Saint. Here at last!

I am shocked. He's finally here. One year, two months, nine days.
I wrote this yesterday for my LJ which I am still sorta using. Here it is again, plus some updates....




I don't even know how to act. First impressions:
Hate his knees. Yay they lock, but they're so freaking finicky!! EDIT: Ugh, just realized his elbows are the same as his knees :P :P Maybe with use I'll get used to them!
Also hate scary metal dome in head D:



S-Hooks. They rock!
His Faceplate does not stay on well, but I expected that what with all the complaining in the waiting room, I love his hands, he doesn't slouch as well as Alex (who does?), his feet are SD13 size which always weirds me out...big dolls should have big feet!! Why do all my big dolls have feet the same size as Alex, who is 58cm tall on a good day?? But he's no the only one so it's not something I obsess over. He can't have stemmed eyes, due to the dome of doom, so the eyes I have in him are temporary til I find better ones in a smaller size. This was all I had that were stemless.

He's wearing his one shirt, which I think is too big for him, and the pants from Metatron's (DM Glamor Model Ripley Days) fullset outfit which are the only pants I have that will fit over his GIANT ASS!! WTF?! I knew it would be big, but I thought big compared to the old body which had no ass at all. No, it's huge. He has a shelf.


Wig is too big for him, which doesn't surprise me, but I couldn't find the other one I had...No clue what happened too it, which pisses me off cause I just had it a couple weeks ago!!

So basically I have no wig, eyes or clothes for him at all XD
Serves him right for taking so damn long *shakefist*

Was it worth it?

No. I can't imagine any doll being worth waiting for more than a year. He's very pretty, but I still think Alex III (Dollmore Cold Heartbroken Kara Klum LE) is prettier. III was also my dream doll, whom I bought almost as soon as he was finally released, and have had for 3 years, so...my poor Saint (I have to get used to that. I keep wanting to call him "the" Saint, which is impersonal enough for me to put him on the sell list after awhile) doesn't come close no matter what.

But I don't hate him like I thought I might. No hatred at all. I'm not sure I'll love him, which is not great, but...I'm going to hang on to him awhile. Give him a chance. Who knows, maybe when he's got a good outfit, decent wig and has Cassiel sitting on his knee he'll be perfect as Israfel and life will be good!! *crosses fingers*

And here is one more for the road!!
 

UPDATE
Not only does he have a giant shelf-ass, but he's got a huge penis as well. Like, stupid huge. Pants are an issue. The pants my roommate made fit great, but he looks...happy? XD Gotta love it. Fixed his wig, so that's good. Got a fast faceup on the OE head and he has an outfit. He's doing ok so far. I kind of expect the faceup to chip off, since I did it in too-cold weather.


 

lol

Dreaded Wig

Monique got me Alex's new wig asap cause they rock, unfortunately it looks way nicer than his current one XD
So the current/old wig is now the dread wig. I started making a fur wig for my Pukifee last night, but got distracted by this.



Still a WIP by far, but I LOVE how it's turning out! the yarn is exactly the same color as his wig, so it really works. He has one green, one purple (lol) and one dark red one in there, which minus blue, are his colors. Some of them need tweaking, some glue to make them less puffy and some trimming, I want to add more beads (there's one in there I slid on as a test), a little styling so it's not totally a mess (though with Alex I'm sure it would be a mess were he real :\) and possibly some other stuff...but it's going better than I expected! The only thing I'm not thrilled about is the front, which is the actual construction of the wig itself, and one of the reasons he wears hats all the time :\
I wonder if I can get some yarn in there to hide the stupid wig cap...It might be worth trying.

EDIT: for quick pick of the front...which is so thin you can see the cap. My biggest pet wig peeve.

I think maybe he hates going to work with me^^;

And because I'm so happy to have finally found him jeans that fit with no alterations at all for the first and only time in the four years I've owned him (and because this is my favorite shirt of his)


LOLshirt
god, look at that fit...it's perfect! I don't own any other pair of pants that fit him this well *sob*
Damn skinny dolls. Not fitting into any clothes... >:|

Wheee! My desk isn't even that messy today! :D

Newest arrival

Not my DS Saint. Not yet anyway. After an excruciating 14+ month wait I'm actually hoping he'll be here tomorrow. But USPS as usual, isn't updating so god knows.

No, this is the first impulse buy of the year...and hopefully the last XD

 

Lookit that lil faaaaace!!! X3
I saw my first PKF at a meet a few months ago, and it was love. I'd never seen one in person before, they're so adorable! I knew I'd have to have one eventually. This little guy was pre-loved and kind of a mess. No actual damage (unless you count one of his head magnets being missing damage), but I spent a lot of time cleaning him. He needs to be restrung, his poor string is dirty and kind of dry feeling, but I'll deal with that when I get new string lol
He's pretty yellow, but it's even, and honestly, if yellowing bugged me half my dolls wouldn't be WS.


 

Chichi no like.

I was planning to do him up kinda dark and creepy (like a lot of my dolls)...but after looking at his cute little self all day I'm not sure I can. I might have to go the opposite and do bright and colorful. Or something. I'm not getting creepy from him at all. Maybe he can be Wyn's bunny XD Alex has enough already!

O.O

Could be why people think dolls are creepy.

Found that at a doll store near me. They have a large selection of all kinds of dolls and accessories, and some BJD stuff. She's getting more into it. There's also antiques....which is what this is. D:

Lol you can see my foot XD
I didn't notice that until now.