#wkx in red

[friendlyneighbourhoodanteater]

Word of Honor as The Onion News headlines part 2 (-> part 1)

#the last one is not entirely accurate #but i couldn´t resist #whore-red is WKX´s signature color after all #wen kexing #zhou zishu #ye baiyi #wenzhou #cdrama #word of honor

[aoneus]

doodle of wen kexing

#word of honor #word of honour #shl #shan he ling #wen kexing #wkx #tian ya ke #faraway wanderers #fanart #woh #my art #my posts #digital #doodles #the clothes arent really canon #was doodling absentmindedly #i like his red eyeliner in the drama #and his character altogether tbh

[dumb-inks]

i couldnt decide if i wanted wen kexing to have the white hair or not but im gonna leave that for another drawing

#the hands posing was literally the worst decision ive ever made #i think wkx's pink outfit is my favorite #hes a fashion icon tho so its hard to choose #the all red one is great too #wkx #zzs #wen kexing #zhou zishu #wenzhou #word of honor #woh #faraway wanderers #shl #山河令 word of honor #tian ya ke #tyk #shan he ling

[wenkexingdefenselawyer]

no listen i wanted them (ruthless ghost valley master and heartless tiangchuan leader) to meet at their peak villain form so bad we were ROBBED

#just imagine lunatic wen and the tiangchuan leader meeting at the peak of their villain career #like right after wkx skins the ex ghost valley chief alive and zzs just freshly murders like his 833662nd target #they meet #what would happen? lots of red eyeshadow and sleek manbuns and heavy breathing and sweating and fighting and raw fucking #wenzhou #shl #shl memes

[kexing]

how lucky am i to have my ultimate favorite character going around wearing a full pink outfit for several episodes

#there’s simply no downside to have wkx as a fave #homosexuality? check #complex background and arc? check #pink outfit? check #red eyeliner? check #literary references? dramatic poems? flute playing? unhinged personality? check check check check #mj talks

[traitorsinsalem]

Finally watched turning red and this shit microwaved my brain. Got whole new wrinkles in it

LITERALLY.

#me talking about turning red to my friends: AAKWN FBFNSKAKXBSMKAPDJ FMRNCNXBHAK EJFBXHAVALSJFJ WKX JN EFJSBJZHD #me talking about turning red to myself: jin kitchen scene is just like me fr

[ra-vale]

I didn't want to put red robes on wkx all the time, but the extras are my indulgence for having one more “red and blue” ship.

I was also thinking of why do I keep adding make up to his design, it's like he doesn't look finished without red lipstick and eyeshadows to me. Or maybe I just want him to look like a disney princess 🫠🫠🫠

#faraway wanderers #word of honor #woh #wen kexing #wkx #wenzhou #zhou zishu #zzs #tyk #tian ya ke #tyk fanart #woh fanart #shl #danmei #character design is my life #my faculty wifi password is comicsansismylife written in comic sans which every teacher hate #so whenever I add is my life to something #it just gets hilarious #thought it shouldn’t #my art teacher would judge me for doing commercial art mostly

[mtkay13]

Wen Kexing after killing the old Ghost Valley master.

Based on this quote, by Meng Hui, in chapter 74:

When he came out, for an instant, it was unclear whether his robes were made of red fabric or if he was drenched in fresh blood; and for the first time we saw a smile appear on the wooden man's usually frozen face.

Here's the original:

这男人从里面出来的时候，身上穿着一件鲜红的袍子，那一瞬间，竟让人分辨不出，是本来颜色，还是被鲜血染就，他那张从来不动声色的木讷的脸，第一回在所有人面前露出一个笑容来。

I really wanted to try and grasp what his face could have been at that moment, considering the circumstances, what it could have meant for him to do that--killing the GVM as violently as he did. Given WKX's plans, it's safe to assume that becoming the Valley Master was a part of the plan (despite it being the most dangerous position in the Valley) to get to the key, or at least to reach the power to execute what he wanted to.

To become the Valley Master, you must kill the previous one. The way in which he did it, the violence, the brutality, can indicate many things; either a personal hatred for the man, or something more symbolic—that would be up to interpretation.

Regardless—the smile, the first smile they ever saw within Yan Wang Hall, from whom they called the "wooden man"... I wanted to explore, what did the smile mean, how could he be represented?

I think it's up to each and everyone to read something there, so I won't elaborate on my own perception and meaning of that. I just thought useful to add a bit of context. ----- I think that one of my favourite exercises is to work on nuanced expressions that can carry a lot of meaning and emotions with subtle details. The type of expression that every line and pixel can influence, where its representation comes down to the tiniest speck of colour and shadow. I'm happy with how it came out, and I feel like this ended up representing Wen Kexing quite well for me.

#wen kexing #tian ya ke #tyk #wkx

[pastelcheckereddreams]

Four Seasons Manor (四季山庄): Set Layout, Part Three!

This is the third and final post detailing my set sleuthing adventure, looking for the sets that make up Word of Honor's Siji Manor. If you're stumbling over this post in the wild - hi! I draw architectural drafts of cdrama sets, as accurately to the show as I can. A huge amount of research goes into creating my art, and so far no set location has been as elusive as this one.

Split across two sets - one located in Hengdian World Studio's Spring and Autumn Tang Park, and the other in Hengdian's Huaxia film studio - this post is the final part uncovering the layout of Siji Manor. (And nothing will make sense if you read this post first, go back to part one and part two!!)

A reminder, before we dive right back into the breakdown of my completed birdseye view, that this last part will cover the main courtyard of what I have dubbed the "interior" Siji set, highlighted in red below:

Let's dive in!

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The Main Courtyard

The main hall (6), the largest building in this set, is what I and @minnarr, who shares my brainrot 🙏 and has been a great help in this process, have been calling "Everlasting."

This is because sign over the entrance reads, "萬古長青" (wàn gǔ cháng qīng), which to my layman's knowledge translates as "Everlasting and Evergreen," an idiom that can be extrapolated to mean "forever green throughout the ages," which describes a noble spirit or deep friendship that will last forever, like an eternal Springtime:

In the above screenshots, you can see that Chengling's training area (9) is set up in front of this main hall, and over his head in the third picture, you can just about see the moon window that is a feature of WKX's room.

Importantly, the pavilion (10) just about seen behind Chengling's training area, marks a de facto boundary for this set as it appears in WOH, as the camera angles of these episodes never never stray past it. For a long time - until I began to watch Mysterious Lotus Casebook and Heroes, which handed me the final puzzle pieces to rule out this set as part of the film parks - I thought the entire set must finish just to the right of the pavilion.

That is not so. If I pull up some screenshots from MLC and reintroduce the scant few photographs I've found of the "Mansion Scene" Huaxia set itself from part two, you can see this main courtyard in full:

In these photos and screenshots, we can now see the main courtyard almost in full: the main building with its projecting entrance (I'm unsure if the term portico applies to Asian architecture); the pavillion to its left, standing opposite Building 8 which we will come to in a moment; and Building 11 at the end of what, in MLC, is a central pathway - but that I have interpreted in my own drawing to be a path of scattered stepping stones like the rest of the set, considering the smaller courtyard (5) - as discussed in part two - appears to be taking on the role of a more formal courtyard.

'Everlasting' and 'Gentle Winds'

For a moment, though, I need to draw us back to the main building. This building - Everlasting - is very important as, by vehicle of drama magic, this is where the two Siji sets conflate.

In episode 24 we cut from a shot of the main building in the exterior Siji set, whose sign reads "風輕雲淡" (fēng qīng yún dàn), or "Gentle Winds and Light Clouds," to this interior shot of Everlasting:

And to confirm that this interior shot is Everlasting, or building 6, we return to MLC, where we are treated to an outside-to-inside shot of the build, whose inset floor matches that of WOH's Everlasting building, seen clearest in episode 24, above, and episode 28:

(I do have more screenshots that I may add in later, but right now I'm running out of steam, please just take my word for it. 😂)

Cold River Room

Now, unfortunately I've been unable to place the medicine room, in which ZZS grinds herbs, in what photo resources I have of this film studio. Likewise for the room I've taken to calling the "infirmary" (where WKX takes a healing bath after his confrontation with YBY). Equally as unhelpful, there's simply no discernible exterior details seen from inside these two rooms that I can dig my research claws into and try to identify a placement or orientation for them:

The room they spend their first night at Siji Manor in, however, is a different story. That room - dubbed as the "Cold River Room" by Minna - is Building 8.

This was quite easy to place, thanks to this screenshot of a behind the scenes video (that I've since long lost the link to, unfortunately - if you have a link, I'd be very grateful if you share it with me so that I may add the source). Here, we can see the column inscriptions on Everlasting through the window:

So I can confirm this building to be the room they spend their first night as Siji in, seen here behind Chengling as well as in a MLC screenshot - showing its place across from the pavilion clearly:

The Pond

The last part of the main courtyard - and of this set breakdown overall - is the pond and Building 11:

I had suspected their was some kind of water trough or strip of pond between the seating area (4) and the pavilion (10) for a while, but never had the resources to confirm it. I still can't. However, a film studio's entire purpose is to shapeshift from one design brief to another. Sometimes, there is a pond and sometimes there isn't, as these two images show:

The left image is a photograph from the article about Hengdian's film studios linked above, taken from the seating area (4), while the right image is a screenshot from Heroes episode 13, the camera positioned in front of Building 11. I simply decided that I liked the pond there, so I included it in my Siji layout.

As an aside, in this scene in Heroes, with the camera panning just a bit further right, we get a lovely clear shot of the archway from the formal courtyard (5) to this one:

Finally, we come to Building 11. You'll notice that I called the courtyard of the QHZ snow scene in WOH a "formal" courtyard (5), on account of the clearly defined, linear paving.

However, it doesn't have the large gate of a main courtyard:

This courtyard, the one with Everlasting, does. The winding steppingstones used as paving in the Siji set dressing of this location takes away from the formality of this courtyard that, once you see it in its entirety in shows such as MLC or Heroes, it certainly has. To that point, Building 11 - or rather, structure 11, as may be more appropriate to call it now - is actually a large gateway. This is easiest seen in Heroes, episode 13:

Of course, that doesn't mean we have to designate it as a gateway in the Siji layout. I don't think it's meant to have that identity, based on the above - well, it's not meant to have an identity at all. It's never seen in the show. But, given the Siji set dressing and the resemblance it bears to Building 8, the Cold River Room, I might consider giving it the identity of one of the rooms I've been unable to locate - the infirmary, or the medicine room.

Let me hear your thoughts!

I'd like to hear your suggestions and thoughts on that. On all of it! Because despite all of this research, I am still left with the gargantuan task of drafting it all into a finished piece. And as such, I am still faced with the dilemma I began to outline months ago in part one:

How could I merge these two very different sets together? Should I merge them together?

I have rambled ideas at friends about presenting an architecture draft that is simply reportage - showing both sets, and summarizing the information I've given you all here before making suggestions on how they could combine into "one true set".

But on the other hand, do I draft the Siji I see emerging in the crossover of these two sets - the one I can feel starting to take shape in my brain? And then simply offer this research up as the facts.

There's still a long way to go, but thank you for being here! As always, if you'd like to support my research madness and help fuel my many artistic endeavors, please consider donating to my kofi or checking out my print shop:

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And happy new year! I hope 2024 brings you happiness and opportunity in all that you wish ✨

Part One | Part Two | Part Three

#nikkidraws #四季山庄 #山河令 #four seasons manor #word of honor #shan he ling #shl meta #woh meta #word of honor meta #woh set design #shl set design #set design #yeeting this from me now it's taken two days to do both of these posts at the same time 😭 #i hope this last post makes sense i'm so tiiiiired

[naniya27]

Wolfxu and little red riding hood wkx 👁👄👁️

#wenzhou #zhou zishu #wen kexing #naniya's art #shan he ling #word of honor #little red riding hood au

[sirenofthegreenbanks]

it FUCKS ME UP that THE ONE THING that displays GROWTH and a better life and a reaching of a dream for these characters is ALSO THE VERY SAME THING that MAKES THE RED WEDDING POSSIBLE!!!!!!!!! how dare!!!!!!!!! like, zzs started out wanting to make better decisions if he has the opportunity and to give people second chances if within his power, do good over more violence (result: a-xiang and cwn die, the valley is massacred). wkx wants nice things for his sister after finally reaching a point in his life where he can safely display his affection and invest in a good future (result: his sister dies in his arms trying and failing to avenge her would-be husband, in her bridal clothes, and the place he wanted to transform is massacred). a-xiang spends most of the show jumpy and prickly, accusing people of the worst. in truth, she wants a life where she can trust that someone has her best interest at heart, even if things are uncertain. (result: her husband gets killed in front of her, she avenges him in a suicide mission and fails, her family get massacred with wkx almost killing himself over achieving her last wish). i mean, theyve all fought so badly for love and hope, to reach a point where they can put the worst behind them! and its exactly this wish to make a change, do smth different than before, that KILLS THEM!!!!!!!!!!!! its evil

#EVIL!!!!!!!! (appreciative) #henlo! this is a post from my ongoing word of honor liveblogging rewatch #i like it so much that im putting it up individually hehe #word of honor #ghost valley #wen kexing #my thoughts #zhou zishu #gu xiang #meta #shl #word of honor episode 34 #word of honor episode 35

[hattedhedgehog]

Leader of Tian Chuang

Chief of Ghost Valley

King of the Poisonous Scorpions

Immortal of Mt Changming

At long last, my set of 4 Word of Honor character studies in Posca is complete! Even though there was a long break between Ye Baiyi and the other 3, this was always intended to be a collection of 4 ‘contrasts’ and I’m pleased that I was able to finish his piece.

Image descriptions below:

[Four diagonally split posca marker illustrations, depicting Zhou Zishu, Wen Kexing and Xie’er from Word of Honor. One side has their a darker persona and the other has their pleasant and cheerful persona. 

Dark ZZS has a blue and black colour scheme with orange lanterns behind him and he holds his sword; light ZZS has a light grey and purple colour scheme, with a background of trees and mountains. 

Light WKX has a colour scheme of teal and pink against a yellow sunlit lake, and holds his xiao. Dark WKX has a red and navy colour scheme and holds a bloody-tipped fan; the twisted tree of the ghost valley throne room is behind him. 

Light Xie’er has a pink and blue colour scheme against the cozy yellow of Zhao Jing’s manor, and he holds a wine cup; dark Xie’er has a green and black colour scheme with hints of red, and he holds a bloodied scorpion blade.

Dark YBY is depicted in blues, greys and whites with black hair, making his way morosely through the snow. The Changqing sword is on his back and he is completely alone. Light YBY is sitting in a bustling vibrant marketplace, eating noodles. He dressed in more elaborate robes and has white hair now. He is smiling to himself, knowing that the food he is enjoying is bringing him closer to death and his departed loved ones.

#word of honor #zhou zishu #wen kexing #ye baiyi #scorpion king #xie'er #my art #posca #shan he ling #my SHL art #my danmei art

[ecoamerica]

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[joylinda-hawks]

It's a wedding gift from Da Wu. There is only one pair of these red bracelets in the entire world. It is an item blessed by deities. WOH, episode 34, part 5. LFM tells GX that with the valley closed, he doesn't know when they will see each other again. Surprised, GX replies that she doesn't care and tearfully asks to put pins in her hair. She adds that she would like LFM to be a witness at her wedding. LFM says she can't and asks GX to be a good girl. LQQ adds that they are both doing it for the good of GX. She explains that today is GX holiday and she shouldn't worry. GX looks at the pins. LQQ says she will stay in LFM forever and will be her own master here. LFM smiles at LQQ and asks GX to do as she asks her. LQQ walks over to GX and puts pins in her hair. LFM tells GX that she is beautiful and GX smiles widely. GX asks LQQ if she will stay in Ghost Valley and live alone, without YQF. LQQ looks at LFM and asks GX who YQF is. Confused, GX looks at LFM but hears that WKX prefers her. WKX walks over to GX and opens the box he has in his hands. He explains, showing the contents of the box, that it is a gift from DW and that there is only one pair of such red bracelets in the world, which are blessed by the deities. GX looks at the bracelet with interest. WKX continues by saying that if lovers put them on, they will find each other throughout their next lives, and adds that CWN has already put them on. WKX wants to help GX put on the bracelet, but the girl protests and repeats that they have to find each other in subsequent incarnations and what will happen when she gets fed up with CWN in this life and wants to marry someone else. The women laugh and WKX says seriously that nothing is known and if he doesn't want her, he will give the bracelet to DW. GX states that she wants it and asks WKX to tie it on her hand. Once he's done, GX asks if she's pretty. LFM confirms and GX admires the bracelet. Women can always understand each other and be happy. LQQ has decided to forget the past and GX doesn't know about it and asks her a question about YQF. Perhaps WKX is unwittingly absolving LFM of answering a question GX surely wanted to ask. LFM doesn't want to burden GX with other people's problems on this day. He can already see that GX is worried about them staying in Ghost Valley. GX adorably teases WKX, who is serious here because he considers himself the girl's father. He understands that GX's behavior is caused by stress before the wedding. All the actors and actresses beautifully showed us family behavior during wedding preparations, even if none of them is related by blood.

#zhang zhehan #zhou zishu #word of honor #wenzhou #wen kexing #gong jun

[deepestbluesky]

hello it is time for a VERY niche post. join me for... SHL characters as SNAKES!!!!! i tried to find snakes that naturally occur in china or near china, as a terrible added parameter—there's a TON of snakes in china, but i just don't know many so it's terrible bc it added a lot of work for me lol. but i've learned things! and found some cool snakes! so! let's go. pictures of snakes ahead, if that's not your thing, feel free to peace out.

Wen Kexing - Sinomicrurus macclellandi a coral snake! just a nice boy you know? just a nice, extremely venemous boy with dramatic red coloration. shamless plug for my fic where wkx turns into This Snake.

Zhou Zishu - Bungarus multicinctus look at this lovely unassuming snake. got some goth-y drama but overall not too bad, right? one of the most venomous land snakes in the world 😌 (also. he and wkx match but like in a complimentary way.)

Zhang Chengling - Pareas margaritophorus the first thing wikipedia says about this snake is that it is small and harmless. for the first time so far, i am not trying to mislead you. just a little snek boi!!!!!! cute!!!!!! I Want To Hold And Protect Him

Gu Xiang - Fowlea piscator look i'm gonna be honest. there are not a lot of snakes that are even REMOTELY purple but this one has a little purple whip tongue! also, not venemous but (if it's anything like water snakes in the US) kind of an asshole. apparently pretends to be a cobra. look at her go.

Cao Weining - Coelognathus radiatus this snake has no thoughts in its head. look at it. i don't mean as a species i mean This One. That's cwn. just sitting there doing a blep. no venom, apparently a defensive sort of dude. cool colors tho!

Luo Fumeng - Calliophis bivirgatus a different kind of coral snake! i've gone a bit further outside of china for this one but LOOK at how gorgeous it is. how could i not let lfm be this glamorous. also i like the idea that she's a different genus of snake than wkx but still a (venemous) coral snake.

Liu Qianqiao - Elaphe taeniura gonna be honest here, the common name of this snake in english is the beauty snake (or ratsnake), so i didn't think too much farther. there's a ton of different color morphs of it. look at it, the elegance! she's beauty she's grace she'll constrict you (if you are a small mammal)!

Xie Wang - Bungarus fasciatus this is a different krait! zzs has MANY bands, xw just has bands. a little brighter colored and more extra than zzs, sliiiightly less deadly, still can very definitely kill you. LOOK at that warning coloration. if i was to pick two characters to DEFINITELY have warning coloration, it WOULD be wkx and xw.

Du Pusa - Euprepiophis mandarinus this is NOT my best work, but i just thought this snake was really pretty and so i was determined to include it somehow. hence: dps. they are ~secretive~ apparently. also. again. Look At It

Ye Baiyi - Python bivittatus BIG BOY!!!! ALMOST THE BIGGEST BOY!!!!! does occur in white color morphs in captivity (and like, i guess presumably in the wild? at one point? but i have to imagine that's like. not so much a thing anymore.) also, did i pick the picture that looks the most like a cryptid? of course i did, it's yby. he doesn't want his picture taken. he doesn't want you to know he exists even. leave him alone. where he belongs in his natural habitat.

Han Ying - Lycodon septentrionalis a shiny pretty boy. a shiny pretty boy who looks very much like a many-banded krait, in fact. however, they're not venemous. hy just looks like zzs. again: LOOK AT THIS GOOD SNEK.

Jing Beiyuan - Ahaetulla prasina several things here. one, this is an elegant but strange boy (i don't think this shows just how weird this guy's nose looks. it's like someone took a snake's nose and used pliers to stretch it out all pointy). two, FASHION!!! look at those pattens!!!!! a striking example. and three, it looks kind of like wu xi's snakeclet

Wu Xi - Naja atra he's a cobra. i think this speaks for itself.

#snakes cw #PLEASE listen to the content warning for SNAKES if you don't like PICTURES OF SNAKES #shl #blame and or thank siv for this <3

[icancdramahanfu]

hello! Id like to ask if you can describe what are the layers Luo Binghe (thai version) from SVSSS are wearing? Im having troubles the one with the collar im on a budget and I wanna cosplay him thanks a bunch!

Hello, 

Happy to hear you are looking to cosplay LBH!  Ah, the very pretty but complicated Thai cover artwork. . . this one makes me groan at how intricate it is.  I screen shot this from the SVSSS carrd.

There is a lot of layer action going on.  Kityone, an amazing soul, did great work to remove text from more official artwork for the Thai editions.

This is the only full length shot of Binghe’s outfit I could find.

kityone, did a spectacular job; when you click on the image you can zoom in!

Layers 1.) Zhong yi layer 1- innermost layer - black.  I’d pick a cotton or linen fabric for this.  You are looking at one that is very slim fitting. The Hanfu Story sells them as well to give you an idea for cut; see here

2.) Zhiju layer 2 - straight hem robe - black with narrow sleeves.  It has what I think is an ‘artistic/anachronistic’ high Mandarin-ish style collar.  The Erha manhua/artwork does this all the time.  It seems to be a thing for xianxia attire.  It is hard to find info on this in English, so, I could totally be wrong.  I can only find that type of collar on vintage patterns - think cheongsam/qipao or maybe Qing historical garments.  I’d personally copy the cheongsam/qipao collar as a base pattern and then modify it to match the hanfu style.  I know this is a huge shortcut but it makes sense in my mind.  Do a mock up with scrap fabric. 3.) Zhuji layer 3 - straight hem robe with red neck placket and red sleeve cuffs.  I think this has shorter sleeves that fall just past the elbow (3/4 length?) and are super wide.  [cries in sheer yardage]  The sleeve looks like it almost reaches mid-calf or lower.  I think it is supposed to be imperial/royal level - like the looooong sleeves you see in Nirvana in Fire worn by the princes when they attend court.  The neckline is a deeper V and I think a good reference for the cut is from the cdrama My Heroic Husband with the MC, Ning Yi.  His outfits frequently have this style which makes a clear X across the chest.  The blue/teal one in the middle is the best match and seems to fall in the right spot on the chest.

4.) Belt with long fabric strip/accent.  I have no idea what the large silver belt buckle is supposed to look like - we don’t have good enough detail and resolution.  However, we can see that there is a long strip of red fabric that falls from the waist down the front to the feet almost.  On top of the red fabric is a fancier accent piece in black with silver trim and tassels.  I think it is a mix of these accessories from LBH and SQQ in the Korean cover here.  With the shape of SQQ’s being a slightly better match - minus the tasseled pendant.

5.) Banbi jacket/coat - white with red trim and “artistic” choice collar.  The jacket is a short sleeve one with a red cuff/trim that is clearly an under layer but I would attach it to the white jacket to make my life easier and less sweaty.  The popped collar baffles me - is it sort of like a jacket with a lapel-ish collar?  It gives me vibes of the jackets that Sakamoto and Takasugi wear in Gintama and shogunate officials which are also anachronistic by design in a series like Gintama.  Or maybe a better comparison is the donghua for Thousand Autumns and Yan Wushi’s open collar layer?

It looks like the neck placket itself is thick in the middle and normal on the outside.  I’ve attempted to make a quick example of what I think this looks like here.

I think this is what I would do to sew it onto the jacket and make sure to add interfacing and iron it well. I would do these five layers if I wanted to cosplay this LBH outfit.  The zhong yi layer is really important since that is where you are gonna sweat the most, I found it worked well with my 13 hours of WKX with a wig in LA having to stand outside in lines in the summer temps. Good luck!

#answered asks #ask #hanfu pattern #mens hanfu #stylized hanfu #luo binghe #lbh #svsss #svsss clothing #lbh cosplay #luo binghe cosplay #diy #xianxia hanfu

[fourseasonsfigs]

Convince People with Virtue

This was the very first set of fan figures I bought, and one of my all time favorites. Here we have episode 1 Tianchuang Zhou Zishu in all his (existentially tired and OVER it) murderous glory and Valley Master Wen in his (not-at-ALL-over-it) murderous glory.

Fair warning, this is going to be a long post on account of how much I love these characters and these figs!

The details on this set are spectacular. The robes, the poses, the hair, the accessories. So good! Zishu's vambraces, the silver decorative badges on his cloak and of course THE EVIL RED EYELINER.

I love Zishu's guan and hair tie combo here, and also am absurdly charmed that we have WKX's hand resting behind his back in his standard pose.

You can see a little more detail here where they actually molded and painted ZZH's hidden arm and hand, and a little more of the pleating on the Tianchuang robes.

The weapons are removable! Baiyi is looking nicely detailed, and the bloody-edged fan is miniature deadly perfection. I thoroughly enjoy WKX's smirk that's been hiding behind the fan!

Just when you thought it couldn't get better, it DOES.

That's right! Assassin gear!

Here we have the conical Tianchuang hat and Zishu's assassination face mask. The hat is actually angled so it fits perfectly over his irregular shaped guan.

Hahahaha he's so CUTE, dressed to kill! 😍

My Zishu's sword hand is right up against his face, so unfortunately I couldn't slip the mask between his face and arm. I tried but couldn't quite get my fumbly fingers to angle his face mask over Baiyi in a way that didn't immediately knock the mask off and disclose his identity.

The additional weight of the hat does make Zhou Shouling tip over, which is an insult to his martial skills but perhaps is explainable by the 6 nails cramping his style at the time of this particular scene. I'd definitely need to stick his feet solidly with museum putty if he was going to keep wearing this outfit.

In retrospect I really should have bought two pairs of these, and had one set with ZZS in Tianchuang's finest tailoring and WKX with his fan, and one of just them without any of the accessories.

Here's the card box inserts:

I obviously love the other's weapon at their feet.

The title of these figures comes from one of ZZS's great lines in episode 30 (and is equally of course applicable to WXK in his role as Valley Master). Zhehan's mocking delivery here was so perfect:

你不会以为我创建天窗靠的是以德服人吧

Nǐ bù huì yǐwéi wǒ chuàngjiàn tiānchuāng kào de shì yǐ dé fú rén ba

You wouldn't think that I created Tianchuang by convincing people with virtue?

That's Google Translate for you. Viki's subtitles translate this line a lot more respectably as, You can’t possibly think I commanded the Window of Heaven by relying on my integrity to win others over, did you?

Material: PVC

Fig Count: 16

Diorama Count: 2

Rating: Deadly disasters (and we love them anyway)!

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