My Waifu's♥ SNK Girl Cosplay

i've been an amateur seamstress for
about ten years now, inspired to learn back in 2001,
when i got my first Anime doll, a 2001 issue
TOYNAMI Tenchi Muyo Princess Ayeka.

ten years on, i have replaced her with my true
Anime Waifu; Lady Shaorin Shichiri from the Anime/Manga
series "Mamotte Shugogetten"

i have also learned a lot along the way,
to the point where today i figure i'm basically
semi-professional.

one of the last things i made was a costume closely
based off of Miss Akari Ichijou's from "THE LAST BLADE"

earlier in 2009 i had also made one based off of
Miss Nako's, as well;













i have a DEVIANT ART page; feel free to drop by!!


http://shaorin-chan.deviantart.com

Sorry, but I look at that and the word that springs to mind is "RealDoll." Kinda gross.

Cool stuff, and I have to say it's nice to see some real diversity in art disciplines showing up in the NG.com creative forum. The gloves on Nakoruru's outfit are too big (and should be fingerless--although I have to say that would be a tricky affair to do at this scale), but other than that, I think you did a good job on it. Your work on Akari's outfit is the superior product in my opinion. You should consider giving her some paper talismans (and maybe some little demon buddies) to go along with the cleansing rod accessory.

I dabbled in customizing Barbie dolls a bit back-in-the-day (I made Vice & Mature and Yuki Barbie customs, amongst others), but ultimately gave up on that to pursue sculpting completely from scratch. I also made my dolls' outfits from scratch, but my sewing work is mediocre at best.

Anyway, thanks for sharing, and I hope you do some more SNK ladies in the future.

I have this idea that your voice sounds like Jame Gumb.

I have no idea what this person is talking about. Wife? "Lady"? "Miss"?

Radar going off.

ForeverSublime said:

I have no idea what this person is talking about. Wife? "Lady"? "Miss"?

Radar going off.

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http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=waifu

this thread is seriously creepy. like neighbor down the street who never cuts the grass and has the blinds drawn shut at all times creepy.

SamuraiShodownSensei said:

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http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=waifu

this thread is seriously creepy. like neighbor down the street who never cuts the grass and has the blinds drawn shut at all times creepy.

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I knew a guy who was married to his cat. . . wore a ring and everything. That guy - no, no radar going off.

I think all sites of person to person interaction (forums, auctions, etc) should have to disclose whether a member is a registered sex offender.

ForeverSublime said:

I knew a guy who was married to his cat. . . wore a ring and everything. That guy - no, no radar going off.

I think all sites of person to person interaction (forums, auctions, etc) should have to disclose whether a member is a registered sex offender.

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a guy wants to collect dolls, that's one thing. there's plenty of people here that have game related statues and stuff. but when you start refering to fictional characters with terms of endearment and play dress up, that's a whole different ball game.

I wonder if he was ever unwillingly made into someones waifu at some point in his childhood.

He better be, I don't know what else could do this to a grown man.

M said:

Cool stuff, and I have to say it's nice to see some real diversity in art disciplines showing up in the NG.com creative forum. The gloves on Nakoruru's outfit are too big (and should be fingerless--although I have to say that would be a tricky affair to do at this scale), but other than that, I think you did a good job on it. Your work on Akari's outfit is the superior product in my opinion. You should consider giving her some paper talismans (and maybe some little demon buddies) to go along with the cleansing rod accessory.

I dabbled in customizing Barbie dolls a bit back-in-the-day (I made Vice & Mature and Yuki Barbie customs, amongst others), but ultimately gave up on that to pursue sculpting completely from scratch. I also made my dolls' outfits from scratch, but my sewing work is mediocre at best.

Anyway, thanks for sharing, and I hope you do some more SNK ladies in the future.

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thank you. actually, i made her gloves that way on purpose,
as i actually prefer them that way. just as is with several other details
of the costume.

i stayed closer to the source design with
the Akari costume, as i didn't really find all that much to fault in it.
i believe i might have gotten a couple of details a little wrong,
but all and all i think that it is basically spot on.


now, about the "Waifu" bit.
yes i am free, white, single and over 21.
i understand fully that Shaorin is a fictional character.
however, i consider her my fantasy dream girl.
i like to call her my "Waifu" as a way of illustrating that fact.

what i cannot seem to grasp is the typical American psyche.
say i was to have posted some random sexy female hollywood celebrity,
or hot PLAYBOY girl or something.

in all likelyhood i would have had a thread packed with
numerous responses by a pack of horny wolves.

now say i was to have posted
pics of a doll of an Anime girl i own that i'm
especially fond of, and display my pride in
the scale clothing i made for her.

evidently, i would have gotten endlessly tarred and feathered,
whilst being called foul names and being accused under the table
of being a SEX OFFENDER.

now then, think about it;
does that really seem fair?

is dreaming of some celebrity that you will likely never see
once in reality in your entire life any more real or respectable
than having a crush on an Anime girl?

...Say what you Will, i've said my Piece...

Actually to dispel any feelings of unfairness, I have a friend that likes to crush on celebrities and models and I find it almost as ridiculous as this.

So unless you're wheelchair bound, or hideous, I'm going to tell you what I tell everyone: get a gym membership. Talk to some ladies.


Just don't let the waifu find out.

unless you're making little paper dolls of said celebrity and cutting outfits out of glamour magazine to play dress up with them, then no. thinking of a real human being, is way less creepy than the crazy shit you get your jollies off to.

Master Tasuke said:

i've been an amateur seamstress for about ten years now...

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Without getting in to anything else, I think the word you might be searching for here is "Seamster" or "Tailor".

Just sayin'.

Master Tasuke said:

is dreaming of some celebrity that you will likely never see once in reality in your entire life any more real or respectable than having a crush on an Anime girl?

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Not at all. It's all masturbatory fodder. Get your rocks off however works for you. However, collecting pictures and clipping articles of some celebrity is creepy, obsessive behavior. Being (if only technically) an adult and dressing up a doll as various anime and game characters and referring to it as your wife (yes, wife) is also creepy, obsessive behavior.

Posting pictures of either hobby on the internet is only going to get you negative attention.

And unless you're speaking actual Japanese or, at the absolute least, trying to communicate an actual Japanese word or name in the Roman alphabet, stop with the Romaji. It only adds "major weeaboo" into the "creepy and obsessive" mix.

Either way. Go soak up some English literature and find some worthwhile, non-Asian cinema to remind yourself that not all entertainment has to be frantically melodramatic to be worthwhile. Otherwise, in ten years' time, you'll look back at this point in your life and wonder what the hell you were thinking. And just in case you listen to j-pop, stop it. Study a touch of music theory and learn what "scansion" means, and figure out how it applies to Japanese pop melodies and vocals. You'll never look back.

Master Tasuke said:

is dreaming of some 14 year old celebrity that you will likely never see
once in reality in your entire life any more real or respectable
than having a crush on an Anime girl?

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Fixed... and no, it's exactly the same as what you are now doing.

Corky Mk. II

Master Tasuke said:

what i cannot seem to grasp is the typical American psyche.
say i was to have posted some random sexy female hollywood celebrity,
or hot PLAYBOY girl or something.

in all likelyhood i would have had a thread packed with
numerous responses by a pack of horny wolves.

now say i was to have posted
pics of a doll of an Anime girl i own that i'm
especially fond of, and display my pride in
the scale clothing i made for her.

evidently, i would have gotten endlessly tarred and feathered,
whilst being called foul names and being accused under the table
of being a SEX OFFENDER.

now then, think about it;
does that really seem fair?

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If you had called a real celebrity lady your 'waifu' we'd still think you're an idiot.

Uh, no offense. Just saying.

Waifu sounds like a japanese cookie.

The fact that you sew custom clothes for a doll is in fact creepy. The fact that you hold said doll in some sort of fantasy idol status is well beyond creepy.

Terry330 said:

Waifu sounds like a japanese cookie.

The fact that you sew custom clothes for a doll is in fact creepy. The fact that you hold said doll in some sort of fantasy idol status is well beyond creepy.

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Like you and your robots, faggot?

TonK said:

Like you and your robots, faggot?

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You know you're jealous Mike.

It's okay though.

as uncomfortable as I think of you calling a doll your 'waifu'
I can appreciate the sewing job there.
One of these days I need to get hold of a decent sewing machine.

i have come to understand that
my penchant toward cute Anime girls
tends to bother many of this site's member base.


please read this and try to understand me a little better:


i grew up a fairly normal red-blooded 1980's american boy's childhood,
save for an often abusive father that was rather manic-depressive.

as he was a movie-a-holic, i got to see many movies along the way, all at a young, tender age.
from TERMINATOR, PREDATOR and ROBOCOP to the ALIEN films, you name it, i saw it, all mostly violent.
many of those movies i still to this day consider good, classic cinema, worthy
of ownership on DVD, LASERDISC and VHS. all very enjoyable, especially under an adult's more critical eye.

THE ANDROMEDA STRAIN (1970) has been one of my all time faves
since i was around ten or so, in fact.

i've built many japanese mecha models in the last fifteen years,
the last being the 1/60 BANDAI PERFECT GRADE ZETA GUNDAM,
just a couple of months ago.

about ten years ago, around 2000/2001 or so,
it hit me, like a ton of bricks, just how much that that very special
form of supreme artistic beauty that is the woman
was missing from my life.

coincidentally, the "Moe" Cute Girl sub-genre was starting to pick up
serious steam in the U.S. and in Japan around that same time.

i had liked Anime since 1994 or so, getting into it via ROBOTECH/MACROSS,
and up until the millennium, MECHA was what Anime to me was all about, nothing more or less.
then came the irresistible sweetness of cute Anime girls. life was not the same.

i'll be frank here; it's much different, and goes much deeper than some simple
"dirty-old-man-gets-his-rocks-off-on-some-cute-chick"
concept. maybe i'm just not much of a realist,
but the way i see it, is that this "Moe"
artform is a very special thing when seen at it's best;
a beautiful form of art blessed with it's own innate soul
that can come straight into your heart and warm it
like nothing else, save for a good, loving special woman (Wife) in your life.
it can light your soul, if you allow it to.

happiness is a VERY elusive thing on this cursed planet.
the japanese seem to understand that very well indeed.

this is a miserable world, in which a smile comes VERY hard.
i believe that the sunnier side of Anime was created in an attempt
to address just that. it may not be real, but neither is RYO beating the
stuffing out of MR. KING. hate begets hate, violence begets violence.

video games are wonderfully good fun. even SNK fighting games.

still, is love, peace and happiness really such a sinful thing?

Please, think about it with an open mind...

Master Tasuke said:

look, guys, i'm really not as bad as you all seem to think.

this is all in good imaginative creative fun.
everyone has their own life, their own childhood,
that sculpts them into what they are as an adult.
don't jump to conclusions about someone until
you've walked a mile in their shoes.

FYI;

i grew up a fairly normal red-blooded american boy's childhood,
seeing many movies along the way, at a young, tender age,
from TERMINATOR, PREDATOR and ROBOCOP to the ALIEN films, you name it, mostly violent.
many of those movies i still to this day consider good, classic cinema, worthy
of ownership on DVD, LASERDISC and VHS. all very enjoyable, especially under an adult's more critical eye.

THE ANDROMEDA STRAIN (1970) has been one of my all time faves
since i was around ten or so, in fact.

i've built many japanese mecha models in the last fifteen years,
the last being the 1/60 BANDAI PERFECT GRADE ZETA GUNDAM,
just a couple of months ago.

about ten years ago, around 2000/2001 or so,
it hit me, like a ton of bricks, just how much that that very special
form of supreme artistic beauty that is the woman
was missing from my life.

coincidentally, the "Moe" Cute Girl sub-genre was starting to pick up
serious steam in the U.S. and in Japan around that same time.

i had liked Anime since 1994 or so, getting into it via ROBOTECH/MACROSS,
and up until the millennium, MECHA was what Anime to me was all about.
then came the irresistible sweetness of cute Anime girls. life was not the same.

i'll be frank here; it's much different, anes goes much deeper than some simple
"dirty-old-man-gets-his-rocks-off-on-some-cute-chick"
concept. maybe i'm just not much of a realist,
but the way i see it, is that this "Moe"
artform is a very special thing when seen at it's best;
a beautiful form of art blessed with it's own innate soul
that can come straight into your heart and warm it
like nothing else, save for a good, loving special woman (Wife) in your life.
it can light your soul, if you allow it to.

happiness is a VERY elusive thing on this cursed planet.
the japanese seem to understand that very well indeed.

this is a miserable world, in which a smile comes VERY hard.
i believe that the sunnier side of Anime was created in an attempt
to address just that. it may not be real, but neither is RYO beating the
stuffing out of MR. KING. hate begets hate, violence begets violence.

video games are wonderfully fun, but is love, peace and happiness
really such a sinful thing?


Please, think about it...

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I kinda understand your point, but please realize that some people think of it as weird. Ok?

Master Tasuke said:

look, guys, i'm really not as bad as you all seem to think.

Please, think about it...

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Welcome to teh Drama

This is the most action in Creative in a long time.

Customing consoles was one thing, but if you can't see how most are finding this a little creepy...

Take solace in the fact that many creative people are creepy.

Pursue your talents and, with a little luck, you may be as famous as Michael Jackson

synbiosfan said:

Welcome to teh Drama

This is the most action in Creative in a long time.

Customing consoles was one thing, but if you can't see how most are finding this a little creepy...

Take solace in the fact that many creative people are creepy.

Pursue your talents and, with a little luck, you may be as famous as Michael Jackson

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yes,

he was a fantastic talent at his peak, with an excellent band backing him.
THRILLER remains one of the single greatest albums of all time.
he ended up his own worst enemy, though.
seems like he was a pretty good posthumous object lesson, if nothing else...

This thread blew my mind.