So, not too long after I finished up a batch of four flying eyeball monsters from Final Fantasy IV, my daughter, who was about five years old at the time, decided to sneak them off my display shelf and play with them when I wasn't looking. I've explained to her that the toys that I've painted are only meant for looking at, not for touching, but that didn't stop her from trying to flap the wings, chipping paint off all over the place. She denies having done any of this, but I have several keen-eyed cats reporting to me, and they totally saw her do it. The truth is that I was never completely pleased with the wings, but of course I was limited by what existed on the market at the time. About two years later, I saw some How to Train Your Dragon toys in stores and kicked myself for not waiting and using those wings instead. Well, I generally don't make it a habit of redoing projects, but these toys needed to be repaired anyway. I figured as long as I was working on them, I would tear the old wings off and rebuild them. And, to be honest, they're immeasurably better for it. I also completely repainted the toys and they look so much better than they did the first time I worked on them. But, don't tell my daughter. So, without further ado, I'm very pleased to present the new-and-improved versions of the FatalEye, the FloatEye, the Plague, and the Red Eye. Since this was technically a redo, and not a new project unveiling, I'm going to try to squeeze in another project for March. Thanks to the coronavirus, the kids are out of school and I'm home with them for the next week [editor's note: more like four months!], so I imagine I'll have quite a bit of down time. I guess we'll see how it goes!
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DAVID GRAHAM EDWARDS
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