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I am so thrilled of having the current website which got me to know so many great friends with similar interests. Lately I was strongly touched by the support of your friendship when so many of you responded with ideas and suggestions when I asked for help with the recent blinking eye project. I truly experienced how the effort of a group very quickly overtook what I could accomplish on my own.

After speaking to a few friends here, it seems like all the help I need has always been here and all I needed to do was to ask. Little do many know, that my website is being maintained, repaired and renewed by a few members and friends alike. But the truth is, everyone who are reading this and visiting this website is helping this place a great deal.

I have come to the decision of making this Kigurumi Cosplay Society a more useful place by providing kigurumi cosplay lovers with better services than just being a website showcasing just my own's work. Its true that the forum has been doing a fair job in sharing information and showcasing other people's work, but I think it can be better.

Kigurumi Cosplay has a flood of activities lately.

This update will talk about a few things I am aware of happening in the kigurumi cosplay circle of late (But of course, there are tons of kigurumi activity which I'm also not aware of). These include:
-Cici's (Cicelia Winn) completed purple hair, orange eye, gray side-tail Dita.(Hair's different, eyes different, hairstyle's different... is she still Dita >_<; hehe).
-The envy inducing AXCon went by Haru, Kei, Shino, Rinrin, Pool Trooper etc.
-The progress of the revolutionary blinking eye kigurumi mask project and what the ultimate final design is like.
-A new links page underway.
-And I'll touch on the skin-coloured kigurumi bodysuit mass order and a few things at the end.

Dita kigurumi mask
The kigurumi mask on the left is Dita (though I feel it should be called Cici). Well the original customisation was based on Dita from the hit anime Vandread, aired some time ago. Then Cici wanted a purple haired version of the Dita mask with gray side-tails, and the eye colour be orange. (btw, Dita has red hair, blue eyes etc) Hehe... plus a few more customisations, and the mask is completed. Check out more of the completed image shots in the related forum thread here:
http://www.kigurumicosplay.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=5&p=12566#p12566

Mikunopolis~ USA~

Damned that Draconpern and Rinrin, they got to see Mikunopolis live while I get to watch it on this youtube video~^_^; Hehe, just wanted to rant about it, I'm fine, no worries. I suppose anyone whose familiar with the Vocaloid's recent activities would have seen the similiar concerts in Japan... on Youtube as well for me.

Indeed, it is quite amazing. The effect does look like a real 3D person is singing on the stage. The movements are very well choreographed and looked so beautiful dancing. They probably are better off in endurance and liveliness compared to real life artists.

When I watched the video, I keep realising how much the performance look like kigurumi cosplay. It looks almost identical to a slender little girl, dressed in kigurumi cosplay costume and doing the show up there. I wonder how amazing it would be if a kigurumi cosplayer can put on that outfit and parade the public grounds. Perhaps there would be countless fans who will fall in love with her at first sight.

One IMPORTANT thing that I noted from the performance is that THE VOCALOID'S EYES KEEPS BLINKING~!!! It does make the character appear more alive, and probably will break the uncanny feeling traditional kig masks give to the public. THIS FREAKIN* MADE ME WANNA FINISH THE BLINKING SAYA MASK A.S.A.P...... GGRAOWLAGH. Wow, what was that? A growl? Sweet. Imagine if a kigurumi mask's face can achive blinking, it will be no different from the 3D Mikus and other vocaloids. I think we're getting somewhere with the blinking eye no jutsu. Definitely going somewhere.

P.S.... if a kig mask isn't singing, the mouth doesn't need to move right? After I tackle the blinking eyes, let's see if I have some time to think about a moving mouth~^_^; I must be crazy.

>>>"CREDIT OF VIDEO GOES TO VIDEO UPLOADER" <<<
The Calif Mikunopolis video has been taken off Youtube, so I replace it with one formerly from Jap.

Someone help me please?

In need of huge help. All ideas are welcomed.

Question: Where and how to put the pistons so they would be able to push the flaps?

I want to make kigurumi eyes blink. One final touch and it could be turned into reality. But I am puzzling over where and how to install the final crucial bit. The placement of the air pistons so they will connect with the eye lids.

The air pistons may or may not be the best solution even in this case. You you thought of an even better method to drive the eyelid flaps, please let me know.

The problem now is that the mask is curved on the inside. There is very little room to install the pistons, and the pistons needs to be able to extend as well.

Is there any kind of electronic switch or simple circuit I can build that when released, inverts the direction of a motor? Building a micro controller circuit is probably out of the question, but simple on/off dc motors are still viable.

Preferably, I do not wish to rely on electronic circuits as I see that the battery most certainly will not last a 4-5 hour continuous driving. And kigurumi cosplays are meant to last that long or longer.

So how, if not the pistons, can I drive the eyelids? Any creative problem solving lovers around I can discuss this with? If you have an idea, best tell me how to do it as well. It best explained with an illustration or sketch ^_^

Thank you very much~

The discussion forum is located here:
http://www.kigurumicosplay.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=1090&start=50

Another step completed in the blinking eye project.

All these improvising and re-inventing made me recall how easy it was to make ponytails on kigurumi masks in comparison to this.

Shocking, absolutely no less than shocking. The eye lashes part of the project has been overly underestimated in complexity. I twitted the other day that making the eye lashes was like inventing the light bulb, do you know that story of Thomas Edison? He tried and failed over 10,000 designs, well mine was not as dramatic, but still no less than 10 designs.

So many things has changed in the design, even the material used has been changed. I was quite busy figuring out how to get it to work as well as doing my other priorities that I haven't had time to update much in the forums or on Facebook.

Well, the good news is. It is completed. And it is working. That is the sliding action of the eye lashes controlled by the eye lids.