Note to self: never again rush to finish a plushie and most certainly don't try to do it at night wen I'm most tired.

I'm not satisfied at all with how Shiner's "bunny ears" headgear turned out. I don't expect things to be perfect and to come out exactly as  I imagine them, but I know I could have done better if I had just thought it over the way I did with Agnes' jacket (I actually took a whole day to study, think and make that jacket). Thinking it out last night, I'll have to carefully pull the head gear apart. Thankfully it's only glued a bit on the top and on the sides, where the ear pieces are. I don't want to redo the whole head because I do like how his eyes came out.

Something tells me I'll have to redo the hair as well, or add a layer of less. Even though I love the color, the felt itself is too weak. I went looking for the same color today, in a stronger felt, but couldn't find it at all. I did find a nice light grey I'm going to use for "bunny ears" ver 2.0.

Shiner's ugly "bunny ear" headpiece, standing next to his home manga. Since there's no color art of the Star Commanders yet, I decided to add some blues and grays, so that it would be nicer than just black and white.

I do love how his clothes and boots came out. I have to take a picture with better light when I fix the headgear. I'll keep some blue for the ver 2.0 "bunny ears".

Shiner's entrace in the newest chapter was awesome. I can't wait to see if he will actually fight Ageha and co. Or just watch Dholaki fight. And if Oboro has any new tricks (or experiments) up his sleeve. A part of me thinks Oboro might eventually try to heal Tatsuo. Who knows. Psyren needs to be more popular.

Reborn, in the meantime, is taking a break from the fighting. I hope this non-fighting stage lasts long. There are a couple of things that need to be solved before the confrontation with the real Funeral Wreaths, like the thing Bianchi and Gokudera wanted to talk about and the whole story behing the Arcobaleno curse. I wanted Gamma to join the Vongola... or at least entrust Uni's safety to Gokudera. Gamma and Gokudera are more alike than they might care to admit.

Dear Mundo Vid, when will you make me happy by licensing Reborn?

At least there were two girls cosplaying Tsuna and Basil at the manga festival last weekend. Yay!

But back to the plushies, I got my first commission! From my brother, though, for his girlfriend. There goes my idea of doing only manga characters for the time being. The idea and the chance to try a couple of new things are welcome, though.

After the commissioned plushie I'd love to make Junas, but there isn't a full body shot of his Star Commander self yet (why is my head pairing up Shiner with Junas?). Actually, I'd love to make all off the Star Commanders. But I also want to make Gokudera and Oboro. Choices, choices.

People tell me I should make some popular characters to sell on the next Yume. Considering the price of the materials and all the work they take (including the amount of time it takes me to study the character and the clothes), would $10 - $15 be a reasonable price? Family says it is, but I doubt the average Yume goer would shell out that amount... unless I promote them as super limited, one-of-a-kind, ultra special edition plushie?.

The new Gundam series that will celebrate the franchise's 30th anniversary will go back to Gundam's roots, by being a UC series. The two photos that are circulating on the web look pretty good. I can't wait for the official announcements.

In the meantime, I'm still waiting for Menclave to catch up on Gundam 00. I know I can watch from another group, but I like Menclave, so I'll wait for them.

Bandai finally announced that their first Gundam 00 release will be in may. Apparently, the special edition release will include the first Gundam 00F manga. Yay.

Now if only they would license Stargazer and the rest of the Astray material available out there...

But it's on my pre-order list right now. 00F makes the special edition worthy, even if it comes without a box.

I finished reading Deeper. It was more claustrophobic than Tunnels, specially when Will gets lost. Which makes me think that when, and if, the Tunnels movie comes out, I'll go watch on my own. And it was bad enough that (highlight for spoilers) Cal survived a brush with death in the sugar trap only to get shot to death by the Limiters. Favorite Character Death Syndrome strikes again. Or at least that's the strong impression the ending gives. I can't wait to read Free Fall. .

Feeling: sleepy

Now playing: Mata Ashita! (Majin Tantei Nougami Neuro OST)