Last orders for the 2010~

Had a live chat for 5 hours last evening, just to kill some boredom. Had to thank Nova for taking the live chat video pictures posted here, I haven't prepared to take any shoots, been lazy of late hehe~I call the blue hair character Aira and she did 3 costumes during that night, one more of a cyan leotard, skirt and knee socks which I didn't get any pictures of. The ones which I have pictures of are with Aira in a black shiny mini dress and the other of Aira in a blue tube and white shorts.

Its been a long time since the last update, and I will like to use this update to mention about the new project orders by some buyers. There will be some suit orders and a few mask orders. I'll need to finish them very quickly as I'll be traveling overseas for a long holiday in less than a couple of months. The new mask projects can be found in the forums under the "Mask order and Customisation" section. There is a 'White Haired Saya custom' and a 'Pink Haired Meer custom' and expecting one or two more. The threads can be found by following this link:
http://www.kigurumicosplay.com/phpBB3/viewforum.php?f=5&sid=ff60a79cb744fd03fb7ec3f181a067b6

I'll be putting updates on those new masks and hope to welcome more kig cosplayers to the community in due time~^_^

Oh and don't forget to check out the pics posted by the new owners of previously completed not too long ago. They can too be found in the forums~^_^ Hehe, so until next time, I'll be posting updates as soon as I can find time~ Take care every buddy~ ^_^

Sailor Pluto Saya custom completed~

Finished another pre-ordered custom mask. This time its for Sailor Pluto from the anime of the 90s~ Sailormoon. Hmm Sailor Pluto is one of my favourite Sailormoon characters too I recall, its a nice chance to be making "her"~^_^ Lacking her tiara, it looks a little short of Sailor Pluto, but I don't make costumes to go with the mask afterall. Tried photo shopping a tiara into the picture on the right. I'll leave it to the new owner to finish the rest of the work to make it come true I suppose.

More comments and steps in the mask customisation are posted in the related project forum thread. Do take a look and leave a few words if you feel like it. The mask customisation thread can be accessed through the URL below:
http://www.kigurumicosplay.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=5&p=10401#p10401

Of late I've been occupied it all kinds of things. I'm sorry for not being able to take more pictures and post them up, but I am really grateful for all my kigurumi cosplayer friends and visitor friends for posting their hard work and pictures or simply chatting. I owe you all one for making the forums so lively. Thank you so much~^_^ I hope you will continue to enjoy the place~

Something very distasteful happened to me just yesterday, I've been scammed of an iPhone 3Gs which I tried selling on Ebay. Sigh, its kinda regretable even though I've been with Ebay/Paypal for so long, I succumb to such a scheme.I kinda blame Paypal for being misleading and unjust. The payment arrived directly into my Paypal and I proceeded to send the item. Then I got an alert saying that I need to provide evidence of my shipping to prove that my transaction is valid. I then quickly posted the item and provided proof of my shipping as evidence. Then Paypal reverse the payment, I went wtf. Then they told me that I shipped to an address which is not the registered address of the payer. So the money got returned to the buyer(scammer now). Very unscrupulous indeed. Acting nice and asking deliberately for me to send an item and exploiting the silly Paypal flaw that money gets refunded when shipping address differs from payers registered address.

Yes I'm telling you out there how the scam is done. So be careful of this. Perhaps 101 or 1001 more people will get cheated this way before Paypal know they can't just return the money without having a better understanding of the situation. And oh, this is the address of the scammer:

Name: Do Phu Bao
Address: K245/56 Le Duan
City: Da Nang
State/Province: DN
Zipcode/Postal Code: 59000
Country: Viet Nam
Phone: 0925577462

I suppose there is no need to hold back against a jerk is there?
I ought to get in touch with some Vietnamese friends to get help. Anyone who can provide any info is much appreciated too~ Sheesh, what a day~

Happy Halloween 2010~

Angel or devil~ Gave Saya a new hairdo~ Have not decided on what to call her yet, considering calling her Aira~ Oh she's not from any anime, an original character.
Did a live show at 12 midnight on Halloween's day hehe~ Chatted with friends for a little while and then went off to take these pictures ^_^

Did the live in the black coloured attire only. I never planned on doing two shoots, but recalled that I have white angel wings as well as black so decided to do a angel and devil kinda thingy hehe.

So, what will you be doing this Halloween. As for me, nothing much, got time writing I wish to do and some mask making to complete. Wish you have the terrifyingly good time and a frightfully amazing day~
See you in the forums~^_^

New additions to completed works~

Two new mask orders are either completed or near completion. The two are the Esther mask and Misaka mask customised from the Saya and T-fa model respectively. The discussions in the forums can be found in the forum thread links below. For those of you who are not familiar with who these characters are, fairly detailed introductions and pictures of these characters are also found in the threads brought to you by their respective owners~^_^ Take a look, more new finished projects coming up real soon~^_^

Esther mask customisation thread:
http://www.kigurumicosplay.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=845&start=10

Misaka mask customisation thread:
http://www.kigurumicosplay.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=896

Akiyama Mio Saya custom

Just wanted to give a quick update on a new mask which was completed this afternoon. It will be shipped to the new owner tomorrow. Hopefully we'll be seeing more pictures of her again when the new owner does her up and bring her to life.

For people who are not familiar with this Akiyama Mio character, she is one o f a group of 4 main characters from the hit anime series K-ON! Probably the most popular among the 4 of them. Doe eyed, shy and firm in personality, she's like the elder sister within the group though she sometimes become so cute, she resembles a baby.

There has been a thread started for this mask project, I haven't had too much time to spend detailing about the project lately but I have updated more pictures of the completed mask in this thread. It can be accessed from the link below:

http://www.kigurumicosplay.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=5&p=10253#p10253

Do drop in and take a look, and leave your comments and tell me what you think.
I haven't included the indepth of the making process as the earlier tutorials has already covered the steps in detail and they are mostly the same. Hehe, a new feature has been added to the upgraded version of the mask though, I'll talk more about it next time~^_^

More projects within the mask production page will be completing very soon, so stay tuned in the forums and on the main page. Take care and see you again soon~^_^

Took a little break~

I had a little time from a previously full on schedule to do a little kigging and make rapid progress with some mask orders. Took Asuka has been kept away for quite a long time, and finally allowed her out to have some fun, and a pleasant live chat. Did manage to see Taka-san, and a few other kig friends on live chats in the irc chatroom, ustream and stickam.

Having donated the bulk of my wardrobe away, anything costume related are no longer with me. What are available are the casual style ones. I am beginning to appreciate the economy and ease of obtaining casual attire compared to cosplay attires. It makes bringing out kigs less time and cash demanding and they look hell damn trendy no less. Asuka wore a stretch halter dress with a pink mini coat and latex leggings in during the live chat.

I figured that I didn't have time to take pictures of Asuka, and rather spend more time letting Asuka catch up with her friends after the long absence. Therefore a video recording of Asuka playing around infront of the camera during the live chat is recorded instead of taking pictures. The video is attached below in my youtube channel. I hope you can leave a nice feedback of your thoughts and give a good rating~^_^. Not sure why some parts of the video came out a little jerky but its mostly fine~








Its halloween soon isn't it? As bought up timely by Kenshin, he has started a thread to discuss and even share any picture perfect moments in the thread here:
http://www.kigurumicosplay.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=8&p=10149#p10149

Have no plans in mind for the day yet, but I hope to see if anything can be done up~^_^
And as for the masks, I am looking forward to presenting everything with the first of the new characters very soon. Most likely some day in the early of next week.

Keep in view~ ^^

Busy busy busy till September 30th

Just wish to put up and update, just to touch on matters of mask and suit orders and a little about this new anime called "Highschool of the dead" if you haven't come across it.

Customers who ordered just suits should have received their suits or are about to as they have all been sent out sometime 2 weeks ago (sheesh, see how bad I am with the update backlogs lol). As for mask customers, the good news is that the wigs have all arrived so there won't be any delay in terms of the hair attachment once the mask is finished. As for the masks, they are in the painting stage as of now. I've been working on them steadily, though there are a number of urgent matters which I need to attend to at the same time, such as selling of one of my businesses by the end of September.


If any of you who purchased a mask wishes for an update on matters, please feel free to send me an email or catch me on MSN(if you can manage to do that), though I seldom have time to do that now. There are threads created in the forum for all of the upcoming projects, please drop by the mask orders and customisation section and find out more about the mask characters. I myself can't wait to finish the masks, there are some really interesting characters coming up and I wish to do them well. Some of my all time fav chars too, like Sailor Pluto from Sailormoon and Mio-chan from K-ON!


Well, while waiting for updates (or waiting for anything at all that matters such as old age or christmas or both), there is this really cool anime airing right now. "Highshool of the dead" is its name. You probably can guess what it is about, sounds like Left 4 Dead, Dawn of the Dead and Resident Evil along those lines. Yeah is a zombie anime... come to think of it, its probably one of the few zombie animes I can think of (actually its the only one I can recall now entirely focusing on zombies).

SO WHY IS IT SO COOL? Thats because zombies are the cool dudes now. Check out how successful iphone/facebook/android apps such as Plant vs Zombies and Zombie Farm are doing. And heaps of knock offs are earning a fair bit with the zombie themed craze. Ever played Left 4 Dead on your PC/Console? Its one hell of a fun filled zombie busting game. Anyway, like I said, zombies are kinda making a trend in the entertainment scene lately. If you're unsure what "Highschool of the Dead: is about, I'll say is a little kinda like Left 4 Dead. Where a few survivors of a country/global zombie epidemic try to bust their way to safety and survive (plus bonus ecchi ^_^). So, what you waiting for, go check it out, its good.


I should be able to finish the masks shortly after end of September and have the shipped so that I can work on the new orders. I'll keep you updated. At the same time, thank you everyone for the fun you're bringing to the forums/site despite by disappearance due to busyness.... Imma bee. Hehe, take care and have fun, cya again soon~

New masks and suits mostly ready. First shipment going over weekend.

Hihi~ Once again I wish to make an announcement, my computer has just returned to a functional state if you saw my previous posts that it was broken. Will buyers, if you haven't contacted me to verify your order details, please do so as soon as you can. As far as I can recall, two buyers have not confirmed their final details with me, if it is you, please do so soon. Otherwise it could delay the production process. We are entering the Halloween season and makers of costume products are having huge order backlogs.

As stated in the title of the post, the first suits will be good to go in nearly no time. The suits have arrived today and I will need to make a few hours to dye them. After dye-ing, they should dry over the weekend and I will be able to ship them to you.

All the masks have been casted and some sanded and polished. The cold temperature these few months made fibreglass resin poor to work with and slow to cure. That stage has been over now, and things should progress more timely from now on. I am now easily reachable contact me at anytime to get follow ups. I hope everyone has a good weekend and take care~^_^

Back online with heaps of catching up to do.

Phew after a long duration of grueling torture, I have finally regain my freedom. That grueling torture which I'm speaking about are the days without a computer to use T_T. Haha... turned out that I realised that I can nearly do everything I need without a real computer thanks to the availability of iPhones and friends~^_^

Being free to move around again, I have hit a hard truth that I am super duper back logged in my duties and will have to get down to sorted them out asap. Having said that, I might be slow in my updates for a while (and since when is that new >_<)

There are a couple more mask orders which came in. Dear buyers, I truly thank you for your patience and support. I have casted all the masks and are still in the process of sanding and filling them. The wig orders are on their way and the suits should arrive in a matter of days. IF YOU ARE A BUYER, please drop me a message, either by MSN-Live or Email so that I can double check that I have not missed any details over the computer-less days. Also I will be able to give you personal updates if you request for it. Once again thank you.

The image above is of Mai Shiranui in her casual attire. The mask is no longer with me if you have been following the forums, the rightful owner has already received and have been using it. There are new images by the new owner in the forum gallery as well. The above signature picture is taken by me as a test for the mask when it was still with me... which is a long time ago. This only shows how backlogged I am lol~>_<

I have not have time to crop and prep the majority of the casual attire images to put them up but the other themed ones(waitress and cheongsam) can be found in earlier posts.

I have edited and published a new video of the Mai Shiranui mask attached below. Now that I've mentioned it, I wish to talk back on the topic of my computer again. I have sent the old high spec gaming laptop for repairs and will be back soon which I will sell it off afterwards, any interested parties?~^_^ That said, I have gotten a new laptop, brief specs are: Asus N61-JQ Intel-i7 ATI-HD5370-1GB 500GB-HDD 4GBDDR3 15.6" Blu-ray/DVD laptop. Its superb. It met all my stringent requirements for a new rig and also at a really affordable price~^_^ What most intrigued me is that the Quad Cores of the i7 in this latest model are actuall Quad Dual Logic Cores, which means I have a total of 8 Logical Cores. I'm overjoyed when I found that out by surprise. My friend's i7 only has 4 logical cores. Read more in the forums.

The new video is attached below. If you like it, I hope you can give it a full rating and do leave some comments. Thank you for visiting and I hope you will enjoy visiting the forums as well.~^_^
Have a great day~

Oops, laptop bricked :(

My ultra high spec gaming laptop has bricked T_T and worse bit is that the warranty finished in February this year T_T T_T... I'm expecting an expensive repair as high spec gaming laptops with high spec integrated nVidia GeForce 8600M graphics cards costs a nuke and an international space station.

Worse bit is that service centres have been known to put non warrantied laptops on a lower priority but not sure if thats the case. Which means i might need to wait longer than normal. The thing is, if the repairs quoted me more than $400, I will buy the Asus G2S (my lappy toppy) mainboard from Ebay and replace it myself for $240. I can even upgrade the notebook CPU to 2.4Ghz Core 2 Duo for $85 more. But that of course will take about 2 weeks to arrive to me (usually 10 working days) which means... 2 weeks of using web and blogging on my iphone :(

Actually, whoever said mobile phones will take over computers in the future is spot on... they actually work pretty well, Just need to bear with a few microscopic issues.

Apart from that, I've been really really busy lately with my businesses. I haven't forgotten or neglected the kigurumi mask orders one bit, the accompanying HQ zentais are on their way~^_^ But I must warn that they will take a little longer than 2 weeks (i used to be able to finish and sell a mask in 2 weeks) more like 2+ months now. Well, still within market standards lol... and beaten it. Ok, nvm~ ^_^

The heading picture is a picture of Mai in her casual attire, something she might be wearing on a date with Terry Bogard~ Thats also the one of the pictures in the set which I wished to release if not for my lappy toppy turning into a paper weight. I'll put it up eventually, i really want to, Mai's so cute~>_<

In the meantime, do visit the forums and check for updates.
Its easier for me to reply there than make a new post cos I have limited heading images at the moment ^_^;
Will keep you updated~^_^

Asuka in black latex live chat video~

The new mask orders have got their HQ suit orders placed as well. If no problems alike to the last time occurs, the suits are expected to arrive to me in about 3 weeks time.  Which then I can dye them and put them out to dry before shipping them. Thank you for your patience.

The image in the heading this time is also that of Mai Shiranui in casual attire. This is the last of the third shoots taken with the permission of her new owner. I will need the new owner to know a few things to watch out for as its a ponytail design and afterwards, hopefully more pictures will start popping up soon. There are two tops worn in the casual shoot, some videos have been taken as well. I'll be posting them up once I get the time to prepare them.

I'm going to be head over heels busy with several issues these upcoming weeks. Juggling with other work and the kigurumi hobby. Haven't got time to kig as much before, and I have a few spare masks that only recently successfully gave them away. Thank you to those who see value in the masks that have been idling from under use and taking them off my hands. I hope you will be able to enjoy them soon and perform as one seamlessly with them. Keep in touch messages in the forums or in email. I'll keep the updates constant, but feel free to ask anything anytime.

I found a little time on the weekend to put Asuka in a rather saucy kig, didn't take any pictures... but, had recorded a live chat video on Stickam. That day, Asuka went on Stickam and two other video chat places entertain viewers and spend time chatting. She wore a fully body shined black latex catsuit. You might notice that the back isn't as shined as she tried her best to do the shining herself >_<;

The live chat lasted about 5 hours and by then, Asuka is in need of a break. Took some videos for keep sake, and I've embedded them below. There are two videos altogether, I can't seem to save the Stickam videos right off without downloading a special program. So I thought never mind, I'll just leave it there, you can visit my Stickam page to view it. I think clicking on the video works. I hope you enjoy, give some feedback and ratings~^_^

Mai Shiranui in pink cheongsam~

I have officially started work on a new mask, laying the fibreglass and resin today. It will be another Saya custom for the anime/manga character Esther Blanchett from Trinity Blood. I kinda liked the anime very much when I saw it a couple of years back and is had definitely crossed my mind that Esther was really hot. So now I have to make a mask in her like, I guess that is gonna be really fun~^_^ If you're not familiar with the character I'm talking about, drop by the forum thread here, where she is introduced properly~
http://www.kigurumicosplay.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=845


Nowadays I'm really busy with a few things and will be multi-tasking a fair bit. Haven't got much time to chat online but I try my best to every now and then, making sure I at least read all the new forum topics and replies~ On occasional instances when I have a bit more energy left and felt like kigging, I will go on to Stickam and announce on twitter. Oh and thank you all for following me on Twitter, I'm not a Twitter-holic but I try to use it as a simple means to notify the general public if anything new is happening.

Took some time to prepare the second of three sets of Mai Shiranui photos which I took before I shipped the mask off to her new owner. The attire use in this case is a pink hot chinese dress that absolutely hugged Mai's Curves ~^_^; No, the third shoot doesn't have Mai's official game/anime costume, I don't have it and besides, the person whom that task will befall on is Cloe whose Mai's new owner~^_^ If you missed what happened earier, you can check out some of Mai's making and discussions in the forum topic designated for this mask here:
http://www.kigurumicosplay.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=824

I posted the rest of the nicer pictures I took of Mai Shiranui in her cute pink cheongsam below. Come to think of it, its been a long time since I used the gallery. Most of the newer (and prettier too) pictures are all not found in the gallery but in the blog itself. If you've missed any, be sure to browse back to check the older pictures out~^_^

iOS4 Jailbroke at last & already unlockable yeah~^_^ Mai in cheongsam preview

Yaaay~ Its kinda late but I just wanna say that iOS4 is ready for downloads. Apparently the more exciting news is that the Jailbreak software for it has already been released... so soon, just a couple of days since the OS was officially released. The unlock was even sooner available, but you need to Jailbreak your iOS4 first to unlock~^_^

Don't think I'll get the iPhone4 for now, not to mention I prefer the white over the black anyways, which isn't released yet. I'll save some cash for better uses I guess, my 3Gs is only 4 months old. That said, iOS4 is my next best toy~

This post is also a preview for a few pictures which I'll post up either tomorrow or the day after. While the Mai mask was still with me, I took some pics in 3 different attires. Including the chinese dress (cheongsam), its the second one I've put up. Viewer of my live chat that day in the third attire would have seen the third but I'll just slowly show the pics, otherwise I'll run out of interesting things to talk about hehe~^_^;

Mai is sporting in a long (but sexy) pink cheongsam. All shimmery and tight fitting with a pink flower above her right ear. Thanks to the owner Chloe for giving me permission to use Mai in the photoshoot~ I look forward to seeing her more in the future too ^_^. I hope you like how it turned out, more pics to come soon. Take care everyone. (P.S. Check out the forum for the iphone screenshot thread if you have an iphone~^_^ http://www.kigurumicosplay.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=833)

Mai Shiranui in a waitress outfit~

Many will recognise the name Mai Shiranui, from Fatal Fury then King of Fighters. Well, she's here with me today and I gave her a job. A job as a waitress. She took a few pictures and videos. Hopefully I will find time to post them up for everyone to enjoy. She tried on another less elaborate costume after wards and I also took pictures of her in that.

The Mai Shiranui custom Saya mask is complete, I kinda really like it as well hehe. I'll post more images and talk more about it in the related forum topic. I will not be taking anymore videos or pictures of Mai, she has to leave. Her new owner generously given her new permission to be pictured here~ I will most likely sent her on her way the first thing on Monday where she will arrive at her new home in under or around 10 days time.

That comes to the next thing I have in mind, the HQ bodysuits have been sent out quite a few weeks already. I know some of the owners have already received it, I'm wondering if you're one of them, will you have had time to try it out and tell me about it. There is also a forum thread for buyers to leave a few words in review of the product they have purchased. I will greatly appreciate if the buyers do so.

There is on more thing, I will like to sell away the former Asuka mask to make room for new projects. If anyone if interested and looking for a good bargain kiguurmi mask, please let me know. Check out the offer by visiting the special offers page below:
http://www.kigurumicosplay.com/products/specialoffers.php
It has all the usual high quality, durable mask body, wigs and craftsmanship I put in to all my masks. Hurry please, I will not keep it for long.

Below are some of the waitress pictures of Mai Shiranui.
You can read more about its making and leave comments and discussions in the related thread here:
http://www.kigurumicosplay.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=824
I hope you enjoy them.