Shipdaughters! With Rose and Sairla and whoever else makes it along.

Things to bring and prepare

• Life ring if you've got it
  • Painted red and white somehow?
• A warm coat
• Please practise winking

When?

Sunday afternoon, aiming for 13:00 meetup, Town Hall.

Where?

Locations to be chosen based on acceptable shots.

Ideas

A lot of these ideas aren't strongly tied to a particular location, but we still want something nice/suitable.

Pointing etc

Could be done almost anywhere with a nice background.

• Ou! Actually... as a speech bubble that would work

  • Like so, half-jumping with one leg bent: http://danbooru.donmai.us/posts/1486691

• Saluting
  • With teitoku's hat
• Kongou-style pointing

Titanic style

• "Hold me Jack", arms outstretched over the water
• With water spray perhaps? Maybe in photoshop

  • Like these water effects: http://danbooru.donmai.us/posts/1716841

  • http://danbooru.donmai.us/posts/1714881

Life ring

• Life ring
  • Ideally painted red and white

Teitoku

• We'll have uniforms on hand I think? What can we do?
• Admiral patting her on the head

Gravure type

Pinup style? Is anything vaguely approaching gravure okay?

• http://danbooru.donmai.us/posts/1685503

• http://danbooru.donmai.us/posts/1685524

• http://danbooru.donmai.us/posts/1727856

• Drying off: furinkan/cosplay/Shimakaze/shimakaze01.jpg

• Strappy underwear pull

Rensouhou-chan

• Hugging Rensouhou-chan: http://danbooru.donmai.us/posts/1707797

  • More like this: http://danbooru.donmai.us/posts/1707458

Various specific poses and looks

• The Anchor in front of the Maritime Museum is just okay

• Red megane: http://danbooru.donmai.us/posts/1686372

• Pretty pictures

  • http://danbooru.donmai.us/posts/1720791

  • http://danbooru.donmai.us/posts/1711442

  • http://danbooru.donmai.us/posts/1708633

  • http://danbooru.donmai.us/posts/1709404 (hovering Rensouhou-chans, more like a magical attack than warfare, http://danbooru.donmai.us/posts/1687767)

  • http://danbooru.donmai.us/posts/1706044

  • http://danbooru.donmai.us/posts/1684525

• MP Zero cos has a collection of poses: http://mpzerocos.exblog.jp/21351128/

  • And paired ones (near the bottom of the page), which isn't quite as useful: http://mpzerocos.exblog.jp/21332611/

• In silhouette over a cliff? http://danbooru.donmai.us/posts/1707244

• This'd be a cool lighting exercise, with the background something like from MGS2 (background all photoshopped): http://danbooru.donmai.us/posts/1706357

• Double Peace: http://danbooru.donmai.us/posts/1683953

Drinks

• Something with alcohol? Like... a fancy cocktail, with an umbrella in it. A fresh picture with a really summery theme. What would suit Shimakaze?

  • I asked the wrong people... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quick_Fuck and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamikaze_%28cocktail%29 and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rose_%28cocktail%29 and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex_on_the_Beach and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_Breeze_%28cocktail%29 (this one is a good colour), and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tequila_Sunrise_%28cocktail%29 (also cool looking)

Others

• Shimakaze in a kiddie pool would be cute and funny

• Rose plz to photoshop it up so it's kirakira: http://danbooru.donmai.us/posts/1686051

• Somewhere with a sunset over water would be nice
• I want to see Shimakaze having a good time, what would she do for fun?
  • Gotta go fast
• Would she ever have any clothing accessories like a scarf, etc?

• Do we have other cosplayers on hand? http://danbooru.donmai.us/posts/1705222

Locations

Pick ideas from above, choose appropriate locations, run with it.

Close to city and easily accessible

• Darling Harbour
• Maritime Museum
  • Ships on display, area is open until 16:00
• Pyrmont
• The Rocks
• Circular Quay
  • Somewhere with nice rocks down to the water?
  • Steps into the harbour? (Under the bridge or maybe east of the opera house, around the quay, nice portrait opportunity perhaps)
  • Overseas Passenger Terminal?
• Need somewhere with westerly aspect (Observatory Hill?)
• Barangaroo

Further afield

• The Domain is closeby, may serve a similar purpose

• Woolloomooloo finger wharf might put boats in the background nicely: http://sydney-city.blogspot.com.au/2010/11/potts-point-woolloomooloo-bay.html

• Garden Island? (long way away)
• North side of the bridge?
• Bradley's Head? That's at Manly

Props

What've we got?

• Rensouhou-chans
• Life ring (if we have one)
• Torpedoes? She had them apparently
• Food? Ice-cream? (just because it might be cute)
• Admiral's hat!

References

• Very fast, long endurance, reasonably heavy armaments: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_destroyer_Shimakaze_%281942%29

• The GSC figure is a great reference: http://www.goodsmile.info/en/product/4240/Shimakaze.html

• http://kancolle.wikia.com/wiki/Shimakaze/Gallery

Packing list

• Invisible tape
• Duct tape
• Rensouhou-chans
• Stripey socks

• Red glasses (Homura?) Wouldn't say no to that look: http://danbooru.donmai.us/posts/1686372

• Rensouhou-chan headphone jack charm

Shooting

Listing is TBC

• Camera - D800
• Spare battery in grip
• Lenses
  • 24-70mm
  • 105mm
  • 70-200mm?
• Strap
• SB700
• AA batteries
• AAA batteries
• Format memory cards
• Einstein
• Vagabond battery
• Lightstand
• Coloured gels
• Beauty dish
• Mid-size umbrella
• Tripod?