Photoshoot : View from the other side (Follow-up post)

A follow up post to the weapons shoot, this set of photos is taken by my wife using her Lumix LX3. While I was preparing for the shoot, she went around taking various snapshots.

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New banner !

After the previous photoshoot, a new banner has been made from one of the photos from that day...

And here it is !

Photoshoot : A showcase of weapons (and much more)

I have long wanted to do a photoshoot to showcase all my props but have put it off due to various reasons. After the creation of my latest prop and requests from fellow owners, I have decided to get off my butt and do this series of shots.

The weather didn't favor me and I am unable to take all of what I had planned in mind before the skies pours down.

Without much ado, please enjoy the following series of pictures !

The only all prop shot I managed to get

The following pictures are for the Force Series weapons.

Close-ups of Shia and her awfully hard to take metallic eyes

Lastly, an omake.

This is what happened when you dropped your DSLR to catch your doll

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Project : Original Variant - Raising Heart Force Halberd form (Completed)

The follow-up to the WIP post, this is the gallery post that I showcase the completed prop. In addition, I also did a few shots with the Raising Heart Force Blade form that I have previously posted before. Please enjoy the following series of photos.

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Project : Original Variant - Raising Heart Force Halberd form (WIP)

The completed halberd

Here I am back again with another original variant of the Nanoha series. This time I'm challenging a new kind of weapon, namely the halberd.

Crafting a polearm kind of weapon has always been a problem for me, the selection of a shaft sturdy enough to withstand handling as well as being light and slender to be wielded by a MSD. Various issues of weight balance also comes into play such as the joining of the weapon head (in this instance, it is a blade) to the shaft is just an example of what I faced.

This also marks the first project that I complete the airbrushing by myself without guidance from my mentor. I felt pretty intimidated at first but overall it has been a wonderful experience and I must say I have fallen in love with airbrushing.

I have also taken more of my WIP process, so feel free to leave any comments and questions behind and I will try my best to answer them.

The base blade

Closeup of the blade tip

Finished base design with details

Finished base design with details (Sorry for the blurriness)

Finished design with base coat

Finished design with base coat

The full prop before painting

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End of the old and on with the new

With the last update, it rounds off all the older projects I have done to date. Posts will be less frequent now as props need time to craft and I'm personally very particular about the quality of my works.

As I looked back on the my journey of scratchbuilding, I am really fortunate to have many mentors and friends who were there to guide and encourage me. Without them I would not have been into the doll hobby and definitely not into prop-making.

I would like to thank Mori.M, the guy who introduced me to dolls and to Sam and company down at Hobby Arts, who have been my mentors for scratchbuilding.

Project : Horns

The only epoxy putty project to date that I have completed with decent results, this pair of horns is designed to be worn without the "metal hairband" being visible as it is under the wig. As with all my early projects, I didn't managed to document how I made this prop.

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