Radiant Dreamer

Moé Passion Nendoroid Prototype – LEAKED!! ;)

by radiantdreamer August 10, 2011 in Anime Figures, How To Draw Anime & Photoshop 26 comments tags: anime figure photoshop, custom nendoroid, cute, how to, mascot, moe passion, nendoroid, photoshop, sakura, tutorial

The latest news to come from the interwebs, Moé Passion blog owner, punynari (who has a lot of money), has gotten GoodSmile Company to create a nendoroid of his mascot, Sakura-Chan!

Omake Update

by radiantdreamer April 28, 2011 in Anime & Video Games, Anime Figures, Things I Find Interesting 28 comments tags: analog, art, black rock shooter, blazblue, chip, collateral damage studios, commission, dale, drawings, emails, facebook, fan art, freelance, friend code, hamsters, haruhi, HMO, K-ON!, marisa, miku, nendoroids, nintendo 3ds, ore no imouto, plenair, sakura, saya no uta, sketching, street fighter tournament, tsundere, white rock shooter, zen united

I talk about my life as a freelance artist, and what you've been missing out on while I've been "microblogging" on facebook.

The Big Move – Current Collection 2011 January

by radiantdreamer January 12, 2011 in Anime Figures, Things I Find Interesting 50 comments tags: 18-200mm, 18-55mm, 50mm, alicia, anime, black rock shooter, blazblue, brs, buddy, canon, chua churam, claymore, figures, gothic devil girl, gwendolyn, halloween, haruhi, jo, K-ON!, kiki's delivery service, konata, kos mos, kureha, l, lily, lineage II, liquor filled chocolates, luka, maid, marisa, melissa, mercedes, miku, mikuru, moka, momohime, Nagi, nendoroid, odin sphere, pangya, petite, photography, pia carrot, professor layton, range murata, raquel, rin, saber, sakura, selvaria, selveria, senhime, shining, shuraki, sigma, supercell, Taiga, touhou, valkyria chronicles, xenosaga

Do you have too many figures? Do you cycle them like I do? Every time I do this, it gets harder and harder. See how my collection has changed since the last time!

My Current Collection – January

by radiantdreamer January 29, 2010 in Anime Figures, Things I Find Interesting 62 comments tags: aerith, ah my goddess, alice, Alter, Alvis Hamilton, aria, asuka, ballistics, belldandy, black lagoon, black rock shooter, burst angel, cloud, evangelion, fate stay night, final fantasy, gemini sunrise, good smile company, gothic devil girl, hardy daytona, human mage, K-ON!, Kannagi, Kotobukiya, Last Exile, lineage II, masamune shirow, miku hatsune, motorcycle, my collection, needa, nendoroid, pia carrot, queen's gate, raquel gothic, revy, rize, saber, sakura, shall, shana, shuraki, tifa, tony aka, vocaloid, yuffie, yuna

I’m sure most of you have come up against the problem of owning too many anime figures, that you’re running out of room. My own personal solution is to rotate them, and keep some of them in storage. This keeps things fresh. You may recall a previous post on my collection, so let’s see how things have changed since then.

My Wife Watches Anime Based on Eroge, Yuri, and Otaku-ism.

by radiantdreamer May 29, 2009 in Anime & Video Games 93 comments tags: anime, Ayu, azumanga daioh, braggin rights, card captor sakura, Chii, chiyo-chan, chobits, eroge, haruhi, Hazumu, Honey and Clover, K-ON!, Kannagi, kanon, kashimashi, konata, love hina, lucky star, Manabi Straight, Mikan, Nagi, naru, nodame cantabile, otaku, rizelmine, sakura, Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei, suzumiya haruhi, Taiga, tora dora, tsundere, yuri

How? Some of you may remember my article “Are you a Hentai-Otaku?!” of heated debate. This article is no different. So my wife watches anime based on eroge. She’s also fine with yuri, and she quite enjoyed a series full of otaku-trivia. Before all that, she was never interested in anime, and never really appreciated the art style. So how did it happen? You want your significant other to enjoy anime with you too? I might not have the answer specifically for you, but my story may provide you with some insight. (note this only covers anime series, and not OVAs or movies)

My Current Collection

by radiantdreamer March 18, 2009 in Anime Figures, Things I Find Interesting 22 comments tags: aerith, ah my goddess, Alter, Alvis Hamilton, aria, asuka, auron, ayane, ballistics, belldandy, black lagoon, cloud, evangelion, fate stay night, final fantasy, gemini sunrise, good smile company, gothic devil girl, gwendolyn, hardy daytona, human mage, ignis, jingai makyou, Kotobukiya, Last Exile, lineage II, masamune shirow, mei feng, melissa, mikuru, mishiro, motorcycle, my collection, needa, nendoroid, ninja gaiden, odin sphere, pia carrot, revy, rize, saber, sakura, seifer, shall, shana, shuraki, tifa, yuna

It’s been a long time since I’ve posted any of the recent figures I’ve purchased. Yet, I’ve been constantly complaining about my lack of space, and the figures I have been selling, I’m not actually getting rid of my entire collection – space or not. Many of my figures are packed and stored in my closet. Well, less than 30%, if I would have to make a guess… There are quite a few figures that I just can’t part with, even if they’re put away in the closet. I’m sure many of you have the same problem. My own personal solution? Cycle them ocassionally. I’ve done it once or twice already, and it’s always fun, and your shelves never look boring. I like re-arranging my figures so they have a theme, or some sort of cool looking composition, or maybe I feel like “featuring” one particular figure, and place her under the spotlight. As such, I’ve decided to document how my collection changes over time. This would be the second time I’ve taken photos of my own collection. More photos after the jump!

Sakura Shinguji

by radiantdreamer March 11, 2009 in Anime Figures 5 comments tags: 1:10 scale, anime, figure, good smile company, max factory, PVC, sakura, sakura shinguji, sakura taisen, sakura wars

Here’s a figure that I’ve had for not too long. Sakura Shinguji, from Sakura Taisen. She’s 1:10 scale, PVC. Made by Good Smile Company’s Max Factory. Considering her size, the detail on her is very meticulous. You can’t even tell she’s a small figure. Actually, the size of it adds to the overall neatness of this figure. More photos after the jump!

Miku Hatsune in SC4?! Well, sort of…

by radiantdreamer August 07, 2008 in Anime & Video Games 20 comments tags: alice in wonderland, auron, bandai, bruce lee, cammy, character creator, dead or alive, final fantasy, flame haze, hamburglar, kasumi, little red riding hood, miku hatsune, nakoruru, namco, no more heroes, phoenix wright, ronald mcdonald, sailor moon, sakura, samurai shodown, shana, sienna, Soul Calibur, street fighter, the last blade, travis touchdown, video games, vocaloid, yuki

The Create a Soul feature of Soul Calibur IV is pretty fully featured this time around. They’ve added a lot of detail to it in order to make clothes fit better, have more colored parts, and overall good revamp of the color tinting system so things don’t go completely out of whack when tweaking colors. Several people on NeoGAF have already made some great recreations. I’ve posted my own recreations here, as well as a few of my favorites that I’ve seen on GAF, with minor modifications. Note that all details are color calibrated as accurately as possible, and with Japanese voices instead of English.

My Story

by radiantdreamer May 15, 2008 in Anime Figures 9 comments tags: anime, belldandy, figures, my story, PVC, Resin, sakura

My story… is rather simple on the surface, but deeply rooted. I have always been an avid fan of Anime. I grew up in the Macross/Robotech era. I didn’t really understand anime back then as anything different from other cartoons, but took it for the face value that I saw, much as I took to He-Man and GI Joe and Transformers at the time. It wasn’t until high school that I had a more serious point of view on Anime. Watching series like Maison Ikkoku and Orange Road, I could identify with the main characters and their pursuit for happiness with the woman they admired. My identification with these characters stemmed from my own silent crushes with the many girls in my school. Always thinking, never acting. It wasn’t until I went to college that I started getting more interested in Anime and became a proud collector – buying anime CDs and posters, talking about Anime, and playing anime related video games. This was mostly due to the friends I met whom I still consider them my best friends. I had realised that my interest in Macross and Gundam was minimal. I was more interested in the likes of Morrigan, […]

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