Ugh

After a mass apartment cleaning Friday night and all day Saturday, we managed to have a Doll Meet at our place. It went great, then my moms car broke down and I spent the next two days driving her around, and coming down with a sinus infection or horrible cold or something. Thanks to cold medicine which takes my brain away, I couldn't manage to do anything at all all week....so now I'm behind on life.

During this week I had a lot of shippings and some arrivals however....Plus my copy of The Pale Emperor by Marilyn Manson - which I am now obsessed with.

Luts: long story short, I ordered, on a whim, their Plush SD body. XD It should be here in a day or so. I can't even wait for this lol

Etsy: My two clothes orders shipped and one should be here any day now.
Benedict should also ship today - at least that's what I was told. Still haven't gotten a notice yet. But yay!!

I was worried because I thought he'd get here before his wig did, but

Dollmore: Shipped today! WOO! I've really been missing Vanilla for reasons.

Still nothing on my final Etsy order or Alice.

I am in talks to get an Fdoll body, so hopefully that will happen soon - this will be for Rowan, Sage's twin, so he'll have a body! Which means I need to figure out their wig sitch. I either need a new wig for Sage or a decent wig for Ro. They can't share the same one....it doesn't work.

F60 Soony is still fabulous on her SD10 body. I am working on different hands for her. The Zaoll hands are great for now tho.

And most fun - my MNF Celine (trade for Bory) showed up this week!!

This is not a final look. At least for now it's not. He came with this faceup, which is a little girly for me, but since I'm still not in a place where I can do them, it will be fine for now. Nail polish must come off. He may keep the eyes - and I have been dying to use that wig ever since I sold the doll I dyed it for eons ago. If he doesn't keep it, it'll be natural colors of either a pale blond or darker blond/black mix. I love this one tho >.< and so far it doesn't seem to be bleeding! Yay!

I was thinking he'd be a deer, but with the blue hair....I'm not sure about deer anymore.

Between him and my MNF Soony, there are three names I'm considering:
Chestnut Praline (Ches)
Peppermint Latte (Mint or Latte)
Cinnamon Dolce (Dolce)

I can't decide which fits him better, and which fits Soony (who is a panda with Macchi's original fur wig - white with a few color streaks) better. Celine is a photographer who turned paparazzi, Soony is a Panda techno-geek. Ugh. At least I know how they fit into Mocha's storyline. They have to be the last too, I was originally only going to have three. THREE. Mocha, Des and Macchi. Then four when Vanilla happened, and that was it. Now there's way more than that!! And I really want that Island Doll Wind girl who's name I can't remember for one of them >.< that may never happen...

Random trades are both my bane and favorite thing ever. lol

One more

One Down.

The F60 Soony head arrived yesterday. I had a specific look I wanted for it, mostly shorter and chunkier than Sage on her Delf body, and as gender androgynous as possible....so there wasn't much for me to choose from. Last night my friend let me try the Soony head on her Volks SD10 girl body and it was pretty much perfect other than the hideous hands those poor things have. I was excited and planned to purchase one off of the MP first thing this morning, but by the end of the night she decided to sell me hers! So instead of a head arrival, it was actually a full doll! And I'm down one floating head! I even found a wig that with a quick cut will be exactly what I wanted. I put some hands on the body last night, but today I remembered both my Zaoll girls are using Delf hands so I'm totally putting the Zaoll hands on her tonight. The fit of the head isn't great, I'm hoping it will improve with a neck piece (I put a WTB up already - F60 or Delf) but for now with a larger S-hook, it's fine. I really wish she had a faceup, I would love to use her for the next photo challenge!! It'll just have to be Sage.

This means Gabriel is being put on hold until I either sell something or by some miracle get a head I want in a trade. Still between Elfdoll Vivien and Supia Ariel on probably the Loongsoul 63cm body. Leaning toward Ariel just for easy access.

Got a trade offer for my Bory, tomorrow I ship him off and prepare for a Minifee Celine boy in tan. Since I've never owned a tan MNF or a Celine, I'm excited....even though it's another mnf boy body XDD at least it's not the muscle version! 5th time is the charm...right? I'm pretty sure he's going to move in with Mocha's group, and become a paparazzi deer. Yeah. Also figured out the MNF Soony/Unoa, I think. Panda techno geek. I have wanted a Panda themed doll since about 2009. Still needs a name. I'll think of something.

Sadly, I'm probably putting my Peakswoods Wake Up Goldie up for sale after this weekend. I've thought about it and with my other Goldie, Kimi (who is my goth girl), Sage and this new Soony....I don't feel as though I need her, and it's not like I've done anything at all with her in the last year or more. It's depressing, she was a dream doll of mine, but she's not really....doing it for me in my collection. I'm probably going to have to take a huge loss on her as she was not cheap, but they're just not selling well right now. I'm going to miss her vampire bite. But it's not like that mattered to her character in any way. I think I'll be better off moving her on.

Still have a lot of stuff on order that has yet to ship, but for right now no trades floating around! Tomorrow that will change XD

And, lastly, the only pic of Sterek I have!

 

 So freaking adorable!! I wish one of the ones of him in the wolf skin would have turned out! You don't know cute until you've seen this thing in person. He needs new eyes. And a faceup. So many faceups....

This is the Rosy Brown UV. Everyone was right in saying it's not like most environmental resin....I'm happy I went with it. It's a great color. Looks pretty much like this in person XD I'm already considering a next and final one - one of these guys in Sweet Green to be a Frankenstein since I've got a vampire and werewolf. Must have all movie monsters!! ALL OF THEM!! And they are about to release some in a sheep skin. That I think my Sandman needs so he can be his own sheep! It never ends.....

Have a good weekend!

Quick Update - Wolf Cub Arrival!

I'll see about posting pictures soon, but I'm excited and can't wait:

My Withdoll Werewolf Coco finally arrived today! It sat in customs forever. Since Thursday. I had to run out at lunch today to pick him up. I found my front tire flat (thank you cold weather) and all my tires were low, so I ran around like a crazy person until I found a gas station with air. Half my lunch later I was able to run by the house and grab the boxes.

I unboxed him and started putting on the wolfy parts - accidentally unstringing him in the process. I found some dental floss and was able to get him back together....now I know something else that needs to be added to my doll-kit! It worked great. The fur skin didn't want to go over one claw, so I took it off and used the floss again to pull his arm through and get the claw back on XD Yay floss!!

Lunch was over then - I had to eat while I worked - so no pictures or anything. From the little handling I've done so far I just love him. Not only is he totally adorbes but seems to be very high-quality. Sturdy joints, well made, the color (Rosy Brown UV) is just gorgeous and he's not translucent at all, only the very tips of his little claws....which is kind of realistic and cool.

He sits and stands well, the wolf skin is the best thing ever, and if I glue the magnets to his head cap (which is what I've been doing for ears lately) it'll hold on his wig and all will be well. I only regret not having eyes for him yet....I'll have to look at what I've got but I'm not confident. The eye box is running low. They sent brown acrylics, so he at least has eyes (and for some reason I had a lump of eye putty on my desk, or he wouldn't have them in XD ) but brown isn't the color I wanted - red, yellow or blue. I don't know which yet, but one of those. I can't wait to play with him!! I'll try and grab some pictures tomorrow.

In other news:
Future stuff
So I think I'm going to order a head this weekend that will be (hopefully) Gabriel. I looked at Supia the other day and Ariel is perfect. She kind of resembles Rian, and Vivien and even Olea (who all have a similar look IMO), only she's actually got an open mouth and is available to buy now as opposed to impossible to get like Vivien. the tiny bit of research I've managed to do revealed that her neck is the same as the neck on the Loongsoul 63cm body, which is the body I am looking to get for her...so hopefully that'll work.

I am also contemplating ordering a Little Rebel Tenten head when the preorder starts....just because I've always wanted one of her dolls, and Tenten is my favorite. Because Teeth. I dunno. I've never ordered a doll just because before - with no idea whatsoever of what I'll do with it....so it might not happen. But I'd really like one. Like I need another floating head :\

Stuff I'm waiting on
F60 Soony Elf is on the way. This head has a character all ready for it, I just need....everything. Wig, eyes, body.....yeah. But it's going to be Sage's best friend (Sage will be next weeks challenge doll - I'm always excited about her character) and my second half-elf. This one is half elf, half dwarf. I'd like a chubby, short body for it, but I don't think that exists....oh well.

Dollmore: Clothes, parts, another Fine head and a DMK body

Alice Collections: Sherlock and Khan clothing and a really expensive outfit for Ryuji cause he never gets anything ever. Alex got a pair of shoes because I swear I can't buy things without buying for him too. >.<

Etsy: Monstro and Cyristine Creations clothes ordered for Little Wyn (and Mini Alex), and the Benedict Cumberbatch head....none of which have shipped.

Other stuff
The shirts I ordered from MOC for Metatron and his two future alter-egos fit beautifully. It makes me more confident to order clothes for him now (hence the giant AC order). I also ordered Alex one shirt. He's wearing it now.

Ryuji's new body - the new Soom Super Gem - showed up. I had some issues stringing it, but figured it out and he's good to go. It's way whiter than he is, and his faceup makes him darker still! So he need to be redone. And he's a big chunk now lol it's like he shrunk and put on weight!! It's ok though, he fits in pretty much everything, including the jacket made for him when he was an El which didn't fit him on the Popo body. So YAY!

Week 2 - Fire

Already with Week 2!! Go me!

Fire

Jean Grey/Phoenix: Luts Delf Claus

Jean was, as usual, a fantastic model for this shoot. Other than her wig being a mess (unlike Alex's wig it's not my fault since I didn't make it lol), most of my shots really turned out...just how I wanted them too! This was my favorite but only by a tiny bit.

I realize this is a little weird - and if you know nothing at all about Marvel's X-Men and the Phoenix Force...I apologize for the absolute nonsense you're about to read. For that matter, if you do know about them it will probably still be nonsense! And to make it worse, I wrote it in the way I write my comic scripts so everything is broken weird - in my defense I plan on making it a photo story late....but it's still kinda strange. So...good luck! XD

The beginning again.

For a long time, there was nothing.

The warmth came first, and with it, sensation. The darkness splintered apart and reveled light, pure, white light, and from it the warmth poured.

Soon she became aware.

Not of herself, not at first, but the feelings surrounding her.  Need. Love. Desire. Hope.

Her eyes opened and she could see. Fire. It burned. It was beautiful.

No.

She pushed away, not ready, but it pulled at her like the strongest of magnets, and she couldn’t ignore it forever.

Stop.

Warmth. Light. Fire. Love. It called to her, and finally she reached out, desperate to connect. The fire reached back and she pulled away, suddenly afraid. She still wasn’t ready. But it was tired of waiting and it took her.

She was pulled into the hot, white light, and began to remember. Broken pieces coming together, creation starting over and again. Back together, the way it should be. She remembered living. Laughing, crying, loving, his smile, heartache, fun, family hunger, betrayal, screaming. Millions, billions of screams in unison.

Desire.

Stop, she begged, still resisting. I’m not ready. I’m not finished.

It isn’t time.

Yet the white grew brighter, and the fire spoke to her in a voice she knew.

Yes. Time. To be born, to become. Time to burn. You cannot stop.  This is how it begins. How we begin.

I am not you, she cried, trying one last time to fight.

We are. You are. Forever one, and you will remember.

I remember how you destroy and she ached for the lives lost.

We create. All you love is lost and we will start again. 

The voice was hers. It was hers and it wasn't but it was beautiful and it was warm and she gave in with the promise of new love and new life.

Yes! She forgot why she fought and let the fire take her. It burned but it was right, and it pushed through her cells, making her herself again, fire in her heart, shivering along her skin and in her very breath.

Soon the fire was not with her, it was her. She was whole. She held it, inside and out and the white room was no longer her home but her prison.

Then the walls cracked apart, and there was the universe, whole, unbroken and ready.

I am fire.

I am life incarnate.

I will burn away what doesn’t work.

I am

Forever.

I am

Phoenix.

To sorta clarify what you just read (if you read itlol), this is the Phoenix Force, bringing Jean Grey back to life yet again. She's technically dead currently, in Marvel continuity (again), and they have yet to resurrect her (stupid Marvel!!) so I did it for them! 

If I were ever to write any of my X-Men fanfic staring my AU Phoenix and Gambit, this, or something similar would be the prologue. Or the first part of the prologue, which would end with the Phoenix crashing back to earth and Jean waking up as a man and tossed into an asylum XD wheee!