Commission Sword Work II

Parts for the commissioned sword arrived right on time, right before Christmas! Sadly I haven't been able to get a chance to work on them with the holidays going on.
So far so good with progress. So much surface work, I almost think it might be best to just recast in resin, unfortunately that would add more expenses to this project. I think next time I will think twice about working with a blade, keeping a smooth surface. luckily Kaine's sword is going to have some wear and serious use 'look' to it, or at least that's what I'm aiming for.  Nothing worse then a completely clean blade that's seen more then it's share of use. Save that for decoration swords :P

Blade Parts with Handles.

Other interesting issue I have to deal with is the seam on the blade. Fun stuff... should be really cool though once it's painted. Just waiting on prime to set for 24 hrs and buff again and wait again haha. .
Should be more on this project in the next week or so.

In other news... Lidia's belt buckle's finished and placed a print order. Can't wait to get that sometime in mid January.

Lidia's Gauntlets Part III

Gauntlets completed! Took a few photos with Lidia and Hrist to show off Lidia's new armor. Plan to do some other scenes eventually too.

Hrist: Lidia! Someone with a camera wants to take our photo!

Lidia: Get that camera out of here or lose it!

Lidia: Oh, it's just Somonul.

Lidia's Gauntlets Part II

Update on the gauntlets, a slow process waiting on paint to dry, and other stuff. Can't wait for the day when 3D printing, prints out super smooth items where you can just use an airbrush. If anyone knows of a print service that does, please let me know!

One gauntlet's almost complete. The other is still drying in between coats.

Lidia's Gauntlets Part I

Lidia's xmas gift arrived today! Hope this doesn't upset Hrist since I really haven't had a chance to do anything for her lately... yikes! -_- what was I thinking when I got another Dollfie!? One was a challenge enough to work with!

Now the crazy task of fixing these up, they need some serious work. Like seriously serious work. Some odd stair stepping on parts that's going to be a pain to buff out, but it has to be done. Need that initial Yay it's here, lets jump right into this project to die down so I can relax and take my time on it
I am happy to report the scale and size was a perfect fit though :D

Hrist's Make-Over v2

Well, finally, after months of debating I got Hrist a brand new head. figured the one she had now was toast, or at least beyond a quick salvage. For those who have been following my blog since I started posting projects, back in March "Hrist Head work", theres a section on my original face-up attempt for Hrist, and how that Sealer really screwed things up.

This time, the process went very smooth, in fact, I didn't even have to redo it, which is a first. usually I make some mistake at the last moment when it's almost done and am D:< Really? haha but not this time! Everything went great!

Biggest challenge of this project was getting Hrist's hair back on correctly! I put her wig on and was in shock. It doesn't even look like Hrist any more ;( only to find out her bangs were not level and correctly placed. haha few millimeters of height sure can make a difference it seems.

I left her head design the same, and touched up area where I just screwed up on the original. Real happy with this remake, I hope others are as well!
Now Hrist or I don't have to dread those close-up shots anymore! Haha

Hrist's Visit to Hai-lan

Hrist decided to vacation for the day in Hai-lan. Such a nice and stormy day for her, I think she had a really great time.

Posing in front of the entrance gates.

Hrist posing in front of the Moon Gate.

Hrist watching the large fish swim around.

Overall it was a great trip to COFCO Chinese Cultural Center! Can't wait to go again on another stormy day!

Commission Sword Work

Got around to starting and finishing up the modeling part for a commissioned sword project I received.

 Looking forward to getting this shipped off to the 3D Printing company eventually. Then the long wait for the print to arrive for processing and painting begins.  This particular project has been broken into multiple segments to reduce cost and other guidelines as well as increase some integrity on it since it won't be a completely solid part, much like Hrist's sword that I made a while back.

Shoulder Armor part II

Lidia's almost ready to decimate legions of demons and the undead.

Finished with the shoulder armor painting and straps. Ugh, straps.... what a pain. easy, but monotonous task haha, I'd hate working in a factory doing same thing over and over and over and did I mention over yet? >_>

Anyway they're finished.

Now to work on those armor gauntlets here, also I plan to be starting on a commissioned project, I got the ok to be able to blog this project so that should be fun. :) Hopefully I'll get around to starting on that this weekend after work.

Cheongsam Finished and Photos

Fun day today testing out some new lights I got. So I spent the day goofing around taking some photos of Hrist and her new outfit, and her older outfit.

Hrist ready to hunt down any undead or vampires!

 I really enjoyed working on this photo, think I'll have to plan some for future projects.

Hrist loves weapons!

Hrist enjoying her new outfit.

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New outfit complete!

Shoulder Armor

Lidia's shoulder armor finally arrived today... 2 day shipping somehow took 8 days >_> that's worse then the normal standard shipping UPS! D: But it arrived at least. Better then not arriving at all I think >_>; Anyway, they came, and made Lidia quite excited. Can't do much with them now but I'll be priming them and buffing them out, all the usual prep work before I paint.

Lot's of work to do on these! Sure can't wait to see them on her fully painted and ready for some serious battles.  Shoulders fit perfectly onto her clothing and decorative pads. I was a bit worried that I had the scaling wrong, however it all worked out great. Won't be long before I'm doing full replacement components on Dollfies. Hrist's armor will need something like that.

Definitely planning to redesign her gauntlet type armor stuff. My original concepts for her seem kinda wonky 3 years later -_- No idea what I'll do, perhaps a small modification, or a total overhaul in the design. Should be fun, till it comes to the modeling part >_> haha

Small Side Project

Started a small side project since times pretty limited lately. X_X
Nothing to fancy, just a quick outfit I hope to have done in a few days. I drew up some patterns for what I have in mind, a bunch of curvy squares. So far, it's hastle free project

New project in progress...

Only major hurdle I foresee is finding clasps? or what ever they're called for it to button up or... what ever it's called :X Once I find a part that works remotely like what I'm thinking it needs to do I'll post info on that haha.

Thought I'd slip in a photo that never saw the light of day.

Hrist at Saguaro Lake

Hrist went to Saguaro lake before the big Halloween event. She had such a great time there.

Saguaro Lake!

A nice relaxing cloudy day. We really need to get out of the city more often I think.

At one of the piers.

Hrist enjoying the nice weather.

Halloween Dollfie Event Part II

Photos from October 26th Dollfie Halloween event!

Quite a large turn out!

Hrist having a nice time at the party.

Nice peaceful outfit, with a heavy crown.

This turned out to be one of my favorite photos I took of Nanoha at the event.

Really nice outfit.

One of the most epic outfits at the entire event!

Hrist loves her weapons. Her she is showing off her newly cast daggers that I finished making just in time for the event.

Can't wait for the next event! Great turn out, I really enjoyed the time, and a special thanks to  animagic4u for hosting this wonderful event!

Halloween Dollfie Event Part I

Phew what a day! Big turnout at today's Dollfie Dreams meet. Great costumes and great fun, and!!!!! Hrist's new outfit's big debut! Well In public anyway :P She went to Saguaro Lake again the other day for a rather extensive photo-shoot, I'll be posting photos in the next few days once I get some time to sort through them all.

Hrist with her friend Agatha

I think Hrist's new outfit got a rather nice warm reception, which really made this month long project worth all the fun and enjoyment and $$$ of creating. So many new things learned from the making of this. Things to improve upon in future projects. Never imagined I'd get so crazy with sewing ever. Haha.

More photos in the next few days! :D

Lidia Arrives

Lidia's body arrived today! :D So much work to do with her, and I haven't even started on her face-up! :O I'll have to see how Hrist's old 18mm blanks work on Lidia till the new eyes arrive, if they ever do... Poofies still waiting on a reply from that company -_- Which is taking more then a week it seems :/  18mm's may work good with Lidia, really won't know till I try >_>; 

Anyway, I went with Aoi v2 for my body template, I know... probably a waste of money since I had to buy a M-Bust for Lidia, no way she's an L, L-Bust is pretty huge, not crazy huge like DDy's but huge enough to be wtf o_O But! I wanted Aoi's default head and hair set. Main reason I bought an Aoi, and I have to say, from what I can see through her box window, she's has a cute face-up :) which now brings me to a total of 3 02 heads >_> such a great universal head though for my style of characters. Not really a fan of most Volks heads sadly :(
Eventually I'll get around to opening the box once I get these paint projects cleaned up and have a nice clean working environment for a new Dollfie.

Currently working on Lidia's ammo packs. I still need to finish last minute details on Hrist's Halloween outfit which looks to be her main 'new' outfit once I finish it up. Put so much work into it, I think I'll use it for more of a main outfit, not to mention I like the results so far :P That could change once a new idea for an outfit comes along though! haha but till then... ;)

The Hat...

The BIG hat >_> something about it drives me nuts, yet I like it at the same time haha. Not sure what it is, or if it's just because it's so huge. I'll probably wind up using the smaller version >_>;

Any opinions on it? :S
Small hat, or the big one to use? :X

Lidia's Armor Part I

Lidia's armor parts arrived today! Well the first phase of them. Looks to be a perfect fit too! Need to get her shoulder armor printed soon, and start working on her other parts, I'm pretty excited about this project!
I'm probably going to attempt some recasting of items too just to see how resin results look.

Hrist's new outfit is just about done! People at crafting store are starting to see me a bit to often I think haha

Hat Work 2

Small top hat it is... the larger  hat looked ridiculously stupid to me, and didn't quite fit... and to make it fit I need an even bigger hat! Next round I'd probably have something so massive it'd look like a flip'n sombrero or something crazy. So! Small hat it is....
I think I'll get more materials eventually just to see how wild a larger hat will look on a dollfie,  The full length of it's bigger then her torso on the larger version I made. haha should be something else for a full 10" band version. I'll end my crafting rant here ;)

Here's a photo of the small version on Hrist :)

Bike Blast 2013

Not exactly a project update... but it did consume most of my weekend, and time away from my projects, and what an amazing event it was! Three days of great action and great fun! I took roughly 2000 photos of the days I attended.

Rose parked and ready for fun!

I got Rose all cleaned up and polished for the event. Managed to find quick and easy parking, next to a Road King for this event.

Arizona Twin Peaks 2013 Bikini Contest!

 She had my vote! ;)

Grand Funk Railroad!

 Grand Funk Railroad put on an epically amazing show! I really enjoyed their performance.

Stunt shows!

Work those hula-hoops!

Lots of amazing bands and entertainment. Great motorcycles and great fun! What could be better? Can't wait for next years event! Now with this event over, I can focus on finishing up Hrist's new outfit! working on two similar variations of her hat, one small one normal sized... No idea which will be used for her finally, but it's crazy to see just how big a Dollfies head is, when you make a hat for them :P