Touhou.

A day late but Happy Presidents day!

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Artist: flandre495

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That Lincoln drawing really gives me some Lenā€™en Project vibes.

Anyway, if Prince Shoutoku can be a Touhou character, I donā€™t see why Abe Lincoln canā€™t.

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artist: makuwauni

night of nights!!!

could play un owens was her in guitar

ā€œFlowering Nightā€ in general is one of my favourite Touhou songs (even though Iā€™ve never played Phantasmagoria of Flower View).

Iā€™m not the biggest fan of ā€œUN Owen was Herā€, but Iā€™ve heard some really beautiful arrangements of it that make me appreciate it more.Ā  Itā€™s cool you learned how to play it.Ā  There are some really neat melodies in ZUNā€™s songs that are pretty fun to play.

artist: banbi03050305

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Hey guys, how are you all coping with the cold weather?

Iā€™ve been dealing with it by living in a desert (seriously, itā€™s been in the 80s here lately).

artist: ZUN

Pretty sure this cold gave me a cold, but Iā€™m pretty much over it by now.
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Artist: wool

Iā€™ve mostly been keeping warm with coffee and tea.

Probably my favorite illustration of the Yakumo family. Too bad only a few of his comics are translated.
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artist:Hirano Masanori

Got around to painting my keycaps finally. Pretty pleased with the way they came out. Now to see how they paint breaks in.
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Iā€™m also planning on making a papercraft to match.

I remember you saying you were planning to do that. It looks pretty nice. I canā€™t wait to see the new papercraft.

I havenā€™t played Touhou in a couple months since my computer died and Iā€™ve been on an old laptop with some of the keys (including the down arrow) missing.

I saw a couple pieces of big news recently. First, it looks like Touhou is finally getting a Western release on playism-games.com. Touhou 14 already seems to be available for digital purchase on playism.jp, which I think is also a first for an official Touhou game, and should be available on the English site sooner or later. I donā€™t know if they are going to release the older games too, but even if it is just the new ones, it will make it a lot more convenient to buy them.

Then it seems ZUN has also announced Touhou 15: Legacy of Lunatic Kingdom (spoilers for playable characters in that link), which is a bit surprising since the numbering scheme suggested there would probably be a 14.8 before 15 came out. There is a surprise new playable character:

Reisen, which I guess makes sense given the Lunatic theme, but I think other than PoFV, where everyone was playable, and IN, where there were youkai-human teams, she is the first playable non-human in one of the main games since the PC-98 era.

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Yeah it was really a pain to purchase the games over here in the states. I still hope to one day see them making their way on Steam even though it may be unlikely.

Also super excited for that new game. Iā€™m sure a lot of people will be happy to see her making it as a playable character. I can already see there being some really cool mechanics for her.

In other news I finally got around to making some caps for my Kickside today.

Those Komeiji caps are really nice. Itā€™s pretty clever to use that iconography for a cap design.

Itā€™s nice having the physical discs, but it really is a pain to import them. Digital distribution will/would be much more convenient.

Yoyofoot should at least be happy with the new playable character, if I remember his character sort results right (I like her quite a bit too).

Soā€¦this somehow happened on national television:

Also, DDC is now available for digital purchase.Ā  Theyā€™ve also added one fangame so far (Takkoman by illuCalab), and itā€™s kind of an interesting choice if you were just going to pick one.Ā  Even by Touhou standards, itā€™s pretty bizarre.

Yeah I saw that! Itā€™s hard to believe that Suika would make it on a sports report of all things.

So does DDC come translated from the start or does it need a patch of sorts? I really should pick this up this weekend when I get some more cash in my checking account.

I may think about Takkoman at some point as well. After watching some game play it looks like it could be a lot of fun.

I thought someone must have just photoshopped a still frame from the show when I first saw it. At least they picked a fighting game character for their segment on boxing.

I havenā€™t bought DDC yet since Iā€™m still on my old laptop with broken arrow keys, but Iā€™m pretty sure it is just the Japanese version. I assume the fanmade patches would work on it, though.

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After a long road trip I finally got around to finishing this.

Did you ever get your keyboard fixed? If not you should consider getting a mechanical keyboard. They are a bit pricey, but the life span and the feel of the keystrokes I think makes it totally worth it.

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Looks so good. You into origami or just paper figures?

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Thanks. c=

So far I just do figures, but Iā€™ve been meaning to get in to origami. It really seems like something I would like though, thinking back to how I used to fold up all the paper handouts I got back in school. :smiley:

That Yukari papercraft is awesome. The frills in the dress and parasol work really well. I imagine her having a white dress helped a lot with the colouring part of the process (come to think of it, it is a bit odd that almost everyone uses her white dress from IN in fanart instead of her purple one from PCB, though I do like the IN outfit more). You should try origami, you would probably be pretty good at it judging from your papercraft abilities.

I didnā€™t get the keyboard on my old laptop fixed, but I did replace the battery and hard drive on my other one, and it kind of works now. I need to reinstall Windows on it still, but I have been able to play some of the older games through Wine. I would probably consider getting a mechanical keyboard if I ever get a desktop, but I probably wouldnā€™t get enough use out of it to justify it for my laptop.

I havenā€™t tried DDC yet since I tend to have trouble running anything from MoF or newer through Wine, but I did end up buying it, so maybe that will give me a good enough reason to get Windows installed.

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