[11 Oct 2024 12:43 PM]xcvxcv: miku backstage
[2:17 PM]TrianHard: Wait that looks like Mikunano if im not mistaken…
[7:54 PM]xcvxcv: yeah, maybe @Seibachan can confirm
[7:54 PM]xcvxcv: Also, wonder why the front comes off like that? Easier shipping maybe?
[8:31 PM]LevelUp.ErikJ: Source?
[8:32 PM]LevelUp.ErikJ: Definitely looks like Mikunano
[9:01 PM]Seibachan: Probably for cleaning/storage...lemme ask my contact
[12 Oct 2024 9:36 PM]roytam1: need more
[7:15 AM]Seibachan: Just asked the person - that's not the official mascot costume 
[7:16 AM]Seibachan: they did say it looks amazing tho
[8:37 AM]xcvxcv: here you go
[10:05 AM]xcvxcv: you know what, fuck it, @Admin kig me and I might hang out in video for a few
[10:23 AM]xcvxcv: mikunano at home:
[10:25 AM]xcvxcv: lol no
[10:25 AM]xcvxcv: it's a replica
[10:28 AM]Koyomi Soma: Wow. You’re committed. Even got those holes near the edge of her face.
[10:30 AM]xcvxcv: those are speed holes
[10:40 AM]roytam1: nice
[10:42 AM]roytam1: ah, thats why hair color is a bit different from official
[10:48 AM]roytam1: does her eyes get replicated as well?
[10:49 AM]xcvxcv: eyes were interesting to recreate
[10:51 AM]xcvxcv: I drew out the graphics, printed them onto transparencies, used a heat gun and a crude jig to dome them out (this took way too many tries), then put a piece of paper cut out to the white part underneath it
[10:51 AM]xcvxcv: and yes, my #1 motivation for making this was to do fake backstage pics lmao
[10:53 AM]xcvxcv: it almost worked until @/Seibachan's friend (who was an actual mikunano performer) spotted the difference 
[10:55 AM]billythepuppet6: @xcvxcv wanna get up and do some cute poses?
[10:59 AM]roytam1: hope your paper is waterproof
[11:00 AM]xcvxcv: from the inside it should be fine, there's another layer of plastic over the eyes
[11:58 AM]roytam1: so it is a plastic-paper-plastic layout? then it should be fine
[12:01 PM]roytam1: but for a double plastic eye I do wonder how is its vision (even the official one)
[12:03 PM]xcvxcv: for mine? it's transparent but very foggy, so seeing details is hard
[12:03 PM]xcvxcv: from what I was told the official one is even worse if anything
[12:05 PM]xcvxcv: in both cases, you get clearer vision through the slots above the eyes
[12:16 PM]roytam1: oh cool that matches my guessing
[1:42 PM]Dat one Josuke: Holy shit
[1:42 PM]Dat one Josuke: Miku Nano
[6:09 PM]Seibachan: That mask even got praise from the former mascot
[6:13 PM]roytam1: and BTW Mikunano's hada has 2 types: shiny and non-shiny. facehole is half(not widely open or eyeholes-only)
[24 Oct 2024 5:58 AM]LevelUp.ErikJ: Holy heck, that's amazing!
Any chance you'd be willing to share the model?
[5:59 AM]LevelUp.ErikJ: Wait, Seiba knows a Mikunano performer?
[5:59 AM]LevelUp.ErikJ: Seriously, that's awesome! Mikunano is what got me into kig.
[6:03 AM]xcvxcv: (Attached file nmkig-4-packed.blend)
[6:06 AM]LevelUp.ErikJ: Do I have to convert this into an STL or should it be ready to print?
[6:10 AM]xcvxcv: STLs
Attached file nmkig-4-back_final.stl
Attached file nmkig-4_front_final.stl
[6:10 AM]LevelUp.ErikJ: Ur awesome 😎
[6:12 AM]xcvxcv: FYI if you use the blender version: the scaling is off, after you export you will need to scale by a factor of 457.2x in the slicer to get the size I printed at
[6:12 AM]LevelUp.ErikJ: Probably gonna use the STLs. Any preferred method of assembling the pieces?
[6:15 AM]xcvxcv: It's really only a half mask, the back STL just contains a couple bands you can glue onto the head shell to make it sort of like a normal 3/4 head after you add some foam and the wig.
[6:16 AM]xcvxcv: I have a big 3d printer so I did the whole shell in one go, if yours is small you might need to split it up *edit: the front shell is ~250x290x140mm, so any 300mm class machine could print it 
[6:38 AM]Seibachan: Oh hey there
[6:38 AM]Seibachan: And yes
[6:41 AM]Seibachan: Yes I do know someone who once played Miku
6:41 AM]LevelUp.ErikJ: That's awesome. Did they ever tell you what it was like?
[6:42 AM]Seibachan: Yeah quite a bit
[6:45 AM]Seibachan: Lot of good experiences (expo shows, publicity events), how they got the position (agency), the costume (sounded well cared for, had two versions, they preferred the first one)
[6:46 AM]Seibachan: Lot more
[6:46 AM]Seibachan: Perhaps one day they'll speak here
[6:48 AM]LevelUp.ErikJ: That would be so awesome. As I was saying earlier, Mikunano was my introduction to kig, back in 2013 or so.
[6:48 AM]Seibachan: That was probably them playing Miku
[7:05 AM]LevelUp.ErikJ: Oh wow.
[7:06 AM]LevelUp.ErikJ: I was back in middle school back then, so that's how long I've been wanting a kigu.
[7:07 AM]LevelUp.ErikJ: I'd love it if they joined and talked about their experience as Mikunano.
[7:09 AM]Seibachan: One day maybe
[25 Oct 2024 12:09 AM]roytam1: I can't remember so I want to ask: does official mikunano ever go outside Japan?
[12:09 AM]Seibachan: I don't think she ever did