Plum Workshop: Windflower

She's dooooooone :D I guess this is my 9th completed kit (hard to believe I've done that few lol). When I first saw this kit I was in love and as mentioned in my earlier blog post I felt she needed a nice updated color scheme. She was very easy to build and the parts fit almost perfectly. I think the only problem I had was fitting her front hair piece to her head since there was a little bit of a gap. Now that I look at it in the photos there's a little gap too but I don't think it's too bad~ I also experimented for the first time with Pledge Future FloorCare (it used to be called a bunch of other stuff like Pledge with Future Shine or something) and it adds a lovely gloss to anything and everything you want. Maybe I'll do a post about it later sometime ^^

Sorry for the somewhat washed out pictures that look like they have filters on them, Nostradamus was a little difficult to photograph and I now see why a light booth is so handy >_< I'm also still working with the camera on my phone...which is I've also added a couple of her face and body which are truer to her real colors. Oh also she has this really cool base that I found at a thrift store and I even made some tiny candles to go on it! It was much easier to photograph her without the base though which is why it is missing.

Please enjoy the pictures below! I am also starting to work with this cool script thing that makes nifty thumbnails so you don't have to see a wall of photos. If you're interested in using this for your own blog I found it at Cincopa.com.

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Hello! I realized it's been quite a few months since I've posted but I have been busy painting and with life. Probably the biggest reason why I've been busy is because of this little guy below:

His name is Missile and he is almost five months old ^^

I could just write on and on about Missile...he's a Pomeranian/Japanese Chin mix and every day seems like it's something new/exciting/awful lol. I've owned dogs in the past but I've never raised one up from puppyhood (we've owned him since he was 8 weeks) so it's a big adjustment to my lifestyle (no more late nights, socks on feet, etc.). The pros far outweigh the cons though and he's a big light in my life.

I've also been working more on myself since I was dealing with what I'd like to think is a little depression this past semester. I just felt so unhappy with everything even though I thought I was pushing myself pretty hard (maybe that's why?) so I've decided to make some personal changes to my health. I often struggled to eat or drink anything during the day because I was flying from getting up early in the morning 4-6am --> bus --> meetings/class --> sometimes working --> more class --> more working? --> bus --> and getting home at 6-7pm and then heading to bed unless I had to study in which case I would stay up until like midnight and then wake up at 4-6 again. This is also why I don't have time to build during the semester -_- So I've basically been forcing myself to eat a certain number of calories and to exercise more and I think it's making a little bit of a difference. I don't feel as tired walking around places and cardio isn't bad and I've dropped a couple of pounds since I started so I just hope it's a good sign. Other than that I am putting off the job search because I'm being lazy and terrible and I'm not sure what the future has in store since the SO has some pretty major plans he wants to put in action. We'll see I guess.

Enough about me though since I haven't been totally useless! It seems like the last time I posted I was working on a Remilia kit but like all GK builders we often switch from project to project without finishing anything...so I started working on one of my favorite kits recently, Nostradamus from Windflower ^^

This is a lovely kit that was first sold at WF2012S. I am a big fan of Oyari Ashito's art style and the sculptor in this circle Chikai did a terrific job translating Nostradamus into 3D. As much as I love this kit though I am not a fan of the color scheme...I get that it's supposed to be very roughly based off the 16th century and prophecies and stars and stuff but it's a little too whitewashed for me. So since she is a GK and I don't feel any attachment to the character I decided to reinvent the color scheme!

The colors are a little muted here and the scribbles are a mess but drawing the figure out like this helps me figure out what I want to do early on so I don't go in blindly painting lol. I am actually ~95% done with this kit now since all the pieces are painted and I'm just shading her so I expect to take pictures in a couple of days and then do a full post about her. Here are a couple of WIP photos.