It’s that time of year again
Couple of questions for my followers regarding a certain convention coming up in August:
I can’t this year, but I’ll signal boost, just in case someone else can help.
chicken-in-a-basket said
yeah but like, in general, she’s just basically serving a plot device for younger (at the time of airing) viewers who needed to be told “Amuro has PTSD”. Beltorchika’s existance basically violates the no.1 rule of SHOW DON’T TELL
Amuro wasn’t a big character in Zeta, so they didn’t have time for that.
She isn’t a bad character for that alone. Granted, I feel like Beltorchika and at least a half dozen other characters needed some fleshing out before throwing them in; (like Scirroco for example) but we don’t always get what we want, do we?. I suspect using her this way is also a product of Tomino’s ‘Hurr Durr how does I woman?!?’ Because; lets face it, none of Zeta’s women are utilized to their full potential.
Can we talk about Beltorchika Irma a sec?
I mean, look at this babe-
Why do we never talk about her?
Yes, she isn’t a pilot.
Yes, you COULD argue she’s ‘not important’.
But you know what?
She stood on a fucking roof top and filmed a damn MS battle, and didn’t run or cry even when shit hit the building she was standing on.
I mean fucking look at her-
Cutie.
I Swear to GLOB I’ve seen GQ mention this redubbed PSA at least twice now-
These redubs made it; just barely, onto their list of ‘50 funniest things on the Internet’ at # 50.
しなければいけません
It got me.
Amuro, turn yo’ sass level down
Reblogging because I rarely see Beltorchika on my dash.
Just heard it on NPR-
Yahoo’s board has approved the acquisition of Tumblr.
Tumblr isn’t saying anything yet.
Guess we’ll have to wait and see.
Fabric paint removal
PLEASE TEST THIS METHOD BEFORE USING IT ON THE ACTUAL GARMENT.
Whilst painting my cosplay I smudged the paint and it was rather noticeable… trust me when I say that I went crazy and panicked a lot. I looked up how to remove it on google and there were very few helpful answers. I tried the suggestions first on a scrap piece of fabric (see above):
- Water and soap: This did virtually nothing, as I’d hoped. At least I’m safe if it rains.
- Hairspray: this was widely suggested to aid the removal, lifting the paint off the garment. To me it looked like it enhanced the brightness of the colour, diluted the paint and just moved it around a bit.
- Nail varnish remover: Suggested due to the acetone in it. This did help a little but it smudged the colour a lot.
Next I tried two not suggested but possible candidates for the job:
- Stain remover: This weakened the colour a little but no where near as much as was needed.
- Non-toxic clean spirit: Hallelujah! This worked a charm and I am utterly amazed at how well it did. This stuff is brilliant!
I use white spirit to clean my paintbrushes when acrylics dry out and with oil paints and it’s brilliant so I thought it a logical attempt. We didn’t have any, instead we had this brilliant substitute. It smells a lot less and is still just as effective in paint cleaning apparently. Here’s what I did:
- I poured a small amount in to a shallow bowl and cut a sponge-scourer so it wouldn’t touch the parts I didn’t want it to.
- Using this I scrubbed at the part I wanted removed for quite a while. Whilst being fairly firm with it you also need to take care of the fabric as the rough surface can damage it.
- I used both the spongey and scourer sides with the spirit and then used the spongey side with water on both stains.
- I used a hair dryer to dry the water/spirit and it looked good as new!
Considering I had tried to hide the smudge in between the rings with a bit of acrylic paint (0/10 do not recommend) it removed that too, although it took a little more work. I am thoroughly ecstatic with the results, it looks like nothing ever went wrong!
The paint I was using was a Dylon fabric paint, I recommend using it; it goes a long way, is smooth to paint with and the colours are extremely vibrant!
The fabric I was painting on was a suiting. This means it was quite a heavy weight fabric and was’t too stretchy, linen based. Test on a scrap before attempting on the actual mistake.
Spread this information around so people do not have to suffer the time consuming consequence of failing to improve it’s state and remaking the outfit.
