Weekend update. This weekend saw a good amount of work done on Kanu. Friday was spent sanding, Saturday I re-primed the sanded pieces, then Sunday saw some actual paint work. The red parts got the base coat of Finisher’s Silk Red. The upper piece of the dress still had a good amount of surface defects that I filled using light curing putty on Friday. The part was primed on Saturday, and the base coat was sprayed on Sunday.
Two kits that I picked up off Y!J auctions arrived Saturday morning. I had just finished re-priming the Kanu kit so having these two kits arrive is just perfect timing. Pulling them out, I get to cutting flash and pinning. The first kit is Asuka Langley from Evangelion cosplaying as Yoko Ritona from Gurren Lagann sculpted by Cherry Blossom. She’s a smaller kit, Cherry Blossom advertises her as 1/7, but seems closer to 1/8 in my eyes. The guide holes placed there by the sculptors greatly help and speed the process of pinning. Here are pictures of the process:
A month and a half after Anime Expo, there was the Anime Expo Staff Dinner (ASD). Apparently this is a fairly new tradition started about 5 or 6 years ago. Even more recent is the requirement for “formal attire”. Now when I read the words “formal attire”, I’m thinking tux, tails, etc. But reading the description and such, most folks were just coming in ties and a nice shirt. It was more semi formal than anything else. Here’s a quick snap of Chris and I; and yes the Kimono is considered formal attire..
This is a small tutorial update. I'm finally catching up with putting some of the videos that I finished right before Anime Expo up on the site, and updated three of the tutorial pages with the videos and technique descriptions.…