Her Name

  • April 18, 2019

Some of you asked about Zoffy’s name. It’s not original; she was named after this guy:

That’s Zoffy, inhabitant of The Land Of Light, a Space Garrison Commander and leader of the Ultra Brothers. He was Ultraman’s supervisor in the original series, and only the second Ultra Soldier to appear in the very long running franchise (now 53 years and counting).

Zoffy’s a cool and enigmatic dude, but even greater than his style and accomplishments is his epic name.

I’ve been using it for years in various games, and it wasn’t until after Yossie crossed the bridge that I realized ‘Zoffy’ satisfied our cat naming convention: two syllables ending with ‘-ie’ or ‘-y’ sound.

That realization planted a seed in our minds. Weeks before we met little Zoffy I even drew and sent myself the above postcard (which alas never arrived). Even then I think we’d chosen the name of our next kitty.

And a fitting name it is, carrying with it the prestige and mystery of the M78 Nebula Space Garrison! Little Zoffy has big shoes to fill, but I think her potential is limitless 🙂

  • Posted in Cats
  • Robert

Zoffy Update!

  • April 12, 2019

We’ve had little Zoffy for two weeks now and she is settling in well.

About a week ago we let her out of the room she first stayed in and into the entire house. She was a bit nervous at first but in a day or so had finished exploring every conceivable nook and cranny and had claimed the house as hers.

Of course this means she’s now met Emi, and I’m happy to say that while they’re not fast friends yet, there’s no major disagreements between them. Zoffy is more nervous of Emi than vice versa though, and tries to avoid getting too close.

Zoffy is quite tall for a young cat, and one of her tricks is to stand up and look at things like a meerkat! (Yes that’s me napping on the couch…) Look at her cute stubby legs…

She loves lazing on the bed, or even sleeping in the laundry baskets…

But more than anything right now she loves playing with the myriad of toys scattered around. This includes things she shouldn’t touch (such as toys on my work desk!) so I have to keep a close eye on her to make sure she’s not getting into trouble.

She’s very active, very hungry and loves attention so never runs from a pat. The only quirk that I hope she grows out of soon is she is terrified of the TV 🙂

Needless to say she’s filling a void with her cuteness and our smiles 🙂

Perfect Cell

  • April 6, 2019

I haven’t posted about a model kit in a while, so here’s the latest I’ve made:

This is a character from Dragonball Z (a Japanese manga) done as a plastic model kit! Here’s the runners showing all the colours:

Much like the recent Miku bust I’d made the instructions were bilingual which I suppose makes the kit more accessible. But as usual the almost-completely pictorial assembly guide made it an easy build despite some tiny pieces.

Notably the kit includes a ‘muscle building’ system which just means his mottled skin is made by overlaying a lighter piece onto the darker background:

The precision is as usual for Bandai – excellent – and this works very well.

The head contains about 20 pieces alone and the final kit probably a couple of hundred:

It’s quite large and very posable, although as usual I chose not to display it in battle mode with energy ball attack.

Overall a fun build that looks great. If I was a bigger DBZ fan I’d certainly buy more from this range.

  • Posted in Crafts
  • Robert