Alicent

 I ordered Alicent when SartoriaJ was having a sculpt discontinuation back in the spring. I wasn't sure what part she would play in the Glade world and I'm still not, but I've been having a good time with her getting to know her a bit. I started out with Masterpiece Maeve Eclipse eyes in her, but wasn't totally satisfied with them.

I do like this wine wig I bought with her from SartoriaJ for her though.

I named her Alicent as I was watching House of the Dragon on HBO Max during the time she arrived and she reminded me quite a bit of the Alicent character in that show, so the name stuck.

This morning I decided to change her eyes out to Thundercloud gray, also by Masterpiece and I think they suit her much better.

Now that I've finally settled on her look, I just need to figure out who she is in relation to the rest of the Glade world.

Kage, Just Because

 Some new Kage pictures, just because I haven't spent much time with him and felt like photographing him.

Time with Ganllon

 Still trying to figure Ganllon out, so decided to spend some more time photographing him. One of the biggest drawbacks for the MSD sized crew is the ability to find a good wig, especially for the guys. I got this one in a while ago to try on Ganllon. It's still a little full, but I like the color and style.

The Elf Jude sculpt has another issue that furthers the difficulty in finding a wig...........his odd head size. He's probably a firm 6, so the 5/6 wigs are mostly too small, and the 6/7's are a little too big, as this one is. Add in elf ears and he's darn near impossible to fit properly. 

It's a true struggle for me.

I do however love his sculpt. The pluses outweigh the minuses for me regarding this size too. I love that  props are a bit easier to find for me and I can use some of my indoor backgrounds that I bought for the 16" doll crew. The larger dolls, while gorgeous, are just harder to manipulate for photo taking, and I have truly run out of space for the larger doll boxes. I'm beginning to run low on space for the smaller boxes as well and really need to thin the herd.

Fog Gray

 As I've been contemplating SartoriaJ's new crop of elves this year, in misty gray instead of last year's fog gray, I was inspired to get my favorite guy from last year's crop out for some new pictures. Last year SJ offered the option of purchasing the human head along with the fantasy head, and I took advantage with both Jude and Dominic's sculpts. I had my human Jude head painted with Elf Dominic's fog gray face up and just love how he turned out. So decided to share some new pics of Joran today.

I wasn't as enamored of the options we were given in the mini size of SJ's elves this year. The face ups and clothing overall didn't speak to me as much as last years crop. Maybe that's a good thing for my wallet.

The tunic Joran wears here is by my friend Robyn of Period Threads though, not SartoriaJ.

In the Cool of the Evening

 Some new pics of Shy, just because. She was the first of my gray resins and one of the inspirations for my Misceo people.

While they were Sleeping

 I love the idea of different face plates or heads with different expressions for each sculpt, so when I got the opportunity to purchase full sets of both Orla and Olwen from Magic Mirror, that came with both waking and sleeping face plates I jumped at the chance. 

I love the girls sleeping faces. They look so serene.

It adds a whole other layer of play to be able to get different expressions for each character.

Olwen

And her sister Orla, who I wanted to have a haunted quality about her.

Starcrossed

 Ginia is tired.......................tired of the deception, tired of pretending Toross, the love of her life, her child's father, is something he is not...........uncaring and dangerous to her and her child. Yes, she agreed to the deception, for her child's sake. Toross was convinced, when he learned of her pregnancy that they must make the world believe that he threw them away.  His family, and his place, his job within it was too dangerous. Their plan worked.............Joran certainly believes his father is an unfeeling, uncaring, bigoted monster. Appearances can be deceiving, especially when they are carefully crafted to appear that way.

Stolen moments, brief and clandestine were no longer enough for Ginia. Toross tried to encourage her to move on, to leave him behind, and she tried..........for years she tried to live without seeing him. She could never give herself over to another when her heart truly belonged to Toross though and eventually they fell into the pattern of meeting once or twice a year in obscure locations, but it was not enough.  She is convinced they need to let Joran know his father is not the man he was made out to be, that the only reason he left them was for their own safety.  Grayson knows, and it is unfair to expect him to continue, to keep their secret and be dishonest, by ommission, with Joran. 

Once again, Toross does not want to discuss it.

And once again she doesn't want to fight with him on their brief time together.

So she lets it go..............but secrets always have a way of coming out, and she fears for her relationship with her son if this one somehow comes to light.

 

On the Grounds

 Varu out prowling the grounds after a run.

Testing

 Just some more "testing" shots trying to figure out where Kage is going to fit in. I've been contemplating pairing him with Nieves eventually, so just wanted to see what their "chemistry" was together.  Kage is a wraith, an ancient race, precursor to the Misceo races. 

The wraiths can be completely invisible, for as long as they choose to be so, making them the perfect race of spies and protectors. The inspiration for these photos is Kage has been watching Nieves for quite a while in his invisible form, as he is not quite ready for her to know of his existence, but he is drawn to her and feels she is in danger, so he

s keeping watch over her.

Nieves can feel his pull, feels that there is a "comforting" presence around her, but she doesn't understand what that presence is.

Until Kage finally decides to make himself corporeal.

The Grays

 Trying to figure out my last batch of gray dolls that have come into the fold. Still one more on the way. He's in transit and has been stuck in Chicago customer for about a week. Hopefully he (Iple FID gray Dylan) will be released soon, although I still haven't figured out what role he will be in. I bought Elf Dominic partly to have a second fog gray body for my fog gray Jude's to share as I ordered both the human and elven heads of his sculpt. My plan was to make Elf Dominic the father of my human Jude, his mother being my gray Iple FID Elle. Ginia, my gray Elle originally had black hair, and I think she may go back to that color, although I tried to change it up a bit since my Elf Dominic also has black hair. 

I tried one of my Leeke wigs on Ginia, in shades of gray with lavender (although it almost looks more pink here).

 I wanted to give her a bit of contrast next to Toross, Elf Dominic. My original plan was that these two would be Joran's (human fog gray Jude's) parents. Star crossed lovers, forced to stay apart for Joran's safety.........making Joran believe his father was an uncaring, cruel male with no regard for his family. Little did Joran know that was in no way the truth, but it was what he had to believe to keep him and his mother safe from the many enemies Toross had made through the centuries. I'm not sure I'm 100% sold on them together. 

And a picture of Joran, fog gray Jude. He has he same makeup palette as Toross. I really need to get some photos of them together.

Still trying to work out all the particulars of their story. More photos are in order, and more wig choices for Ginia. Then again, the fun is in the playing, so I'll just play until I figure it all out.

Olwen

 I'm not sure where this girl is going to fit into my stories, but I have recently become very enamored of Magic Mirror dolls. I put a Levon in preorder earlier this year, and when Marta had a leftovers sale not long ago I brought Olwen home and LOVE her. She poses so fluidly, she's just a joy to pose and play with.

I've found most of my Minifee things work pretty well on her. She's my perfect fantasy girl. She has a very ethereal quality to her.

She actually fits in very well with my Iple FID/SartoriaJ mini's and Raccoon Dolls. She's wearing default Racoon Doll eyes her. Her wig that she is wearing here is a size 5/6.

Once I had this girl in hand I had to go back and put her sister Orla in layaway. I am totally sold on these little pieces of art, and I look forward to bringing home more of them.