Facial shots of Mecha Angel

So Soom's Mecha Angel's name is Sabik, and he's 80 cm tall, which puts him at 2.5 feet or 1.5 heads taller than Jareth and Frank. I do not want his body at all, but I really like his head. The combination of long cheeks, narrow eyes and a full mouth gives him a more mature look than other male dolls with similar features, like Dollshe Haund and Iplehouse Lion. To me he seems to have the facial frame of Haund [cheekbones, jawline], balanced with the features of Lion [large eyes, sensuous lips].

I really, really, really like the head, though he doesn't look like any character that I want to make a doll of. Thus I have no excuse or strong motivation to get him beyond liking his head. Damn. I just don't have extra room for a 2.5-foot doll to casually hang out in. Close-ups below.

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Eddie Izzard: "Oh look -- space monkeys are attacking!"

So we raided Youtube last night and watched a bunch of clips of Eddie Izzard's various shows. I think the man is highly amusing because he has a great talent for mime, mimicry and making faces, and everyone knows that I can't resist someone who makes good faces. He has a face as mobile as Tim Curry's, only his mouth isn't so big.

Another reason I like him is his combination of confidence and silliness. If you ever see him in anything from the late 1990s and on [not the early stuff with the horrible, horrible shirts], he stands with great ease in front of an audience, very casual and loose.  He's even funny when he loses his train of thought and says, "Uhhhhhhh...yeah...anyway...where was I? Oh yes, breasts and airplanes..." He weaves his digressions and mistakes into his routines with admirable panache. I really enjoy his playfulness. 

I also really like the fact that his humor is mainly observational absurdity. Rather than insulting people or making negative, sarcastic comments about the weather, pollution, etc., he's much more likely to talk about pears ["Either they're hard enough to use for a hammer, or they're ripe for about a half an hour"] or Jesus telling God to stop doing his James Mason impression. The older I get, the more I appreciate good-spirited humor in this vein.

Eddie Izzard reminds me a lot of Hugh Laurie. Both are British actors with well-developed skills in slapstick and face-making. They also have great senses of comic timing. [Of course, Hugh Laurie's current manifestation in House makes him like an evil Eddie Izzard...] I wonder if the two would have chemistry as a performing couple? They could just stand on stage, making faces, and I would fall over laughing.

I'm gonna have to rent Dressed to Kill.

Origami shoes for dolls?

I could probably make these, right? I mean, I can fold paper. HGTV has a link to origami shoes. Presumably these are for lazy asses like me who can't sew...

EDIT: Another link, possibly clearer, since HGTV's model baffles me: http://www.geocities.com/Rachel_Katz/folding/hh_shoe.htm

EDIT: Animated instructions with pictures for making zori: http://www.fudebakudo.com/en/zori.html

Origami shoes for dolls?

I could probably make these, right? I mean, I can fold paper. HGTV has a link to origami shoes. Presumably these are for lazy asses like me who can't sew...

EDIT: Another link, possibly clearer, since HGTV's model baffles me: http://www.geocities.com/Rachel_Katz/folding/hh_shoe.htm

EDIT: Animated instructions with pictures for making zori: http://www.fudebakudo.com/en/zori.html