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stevethefishdotnet · 2 years

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Bandai 1:20 Nausicaa Mowe Glider plastic model build photoset July 31st, 2022

The now-defunct model company Tsukuda released a series of Nausicaa plastic model kits in the ‘80s. About 10 years ago, Bandai retooled these kits as well as Tsukuda’s Flaptor from Laputa. The Tsukuda kits were alright, but the sculpt of the figures’ faces was not very flattering for the characters. The faces have been resculpted and eye decals have been provided.

These are not fully snap kits, and glue and painting will be required. The only Tsukuda kit I have owned was the Ohmu (the large insect) kit, and that kit’s fit was retooled to provide a better framework for a parts fit.

While constructing the Nausicaa figure, I learned an important lesson on assembling her while riding the glider because I did not do that. I just glued her together as I saw fit, and when placed on the glider, her left arm was raised too high. I had to break her arm off to reattach it, requiring putty and repainting.

I painted Nausicaa with a combination of Mr. Hobby Aqueous and Delta Ceramcoat hobby acrylics. I did a lot of post shading in the folds of her clothing and painted highlights on the raised parts. This was a technique I’ve never done before and I like the result. The eye decals ensure that the figure looks great. The figure parts are sculpted in that soft plastic that Bandai often uses for figures, so I would not recommend using any enamel washes on her because this plastic has been known to disintegrate when strong solvents such as turpentine and enamel thinner are used.

The glider’s flaps are poseable and there is a removable hatch on top to expose the engine.

The engine is lighted with a 5mm flickering blue LED. I just did not use the central piece of the engine and instead replaced it with the LED. It was a perfect fit. In the movie, the intake glows as well, and you can sort of see this from the front due to the engine light. The LED is powered by a single CR2032 battery. I have a battery case for that which I modified with a strong, tiny magnet from HiQ Parts. This way, it grabs a hold of the base due to a corresponding magnet I affixed to its underside.

I used a light blue Posca marker to do the raised lettering on the stand, applying it with a fine-tipped brush.

#Nausicaa #valley of wind #bandai #plastic model #plamo #anime #retro #風の谷のナウシカ #バンダイ #プラモデル #プラモ

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allstartrekgames · 1 year

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Star Trek: The Invasion of Klingon Empire

Original Release: 1982

Developer: Tsukuda Hobby

Publisher: Tsukuda Hobby

Platform: Board Game

Not Played: Complex rules are only available in Japanese.

The first heavy wargame set in the Star Trek universe. This game was only released in Japan and has extremely complex rules. There is a list of missions that seem to take inspiration from TV show, visiting planets mentioned in episodes.

#star trek #star trek tos #star trek tmp #board games #war games

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thehauntedrocket · 3 years

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Vintage Board Game - Endor: The Game Of The Combat On Moon Endor (Japanese)

Tsukuda Hobby (1983)

#Gaming #Board Game #Star Wars #Star Wars Return Of The Jedi #Endor #Ewoks #Science Fiction #Science Fiction Art #Science Fiction Illustration #Tsukuda Hobby #Vintage #Art #Illustration #Design #Japan #Japanese #1983 #1980s #80s

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tharglet · 5 years

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Chestburster Victim & Facehugger Keyring - Aliens

Now for a bit of an interesting figure... one that’s part of the scenery...

This wasn’t a figure I was planning on getting, but saw it for a reasonable price, and decided to go for it. Thinking of posing this with one the xenomorphs in the same Eaglemoss series.

The sculpt is surprisingly detailed, and the paint is mostly good, which is a surprise for an Eaglemoss figure. There are some parts where the clothing paint does go onto the fines, but most strands are OK. The clothes are well done, and are shaded well, and the blood isn’t half-bad. My biggest complaint with the figure is the skin colour feels a little too ashen, and could’ve possibly done with a splash of skin-coloured paint.

Chestburster close-up:

A chestburster’s head... in full, gruesome detail. I think this has been done well, and we have the t-shirt pushing back from the wound. I feel there’s some inaccuracy in how this would look irl, but I think the artistic liberty does help the chestburster stand out. I feel a little more detail in texture could’ve gone into the hair, but I don’t think this is a big thing, and the paint is nice on the hair, with the strands on the victim’s forehead.

Sides:

The sides of the figure look nice, with the alien wall texture continuing around the figure.

Back:

Was quite impressed with this - they’ve actually textured the back, so if you have this at an angle where the back shows, it will still look “the part”. The paint here is also nicely and subtly shaded.

Due to the subject, I don’t think this figure will be especially popular, but it is nicely done, and would look nice in a diorama.

As a small added bonus, here’s a keyring by Tsudaka Hobby that I picked up in a Suruga-ya order:

It did come with the key loop, but I removed this to more easily place it in an ita bag (featuring all my favourite things). The legs and tail are very flexible, so they’ll bend if caught on anything. The black wash is OK, but I wish they left a little more on to soften the effect. The bottom of the facehugger is also sculpted decently well. I like this keyring, and glad I got it.

#western figures #alien #xenomorph #chestburster #eaglemoss #facehugger #keychain #tsukuda hobby #tsudaka hobby

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partnersatfazbear · 3 years

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Japan Package

Yeah, another off topic post... I don’t really have anywhere else to put this, though! Maybe you guys can learn more about me. =:3

I’ve always been a collector, especially of things from Japan... COVID has basically killed that for me with EMS taking almost 2 years to return and the skyrocketing prices of goods and shipping. So, with that said, this will be my last big collection post for a very, very long time [in regards to Japanese merch, I am still collecting FNAF!]

Anyone whose read my blog knows I’ve been hyped for Legend of Mana HD Remaster... and I nabbed a few things last minute when it was announced:

A large rabbite plush! This kinda goes with my collection of yellow bunnies, so I splurged since it served more than one interest for me.

Elazul and Pearl from the Square Millennium Collection.I already had these at one point but lost Pearl along the way, so I replaced them.

Some Legend of Mana trading cards (they’re sealed) and Pokemon Gold playing card deck. This will Segway me into my Gold/HeartGold stuff...

Moo-moo milks! The top one holds cold/hot drinks and the bottom one is a metal thermos.

Lyra and co. I waited so long to complete my set for Johto... she was a pretty penny unfortunately.

A bunch of various Gold related items. I don’t know much about them. A keychain, a small toy, and a postcard book. I should probably mention I got these items before the Pokemon Scalping Craze of 2021 took effect...

Pokemon Stadium 2 CIB, Pokemon Gold CIB, some kind of physical Pokemon Heartgold thing (I believe it’s just the download card. I know it isn’t the normal game.) and finally, one of my grails-- a lightly used Johto Gameboy Color w/a cartidge of Gold.

Pokemon Johto themed Pokeballs! This was a premium Bandai exclusive. I got it for the GS ball, NGL. While taking photos, my wife noticed that all of them open... except the GS ball of course! I did get this used so it was missing the dispenser parts and candy, but I didn’t care. I have the stands and belt attatchments--so looking forward to having these when I eventually cosplay Gold/Hibiki/Ethan.

Another grail. I already had the Gold Pokedex and Pokegear. I decided to get the HeartGold Pokedex/Gear. I haven’t tried it out yet!

Since Pokemon relates to Digimon, I’ll post the tiny amount of items I got. I no longer actively collect in this community outside a few unique items that I may want, so this is the end of my Digimon collection for the most part.

Not much to say regarding these. I had an atrocious time getting the shot glass the first time around, so I finally buckled and got it via a proper proxy. Weregarurumon, although a plush I don’t particularly like, was one of the last I needed to complete the line of plushes for the Gabumon line.

I’ve been after the Tsukuda Hobby Misato Vinyl figure for years. I finally snagged her. I’ve always loved this line, but sold most of it a long time ago. I don’t really have a huge collection for Misato, but she was always my favorite and I like this piece to represent her in my collectibles.

Jack from Radiata Stories. This was to complete my Star Ocean Trading Arts set. I also got the remainder of the Valkyrie Profile Trading Arts I was missing, but I didn’t picture them because they were thoroughly wrapped and I don’t want to lose pieces when I move.

My MAIN collection is Star Ocean: the Second Story (and all of it’s iterations). If I ever make an exception to my no major packages importing rule, this would be why. An Amanesis keychain, a calendar and a small pocket book.

Okay, maybe I lied... my MAIN collection is Aerith Gainsborough... I love and adore her; always have!

Aerith photo cards! I guess they were from Skytree? I don’t remember... Also some cards for Star Ocean EX, Pokemon Gold / Silver, and Ayumi Hamasaki.

More Skytree items! These are edible. One is a bottle with hard sugar candy and the others are various suckers w/edible flowers!

It took all I had not to cry when opening the music box... lol

Lastly... I was going through some bad times last October and I really rediscovered my love for Ayumi Hamasaki circa 1999-2001. I really wanted to embrace it and went a little nuts =:p If you haven’t heard her work, I highly recommend it. In fact I think A*BEST is probably my second favorite music album of all time. It’s in my top 3 for sure!

A photobook. Some CDs! Remember how much I love A*BEST? I got the anniversary edition. Included a book, CD/DVD/BluRay combo, a shirt, and a special collectors box. AyuMiX and M~ were replacements because mine are worse for wear nowadays. LoveAPPEARS and the blue CD are new. The blue CD is actually a release BEFORE Ayumi Hamasaki’s first single--it’s pretty rare! I’m excited to hear it!

A keychain, flipflops, and a stationary type set w/a binder, clear file, stickers, ect.

An uncommon Ayu-pan! She is proportional.. as opposed to the chibi design they normally have. And a mousepad! Sold at one of her early concerts!

Vinyl records of her singles: M~ and Endless Sorrow.

A CD single style keychain and a card for Endless Sorrow rounds out the lot.

It’s been an adventure... and I’m really sad to see it end until things settle down again, IF they do...

I wanted to say I have almost all the non essentials packed for my move, so I may be able to post some actual FNAF content in a week or so! =:3 Thank you for checking out the fun with me!

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my-plastic-life · 3 years

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Making Miroku Part 1: The Doll

WARNING: VERY LONG POST AHEAD!

I started working on Miroku and Sango in one-sixth scale doll form at roughly the same time, and I was sure I’d have Sango done first. The primary reason for that was because anime male dolls are few and far between. And then there was the issue of the lecherous monk’s staff. It has a unique shape, and while breaking it down gave me images of small beads and crescent moon shapes, I wasn’t entirely sure how I was going to pull that off.

But it turns out, I’m going to be on point with the manga and anime - Miroku was the second companion to join Inuyasha and Kagome on their adventures after Shippo (I have a figure of him made by a dear friend for this very project!).

How did I luck out? Well, it was quite a journey, much like Kagome!

First up was finding the doll. As I said, anime male dolls seem to be slim to none. There are a few out there, but they’re super pricey and based on a website I looked at with a huge guide dedicated to various anime style dolls, most of them were too short anyway.

But then I stumbled upon this doll, a Tsukuda Hobby Full Action Doll Series Akima doll. No idea what that is, if it’s from a certain anime, or what. I didn’t care. I was looking at the shape of the face, and look at that black hair - in practically the perfect length to tie back into a ponytail!

Plus he was super cheap for a male anime doll, so I took the plunge and ordered him. I was ecstatic to find that his skin tone was compatible with my Inuyasha and Kagome dolls that are already done, and his hair was indeed the perfect length!

The only issue was his body. This doll was significantly taller than most fashion dolls. Inuyasha is 12″ tall, whereas this doll is 14″. Not only would he tower over the show’s namesake, he’d be too tall to fit inside my diorama.

Plan A: My ideal candidate was one that wouldn’t need to be rerooted (check!) and, if necessary, have a simple head swap with a Ken body. After all, Kagome is on a Barbie body, so that should work, right?

Well...

Yeah, not only did I have to use my small craft Dremel to sand down the neck peg so the head would go on (the head hole is insanely tiny), but the neck looked WAY off. Completely out of proportion, plus there’s an obvious gap between the head and neck! The horror!

Plan B: There are people out there who can actually cut joints and limbs off dolls to shorten them or make them articulated, and I was debating doing that. But I would be a nervous wreck doing that LOL. I was desperately scouring the Internet thinking my only option at this point besides major (literal) plastic surgery was finding a new doll candidate, even if a reroot would be necessary. But again, male anime dolls... UGH!

I’d looked up 30cm male doll bodies (roughly 12″), thinking maybe Obitsu would have something I could use, and I found some websites where several people were suggesting using Volks male bodies as opposed to Ken bodies (this was before Ken had advanced articulation). Volks is a great doll company, and back in the day, they specialized in 1/6 scale dolls. Sadly, now they’re solely 1/3 scale (Smart Doll size), so finding any fashion doll size dolls by Volks is rare (and pricey).

But I took a chance and went to eBay and just typed in “Volks anime doll.” And what popped up but a group of custom anime dolls someone had made years ago - there was even an Inuyasha doll in the mix! I put a bid on that auction just for the Inuyasha doll, and was surprised to actually win the auction! Then the big box of dolls arrived... and something miraculous happened.

Inside that box, besides the Inuyasha doll, was another male doll with what appeared to be a Ken-size body. My eyes bugged out as I grabbed that body and stood it up next to a Ken body. The height was the same! And since it was a Ken body, I knew the height was right to go with Inuyasha.

The next test: skin tone. I held the doll’s hand next to the candidate’s face, and BOOM! It was a match! Not exact, but close enough that I could live with! The final test was seeing if the doll head would go on the body. I tugged the current head off, which was fortunately an easy task. Inside was this neck peg:

That looked small enough to go inside the narrow hole in Miroku’s head. So I grabbed the head and literally plopped it onto the body... and it fit! Sort of. It was super loose and tipping the body upside down causes it to fall off, BUT that’s an easy fix thanks to rubber bands!

Once those were on, putting the head back on was simple and now it’s snug on the body! For the most part... if you tip the doll over, yes, the head will fall off, but considering this doll is not meant for play and is for display/collector purposes, it’s okay! It turned out to be a blessing in disguise because when putting on the outfit, beads, etc., it was good to have it removed so the ponytail didn’t come out due to all the shifting.

So... I DID IT! I CREATED MIROKU! (Hallelujah chorus sings)

Upon closer inspection, I looked on the back of the doll, and what did it say? VOLKS INTERNATIONAL. Yes! This perfect body is a VOLKS 1/6 SCALE BODY! That alone was worth the cost of the entire lot of dolls I wound up with! (In case you’re wondering, I didn’t use the Inuyasha doll body because A) I have plans for that doll and didn’t want to tear up an Inuyasha, and B) that body is too short). YES!

Next up was the signature monk robes. I knew I had that in the bag because the aforementioned friend (FabHat) had already made the outfit for herself because she’s a fan of Miroku, and she said she could make one for me as well. DONE AND DONE.

Next up was customizing the doll. I knew the eyes would need to be repainted because they were the wrong color and style. So I pinned back the bangs so I’d be able to once again utilize my tiny paintbrushes.

First, I took some acetone and removed the small eyelashes off to the side of the top and bottom of each eye. I tried a different approach to painting the eyes than I did with Kagome after watching some repaint tutorials on YouTube. I have to say, I like this method better and am looking forward to using it on Sango as well! Must resist the urge to redo Kagome’s... :D

Liking the color, but those eyes are totally not the same size. That’s how the original eyes are, like the left eye (right in this photo) is smaller than the other and the mold even seemed to be indented a bit. Then there was the issue of those black lines above the eyes and the angle of the brows. I was using these photos for reference, and yeah, Miroku doesn’t have black lines above his eyes and his eyebrows are angled upward and tend to get thicker at the top before thinning back out at the sides.

With that in mind, I decided to try something else. Normally I paint over the iris of the eye that’s already there, but in this case, it just wasn’t looking quite right. So...

Slight success! I painted above the mold and used the black lines already there to create the new eyelashes. At least they’re the same size now LOL. And then:

I thickened the eyebrows and was finally satisfied! I used a toothpick to clean up any messy brushwork, and finally sealed the paint.

Next up was the hair. Remember how I said the hair was the perfect length for the ponytail? Well, that’s not entirely true - it was just short enough that I was unable to manipulate it into a ponytail. NO!!! And I knew I didn’t want to have him rerooted. He didn’t need that - what he needed was a hair extension.

I looked up some tutorials on that, but then I remembered - I had some rerooting stuff in storage! I’d tried a reroot before... it didn’t end well. That doll’s head split and the needles kept breaking, plus I severely scratched up my finger jabbing it with the needle getting at the hair that finger was holding. I learned how to properly grip the hair though, and I had a spray bottle nearby so I could wet the strand I was working with.

Of course, nothing is that simple. This doll’s head is like a ROCK. I had to use a hair dryer to soften it just so the reroot tool would go inside the head. And even that cost a few needles.

But finally I got some hair inserted so I was able to properly tie a ponytail! Any excess hair was cut off, including original hair that didn’t look right outside the ponytail.

The final verdict:

Is it perfect? No. Did it prevent me from having to pay for a professional reroot (and a pricier one because of how hard the head is)? Yes. Am I satisfied? Yes.

The final step was the earrings. I knew how I’d pull those off - teeny tiny jump rings! I got little gold 4mm ones. All I had to do was pull them apart and then clamp them onto the ears. Easy peasy, right?

When will I ever learn? Nothing is ever that simple lol

The little jump rings can only be opened and manipulated with small pliers, and setting that against a doll head and trying to do all that is very difficult. Plus, since the head is a very hard plastic and not rubber, there’s no room for maneuvering. So then I tried some thin bead wire from Walmart - I chose that one because it’s very flexible, which was ideal for getting the little rings placed. Well, I got them in the ears, but they didn’t stay. The slightest movement would cause them to fall, and considering how tiny they are, they’d easily get lost and I didn’t want to make them again LOL. If the head had been rubber, I probably could have actually “pierced” the ears and slipped the rings through. But due to that super hard head, that wasn’t an option. So... break out the super glue! And this is what I came up with:

They were a bit big, but I was happy with them overall... until a happy accident occurred when making the staff top that gave way to this:

Yes, I had to use super glue to secure them in place, and yes it got messy. I managed to clean most of it up with acetone, but I didn’t want to remove too much for fear of the adhesive coming off completely. It’s much less noticeable in person - my camera tends to pick up a lot of extra detail that I don’t necessarily like lol. More on how those earrings were made from leftover materials in the prop post!

For the sandals, I totally invested in a lifeguard Ken because he was the only one I could find with flip flops LOL. Technically the shoes should be bamboo/straw sandals, but with a fresh paint job, they look okay! They should have straps on the back of them too, but they’re a little bit big for the feet so there’s no way to properly secure them. I may try to add them later on, but for now they’ll stay as they are. The feet are smaller than Ken’s, which is why the shoes are a bit large. But they’ll work, and since they’re flip flops like Barbie’s, they’ll match the shoes Sango will be wearing, which is accurate to the anime.

And that’s it! My Miroku doll is now complete! I never thought I’d be able to make him due to so few anime male dolls on the market (at least from what I’ve been able to see), so I’m thrilled that I was able to create a doll that will work! Next up: Sango! Stay tuned!

#My Plastic Life #OOAK doll #OOAK anime doll #anime doll #Inuyasha #Miroku #anime #manga #one sixth scale #Rumiko Takahashi #Wind Tunnel #monk #Japan #myfroggystufffanpics #TenderWolf #custom doll

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