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!

Kain II Update

I ordered Kain some eyes over the weekend, finally deciding on getting him another pair of yellow ones. They are acrylic, but rather than the normal ones I was looking at, I purchased him a pair of Volks Animetics. They are acrylic anime-style eyes that come in all sorts of shapes, sizes, and colors. I've only seen one other Pullip with Animetics, but it looked pretty good so we'll see.

I also attempted (and hopefully succeeded) to pay Kain II off today. Unfortunately my bank was having some issues, so I don't know if everything went through okay. I'm waiting to hear back from Denver Doll to see if they were successful. If so Kain should be coming home some time this week, and his eyes will be here Thursday. Now I just need more clothes for him!

*Edited to add*: I just received confirmation that the payment went through, so Kain II is on his way home! :)

Monster High OC: Damien Night

Name: Damien Night
Age: 1200
Monster Parent: The Nighmare
Killer Style: Kind of gypsy goth; I like to mix rich colors with black.
Freaky Flaw: People recognize me all the time...from their nightmares. So embarrassing. And I have no eyebrows, it's a nightmare thing...
Pet: Shadow (He's a shadow.)
Favorite Activity: Scary cool dance parties, I love to dance!
Biggest Pet Peeve: When people (and monsters!) won't give me a chance. Just because I'm scary in your dreams doesn't mean I'm not a good guy.
Favorite School Subject: Art and Undead Studies, I'm so fascinated with the Zombie culture. I hope to be an exchange student at some point. :)
Least Favorite School Subject: Clawculus. Numbers and I don't get along.
Favorite Color: Red.
Favorite Food: Tacos!
BFF's: I don't know anyone at school yet, but hopefully the monsters here are way more scary cool than the ones at my last school.



I repainted my Monster High Deuce this weekend because I wasn't really going to do anything else with him. It was sort of spur of the moment so I didn't really have anything in mind, but I love how he came out! I *did not* make the wig, it was actually bought for my Puki but it's way too big. I feel like Damien needs more clothes now...