There won't be anything in this post that's news to
catcara,
fairemma, or
toveb, since they're all Production Ariadne initiates--but I thought it might be handy to keep a record here of my progress with the Strangest BJD in the World.

I've had this
creature girl resin being since way back in April, but haven't quite summoned up the energy to start on the work that she'll need to become a doll rather than a garage-kit-in-progress. Something about this morning's combination of writing a Board of Regents program review for the art department and cleaning up mouse-infestation debris in my kitchen cupboards made me think, "hey, sanding resin doesn't sound so bad after all."
For starters, here's as much as I think anyone outside Japan probably knows about Ariadne and his amazing oddball dolly. The link goes to a discussion thread in Larger Dolls on DoA (membership isn't required to view this subforum):
http://www.denofangels.com/forums/showthread.php?t=230863 And now, tons of pictures so that I can figure out how to put her back together again someday. There's resin nudity behind the cut, needless to say:
The full doll:

Torso, strung and unstrung:




Arms:


Head and neck:




Knees, back and front:


Feet:




See y'all in a couple of years . . . ;-)
Last we talked about it, we decided to keep Bramble pretty much under wraps while she is being worked on... we wanted her to be a 'surprise' .... ha. as if her mere EXISTENCE as such an 'oddball creature' isn't surprising enough in the BJD world.....
I will be very, very excited to see Bramble once she's ready for her wedding portrait! :-)
How are you doing??? I'm so behind on my flist--give Eike and Krueger hugs from me and Toshi, okay? (Well, all right, his legs are a little short for hugs, but he offers a friendly sniff.)
She has so many cool joints, I cant wait to see her finished and hear how she poses