2007-02-28
05:16
Cakeyvoice has made a knitted Slash figure. Ain’t he cute?
I know what you’re thinking, what obsessed, weirdo fan would ask for a wooly replica of one of planet earth’s greatest guitarists? Who else could it be?
2007-02-28
05:12
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The parcel arrives – and even that’s cool and splendid!
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You can just see his little legs. Bless.
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And look at his leedle hat! Squee!
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And here he is. A one-of-a-kind from the utterly wonderful cakeyvoice. She’s better known for her knitted zombies, but after she made a knitted White Stripes, I contacted her and said “Do Slash! Do Slash!”. He’s been a long time coming, but I’m glad he’s here. He’s currently perched atop one of my pen pots, scoping out his new surroundings and trying to avoid being spotted by either of the cats.
.2007-02-27
15:47
2007-02-27
15:35
..after having enjoyed a VR gift from a friend. It’s time for a brief moment of Slash squee.
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Mmmmmhmmm…oh the hair the hair the hair the hair! The Lovely Mr Hudson here is one of the sexiest men in rock n’ roll, there are others, your mileage may vary, as will your taste in argyle sweaters if you happen to be addicted to a certain other guitarist whose name conveniently escapes me right now. No doubt someone will be along shortly to jog my memory.
In the meantime, I’m just going to enjoy this pic.
2007-02-27
14:56
The last of my reviews of art materials by Pentel.
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It’s a set of 10 watercolour crayons with an aquash brush (a very handy hollow body brush pen for filling with water), a sharpener, and a cleaning sponge. All in a pretty little tin.
Well, it does the job. The crayons work well wet and dry, and it’s possible to get a good range of tones and effects. The sharpener ensures your crayons stay as sharp as they need to be, and you can create your own mixes in the little palette dimples left for you in the tray. The crayons come in white, blue, light green, green, yellow, purple, red, orange, brown and black, so you have everything you need to get going.
But, there’s a problem. Once the crayons are gone, they’re gone. You can’t buy replacements because Pentel only sell the sets, not the individual crayons. If you want a handy ‘watercolour crayons and a water brush to go’ set, you’d be better off with Derwent’s Aquatone Pod which comes with a free Aquash brush, and Aquatone sticks are fairly easy to replace.
If you’d prefer to get Aquatone instead…