…than never

Upcoming Stuff!

OTL Sorry guys about the lack of updates, been busy yadda yadda~ Point is, I got a whole bunch of stuff to show you guys soon, and just in time for the xmas holiday :D Wanna know what’s going to happen? Read on!

Basically what I have lined up are the photos that I’ve still to post, some other nifty items of otaku interest from soundtracks to video games, and I’ll be starting the simple weathering tutorial for newbies as well! The current poll seems to indicate that the Soviet T-34 is in the lead at the time of this writing, which is great as I got lots of them…living up to their name of the most numerous tank in WWII. The poll will be open to the moment I start, which may be into late November, or early December.

Here’s some previews of the photo shoots I’ve still to post, in no particular order:

For those interested, I’ve been busy with final assignments with my study for the year, also I’ve been sucked into the grinding world of Lineage 2 again, along with games occupying me on PC, Xbox360 and PS2. I’ve gotten into the interview stage of my studies for next year so hopefully they’ll turn out well, otherwise it’s job hunting for me! :D

moda Nero

Himekuri Image Girl

Eighth post! This time it’s one of my friend’s figure revisited, welcome back Himekuri :3
These photos were actually taken a day after the previous Himekuri post along with Saber and Mizuho. Since this is a set of new photos of an already existing subject matter, I’ll skip the petty details and continue with the locale and photography topics.

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Location

Once again, the photos were taken at the same location as Mizuho, I liked the flowers, especially the colours and the Royal Exhibition Building as well. Too bad the fountain wasn’t active =/

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Setup

I tried to take photos of Himekuri on the box to give a lil height to get the flowers into view, I also tried taking photos of her while she was on the grass, which turned out great in my opinion. Then I also tried placing her INTO the flowers, that didn’t turn out so well with the reflecting light off the petals.

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Thoughts

This was also a decent photo shoot, but the first pic is one of my favourites out of my whole collection of photos. Hopefully I’ll be able to produce better stuff in the future if I have the time.

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Summary

I’ll try to keep myself from taking the same figures on photo shoots, unless there’s some sort of demand o_O
When I took these photos I didn’t really fully intend to actually publish them on the net, but it was a distant dream if you will. Look where I am now XD

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Details – Photo shoot

Camera
Nikon Coolpix P2
Date
12th October 2006
Location
Royal Exhibition Building

Details – Figure

Name
Himekuri Image Girl moda Nero
Series
Comic HIMeKuRI
Maker
Kaiyodo
Sculptor
Enoki Tomohide aka eyewater
Scale
1/7
Release date
December 2005
Place of purchase
Empire Toys
Retail price
3,800 yen
Bought it for
$90.00!! AU Est
Availability – HLJ (at time of writing)
moda Nero (black) – In Stock
moda Bianca (white) – Discontinued
moda Noel (X-Mas) – In Stock

moda Nero

Himekuri Image Girl

First post! Here’s my very first outdoor photo shoot with my friend’s figures. My figures were still being shipped from Japan via surface mail from my trip around Akiba and various places.

Anyway, this photo shoot is to showcase the figure, a sort of gallery of nicely taken photos, with some emphasis on reviewing it. Unfortunately with these early photos, it doesn’t look all that great, and they certainly don’t show the model to the full extent. Hopefully this will change in future photo shoots.

This particular photo shoot was taken on 11th October 2006, right now I’m going to be posting photo shoots from this date onwards.

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Location

For this Himekuri, my friend and I decided to go to the Royal Botanical Garden situated in Melbourne city. We picked a spot just outside of the gardens that had a grove of flowers (exactly which kind is a mystery). The place was relatively quite, only a handful of people passing by without a third glance.

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Setup

It was a bright and sunny day, so I tried taking the photos with a filter above the figures to lower the intensity of the light…it was a piece of tracing paper. As you can see it dodn’t turn out as well as I hoped for, trial and error I guess. I didn’t take that many photos, My guess is that I wasn’t used to taking photos of a subject, that or I was damn nervous for actually going outside and taking photos of a small girl pulling up her dress for all to see…

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Figure

Himekuri Image Girl is a nicely done product from Kaiyodo. Enoki Tomohide aka eyewater has done a superb sculpt of this young lady. The level of detail is quite impressive, with creases in the fabrics and the intricate frills, even down the details of her panties. Only thing I’m not really high on is her bellybutton, while I know some anime girls are depicted with such ones, it still goes beyond me how it comes to be that deep.

The paint job is also amazing, from the glittery dark blue heels to the translucent-like er, chestcover. For most of the clothes, the paint is of a matte finish and fits accordingly. Facial detail is also quite nice and well represented.

The pose that the sculptor has put her in is just quite questionable for some, but euphoric for others. The depiction of such innocence almost makes it questionable if she is indeed lifting up her skirt for the reasons you and I think, perhaps she’s just hot and wanted some air? We’ll prolly never know.

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Thoughts

Himekuri, quite a nice addition to my friend’s collection (who he hides from his mother with a rather elaborate system, more info maybe later). I also got one a few months back in December 2006, but it was the moda Noel – Christmas version, perhaps a photo shoot of her later.

For my first effort of outdoor photography of actual anime figures, it wasn’t as bad as I thought it’d would. For those who are still wondering if it’s such a great idea to go outside to take a photo of something that can be a lil disturbing for others, don’t fret, it’s easier once you start focusing on the photography rather than the people. Oh, and bring a friend, let them worry about people staring instead.

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Summary

The photos were decent at best, but from this I’ve learnt a lil and you’ll (hopefully) see improvements with the later photos I’ve taken which are going to be posted up once I find the time to process the photos. As for the figure itself, anyone who is even the slightest lolicon should take a serious look at this innocent yet seductive figure. Recommended!

Details – Photo shoot

Camera
Nikon Coolpix P2
Date
11th October 2006
Location
Outskirts of the Royal Botanical Gardens

Details – Figure

Name
Himekuri Image Girl moda Nero
Series
Comic HIMeKuRI
Maker
Kaiyodo
Sculptor
Enoki Tomohide aka eyewater
Scale
1/7
Release date
December 2005
Place of purchase
Empire Toys
Retail price
3,800 yen
Bought it for
$90.00!! AU Est
Availability – HLJ (at time of writing)
moda Nero (black) – In Stock
moda Bianca (white) – Discontinued
moda Noel (X-Mas) – In Stock