Still workin'!

Working on Dresden's staff while watching a good episode of Criminal Minds that surprisingly I haven't seen. :P

The Haunted Vessel: Mr. Dresden

*Disclaimer* I'm a strange person and have strange experiences. If you're not interested in the possible paranormal, feel free to skip this entry. :)

It's been quite a while since I've written an installment of the HV, primarily because I haven't had many experiences as of late. With the dog here and the boss on vacation, I've been much busier than normal. However with the arrival of Mr. Dresden, things appear to be picking up.

When I go to bed after having had a doll out, especially with the puppy around now, I am very careful to place them in a particular spot. So for example with Harry I have him sitting with his arms just so, his head in this direction, legs here etc. This is partially a carry-over from my bjds who can fall and get damaged easily. So it is best to have them in a safe position and know how their joints are bent. Pullips aren't quite as fragile, but the habit carries over anyway.

A little background information on Taeyangs which will make the following all the more interesting... Taeyang bodies have a unique neck joint that attaches at their collar bone. This allows you to turn the head in various directions without moving the body. Very cool feature for posing.

Now each night I have posed Mr. Dresden in a particular way as is my custom, and each morning I wake to find him moved. Not substantially, but enough for me to notice. His body is generally in the same position, but his head/neck are turned to face me in bed. I'm not in the habit of having dolls stare at me while I sleep, so this is not something I would do. Also, given the type of movement it is, I know it's not due to furniture being bumped. The neck joint will only move when someone deliberately moves it. As for someone doing that...we only had company for one of the nights, and I highly doubt (read: dolls freak them out!) they would have snuck into my room at night and touched the creepy doll.

It is interesting to note that like Daemon before him, Dresden is the bearer of several "magical" accessories. Whether they are intended as toys or not, they do have certain symbols inscribed and special meaning attached to those symbols. It makes me wonder on a witchy level if that's why both the dolls were/are active...

So who knows, perhaps I will have more Haunted Vessel posts to come!

Progress Pictures: Dresden!

Some progress shots of my Dresden and his accoutrements, i.e. his hockey stick staff and Bob (skull in the lower left hand corner). I like elements of both the books and the show, so I combined them a bit here. In the books Harry has a wooden staff with carved symbols he uses, in the show it's a hockey stick. I thought the hockey stick idea was fantastic, so I used that as my base. There are a number of carved runes down the side, and I'm going to be painting it as well as adding some fabric and maybe crystals.


A better close up of the runes:
Not pictured are his drumstick wand and pieces of his shield bracelet. More to come!

Introducing the one, the only....

Harry Dresden

Yes, that Harry Dresden. :) More information to come!

Kain II

Kain II's (still unnamed) eyes actually came in yesterday about an hour after he arrived, which was awesome! So here he is with his correct hair and eyes, but not necessarily clothes. Sorry for the repetitive pictures, but I couldn't help it. :)

Stress...stress...stress...doll!

My Kain II arrived today and not a moment too soon. It's only Wednesday and my week has been insane and extremely stressful.

He arrived in a battered shipping box that looked like it had been stomped on and kicked down a flight of stairs. o_o I opened him right in the post office to check for damages, but thankfully Denver Doll packs their dolls really well. The post master was really curious so I showed him the doll, and oddly enough he thought Kain II was kind of cool. :)

Once I got back to work I freed him from his pretty cardboard prison and set about taking his wig off and replacing it with the blond one I had waiting. He looks fantastic as a blond. :) Unfortunately I found that his right shoulder is damaged, just like with my other Kain. :( It's not a damage I could call DDE about as it's really just due to Jun Planning being crappy at making bodies.

So...I really would prefer he not be on an Obitsu, not to mention the fact that I don't have an Obitsu lying around for him. Instead I think I'm going to go home and cannibalize poor Kaleb a bit to make things work. Kain II's arms aren't actually broken, so I will swap them with Kaleb's and everyone will be happy. Since Kaleb is just hanging around right now, I'm not worried about having super move-able arms for him.

Of course I can't call him Kain II forever, but it seems that he may not in fact be Ronin... As of now we both seem to be leaning towards calling him Dresden after the Dresden Files (good TV series, FANTASTIC books!). I even considering making him sort of an alternate world Dresden, but we'll see. :)

Another Kain II Update

I'm not sure if I quite believe this because it seems a little too good to be true, but according to Kain II's tracking, he should arrive tomorrow. o_o I guess this guy really wants to be home!

Last night I browsed eBay for a bit and picked him up a bunch of good basic clothes. Some jeans, a pair of white leather pants, a pair of skinny black jeans, and a Harley Davidson shirt. It's amazing how expensive Ken clothes can run you, and forget putting "Taeyang" in the title... I also picked him up what I believe is an Elvis outfit for Ken. It's cute, black and white stripes with black jeans and a jacket.

I'm very excited for my boy to come home, and I can't believe it could be as soon as tomorrow!