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Have been slightly swamped with work as of late. Currently working on a huge pile of orders that, if things go as planned - and I hope they do - this shall eventually involve taking over Canada at some point. I’ll be posting some pics of those from time to time whenever I can, although I don’t quite have as muchtime as I would like if I want to beat this deadline.

So here’s a couple of dolls I did before the huge order instead.

I’d like to think that these guys need no further introduction, but for the purpose of google ranking and seo and whatnot, I’m going to say it anyway. Super Mario Brothers! Mario and Luigi! And also a few mushroom keychains I managed to scrounge up! It took me awhile to figure out how to come up with a decent nose for the brothers, but I think I like the overall effect these make.

Mario Mario

Luigi Mario

Mushrooms

One of the few 8 inch dolls that I have made so far, customized for a customer and a big Gundam SEED / Gundam SEED Destiny fan. Pros of making bigger dolls: it’s actually easier on the hands - I don’t need to huddle my fingers or accidentally break them making the smaller, more complicated details. Cons of making bigger dolls: hair, hair hair.

Athrun Zala

Cagalli Yula Athha

I’m also not putting out as many new listings on my etsy account as I would have liked - primarily because I have a huge order in the works that might keep me busy until early August, even. Updates of those shall probablhy come sporadically through this blog as well. What exactly is this big order? Let’s just say that I’ve never had an army of dolls before, and by the time I’m through, I should probably attempt to take over some random country with them at some point.

It also involves Canada. Which should probably be the country I should attempt to take over.

My birthday has come and gone, and I feel oooold. Also, a few things happened. Like a mini-tornado, the first that I was aware of occurring in my country, spouted off in a nearby municipality. And then it rained ridiculously hard. And then the government announced that a school and an office building I used to go now has N1H1 flu cases, and some residents have been quarantined.

Now that I think about it, weird things always happen on my birthday. Like explosions and earthquakes and fires and Angelina Jolie and all other kinds of force majeures.

But in celebration of growing old, here’s a doll that should suit the occasion nicely - Old Snake, from the  4th video game of the series franchise, Metal Gear Solid. Wooo.

This was a particularly specific piece that a customer requested and I liked. Of course, I guess nowadays you can never get enough of Obama. Either that, or you need something that inspires courage / power, instead of all the trash people like Rush Limbaugh or Fox News has been spouting nowadays.

Featuring a little Obama in a yellow basketball jersey, playing for team USA! A non-removable earth is on his right hand in place of a basketball (although I suppose I should have made him hold it in his left, since he’s left-handed and all? I seem to have a weird fascination for lefties, and not just because I am one - Obama, Hugh Jackman, Jon Stewart, Yuu Shirota…)

Digressing!

This might actually be one of the cutest things that any customer has requested me to make. If you’re not familiar with the little Haros that Lacus Clyne likes to carry around from the Gundam SEED / Gundam SEED Destiny anime series, then it doesn’t really matter, cause you’re probably going to find these things cute anyway. I think. I know I did.

Haros in the series can sort of hover in the air, and official merchandise allows you to store your own personal things inside them by lifting their ears, or serve as a compact CD case for your DVDs. I couldn’t quite make them a storage item, but I tried to make the aesthetics as similar as I possibly could. The ears can be lifted up at least, and the expression on its face is as close as I could get it to the original. They come in colors likie light green and such, but this particular Haro was asked for in a pink color.

And still another customer wanted it in a light apple green color.

I think everyone has pretty much heard of the Peanuts comic strips by Chalres Schultz’s, easily one of the, if not the most popular comic strip there is. Snoopy, Woodstock, Charlie Brown’s inability to kick a football - yeah. A friend of mine was doing a Charlie Brown / Peanuts play, and asked me to make these dolls for his cast members.

I’ve tried to make them as close as I possibly could to the actual likenesses of the Peanuts characters, but there are going to be big restrictions when it comes to fashioning something in real time based on a 2D drawing, but I think I did a good enough job there. The hair gave me a hard time. Always the hair!

Linus van Pelt and his security blanket

Sally Brown

Charlie Brown

Lucy van Pelt

Failed Dragonball movie is fail.

I still adore James Marsters though, so heeere’s a small 4 inch Piccolo crochet doll!

This was also fairly delayed, but since internet was soooo not working for me given how long it’s been since Dragonball came out in theaters, but could only post this now.

This was made for a customer who requested for a little Piccolo doll!

Have I mentioned that making hair is usually the most frustrating part of making most of my dolls? And when you have hair like Sanzo’s, it gets a little puzzling trying to figure out how to share it and sew it and have it stick and everything else.

Didn’t come out too bad, though! Maybe when i have enough time I could go and make the rest of the Sanzohoushi!

Gensomaden Saiyuki / Reload / Gunlock - Sanzo! Comes in his monk robes, green mantra, ang big blue eyes!

This was easily one of the harder dolls I’ve had to make, mostly because of all the DETAILS!

Auuugh. Details.

But I do love this game! Valkyrie Profile is probably one of the first games I started playing on the Playstation consoles (which just meant it took us long enough to save up and actually get them, ha!) So when someone asked for some dolls for Lenneth Valkyrie and for Platina, I was silly enough to say yes.

Lenneth Valkyrie

Platina

Freya

So, yeah. I think about the only dolls that would scare me more than this one, was if someone asked for Dynasty Warrior dolls. Or those heavily armored Bioshockand / or Protoss and Terrans from Starcraft.

Just a very quick post to showcase some dolls that a friend has requested from me. I personally have no idea what a cowboy or a cowgirl looks like; I can imagine a general idea of one in my head, but nothing on any specific details. And googling resulted in so many different types of cowboy / cowgirl clothing that it confused me a bit more.

But then again, I’ve always been easy to confuse.

So - just the general cowboy hat, brown vests, and a lasso for good measure!