Galhaia in the Garden

I took advantage of dry weather outside to get photos of Galhaia with her new face-up today; I also decided to try her head on Nimue's Obitsu body, as I'm not too happy with the lack of posability of the Dollfie Dream body. I find I actually prefer Galhaia on the Obitsu body, so I suspect the swap may be a permanent arrangement until I can afford a resin body!

Who guards whom?

Luspira and her guardian, Satin.
Or should that be the other way around?

Satin: BW CP Nanuri 07

So, it was time for Satin - Luspira's blind guardian - to get his mods and face-up today, in addintion to Galhaia's new face-up!

Eyes opened a little wider using Dremel and fine sandpaper.

Basic yebrow shape blocked in with Inscribe pastel using a sponge applicator; basic lip blushing added with a round filbert brush. You can see his little fangs very clearly here. :-)

Eyebrows shaped using watercolour pencil; liplines added in pale pink watercolour pencil. Light blushing round eyes, nose and on lips using Inscribe chalk pastels.

Lower eyelashes and eyeliner defined with watercolour pencil; further blushing round eyes and on lips with I Kan Dee iridescent chalk pastels.

White watercolour pencil gives further definition to eyebrows and is used to add lighter liplines.

The fangs are picked out with white acrylic paint, and Windsor & Newton Iridescent Medium applied to top eyelids before a coat of gloss varnish is applied to eyelids and lips.

Light brown eyelashes complete the face-up.

So here he is complete, with 16mm glass "blind" olive eyes and a Monique wig in platinum blonde - that won't be his default wig and eys however, as I have a Monique joJo wig in Strawberry Blonde and Auburn on the way, and eventually he will have 17mm Masterpiece Eclipses. I will be ordering his Fantasy Doll body in a couple of weeks' time.

Galhaia: Updating her look

Galhaia has had the same look since I first got her over two years ago, and her face-up was starting to get a little chipped in places - so it was time for a complete new look!

Basic eyebrow shape blocked in with Inscribe chalk pastels using a sponge applicator; pastl blushing on lips and lip lines added in dark red Graphitint pencil. Sealed with Testor's Dullcote between each stage.

Definition added to eyebrows with watercolour pencil; further light blushing around eyes with pink and purple pastel. Further lip lines added with watercolour pencil.

Further shaping with darker watercolour pencils; eyes lined with watercolour pencil and lower lashes drawn on.

White watercolour pencil on eyebrows and lower lashes to add further definition. Beauty spot added with dark brown watercolour pencil. Fine white liplines added with watercolour pencil.

Windsor & Newton Iridescent Medium applied to lips and top eyelids; lips and eyelids glossed.

And here's the finished result!

A few changes

If you've reached this blog via the "arkadiandreams LJ" button on the Arkadian Dreams website, you might be wondering what's going on.

The arkadiandreams LJ is still online; it hasn't been deleted. However following recent developments with regards to LJ and SixApart (including, but not limited to, the flagging journals issue and the sale of LJ), I decided that I'd prefer to have the arkadiandreams journal more directly under my control - so from now on news and events from Arkadian Dreams (including photoshoots etc) will be posted primarily here on the Arkadian Dreams blog and mirrored over on the LJ.

The other change you might have noticed on the site is the appearance of Google ads. I've endeavoured to make these as unobtrusive as possible however, so I hope they won't prove too annoying to regular visitors. :-)

In other news, the Juri B head is still available for sale, and I've just started customising a BW CP Nanuri 07 head to be Kynaston "Satin" Dane, Luspira's guardian - and a figure from Eric's mysterious past!

Also up for a new face-up is Galhaia, my Juri 05 girl. Expect progress pics of both Galhaia and Satin soon!

At last!

So, the Luts parcel finally arrived today; I think we must have been the last address on the delivery guy's round!

Well worth the wait though - Luspira finally has her body; my little werewolf girl is complete!











Xavier's not entirely sure what to make of her....


Two Minifee Shiwoos together surely spells trouble...!
















Yes, she really is standing on one leg.

FS: Blank CP BW Juri B - free shipping in UK!

Just received this head today and it's just not right for the character I had in mind. Unmodded, never been painted - literally only taken out of the wrapping for these photos.

Asking price is $120; free shipping to UK buyers, international shipping by Royal Mail Airsure $20. Payment by PayPal or Google Checkout only please!

Ebay feedback here, DoA feedback here. Please feel free to ask any questions!

Hex top

Something I've been working on this evening. I've got enough fabric to do another 7 of these tops in varying sizes; I'm thinking of doing maybe another 2 SD-size, 3 mini-size and 2 Hound-size for eBay. (Eric's keeping this first one!)