Jonathan Stratford

Jonathan Stratford is a Gunpla Builder.

Personality & Character
Outspoken and unreserved, Jonathan in not afraid to say what's on his mind or follow the action he feels is right. He's loyal to his friends but fiercely retaliatory to any kind of insult or attack, occasionally leading him to react brashly without thinking. When battling, Jonathan's attitude varies depending on the situation, generally he acts confidently, even mouthing off against his opponent when it seems he's winning. However, when trying focus or in difficult situations Jonathan become much quieter, attempting to think of a solution to the problem. At heart though he is a deep believer in the concept of chivalry and despises foul play, Jonathan is entirely willing to step into situations which may not have anything to do with him, only to help someone out. When it comes to gunpla Jonathan favours ranged combat, preferring to fight tactically instead of charging head on, he also has a great interest in models with a gimmick or transformation mechanism.

Skills & Abilities
A skilled Gunpla builder, Jonathan has had practise assembling many gunpla, occasionally claiming of having collected and assembled the entire 00 Master Grade and Real Grade series, several Unicorn Master Grades and a large number of High Grade models. After becoming quite skilled at making gunpla with set instruction he started to play around with customizing some of his favourite models, using parts from other machines to create several unique variants. As a natural builder Jonathan has some talent as a fighter, eventually developing his own unorthodox combat methods in local matches. Over time as he started making more custom gunpla, designed especially for fights, his rapidly skills improved.

Jonathan is also skilled with computers, having studied information technology at university and now works as head of IT for a technology company. This lets him understand the gunpla fight system easily and has lead to him occasionally repairing broken fight fields in his spare time.

History
When he was a child Jonathan was big fan of the Mobile Suit Gundam franchise and often watched the shows when they were on. Initially he didn't care much for building gunpla, instead Jonathan preferred to write his own works and stories. However at university a fellow gundam fan and close friend of his showed Jonathan his collection of gunpla, inviting him to help build a HG Nemo gunpla. After this small but meaningful brush with gunpla Jonathan quickly became interested, his own first model being a HG gunpla of the GN-010 Gundam Zabanya. From there his collection quickly grew until he started experimenting with custom builds, at first they were minor changes like a different colour scheme or adding different weapons. However, over time they became bolder and more creative and well-suited to gunpla fights, leading Jonathan to build several of his now favourite gunplas.