the un-last post

a while back i mentioned something about a 'last post'. Obviously that has since transpired to be a total lie, but not an intentional one i assure you. Here i can exclusively reveal that this was intended to be the last post, had i not been unintentionally lying. It comes as i was thinking about it today after watching this alternative rickroll (does it count as a rickroll if you know what you're about to see?)

I'm not a heavily materialistic person, I only tend to hoard things on account of not being very good at getting rid of them, but this is countered by me not buying a lot of stuff in the first place. That said, i have made an effort to actively collect two things: NIN Halos, (of which i own 21, plus a vinyl single) and sexy anime statuettes. This is a shamelessly proud, boastful display of the latter.

I'll start with the least interesting one..

The Huntress
This is my first 'proper' statue, whom i bought at the london MCM expo 2 years ago. According to the packaging, which is mostly in japanese, she is apparently a character in an RPG that doesn't appear to have been heard of outside japan. She carries a bow, a katana and a scroll.


The Tokyo Demon Girls
They do have names, Bloodsucker (the pink one), Souleater (the blue one) and Brainjacker (the green one) . Beyond this, i havent managed to work out where they come from.. i assume they were created and designed purely as models.
These girls actually came straight from Akihabara, the mekka of otaku world. Me and claudio discovered their vending machine outside a shop under the railway one night while exploring the area. The number we managed to buy was sadly limited by the spare coins in our wallets, and by the time we managed to change a couple notes into coins at a nearby arcade, their vending machine had been taken inside for the night :( between us though, i think we managed to get all 5 models plus some duplicates.
They cost 500yen (about £2) each and came neatly packed inside vending machine pods in parts that had to be fitted together, kinder surprise style. You can see the ones i didnt get in the leaflet. I'm pretty sure the street shown is where they came from- the yellow store on the left side, i remember the fact it was under railway track and had a canopy.






The Skater
Her real name is Ringo Noyamano from a daft series called AirGear. It can be described as being for skating what Akira is for motobikes.
Bizarrely, her character in the show is nothing like what you'd think her statue suggests. For a start, her hair is a different colour. Oh, and she wears glasses. Also, she never pulls anything like that expression. Ever. And lastly.. this model comes with a complimentary bag to put on her head. Thats right, you read me. No, i have no fucking clue. I sat through about 10 episodes of air gear one night and i have even less of a clue.




The Nurse
far and away she is my most prized. The pictures really say most of what there is to say about her. In addition to being the most gorgeous she is also limited edition.
Her uniform comes off (so do her glasses) and if you do so, she will look at bit like she does below. I have yet to try it- her coat isn't actually very flexible and i'm scared of breaking or stretching it somehow, so its a pleasure that will have to wait til i have a nice strong man who isn't scared to do it for me.



The EVA pilots
These were the first figures i got. They seem chunky and crude now, but when i first got them i had seen nothing like it and i thought they were awesome. The artist has somewhat deviated from the original character designs and given them little ears and tails to match their personalities.. Rei is a cat with a.. thing on a chain, and Asuka is a monkey, with a knife stuck in the head of a cute little lillith monkey.. how could i resist!



And lastly..

The Warlock
This one is different from the rest, most notably because, she isn't finished yet. Thats because i'm personally making her, from scratch, with fimo. Other polyester clays are available.
Rothki is my world of warcraft character, with whom i have had many fun adventures exploring the alien forests of zangarmarsh, the xen-like floating space rocks of the netherstorm, and most recently bumming around northrend, finding secret icey beaches at the bottom of cliffs and being chased into the sea by giants and being rescued from remote icebergs by passing ghost ships manned by zombies and digging up old viking graves to help the walrus people and their turtle ferry that took me to a barren icey desert of ancient dragons and so on.. Fun times.
She trains as an engineer, so she makes bombs and guns and goggles and gadgets and various things what'll blow stuff up. At the moment i'm saving up the materials to make a helicopter, which should be cool once i get the freaking gold to train to ride it. Also as a warlock she is master at all sinister disease-ridden magics, and spells that can blow stuff up. You may be seeing a theme here.. I wasnt pissed at the world when i created her or anything. She is also endowed with the gift of summoning demons as her slave pets, kinkiest of all being the succubus, of whom i might make a model next.. so stand by.
As you can see from the sketches, the intention is that she'll be holding a gun in one hand; i may make a sacrificial knife for the other.
Sadly, i don't have any good ingame pictures of Rothki.. So you'll have to make do with the montage of screenshots i took that one time for that one blog i was going to do about the vivid re-imagining of my childhood as i discovered the roger dean-like netherstorm and its ecodomes whilst listening to tangerine dream. Also included: sketches of her & zangarmarsh i did a year ago and a sketch from 2 years ago.






And so far, thats all folks. I havent't seen anymore i'd like, but i havent been looking. Anyway i'll leave u with this thought.


Oh, and interesting facts: this was going to be titled 'My girlfriends' but then i read this article..