Ash Seeketh Embers

Ryuji Sakamoto ☠

Today the Department of Awesomely Good Deeds salutes Mustafa Efe, Imam at the Mahmud Hüdayi Mosque in the historical Üsküdar district of Istanbul, Turkey. In addition to his religious and community leadership work, Efe is a devoted animal lover with a great big heart. Last year he began welcoming the city’s numerous stray cats and their kittens into his mosque. Efe refers to his feline visitors as “guests” and wants them to find safety and warmth within the walls of his historic mosque, particularly during the cold winter months.

One mama cat was observed bringing her newborn kittens into the mosque one by one. She carried them in her mouth up the stairs and over to the safety of the mosque’s pulpit, where she proceeded to groom and feed them:

On Facebook Imam Efe wrote, “The kitty has found the heart of compassion and mercy.” Meanwhile other feline guests are known to sit in on Imam Efe’s sermons alongside human congregation members.

STATUS (January 24, 2017: OPEN)

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Yoko Littner Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann Manufacturer: Pearl Number of Parts: 33, including base. Custom base, additional hair strands, bullet casings, battle-damaged clothes, alternate color scheme, modified bikini, and modified hair. Tamiya Acrylics, Testors Enamels, Jaquard Pearl Pigments.

Customer has had two other Yoko kits commissioned by me, so we went for something a little different this time.  Customer requested blue stockings to match her shorts, battle-damaged clothing, sandy base.  Despite being ¼ scale, the sculpt was rather bland, having the bikini straps sculpted flush against her body, no texture on the hair on her head, and no clothing detailing on the stockings.  Therefore, I modified all of it; removed and added new bikini straps that sit off the body, added tears and puffed skin onto the stockings, sculpted hair detail.  Base was custom cut to fit the large kit, and modeled with a skidded sand effect.  I also crafted miniature bullet casings for added effect and detail on the base. As always, more images on my facebook, GarekiPhoenix.

Yoko Littner Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann Manufacturer: Pearl Number of Parts: 33, including base. Custom base, additional hair strands, bullet casings, battle-damaged clothes, alternate color scheme, modified bikini, and modified hair. Tamiya Acrylics, Testors Enamels, Jaquard Pearl Pigments.

Customer has had two other Yoko kits commissioned by me, so we went for something a little different this time.  Customer requested blue stockings to match her shorts, battle-damaged clothing, sandy base.  Despite being ¼ scale, the sculpt was rather bland, having the bikini straps sculpted flush against her body, no texture on the hair on her head, and no clothing detailing on the stockings.  Therefore, I modified all of it; removed and added new bikini straps that sit off the body, added tears and puffed skin onto the stockings, sculpted hair detail.  Base was custom cut to fit the large kit, and modeled with a skidded sand effect.  I also crafted miniature bullet casings for added effect and detail on the base. As always, more images on my facebook, GarekiPhoenix.

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