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Rain and Taiga

gwennan — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 18:02:42 +0000

Just one photo of exclusive Taiga.

The 3rd photocontest from Max Factory

gwennan — Wed, 12 May 2010 19:29:22 +0000

I’ve got a letter yesterday. As you may know in the February 2010 were revealed the winners of the 3rd photocontest from Max Factory an GSC. I also was taking part in this contest with this photo:

Unfortunally I did not win any first-prize but still got quite a pretty present from Max Factory:

According to this postcard you can make a bag for your Nendoroid and a photocamera for Figma figures. Quite pretty.
And very pleasant for GSC and Max Factory not to forget the contestants.

Something about Kanade

gwennan — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 18:04:15 +0000

Kanade was posing to me without Yukino.
That was kinda strange, cause they are always together, even if it is difficult to say they are twins.
She was terse as usual, sometimes not looked me straight in the eye, but feeling well in front the camera. I would like to see her hair loose, but it seems to me that she rare gives a chance for someone to see it.
The thing I mentioned was her watch. They were strange: harsh and not girly.
Maybe they had a story to tell?
But still another time, I hope.

Review of Sakurai Kanade by Good Smile Company:
Good Smile makes good figurines always. So there is nothing to talk about.
Though Kanade is a great figure, the thing I do not like, is simplicity, sometimes the figure should be a little bit complicate and maybe mysterious. So the sculpt overall deserves its 8 at the scale of 10.

Anime: “Candy Boy”
Manufacturer: Good Smile Company
Originally Released: October 2009
Sculptor: Sakurazaka Miki
Material: PVC
Scale: 1/8 (7.8 inches)
Height: 20cm

Happy New Year!

gwennan — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 12:40:32 +0000

My dear friends, let me greet you with the New Year.
Let this year be much more easier for us than 2009th was.
Be happy, love each other and never forget to smile.

Happy New Year!!!

Driving license

gwennan — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 08:52:48 +0000

Well, after long-long troubles and study, I finally got my driving license. So that’s the picture to fit in theme. )

As you can also see, I’ve changed my watermark from just Gwennan to ER. That are my intitials. Maybe it is time to become something more than just a nick in the web.

Lonely child

gwennan — Wed, 13 May 2009 19:51:27 +0000

“If it comes for modeling” – says Sieglinde – “it is hard to find a real model”. Like her of course.
She poses beautifully, but it just seems to me that her face stays cold and somehow despondent.
I can’t explain, but I still feel it and my senses are infallible.
Something bothers her, something she can’t describe.
I believe that it was that guy Jin, that brought her to my studio.
Maybe she was in love. Maybe she still is.

She obviously needs a good listener and I can be that kind of listener.
Kohi wa doko deshita, Baumgard-San?

Review of Sieglinde Baumgard by Orchid Seed:
I have to mention that Orchid Seed makes good figurines. Not great, but really good.
Still there are some problems with painting and some embossments on hair, but the sculpt overall deserves its 7 at the scale of 10.

The base the figure comes with is purple and clear with some white ornament on it. Cute, simple and not distracting from Sieglinde figure.

Anime: “Dragonaut-the resonance”
Manufacturer: Orchid Seed
Originally Released: January 2009
Sculptor: Masaaki Kobayashi
Material: PVC
Scale: 1/7 (8.19 inches)
Height: 21cm

Alter ego

gwennan — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 16:53:17 +0000

She was still the same. Cute, cheerful and sweet.
My dear Asa-chan.
Haven’t seen her for ages, since we were children.
She always was my alter ego. Instead of me – unsociable, silent, living a secluded life, she was so bright that we obviously paired each other.
Time’s passed. We are no pair anymore. No Bonny and Clyde, no Romeo and Juliet, no Homer and Marge.
She sends me letters. Here is the new one.
She writes a lot of unknown names. Rimu-chan, Kaede, Nerine and that guy Rin. Never heard of.
She sent me some photos of her enclosed. Still cute. Still cheerful. Still loved.
Hope that she is happy.
I never answer.
I’m just a guy from another life.
Life that will never repeat again.

Review of Asa Shigure by Alter:
Asa Shigure is a obviously great 1/8 scale figure from Alter. Overall details of her sculpt are beyond any belief. This is more than a figure, it is a statue. Pay attention to how her skirt is lovely detailed.
Kuramoto Ikuma must have been in love with Asa-chan.

There are no spots on the hair or face and the knees are painted properly. So I may only admire the figure. Nothing else.
The base the figure comes with is also cute: green, clear and with the Shuffle! logo written. Nothing more needed.

Anime: “Shuffle!”
Manufacturer: Alter
Originally Released: November 2008
Sculptor: Kuramoto Ikuma
Material: PVC
Scale: 1/8
Height: 21cm (8 1/4 inches)

Good day!

gwennan — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 06:17:53 +0000

I feel that I need to tell a little bit more about this blog. I want to thank all the people that helped me to make my long-time dream come true and made me work it out. School-studio of modern photo for making me to take photos, my Daddy for his help in buying my camera, colleagues at school for their perfectionism, Anton for his endless patience and assistance in preparing my photo sessions and many many others for helping me and being glad of my progress.

About this blog:
The idea of this site is to show you the pictures anime, manga, and video game characters taken by me. As long as my hobby is collecting such figures, you will have to watch at my collection. Of course if you would like to.

Intellectual property rights:
All the photos on my site were taken and processed by me (unless stated otherwise). I’m having a great part of job at every photo, so I hope that you will observe some easy rules:

you may download my photos if you like, but I ask that you leave the Gwennan or ER mark on the images;
please do not alter the images;
you may only use the images for personal non-commercial use, and please do not use them for shops and eBay auctions.

Equipment:
All of my pictures were taken with a Sony Alpha DSLR-A700 and Sony Alpha DSLR-A100. These are a quite good cameras to make me do my work with confidence, but the kit lenses is no use in photoshooting tiny objects. So my choice was Sigma Sony/Minolta AF 28-105 mm F/3.8-5.6 lens, Sigma Sony/Minolta AF 50 mm D2.8 EX lens, SIGMA AF 105 mm F2.8 EX DG MACRO for SONY and SONY 50 mm F/1.4 (SAL-50F14).

Contacts:
On all points please feel yourself free to contact me at gwennan @ gmail(dot)com