One w1nner will be chosen from IG AND Tumblr! That’s a total of two w1nners!
Rules / How to enter:
🔫 follow me @pinnings
😎 like & reblog this post
💀 comment/reply with your favorite Trigun character (manga or anime!)
❤️ open internationally - BUT I MUST BE ABLE TO SHIP TO YOUR COUNTRY FROM THE US (sorry, Germany & others 😩)
❤️ you must be able to provide me with your mailing address
✨ Head over to my IG, instagram.com/pinnings, for another chance to win! ✨
G1veaway will end on OCTOBER 28th, 2023 at 6PM EST. Random w1nner will be chosen as soon as possible and will only be messaged (DM or ask) from the @pinnings account on IG or tumblr. If w1nner does not respond in 24 hours then the next person will be selected. Plush is not exactly as pictured but should be consistent in look: he will be made and shipped in the month of November.
Thanks for participating and for your love on teru WW so far!
*W1nners will have the option for me to make Trigun/Trigun Maximum teru style Wolfwood if they would prefer that design! (White shirt instead of grey.)
This post and g1veaway are not sponsored by or associated with Instagram or Tumblr.
Edit: Germany may be okay since this would be sent as a gift and not merchandise.. I’m currently looking into it. Sorry for the confusion xo
Giveaway for the teru Wolfwood is over! I will choose and reach out to the winners tomorrow as I’m not feeling too great tonight. 💚 Thanks for the patience!
The ultimate reference sheets for all of Vash's outfits in Trigun maximum (with commentaries)
IT IS DONE. I'M FREE. Now I can forget all about Trimax and draw Trigun stampede designs only hahaha (just kidding I have things for Trimax on the stove).
Trigun bookclub was an awesome initiative, I loved the manga with my all heart and wanted to honor Nightow's designs ;w; I also wanted to help my fellow artists with references for Vash's clothes because DEAR GOD it's difficult to understand how the hell he dresses himself in the morning. I have a lot of fun dressing and undressing him like a barbie doll. My hyperfixation is completely healthy.
I put a "read more" section to avoid spoilers :) !
The July coat
The very first coat in Trigun chronology and the one he wores during the destruction of July ! There is not a lot of panels to take references but I tried to stay as close as possible to the manga. I don't know what number of prosthesis he had before but let name this one Prosthesis 1.
Scars map
Next, nakey Vash ! There's A LOT of changes between one panel to another. Scars changes places and forms panel to panel and the design evolved from the first chapters of Trigun, the time we see him naked as Eriks and his undressed state while he was a prisoner on the Ark. I drew the scars that appeared more than once or were in clean view in a panel (but really you can do like Nightow and draw as many scars as you want without thinking about consistency, this boy has been in a meat grinder)
After July underclothes
Or the jumpsuit that gave me grey hair. His suit does not make ANY sense, I don't know how the hell he dresses himself in the morning with this. My solution is that it's very long gloves and chaps strapped to a belt. The position and shapes of the belts changes IN EVERY PANEL. Same for his knee guards, sometimes they're here, sometime they cover his shins, sometimes they are tiny..... I gave up in the end and draw them as we see them in the very last panel he wears this suit. But damn he looks good in it.
Also in all of the 13 volumes, there is not a single panel with a clear view of his holster (I checked...) so here is my interpretation.
This is prosthesis n°2, the design is a little different from the first one so I guess Prosthesis 1 got destroyed (this happens a lot).
After July coat
The very first Trigun coat he wears in the manga ! Very simple, very basic, it gives him impossibly wide shoulders but Vash deserves it. The first one is worn Post July until Vash's confrontation against Brilliant Dynamite Neon. The second one is the state of his coat after the sandsteamer incident. He loses his prothesis after his fight against Monev the gale. He meets Wolfwood with only one arm and stays that way while he fights Knives for the first time.
Eriks
I took liberties with colors because there's no colored panels with Vash as Eriks. Yes I drew him without suspenders because he has them for like 5 panels and then Nightow drew him without them for the rest of Eriks arc so I made choices ;w;
I love the fact that Vash choose to wear tight jeans even in his casual outfits, this boy will not let his skin breath. This is now Prosthesis 3 ! It's way less advanced than the ones he wore in the rest of the manga, the other ones seem to replicate skin.
After his years as Eriks
And now the first Maximum coat, he wears it until the famous Yuri hospital arc! Finally an undersuit that makes sense, I love it, too bad Nightow-san decided that I had to suffer and changed it again to add BELTS EVERYWHERE. We only see his legs in this part of the manga so I gave him the same top because I can.
The tubes he has on his waist are filled with bullets, he can connect them to his prosthesis to have a mini machine gun.
We are now at Prosthesis 4 !
Hospitalization on the Home ship
The famous Yuri hospital phase! Vash definitely shared his wardrobe with Wolfwood, you can't tell me otherwise.
The first outfit still shows Prothesis 4 but he keeps it for like 5 minutes and lost it again against Nine-lives. I don't really know if the prothesis comes with the integrated glove or if there's synthetic skin under it but why would he keep the glove on if it's not intergrated?
The second pictures is the different outfits he wears during his convalescence. I took liberties with the colors, I drew this in like 10 minutes, everything seems easy when you don't have to draw BELTS. We are now on Prothesis 5 ! Nightow drew it as a regular arm so I guess Vash wears gloves on top of it??????
Back on the road in pursuit of Knives
He wears this one after his stay at Home, throughout the Dragon's nest ark and until his 2nd fight against Knives.
I liked the design of his jumpsuit until I looked closer at the panels and saw that the design change ON EVERY ONE OF THEM. Knee guard on only one knee? No kneeguards? Two??? WHO KNOWS ??? I tried to make it work but really go wild with this one, even the author does not know how his pant looks.
Still prosthesis 5, BUT UNTIL WHEN?
Prisoner on the Ark
THEY MASSACRED MY BOY. Did they even feed him at least in 7 months? Those pictures are the definition of the drenched kitty cat left under the rain. Give this man a blanket and a therapist.
Bye bye Prothesis 5 ! And see what I mean when I say that his outfit does not make sense????? It comes out in parts????
After his imprisonment on the Ark
The last suit in the manga! He keeps this coat until the end of the story. From this point, only his hair changes (or the color of his coat).
I adore the little angel wing symbol on his left arm, such a cute addition. Too bad it appears in one of the most traumatic event of his life.
Speaking of his jumpsuit...The return of belts.... But at least this outfit stays relatively coherent except for his kneeguards who appear and disappear panel from panel but most of the time he doesn't have any, so no kneeguard it is. Prosthesis 6 hello !
Final battle and end of the story
It hurted to drew those outfits ;w; And working on the design of his coat when he fights Legato made me realize where Orange studio took inspiration to chose the colors for Vash's coat in the final episode of Stampede ! Great job ! I tried to color the same effects as one of the illustrations showing dark Vash but I'm not really good with colors..... He actually radiates energy but with some purple undertones, I took some liberties because those are my drawings I do what I want.
I'm not sure at 100% that he has a tuft of blond hair left when his outfit turns black but his hair is all black at the end of the fight. His prosthesis is destroyed at the end of the fight. He got another one in the final chapter. So 7 prosthesis throughout the story!
Hoping to have a decent amount of spookitties this year and off to a good start I think haha I always sell out of them really quickly and then feel bad about it since so many ppl miss out 😅💦💦 Especially for a convention right before Halloween, I want to really focus on them this time.
I want to get some new things done too and currently debating a little if Pikmin plushies will have to wait until November 😅💦 I have a new version to test for them but if that doesn't work out then I may have to pivot and focus on the new spookitty design for now 💦
I am open for commissions. Just send me a message if anyone is interested :3
Terms of Service
I have been creating custom plush for 10 years now. I am pretty capable of making anything.
My standard size for plush is roughly between 10-12in (tall or length) I don't really count ears/hats/tails in the size. I can go bigger or smaller, just ask me about it.
If you wish to commission me, I just ask if you want an estimate, please be certain that you want the character(s), don't ask just out of curiosity. It takes me some time to figure out how I would create it. My normal average rate for a character is around $200. If its a simple character in one or two colors it could be much less, but if it has a lot of details it can be much more. Getting a smaller sized character generally wouldn't lower cost, especially If it has the same details. It just gives me less room to work. Larger plush would increase cost mainly due to needing to use more materials. Each plush is different and I don't just have one single style I use, so price can definitely vary, but it also allows everyone to have a truly unique plush.
My turnaround time ranges between a week to 2 weeks. It can take longer depending on how many orders I have in my queue. I mainly use soft minky fabric, but I can also use fur (though it will cost more).
Shipping is $7 for everyone in the US and $15-20 for countries outside the US. I can add expedited shipping for an additional charge.
When ordering a plush from me (once payment is made). I will do a concept art of the character. Only at this time can any changes be made. I will do my best to make the plush as close to the concept as possible. If you end up deciding you want to change something on the plush (expression, what they are wearing etc.), it can be changed at a additional cost. If you catch me before I start working on the character I can probably update the design without any additional cost.
I work in a dog, bird, reptile friendly home. If you have certain allergies to these animals, I cannot guarantee the plush would 100% be free of these allergens.
I send payment requests as invoices through PayPal Goods and Services. I do not do payment plans or take any other forms of payment.
I can’t believe I hardly shared pics of Douman! I made him last October. He was such a challenging plush to make, I got to use a lot of techniques on him: hand and machine embroidery and sewing, gradient dyeing, complex htv (which is holographic to mimic the fire/molten look), etc.
There are some things I would approach differently now, but overall I’m happy with the results! (He was a private comm & nfs.)
I didn’t know about New Jersey’s law so imagine my shock when a pump jockey sprinted at my car and kicked my door shut when I tried to get out to get gas. I rolled down my window and asked him “Is there a law against pumping your own gas or something?” And he looked at me like I’M nuts and just said “…yes?”
okay but imagine this in the reverse. when i left new jersey as a driver for the first time and sat in my car for about ten minutes wondering where the attendant was until a nice man tapped on my window and just said the words “New Jersey?” and when I nodded he told me to get out of the car so he could teach me how to pump gas (and nicely didn’t laugh at me when I shot gas out of the nozzle across the side of my car).
me and the boys (all from new jersey) went on a road trip out of state and had to get gas and it ended up being sort of a Group Puzzle for the gang as we huddled around the gas pump and nozzle and tank and whatnot. just picture five people standing around the gas tank opening like its part of an escape room. it was very silly.
About plush Woo Woo, (in answer to some questions that have shown up in the tags)
I made him by hand based on Teru Vash. He is a birthday gift for my best friend and longtime Trigun fandom cohort @leesers. She made me a Vash plush many years ago.
The glasses were made from some inexpensive lighting gels (colored sheets of plastic) purchased on amazon.
Woo Woo's flesh fabric is BigZFabric's Papaya Stretch Mochi Plush Minky – This is the first time I've used their fabric and I was really pleased with it. The pile is maybe a tiny bit longer than Vash's, but the color works really well.
I have taken many photos of them, and I'll post them as i sort through them all 🥂
One w1nner will be chosen from IG AND Tumblr! That’s a total of two w1nners!
Rules / How to enter:
🔫 follow me @pinnings
😎 like & reblog this post
💀 comment/reply with your favorite Trigun character (manga or anime!)
❤️ open internationally - BUT I MUST BE ABLE TO SHIP TO YOUR COUNTRY FROM THE US (sorry, Germany & others 😩)
❤️ you must be able to provide me with your mailing address
✨ Head over to my IG, instagram.com/pinnings, for another chance to win! ✨
G1veaway will end on OCTOBER 28th, 2023 at 6PM EST. Random w1nner will be chosen as soon as possible and will only be messaged (DM or ask) from the @pinnings account on IG or tumblr. If w1nner does not respond in 24 hours then the next person will be selected. Plush is not exactly as pictured but should be consistent in look: he will be made and shipped in the month of November.
Thanks for participating and for your love on teru WW so far!
*W1nners will have the option for me to make Trigun/Trigun Maximum teru style Wolfwood if they would prefer that design! (White shirt instead of grey.)
This post and g1veaway are not sponsored by or associated with Instagram or Tumblr.
Edit: Germany may be okay since this would be sent as a gift and not merchandise.. I’m currently looking into it. Sorry for the confusion xo
Today is the last day of my 30% off sale! Use the code 'CUTE30OFF' to get 30% off of all orders of $15+! 🐾☁️
I very rarely do sales, so if you've been eyeing something, I'd do so maybe today...👀
Shop here! 🐰
PS: everything featured in this post is in stock and ready to ship (even Chip now!) Please check it out! Since I do sales very seldomly and I can't say when exactly/specifically I'll be running another one, i'd take advantage of the sale today before it's too late!!
