i like the folders method, so i 'upgraded' my ginshu scales. taken with flash so looks quite horrible. bleahs.

managed do some shopping at arab street during lunch and got the red tassels for my ginshu.


aside from the color combi i kinda like this coat cos i used all my hidden stitches here and sewed the enzyme buttons such that it can be used 2ways. the red panels are even removable! hahahah.
i realised that i haven't painted the nails for ginshu's feet scales. i think he should have some there... right. and i'm looking for this 'shoe'/sole that sticks to the bottom of your feet but doesn't have any straps. far east used to have them in one of those cart shops. wonder if it's still around.

i spent the whole week cutting the shape, painting, letting it dry then glueing it together in a patch. but now that i have them here, i'm wondering how on earth i can glue it to my face. ughh.

i thought i didn't bring in my red cloth from malaysia so after packing my room (specifically the few display cupboards i have+storeroom) the whole morning... i managed to whip out this alucard hellsing costume i once had, which i handsewed. it was so terrible that i ripped the thread seams out to use it as normal cloth while watching la corda d'oro.
and i managed to complete my ginshu's shawl using a new hidden seam stitch i learned. used it for the whole piece, yes xo



and while i was resewing the red hair tie for kimimaro, i sewed one for ginshu's as well.


now all that's left for ginshu is his scales...

well time to buck up and work harder on ginshu.
i'm pretty proud of my hakama actually. it actually works like a trouser, unlike the one i did for byakuya. except the straps are still not right.
the front

the back


with my white brocade i bought quite some time ago, i made the kimono top.


i still don't like the top though. it doesn't fit as well as i want to. grrr.

ginshu (amatsuki) Shopping List

white brocade: RM 30 for 3m i think = $15
red satin: Rm7/m x 3m = RM21 = $10
red rope thread: $0.26/m x 10m = $2.60
silver wig: $51
fake nails: $2 x 3sets = $6 (about 210pieces excluding existing 50pieces)
red tassels: $1.20/pc x 2 = $2.40
mastix extra 10ml: $12.80 (skin glue)

Total: $99.80

i kinda like ginshu from amatsuki, and i think he/she will be my next project after iljimae xD there's several versions of him from amatsuki. managed to pick out 2.

the ponytail one (which i'll be doing)










the second version with the hair down (but i find most people cosplaying this version with a different set of clothes though)





couldn't find much pictures of him/her online so i had to take all those screenshots from sky7anime.net's anime streaming with my samsung f450 camera phone. hoho. but i found a really nice wallpaper of him/her!!!