DA news article featuring the undertaker!

i'm in 4 of them, can you guess? thanks to nicol for the news.

this is very amazing.

posted 11am. screenshot 2pm.


and 24 favourites. hmmm. (lol at the miserable stats the day before)

lightgrapher's photo is really very amazing.

mind you, i don't advertise these urls very often, that's why it can all only be attributed to one thing. gotta love my photog.

i had almost near to nothing to work on on friday night, so i began writing some stuff in my shinigami book.
and the events did happen (in the anime).

they started singing... byebye mr american pie... howdy-ho. yes i'm in ultimate crank mood.



oh yes... i can't exactly correct undertaker's english also. oh well.

how to make a cheap bouquet of flowers in 2hours (whilst in between animes, of course)

1) cut petals (fold it numerous times and cut together - my max is 3 at once)



2) cut the leaves (had leftover green felt and used up all of them



3) bunch the petals together with wires. uhu glue the leaves in various places.

4) wrap the flowers in paper, wire the bottom so the bunch stays.



total: $2 white felt + $0.80 wires = $2.80

how to make cheap dog biscuits

1) daiso $2 clay... cut the patterns out using penknife or metal ruler

2) use a toothbrush/painbrush and dab the surface to produce a rough look

3) brown spraypaint



4) put in jar!



total: $2 clay + $2 jar = $4

how to make cheap eyepatch

1) cut from some leftover black cotton cloth the semi-rounded shape (2pieces, preferably connected 2 pieces) - no sewing is really needed since the cloth don't get unthreaded at the sides easily

2) stitch patch onto elastic band. uhu glue the 2 sides of the patch.



total: err... free?

tested my scar wax cos i thought i was gonna have a national day shoot. in the end cancelled. oh wells.

the wax


after 'painting' with foundation > loose powder > bronzer > brown shadows > dark brown highlights


did one on my face as well, but it's not that obvious.


could do better at 'painting'. loose powder maybe apply later, cos it looked quite flaky after the loose powder.

went home.. and had a shocking discovery that my entire table is messed up and my props were broken. and i haven't even debut my kimimaro sword, it's in 4 pieces now.

supposed to be a tidied state... but ended up in disarray instead. sighss. i know it took a lot of effort to clean, but sometimes i just wish you left things as they were.

so after a mad rush of putting my stuff back in order... i had about 1.5hours for my undertaker.



it's not gonna be obvious in photos, but for completion sake, i added the skirt to my inner top.



woke up with long dream of chasing and being chased. what a tiring night.

made some leg belts for my undertaker. oh yeah... he's so punk!

i styled this before cosfest itself. not sure why when i wore it it looked so horrible. zzz. (oh, and this is my sis, so bishie xD has potential le)



and here, photo editing on my samsung f480 HANDPHONE. not too bad. i didn't like my half left-eye so i brought more focus to other parts and used a pre-set effect. not too bad.

worked on my shinigami book for the weekend, and popped over to popular to get the sticky plastic cover.

used my graduation gift cover and spray painted it brown. the rest is cut outs in between animes.

sighss.. it looked more obvious than expected - the plastic sheen. oh well.





went to rip off my top hat and made it flat. was thinking about it for very long...





added an additional flap at the back of the robe. well, it's NOT visible at all considering how long undertaker's hair is but so what...

we were interviewed during the event! uwahh...









oh gosh i look so horrible!

moo! i made a mistake! my entire cos is $160, but the scythe is only $100. lols. oh wells!

i removed my scythe ring and replaced it with white wires... but wasn't that satisfied so now i removed it again and wrapped it with white wire and metal wire. looks thicker than the previous one but at least it can twirl and hold up by itself instead of drooping with just white wires.

spray painted this morning before i left home.

did my undertaker pen on sunday while val busied with the frills and frank slept (baka).
now i just need the quill-like tip...





aiya. my pattern seems quite small. bleahs.

wondering if i should make the book cover as well. sian.

ta-da!!!! i had frank as my model to layer it and my sis there to style it. (yup that's my sis underneath, while she was watching zettai kareshi for the whole day)



used this super hard styling wax called hex.

looks super nice from this pic, but is only so-so (actually sucks) in real life. oh well. since i kept it back in the bag, it might look worse. have to restyle whenever i use.

redid my undertaker chain belt as well! previously only used a standard fancy template pendant. since i have the picture now i redid it so it's more accurate.

omg! i think my silver glue and the patterns behind looks damn nice. too bad i have to overspray them T_T




sort of fixed the robe's sleeves as well so it's not so twirly.

worked on the scythe over the weekend and fixed my fishbone. added 2 more rings on the bottom joint too.
all while watching nodame cantabile drama version. i think i got frank and val hooked too. lols. we weren't very productive that day haahah

fishbone tail. now it has 6... uh.. bones?


the joint with my ugly curls. gahhhs.

yahoo!
i'm kinda sad cos i just finished reading all the twilight books! damn. i chionged too much on books nowadays so all i can do now is tie a ribbon to my bookmark. such quick progress.

i've decided to do the pink bookmark prop for my undertaker! (easiest and cheapest, anyway)
so i managed to cut the stuff out yesterday in 1.5hours.

the front





the back





i think i'll use it for my books. hoho. just need pink ribbons now. maybe i'll do the pink pen too.

YES YES YES finally my taobao order from ning came!!! my new wig for undertaker!!! YAHOOOOOO



loving it.

the yasuaki one not as nice though.. it's a bright, fake, green. sighs.

and last week maomao came to continue working on my scythe. it's now painted grey at the edges and sort of 'oldified' at the blades with sponged on grey parts.

at least now it looks a bit worn out!

we turned a little patch of grass white with all that spraying too. oops.

can't believe i'm blogging on a sunday night.. but argh i've so much to update!
starting with my shinigami undertaker progress.

i've turned my house into a cosplay workshop with val coming over for sewing and maomao to help with my scythe. and frank as entertainment. lols.

here's the base (made of pipes and foam)


then we covered the joints with clay and i tried to make the fishbone bottom (which is taken out now zzz)


then i did a papier marche base for the skull and maomao covered it with clay


ta-da! the skull!


whoopee. now all's left the fishbone edge and the painting.

i followed the anime for the shoe cover. oh well.



maybe i'll pin or tape the cover to my boots. yet decided.