I hope I don’t take so much time on each of these builds!
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I haven’t read the manga, nor watched the anime, so I’m relying on the Netflix series and Isaac’s deep knowledge to fuel these One Piece builds.
Sanji is my favorite character in the Netflix series. In the anime, he’s a childish pervert and terribly unlikable. In the live-action translation, he’s comfortable in his skin and a gentleman to ladies, if only in affectation.
This island is the unnamed rock he lands on after the pirate chef Zeff and he lose their ships in a storm.
Zeff plays the villian and Sanji is just a boy who was working in his ship’s galley. Zeff unfairly splits the rations and commands the child to stay on the other side of the rock until one of them spots a passing ship.
An incredible amount of time passes before Sanji is out of food and charges across the rock, demanding more food. He discovers that Zeff’s sack is still full…of treasure. When he asks how Zeff stayed alive without food all this time, the camera pans to Zeff’s severed leg and a makeshift kitchen smeared with blood.
After Zeff’s sacrifice, the two become lifelong friends and the elder mentors the boy into a great chef.
This build was a lot of fun. Working with a limited pallet of mostly grey is difficult and I had to create exposed studs on all sides of the rocky mushroom.
There are some great details I hope you can see in person at the Delaware Fun-A-Day show in November.
