Nendos on Ice

“Christmas Lights”

Oh, the shenanigans when Phichit is involved.

In case you don’t recognize the tree in this one, it was used in my first comic almost two years ago (one day late, what is wrong with me??).  I was sending some pictures of my new Victor Nendo to a friend when I saw the tree sitting on the counter (it was full of chocolates from a trip to France my parents had taken) and inspiration struck.  And Nendos on Ice was born!  Of course I’ve saved the tree and I pull it out every year.  You can read my series all the way from the beginning down below if you haven’t seen my first comic before.

I hope everyone has a happy and safe holiday season!

“Third Shopping Spree”

Yeah, this one needs a million links, so of course I’ll have to do it all on my phone, that’s fine...

Here are the links to the first shopping spree and the second shopping spree comics, if you missed them. And these three are all inspired by real life events, so if you’d like to see my merch haul from this year’s Japan trip, I made a post on my sideblog that you can check out here.

I’ve been home from Japan for a few weeks now, jetlag is but a memory... and my dear fiancé is already planning the next trip in his head.

“Godzilla”

So my fiancé is a big Godzilla nerd... he has more Godzillas than I have Nendos and now seemed like a good time to... steal one.  Sorry, honey.

“Skate America 2019”

Same, Yuuri. Same.

I’ve been having a great time here at SA. I really wanted to get some skaters from group two in these pics, but by then the seats were full in the row in front of me and it looked really bad. Oh well!

Thanks @louciferish for being my assistant with this one!

“Something’s Missing”

And it’s a Chris Nendo! I swear, the movie’d better revive the fandom because my collection feels incomplete.

Someone out there made a custom Chris Nendo and for the life of me, I can’t find evidence that it exists. So if that person’s reading this, I’m sorry, I really wanted to link you but I can’t remember where I saw those pics.  Also he’s beautiful and you’re amazing.

“The Official Tour”

So... it’s been, like, eight months... what’d I miss?

As I mentioned in an ask a few days ago, I’ve fallen out of the fandom, and that’s part of why I’ve stopped posting. But I’m going to Skate America next week and Japan two weeks after that, so it seemed like a good time to post again. It’s a real possibility that you may get four or five comics out of me in the next month and then I’ll disappear again. 😂

Even though Phichit and Otabek aren’t really new anymore, I decided to pick up right where the comics left off. I think a lot of people find the blog and binge read it all in order (which, kudos to you, that’s a pretty decent time investment) or in reverse order (barbarians!), so this will make the most sense in the long run.

So since I’ll have some extra time next week during zamboni breaks, help me rekindle my love for YoI and the community. Comment on this post the best fanfic you’ve read that’s been published in the last six months!

It sure looks dead, doesn’t it?

Yeah, I’ve fallen out of the fandom a bit. There’s a lot of life stuff that’s been going on too: I moved so the Nendos were packed up for like a month, I’ve been working a ton, and I’m hitting some major milestones in my relationship. So life has been busy, but mostly it’s the fandom thing. I barely even get on Discord anymore.

I do have some fandom-y stuff coming up, though! I’m going to Skate America next week with a few online friends who expressed interest in me bringing the little guys along, and a week after that I’m going back to Japan and I usually bring the Nendos there too. So there’s some chance of new content as I focus a little more on YoI in the next couple of weeks.

Thanks for reaching out. I’ll admit part of my apprehension about rekindling the blog is that I don’t know how many people are still active in the fandom enough to care. But every time I get a notification that someone liked or reblogged something, I smile at my phone, so thanks to everyone who still interacts here.

“Welcome Otabek!”

This is Otabek’s debut on Nendos on Ice, but it’s also the debut of Yurio’s smiling face.  I didn’t intend to withhold it for so long, but I never really had a clue of how I wanted to use it and eventually it was like... “Well, it’s been this long.  Might as well save it for Otabek.”  But now that they’re together, I think we’ll be seeing it a lot more often!

“Welcome Phichit!”

They’re here!  I just have to upload both comics today so I can show off both new Nendoroids!

EDIT: I interrupt this blog post to give a shoutout to @azurekeii, who made the Phichit stamp.  You can find more amazing YoI stamps here!  …I bought several. 😝(sorry I forgot to link it before!)

Next, a bonus.  You may have seen my last (failed) attempt at creating new Nendo faces with GSC’s Nendoroid Face Maker.  I mentioned back then that I planned on using the tool again in the future.  Well… I have!  With Phichit!  Enjoy!

BONUS:

First up is Phichit’s nervous face as he’s waiting to see if he made it to the GPF!  (sorry for the terrible quality in the first photo.  That’s all Google would give me and I was too lazy to take a screenshot from the show.)

And then:

I just HAD to make a scandalized face for Phichit’s selfies!!!

OKAAAAYYY I’m going to try this, so here’s the link to my livestream, starting in 20 mins!  I have no livestreaming experience, so we’ll see how this goes.

“Sparklers”

And that was how Seaver set her toys on fire.

Just kidding, of course.  The guys are fine, although perhaps some of those sparks were jumping a little too close for comfort.  But it made for a pretty cool picture!

...Could I be an Instagram star with shots like this?