Moving...

Moving to another blogging webby...

blogspot has been nothing but cruddy, dysfunctional and downright useless for the past few weeks...

So here's the new one: http://collectorsdilemma.wordpress.com/

Well, it's been a "blast" and all "good" things must come to an end eventually...

there's no party that runs forever...

Prawn Bisque

Tried making a prawn bisque since I had an abundance of prawn shells to work with, roughly about a full saucepan's worth of prawn shells.

But these prawn shells were fried to begin with, so some of the flavour was lost to the oil that it was fried in. Uncooked prawn shells are also usable, but it's better to roast it in an oven at high temperatures till the shells are nice and crispy.

Added 4 garlic cloves whole to the shells, a pinch of paprika, some black pepper and salt to taste and 2 bayleaves. To this, 3 parts milk to 1 part cream was added until the liquids just covered the prawn shells.

Left it to boil at high heat for 20 min and then simmered for another 20 min.

M.A.S.K Razorback and Vandal

Woot!!!

Finally got me a Razorback, loose, complete and most importantly, UNBROKEN and a MIB Vandal thanks to my cousin, Alvin.

Pics coming soon!!

SIC Hibiki

Some test photos of a SIC Hibiki that I've owned since long long ago. 2nd pic is a tad bit over exposed though... still can't get the lighting right somehow, I really need that flash and more light sources for diff effects...

HG 1/144 Trans Am Raiser

Fixed up this real quick. Zilch painting and minimal panel lining. Used all the stickers as well.

My original plan for this kit was to do a mod for a "custom 00 Raiser" but when I saw that the plastic was a glossy and of semi-shiny finish, I just could not bring myself to sully the kit with my horrible custom/modding skills and painting included as well.

Trans Am Raiser comes with the standard 00 Raiser parts and includes the GN Sword III (which I used here) and beam effect parts for both beam sabers and GN Sword IIs.












HG 1/144 00 Raiser SE here

HG 1/144 00 Raiser SE "Special Edition"

"Special Edition" in the sense that the GN Sword III actually comes from the HG 1/144 Trans Am Raiser which I have repainted to better suit the 00 Raiser SE. The shade of blue is still somewhat off even though it's pretty close. Used gunmetal for painting the blade for a metallic black effect instead of the original in the anime which was closer to a whitish silver.












Original 00 Raiser SE here

SD Exia Part 2

Took some new shots of SD Exia. Added abit of change to the kit though, used a silver paint marker to paint the blades silver. It's not really that visible in the photos though.

Part 1 here