Friday, December 31, 2010

Spice and Wolf - Holo Papercraft 2

Spice and Wolf Holo Papercraft

New paper model of Holo from Spice and Wolf anime/manga (bent over pose), she's the wolf harvest deity that takes the form of a young girl to explore the world around her.

Spice and Wolf - Holo Papercraft 2 [Download]

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K-On!: Nakano Azusa 03

k-on! cosplay - nakano azusa 03Azusa looks up to Mio from the light music club due to her maturity and experience as a bassist. Once, she even tried to give Mio chocolate for Valentine’s Day. However, she sometimes unintentionally points out Mio’s weaknesses, such as her weight. She also thinks Mugi is very beautiful, envious of her hair and large eyes.

To be honest, Azusa has nothing to be envious of. She herself is very talented and cute, right? Thanks to MP Zero for the awesome photography and also to Ange for the contribution!

Pokemon Altaria Papercraft

Pokemon Altaria Papercraft

Altaria (aka Tyltalis) is a Flying-type and Humming Pokemon that is the evolved form of Swablu, it resembles a blue pheasant surrounded by cotton-shaped clouds.

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Thursday, December 30, 2010

Tron Legacy - Kevin Flynn Lightcycle Papercraft

Tron Legacy Kevin Flynn Lightcycle Papercraft

Kevin Flynn's 2nd generation Lightcycle, note the covered canopy and white color scheme.

Tron Legacy - Kevin Flynn Lightcycle Papercraft [Download]

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Tron Legacy - Clu Light Cycle Papercraft

Tron Legacy Clu Light Cycle Papercraft

Clu (aka Clu 2) is the main antagonist in Tron: Legacy, a hacker program that sports yellow circuitry colors and was made in the image and likeness of his creator, Kevin Flynn.

Tron Legacy - Clu Light Cycle Papercraft [Download]

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MatchBot Paper Toy (Series 1 - Green LED)

MatchBot Paper Toy

The new paper toy series from Omochagami called Match-Bot - a plain old matchbox that transforms into a robot.

In its matchbox-mode the feet and arms are secretly hidden, a simple slit on the side hides the hands while the feet are folded within the matchbox itself.

MatchBot Paper Toy (Series 1 - Green LED) [Download]

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RustBlaster: Aldred Van Envurio

rustblaster cosplay - aldred van envurio by lirlysBorn without a Lineage Weapon, Aldred van Envurio is the adopted son of Headmaster Kain van Envurio of the Mercenary Specialized School. Although physically strong, he could not compare against Lineage Weapons, which initially bothered him. He was deemed by most as a failure at the beginning of the manga, with the exception of his teammates.

Another awesome cosplay by Lirlys! And this time, she works with a different photographer, ~yayagami. Thanks to Reneta for sending this!

2010 Boy & 2011 Girl Paper Toy

New Year Paper Toy


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Final Fantasy Versus XIII: Noctis Lucis Caelum 03

final fantasy versus xiii cosplay - noctis lucis caelum 03 by jesuke

Noctis can wield different weapons ranging from swords, spears, lances, to guns. He controls them using telekinesis though the power of the Crystal for both attack and defense. Noctis also has the ability to teleport and move at high speed.

Beautiful cosplay by Jesuke! According to her deviant art description, this mimics a screenshot from one of the Final Fantasy Versus XIII trailers. Thanks to Mia for sending this!

Pokemon Deoxys Papercraft - Attack Forme

Pokemon Deoxys Papercraft Attack Forme

Deoxys is a Legendary / DNA Pokemon, although it doesn't have any evolutionary form it does have four different "Formes"- unique forms that they can transform to at will, this model depicts the Attack Forme.

Pokemon Deoxys Papercraft - Attack Forme [Download]

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Spirit Tracks - Spirit Train Papercraft

Spirit Train Papercraft

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Review of Math Rider software

If your children like horses, they might fall in love with Math Rider game!

Math Rider is a "math facts" software game; that is, it specifically trains and practices the basic addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division facts.

Some special features include:
  • Each player has their own "account" in the game, and Math Rider is adaptive in that it trains those facts more that the child misses. I feel this is a great and important feature. More on that below...

  • I also really liked the statistics. You can see a color-coded chart that shows what facts the child has mastered, what s/he has some trouble with, and what s/he has lots of trouble with. Also, after each ride, the game shows you a bar chart with a bar for each fact in that ride. The taller the bar, the longer the child took to solve the fact.
Here is the home screen. Click to enlarge.



The gameplay is centered around "quests". The player sets up a "quest" by choosing which operation to practice, and on which level. From there, the game first shows a storyline for a few screens.

Then starts the practice, in which a horse jumps a hurdle every time you solve a math fact correctly. If you answer wrong, the horse doesn't whinny but snorts, and you might have time to correct your answer. If you don't, or if you can't answer a problem at all, the horse stops at the hurdle and tells you the answer, and walks through the hurdle instead of jumping it.

The program adapts the problems as you go. The problems you miss or are slow at keep appearing more often than others. The speed adapts, too. If you are fast in answering, the problems appear faster and the horse rides faster, and vice versa.



These rides are 30 problems "long." After a ride of 30 problems, you can check your progress on the "quest" on a map. The backgrounds and hurdles on these rides vary as you proceed and travel through different landscapes. Completing the quest takes several of these 30-fact rides. Once you complete the quest, you are shown several more screens of the storyline to learn how it ends, and you get a special reward item.

The storylines include for example a sick mother, for whom you need to find a special flower, or you find a magical gem that a wizard tells you keeps darkness away, and you have to deliver the gem to the elven city. On the advanced level, you get to rescue a princess.

Personally I didn't care for the wizard/magic story, but you can easily fast forward through these short stories

You can read more about the game play on the Math Rider site.

The motivational reward items include points you get from riding, and the animated items you get from completing quests (flowers, flags, a castle, etc.). Additionally, the program tracks the "mastery" level of each operation and shows that in the animated items.

This is how the statistics looks like:


Both of my girls liked the game really well. They played and played and had to be dragged away from the computer!

My 5th grader already knows the basic facts pretty well, so for her the game was mostly fun with a little bit of review. She liked the changing backgrounds and the music. I really liked the music too (you can turn it off if you don't).

My 2nd grader just did addition and subtraction, and I feel the game did some good in helping her get speedier with her facts. They both liked best the different animated reward items you get when you finish the quests, such as flowers and flags.

It could be improved by adding more storylines. Right now, there is one story for any of the "easy" levels, no matter what the operation, and similarly for the other levels.


Also, I personally feel that children would benefit a lot from practicing the addition and multiplication facts using missing addends and factors (practicing "in reverse"). For example, in multiplication, the game could use 5 x ___ = 25, and in addition, it could use 6 + ___ = 13 types of problems.

I feel the game is well done and serves very well the purpose of practicing math facts and getting "up to speed" with them.  The adaptive features work well and really help the mastery to come to pass.

Of course there are so many different games and ways to practice math facts that it's hard to choose! I hope my review helps you in deciding if this game would be for you. I can definitely recommend it for what it does.

Website: MathRider.com Price: $37.


Disclosure: I was given a copy of Math Rider software for free but did not receive any other compensation.

Review of Math Rider software

If your children like horses, they might fall in love with Math Rider game!

Math Rider is a "math facts" software game; that is, it specifically trains and practices the basic addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division facts.

Some special features include:
  • Each player has their own "account" in the game, and Math Rider is adaptive in that it trains those facts more that the child misses. I feel this is a great and important feature. More on that below...

  • I also really liked the statistics. You can see a color-coded chart that shows what facts the child has mastered, what s/he has some trouble with, and what s/he has lots of trouble with. Also, after each ride, the game shows you a bar chart with a bar for each fact in that ride. The taller the bar, the longer the child took to solve the fact.
Here is the home screen. Click to enlarge.



The gameplay is centered around "quests". The player sets up a "quest" by choosing which operation to practice, and on which level. From there, the game first shows a storyline for a few screens.

Then starts the practice, in which a horse jumps a hurdle every time you solve a math fact correctly. If you answer wrong, the horse doesn't whinny but snorts, and you might have time to correct your answer. If you don't, or if you can't answer a problem at all, the horse stops at the hurdle and tells you the answer, and walks through the hurdle instead of jumping it.

The program adapts the problems as you go. The problems you miss or are slow at keep appearing more often than others. The speed adapts, too. If you are fast in answering, the problems appear faster and the horse rides faster, and vice versa.



These rides are 30 problems "long." After a ride of 30 problems, you can check your progress on the "quest" on a map. The backgrounds and hurdles on these rides vary as you proceed and travel through different landscapes. Completing the quest takes several of these 30-fact rides. Once you complete the quest, you are shown several more screens of the storyline to learn how it ends, and you get a special reward item.

The storylines include for example a sick mother, for whom you need to find a special flower, or you find a magical gem that a wizard tells you keeps darkness away, and you have to deliver the gem to the elven city. On the advanced level, you get to rescue a princess.

Personally I didn't care for the wizard/magic story, but you can easily fast forward through these short stories

You can read more about the game play on the Math Rider site.

The motivational reward items include points you get from riding, and the animated items you get from completing quests (flowers, flags, a castle, etc.). Additionally, the program tracks the "mastery" level of each operation and shows that in the animated items.

This is how the statistics looks like:


Both of my girls liked the game really well. They played and played and had to be dragged away from the computer!

My 5th grader already knows the basic facts pretty well, so for her the game was mostly fun with a little bit of review. She liked the changing backgrounds and the music. I really liked the music too (you can turn it off if you don't).

My 2nd grader just did addition and subtraction, and I feel the game did some good in helping her get speedier with her facts. They both liked best the different animated reward items you get when you finish the quests, such as flowers and flags.

It could be improved by adding more storylines. Right now, there is one story for any of the "easy" levels, no matter what the operation, and similarly for the other levels.


Also, I personally feel that children would benefit a lot from practicing the addition and multiplication facts using missing addends and factors (practicing "in reverse"). For example, in multiplication, the game could use 5 x ___ = 25, and in addition, it could use 6 + ___ = 13 types of problems.

I feel the game is well done and serves very well the purpose of practicing math facts and getting "up to speed" with them.  The adaptive features work well and really help the mastery to come to pass.

Of course there are so many different games and ways to practice math facts that it's hard to choose! I hope my review helps you in deciding if this game would be for you. I can definitely recommend it for what it does.

Website: MathRider.com Price: $37.


Disclosure: I was given a copy of Math Rider software for free but did not receive any other compensation.

2011 Resolutions #1

Picnik collage

My first New Years Resolution for 2011 is to craft and sew more.  Here is a list of some of the projects I am just dying to try!


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This completes my first 2011 Resolution of "Crafting & Sewing" more.  I can't wait to get started. Stay tuned for Resolution #2.

~XOXO~


Beach Cottage Good Life Wednesdays

Stop Motion Art Video

Just for fun, my friend Lisa shot this footage of some of my art that they own. I edited it and made some music for it. She took the footage with her iPhone using StopMotion Recorder.

On a side note, Lisa also just made a new wallpaper of my nesting dolls. If you're interested, you can click on the image below to get the full resolution, or download other sizes at her site if you'd like.



Final Fantasy XI - Chocobo Papercraft

Final Fantasy XI Chocobo Papercraft

Chocobo paper model based on the Final Fantaxy XI video game, game rip by Kaizo and unfolding/editing done by Larry Cheung.

Final Fantasy XI - Chocobo Papercraft [Download]

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Plugger Paper Toy

Plugger Paper Toy
If you feel you need for a bit more self advertising in 2011, then here is the perfect place to start. It's time to plug yourself - Sinner

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Uzi Papercraft

Uzi Papercraft

Have an uzi papercraft for the New Year ^^, a little gift from Bamboogila's Corner.

Did you know? the uzi is a type of submachine gun that is designed / manufactured in Israel, it was named after its designer - Uziel Gal (Israeli army officer).

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Half-Life 2 - HEV Arm Guard Papercraft

Half Life 2 HEV Arm Guard Papercraft

One step closer to finishing Tektonten's Half-Life 2 Hev Armor set, here are the upper arm guard and vambrace papercrafts.

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Wednesday, December 29, 2010

Pokemon Aggron Papercraft

Pokemon Aggron Papercraft

Aggron (aka Bossgodora) is a Rock-type and Iron Armor Pokemon that is the evolved form of Lairon, think Mechagodzilla ^^.

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Pokemon Salamence Papercraft

Pokemon Salamence Papercraft

Salamance (aka Bohmander) is a Flying-type and Dragon Pokemon that also happens to belong to the pseudo-legendary category, it is the evolved form of Shelgon.

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