What We're Watching: One Piece

      Well, we've gotten ourselves deep into the colossus that is one Piece.  There are currently something like 500 episodes and counting.  Not the kind of commitment I wanted to make, but once you get in it's hard to stop.  The thing is, it's a very easy show to watch.  It's a colorful, fun, larger than life  show But, even though you can go through episodes pretty quickly, there is an awful lot there.  It really turns out to be a rich world that  keeps expanding before your eyes.  There's a real advantage to the ocean full of islands world.  Th scenery changes and they can explore different areas, characters and ideas.  That's part of the charm of the show, but like any good show it's very character driven. Besides the main characters, One Piece is rich in good characters that come in and out or only exist in one story arc.  It does start off a bit slow,  the fight between The Straw Hats and The Black Cat Pirates seems to take a long time.  After that the show seems to fly.  A combination between better pacing and our getting used to the show.  Anyway, we really like it and are about 100 episodes in.  It's worth a look.

Boa Hancock and Strong World Luffy

Webcomics We Like

      I, for one, have been exploring the world of webcomics.  There really is a great variety of stuff out there.  Although, I find the sheer volume of furry comics disturbing.  If your'e into that you are in luck.  I am not.  Thankfully, I have found quite a bit that I like.  One of my favorites Iv'e been following for years, is the great Non-Adventures of Wonderella.   Wonderella is the Homer Simpson of Super Heroes, utterly irresponsible.  Although Homer is a much better person.  I liked it so much I actually bought what I was getting for free.

Another of our Faves From the Adult AMV's

Another NSFW AMV we saw at Katsucon.  This uses the very popular Hetalia anime, and a fine song about dicks.  

Project: FFX Treasure Chest: Part 1

      I lost my mind, so I thought I'd make a Final Fantasy X treasure chest from scratch.  Crazy.  Anyway,  here's what I did.  The first step was of course trying to find as many pictures as I could.  Google has crap.  Luckily I was playing FFX at the time so I took pictures of game screens.  Still there is no perfect picture.

      Well,  that's the best I got.  So I went and got some cedar 1x8s from the Lowes,  cut them to length,  and then glued them together to make the sides about 14" high.  With 4 sides put together I made a 1/4" groove ( dado ) about 1" from the bottom.  This is for the 1/4" luon I cut out for the bottom of the chest.  The bottom gets put into that groove while the four sides are glued together to make the basic box.

Gluing the sides together.  Nice to have lots of clamps.

The 4 sides with dado's cut, and the luon bottom.

Gluing the box together with the bottom in place.

There you have a nice basic box.  Lots of sanding then ensues.  This is the first step and I thought it turned out well,  but there is so much more.  I think I made it to tall relative to the length and width.  It's going to end up taller than it should be,  but there is a limit to how big I want it to be.  I do want to take it to cons.  Next time,  HA HA HA,  I'll make it shorter and longer,   not wider.   Next working on the top.

Favorite Adult AMV from Katsucon

This was perhaps my favorite of the adult AMV's we saw at Katsucon.  It is of course quite unsafe for work.

Blogs We Like

Regena in the Front

      Our dear friend Regena started a blog called Cosplay, Conventions...Makeup and more.  Please go check it out cause she is cool.  The End.

Marvel vs Capcom 3 - Iron Man