If you can’t spend hours meticulously painting the blast damage onto your figure, just wrap it in bombs.
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Savile Row suit maker recreates anime villain Char’s military uniform, and it costs far more than three times what a normal cosplay costume does.
Clever production innovation lets designers create amazingly convincing contrast between skin and other textures.
One of Japan’s most talented anime modelers continues to create works of art that look more 2-D than most actual drawings.
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We spend a day straining our necks and filling our anime-loving hearts to bursting staring up at the brand-new, full-size Unicorn Gundam statue.
Fans have been shooting photos and videos of the 19.7-meter (64.6-foot) Unicorn Gundam, and it looks incredible.
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