Darn tootin’.

This is the only elf on a shelf you should ever need:

Hey! This is the first one of these puzzles I actually have a shot at answering! I'm still messed up thinking about that one with the blue-eyed dragons.

The actors speaking Chinese in Firefly seem to mess up the tones quite a bit, but who can really say what Mandarin will be like in the 26th century.

I'm always late to GIF party. Next week I'm setting an alarm so I make it in before all the bacon-wrapped scallops are gone.

I ran into Keanu Reeves in a liquor store outside Chicago once. Everyone in the store was all like, "is that Keanu?"

By now you must have seen that guy who's doing combat archery? Fascinating stuff, and apparently he's digging into the original texts for instruction.

I did SCA for a couple of years in the early 90's but got tired of having my bell rung by the local duke. These days I'm doing Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. Much easier on the…

Are you a marital artist or in the SCA? There's some real resurgence in medieval weapons combat lately— Middle Ages, especially.

I solved the pata problem with Kickstarter #2— I've figured out how to make a Roman gladius that fits between Barbie's fingers.

Someone needs to check out faireplay.zheng3.com for all their warrior Barbie needs.

It's a Barbie-compatible 3D printed Roman chariot that can in theory be pulled by cats. Here's the link:

My news for the week is that my Kickstarter's not going well, and it has made Coco cry.

Maybe the Faire Play Kickstarter caught somebody's eye over at Mattel.

Coco loves Friday GIF Party!

You can add this one to the list.

I'm working on Kickstarter #2. Day and night.

Yes, this plastic can be painted. I spray paint a lot of my 3D printed models, and acrylics work nicely too.

Thanks! The lack of articulation in Babs' hands is the single most frustrating thing about designing weapons for milady. So pata it is.

Hi yawlz! I'm really pleased that you like Faire Play. To answer a couple of questions I've seen in comments:

I just finished up my Faire Play project. It's 3D-printed Barbie-compatible medieval armor.