Kamen Rider Kiva - VERSION UPPU! |
[Feb. 21st, 2009|05:39 pm]
KYQ
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Hello folks, how's it going?
I've been shit :D but all is not lost! As the likelihood of using Kiva again for Cosfest is pretty high, I decided to upgrade my belt. That means, I got a custom 'adult belt' kit from good ol' HK/Yahoo.jp auctions. Here's a comparison
 Kivat Belt Ver 2.0
 As you can see, the new belt is made of a much nicer, plastic/fibreglass(?) material that's painted metallic red. Looks more show accurate and awesome, and of course, it has the chains!
 The new belt also accomodates the DX Kivat, which means I have a Kivat that can talk, light up, and of course, give me access to all the SPECIAL MOVESSS!!!11one.
Also, he's not as flat as a pancake like my prop belt.
 Lookit ze chains!!111one Excuse the droopy belt, it needs a fair bit of futzing and adjusting, and it's obviously still too large here. I actually had to puff my stomach out so it wouldn't totally fall off XD. Oh, and excuse my butt too. Yeah


 The old belt. Kivat on it looks decent enough from the front, especially his eyes. However, I never was satisfied with how flat Kivat himself looked from every other angle, nor was I satisfied with how plain the belt itself looked. Having the eyes always red was nice, but the molded in fuestles (whistles) were a bummer.
 The back of the old belt. Just doesn't look as good as a whole package.
In short?
Belt Ver 2.0 Pros Metallic red colour looks great Chains add show accurate detail Plastic/Fibreglass material and chains add a satisfying jiggle whenever I move (which is very Kiva-esque, woot) Access to the DX Kivat's electronic sounds and speech (Can you say... WAKE UP IRL?) Smaller sized Kivat is actually a better scale for me
Cons Adjusting it is annoying Putting the chains on needed tons of futzing The eyes don't look as good when Kivat's not turned on Belt uses the buckle and whistle/fuestle pouches from the toy version, so they don't quite mesh well with the rest of the belt as of now.
Belt Ver 1.0 Pros Already custom made to my size Prop Kivat on it looks good from the front More show accurate 'scale' in a way?
Cons Prop Kivat looks bad from the side Belt looks bad kinda cheap from the back Molded fuestles/whistles are a bummer No access to the electronics (obviously)
And well, that should be it! I'm fairly certain I'll be using this new 'upgraded' belt for my Kiva this Cosfest. KIVATTE-IKUZE!
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