Tobecontinued - the mecha suit!

Clothing is considered as one of the basic needs of a man and if you're a geek and conscious of what type of shirt you wear everyday you might add Tobecontinued shirts to your wardrobe. Tobecontinued is a Philippine-based independent clothing store founded in January 2015. 

Most of the designs are inspired from the Japanese designs, mechas and pop culture. According to Niel Marcelino, owner of Tobecontinued, it started when he was a kid as he loves watching mecha animes such as Gundam, Macross and other 90's robot shows. As he grew up, he still have his passion for mecha animes. Now that he is a graphic artist and illustrator, he use his talent to put up the business and VOILA! Tobecontinued was born!

For the past few years, Tobecontinued participated from various events such as Rakrakan 2017 and Komikon to further reach out more fans. By February they will launch a new line featuring Star Wars Dark Side characters. I can't wait to see the final design of Kylo Ren!

Definitely a must have and don't forget to check them for more information and designs

Website: http://www.tbc15.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tobecontinuedapparel/

Twitter: @tbcapparel

Instagram: @tobecontinuedapparel

Photos used came from: https://www.facebook.com/tobecontinuedapparel/

Web swinging with Spidey

Last night I saw one shot done by Vernard Buce on his Facebook account with his mini plane and car. I asked him the behind the scenes so I could also try it today using my all-time favorite Marvel Legend figure, The Amazing Spider-Man! Unfortunately it's not the Pizza Spidey but this one is from the TASM 2 movie figure. Despite its eyesore waist problem I'm still digging this figure and I often use this as my subject in toy photography.

To get it started, I search first for a city with buildings that will served as my background. Then after deciding what to use, posing is next. What I love about toys is that you can pose any way you wanted to it's all up to your creativity to make it look nice and swag. 

I used blue tack to put Spidey in a gunpla stand so he can sustain the acrobatic pose that I did with his left hand in the front and ready to shoot his web. Last step is photo manipulation in Adobe Photoshop. I admit that I'm not fond of editing toy photos but tested it out and might as well improve my skills so I can create wonderful composite photos in the future. 

Here is the final output of the photo and I added web to make it look more realistic. Editing or post processing is one of the major fundamentals in photography and it might help bring out the potential of an ordinary photo. 

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Gundam Barbatos Lupus Rex

Mikazuki August's mobile suit will have its upgrade after battling Hashmal, an unmanned mobile armor that took many lives during the Calamity War. Barbatos was heavily damaged and eventually need a repair. Despite the anime' not giving any hints of its new appearance, Bandai already released photos of the new mobile suit in which they used parts of the Hashmal in upgrading Barbatos.

Designs looks cool for me despite the longer arms that may not look proportional. If you're familiar with Digimon, this new upgrade looks similar with Wargreymon because of the arms and feet. While some people don't like its design, we cannot tell how this suit will perform in the anime. Definite a must have for IBO fans.  

Release date: February 2017

Price: 1,512 Yen / 657 Pesos