The lighting effects are so ghetto that I’m embarrassed to show them, but here is a picture of what the setup looked like. Basically it’s just two lamps, one shining from above with some construction paper wrapped around it to block some of the light from reaching the background, and a second light off to the left shining towards Haruhi’s right side. The little column of lights is an LED light strip, a leftover from when I put some lights in my Detolf display case. In the picture, I have it suspended in the air via some string and the power cable; after taking a few pictures, I decided this wasn’t going to be very practical since the string and wire were going to be visible on low-angle shots and I didn’t want to have to Photoshop them out of all those pictures, so I positioned it vertically and taped it to the top of my desk. One big reason why the shots are so dark and why I’m using such a thin depth of field for my pictures here (besides the dramatic effect) is to obscure all of this ghetto-ness.

This Haruhi is very nice. But, I’ve gotta agree with Guy. I prefer the punk-rock chick version better.

Also, I like your lighting effects very much. Maybe you can start a tutorial on those too.

>> Lylibellule
Thanks XD I wish I had more lights and maybe a star filter for my camera to make the background a bit more exciting.

I didn’t know that her stockings was in a true material just like those of Freeing. A good point.

The “Show” effect can be felt on your shots. Good job.

I do like Yuki too, and it’s a bit of a shame that there’s no Yuki counterpart to this particular Haruhi. I have this thing for the quiet girls. I think a figure of bunny Yuki sitting in a chair while reading a book with a “Why the hell are you bothering me?” face would be pretty cute.

>> gundamjehutykai
It doesn’t seem like too many people bought it, Tsuki-board shows about 50 people listed as owning the black and white versions, versus, uhh, 240 for the Max Factory one. That’s too bad, since this figure probably has the most mainstream appeal of any figure Daiki Kougyou’s ever made.

Yeah, the front view is by far the best. I do like the way she looks from other angles just because her legs are sculpted so well. The sculptor ought to get a gold medal for doing such a fantastic job on them.

>> Guy
I passed on that one at the time, but if I could find it at a decent price, I might pick it up. I actually like this Haruhi figure better; the MF one has her face locked in this clownish scream, which I find to be a bit scary.