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Turnabout is fair play for really sarcastic dolls.

Sun, 02 Feb 2014 22:19:00 GMT

Jareth and Submit continue Valentine's adventures.

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Really sarcastic dolls continue Valentine's Day adventures.

Sat, 25 Jan 2014 18:58:53 GMT

This time it's Jareth and Submit [with me talking off-screen in the first panel]. They're so cute together!

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New avatars across the Internetz!

Sun, 05 Jan 2014 16:23:11 GMT

I've had three avatars in my history online. The first was a picture of a contemplative cherub that I took in a Boston-area cemetery. The second was a screencap from Labyrinth, showing the Goblin King in "Oh shit!" mode during Within You. The third and current one comes from a photo session this morning with Jareth and my new 60mm macro lens.

I'm so pleased with the clarity and detail that my new lens picks up! In fact, I shot all of Me and My Muses E.2 with it. Given how many medium-length and close-up shots of small populations that I do, this could be my new default lens.

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Jareth is flaming.

Thu, 17 Oct 2013 02:19:27 GMT

But we knew that already. :p

Behold the glory of tacking with colored thread. Jareth's wig is made on the same principle as Yamarrah's: same fur, same stitching up of selected spikes to create an anti-grav look. This time, though, instead of using white thread all the way around, I employed my new colored threads to stitch up red spikes with red thread and orange with orange.

I also eschewed the Mod Podge for this one. Mod Podge helps the colors of Yamarrah's wig blend, thus looking more like flames, while Jareth's wig looks fluffier and more fiber-like and hair-like.

Jareth knows he looks hilarious, and he's down with that. ^_^

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Standing tall

Tue, 17 Sep 2013 21:48:16 GMT

My crotch stand for Jareth from Mint on Card arrived today, so here he is getting a wedgie and showing just how long his legs are. It's 17 inches or 43cm from crotch to ground when he's wearing those shoes. In other words, his legs are as long as a standard 1:4 scale BJD is high. 0_0

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Yamarrah's wig construction [with bonus Jareth!]

Sun, 15 Sep 2013 20:55:58 GMT

Made another draft wig this morning out of pink fibers, cutting them with the grain so that the hair pointed down. I rolled under less of the edges so that this one was a bit bigger than the first draft, but still snug. Yamarrah models in the first picture, Jareth in the second.

Confident that my pattern would fit Yamarrah, I cut out her final wig from the yellow base fur with red and orange spikes. The third picture shows her hair before styling. I then saw that her hair sat high on her forehead, so I experimented with the addition of a widow's peak. The last picture shows her current hair after the addition of Mod Podge and widow's peak, a separate triangular piece of fur that I stitched in.

I still want to give her little pieces of loose hair hanging in front of her ears. I am satisfied with progress so far, though.

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The Excessive school of decoration

Sat, 07 Sep 2013 00:40:29 GMT

This is how Jareth thinks:

If pink hair is good, fluorescent pink hair is better!

If two leather collars are good, two leather collars and a locking bolero/pauldron thing with chains and dangly accents is better!

If calf-high platform heels are good, knee-high platform stiletto heels are better!

If a black cape is good, a sparkly black cape is better!

[P.S. I'm not really sure what's up with the glasses, but he seems pretty attached to them. :p ]

Behold him below in more clothes created by the inimitable, fastidious and brilliant Brenda/Isabeau/Pansy Fashions:

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[incoherent jubilation]

Fri, 06 Sep 2013 18:44:30 GMT

Jareth's body and his ridiculous clothes have come home from Brenda/Isabeau/Pansy Fashions! I prepared tools and camera for the happy event, but neglected to bring wire so that I could string his legs. :( Mr. Demandypants is temporarily Mr. Demandynopants.

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Jareth's body is on its way home, with clothes!

Wed, 04 Sep 2013 12:56:09 GMT

Jareth and his new wardrobe of gloriously silly clothes are en route from Brenda/Isabeau/Pansy Fashions and scheduled to land on Friday. Then I can put him back together and have him resume his usual post on the shelf next to my end of the sofa. Huzzah!

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Jareth's latest faceup

Sun, 07 Jul 2013 17:24:17 GMT

Erased the watercolor pencil lips and redid them in paint. Bottom lip is tomato red acrylic. Top lip is same, darkened with a bit of black. Also went over his eyebrows with black paint. Sealed the shit out of his mouth with satin varnish and eyebrows with matte.

Here he is borrowing Yamarrah's body. The bad proportions make me twitch.

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Got some swatches this week for Jareth's Outfit of Amazingness #1!

Wed, 03 Jul 2013 22:01:07 GMT

Comments forthwith.

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Whhhaaa, the neck is too short and wide! twitch twitch

Wed, 03 Jul 2013 00:43:16 GMT

Sticking Jareth's head temporarily on Janvier Jett's body gives me conniptions of wrongness. Nevertheless, I redid his lips in crimson red watercolor pencil, outlined with dark brown watercolor pencil, and managed to see that it was a great improvement over that previous vile orangey shit before I succumbed to the distraction of HORRIBLY WRONG PROPORTIONS GAAAAAHHHHH.

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NOPE! Not working.

Mon, 01 Jul 2013 01:10:46 GMT

I decided to improve Jareth's faceup today. Since his body is out being fitted for fabulous clothes beyond imagination [!!!!!!!], Janvier Jett allowed him to borrow hers. First he borrowed her wig and glasses too. He has rocked her wig and a pair of the orange spectacles before, but him on her body with all her gear just strikes me as jarringly wrong. [I wonder what he'll look like on Yamarrah's Domuya Flexi body when it comes?]

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The investigation of Timonium

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:42:28 GMT

Remember last month, when my BJDs were discussing the taciturn newcomer Timonium? I shot the continuation of that completely trivial and banal saga almost a month ago, but have not gotten around to posting it until now. Since Jareth has gone off to a tailor's to acquire some bespoke couture, who will be the voice of reason in his stead??? Who cares?
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The continuing adventures of Flower, Epona and others

Thu, 16 May 2013 23:22:13 GMT

After experiencing violent allergies, Flower tells Epona why he's really hanging out in the fake forest. Jareth butts in.

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To tell you the truth, I have no idea where this story is going. I just started it because I thought Timonium looked serious, sly and threatening in contrast to the rest of my fairies.

I also have no idea how anyone could appear threatening to the inimitable Jareth. :p

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Airing his nethers

Sun, 28 Apr 2013 19:13:51 GMT

Jareth is currently hanging out in the window [open for the first time this season!], wearing the final Corset Thingie of Awesomeness from Isabeau [+ matching miniskirt]. No underwear...hence the post title. He looks almost sweet in some of these pictures, but don't be deceived.

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Collected commission info for Round 2 for Jareth

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 15:50:19 GMT

Outfit 1

laced blouse with leg-o'-mutton sleeves
black vinyl corset
wrap skirt
cape with collar
leggings 1 [black stretch]
fishnets
underwear

Blouse, corset and wrap skirt rely heavily on Souldoll's Ruvo-Z with some differences. Jareth's version of the blouse has bigger shoulder poufs and no dangly ruffle things, but is otherwise the same. Corset is the same. Wrap skirt takes the tulle and ruffles that are part of the Ruvo-Z shirt and makes them into a separate item of clothing. There are about 5 to 7 ruffles to make it fuller than Ruvo-Z's. Colors of blouse and wrap skirt uncertain.

Cape is a full circle of very lightweight black fabric with slight train. Dull gold metal hook clasp at throat. See picture of NECA Jareth action figure below for design of collar only.

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Mysterious blood bag

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 22:50:45 GMT

This photostory started off as a simple showcase for my latest 1:6 scale accessory, a blood bag, but then changed into something longer and more pointless.
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This violin magnet...

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 12:51:11 GMT

...was purchased for the sole purpose of illustrating the joke below. Coincidentally, it also happens to be perfectly 1:6 scale, so, now that its express purpose is finished, some musically inclined 1:6er may appropriate it.

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More clothes

Tue, 09 Apr 2013 15:47:33 GMT

Last year I discovered the quintessence of pinkitude, the Platonic Form of froofy pink dresses, and loved it [except for the price tag]. Now that I have the opportunity to commission Mr. Demandypants some clothes, the froofiness returns to my mind temptingly...

My version would be less lacy and flowery, but the same style.

top
bolero thing [see details]
sleeves
short balloon skirt
long layered skirt
leggings 2

The bolero thing is like a short leather vest with exaggeratedly large pauldrons.

I'm thinking a neon mesh tank for the top.

Color scheme undecided, though the bolero with pauldrons is definitely black.

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Thinking about Jareth's clothes again

Tue, 09 Apr 2013 15:22:49 GMT

I also have the following ideas for items to commission from Isabeau:

underwear
stockings/fishnets
fishnet shirt
black leggings
cape with collar
something like Soom Faery Legend Kremer's skirt, but without the neck strap

He definitely needs underwear [so he can stop flashing me :p] and the black leggings, as Yamarrah is taking the pair that he has worn in the past.

Outfit 1

laced blouse with leg-o'-mutton sleeves
corset
wrap skirt
cape with collar
underwear
fishnets

Outfit 2

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Lace vomit

Tue, 09 Apr 2013 15:01:22 GMT

Almost as amusing a phrase as "tonsil hockey!"

...Lace vomit is what happens when makers of BJD clothes get really excited about adding ruffles and frills everywhere to their pieces, ending up with results like Souldoll's ACH-ZM or Ruvo-Z, which are kind of stupendous in their commitment to rufflitudinousness [which is now a word because I just made it up].

I've been thinking about lace vomit in the back of my mind as I try to work out what outfits I'd like to commission Isabeau for Mr. Demandypants. He requires copious spills of scrunched-up trim.

So far I'm thinking about something combining elements from ACH-ZM and Ruvo-Z.

The Ruvo-Z shirt appeals to me, especially with the leg-o'-mutton sleeves and gratuitous slashing/lacing, but I'm thinking pale pink instead, although the white/pewter look is very classy. Jareth’s version needs to have bigger poofy parts on the tops of the sleeves.

I also like the Ruvo-Z corset because certain individuals can never have too many.

The best part of the outfit is that lace vomit of raggedy tulle and raw ruffled fabric coming off the lower hem of the shirt. I'd make it separate from the shirt and more like a wraparound skirt: fuller, more of a distressed slashed black tulle petticoat understory, topped with at least five or six raw squizzled ruffles.

From this outfit, I select several elements:
blouse
corset
wrap skirt

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Hangin' out in my closet, doing what he does best

Mon, 08 Apr 2013 00:16:26 GMT

No, not making smart remarks. Being beautiful. :p

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Bunny bread from Great Harvest

Sun, 31 Mar 2013 00:33:30 GMT

Great Harvest makes big and little bunny breads the week before Easter. I picked one up Friday because it was so cute. It freaked out the local doll population.
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Jareth gets handsy.

Tue, 26 Mar 2013 00:35:26 GMT

I have really disliked Jareth's default hands. As much as I find the sculpts elegant, they have wrist balls separate from the actual hands, and the hands frequently popped out of joint from the wrists.

I therefore thought that some substitutes with integrated wrist balls were in order. I really wanted a set of exaggeratedly elongated, slender hands to go along with the stalklike shape of the Doll Chateau adult male body. The fantasy hands that Soom issues with some of its female Monthly Dolls appeal to me, as they often have extra-long fingers and nails, but they are hard to find, given their limited editions.

Anyway, I found a set of Soom Breccia's Foxie [=fantasy] hands on the DOA marketplace and snapped 'em up. At first I wasn't sure about the brownish pink blushing on the fingertips, but it goes with Mr. Demandypants' style.

As a bonus, they're posed in a perfect position to facilitate nefarious plotting!

I also remembered how to create my own speech bubbles and how to make them automatically white with a thick black outline and a drop shadow.

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Powers of Creation

Turnabout is fair play for really sarcastic dolls.

Really sarcastic dolls continue Valentine's Day adventures.

New avatars across the Internetz!

Jareth is flaming.

Standing tall

Yamarrah's wig construction [with bonus Jareth!]

The Excessive school of decoration

[incoherent jubilation]

Jareth's body is on its way home, with clothes!

Jareth's latest faceup

Got some swatches this week for Jareth's Outfit of Amazingness #1!

Whhhaaa, the neck is too short and wide! *twitch twitch*

NOPE! Not working.

The investigation of Timonium

The continuing adventures of Flower, Epona and others

Airing his nethers

Collected commission info for Round 2 for Jareth

Mysterious blood bag

This violin magnet...

More clothes

Thinking about Jareth's clothes again

Lace vomit

Hangin' out in my closet, doing what he does best

Bunny bread from Great Harvest

Jareth gets handsy.

Whhhaaa, the neck is too short and wide! twitch twitch