Alrighty, tore myself away from Dragon Age long enough for a fate review ^^; Was actually surprised almost half the people in the poll said they didn’t know what it was – if you were wondering it’s an epic rpg by Bioware set in a fantasy world under siege by evil forces known as Darkspawn. Read more at the main site if you’re interested ^^ Anyhow, back to fate~
A massive 1/4 entry from Good Smile Company to accompany their previous Nanoha release. Like most 1/4 pvc releases, nothing spectacular in the detail department but her size alone makes her an interesting addition to any collection ^^
Just a super quick post to say, hey sorry, meant to have that fate review up this weekend, but i can’t tear myself away from dragon age ^^;;;; It’s been awhile since I’ve anticipated a game so much and then had my hopes exceeded. Highly recommended for rpg fans looking for an epic story.
More test pics with my new light in preparation for incoming fates. One fate i should be able to pick up tomorrow, the other due out later this month ^__^
Wasn’t actually going for the wet look, but wanted to wash off the figures i was going to shoot and didn’t want to go through the trouble of drying them/waiting for them to dry.
I’m addicted to playing on easy now for the false sense of skill it provides ^^;;; On my first play through on easy (had been playing on normal up ’til now), got all the way up to utsuho’s 2nd to last card or so. Frustrated at being so close, played a few more times and this is the result ^^
Now I admit the Alstroemeria Records version of Bad Apple!! is one of my favorite (if not my favorite) touhou mixes, and I’m already a touhou fanboy… but the above video is jaw droppingly awesome, regardless. Touhou fans, definitely check it out ^^ (niconico link)
Oh, and if you’ve never bothered to look up the lyrics, part of the cool thing about many bad apple pv’s is the black and white imagery — verses end alternately with, “become/turn black” or “become/turn white”. A translation is at the touhou wiki.
Half my fascination with touhou is the amount and quality of fanwork out there… this is a perfect example ^^
This time it’s Ymir for my equipment test shots. Again not really a full review, just trying out the soft box I acquired recently ^^
Got the soft box for a few reasons – first of all wanted more lights to attempt some white bg stuff in the future. Second of all wanted the more powerful bulb it came with (listed as 75W but found an 85W in the box! my current bulbs are only 25W or so). Thirdly got this one ‘cuz it was dirt cheap (relatively ^^;)! $40 and it came with the bulb! (no stand though)
Got quite a few recommendations for this one so I was surprised by dialog after dialog after dialog. ‘course don’t get me wrong – having played my fair share of galge I’m not biased against that or anything. Rather, was surprised that others weren’t ^^; pantsu screenshot incoming, don’t say i didn’t warn you.
Would be a waste to not put the new tripod to waste, darou? Took some test shots with nyx now that i can finally do portrait orientated shots again. Makes a big difference when shooting with a 100mm lens with a 1.6 crop factor ^^; Unfortunately… I totally forgot to check my ISO!!! So used to having it stuck at 100 for my reviews I forgot I had shot some non-figure stuff and it was at 800 ;_;
One last thing before we get to the mini-”review”… oppai warning!
Time for another manga… hmm… sampler? はるみねーしょん – Harumination – is a 4-koma published by manga time kirara, authored by 大沖 (daioki). I bought it because I just loved the cover art:
Wasn’t let down. In fact I’ve thoroughly enjoyed pretty much all of the manga time kirara comics I’ve randomly purchased ^^ Speaking of which, did ya know K-ON! is published by manga time kirara? Or that Daioki did a guest comic at the end of vol. 1 and 2 of K-ON!?
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