Thanks so much everyone for taking the time to comment - and for liking her and my pictures. TravelGuide wrote:She is wonderful! I'm usually not a big fan of the scarcily dressed or painted characters, but this really turned out great! And the photography is very cool! The lighting is really in harmony with her.
I wonder how she'd look in the snow.
Thank you. Nice to know Yismani is an exception to your general preferences
I doubt I will take her out into the real snow. She is covered with glitter eye shadow and I would prefer this not to get wet.
skywalkersaga wrote:I don't think I have enough exclaimations to describe how amazing this is! I can definitely see the Ovy influence on the wings, but the rest is all your style. Your beadwork is especially suited to this kind of aesthetic, I feel. And the oil pastels on the body are done so delicately and give just the right effect. The photography, backdrop, and lighting are gorgeous and evocative of being in an ice cave. I love that snow/ice effect on the ground, so well done! My favourite shot is that last one, the lighting is incredible!
And I really like that s24/s25 body as well, I've bought more of them than any other tbleague so far.
Aw - so kind of you. Thank you.
Ovy was the one to introduce me to the option to use oil pastels on TBLeague bodys (or to colour them at all to begin with.) I understand it is quite common in this forum but I had not been familiar with it. Changing the skintone is one aspect of it - but making the body colourful is just the next level...
GubernatorFan wrote:Nice story and beautiful creation. Even if inspired by Ovy's unique work (you get karma points for giving credit), it actually looks very different and novel, and of course the character is completely different too.
Thanks so much! well, the mutual inspiration and sharing of knowledge/ideas is the purpose of places like this forum, isn't it? I am picking up techniques and ideas all over, but major ones should be credited, I'd say.
(Something I came up with by myself is sewing onto the bodies... I will definitely look into this further. Might proof useful. Also, the wings are pinned into her back.)
Diana wrote:What a wonderful creation! Nope, I never get tired of elementally inspired characters.
skywalkersaga already said it all. ^^
And now I am tempted to maybe get this body, too. And what a great head sculpt you picked! The hair color seems unusual and perfect for this theme, and it's nice that it suits the body in terms of proportions.
I love that the wings fold down like that. Very cute!
Thank you!! I was really happy to manage the wings to spread out eventually. I had been about to give up getting them spread out. But I wanted them flexible to be both spread and folded.
Well, the other elements will take their time ... we will see... still very determined to work on them.
The head sculpt is of a Jiaou Angel figure. Lovely promos, less convincing in hand - but just the right one for Yismani.
I like the S24/25 - but prefer the S16/17 due to the latter's smaller bust. As for the neck connection, I will try the foamie idea. Sounds promising.
Generally it is easier than one may think at first to find a solution to fix heads onto these bodies.
skywalkersaga wrote:...
Valiarde wrote:
Personally, I like the third pic the most, the lighting coming from the horizon of the cave and also the lit up face is cool.
The dark one with the "stars" is also special.
Hard to pick just one image, they are all incredible! But yes, I agree, the 'stars' are so, so beautiful. I felt a sense of real magic from that effect.
ETA: I am also very curious to see Endrik... : )
Yes, the stars... maybe I should not admit it, but: they were a total surprise for me. I had not planned them and only saw them on the PC screen and went:
WHAT! How cool is that...
As you are asking for him: here's a short introduction to Endrik.
He was my first custom figure. I bought him from a German collector who is assembling a lot of customs. It was love at first sight.
(I made up his background story. The customiser probably had something entirely different in mind for him. I do not know.)
Myths, legends, fairytales about eerie characters that are being told to children so they shall behave themselves and respect their elders...
Such as the legend of Endrik the dreamcatcher who traps all dreams of all living beings in his rod and can manipulate them to be both prize and pain.
Many have sneered at children hiding under their blankets during the night not daring to sleep because of their fear of Endrik's punishment for their mischief during the day.
However, those that crossed Endrik and consequently lost their mind after only a few nights, those do not sneer any longer...
Creatures of night brought to light: