 2021 onwards will feature the international Iron-Blooded Orphans logo with the pilot character art removed.