Magical? Poka~n

Pachira is Vampire

DELICIOUS FLAT CHEST!!
There, I said it, she has one of the most drool-inducing chest in the anime world (in my opinion).

Now, this post won’t actually consist of any bare chest as mentioned… (there goes the majority of my viewers…)
BUT for those armpit lovers, stay seated!

This will be the last set of the photos taken last year as I decided not to post the Himekuri moda noel, there was just not enough good photos in the set I took =/
Oh well, onto the photos!

Location

This, as mentioned, is the last photo set from the two days at Melbourne University. Pachira here is standing just outside the old quad area thingy on the steps. The place was a nice place for elegant gothloli enthusiasts to do some photo shoots. It was pretty out of the way as well, so no busy bodies prying into my fetish…

Setup

I compromised, with no mini-tripod I used the figure boxes to rest the camera on ^^;
It was pretty much a simple affair, set camera up, point and shoot. With the next set of photos, I opted for the stylish feel, now I understand some of you may not like it, just bear with me for this batch and leave a comment that bites my head off so that I’ll know better next time I try to do something new…

Figure

Oh how I love Pachira. This figure has captured her sexy seductive “innocence”, Hiroaki Tokunaga has done an excellent job of sculpting this. Pachira is one of the first few models from Max Factory to incorporate their cast off Polo System and it’s my first experience with it. Unfortunately I don’t have any reference pictures for you folk =/ While it’s nice awesome to be able to take her top and skirt off, there are problems that most figure collectors encounter. Rubbing of the plastics when taking or putting the clothes back on is quite worrisome, and can leave some streaks on the paint ;_;

Talking about paint, Pachira’s paint job is also very nicely done. Her hair is shaded nicely, and the blushing of her skin is impeccable. Pachira’s leathery parts are also done with a nice glossy look, but not so glossy that the shine will blind you.

Thoughts

Hopefully this stylised approach is ok with you folk, I felt like making the photos a lil more, oh what’s the word, arty?
I like this photo shoot set, I can stare at Pachira forever…

Summary

HIGHLY RECCOMENDED
But then again, this Pachira figure pushes all my right buttons. From her arched back, to her thigh high boots and garter, to her twin tails, to her bare armpits, to…ok, I think I’m starting to scare myself a lil.
In all seriousness, this is a figure that would most likely be an excellent addition to anyone’s collection.

Details – Photo shoot

Camera
Nikon Coolpix P2
Date
16th September 2007
Location
Near the Old Arts Building – Melbourne University

Details – Figure

Name
Pachira (パキラ – Pakira)
Series
Alchemy 3rd Grade: Magical? Poka~n (錬金３級　まじかる？ぽか～ん)
Maker
Max Factory
Sculptor
Hiroaki Tokunaga
Scale
1/7
Release date
April 2007
Place of purchase
HobbyLink Japan
Retail price
5,238 yen
Bought it for
$58.20 AU
Availability – HLJ (at time of writing)
Discontinued :(
Links
HappySoda’s entry ENG
mukyaa~’s entry ENG
Otadesho’s entry ENG

Original animation illustration of Pachira

…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

Magical? Poka~n

Uma is Witch

This is my first indoor shoot that I’m posting on Moe Idolatry, using Uma, or Yuuma, as the subject. The series, 錬金３級　まじかる？ぽか～ん, or Magipoka for short is a fairly out there anime, four girls from different walks of life, from an android to a vampire, live peacefully together. Uma is the witch, an energetic, flat chested, somewhat qualified witch. Uma is really pronounced Yuuma indicated by the Japanese spelling, but is written as Uma in English, if also spelt Uma instead of Yuuma in Japanese you’d get Horse…

Being the first indoor photo shoot with props and all, I didn’t really know what to expect. Here goes, photos for your witch burning party~

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Location

My room… not much to say really =/
It’s a nice room, somewhat, if you like anime posters everywhere.

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Setup

During my years of edumacation, I conjured up a few ring-bind folders from my imposition & binding classes. A large black A3 folder was used as the base and backing for this shoot.
The silver rope and gold starry ribbon was borrowed from my mother’s various fabrics and materials. The red ribbon was leftovers from my ooollldd 2003 cosplay costume.
The light source is the sun, shining through my windows. It was mid afternoon so I had ample light… I think. I didn’t have the right artificial light to produce a nice lightbox for the figure, so I opted for natural light.

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Figure

Fabulous~ Can I say that? Anyway, Uma is a pretty figure, perfect for those who like a loli magical girl on a magic wand with a nice base. The sculpt is great, capturing the anime counterpart was done masterfully by Max Factory again. I only noticed a somewhat unpleasant seamline on her right leg but is out of the normal viewing angle.
Awesome paintjob work on this figure as well, I didn’t notice any mishaps or such, gloss paint was used for the wand, base, shoes and her bag which looks great, everything else is done a nice matte finish.

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Thoughts

Photos were ok for a first try I guess. Some parts were overexposed while other photos looked too dark, a delicate balance to get with indoor shooting. I hope they’re ok, it’s getting hard to judge my own work sometimes… or it could be the fact that it’s 1AM and I’m tired as hell from working all day, I’m squinting as I type =_=

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Summary

A MUST buy in my book, but that’s my book, not yours :P In all honesty, I love this figure to bits, be it the awesome base, the fine detail, or just the fact that it’s a flat chested loli witch who forgets to wear panties occasionally and…what was I talking about again?

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Details – Photo shoot

Camera
Nikon Coolpix P2
Date
20th December 2006
Location
My room!

Details – Figure

Name
Uma (ゆうま)
Series
Alchemy 3rd Grade: Magical? Poka~n (錬金３級　まじかる？ぽか～ん)
Maker
Max Factory
Sculptor
Ageta Yukiwo
Scale
1/7
Release date
October 2006
Place of purchase
HobbyLink Japan
Retail price
5,500 yen
Bought it for
$61.60 AU
Availability – HLJ (at time of writing)
In Stock – AND ON SALE (30%)

Original animation illustration of Uma

Preview

Pachira & Saber

Well, I collected my package today :3 In it was my 1/7 Pachira from 錬金３級　まじかる？ぽか～ん (Magipoka for short) by Max Factory and four Saber Revoltech 2G by Kaiyodo. Four!? you ask? 3 of them are ordered by my friends, and there’s another on the way (cause he ordered late…).

Anyway, I intend to eventually get a photo shoot with Pachira as she’s definitely one of my favs, I’ll prolly take Yuuma along with her on the future photo shoot. So this post is just my thoughts on the figures and a preview of future photo shoots…I guess preview is a lil misleading as I don’t actually take photos of the place, think of this as a “Hey! I got these awesome figures, wanna see them when I take photos of them in broad daylight~!?”

Pachira, absolutely fantastic, I couldn’t of dreamed of a better pose and sculpt. Everything is magnificent except for a few things, one being a very slight under/overpaint of the lingerie lines on one area, and also the roughened up part where you insert her clothes, I can see it rubbing off the paint should I get too fidgety with taking off and on her clothes…which is hard to resist (´・ω・)つ|・ ・

600×800 – There’s your delicious panty shot teaser~

Saber is a good poseable figure, the face and head is nice but she seems to stick her neck out front quite a bit, makes it a lil odd when standing still, unless you like the whole hunchback thing. Poseability is great tho, she’s my first Revoltech so I’m still quite amazed at how flexible they are compared to traditional action figures. Comes with two swords, Caliburn and Excalibur with Invisible Air Noble Phantasm, which is pretty cool I guess.

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I’ll post details of these when I get around to the photo shoot, until then, feast your eyes on the crappy preview pics I posted :3