by FourEyedMonster | Oct 1, 2023
There was a time when I would never have considered putting a pre-painted figurine up for display in my personal hobby collection. Misplaced pride and egotism meant I only displayed figurines I had painted myself. But with age comes the humility to accept that this...
by FourEyedMonster | Sep 19, 2023
After finishing a rather time-consuming project (i.e a scale model kit of the Going Merry pirate ship), I have been guilty of taking it easy these past two weeks. Apart from checking out some budget-friendly pre-painted figurines to add to my collection, I didn't...
by FourEyedMonster | Sep 5, 2023
After 12 long years of procrastination and delay, the Going Merry pirate ship is finally complete. For the longest time, I was intimidated by the idea of starting a project involving this iconic ship from the One Piece anime. Then as the years went by - although I...
by FourEyedMonster | Aug 24, 2023
Despite the gargantuan task facing me, all the parts and sub-assemblies of the Going Merry pirate ship is finally either fully-painted or at the very least panel-lined, and where required, the appropriate water decals have been applied. To make the painting process...
by FourEyedMonster | Aug 16, 2023
Going Merry holds an extremely special place in my hobby-life because it is the first scale model kit I had bought in my adult life, about 12 years ago. And yet it was a kit that I never had the confidence to tackle ... until now. Only after a fair amount of years...
