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當我決定了題材之後，要解決的問題是如何表達它。我只在電光火石間想到這題材，亦立即決定去製作，但卻花了六個月的時間去思量怎去設計。第一個構思是利用兩個正在作戰的裝甲少女去演繹正邪之別。不過因為預想完成品會是相當之龐大，甚不適宜從加拿大搬回香港參賽，所以在未有作深入研究之前就打消了這念頭。不過這個構思孕育出兩個重要的想法。首先作品一定是單體模型，另外一正一邪的意念亦在腦中生了根。在這兩個裝甲少女之中，一個是正義的而另一個是邪惡的；問題成了我應該選擇用那一個去製作。雖然我遲遲未能決定，但那邪惡的一方以毒蛇去做其身體則早已敲定了。不過當時我是想用 Gundam Nadleeh 作其上身，因為它的中文暱稱是「人妖」，而其紅色的「頭髮」亦非常適合作為頭上的小蛇。當我買了一盒 1:100 Gundam Virtue 後，發現效果未如理想，最終也放棄使用這機體。在一個冬天的下午，我突然想到把手上已有的一部 1:100 Gundam Wing Custom Zero 作為上身，以表達天使墜入魔道的意思。這個「墮落天使」的表達方式基本上符合尺寸的限制，亦保留比較有趣的大蛇身和小頭蛇的製作。有趣的是，我直至電影 Clash of the Titans 上映前不久才知道戲中的 Medusa 也有類似的造型。
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Once I have decided the theme of the model, the next question is how to present the idea. It took me a split second to put the anti-drug message and GunPla together but it was another six months to finalize the presentation. The very first idea of presenting the idea was to use two armoured girls in combat. However, the size of the completed model would be so big that it would be very difficult to bring it to Hong Kong. A single armoured girl became the norm of this project. In the two-girl scenario, one was good and one was evil. The question became which one should I use. I could not decide on this for a long while but since I did have an idea of making the evil one with a serpent body, building the evil girls would be more interesting than building a good looking angelic girl, which would use Gundam Wing Zero Custom. The devilish girl was first depicted as a Gundam Nadleeh because its Chinese nickname "shemale" and its red "hair" was perfect for those snakes on her head. Thus I bought a 1:100 Gundam Virtue to test the idea but I did not like the result. It was a winter afternoon when I had an idea of turning an angelic armoured girl into a devil. This Fallen Angel idea meets the size constraint and keeps the most interesting characteristics of the serpent and small snakes. Interestingly enough, I only realized that Medusa in the movie Clash of the Titans has all characteristics of my Fallen Angel shortly before the release of the movie.
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