{"id":219,"date":"2009-10-19T15:50:51","date_gmt":"2009-10-19T20:50:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tranquil-solace.com\/blog\/?p=219"},"modified":"2010-09-07T23:43:20","modified_gmt":"2010-09-08T04:43:20","slug":"so-i-got-myself-a-black-butler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tranquil-solace.com\/blog\/2009\/10\/19\/so-i-got-myself-a-black-butler\/","title":{"rendered":"So I got myself a black butler&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ever since about 2003 I&#8217;ve seen all kinds of photographs of people with anime figurines.  Whether it was of a gundam or some other mecha or a full scale model of the popular mo\u00e9 character of the day, I always manged to find post-convention photos on people&#8217;s blogs or postings about new ones on sale at places like <a href=\"http:\/\/jlist.com\">jlist<\/a>.  From that time on, I knew I just had to have one, but my biggest setback was usually the price.  When you go though a little currency conversion from Yen to the Canadian dollar, these things could put you 100+ dollars in the hole and I&#8217;m just a humble college student! Then with <a href=\"http:\/\/kakumei-tenjou.livejournal.com\/70029.html\">anime north 2008<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/kakumei-tenjou.livejournal.com\/75852.html\">fan expo 2008<\/a> I was even more determined to buy something, those adorable nendoroids and other figurines&#8230;I just knew I could give them a good home.  But once again the price came and hit me upside the head.  I saw an amazing Code Geass Knightmare frame at FanExpo but the vendor wanted 75 dollars for it.  I guess it&#8217;s true some of these hobby shops jack up their prices during convention time&#8230;You know how they say good things come to those who wait? Well today my day came!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/tranquil-solace.com\/photos\/figurines\/sebastianbox.jpg\" alt=\"sebastian\" width=\"500\" height=\"377\" \/><br \/>\n<center><em>Everyone, please say hello to Sebastian!<br \/>\n<\/em><\/center><\/p>\n<p><!--more [ Read More &#10140; ]--><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/tranquil-solace.com\/photos\/figurines\/sebastianpackage.jpg\" alt=\"sebastian\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><br \/>\n<center><em>I had just finished watching Kuroshitsuji and a few days after it was <strong>payday<\/strong>, so I just knew what I was going to buy.  Had to do a little searching to find an online figurine store that had Sebas-chan in stock though.<\/em><\/center><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/tranquil-solace.com\/photos\/figurines\/sebastiandesk.jpg\" alt=\"sebastian\" width=\"500\" height=\"378\" \/><br \/>\n<center><em>He looks rather comfortable on my desk.<\/em><\/center><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/tranquil-solace.com\/photos\/figurines\/sebastianstare.jpg\" alt=\"sebastian\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><br \/>\n<center><em>He kept asking me if there was anything I wanted him to do for me.  He kept telling me about this <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Black_Butler\">kid<\/a> he worked for a while ago&#8230;something about wanting to devour my soul&#8230;yeah&#8230;I&#8217;ll pass on that.  He didn&#8217;t seem too pleased I turned him down.  Not very pleased at all&#8230;<\/em><\/center><\/p>\n<p>So do I like him as my first figurine? I love him! His only draw back is that some of the removable face\/neck parts don&#8217;t seem to attach very snugly to his body.  Not sure if it&#8217;s because their joints use those bjd thingies or what.  Luckily he&#8217;s standing against my pc monitor and I don&#8217;t plan to swap faces that often(might make another photo post though!), so he should be good.  Do I plan to buy other nendoriods? I sure do!  Actually, I have a little <a href=\"http:\/\/tranquil-solace.com\/blog\/wishlist\/\">wishlist<\/a> of other figurines I&#8217;d like to buy in the future, so keep an eye out for future posts!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/tranquil-solace.com\/art\/wips\/yasuonnewip.jpg\" alt=\"yasuflonne\" width=\"500\" height=\"305\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Since this is supposed to be a blog for posting wip&#8217;s\/art and sketches, here&#8217;s something I&#8217;m working on in time for halloween.  Since it takes a little while to ink digitally(but looks so much better) I&#8217;ve inked this with my trusty fineliners.  Hopefully it will come out well for a little idea I have in mind.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ever since about 2003 I&#8217;ve seen all kinds of photographs of people with anime figurines. 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