Last Saturday I went to the Algarve’s International Racetrack, known here as AIA, to watch the final of the International GT Open, because life is not only made of anime, we need to diverse . Ferraris F430, Porsches 911, Aston Martins DB9 and others (I think I saw a couple Hondas S2000) were all racing against each other. The noise was amazing, really loud, it was my first time watching a live race. To bad the stages were almost empty, I think the problem was that the race was barely promoted, I only knew about it after going to the racetrack webpage. The price was really great, 10€ for the 3 days (Friday, Saturday, Sunday) and it was not only GT Open, there was also classic races, Formula Renault 2.0 and others. It was really great watching the races, the racetrack is currently working really hard so that we can get the Formula 1 next year, if that happens I’ll make my reservation immediately ^_^ . This was also my first time photographing high speed moving objects, it was really tough specially with the GT cars cause they went really fast and my camera sucks at isos above 200.
Today I got in the mail Agarest Senki for the PS3 which I had pre-ordered some months ago in order to get a big discount. Of course after I knew there was going to a Collectors Edition for Europe with an art book, characters card and poster I had to make my order. For those that do not know Agarest Generations of War (western name), this is a strategy JRPG, with a battle grid, combination attacks, special skills and so on, the game also has some dating sim gameplay so that our generation continues as in getting married to the girl you choose (lol). When I started playing, the first thing that came into mind was Cross Edge, the menus are the same thing (the game makers are the same) but the battle system is was more simple, plus we can bring six characters into battle.
Damn space traffic. It was total chaos to get into the Macross Frontier docking bay that day. After the war with the Vajra, the Macross Frontier managed to get back into space, everything was back to normal hence the traffic. That day was the return of the Galaxy Fairy to the stages and I was late because of the damn traffic. I thought I was going to miss the concert of Sheryl Nome and Ranka Lee. Thankfully I arrived just in time (10 minutes late) to watch the beginning of the concert. This was a concert I did not want to miss. It totally blew my mind away with sound, voices, special effects, you name it, it was the concert of the century. With the backstage ticket in my hand I managed to get a private talk with the Galaxy Fairy herself. After showing her my work she volunteered immediately for a private photo shoot. I must say it was an honour to shoot the Galaxy Fairy and what a great cooperative model she was.
As I mentioned in my last post I was really lucky to get a figure of Sheryl Nome, I don’t know what I would do if I didn’t managed to get her (now that sounded really geeky). Of all my figures Sheryl is clearly on my top list, not onlybecause she’s a great figure but she is my favourite anime characterever. She was a little pushy at the beginning of the series but I knew she had to revert to a good side, her character was simply to gorgeous to be a push over through the entire series. Every Macross Frontier fan should get this figure.
Here is the 2nd edition of Black and White pictures. From now on I’ll keep making these posts of black and white pictures that I take from figures. Tried it with mobile suits but it didn’t come out that well, will need to test various things on them.
Got a new lamp from Ikea (this one), its a very nice desk lamp, and to complement it also bought a 4200k light bulb and the color balance is very good. Will need to get another one for a second light source.
Perhaps one day I’ll compile all of my B&W pictures and print them into a book, but for now I’m content with the few ones I take from time to time.
Yesterday I received Sheryl Nome from MegaHouse, managed to get one from the quick re-stock of HobbySearch. Was really lucky to get one, because minutes after I made my order she got out of stock. So I’ll be making her photo shoot very soon.
One of the dreams of many Gundam fans has come true, an official Gundam video has been released containing all of the major Gundams from the series since 1979 till today and beyond. It’s really a nice video , so Gundam fans enjoy ^_^
Once again, happy birthday Gundam.
Finished MG Musha Gundam after lots of work and painting some areas with a gold, silver and black marker. Really like this kit because its design is completely different from the rest. A samurai Gundam, what else could you ask for. I have no intentions of taking more pictures now because I want an action base to make all the poses I want and also need to get some gloves in order to move it because of the gold paint. Here are a couple pictures.
. Ferraris F430, Porsches 911, Aston Martins DB9 and others (I think I saw a couple Hondas S2000) were all racing against each other. The noise was amazing, really loud, it was my first time watching a live race. To bad the stages were almost empty, I think the problem was that the race was barely promoted, I only knew about it after going to the racetrack webpage. The price was really great, 10€ for the 3 days (Friday, Saturday, Sunday) and it was not only GT Open, there was also classic races, Formula Renault 2.0 and others. It was really great watching the races, the racetrack is currently working really hard so that we can get the Formula 1 next year, if that happens I’ll make my reservation immediately ^_^ . This was also my first time photographing high speed moving objects, it was really tough specially with the GT cars cause they went really fast 
and my camera sucks at isos above 200.
