A Conversation With Kamiko, aka An Exercise In Futility (picture essay)

GubernatorFan wrote:Well, everything looks corrected, but I was a little confused by the new style of balloons, with the initial words below the ones that follow (yes, I get it, they are closest to the mouth of the speaker, but we expect things to proceed from up to down, even more so than from left to right -- just ask the Ancient Egyptians).

I don't always get it entirely right, but here are some examples:
https://onesixthfigures.forumotion.com/t1076-star-wars-christmas-revised-edition?highlight=star+wars+christmas (the "Thank you, we'll let you know. Next!" part in the first set was consistently in the wrong spot, so that would be an example of what to avoid, although it would have been difficult to put it anywhere else unless one had foreseen the issue before starting the photo shoot in the first place; I did better in the subsequent sets.)

To avoid the issue with the placement and sequence of the balloons, I've also experimented with "excerpts" from a fake script, as in here:
https://onesixthfigures.forumotion.com/t2799-star-wars-the-further-adventures-of-darth-maul-part-i

Theboo-bomb wrote:All the way from Buenos Aires? that's quite the trip and then Kamiko drops all her sass at you, kinda feel bad for panzer britches.

Ovy wrote:I think secret evil submarine bases on both Americas' shores would make sense too. Or James Bond Villain underwater basesm

Oh and about Bond being sadistic, I meant the one liners after kills. That's actually pretty dark. But I loved it as a kid.

ThePhotogsBlog wrote:

Ovy wrote:I think secret evil submarine bases on both Americas' shores would make sense too. Or James Bond Villain underwater basesm

Oh and about Bond being sadistic, I meant the one liners after kills. That's actually pretty dark. But I loved it as a kid.

Yeah, this supposedly post apocalyptic story seems to be turning into a sort of James Bondish type of story....

On this note, I've been thinking of maybe getting a Hitler head sculpt and putting it on to some sort of fifties-ish robot body in order to create a cybernetic Hitler created by Nazi scientists in South America....

Stryker2011 wrote:

ThePhotogsBlog wrote:

Ovy wrote:I think secret evil submarine bases on both Americas' shores would make sense too. Or James Bond Villain underwater basesm

Oh and about Bond being sadistic, I meant the one liners after kills. That's actually pretty dark. But I loved it as a kid.

Yeah, this supposedly post apocalyptic story seems to be turning into a sort of James Bondish type of story....

On this note, I've been thinking of maybe getting a Hitler head sculpt and putting it on to some sort of fifties-ish robot body in order to create a cybernetic Hitler created by Nazi scientists in South America....

Have you seen this head sculpt? Perfect for a cybernetic Adolf:

https://onesixthfigures.forumotion.com/t2782-new-product-ape-xingshi-1-6-world-ape-head-steel-ape-head-carving-sjyt-001

Ovy wrote:

Who says you have to stay in the borders of defined genres, I think a 60/70s Post Apocalyptic James Bond style world sounds very fresh.

I can also totally imagine you making a badass Post Apocalyptic Bond Style Intro, featuring tbleague bodies and Kimonos lighted by slide- and film projectors, stencils, high contrast stripes and silhouettes dancing in front of burning oil fields and post apocalyptic city scapes.
Of course with a fitting song from Shirley Basses, Sheryl Crow, Tom Jones, or a Beatle.
Or just go full Archer.

By the way, which villain settings do you prefer, thosre megalomaniacs who want to rule the world or more down to earth, realistic villains? The Bond Movies seem to jump between those two types if I remember correctly.

Ovy wrote:

Who says you have to stay in the borders of defined genres, I think a 60/70s Post Apocalyptic James Bond style world sounds very fresh.

I can also totally imagine you making a badass Post Apocalyptic Bond Style Intro, featuring tbleague bodies and Kimonos lighted by slide- and film projectors, stencils, high contrast stripes and silhouettes dancing in front of burning oil fields and post apocalyptic city scapes.
Of course with a fitting song from Shirley Basses, Sheryl Crow, Tom Jones, or a Beatle.
Or just go full Archer.

By the way, which villain settings do you prefer, thosre megalomaniacs who want to rule the world or more down to earth, realistic villains? The Bond Movies seem to jump between those two types if I remember correctly.

ReverendSpooky wrote:Poor Ericka!  I think she may have showed up outgunned for a battle of wits.  And her grandfather must have had quite the figure for her to fill out his old uniform so nicely (Kidding!  I'm sure she's made some modifications).  The photo are just gorgeous as always.  And I'm a big fan of the Boys from Brazil reference, and in general, the allusion to the Nazis that escaped to South America.  Such a fun photo story.

ThePhotogsBlog wrote:

ReverendSpooky wrote:Poor Ericka!  I think she may have showed up outgunned for a battle of wits.  And her grandfather must have had quite the figure for her to fill out his old uniform so nicely (Kidding!  I'm sure she's made some modifications).  The photo are just gorgeous as always.  And I'm a big fan of the Boys from Brazil reference, and in general, the allusion to the Nazis that escaped to South America.  Such a fun photo story.

Thanks. Not many can match wits or witicisms with Kamiko, and when it comes to sarcasm, she's the queen.   My only regret is that I had to cut down the script about two thirds from it's original version in which Kamiko is much more annoying and forces the conversation far more often than in this little set of images, but that would have required more than twice as many pictures....

Stryker2011 wrote:

ThePhotogsBlog wrote:

ReverendSpooky wrote:Poor Ericka!  I think she may have showed up outgunned for a battle of wits.  And her grandfather must have had quite the figure for her to fill out his old uniform so nicely (Kidding!  I'm sure she's made some modifications).  The photo are just gorgeous as always.  And I'm a big fan of the Boys from Brazil reference, and in general, the allusion to the Nazis that escaped to South America.  Such a fun photo story.

Thanks. Not many can match wits or witicisms with Kamiko, and when it comes to sarcasm, she's the queen.   My only regret is that I had to cut down the script about two thirds from it's original version in which Kamiko is much more annoying and forces the conversation far more often than in this little set of images, but that would have required more than twice as many pictures....

I for one would like to see more photos and the longer script. I know it’s a lot more work, but don’t feel you can’t share everything you want. People will look (or not) if they want.