German Armour

Hey look, Moé Idolatry actually updated :O
Today, it’s a short post on two figure I just got in that I *HAVE* to show.

Some of you may know (or not…), I’m a huge fan of Mecha Musume, particularly Shimada Fumikane’s (or Humikane) work.

So when I heard about these two I instantly pre-ordered ^^;

So, here’s the two Panzerkamfwagen II (20mm armament) Ausf. F – Sd.Kfz 121

May as well start with wallpapers, the next three are at 1920×1080

Bonus! Here’s a custom weathered Stug III Ausf A Mecha Musume trading figure.

UPDATE:
Here’s some specs :P
1/10 Scale PVC
Comes with interchangeable legs (mecha type and normal type)
Interchangeable right arm (up position and down position)
Hats are magnetically attached.
Photos showing mecha legs and switched heads.

A Maiden’s Illusionary Funeral

“Gensokyo, a land sealed in times of conflict, cut off from the ever modernising world. A land where fantasy and reality collide. A land of boundaries. The land of illusions.”

16th April was the day of the MelCosPho 6, an event held every now and then to cater for the desires of Cosplayers and Photographers to have a day out. As the name implies, this was the sixth and the gathering site was the Carlton Gardens/Royal Exhibition Building on the outskirts of the Melbourne CBD. Rinka and I decided to bring our lovely ladies to the gathering to take a few snaps in the autumn weather.

It’s been weeks since the human named Evelyn fell into our world. She does not know of how she came, nor why. Perhaps she is a victim of my master’s doing?

A curious girl, she asked how does a mushroom taste. “Have you not tasted them in your world?” I replied as she leaned on the tree. “No, I haven’t tasted anything ever,” her eyes fixated on the fungus she held in her hand. Never tasted anything? Is she even human?

As we lay on the endless autumn grass, I thought to guide her to the human village. The warmth of the land filled me, I sighed as I slowly drifted into a nap.

“Like master like servant” I heard before I floated to my dreams, how did she know of…

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A cute Luka indeed

Here’s a photoshoot, Haven’t done one in a while, but here it is nonetheless.
But wait, something is different! It isn’t a figure, or a dollfie D:
Yes, It’s a cosplay photoshoot which I rarely do (if at all)

These photos were taken at the Supanova Pop Culture Expo in Melbourne 2011 which was held at the Melbourne Showgrounds.

This Luka cosplayer is based on the music video of ACUTE. Video below for those who want to hear the song :3

I did run into a few issues, I should have changed to my other lens as I took a lot of blurry shots. Didn’t even have my tripod with me as this photoshoot was somewhat spontaneous >.<
Aaaand here's the photos:

The pictures below are larger in size so you can use them as wallpapers :3

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Reload! Reload!

22nd January was the date for @Can (Atcon), a small convention in Melbourne, Australia.
That was also the date my friends, Rinka and Maroon Beret, accompanied me in our S2 Café butler outfits. Our goal: to have a dollfie photoshoot!

Rinka carried Saori, I carried Arturia and Maroon Beret was in charge of the photographic equipment load. The plan was to rendezvous at my place before moving out to the CBD. It was a hot day so we were in for quite a trip of painful walking and fanning ourselves with moé Japanese fans…

We arrived at the point and scouted the immediate vicinity for potential photo opportunities. LZ were found and we set up the tripod and equipment, ready for war!

Well anyway, it turned out alright :3
Unless of course, someone decides to have a poke at what’s going on.

Snow trip!

While it’s blistering hot in Japan (presumably), we’re enjoying winter down in Australia, or at least, some parts of it that aren’t in constant “summer”.

We’ve taken this opportunity where some friends and I were free on a weekend to take a trip to Mt.Buller, a popular ski location for locals and foreigners alike. It’s a 4 hour drive from central Melbourne to the mountain, so we did a one day trip, with dollfies in tow. Three to be exact, I’ll be introducing a new friend, Rina. Over the course of many months I’ve managed to convince a friend of mine to also be a proud owner of a dollfie.

The trip was quite tiring and it didn’t help that the weather was being especially unruly. It was raining, overcast, and misty. The rain was the problem, but we’ve found that the Volks’ violin dollfie carry case are especially hardy in keeping the dollfie dry, but the case itself was one soggy piece of equipment. Thankfully it dries out fairly easy.

Anyway, less blabbing, more photos.

Here’s a stereogram for good measure, left image is slightly blurry tho =/

Sorry about the relative lack of photos, the weather wasn’t happy, and we were tired and hungry :(
Hope you enjoyed the photos!

Sakura and Arturia

In this photoshoot, I decided to re-visit the location used for Alter’s Saber Alter and the solo Arturia. Instead of going at it alone, Arturia is accompanied by a friend’s Dark Sakura!

For those who don’t recognise the location, it is St.Patrick’s Cathedral, Melbourne. On my previous photoshoot with the two, you can see that the weather was quite uncooperative that day. We decided to come back another time. This time, the weather was too good… The harsh sunny conditions provided bright reflected light from nearby buildings, which created a weird mix of shad with highlights =/

Anyway, onto the photos!

I’d like to point out that about this time is where those inquisitive Chinese tourists arrived, mirorring what happened the other times I was last there. A group of children ran up and started to stare in amazement, one yelling to her mother “Barbie! Barbie! Barbie!” a few times ^^;

To be honest, I’m not really 100% happy with the last shot as it doesn’t have the same impact as the first. The weird lighting on their faces was due to a building nearby which was cream in colour and reflected most of the light from over the hedge to their heads @_@;

Anyway, that’s that! Hope you enjoyed the photos~

Shoujo S

Based on the illustration by Hanaharu Naruko, this little figure is delicately sculpted by Max Factory under Native Web.

I decided to take photos of it indoors, as taking it outdoors might be a little complicated…
Only issue is my indoor photography skills are lacking, considering I don’t have the right indoor equipment.

Also, thanks to Tokyo Hunter for helping me acquire this figure.

What? Where’s the rest?? Well, you can view the rest on my figure.fm post.
Why am I doing this? Well, I don’t really have a proper NSFW system implemented here so that’s why I’m using figure.fm for now~

Enjoy!

Sakura & Arturia’s playtime

Here we are at home, with a visitor of my friend and his Sakura to play with Arturia. Since they both have aprons of sorts, why not exploit it?

Not much explaining to do with this photoshoot, other than the backdrop could of been a little more classy… sorry about that ^^;

Again, with most of the photoshoots, I could really use a tripod.
Unfortunately for me, most of my spare funds go into figure collecting and bills.

Earlier in the day we were supposed to go outdoors with another friend (who is a regular on my outdoor photoshoot trips) to take some photos….but Melbourne being Melbourne, it was raining slightly throughout the day. So we had to cancel the photoshoot and do some other errands before going home…in the last 20 metres to the door it was raining cats and dogs @_@

Next up is the rescheduled photoshoot of the two lil girls in better weather conditions~
Look forward to it!

Evelyn’s new look

Well, these photos have been taken some time ago so I’m not so sure if you could consider this “new”.
Nonetheless, here’s Evelyn in her gorgeous scarlet dress.
The photos below have been washed out…not sure why I did it, but I did it. If you’re interested in the original photos, you can find them on the figure.fm post.

The clothes, wig and glasses were bought in Japan at the Volks showroom in Akihabara during the mad rush of Dollpa 22 Afterevent. Got there at approx 6am….and there was already a line there >.<
The MP5 was purchased on the second day of the Volks Kyoto showroom grand opening, which was our second day in Japan as well…or was it third? ^^;
The Glock 17 was bought locally from a hobby store :3
Her corset and boots are kindly borrowed from her roommate Arturia.
The stockings were kindly sent from HLJ with the help of Danny Choo :3

ToHeart2 Dollfie Cosplay

A while ago Danny Choo hosted the Miss Dollfie Summer 2009 event, and he has managed to secure some items as prizes too. One of which was the ToHeart2 clothes set by Azone courtesy of Hobby Link Japan.
Today we’ll be seeing Evelyn and Arturia as they try on some clothes they’ve never been in with the help of each other :3

I must say, it was quite embarrassing taking these photos, even when no one was watching me like the usual outdoor shots ^^;