2nd year

random image, yay!

In celebration of  this blog's 2nd birthday, I welcome a new header and background image! Although I'm really starting to miss the old ones at the same time.... but there's no going back! I was supposed to post this two days ago, but I was busy making the new banner and background for this blog and I ended up doing it twice because I wasn't really happy with the first version. Not that I have anything important to say anyway, just a few stats I'd like to keep for myself. That will be all.

Star Wars Drink & Play & Disappointment

Yes, I'm a sucker for everything with a Star Wars label on it. Which is why  when I came across these multifruit flavoured juices that promised me a surprise toy, I bought three of them right away without even blinking! (Each with different characters on the label of course)

I'm not familiar with the concept of getting a toy while buying something to drink, it feels so bizarre. I'm only used to kids being offered toys from Chocolate Easter eggs, cereal boxes, big chain hamburger places and etc.

The first telling signs that I'm in for a disappointment was the juice itself. Just looking at it, doesn't feel very appetizing because the color is so "dirty" in my eyes. What do you know, I was right, the juice didn't taste very good. It wasn't exactly the worst dishwater I ever tasted, but it definitely wouldn't  be my first choice of beverage not by a long shot. However, the biggest reason for my disappointment......

I was cheated. Cheated by a children's multifruit drink. I don't think I've ever felt this feeling before. Well, those promised "surprises" where a surprise alright! Take a second look at the label, will you? It says Star Wars - The Clone Wars, right? You aren't going to be getting any of it.  2/3 of the contents are the Avengers! The f***ing Avengers!! Why!? I didn't ask for this!  Fine, 1/3 is Star Wars, but it is the Rebels, not the Clone Wars I was promised. I don't care if Disney owns it all, this is false and misleading advertising!
Hey Disney, I would like to have my money back now, thank you!



No, I'm not as upset about this I made it sound like. 

Red Foxes

I repainted some fox figurines inspired by the logo of a well beloved and nostalgic  candy brand that has been around for as long as I can remember. Turns out that they have been around since 1895 when the recipe was invented! The name of the sweets is Pihlaja which is the Finnish word for Sorbus/mountain-ash/rowan trees and berries. However, the unofficial name for them is "fox candy" because of the recognizable logo. The candy itself is basically just marmalade with coats of sugar, nothing too fancy.

I chose  three fox  figures I had around for this project, a tiny "made in china" fox, a bigger fox that is actually a money bank and a small keychain fox of the same brand as the big one. It was really hard to get the eyes right on the smaller ones, therefore out of the end results, I like the big one most because that's where the eyes turned out as I planned.

Ginga Custom pt. 9

I'm confused about the name, but anyway, here's TOPPS' Puppy in my Pocket: Precious Puppies: Shogun repainted as Gin (Hopeanuoli!)!

Somebody might remember I bought this little puppy in last years October as can be read in this post. As it turns out the figure IS actually an Akita and not a Husky, like I stated in my first post. The site that was my source information was apparently very wrong. Whoopsie!

If you're wondering how the figure's paint job has deteriorated so much since I bought it, the answer is quite simple. It's not the same figure! I traded the dog I bought for this one in worse shape, because since I'm repainting it, the condition of the original paint doesn't really matter.

Repainting  this thing was horrible. The dog is made of very soft material and the acrylic paint didn't respond well to it. No matter for how long I left it to dry up or sprayed some varnish on it, the paint would remain so sticky that every time I finished painting something on it, and was putting it aside some paint would stick to my fingers and tear a hole in the paint coat. That was frustrating as hell on a whole new level. Now when it's finally finished, it's still semi-sticky and I'll not touch this thing ever again! >_<