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…
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Youjo Senki first impressions
Asuka repaint
This was the second ever PVC figure I bought (primarily because it was cheap and I was poor): It’s like a picture frame that can hang on the wall, or…
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Asuka repaint
3D printing woes
I’m fed-up with google Sketchup. It took me hours to get this far: After a lot of wasted time and effort struggling with its awful interface I got something tending…
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3D printing woes
Oshino Shinobu repaint
Again, no "before" pictures unfortunately. For what I paid for it I was quite pleased with this figure. She came with 2 faces, so the hair is removable and the…
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Oshino Shinobu repaint
Celes Chere figure (polymer clay)
In 2005 I made a 1/20 Celes Chere sculpture (from Final Fantasy VI) for a friend as a birthday gift. The recipient liked the "traditional" Celes but not the Amano…
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Celes Chere figure (polymer clay)
IKEA hack: Sacrifice Skovel and Rusch on the altar of Noir
Description: I used the Skovel wall clock to replicate Kirika’s pocket watch (not to scale, obviously) from the 2001 Noir TV series. An extra Rush was sacrificed for the clockwork…
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IKEA hack: Sacrifice Skovel and Rusch on the altar of Noir
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"…
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Mizuno Ami figure repaint
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…
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Nagato Yuki swimsuit version
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…
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Misaka 9982 figure
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…
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Another Asuka figure repaint