Senbonzakura Miku Nendoroid

A while back this awesome version of Miku arrived. I did a quick little shoot with her in the rain so I have a few photos to share with you already. The details are very intricate and carefully painted. There aren't many flaws on this one that I've found. She comes with a few accessories including a bike! I haven't photographed the bike yet but naturally I will. It looks brilliant I promise you!

I wouldn't mind cosplaying this outfit, I love the influence on the style!

Tiny badges!

There's even detail on the back of her jacket.

Holland Park figure photos!

I went to Holland Park the other month with my friend Mick0las and we got some really nice photos of our figures. It was such a beautiful day there and the perfect atmosphere for the figures I wanted to shoot. You can see the photos I took of the actual park here! Apologies for being pretty quiet on my blog over the past month or two, I'm so behind on my editing and such. I am catching up though and I have a lot of new stuff to post soon!

As always I am open to constructive criticism on my work, I can't improve if you don't tell me what I'm doing wrong :)

I also post almost daily photos and news on my Facebook page and Twitter!

Here's a few portraits of Itoshiki sensei, he is a continual favourite subject for me. I just can't get enough of his perfectly painted face and mature aura. (apart from when he's spiralling into despair haha)

On this one you can see I tried to go for that 'old photo' style, it suits him really well. Plus I wanted to bring in a bit of SHAFT animation influence too,

I hope you like the colours here as much as I do, managed to get an autumn feel even though it's summer here ;)

Metal Oopah....

My Kyoko nendoroid and Mick0las' Shimakaze nendoroid!

*HUMS MAGICAL GIRL THEME INTENSELY*

Don't leave Okarin.....

(Mayuri nendoroid belongs to Mick0las)

Metal Oopah!

(belongs to Mick0las)

The details on Shima chan are so cute, I should get into this fandom. I love the designs!

Shima's nose <3

W-what are you looking at??

uguu

*sparkles*

new arrival! Wind Waker Link!

At last this adorable little hero is mine. I wanted him last year but he sold out very fast and any retailers carrying Link were asking for a lot more than the RRP (understandable considering his popularity). So I was pleased when they announced a re-run due for late June! I ordered Link from amiami and he come very fast via air mail. I was so surprised by his quick arrival I forgot it was him coming and got confused about what I'd ordered when the package arrived. Heh. Toon Link is my favourite version of the character, he is simply so cute and charming. Plus those big expressive eyes always capture my heart! I took a few quick photos as the sunset the other evening provided some beautiful greens and golds. I hope you like them. There will be more in the near future for sure, I just need to stop melting from the heatwave we're having here at the moment first!

My first time adding effects to a photo in this way, any constructive criticism is very welcome!

HYAK

HYAK HYAK HYAK

The cutest feet!

Sakuya Konohana Part 2

As promised, the other half of the shoot I did with Sakuya! I have a few reviews I'm working on plus a cosplay shoot I did of my best friend Freyakins. So there will be a lot more material coming to this blog soon. In the mean time you can follow me on Facebook and Twitter for more regular updates and silly phone pic spam when new merch arrives. Also a shoutout to a good friend of mine who has just set up their own blog Shirobot! If you enjoy video games and coffee then please give him a follow.

If anyone wants a high res version of any of my photos from this post or others to use as a wallpaper just ask, you can tweet me, message me on facebook or email me amaikoibitochan@gmail.com!

Figma 001: Nagato Yuki

I've been feeling inspired by the beautiful blossoms that come out with spring recently so I did a bit of experimenting with editing and learning how to use manual focus more. I felt Yuki-san really fitted as the subject as her quiet, melancholy aura fits well with the hope and colours of spring. If you've seen the Disappearance film I think you will understand my feelings quite well. I'm not very good with words but I hope my feelings come across in my art to you.  

“The world is, of course, nothing but our conception of it.”
-Anton Chekhov

"The past, like the future, is indefinite and exists only as a spectrum of possibilities."
 -Stephen Hawking

“Which of us has not felt that the character we are reading in the printed page is
more real than the person standing beside us?”
  -Cornelia Funke

Konohana Sakuya part one

Part one in a set I did of one of my favourite character Personas, Konhana Sakuya!

This is the D-Arts figure, she can be difficult to pose but the result is worth it. She is colourful and very graceful. I thought spring was an ideal time of year to profile her seeing as her beautiful 'wings' look so much like cherry blossoms to me.

Queen of the forest

I picked up this beautiful Asuna Yuuki figure recently. It depicts her in the outfit she was given in the ALO arc of the Sword Art Online story. Though a negative time for her, she looked beautiful and it's my favourite outfit of hers. I took a few profiles of her in my garden this week. I have big plans for some photos with her in the future, just need an assistant! 

Aegis

Charred Screw....

This nendoroid came out back in April 2014 and I picked her up later in the year. In my usual style I took photos a long while back but I've only just gotten round to sorting through them.

Sculpted by Isao Shirasagi, this version of the Aegis nendoroid has fully articulated joints allowing for many more poses with a really natural look. I really commend them on this design and I hope to see it in a few more nendoroids in the future. Perhaps it's an idea that could cross over into the figma range (I'm not a huge fan of the prominent joints).  Her delicate face is carefully painted and emulates the gentle demeanor she carries perfectly. Not to say she doesn't look great with her angry/determined face plate on though at all! The complex details across Aegis' body are painted carefully and nothing feels cheap about this figure whatsoever.

Determined face and rifle!

Accessory wise, Aegis comes with a nice variety of her weapons plus the very special Charred Screw (those who have completed the game will appreciate this <3). These combined with the ease of posing mean you can re create quite a variety of poses.
The accessories you can equip Aegis with are:

• Cannon, can be attached to her left or right hand.
• Rifle, complete with a little orange blast effect.
• Blast effect pieces for her fingers. (plus detachable canon parts)
• Rocket Punch, complete with skull and crossbones detail. 
• Charred Screw.

Onto the photos!

Rifle

Lovely shading on her hair

glorious articulated limbs!

The clawwww

ROCKET PUNCH!

pew pew pew

The SEES band is detachable!

Aegis in action! Bust those shadows!!