Armageddon Auckland 2012 Black Cat Cosplay

Armageddon Auckland 2012!! Had a super awesome time, especially since it was my first cosplay. It was fun having everyone ask me for photos, and there were some other really epic cosplayers there too!
People knew who I was too which is always good. Anyway, I shall include all my con photos :D

Chilling out in the morning before the doors opened!

Dredd 3D

Decided to go out for some late evening shopping with the fiance, and while we were out, we decided to check out Dredd 3D.
Now admittedly, I don't know a heck of a lot about Judge Dredd. I wasn't sure about the movie either, the trailer didn't really grab me.
But I was pleasantly surprised! I really enjoyed it. I think it always helps if you don't really know too much of the back story though. If you know the comics really well, you will always be more of a critic!

He is judge, jury and executioner!

Black Cat Cosplay!

Super excited! I had my first photo shoot in cosplay yesterday, and it was an amazing experience!
I wanted to do a really sexy character, because if your going in, you may as well go in the deep end!
I picked Black Cat (aka Felicia Hardy) from the Spiderman comics.

I got my first photo back from my photographer, and she's done an amazing job!

A couple of months ago, I'd have never been caught dead in this costume! All thanks to going to the gym, I felt super confident, and now I can't wait to rock this costume at Armageddon next weekend!
I also have a few more photos to add to my work in progress post, so you can see the work I did :)

*edit: another photo :3

Mon-sieur BOME Kirasaki Sai

As I've collected more figures, I decided I just have too many. They really do take up a lot of space. Some of my figures just have to go. Before they do, I decided to do a photo shoot!
This one maybe less detailed than Halloween-Chan, but has it's own charm. Introducing Kirasaki Sai!

Mon-sieur BOME Halloween-Chan

As I've collected more figures, I decided I just have too many. They really do take up a lot of space. Some of my figures just have to go. Before they do, I decided to do a photo shoot!
After the Blue Oni-Musume, Halloween-Chan was the next Bome figure I purchased.
This is one of the figures I don't have room for but wasn't sure if I should actually sell her!

Mon-sieur BOME Oni-Musume Blue Repaint

As I've collected more figures, I decided I just have too many. They really do take up a lot of space. Some of my figures just have to go. Before they do, I decided to do a photo shoot!

I have 5 Bome figures that I've had for years. I'll start with the oldest, and also one of my very first anime figures!

This is Mon-sieur BOME Oni-Musume (blue repaint)!

J Scott Campbell Signed Prints!

So a few awesome prints turned up for me last week, so I decided to get some frames for them..

So the first three (Black Cat, Gwen Stacy and Mary Jane/Spiderman) are signed by J. Scott Campbell. The last print on the right is 'Amazing Spiderman 50 Years' print, signed by both J. Scott Campbell and Stan Lee!

Can't wait to find a spot to hang these beauties! I love how professional they look in the frames too! I'm very pleased :D

You can find these prints on J. Scott Campbell's online store HERE for a limited time.

Scarlet Witch Bishoujo Figure

Scarlet Witch was one of the first of Kotobukiya's bishoujo figures. It wasn't very high on my list to buy, until I had already collected the ones I most wanted. Earlier this year I'd pretty much collected what I wanted, so I decided why not! Here's a quick look at her

Scarlet Witch.

J Scott Campbell Signed Goodies!

A couple of weeks ago my signed J. Scott Campbell goodies arrived from the official website.
I purchased Ruff Stuff sketch books volume 1 & 2, and MARVELous Art (all signed.)

My lovely art books!

Black Cat Cosplay (work in progress)

*Edit to see my final cosplay go here.
Earlier this year I joined the gym. I wasn't feeling too happy where I was at weight wise, so I've been going hard and lost 11kgs so far.
Since I've been loosing so much, my way of celebrating is to put together my first serious cosplay for the Armageddon Expo in Auckland in October!

This is Black Cat (Aka Felicia Hardy.) She appears in the Spiderman comics as Peter Parkers 'on and off again' girl friend.

So far I've got most of my costume sorted, I just have to edit it all to make it look like Black Cat!

Black Cat mask (could also double as a Ms Marvel mask.)

First up I had to make the mask. I saw a cool tutorial online that showed a basic way of making masks, out of those horrible white craft masks you can buy! I hand sketched it out, and just cut it out of the mask. It actually came out really well! I'll remember this for other superhero cosplays. It looks a little crooked in the photo above but it's fairly straight when I have it on. I'll be sticking the mask to my face with a prosthetic glue called Spirit Gum.

Testing what it looks like on my face.

Next step is to spray paint your mask the colour you want, just don't spray paint the back of the mask.

Me playing with my new superhero mask! Derp!

So pretty much with the rest of my costume, Ebay has been a good source for the other parts of the costume. I purchased a cat suit, corset and gloves on Ebay, as they'll be the base of my costume (and I'm not that great at sewing, so for my first cosplay I'm just happy buying parts!)

Photo of me in my corset when had just arrived.

I picked up some boots on sale too so I was pretty pleased with that. I didn't want to spend too much on boots since I'll be attaching fur to them.

My suit just arrived, so I decided to do a trial run!

So now I have almost all the parts I need, there are only a few bits left to do. The biggest part is attaching fur to the gloves, boots and collar. Also I wanna say thanks to my awesome fiance for helping me with all this stuff, it's been a fairly big project trying to find all the right parts!
More photos to come as my cosplay comes together! :D

*Edit, more photos!

 Sewing on all the fur was a two person job! Thankfully my Mum helped me with this one! I needed to be wearing the gloves as she stitched on the fur!

Here I was just working out the size of the fur I needed, and I tried to get both fur pieces to have fur flowing in a similar direction!

Fur laid out ready to be glued on!

Completed furry boots! I love them, I wish I could just wear these down the street without looking like a total freak haha!

Also I finished off a black leather choker necklace to wear (which I'll have to take photos of at some point!)
I just got a black leather buckle choker, so the buckle sits at the back of my neck. My fiance punched a hole in the leather in the front, and we attached a super cute name tag to it with "Felicia" printed on it!
I had so much fun putting this all together. Can't wait to do a second cosplay :D

Anyway to check out the finished product go here.
AND MORE - Check out photo's of me taken at the Con here!! 

Black Widow Covert Ops Bishoujo Figure Review

Kotobukiya decided to do an updated version of their bishoujo figure 'Black Widow'.
The new Black Widow is now a larger scale than the first figure, fitting in nicely with the larger bishoujos.
If you have the original, don't worry, she's totally different to the first figure.

I'm not quite sure why they did an updated version of Black Widow, other than the Avengers movie was out recently. I also don't know if this means we'll see a redo on the other smaller figures (eg. Rogue, Phoenix etc.)
All I know is I love the new Black Widow! Keep reading to find out why.

Liara T'soni Bishoujo Figure Review

Right from when this figure was announced, there was a fair amount of controversy amongst the Mass Effect fans.
For the most part, Kotobukiya listened to the bitching. Her sculpt originally had larger boobs, and they toned them down due to the fan base complaining. I must say the size of her bust now complements her well.
Out of the box, what do I think of the rest of the figure?

Liara T'soni - Mass Effect 3

Marvel Storm Bishoujo Figure Review

When the sculpt for Storm was first revealed by Kotobukiya, I was among the MANY that were upset that the figure wasn't quite right/ was lacking.
Then they announced there would be a white version of Storm. Both me and my fiance liked this one better, and he surprised me by buying her for my Birthday!
What do I think now I have her out of the box?

The limited edition white costume Storm.

Solar Powered Display Stand

A couple of weeks ago I purchased a solar powered display stand on MightyApe. I thought it would be a bit of fun, especially with how many figures I have! Videos included in this review.

DC Power Girl Sculpt Revealed!

Power Girl!!

After just taking about Power Girl in my last post, the sculpt has finally been released! And I'm already in love!

Kotobukiya 2012 SDCC exclusives!

The last couple of days, Kotobukiya have announced exclusive bishoujo figures they'll be selling at SDCC (San Diego Comic Convention.)

These figures are usually alternate designs for figures they've either already released or announced. (Emma Frost is a good demonstration for the limited versions and normal versions. The clear PVC "diamond" edition of Emma was a limited run.)

For the 2012 SDCC there will be 3 exclusives. So far two have been announced as X-23, Storm and one more soon to be announced.

For more pictures..

Marvel Invisible Woman Bishoujo Figure

Invisible Woman turned up on my door step a few weeks ago, and I didn't have a chance to take decent photos of her due to winter and a lack of sunlight!

Invisible Woman (Sue Storm) is a part of the Fantastic Four, and was one of the earlier bishoujo figures to be released. She just wasn't high on my list of figures to get. I've collected the ones I'm most interested in first, and I knew there were still a few of her around for pretty cheap on ebay, so I didn't rush.

Rei and Asuka

This is a bit of a bonus blog entry for Rei and Asuka.
Pretty much just because I love them so much lol! So there won't be much in the way of reviewing, just showing off the figures together :)

Soryu Asuka Langley by Yamato

Earlier on the the year I purchased Asuka Langley. When she arrived I was blown away with the detail of the figure! It surprised me because I had her next to a version of a matching Rei figure, I now believe is a bootleg. That then prompted me to buy a new version of Rei which I reviewed in my last blog.

So, onto Asuka.

What you get in the box.

Rei Ayanami Ver. 2 #025 by Yamato

The story for this figure is a long one..
I've had the #015 version of this figure for a fair few years now, which was fine, and I've always loved it. Until I ordered the Asuka Langley also by Yamato, and the quality was far superior.
I'm not too sure now if the #015 version of Rei I bought was bootleg or not. Going on photos I've seen of her I'm pretty sure she's a bootleg. So I decided to upgrade to the Version 2 of Rei (#025.)
I'm so glad I did!

 

Just a mini update.

Hey guys, so I just got onto the Instagram fad. I'll take photos on my phone of all the geeky things, and you might see pictures on there long before I update my blog. Being winter, it's hard to photograph in the dark! I have to wait til the weekend to take photos of stuff that arrives the same week.
Anyway, if you're interested and enjoy Instagram, find me. My user name is "geekygirlperspective."

Marvel - Ms. Marvel Bishoujo Figure

Ms Marvel is one of the first bishoujo figures I purchased. I just love her!
She's the biggest of all the bishoujo figures, in fact, she practically towers over some of the earlier figures. I've done a bit of a basic size comparison here.

Ms Marvel ready for action!

Marvel Mystique Bishoujo Figure

A couple of months ago, I received the Mystique Bishoujo Figure. I actually thought I'd reviewed this but I must have forgotten!

When I saw her up for sale, I really wasn't too sure about her. I have all of the other X-Girls, so I decided to take the plunge and purchase her anyway..

ReBoot Complete DVD Collection

When I was younger I loved watching ReBoot, and ages ago I was trying to source DVD's of the show. I didn't have much luck. The DVD's released were old and rare, so it was too much trouble. On one of my many ebay searches a few weeks ago, I randomly tried again to see what I could find. Low in behold, between my first interest in the DVD's and my second try, I found they had released the entire series as box set!

Needless to say I ordered the DVD's right away!

It arrived yesterday and I picked up The Definitive Mainframe Edition 9 disc set from the post office this morning! :D (always a bugger when you aren't there when the postie comes the first time..)

*squee*

Marvel X-23 Bishoujo Figure

X-23 arrived the beginning of last month, and I took the photos, I just never got the chance to upload them!
First thing to note is she doesn't come attached to the base..

Marvel Emma Frost Bishoujo Figures

I've had the limited edition diamond Emma Frost Bishoujo figure for some time now, but I couldn't resist. I found one of the normal versions of Emma for cheap enough, so I added her to my collection. This is the only bishoujo figure I have both options for. They're so different though, and I couldn't have one and not the other.

Power Girl and Supergirl (Work in Progress)

This is a picture I've been working on (whenever I get a chance.) I drew it up a few weeks ago and Kurt really liked it so I decided to do some work in Photoshop, which I haven't done in ages. I do want to get together a portfolio for Weta, but still not sure what to include.. anyway

Just click read more below to see the work in progress (it's a pretty big image to have right on the front of my blog.)

Harley Quinn Preview

This morning when I checked Facebook, I noticed Kotobukiya had posted photos of the Harley Quinn Bishoujo figure they'll be releasing later on in the year.

DC Batgirl Bishoujo Figure

A couple of weeks ago I received Batgirl, and I haven't had a chance to give her a bit of a review.

Alright so when I opened her up, I didn't need to assemble anything, she was ready to go! She stands tall and fierce. Out of the box she certainly makes a statement. She has a determined look on her face that demands your attention, and large flowing cape you just can't miss!

X-23 Arrives!

So I got home and this was waiting on my door step! I'm suprised since there were 2 public holidays this weekend gone, and it still arrived the day I would have expected, without holidays! Yay! Better photos later :-)

Edit: Full blog post about X-23 HERE

True Blood - Deadlocked

I've seen recently that MightyApe has listed the next book in the True Blood series up for pre-order!
I'm pretty excited for this one, I think I'm only a few books away from the end of the series. I've really enjoyed the books so far, so this can't come soon enough. The newest book has been titled 'Deadlocked' and is the 12th book in the series.

More info.

Bishoujo Figure size comparisons

I have now collected quite a few of the Kotobukiya Bishoujo figures. Since I own a few I thought I would post a few size comparison photos for people thinking of buying any of the figures.

Mass Effect Nail Art

On a journey somewhere on the internet, I came across a blog all about nail art. She had lots of cute stuff, and said she used acrylic paint! So having a ton of acrylic paint I thought I would give it a go myself!

Marvel Jean Grey Bishoujo Figure

Jean Grey arrived for me yesterday with Poison Ivy. I love the way these figures are packaged, they never turn up damaged or broken during shipping. When I finally managed to pull her out of the box (she was by far the most difficult to remove,) I noticed she was in the same packaging as Wonder Woman. The plastic packaging wasn't two separate parts, it was all one piece that basically wrapped around her.
I noticed a few other differences.

DC Poison Ivy Bishoujo Figure

A few more figures arrived for me today, one of those being Poison Ivy. I wasn't too sure about this one, even looking at preview images. When I got her out of the box, I was glad I added her to the list of figures I own!

Like all of the other Bishoujo figures, she was packed really well and there was no damage to the figure in shipping. My first impression was that; although she isn't too tall; she's wide! She has a very wide stance, and possibly the biggest base in the range. She's completely assembled ready for display, screwed onto the base.

DC Catwoman Bishoujo Figure

One of the first figures in the Bishoujo range by Kotobukiya I purchased was actually for my fiance for his Birthday last year.

I've never seen Catwoman out of the box until this weekend when I decided to photograph her. It surprised me when I realized Wonder Woman wasn't the only figure that came with instructions. However I found I didn't need them.

"The Art of the Mass Effect Universe" Collector’s Edition review

A week or two before Mass Effect 3 was released my fiancé received a huge art book he’d been
waiting for – The Art of the Mass Effect Universe, Collector’s Edition (limited to 1500 copies.)
He purchased it directly from the BioWare store, we couldn't find it locally. The shipping was steep but we found out why the shipping was so high when it arrived.

Mass Effect 2 Scale Replica of the Normandy – Cerberus Version Review

At the end of last year my fiancé (huge fan of the Mass Effect video game series) purchased a scale
replica of the Normandy, the main ship from the game.

DC Wonder Woman Bishoujo Figure

The other figure that arrived with Supergirl on Tuesday was Wonder Woman.
I've had my eye on this one for awhile, she took my interest more than the others in the DC range of bishoujo figures (so far.) She doesn't disappoint.

DC Supergirl Bishoujo Figure

What sparked my interest in blogging was when a large package arrived for me yesterday.
In the package were two figures I ordered on ebay. While removing them from the boxes and taking photos I realized most people don't even know I buy these things, and would maybe like to know. I also like taking photos of stuff, so why not review things like figures? There are lots of blogs out there that do just that, so I'll give it a go!

I've been collecting figures released by Kotobukia called the Bishoujo series ( There are currently several groups within the Bishoujo series, I've been collecting DC and Marvel). Bishoujo basically means pretty girl. I have a few in my collection already, but I'll start with reviewing one of two that arrived yesterday. 

First up in the DC Bishoujo range: Supergirl!