What good is an army of cats without armor?

December 25, 2006 10:22 AM

Armor for cats and rats. Well, really it's cats and mice, but that doesn't rhyme as well.Token Samurai Cat Jeff de Boer, the artist (bio here) all links have been coralized to protect the webhost
posted by filmgeek (27 comments total)

is this technically a double?
posted by phaedon at 10:41 AM on December 25, 2006

Token Samurai Pizza Cat
posted by Luddite at 10:46 AM on December 25, 2006

Dammit. It is a double but it works (where the original doesn't.)

And worse yet, I did an exact search for www.jeffdeboer.com and it came up blank.
posted by filmgeek at 10:50 AM on December 25, 2006

I want this for my cat.
posted by dirtynumbangelboy at 10:55 AM on December 25, 2006

It is a double but it works

Not for me. Is anyone else getting "could not be found" for all of those links?
posted by mediareport at 11:05 AM on December 25, 2006

Ah, if I try it without the .nyud.net at the end, it works, but the links in the post don't.
posted by mediareport at 11:07 AM on December 25, 2006

Wow, these are amazing, filmgeek, thanks. I went looking for the armoured ties and sword-handled briefcases he mentions in the faq and found them at archive.org: armoured ties and corporate viking raider briefcase. He used to make rayguns, too.
posted by mediareport at 11:19 AM on December 25, 2006

Not bad for a farmer.
posted by theantikitty at 11:34 AM on December 25, 2006

Yes, I believe it is a double, but I don't give a damn as it is definitely the Best of the Web and should be displayed regularly.

Oh, and all the links work for me.
posted by lekvar at 11:38 AM on December 25, 2006

Echoing mediareport's comment, WOW! These are amazing! Did not expect them to be *that* wonderful but they are. What a fantastic find filmgeek, definitely +fav. Thanks. And thanks mediareport for the additional links. I love Jeff De Boer's sense of humor. Way cool ties and corporate raid briefcase. Ha!

Jeff De Boer's website gallery. Jeff De Boer being interviewd on CBC radio. Exoform trilobite shells. Articulation. Google images.
posted by nickyskye at 11:59 AM on December 25, 2006

Great links, thanks! THIS is what the internet is for.
posted by eparchos at 12:03 PM on December 25, 2006

Oh, and all the links work for me.

Yeah, they're now all working for me. I swear I was getting "URL could not be found" messages a few minutes ago, though. Maybe a temporary coral cache thing.
posted by mediareport at 12:07 PM on December 25, 2006

Coral isn't especially reliable; it's best used when the target is VERY weak. Any kind of reasonably robust web farm will work much better than Coral, in my experience.
posted by Malor at 12:26 PM on December 25, 2006

The funny thing about this is that I would love to see a cat actually wear this stuff. Because if the experience of my household is any indication, any kind of clothing makes our cats look miserable and fall uselessly over onto their sides.

Which is a shame, because I would love to armor up the kitties and send them forth to do battle with the dogs.
posted by quin at 3:48 PM on December 25, 2006

If I could think of a great username-based gag here I'd use it. Unfortunately I am very tired.
posted by ArmyOfKittens at 4:22 PM on December 25, 2006

Kittens can use the mouse armor.
posted by mediareport at 5:33 PM on December 25, 2006

I specifically used coral (I tried google first) because I was afraid of metafilter either crashing his server or driving up his hosting costs.
posted by filmgeek at 5:46 PM on December 25, 2006

Oh gosh, this stuff is good. Thanks for sharing (again).
posted by ninazer0 at 6:04 PM on December 25, 2006

I can't believe the poster omitted any mention of Miaowara Tomokato. The *real* Samuri Cat, the one who fought Thpaghetti Thauce, among others, to avenge his fallen Daimyo.

Not that the armor isn't cool as all get out, but Tomokato was one of the best things ever.
posted by sotonohito at 6:07 PM on December 25, 2006

Action Cats are awesome!
posted by CrunchyFrog at 7:14 PM on December 25, 2006

sotonohito,
Yes, I was about to say... is this about The Samurai Cat books from the 80s by Mark Rogers? if not, then this guy's got some explaining to do, cuz it's damn close in appearance to the graphic novels. I used to love those books when they came out, i was only about 10 but I read the first two.
posted by Liquidwolf at 10:10 PM on December 25, 2006

I specifically used coral (I tried google first) because I was afraid of metafilter either crashing his server or driving up his hosting costs.

Well, it was spotty. I'm not sure that's a strategy we want to become the norm here.
posted by mediareport at 1:29 AM on December 26, 2006

The sculptures of Jessica Joslin make good companion pieces to this.
posted by snez at 2:07 AM on December 26, 2006 [2 favorites]

snez, Jessica Joslin's art is wonderful. Thanks.
posted by nickyskye at 9:01 AM on December 26, 2006

I have earrings made by Jeff. Not so good at protecting me from slings and arrows, unfortunately.
posted by fish tick at 9:27 PM on December 26, 2006

fish tick, way cool, you lucky duck. Can you take a pic of them and post it here?
posted by nickyskye at 8:53 AM on December 27, 2006

Meow Tse-tung would approve.
posted by LordSludge at 12:57 PM on December 27, 2006