IKEA hack: custom CAPITA
This may not look very impressive, but I really wish I figured out sooner that the “feet” of the Capita legs can be removed (by simply pulling them out). The…
IKEA hack: Olunda shadowbox
The Olunda is a shadowbox frame displaying 9 pretty boring pictures of ferns. The back of the frame is stapled on, and the staples are relatively easy to pull out…
Tumblr turns Nazi
In December 2018 Tumblr started banning "adult content" and "female-presenting nipples", using bots to automatically flag earlier posts and make them invisible. This erases a good chunk of internet history…
Mizuno Ami figure repaint
Feeling too sick to be productive, I cleaned up another figure. Here's one depicting my favorite senshi, that unfortunately had blue paint smudges in various locations: Paint on the "flesh"…
Nagato Yuki swimsuit version
I was lucky to get my hands on this - for a 7 year old figure this is really well done. The sculpt is attractive, the painting was expertly done…
Misaka 9982 figure
I mostly prefer figures that are interesting sculpture-wise, but I couldn't resist this one for capturing the character so well as she's clinging to her Gekota badge: Otherwise it's a…
Another Asuka figure repaint
This figure is big! Unfortunately I misplaced the "before" pictures. It wasn't *bad* aside from some really noticeable paint smudges, anyway I decided to make it better, and this is…
Doweling by eyeball
How I doweled my cabinet door parts together on sight for lack of a doweling kit: 1: clamp your wood exactly parallel to the edge of your work surface: 2.…
Another EVA figure
For a change of pace, here's a figure that I don't feel I need to repaint immediately ^_^; I got it used from Japan for cheap. It's Chinese made, but…
Asuka figure repaint
I've complained in the past about "crappy Chinese knockoff PVC figures", but I feel I need to set the record straight; non-knockoff straight-from-Japan figures can also be crappy (and probably…