Rovin's Stwike Fweedom

Rovin showing off his very first gundam kit. It was his 6th birthday last October 19.

Rovin: "I was expecting something edible inside until I realized that it's not happy meal."

Rovin and Pia's Day Out

Being amazed at the floating green ball

Rovin: I smell something fwishy.

Rovin: No vacant and I'm hungry.

Rovin: Still no food!

Pia: Good thing I brought my own food.

Pia: Aren't you supposed to wash you hands before and after meal?
Rovin: Believe me, the food is more flavorful if you washed you hands only after meal.

Rovin: I'll slip on purpose just to prove to you that this sign is useless.

Rovin: How come they're happy and I'm not?

The Smile Shutter Experiment

Drew a smiley face on a bayabas

Result: Fail

Better than Bahay Kubo 2

             Some time last week, I was able to watch X-men First Class (torrent). Awesome movie, I regret for not being able to experience it in cinema...for me it's better than the three previous movies (I didn't knew Professor X was a trooper when he was young). Too awesome, I even watched the ending credits...something I don't usually do. As it roll, there's this song that I found catchy, the chorus kept on playing on my head over and over. I got no idea who's the singer nor the song title...so I googled it. I was surprised it was Take That and it was entitled Love Love (why love love?!). The song's tune fits the movie very well but I am not sure about the song's message. I mean it's an X-men movie...not a Twilight movie.

          I got curious about the single and searched about the album. The album is pretty good. I've never been a fan of any boy bands, but if a boy band come up with songs that will suit my taste, I'll admit to myself that it is good...because I listen to what I like. I don't pretend to be cool just by listening to what majority consider "cool music". It's a matter of preference. I considered this album good because I didn't skip a track from it. Some track from the album will even suit a James Bond movie. The only problem: Rovin didn't like any of the songs for his interpretative dance.

Toy Photography: A Jologs' Guide

                If you like toy photography very much and can't come up with a perfect indoor lighting set up (like me), maybe you could try this...works only with a white background though.

I taped a white background on a chair outside like so.

Pia Cavegirl a soon-to-be model.^^

          I used to try LED lamps for indoor lighting set-up but it's no good...and buying extra lamps only for photography purposes is a bit too much in my case. These are only useful during brownouts. (hello kitty?)

           I used nokia N8 for this. Any point-and-shoot cameras will do but I find the n8 easy to use because of its big screen. It's easier to find nicer angles with it because of the screen...some point-and-shoot cameras got small screen making it hard to view on broad daylight. The picture above is unedited (only resized).

    

        I used Microsoft Office Picture Manager 2003 for editing. (very primitive if you're a pro adobe photoshop user) I only edit the background, leaving the subject untouched. Open the picture file with it and click edit pictures then choose the color option.

          You will then see the Enhance color option. Click it then apply it on areas that should be white. Do the lighter areas first (in this case, the area between the legs) before the darker areas (usually the four corners). Repeat the process until the background turns spotless white. Just don't over do it because the subject tends to look over-exposed to light.

1/100 HG Gundam Heavyarms Custom

          I was able to finish this last Monday, but only got the chance to have decent photos of it yesterday...the reason: I have waited till weekend so I can borrow my mother's nokia n8....for higher resolution pics visit my flickr account:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/infrasmell/

1/100 HG Gundam Heavyarms: WIP part 5

            I used these for shading: staedtler pencil 6B, sandpaper (3M P600 super fine) and some cotton buds. What I do is I rub the tip of the pencil on the sandpaper until the lead turns into powder. 

I use mechanical pencil for panel lining.

            I also applied some powdered pencil lead on the black parts. It somehow gives a gun-metal look to it, with a bit shiny effect on the edges.

After painting the figure with poster color, I taped it on a bottle cap so I can spray it with flat clear.

            Looking nice eh? (almost forgot modesty^^) The kit itself is done except for the two double gatling guns, which still need some shading and lining.