Tanya Degurechaff figure (with modifications)
"It's a little early, but this will make a perfect Christmas present to myself" This is the "Pop Up Parade" Tanya figure that came out recently - finally a reasonably…
Tanya Degurechaff resin figure
My first ever resin figure built. The parts fit pretty well, but despite washing them three times, my paint didn't stick very well to the resin. The included eye decals…
More Youjo Senki: anime uniforms
Given the overall attention to detail, I tried to figure out the uniforms in the anime, but they seem to be rather mix and match. For some reason, everyone has…
Deciphering Youjo Senki – bonus: Zugspitse location
According to the anime, the 203rd candidates are at the Imperial Army Zugspitze training grounds - which makes sense in the main universe since the Zugspitze is the highest mountain…
Deciphering Youjo Senki – part 3: fonts
There has been no official character set released, not even in the art book, so I made my own mapping tables. There are two main fonts; the "print" style used…
Deciphering Youjo Senki – part 2: numerals
The Youjo Senki universe has at least 2 numeral systems, one "Roman" system where 10 is represented by "X" (though their "X" is different from the X in their alphabet)…
Deciphering Youjo Senki – part 1: text
I love the attention to detail that went into this 12 episode series, where they invented a full alphabet with capitals and minuscules, in calligraphic, print and cursive form and…
Youjo Senki first impressions
Youjo Senki was a 12 episode anime series by Studio NUT that aired in 2017, based on the light novel series by Carlo Zen. I consider it the most notable…