tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52298803306953472922024-03-18T20:01:44.148-07:00concatenationtammarohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16909862914167977456noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5229880330695347292.post-48269680902500586132009-01-02T00:00:00.000-08:002009-01-02T01:02:10.679-08:00Haman-Sama<div><div><div><div><div><div>Well, let's go check out my somewhat-old figure today.<br /></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5286603904900650162" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcQIiu4asB460aBSKGAL2pIyps-tQstC5ps6lglhkMgt4zIu68BhXiGmJRXlU2ijM5KYoxtdPWNpIJZBw4IaSpF2UPTdxBjZyi8aO_prknWTfP_7VYly7hue_QSpNZMlPFnLy44alDhiM/s400/PC310361.JPG" border="0" /> New review is for Megahouse's RAHDX figure of Haman Karn from ZZ Gundam.<br /><div>Found her at AnimeEvolution this summer in Vancouver. Ended up buying her on the last day after questioning whether I should go ^^</div><br /><div>Turned out it was totally worth it, since Haman-sama is my favorite Gundam character ever. I got a pretty good deal on her too, only 50$, which is list price. Normally I pay list price +30-40$ when I buy anything. Fairly good quality for such a cheap figure too. But, it's the onyl non-resin Haman-sama I know of, so I'm estatic to get it in the first place.</div><div> </div><div>She's a 1/8 scale, though still quite large among my girls since she has that big cape on her.<br />The actual painting on this is very nice though. Fairly clean with only the accents on her top having anything out of place. Also, very clean application. There's really no inconsistencies in the paint, expect for one thing that was my fault >.><br />I accidentally got glue residue on her due to the main problem with this figure, but that I'll talk about later.<br /><br />Now let's take a look at her</div><div> </div><div></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5286607055121743970" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEMBa7s3O8wIOwtfeArNfO_7nEBtOvby5qipu2vomFq3leKP8t7184oY8Q1dVkIrPHkdUjCrvz9jQJm9ceme628lzrre5moZ-YIB6UHV8EYLsA049Q2mS8bQgIYsDrxYZmpV-uVrUhRMY/s400/PC310346.JPG" border="0" />She's in her bridge uniform (if you can call it that ^^) from ZZ. Very nice looking shoulder-pads and other metal accents on her. I just love those boots...</div><div><br /></div><div></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5286608756972963746" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs4N_2MFafkFNwquU74O961fldK1fNKUYuaIJsOUN4zrYITfHQALGCSaXcVWsHDj1OoE2Jh74p-gpn1truWsYQKpX52tRJgNCnX3JHYcxNwiqHBavuhNx1vhjPAkbFjEDUonXpTUPc3Js/s400/PC310353.JPG" border="0" /> Her cape is quite large though, so expect to have to make some shelf room if you do managed to get lucky and find her. I've found that she's quite rare nowadays. Very nice thing about this figure is, you can remove her "crown" from her head. The usual line that lies across most girls hairlines is actually the part that you can remove. The front of her hair comes off and you can replace it with hair that has no crown.</div><div> <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5286609123952918978" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2jSGpDKlBSwk-koBvCUUjtJvQfxgVBsgfDiVl1QB0GWzCazZ0AaQKRPNUzsj_vFr0Oj5tT2ygCh7dLRmALaFaPxNOdttNQdxnVSekz09gUuBmQcOw2y9QormILnv8opUx5JdyBvhsQlw/s400/PC310355.JPG" border="0" />There's just something about Haman-sama that I find pointlessly moe for some reason ^^;<br /><div> </div><div>As for the actual paint detail on this figure, it's quite......well, hard to describe. The airbrushing is pretty well done all around, especially on the hair and skin, but the legs are a bit overdone. Just as well, as I said before, the detail on the chest was painted a bit hastily from the looks of things. It goes outside of the lines in a few places, but does nothing more that take a bit of the points out of it. Though despite this, it's still very symmetrical.<br /></div><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5286611408991717874" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhf3U8WOwTkX2XreQATJM7fIvgbY8bd5DixdX9BF-UKFv9s6hi3inhf20UxHr_jpnBKAS2_JWPeVyc5LbwdMxyYpnOTVtHReYRfZlvjH0pFSZn6QhqratCmD7LpDvOt2U0JGTYaF-cNXs/s400/PC310349.JPG" border="0" /></div><div>Another very nice thing about her was the relative lack of flash and molding lines. The only noticeable ones are the ones along the bottom of her foot at the side of her legs. Though the leg lines look alot like sowing lines in the fabric. Her hand also fits very nicely along the side of her waist. Makes for that great "Seig Zeon" pose. Very cool gloves as well.</div><div> </div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5286614852360738786" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmuZUYIn8a8NVAPqefJ0ucOtbfjfeaPNNsnjXTE2LtLW6_8VNcdtmhZzJcHGF923CNdPgGUVS6Bz3B16DckRkw7UtZDGl-CAEJbUASkFBWsK6Ohh_nUHHp11tDKhm7OjgzI9BBI-p-m-Q/s400/PC310352.JPG" border="0" />There's also some great work done on the back of her cape. I swear that the "ressurection of the Zabi family" that she's always talking about translated into her being a Ghiren fangirl XD </div><div><br /></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5286615882084758018" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgovlwJH70Vu6UEP5KHw_JeCrhOHz6PFPrLmypS4UU2PFjCdcgg75Rez6g4vIWzWo8b6mEGiMYGzMCrAaEebzjaB62rZcTUvCULuJv-ik79nRfodo_Fk97s6Powb3mp17TAeQivm1Nfnys/s400/PC310351.JPG" border="0" />There was only one large problem that I had with this figure though. It's what we call a "leaner".</div><div>When I got her, she was constantly impossible to stand. Someone at the factory had attached one of her feet the wrong way, and they had been set at an angle. This makes her lean forward about 3cm from where she should be standing.<br /></div><div>Though this was a problem, it was an easy fix. I took a risk and scored a line in the area where her leg is attached to her foot, inside the boot. Then, I carefully snapped her foot off. I don't advise doing this yourself if you have a leaning Haman though. Take it to a pro who can do it, as you could do irreversible damage. </div><div>After snapping it off, I sanded it down a bit, so it would fit at the proper angle and glued it back in. There was absolutely no problems with her leaning after this.</div><div><br /></div><div></div><div><br /></div><div>Overall, a very nice figure. Though for me, any Haman figure is a great figure ^^</div><div>Rating: 7/10</div></div><div> </div><div>More pictures are at my flickr: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/30676391@N03/sets/72157611988890089/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/30676391@N03/sets/72157611988890089/</a></div><div><div><br /></div><div></div><div>And I'll leave you with this, the 2nd op to ZZ, and a picture I took at the last minute.</div><div><a href="http://http//www.youtube.com/watch?v=88sCf5R184U">http://http//www.youtube.com/watch?v=88sCf5R184U</a></div><div>If anyone knows how I add youtube videos to my blog it'd be greatly appreciated if you could tell me!<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5286616821018270178" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitJY3uBkHPcPu05D2J8Fny8rrRQ8VI7wVj0M3Kx7R0Y13JMYF1xxxxYSTIMNkcgNQead7Wzmf0Umx4Gfy8_Yp1NssGD3RzzqJ8WbFtFyH_tCrrhrEB9o0ijqDeYXugm-3LBiXC1IW56gs/s400/PC310391.JPG" border="0" /></div></div></div>tammarohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16909862914167977456noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5229880330695347292.post-58233256643620715352008-12-31T01:41:00.000-08:002008-12-31T02:08:33.252-08:00Kamikita Komari<div><div> </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTLNOsz-O9toFOENWsGl85cJXVfWr_o19Q7iTXIgvcfnUuQVEfogk5cUfrzv66ydlIPvF4-1lYsp26Dqbv5ZljUsutlhIN963MZXQTazwFb01IOsr2Kv2egRTxGXToi95xIixuXzdA5bI/s1600-h/PC310272.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5285888018925843874" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTLNOsz-O9toFOENWsGl85cJXVfWr_o19Q7iTXIgvcfnUuQVEfogk5cUfrzv66ydlIPvF4-1lYsp26Dqbv5ZljUsutlhIN963MZXQTazwFb01IOsr2Kv2egRTxGXToi95xIixuXzdA5bI/s400/PC310272.JPG" border="0" /></a>First figure review so let's have at it!<br /><br /><div>This is the Bandai 1/8 scale Kamikita Komari from the manga Little Busters!<br />Picked her up on boxing day and have had her on my desk ever since. </div><br /><div>First of all, I'd like to say that this is just moe in a box. The facial expression, the scarf, the hair point, it's all just too much >w<</div><br /><div>I paid about 70$ for this, which is a bit overpriced. Though, considering it was bought from Sakura Media and not from another figure store in vancouver, it's quite average. Seriously, get your manga there, but don't be caught by those figure/model prices....</div><br /><br /><div>She comes on a nicely airbrushed base that looks like a floor made of wood boards. Only problem is, there's no way to attach her. Though, considering that this girl is in such a pose, pegs probably wouldn't be too good of an idea ^^"</div><div>There are some general paint inconsitencies all around on her. On the scarf there's alot of dust that was trapped in the paint while it was drying. You can see it it the grooves of the scarf on both ends. Still, the paint lines are relatively well inside the molding lines, so it make up for it. </div></div><div><br /><br /></div><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5285889796378292306" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrVCWfUX8yiuw2l9s6j3JI3zeZDSmXr-zhSdJS2QJRgm4e79J83mb16Ih_U06tsUMsAEHf6QIqphAaiqHNFNMGZq0sMw_Yu16LhuPvnU6mXk1lQm_z43hYMYvG9YYP-p0BIVhD5O8nMbQ/s400/PC310262.JPG" border="0" />The flash lines on her arms and parts of her legs are visible, but the ones on her sleeves fall along the seam of her sweater. It's still a bit unsightly to a perfectionist like me, but most people can ignore it. The actual paint used is quite nice however. Only a few bits of dust trapped here and there take away from it. Very nice overall colour scheme and average paint application. </div><div><br /> </div><div>And now, let's get to the real reason I bought this figure. <em>The pantsu</em>.<br /></div><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5285890939396377586" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinnTm8xpPItUmuJCnOAhAYiuDBMFp8oZUX92fS3ZXZGRYaT6Rs7e4NBa0I3cWrLSH294zmndBqe5qMogDuN7f0e7uSbTRW7MJ7IwLDWRY-5Umc0IQgmy2yyLnzqgmBXJ0NNQ1NBjFZdlc/s400/PC310254.JPG" border="0" />They're just too perfect.</div><div><br /></div><div>Just as well, her skirt is removeable, so you can get an ever better view ^^<br />I keep mine cast-on though, since I just love the little peek like this. I also just love <em>striped pantsu</em> >w<</div><div><br /></div><div></div><div><br /></div><div>Strange story to accompany this. I was talking to a friend on msn last night about Komari. I started to say that there was a large problem that I found when I got her out of the box. My friend asked, "What, is she having her period?"<br />".......kinda."<br />"..."</div><div>By her period, I meant that she had a tiny spot of red paint, on the absolute most perfect spot to recreate this comment =3=</div><div>It was an easy fix, all I did was put a bit of white paint over it and it dissapeared, but man.......</div><div>Still, <em>very nice pantsu</em> on her. Just <strong>love those stripes</strong>!!! >w< </div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5285892202942025266" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzlR9rqaolhN9JyOmMhlGtYbqqCBOiMZWEo2HhMWv196ngo-SWiuxnoh6GHqhUmO1cGmfptzzWDLSQJOj2BypjVsNSVS7hISSiLLATZ0qoxlQ5ILl7r5eZDoL1nWVdYBsC3fmlnyXPMfQ/s400/PC310268.JPG" border="0" />In this pic you can see the little bits of dust I was talking about near the connection to her left thigh. Still irresistable. </div><div> </div><div> </div><div>Overall, an average figure. Still, very much worth it for fans of <em>striped pantsu </em>like me. </div><div>Pure moe in a box. </div><div> </div><div>7/10<br /></div><div>Full pics on my flickr account:<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/30676391@N03/sets/72157611885908221/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/30676391@N03/sets/72157611885908221/</a></div><div>Thanks to my friend Morgan for use of his camera </div>tammarohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16909862914167977456noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5229880330695347292.post-11616848437461521312008-12-26T23:22:00.000-08:002008-12-27T00:43:22.017-08:00Xmas Haul<div>So this is 90% of what I got for xmas/boxing day this year. I'm so happy to have a professional modeller for a parent =w=<br /><br /><br />My dad got my mom to go half in on an airbrush/aircompressor for my present. It's a Badger airbrush, and apparently, it's insane. I don't know, this is my first airbrush ever. And with that, I also got around 300$ in place of present from various relatives that I spent today. I can't say that it was worth the boxing day crowds, but I did get some pretty nice stuff.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5284370167041557746" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD5n4atdeTCvYIN6EEonT2PY3cFi8xyeJ637YHdqGvNl3cb4LHS6WlY57GuRURxpSvoaSoGi9r6nlflsdR5nSRUY0vwnnYfy6L8tsE3VvNUeTvczb952SymJDWDmrFSBMd95LrdJpo3UA/s400/DSC00061.JPG" border="0" /><br /><br />I managed to get ahold of both the Yui and Minori figures from Koharu Biyori. Just read the first 2 chapters of the manga. Not really suprised at the ecchi, but I am suprised that such figures come from a non-h series...<br /><br /><br />Saw them in the August issue of Dengeki, and figured they'd be one of those figures that I'd see online but never actually aquire them. But, after I went to Ages and got the Tsukino figure that I missed about a week back due to 1 dollar, I stopped in at Sakura. They just happened to have both of these girls, and it was buy one, get one 50% off. Seemed like a good deal ^^<br /><br /><br />Also got myself a figure of one of the girls from Little Busters! I haven't gotten around to the manga yet, but I might eventually, so I know nothing about her atm. And, after all you can eat at fish on rice for an hour, me and my friend stopped by Crystal Mall, and I had an impulse buy of a very nice old illustration of the Zeta and a Rick Dias, printed on what seems to be a cross between and cutting board and a mousepad. I can't tell, but it just looks cool.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />The Yui and Minori figures were bought for one real reason though. They can gattai. >w< <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5284387675921043666" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJFJEmRKD54YXi2lKft6p3varj2l7kIaMJOKFKgBjpUrHQbctw_hVSbqy36EaK7-h4bpbtzJEhbj03ZpOBlmQygckByOWwzodbM6WLS-ilUJNi0KCaZPrPrhDye6XPUmm_FiWr9Fpm76Q/s400/DSC00057.JPG" border="0" />Depending on how much money I get this sunday, I may be able to get a serious camera so I can actually review these girls. Moreso, it depends on if I won't get trampled at an electronics store when I go to buy it. Literally, it took me and my friends 10 mins to enter and leave future shop, after spending 8 of those 10 mins moving through a line that seemed more like a moshpit than anything. Just thought we'd "stop in" to blow some time until the stores in Crystal opened....If I do, then look forward to a review of both Yui and Minori. Should have some new art posted sometime this week as well.</div>tammarohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16909862914167977456noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5229880330695347292.post-56577103486136549322008-12-21T01:09:00.000-08:002008-12-21T22:16:52.961-08:00It Begins<div align="center"><span style="font-family:lucida grande;font-size:130%;"><em>"hajimeruka....</em><em>."</em><br /><br />To introduce myself, I'm a "young" artist/<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">plamodeller</span>/guitarist/<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">otaku</span> living in the snowed in part of Vancouver. I've been posting on <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">deviantart</span> since 2004, but after seeing what it's become, I decided that I really need my own site. So many idiots.....</span><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;font-size:130%;">I will be posting all of my art from now on here and once I get my camera, figure and model reviews, and general workings and distresses of my life. </span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;font-size:130%;"></span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;font-size:130%;">Here's a little something of a 2d girl to make my page look a little less bleak. One of mine from last week sometime. Should have new girls posted around boxing day.<br />Luna welcomes you to my blog:</span><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5282171098003047346" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 292px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU65D5VckhzWaPrkuOtruSbL2tBptA0fA2HTXIlOL6RqJYFSwX0gu_TWJp4P4pVEhjli6V_7VK0Q63AhOCBY46d4eLHkwOR9hvrEKJjO99B0Nx6yL5UD1kQHgw-R4CcsYQId_KX-sSoJo/s400/Luna.png" border="0" /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAC8YpoKxwuBqwzf9rs3O6O7YN6OIhmw5WSZzoIM_2wC8OP-8dgCO-aTk9plRV4T5Vgy0P8Ba_fLKwOmF-wMkxRaJ8vXpnOBxIyVznBVRj-_yAl5I34Y8OTWnwgFCnzMEt0SREZWeejzY/s1600-h/emuemu.PNG"></a> </div>tammarohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16909862914167977456noreply@blogger.com7