Magic cast

Yenna

I finally got myself a dragon. :D :D Well, Nion got himself one. I was supposed to get a coloured one (dark brown metallic) originally, but then I changed it to dark red metallic after seeing photos of that. I even received photos of the finished dragon,but then Cuarto completely dropped all communication with me and I just did not feel comfortable sending that much money to someone who takes weeks to reply even when they’re being fast. I get that they’re busy with sculpting the wings and making winged orders (for Russians that most likely jumped ahead of the preorder queue) but really, it doesn’t take two minutes to send an email to your customer. :/ And for the record, I waited for word on payment and shipping for 3 months, and the whole time the doll had already been cast, so it’s not like I didn’t give them time to get back to me.
In the end, I bought this white one second hand from the person who was helping me communitate with Cuarto. :3 She’s nicknamed “Sooty” for now, until I can do the story where she appears and Nion names her.

I got her yesterday but I spent the whole day painting and then restringing her. I didn’t really get to play with her at all before she fell apart… literally. I tilted the head back to look at the attachment and the elastic escaped. :D;; And then it took me hours to put her back together because I changed her into a lot thicker string that required some… interesting alternatives. She’s a bit tight though and I ran out of elastic, so I just put in an order for more. Not touching her stringing until then. I still need to paint the other head.

I’ve been planning this photo for months. I was already anxious to do it in March (which was when I received word that the red dragon was ready to be assembled and shipped) so I’ve really had time to plan it. Too bad my concentration wasn’t 100% on the pictures. I came back with a dozen mosquito bites on my butt and thighs. The suckers are distracting and I only had repellent on my upper body. But oh well, I’m quite happy with these… Once I’ve re-strung Nion I might take more with different poses. This time my priority was to get one shot.

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Kingly outfits

Yenna

Some Lin photos from my birthday. Spent most of the day lugging him along while we looked for photography spots in infernal heat. x_x Can’t say I’m super happy with any of the photos, but at least I got exercise for once?

It’s Lin’s blog debut, apparently. I haven’t had him at home for probably over a year now since he’s been staying with Mizya. Thus the lack of photos.

(+ An extra Yami from today)

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Nature of Research

Yenna

I will be re-doing this scene as a proper story at some point when I finally have all the props needed. But for now I just really wanted to try it out. :D I need to make more old paperwork and a better table and and… I need other props too.

I’d especially love one other doll to be present there too, but I don’t know if that’ll be possible.

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Jorougumo

Yenna

Ugh, I’ve been sick for the past few days.. managed to get a cold because I didn’t put enough clothes on when I took a small bike trip. x_x I’ve been feeling pretty lethargic but finally found the energy to take Yami to my favourite spring spot. I guess it’s become a bit of a ritual of mine to go to this place with a new doll. In 2012 it was Prisca, last year it was Sigrun, and now it’s Yami. Always a new doll I’ve received the previous December/January. I didn’t notice it until now, though. The previous years I had to wait until May, but this year we had an almost snow-free winter so it was possible to go there this early. It was a bit muddy, though.

Anyway, my Jorougumo. xD Yami has lived in Japan for a long, long time and some of those legends originate from her. She likes to be talked about and feared. Also she is a Nephila Clavata species herself, so…

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