Tour of our geeky house!

So it's been like a million years since I've updated my blog! Tons of stuff has happened since the end of last year! Change of job, wedding prep, moving house etc!!
Anyway I thought I'd kick off with a post of all the geeky stuff we have around our house!

Ok so lets start with the gaming room. This is where my partner plays ME3 so I can watch my own things on TV lol! So in this room is like a collection of games, comics, manga, art books and DVD/Blu rays.

Left top to bottom: Collectors editions, odd bits and pieces, games, manga art books
Right top to bottom: More collectors editions, 4 shelves of manga, and 2 shelves of comics. (tons more comics in storage.)

 Alright.. this blog is gonna be pretty image heavy so....

Reviewed Comic Bishoujo Figures

Here's a list of reviewed Kotobukiya comic bishoujo figures.

Marvel:
Scarlet Witch
Black Widow Covert Ops
Storm
Invisible Woman
Ms Mavel
Mystique
X-23
Emma Frost (both versions)
Jean Grey
Own but still yet to review:
Psylocke
Rogue
Dark Phoenix
Black Cat
Elektra

DC:
Batgirl
Poison Ivy
Catwoman
Wonder Woman
Supergirl
Own but still yet to review:
Power Girl
Harley Quinn
Huntress

Other:
Liara ME3

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Size comparisons

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 :)