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Wow, so. It's been a while, huh? Like, five years or so. I don't honestly know if I'm going to seriously use this account again, but I'm updating to add a new digital painting. I'm still alive. It's been a rough couple of years. I won't get into it much. I relocated. I still build models, I still paint things (sometimes), I still keep on keeping on. I hope anybody who still looks at this account can say the same.

I'm still here, guys. Time kinda flies away from you before you know it, doesn't it? I had no idea I'd let half a year go by without updating this. I just kept thinking "Oh, I need to do another photo-shoot and upload things, but I'll get to it later" and later turned into 6 months. I'm around, I plan to update this, and I've got a bunch of projects to showcase in the very near future! Sorry for disappearing, haha.

In this entry, I complain about one of the biggest pitfalls when it comes to working with plastic models: Specifically, mecha models. Brace yourself, for I utter this phrase with utter contempt- 'Hollow Molding'. All plastic model kits are effectively hollow- the base means of casting a model in plastic is to mold partial shells from plastic that assemble to form a facsimile of a form- That's normal, and nothing I'd see fit to complain about. No, my complaint is when a production firm stops halfway- rather than molding two hollow halves that combine to form a representation of a solid whole,  for various reasons (note: By this I usually mea