Contemplating from afar

Here it’s, the Tinkle figurine from Etsu, Shantiti and Ne-Jyu, designed especially for the magazine. It’s an exclusive one to the magazine ( even though Amiami has/had it) and it came with a few extra. It’s produced by Clayz and sculpted by Takeshi Miyagawa… I don’t know much about figurine, but from what I gathered, good sculptor, but random quality from Clayz. I won’t  review the quality; since I can’t compare with high profile figurine from Alter or Good Smile Company ; I don’t  have any from them. All I can say is that there is some little defect, but it doesn’t detract me from enjoying these 2 beauties. On the other hand,  I have photos; it’s the first time I try to take some good picture of my figurines. High resolution photo here: Pic1 Pic2 Pic3

Here is what I got.2 separates boxes, and I was surprised to find a cardboard poster ( I have no idea of the japanese name for these ) of my gravatar signed! Not on this photo is the starry night background that I used for some photo. It’s a nice addition since it makes the setting closer to the artwork.

Let’s start with Shantiti. Long pink twin tails, barefooted, drinking champagne and frilly nightgown… She is really nice, but I have a preference for Ne-jyu. I will admit, the legs are very nice, and I will always bow in front of Tinkle’s clothe design. They managed to catch what I love with Tinkle in this figurine. The eyes are nicely painted and does remind of the artstyle. Other part are painted mostly with a mate finish, except the hair.

Next is Ne-jyu. Long purple haired, with a lolita crown, elbow gloves, thigh highs, drinking a cocktail and a frilly nightgown again. I guess she hits my moe even more than Shantiti. There is some interesting detail about the gloves and the thigh highs. They have a glossy finish and they also casted some purple shadow on it. I don’t know if it’s usual but I assume that figurine normally can cast their own shadow, but here it might be for the lighting color, as in the illustration.

For a Tinkle fan like me, this set is more than I can hope. I didn’t expect one day to see a figurine from them, but here it’s. I was in love with the illustration, I’m in love with the figurine. It’s really a nice sculpture which is represent nicely their character design.  Also the little extra is really nice, since there was only an avatar sized available.

As for the photo… I think the batch I did on the starry night is a bit better. I lack some light on that white background, but I’m too poor to get a decent setup. I used a Canon IXUS 870, a point and shoot camera, with a custom firmware so that I have a better control of shutter time and flash intensity. And here is the lighting setup.

So, there is one lamp on the right, plus 2 reflectors on top and on the right, made from aluminum foil. Then 2 sheets of glossy paper, one mate, the starry background, a tripod, and not on the picture is a LED light torch which I used as another light source on the left. I used some white tape on my Flash and the light torch so as to diffuse light. I quite like the photo with the starry background. The white one lacks light; I should get an additional light for the left.