Sharkyra's BJD Blog

...but real life work as well as a nasty flu was keeping me occupied with other things. However, those last days I couldn't help thinking about my BJD collection and how exactly my future plans with them might be. And once again, like two years ago, I think it's time to slow down, stop for a while and reconsider everything. I've sold three of my dolls and I think I will be selling a couple more. There are still two more dolls on my want-list and I will get those two dolls, mainly for the reason that I already committed to their purchase some time ago, but other than that I plan to not buy any new dolls 2012. Instead I want to focus a little bit more on building their wardrobe (oh heck, my sewing machine is starting to fall apart and I'm afraid that I'll need to get me a new one. Hello there expensive purchases...), photographing them, develop their personalities, etc. This here for instance is my Cuprit. I've been planing for years to give her a new face-u...

Lottie who poses as Rudolphine the red nosed reindeer-girl likes to wish each and everyone of you a joyful season!

Last Friday I found a lovely letter from Raouken in the mail. It contained the bodice for my FP65 Chloe that I ordered from her. I gotta say I'm in love with it, but it will take some time and wearing until the wiring will have adapted to Chloe's voluptuous curves xD. *** Am Freitag kam endlich die langersehnte Korsage für meine Chloe an. Ich hatte sie damals auf dem LDoll Festival bei Raouken bestellt und ich muss sagen: ich bin wirklich begeistert, sie ist genau so, wie ich sie haben wollte (Farbe, Form und Schnitt) :D.  Es wird aber wohl noch eine Weile dauern, bis die Federn sich an ihre üppigen Kurven adaptiert haben ;).  PS: Da ich zur Zeit eine menge Kleinkrams zum Verkauf habe, werde ich wohl eine eigene Seite mit diesem Zeug auch hier in meinen Blog reinposten. Watch out!

Okay folks, I'm back from LDoll, but there's so much work here to do, that I currently don't have much time for posting, but I do promise that I will keep you updated soon with all that has been going on here. And I also want to take the time to introduce you to the amazing work of Kihaku as she is about to take comparative measurement photos of all the BJDs out there. Her site is still under construction as new dolls are added, but it's already working and you can already compare a lot of dolls there. You can find her website Comparison Heaven here . Take a look at her site, I'm sure you're going to find it as useful as I did.

...and I should be sewing like mad, finishing my last plush hats, but instead I'm experimenting with two-tone resin casting. And with glitter. Lots of glitter e__e Yes, here I have been basically trying to make this test-horn two tone. transparent at the tip and milky-white at the base. And then I got the idea, hey, it's supposed to be a unicorn horn, why not add a little bit of glimmer to it? Haha, well, I guess now you can hardly see the milky part because of all the glitter. I definitely added to much, giving the whole horn a much too grey look o__o.

Oh, I just realized that I didn't blog anything about my contest entry for LDoll here. Okay, it's supposed to represent Lady Elaine of Ascalot (also known as Lady of Shalott). She's one of those tragic figures from the Arthur Legends. She's deeply in love with Sir Lancelot, but he isn't even aware of her love, so in the end she dies young because of her lovelornness. I've created this outfit not as a exact replica of the type of clothes that was worn at that time, but more as some sort of fantasy outfit, representing all of her symbols. She's often referred to as the pury-white or lily-white maiden, that's why I made the outfit completely white with gold. The collar is made to represent a lily flower. In her hands she holds the shield of Lancelot (which she has been secretly guarding according to some legends) and with her other hand she holds a mirror. According to some other legends (and thanks to the poem of Lord Tennyson) she's mostly kno...

Okay guys, soon I will be able to update my blog more frequently since that crazy month is over. By the way, does anybody want to see my Den of Angels Triathlon entries? Here you go: And the images for part two: And the last challenge: