Alphamax is tier 2 to me, like koto. Only their Skytube division ero stuff are good - only if they give their girls buttholes it would be perfect.

+1

This post has been edited by EXkurogane: Dec 26 2013, 03:26 PM

Call me again if it's GSC version. Freeing, no thx.

EDIT:

73% off. Must have been an epic fail product.

http://www.amiami.com/top/detail/detail?gc...0%24pagecnt%3D3

This post has been edited by EXkurogane: Dec 26 2013, 04:59 PM

Alter's 1/8 Ataraki Mataemon & Houzouin Inshun - Hyakka Ryouran Samurai Bride




Griffon's 1/8 Isshiki Akane, 1/2.5 Kousaka Kirino, 1/2.5 Gokou Ruri





This post has been edited by EXkurogane: Dec 26 2013, 06:01 PM

Never buy anything above 10k lol. If 1/1 scale leh?
That is true if u buy from Japanese sites, otherwise, ppl like me spending over 10k yen for a figure is common.

Alter's 1/8 Louise Francoise Gothic Lolita ver.
Redid the photoshooting last night. Shot on Nikon D5200, ISO-200, 1/20sec, manual white balance.

High res: http://myfigurecollection.net/picture/887529

How it's done: http://ks-exkurogane.blogspot.com/2013/12/...-francoise.html

Thx

Mr DIY & Daiso. The props are partially DIY - like, the counter desk is actually a slightly modified wooden tissue box. If you went through the blog post on it you can see how it's done. If i were to buy the props right away (miniature scaled furniture) it will end up costing more than the figure itself.

1st time someone telling me that The font color comes with the whole theme fixed like that (it's a custom design on top of a custom template), unless i highlight my whole post and change the text colors one by one. I wouldnt be too confident to go and change the font colors by editing the websites's html codes directly. But i do agree the side pane, the FB page words are hard to read.

And make sure you load the page fully lol, the background is supposed to be brown (a dark layer over the grey backing). If the brown backing the texts doesnt load (left side below), it will be hard to read.



This post has been edited by EXkurogane: Dec 27 2013, 02:35 PM

Not loading properly, i guess either net issue or something, because it rarely occurs to me unless my net is slow.

Thx

How ironic; i think Griffon's version looks better.

The face looks weird and ‘more loli” which wasn’t the case in the anime; Griffon got her face very accurately done. Face is the most important thing to me, more important than even a few paint irregularities on places that are not obvious.

Thx. It's my personal style of wanting to design backgrounds to match a figure, in order to differ myself from other figure photographer & bloggers out there, although im also experimenting with new and different techniques. I'll be attempting something different for Max Factory's Nakedhime (im rranging that for January next month), but before that there's a figure arriving before her, also by Max Factory - N(y)akedruko. I mean, Nyaruko. Since Nyaruko is in naked maid outfit her photos will look similar to this one but i will make some changes to the background.

Lol, thx, you're exaggerating... Most of my nendo and figma are stuffed in cabinet and almost forgotten (heck, my figma BRS2035, buy until now (almost a year?), opened only once, didnt even take photos (i liked that figma exceptionally, but i generally quit figmas). And many of my figures also sit inside box (lazy to keep watch the dust and clean them) or inside closed wood cabinet.

Im so glad i transitioned from Gunpla to figures; Figures are the reason why i picked up the hobby of photography, just by observing other people do wonders coming up with good photos. But then, i also want to improve on other kinds of photography, especially photos of people/portrait shots.

This post has been edited by EXkurogane: Dec 27 2013, 06:09 PM

Nippon Yassan is a good place if you want to order yourself. I dont think Native Web ships to Malaysia (they don't, even to S'pore). For me, it's rather random. I took over a friend's preorder before (he sent it to me after he received it, so, i actually bought his preorder because he lost interest in it), and the other one was from a local seller doing business in Facebook as a page. I hunt around randomly. But then, due to the risk of importing x-rated figures, i tend to buy or order it locally, not minding the higher price because the seller is responsible for my order.

Looks generic, and it's not castoffable anyway. Alters senhime is still the best.

I forgot Griffon has an R-line of figures that shows you tits. This one must be one of the R-line figures. And i also agree 8 to 9 out of 10 Senhime figures out there are terrible.

Experience and observation. Im slightly over 3 years in figures and im already picky as hell with figures. This one is my current ranking with figure companies.

Tier 1
Native, Alter/Hobby Japan, Max Factory, Good Smile Company, Orchid Seed, Skytube (a division of Alpha Max though)

Tier 2
Kotobukiya, Phat, Gift, Alpha Max, Amakuni, PLUM, Daiki Kougyou, Ques Q, Kaitendoh, FREEing, Megahouse, Sen-ti-nel, Orca Toys, UpLark, Wave, Vertex/Dwell, Media Factory

Tier 3
Griffon Enterprise, Penguin Parade, Chara-Ani, Clayz, Arcadia/Yamato, Movic

Tier 4
CM's Corporation, Taki Corporation (this one already bankrupt though lol)


There's always a few exceptions of course; Griffon's Touhou and a selected few other figures are good (i'd rate them as Tier 2 figures). FREEing has some 1/8 figures that deserve to be dropped to Tier 3. I might miss out some names in the list above, but that means i dont know anything about that (less famous) company. This one all came from experience, from viewing my friends' figures to photos of the figures owners & professional reviewers online, and my own figures.

Except for a few figure companies to avoid in general, up to Tier 2 is fine. But then i have gotten so picky then i often criticize Kotobukiya's products even...

The top 2 epic fail figure of the year (price to quality you get) Nomination:

1. CM corporation's Alice - Kamisama no memochou: RRP 12000 yen



2. Griffon's 1/8 Saber - Fate/Stay Night: RRP 10700yen (GSC Saber truimphant excalibur, 9800yen LOL)



This post has been edited by EXkurogane: Dec 27 2013, 09:18 PM

That's a myth; it's just that, you unbox and take the figure out, inside the soft wrapping plastic, remove it. If it's oily (plasticizer), clean it and make sure it's dry, then u can put the figure back in box. Plasticizer may cause some problems (it is to prevent paint transfer while in box, combined with the plastic wraps, in case the paint is not fully dry when they packaged it) but you shouldnt worry. If keep in box for too long = figure spoil, how about those unsold figures sitting in shops for years? Companies do think about this before they lace any chemical into figures, and if they do it, it's more protective instead of damaging.

UV rays can cause yellowing over 5-10 years because of free radicals (not just sunlight, even your fluorescent lamp) and fading of gold platings. This is why i keep my figures in box or closed cabinet, but my home has almost no fluorescent lamps except my table lamps. My family use those power-saving tube-like bulbs (usually warm white/yellow, or plain white)made by Phillips, i think u guys know what it is.

Photobomb, since im bored.
But this time, all are taken with phones only, with slight post-processing done as usual.

Griffon's 1/7 Ryoumou Shimei China Dress ver.
Shot on Nokia C6-00 (5MP, f/2.8 ) Settings used - ISO "low", no flash. Others unchanged. The camera chose ISO-194, 1/100 sec.



Figma BRS
Nokia Lumia 920 (8MP, f/2.0 ); manual settings & focus. ISO-200, 1/4sec.



Nendoroid Hatsune Miku
Nokia C6-00 (5MP, f/2.8 ). Settings: ISO "medium". No flash. The camera chose ISO-388, 1/15sec.



Alter's 1/8 Momo Velia Deviluke
Nokia Lumia 920 (8MP, f/2.0 ). manual settiings & focus. ISO-100, 1/35 sec.
MFC: http://myfigurecollection.net/picture/888077



This post has been edited by EXkurogane: Dec 28 2013, 05:19 PM

It's a CD Album (The back of the album was facing the camera so you cant see the zip), one of a few freebies that came with a computer purchase years back...

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ADD: Great. Griffon totally f*cked up their Yaya. =.=* Seems like I'll be waiting longer. Im not ordering Kotobukiya's shit either.





This post has been edited by EXkurogane: Dec 30 2013, 02:59 PM

Preview: Good Smile's 1/8 Rensouhou-chan, Shimakaze - Kantai Collection ~Kan Colle~

EXACTLY

I want buy the prototype