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Karan's Bakery / Re: No.6 cosplay
« on: May 25, 2014, 01:36:41 am »
Alright, here's the Nezumi ponytail tutorial!

http://weiselzelle.tumblr.com/post/86768354179/styling-nezumis-darn-ponytail

 I'd like to redo my pictures for it after I'm done with Shion's scar and when I don't have this headache I've had for two weeks now... But we'll see! I hope it explains enough and I'm more than happy to answer any questions.

@dragonflame185: I can help find some wigs for you on eBay and message those links to you tomorrow no problem. Also I should be able to stop by a fabric store on Wednesday so I'll do some fabric searching there then.

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Forest Garden / Re: Chat thread :)
« on: May 19, 2014, 09:48:11 pm »
I move at least once a year so all of my stuff fits in my car. If something doesn't fit, I don't need it! My dresser is actually plastic boxes that snap together and I use those for packing most of my things. Aside from the big things like my sewing machine, tool box, instruments, and blankets, most of my stuff fits in those six boxes. I really love the feeling of being able to just pick up and move in one go with just my car. ...Which I've done quite a few times.

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Karan's Bakery / Re: No.6 cosplay
« on: May 19, 2014, 09:48:43 am »
ARGH still no wifi! And I live in a tiny town so it's not an option to mooch wifi from a Starbucks or anything. I'm still pretty sure I can't post pictures from my phone here... I don't think I can just make a tumblr post and put a link here, but I'll try anyway.

But to at least explain some things that I WILL be posting here, I'll be showing how to style Nezumi's hair at a minimal cost and then showing two ways to make Shion's scar relatively cheaply.

As for fabric for Nezumi's scarf, I'd recommend something a little heavier that still has a little bit of drape to it. If I manage to get to a fabric store sometime, I'll pick out a few specific materials that will work well. Also my tip for the actual shape of the scarf is to not cut it into the square shape it is in the anime. It'll be a lot less bulky if you fold the material in half and instead of cutting it into a right triangle, make it an elongated triangle. Then that's less fabric piled up in front of you and it's easier to tie. Sorry, Nezumi. Your design is once again only possible with anime physics.

For wigs, I pretty much always go to eBay. All of my No.6 cosplay wigs are from various sellers on eBay, which includes Shion, Nezumi, Inukashi, and Eve. If you need any help finding what you want on there, I can help with that, too.

So today I'll try to get something figured out for posting, though I can't promise anything... The whole wifi thing is just plain ridiculous by this point. The last time I didn't have any connection here was nearly a year ago.

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The Theater / Re: young&beautiful. [AMV]
« on: May 17, 2014, 07:41:35 am »
I'm really hoping this didn't actually happen but I might have accidentally hit the "report to moderator" button with my clumsy thumbs on my phone trying to get back to the page before. I'm really sorry of that actually went through!

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Karan's Bakery / Re: No.6 cosplay
« on: May 15, 2014, 06:27:43 pm »
So I totally got my Nezumi wig process documented and I'm planning on doing the Shion scar process soon... But guess who's roommate didn't pay the internet bill?! So posting will have to wait until tomorrow night when I can use wifi from elsewhere. Also I was planning on doing my Shion scar stuff tonight but it just started storming here so I'm probably going to lose power at some point soon which means no light to use.

But hey, wearing my newly styled Nezumi wig yesterday was fun!

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Karan's Bakery / Re: No. 6 music
« on: May 14, 2014, 04:30:38 pm »
So I've got 40+ hours of driving to do in less than a month and I've been making playlists for the trip... I don't know if making a NezuShi playlist from all of your contributions would be a fantastic or terrible idea. Everything is so beautiful, but I also don't want to cry while driving.

I'll probably end up doing it anyway. Just keep adding to this thread until I have at least 20 hours of music.

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Latch Building / Re: Rikiga- what are you doing, man?
« on: May 14, 2014, 04:19:36 pm »
I'm always interested in why people have certain vices, so I'm going to talk about Rikiga's alcoholism.

I think I can understand why he's constantly drunk. I mean, how many times is he actually sober compared to being drunk in the novels? Anyway, it's definitely an escape. He's clearly not happy with his life, but I can imagine he's not willing to change his ways based on the thought "but what else is going to reliably bring me enough income?" He's good with business, that's for sure, and the most profitable businesses in the West Block are generally the least savory. So with his business mindset, he'd of course keep doing that kind of work as long as it's profitable. He doesn't want to give up that stability of knowing he'll be living comfortably the next day, week, month, year... But he knows what he's doing is incredibly immoral. And I think he knows he should stop, but he also knows he's too much of a coward to give up his own stability for the sake of following ideals, especially when no one else around him is doing that. So he keeps playing the game he hates so much despite himself. He's intelligent enough to look at his own life and see exactly that this is all happening, but doesn't have the courage to change it. And so he drinks to cope.

It seems like a ridiculous thing to do from an outside perspective, but it's not something a person just immediately decides to do. It's not a matter of "I think I'm going to get completely plastered every single day," but rather a habit that starts out small. "I'll have a drink after I get this awful task done." "Today's been rough, so I'll have a drink." "I'm stressed out, but a drink should help me relax." "I'm unhappy right now so I'll just have a few drinks to cheer up a little." So those little thoughts apply themselves more and more until it goes from being an occasional activity to a daily habit.

Writing this out, I can just imagine Rikiga falling into this cycle. He probably drank socially when he was a lot younger, like a fair amount of people do. And then as things started changing in No.6 in worrying ways, he probably had some tricky and even risky reports to make while getting around the city's new policies. I can see Rikiga treating himself to a few drinks once he's gotten through some of those jobs. And with the newspaper he worked for going out of business, that probably brought on more drinking. It likely took some time to decline into failure and I imagine Rikiga tried his best not to let it happen considering that his job was at stake. Fighting to keep your job in a hopeless fight is pretty stressful, but a few drinks would take the edge off of it, right?

...I think you all can see where this is going. By the time he started doing business on his own, alcohol was maybe even a part of his daily life. He probably continued using it as a crutch while he got himself established, and once he was making a sound living for himself, he definitely had to be drinking every day. Not only did he have the means to support the habit, but he had the reason to keep the habit. He's not an evil person. He could see how wrong it was to be making a profit the way he was. But drinking helps with the unhappiness, so... Yeah. He's gotten to the point of having a glass of booze to wash down his breakfast every morning.

And the whole deal with Karan? My theory on it is that he sees Karan as the epitome of a "good" person. It likely started as a sort of crush when they were younger, but grew into something more when everything else around Rikiga got uglier and uglier. Karan remained in his memories as a good person, and that stood out from the horrible things and people around him. So to him, this woman he had a thing for before has become the last good thing in his life, even if he hasn't seen her for years and years, and he probably doesn't want to think of her as any less than that. So with everything said before about the alcoholism and the realization of his own wrongdoings, I think Rikiga hates himself to some level. But if Karan would accept him, if someone purely good could love him, it'd mean he wasn't actually a bad person, right? Having Karan love him would be his delusional salvation.

As for Shion, it's definitely all because of Karan at first. But I think over time, Shion has just sort of made his way into Rikiga's heart a little just like he has for Inukashi (and a lot for Nezumi) simply because of his nature.

Well, that's my thoughts on it all for now. Maybe I'll think of more later.

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The Theater / Re: AMV that got me into No. 6
« on: May 14, 2014, 03:02:36 pm »
I rarely watch AMVs (mainly because I have a very difficult time staying still to listen and watch and my mind wanders off in the middle of everything and I miss what I'm supposed to be paying attention to), but wow, I really love this. A lot.

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Karan's Bakery / Re: No.6 cosplay
« on: May 14, 2014, 01:40:23 pm »
I'm definitely going to answer your questions, but I want to make sure I do an accurate and thorough job of it, so I'll be posting everything probably tonight once I properly document everything (since just following text is trickier than having pictures to help, especially when it's something like cosplay where it's entirely about visuals). So I'll be back later with all kinds of answers! I now have a mission today! I'm actually ridiculously excited to do this.

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Karan's Bakery / No.6 cosplay
« on: May 14, 2014, 12:49:34 pm »
I'll admit, I can talk about cosplay all day long, and cosplaying No.6 characters is one of my favorite things to do. So if anyone else has a passion for cosplay, wants to cosplay, or even has questions about cosplay, let's talk about it here! I'm also happy to answer any questions or at least point you in the right direction about No.6 cosplay specific things, like how to keep your Nezumi ponytail sticking up all day, how to make your superfiber scarf from looking bulky, where to get the wigs and contacts you need, how on earth Eve's dress is actually constructed, how the heck do you even put Shion's mark on your body without getting it all over your clothes...

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Karan's Bakery / Re: No. 6 music
« on: May 12, 2014, 08:09:02 pm »
I actually don't have any covers done yet, but everyone in my apartment left this weekend so I have the whole place to myself which means all the recording I want...

If no one else makes that thread before I have something to share, I'll start that. But at the moment, I've got nothing.

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Forest Garden / Re: About you and everyone!
« on: May 12, 2014, 07:56:56 pm »
@secretagentfan: A TEXAN! I know that's a huge state, but I have to ask, are you by chance going to A-Kon next month?

...I'm going to be Eve there. Probably the smallest and sassiest Eve in all of Texas.

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Karan's Bakery / Re: No. 6 music
« on: May 12, 2014, 07:52:02 pm »
This is just forever my NezuShi song.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5AiSrCPvpco

And this song fits pretty close and I'm pretty sure I cried the first five times I listened to this song. And right now. I just started crying right now. Shoot.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzfU2VcVi9s

Also, what about a place to put covers of No.6 music? Can that go here, too?

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Forest Garden / Re: Chat thread :)
« on: May 12, 2014, 06:39:42 pm »
I figure this is a good time for me to throw in some of my own experiences since I've had quite a few jobs considering my age. Only two of them had a formal interview before I was hired, which was a bit stressful... I'm actually pretty good at interviews since I've done a lot of academic competitions in high school that required that skill, plus I smile a lot when I'm nervous, so it's hard for anyone else to tell that I'm internally freaking out. But what I've found for really stressful situations that make me sick with nerves, doing something right before that is easy and fun for you helps! Right before my jury in December (where I had to play my euphonium in front of four music professors who know more about my instrument than I ever will and they decide if I get to stay in the music program at the university), I hula hooped outside the room for the ten minutes before I had to go inside. Usually playing in front of anyone makes me panic enough that I can't breathe and sometimes start crying, but I totally nailed it that time. All the professors scoring me were surprised by how well I did and my teacher was super happy with me. I don't know what would make you mentally chill out like hula hooping does for me, but it's the general concept that matters. Also the breathe in for four seconds, hold it for seven seconds, exhale for eight seconds trick works really well, too, if you're getting really anxious.

My very first job was at a bakery my English teacher's family ran and I happened to get that job when he asked my friend if she'd be interested in working for them. My very first day of work was my interview itself and involved selling baked goods at a farmers' market. I had to pick up on doing fast mental math which scared me a lot at first, but I got the hang of it! That was one of my favorite jobs, but my first job with a larger company that required a formal interview was at Target. It was a reliable way to get income, but I personally got tired of it pretty fast. My fourth job was my favorite, which was baking treats for a coffee shop. I got to schedule my own hours just as long as it was when the place was closed and I got everything done. Since I was working two other jobs with set hours then, there were a lot of 2AM baking sessions. That's the only job I was really sad to quit.

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Forest Garden / Re: Chat thread :)
« on: May 12, 2014, 05:19:19 pm »
@sshion: I just worry since I feel like a lot of times I get comfortable with people way too fast and get carried away and everyone else is like "god, what have we done...?"

So someone please tell me if I start crossing any lines. I've already ruined a few potential friendships by being too forward or open and I really don't want to do that anymore.

Okay, I'll try to stop with the awkwardness and insecurity over here.

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