NEW PRODUCT: I8TOYS: 1/6 "Hua Kui. One night" set i8-C002 movable eyeball.

thks Stryker! Which kimonos did you pick? anxious to see your pics!

brassco wrote:thks Stryker! Which kimonos did you pick? anxious to see your pics!

I picked the 2B set (the last pics with the green). I found a body that I had on hand that I’m going to use, so in a couple days, after I soak the clothes, hopefully I’ll be able to get some shots done.

I admire your consistency in going through all the right steps, Mark. As much as I dread staining the bodies, I'm usually too lazy to do the soak in vinegar. I did wash them with Oxy detergent, but then I scrubbed too hard and ruined the detail on that track suit...

purchased it after your reply. I don't really care about the stain, so i will assemble it as soon as i got time. Thks again Stryker!!

I think i saw a review online. The set looks really good. Do be careful of the headdress pins and flowers. They are very fragile. I think the reviewer broke a few during the review.

Edit: was this video

thks for the heads up, csyeung! I will be taking a second look at the video when i begin to assembly it.

The youtuber should have dress it up without putting the HS first. But he's doing me a great favour.

brassco wrote:thks for the heads up, csyeung! I will be taking a second look at the video when i begin to assembly it.

The youtuber should have dress it up without putting the HS first. But he's doing me a great favour.

Yea definitely dress her up before putting on the headsculpt. The dress looks a bit complicated to get the knots right it looks. Looking forward to how it turns out!

The guy in the video isn't wrong -- I've been f'ing around with the damn sash now for about 2 hours. The directions are super vague, even YouTube videos don't really explain it all that clearly, especially since none of the ones I've seen show the long sash drooping down the way the figure has it in the promo pics -- not to mention, Oiran were prostitutes, and the only ones who wore the sash "tied" in front for ease of use -- so almost none of the videos show how to make the sash look the way they do here. I've watched, and tried, several different attempts through different videos to replicate this look, or even replicate other styles (usually where it looks like a small bow) with no success. Very frustrating.

Stryker2011 wrote:The guy in the video isn't wrong -- I've been f'ing around with the damn sash now for about 2 hours. The directions are super vague, even YouTube videos don't really explain it all that clearly, especially since none of the ones I've seen show the long sash drooping down the way the figure has it in the promo pics -- not to mention, Oiran were prostitutes, and the only ones who wore the sash "tied" in front for ease of use -- so almost none of the videos show how to make the sash look the way they do here. I've watched, and tried, several different attempts through different videos to replicate this look, or even replicate other styles (usually where it looks like a small bow) with no success. Very frustrating.

Oof, I'm sure it's hard enough tying one of those in real life let alone in 1/6 scale!

The kimono is not that difficult to put on, thks to the instruction manual and the video. The one that gave me the most headache is the flower hairpins...I broke all of them in the process! Luckily still manage to somehow stick to the hair. The body i used is S10D.

It looks like a complete success, brassco.

Hey! You did it. She looks great. I still haven't managed to figure mine out (the Obi sash); think I'm going to go with the traditional bow-style (more modern), but leave it in the front (instead of swinging it to the back), as I found a YouTube video explaining how to do it.

She looks awesome Brassco! Nice job!

Well, I finally finished putting mine together; as I said, I cheated on the Obi Sash and tied in as close approximation to a traditional bow -- placed in back normally (in front for women such as this). I cheated on the flowers on the headdress as well -- instead of messing with the stems (which broke on mine also), I superglued them to her head; I honestly don't know how i8 expected them not to. The head doesn't sit as flush as I would like, but it's really difficult to work with to be honest, and I was paranoid to damage anything on the head (and it comes apart rather easily if you don't grasp the head in multiple locations when putting it on the neck).

I think it looks pretty great! It's a shame the flowers and headdress is so delicate. It's like they didn't test it out beforehand =(.

She's a cutie for sure, Mark.

the ribbon looks quite good! I might just redo the sash to get a different look...

The more i look at this figure, the more i could associate it with art...





I tucked the white rope into the sash. Is it supposed to be out?

which body did you use, Stryker?

More beautiful shots, brassco. I used the S10D for mine. I agree with you, all issues aside, this figure is gorgeous — and could easily be seen as a great decorative piece of art. My sperm donor’s second (ex)wife loved Japanese art and figurines, and if she didn’t know the context of the figure, I could easily have seen her display something like this.

Don't quite understand what you mean by your *** ex-wife, but nonetheless...
The HS couldn't press down further on the body, right? This makes the neck seems long, and there's an unsightly gap...

brassco wrote:Don't quite understand what you mean by your *** ex-wife, but nonetheless...
The HS couldn't press down further on the body, right? This makes the neck seems long, and there's an unsightly gap...

I think he means his biological father's second wife.

brassco wrote:Don't quite understand what you mean by your *** ex-wife, but nonetheless...
The HS couldn't press down further on the body, right? This makes the neck seems long, and there's an unsightly gap...

I call my biological father a "sperm donor" since he hasn't been in my life since I was 19 (over 36 years since I last saw him -- my choice), and prior to that he was... well... let's just say he should have been locked up a long time ago.

And yes, the head really doesn't sit down as well as it should, giving her a long neck (which I don't mind), but the unsightly gap is bothersome at certain angles.