very long time no see/post

yes, i know, 4 months no post....im a terrible blogger...oh well. here are a few updates, images will come later on.

• my birthday came and went, but the following figures/items are in my posession
• Sushi Set - which will learn to use!! (arigatou Anata)
  
• Yomiko Readman (thanks Jeremy)
• BOME Saber (much thanks Ry)
• BOME Rin Tohsaka (credit goes to Gerry)
• BOME Kaname and Chidori (gotta thank Alan for that one!)
• Vodka (thaks Mr Halopoff)
• borders gift cards (wich lead to the purchase of manga!) - (much thanks Thinzar)
  
• a friggin great time at the party (Hun,Ed, Alan, Adam, Jeremy, Rene, Aaron, Gerry, Liz, Th Thinzar, and to anyone else at the party i cant remember!
  
• Converted my Darth Maul (finally) into a Luxeon saber
• Got a parks Obi-wan ANH hilt
• started my graflex luxeon project with the purchase of vader sound board
• Bought a CE qui-gon hilt
• started school (again)
• Started and FInished my PG strike, MG Zaku 2.0, RX-78 ver Ka Resin, tachikoma
• currently working on Sword Strike parts
  
• Started MG hi-nu kit, pre-ordered VP recast of their Hi-nu conversion
• started on scratch build of Hi-nu funnel racks
  
• obtained DeathNote dvd box set Vol.1 with Rykuk Figure (to hell with the DVD itself !)
• started a few Macross Kits
• continued work on Gundam GP-04G resin kit
• killed my airbrush (wich means i need a new one!)
• built the SG Wing Gundam
• worked on Wing Gundam and Wing Gundam ZERO project
• went to PMX - got an Enma Ai figure
• Added 1/8 Nagato Yuki to my collection
• restarted work on Gundam Astray Red Frame.
• Started planning for a trip to san diego!
  

A Birthday List of Sorts

So, now i post my yearly b-day gift list....i was told to keep the items practical and around 30 bucks...then i realized the chances of anyone getting anything from this list is pretty remote, but hey ill stick to the parameters as best i can...with one or two exceptions. Please keep in mind, these are items that i wish to obtain one way or the other, and upon posting this list, i will take no action to obtain them on account of the rule that i cant buy anything for myself on this list once it has been published...

BOME Saber PVC 27-30, it should hit frank and son's shelves at around mid august

BOME Kaname and Chidori - 27-30 At Frank's

1/8 Yomiko Readman PVC Figure - $35 at J-station (the anime store near Mt sac)

1/60 scale PG skygrasper w/Aile Striker - depends on where you shop, but Frank and Son's is best

Sirius Black Wand replica - 30 direct from webs

PVC figures from Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya - Frank and Son's again is best for this(especially for the Haruhi figure I posted here), I prefer figs of Nagato Yuki, but Haruhi is more than welcome....please, no figures of Asahina....

1/24 W.H.A.M Ghost in the Shell Tachikoma - Tachi-Blue $35 at hlj.com

1/24 W.H.A.M Ghost in the Shell Tachikoma - Tachi-Silver $35 at hlj.com

1/24 W.H.A.M Ghost in the Shell Tachikoma - Tachi-Yellow $35 at hlj.com

Borders Gift cards (no link here...i wonder where one can get border's gift cards....)

Ok thats it for specifics, now for the general interests/things i find kewl

Metal lightsaber prop replicas (no mini lightsabers, or plastic ones...sorry, im really anal about my sabers)

Carbon Steel Katanas

cookies! (chocolate chip or white chocolate chip macadamia)

white chocolate covered strawberries

strawberries in general

strawberry flavored food items
> strawberry flavored pocky!
>strawberry cheescake
>you get the picture right?

Gamera Items (except the dvd's, ive already got those)

ok thats it for the list....now if any of these items are out of your budget, that is completely understandable, these items merely serve as a reference/starting point...but really though....a slice of strawberry cheescake at carl's jr is not even 2 bucks.....nor are Mrs Field cookies and pocky for that matter! I am aware of the fact that i have relatively expensive tastes...i can't really help that...well thats it for now, take kares ppl and good luck to you all (and i know i have at least miffed a few people out there...)

randomness yet again.

long tyme no post huh? well lets see, AX has come and gone, will post pictures at a later date, at the moment im too lazy. I found a few things i liked here and there, so that was nice. I got around to buying an MG hi-nu gundam, so ill work on that eventually. For now, my time is consumed by working on my ZAKU ver 2.0. The internal Frame is done, with some silver dry brushing. Ill start on the outer armour when i get tyme to hook up the air compressor and air brush. I'm still working on the Justice, but i ran out of the pink i need for the outer armour, so its at a bit of stand still. As for the RX-ver ka, its been primed and put on skewers, so thats that. I'm also working on my 1/60 freedom. I was looking for an interesting project one day, and decided to mess around with my 1/60 Freedom that i had laying around, so here it goes. Thus far, I added a bit of pla-plate to the base of the wings to give a bit of definition to them as they seemed rather flat. secondly, i "opened" up the wings by cutting and re gluing the tops and bottoms of the individual wings. this was alot harder than i thought it would be, the blue plastic used for the wings was rather difficult to cur through, but hey im happy with the results thus far. There was no way to keep the cannons in between the wings because of the fact that i had opened up the wings, so i decided to remove and remount the cannons to a different place on the back pack using a bits of extra plastic i had from left over kits and lots of mori mori. I also cut the waste, added a ball joint and filled in the gap with pla-plate and more Mori Mori. I'm not too satisfied with the internal detailing in this area, so i plan to work on that later on. The i also added a second ball joint to the base of the neck to elongate it as well as to add a bit of mobility. I'm not quite sure on that else to do with this kit, so suggestions are more than welcome.






On another note, i finally sold my other Anaking ROTS FX lightsaber, and im still debating on wether or not to make my graflex 3-cell a luxeon or to buy the FX Luke ANH saber and make that into a lux. Either way it will be a fun project to work on after i get my Maul conversion done. Im still trying to get a hold of a CE qui-gon for $100 or less. My obi-wan will come in the mail some time in the next month, so im looking forward to that! thats it for now, ill try to updater more often!!

sabers, cosplay, kits

School is finally out for the year ^_^x!! now i can finally start working/finishing some of my projects. From the looks of it, the Justice is gonna be finished first, Then my resin RX-78 ver. KA. I'm currently snapping up the Cross Bone Gundam i got at Franks for 25. I doubt ill start on my Zaku 2.0 Char till after my PG strike is done (after the Justice, and RX-78 that is). Though first thing is first, gotta finish work on the ornamentation for the Abel and Catarina costumes, finish Matsumoto's sword, and buy a cane for my Urahara cosplay. the sword blade is ready for paint, now all that is needed is the tsuba, habaki, and saya (ugh). As for lightsabers: I got my graflex in the mail last week, makes the MR fx hilts look like crap! I also sold my spare Anakin saber, and ive had a few inquiries about my other one. Sadly Vader is all on his lonesome (i might convert it to an Anakin AOTC, not sure yet). After the money for my MG Sazabi comes in, ill most likely buy the Maul Conversion kit from TCSS. With the flyers for Jedi Armory sent out, all i can do is wait till orders come in and i can start making some cash. well thats all for now, ill try and get graflex pics as well as my Maul up as soon as I can, thats all for now

randomness!

well, finals is finally coming up (hahaha shitty wordplay). hopefully after thats finished i can finally continue working on some gunpra. Speaking of which, finally found a buyer for the sazabi, albeit in Singapore. Well either way, it funds my next saber project (Maul Conversion). Hopefully my resin GP-04 will come in the mail as some point soon. No that i mention in, work on the RX-78 ver Ka resin kit is coming along nicely. lots of pla-plate and a few polycaps here and there. at the moment im watching Dune, some sort of sci-fi b=movie....kind of a trip really. gotta love those old movies. its kinda tripy hearing all the characters talk in their heads...anyhow. its based on some dessert planet, some life sustaing substance, nobility, native peoples, (ok so it sounds like a lot of other sci-fi films out there). anyhoo...its not making much sense right now, but that might have something to do with the fact that im rather distracted right now, and no completely because of the fact that im wandering around online...well thats it for now. ill try and get some pics of the ver. KA up, as well as the yoda hilt that im currently working on

MG Sazabi Finally Finished!!!

Like the title says, my MG sazabi is finally finished! watta bit that kit was....its cursed it tell you!! had a few problems to say the least: kept running out of paint and supplies, had to rebuild a few parts on account of them breaking or disappearing.
As for the kit it self, its been candy coated with red paint over a silver base. there are a few areas where the paint was over applied and gathered, but they arent all that bad looking, namely around the vents on the shoulders. there are also a few paint chips that i might have missed, touched up all the ones i could find. anyhow. this kit is for sale. yes you read correctly, for sale. you can get this bit of Shiny-ness for $75 (shipping included, unless you live outside of the country). All the blades and beam sabers are still included, but i no longer have the original box nor instructions. later this afternoon, i plan to take this to a friends shop to display/sell. if any of you want it, just drop me a line and ill tell my friend to let anyone else know that its no longer for sale. first come first serve is the rule!

just a quick update

Hey yall, been kinda busy, so yeah no updates for a while hehehe. anyhoo, its the 7th week of school...almost done!! AX is around the corner, i realy have to get cracking on that sword and those clips. my MG sazabi is almost done (save for those decals that have yet to come in...damn snail mail). After i get the decals applied, it will be put up for sale for any who are interested. Lastly, im finally planning to start a lightsaber FX conversion service based at Frank And Son's collectible show! it will be a minor thing on the side, so hopefully it will take off in the future. thats it for now, gotta get cracking on that art homework!!