It's been a while since Mayoi and I went to the beach so we're so thrilled to go back to Apo Reef with my travel buddies last weekend! It's one of my favorite places to pitch a tent and just chill. Also, the sunset at the beach is truly breathtaking...

Mayoi has been to many beaches with me already but each place has its own story. ^_^

We're going on another trip this weekend! I can't tell yet, but it's gonna involved a lot of walking LOL. Anyway it's really fun to have a travel buddy with you! 

Hope you all had an equally awesome weekend! :)

Hey everyone! How's Valentine's Day? :D I hope you had a good one, as for me I celebrated Valentine's Day with Deadpool! XD He's super funny, looking forward to the movie sequel! So today, I'm really excited to show you the much awaited figure photos of figma Snow Miku 2016: Snow Owl Ver.! Teaser photos were already posted by Mamitan on her Twitter hahaha and YES! I'm definitely making postcards so watch out for it when I post it on my store! :)

Anyway, apologies for being a bit late in the photos, these should've been posted days before Winter Wonfes 2016 (as usual) but I went out on vacation that weekend so figure photos came in too late. I'm making up for it by creating special shoot for this awesome figure, something that I havent' done before in my hobby life -- shooting figure photos in a professional studio!

Check out my setup!

My friend graciously offered her studio just for this shoot, it's a production studio complete with strobes, props and all that stuff so I basically got what I need for this photoshoot! It's not my first time doing an indoor shoot, but having all those fancy yet complicated light setups around me feels really overwhelming. I was challenged to do my best for this shoot -- hey it's for Snow Miku afterall! ^_^

First up, I posted an unboxing video on my Youtube channel here so you could see what the box looks like and the contents as well. Check it out here!

Let's move forward to the figure photos!

I gladly welcome Snow Miku 2016: Snow Owl ver. for today's shoot! She's looks really awesome! Probably the sportiest Snow Miku figure to date -- she definitely represents the sporty snow theme for this year, all thanks to Kotatsu Otogi-san's winning design.

Miku-chan comes with 3 facial expressions: A wide smile perfect for photo ops, a playful wink smile and a somewhat mischievous grin -- which I like the most. :D

I was surpised that her twintails are attached to her cap, so I can't display her without her hat on, or either I can't use the hat on any one else LOL.

Of course who would forget about lovable Yukine! He comes with tiny skis so she can glide on the snow with Miku-chan!

Now on to action photos! WOOHOO!

With figma's poseable ability, posing her on a snowboard is so much fun, what more if you put her on a slope and she goes all the way downhill on skis!

I've been reading manga lately, I'm reading like, 5 manga titles right now and it helps me pass time at work, during office breaks, even when commuting going home, I'm still reading manga. Today I'm gonna show you how to make miniature manga for your Nendoroids and Figmas. I'm a big fan of One Piece so I'm going to use One Piece manga volumes for this tutorial! 

I printed these on a 6in x 4in photo paper. The size of each miniature manga is 35mm x 25mm x 15mm when folded. As for the pages, it's 120mm x 25mm. Feel free to download the One Piece manga cover templates and the random manga pages here: https://goo.gl/wSsJnF
I also added a free Trafalgar Law Poster! XD

Check out the video below to see how it's done step by step!

Alternatively, you may also follow this simple guide :)

Materials

Scissors,

Manga covers

Random manga pages

Stick (that's a barbeque stick)

Glue

Step 5.

Step 6:

Step 7:

Yay! you now have miniature manga volumes for your Nendoroids/Figmas! They can now catch up with the latest chapters with you, just like Mako-chan! ^)^

Hope you like this video tutorial, don't forget to subscribe to my new Youtube channel!

Love,

Pinkcheeks <3 p="">

I have always been curious about snow. That thing look so pure and it looks like magic when it falls from the sky. I live in a tropical country and it's impossible to have snow here though, so going to a theme park that offers a 'snow experience' is the closest chance for me to almost feel the real thing. I do wish I could travel somewhere and experience walking on show once in my lifetime~Dreambig, Pinkcheeks, dreaaaam biiiggg~

Anyway, today's photos are a continuation of the set I posted the other day! This time, it's another Winter Wonder Festival 2015 exclusive item, Figma Snow Miku Snow Bell Ver.! Just like the Nendoroid, Max Factory has faithfully followed Taran-san's winning design for Snow Miku Snow Bell Version. Though she doesn't have the adorable lily of the valley bells, she still can charm you in so many ways.

                      THE BOX 

The Figma box of Snow Miku doesn't have much difference with the rest, except for that special snow bell print of her logo in front. It looks nice though.

                     FIGURE PHOTOS 

I heard mixed feedback from some people when they saw this Figma when it was first announced. They find the face too shoujo-ish. XD Like, the figure looked like it was staying away from the original Miku Hatsune look. I thought of the same too! Well, to tell you the truth, she really does look too shoujo-ish and you got to love these changes for this year's Snow Miku!

Look at those adorable eyes! She looks like she just stepped out of a manga! o.O

I know her eyes are what captured everyone's attention when it was first previewed. I was lucky I get to have a closer look and hopefully my photos were able to justify how pretty she actually is!

Miku-chan comes with three faceplates, the shoujo-ish face, a winking expression and a really happy expression that's sure to melt everyone's kokoro!

Look at that, she looks so happy playing in the snow~ I removed her cape to expose her shoulders and with the Figma's smooth articulation, you can pose her in a lot of ways for figure photography!

Want an ice cream?

I especially like how each detail were put into the figure, like the same water droplets on her skirt and those cherry (or holly?) details on her boots look totally adorable.

Her leaf umbrella looks really cute on her! It doesn't have a raindrop thingie though. XD

Figma Snow Miku Snow Bell Ver is definitely you would want to add on your growing collection of Snow Mikus! I got this figure courtesy of Mamitan and the good guys at Good Smile Company. I was one of those lucky people who get to have her for figure photography, right before she goes on sale this coming Winter Wonfes, which is actually today, February 8th! Be sure to secure your PO right away!

Love,

Pinkcheeks