Random shots : Hatsune Miku Lat type A (Cosplay)

This series of random shots is done specially for the upcoming Hatsune Miku : Mikupa Sapporo at GV and Mikupa Singapore at AFA. Here it is, showcasing Shia as Hatsune Miku Lat type A in her winter costume ! The red scarf was crocheted by me and I must say, the process has been very fun ! I'm looking forward to doing more such projects in the future.

Please enjoy the following set of photos !

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Cosplay props : Legend of the Sun Knight (LSK) Leaf's bow and Lone Moon's whip

Just a couple of months back I did a cosplay with my wife and fellow friends from the Taiwan novel/manga "Legend of the Sun Knight (吾名騎士). Seeing there's weapons to be made, I came onboard and did the whip for my character Lone Moon (孤月) and my wife's character Leaf's (綠葉) bow.

Applying what I have learned doing doll props I managed to produce the following results. I guess technically I can replicate the bow into a doll size...

Lone Moon (孤月) whip

Leaf (綠葉) bow

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Random shots : A new addition !

Here I am back with another random shots series, what we have here today is a shot of Shia with the new addition to the crew, Michael (ミカエル). He is a Luts Minimi Zuzu Delf Chu, his profile will be up shortly !

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Random shots : Girls with guns !

Another random shot, this was taken at a doll meet I attended a couple of weeks ago. On the right is Shaiya, the sniper, which belongs to my good friend, Mori.M. On the left is Shika, my tiny, whose weapon of choice is the MG.

Commission work : BRS katana (Kaito ver)

A commission work for a Singapore doll owner, this prop is modeled after the popular Black Rock Shooter series. However it is not for the usual female character but for the male Kaito variant instead.

Possibly the 1st SD-sized prop I have ever created and having no SD of my own to gauge and measure, a lot of it is done purely on numbers alone. Now... would this give me a perfect excuse to get a SD doll ? Haha.

As this is a commission work, I will not touch much on the WIP process.

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A little WIP section here

The katana (in pieces)

The katana and scabbard before painting

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

Everybody has their fair share of hit or miss, in this post I will be showing a mistake I made and how I improvise the prop on the mistake. I will also be touching a bit on how I glue the base shape together.

Here we go !

A simple enough process, I personally find sticking pieces of gunpla strips together is one of the harder things to do. While other mistakes could be easily rectify via sanding or using compound putty to cover over, the mistake of sticking gunpla strips pressured unevenly together and causing it to wrap sideways is almost impossible to recover from. After experimenting with various ways to maintain constant pressure during the process, the above picture is my way of doing it. I'm not sure if it is documented anywhere but hey, if it works I'm going to keep using it till I come across a better way.

The result of oversanding, I had to cut off the entire section and redo the tip. Mistake made but recoverable. One needs to be flexible and creative in recovering from mistakes rather than redoing the entire project and usually there are ways to do so.

A close up shot of the repaired blade tip compared against a traditional shaped katana tip. My tips are usually shaped in the temper patterns of yakitsume or o-maru as they are the easiest ones to reproduce.

A shot of Shia holding the WIP halberd. Not a great shot but demonstrates the prop potential in poses. 

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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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