[11/7/19] Eurocalypse: Mediterran Mega Update pt. 4 of 4(!)

Thanks! Yes, a complete shell shield might be a bit too big or more fitting for an army with a shieldwall.
And yes, I have some kind of joint hiding OCD it seems. But I think I will get him a tbleague M31 or M33 ( I also reread your reviews. Now I can tell all the differences ) and use this body for someone, a forest guy maybe, with more clothing. While the upper body is textured and colored, everything below the belly is in a plain color, intended for long trousers I guess. The naked feet are also not that good for stability.

For the future, I think I might have to split the thread. Now that the 'concept phase is over for the shell people, I am preparing for the other factions/states/peoples and rethought what materials are used for each.

Shell people - shells, driftwood, thin fabric in natural colours, natural/grass-like looking strings, beads. I am experimenting with fish leather, but not yet pleased with the results. I don't buy that much fish with it's skin still attached.

Masked forest dwellers - leather in natural tones, wood/sticks, mulch, moss, resin, fur, small animal bones/skulls ( made from polymer clay, maybe some real skulls for mutated giant birds if I stumble upon them.

Tribes of North Africa - beads and fabrics in bright colours, painted metal plates (or plasticard or worbla resembling metal), wood, feathers, fur, leather, maybe insect parts

Cargo States - they are the jokers of it all. As the two characters I want to make are travelers and traders, they might use all the materials provided by the other people. They also have more old world equipment from cargo containers, quarantine stations and army bases. So also jewelry, wrist watches, rubber, old world clothing, some European 'modern military' stuff etc.

And a small shell people update, one of the sea urchins broke. New opportunities.

I drilled some holes into them and used them as protection for the hands and knee.


It magically fits into the place between the knuckles.


You don't want that knee in your face, now less than ever.


Or that backhand.


And another update. I think a popular weapon in Post-European Mediterria might be a sling. I watched two YouTube videos to learn more about it, quite interesting.
I want to give those two crafty slingers some credit here.
https://youtu.be/28r-MQejnHg
https://youtu.be/JhkwNg_qBd8

Leather and flexible string.


I will have to find a nice round stone. I wanted to keep it simple, but added the pearl for some personality.


Is that s typical slinger pose? I don't know. Looks cool enough. I think a sling fits her better than a club. Also some decent hairstyling.


The string can be stretched to a degree, but if I want to make spinning poses, I might have to use wire.


If you are out of stones, use sea shells.

LOVE what you have been doing with these! The weapons are coming along nicely and that hairstyling looks gorgeous. The overall aesthetic so far is very pleasing -- thanks for sharing.

I like the progress. Very inventive use of silver lining with the broken shells (I'm surprised more shells haven't gotten broken in the process). Fish skin/scales? I can only hope they don't stink. The sling and the slinger pose both look excellent to me.

PS I would advise you spare yourself the grief of using an M31, but then again maybe the batches available today are less problem-ridden.

Gah, I absolutely adore what you’re coming up with here, especially that shiny spear and shields! <3 The necklaces are gorgeous too!

My only criticism is, as an owner of boobs, the shell bikini makes me cringe a bit because you’d have virtually no comfortable movement in it, as the bottom of the shells are far too low and you’d end up jabbing yourself in the ribs every time you leaned forwards!
Nice concept but I think she’d be far more comfortable in one with smaller shells, unless you adapted it as part of a less flexible breastplate or something.

Love the concept and the execution. There is a beach near my mother-in-law's house called "Shelly Beach", which consists of more sea shells than sand. It is therapeutic to sit in one spot and sort through handfuls of shells thinking of neat things to make from them.

skywalkersaga wrote:LOVE what you have been doing with these! The weapons are coming along nicely and that hairstyling looks gorgeous. The overall aesthetic so far is very pleasing -- thanks for sharing.

Thanks for viewing and enjoying!

GubernatorFan wrote:I like the progress. Very inventive use of silver lining with the broken shells (I'm surprised more shells haven't gotten broken in the process). Fish skin/scales? I can only hope they don't stink. The sling and the slinger pose both look excellent to me.

PS I would advise you spare yourself the grief of using an M31, but then again maybe the batches available today are less problem-ridden.

Thank you Guv. You remove all the scales from the skin, rinse it off, let it rest in a mix of soap, egg yolk and plant oil for 24 hours and rinse it of again, then a lot of kneading. The one test I made left it very stiff. I didn't knead it that muchh. Some people use leather balm or just fat afterwards, this might help the next time. Neutral to no smell.
Fish leather has a nice look, a little bit transparent and with a scale pattern, just Google it, the Inuit made nice jackets and trousers from it.
It's a big thing being rediscovered now. In Kenia at least.

And concerning the M31, too late! xD I had no problems yet, but what kind of problems are to be expected?

Lynkhart wrote:Gah, I absolutely adore what you’re coming up with here, especially that shiny spear and shields! <3 The necklaces are gorgeous too!

My only criticism is, as an owner of boobs, the shell bikini makes me cringe a bit because you’d have virtually no comfortable movement in it, as the bottom of the shells are far too low and you’d end up jabbing yourself in the ribs every time you leaned forwards!
Nice concept but I think she’d be far more comfortable in one with smaller shells, unless you adapted it as part of a less flexible breastplate or something.

Thanks! And of course I share your concern about the comfortability. I am not too happy either and still experimenting. The 'modular' look like in the concept picture didn't work because I don't have the right shells. At least the two parts are moveable and resting on a fabric padding, I also tried distributing the weight with strings.
What I want to try now, using those shell pieces here, and turn the other piece into a padded plate protecting the abdomen.

shazzdan wrote:Love the concept and the execution. There is a beach near my mother-in-law's house called "Shelly Beach", which consists of more sea shells than sand. It is therapeutic to sit in one spot and sort through handfuls of shells thinking of neat things to make from them.

Thanks a lot. And that's a beautiful picture you create there. I think I will use the hundreds of left shells for a beach diorama, with a little sand and a single Shellian just sitting there.


And here are the new bodies. I think the black bearded charismatic Revolutionary looks better with the more slender M31(sounds like something you would shoot from a gunship), while the bigger, blonde bearded head is better with the M33 (sounds like some tank) beefcake body. He is wielding a fkng armblade shield, after all. He has a headband now, making him look like a war reporter who is into Joseph Conrad and has crashlanded on a planet dominated by primates.

No armor on them yet, I will rework them and replace strings with flexible rubber strings.


I have seen Gubs review pictures, but still I was surprised how
Unmatching the color of the hands and feet actually is. I will cover all the joints, but maybe some paint has to be used too. And yes, nipple painting successful.

Thanks for the explanation about fish skin. And kudos for how adventurous you're willing to get in the name of the perfect kitbash.

M31... well, there you have it, it makes do and really easy to clothe, compared to most other TBLeague bodies -- of course here you don't have that much to put on it. My issues with it (most of them after my initial M30-M31 review, so not really covered in it) were that in a few cases the wrist pegs became loose and remained extra loose after re-attaching (while partly or potentially damaging the silicone "skin" during repair), the poor look to the elbows when flexed, and the somewhat odd sculpting on the front (for example, nipples too high on the chest) -- as opposed to the nicely sculpted back side. By the way, good job with the nipple paint -- oil pastel? The partial mismatch between the silicone "skin" and the harder plastic hands and feet (and third party heads) depends in part on the light and camera. It is not really very stark, but sometimes it is fairly apparent.

I got to ask... what happened to Milla's lips and is it part of the plot?

What happened to Millais lips? She bit them because of all the new manly loincloths.
No, I just did not seal the color I painted on the red glossy lips and some of it was scratched off by a shell mask test.

I tried out what you said about the elbows. Left side yay, right side nay. So I had to hide it with wrapping on the right arm.


The Revolutionator has a new loincloth! I learned so much about loincloth folding and loincloth types and loincloth history the last days, you don't want to know. And le nipples were just painted with acrylics. My olde Citadel acrylics from Games Workshop. I used light fleshcolor and reddish brown, mixed, shaded and highlighted.


A wrapping for M31. And the beefy hardman now sports a sexy dark loincloth too. The M33 came with double/triple manliness, so he gave one to M31.


All bodies from my shopping spree (not showing m36) are now here. I tried my only Jiaou one (right, wheat) on the Rev and compared it to M31 (left). I still think the m31 fits better/has more character. And it's not so light.


90% of my work time is spent on strange experiments which sometimes result in an Eureka. And yes that's Gym Jeff Bridges wearing a sea urchin.


I intended to use it as a mask, but also works as a fancy hat/turban


The reason I got a Jeff head, I want to use it on a forest man. Tom Hunnmy and Jeff Bridges on one of the old cheap bodies + lazy leather experimenting.


And here an early Cargonite with Speznas Kevlar vest and Katana. I have great plans with this one. The pants will be upgraded to white stripe tracksuit pants. The vest will become fancy. And the head....I ordered a very special one. So special. You won't guess. I hope it will be as glorious as intended. So much fun in my head.


A little experimenting: shell plate upgrade, extra padding, fancy Boba Fett like cloth strip and a little sea urchin shard for the shoulder.



And finally, M33 armed.

Some drilling, some rubber thread.


I liked the look when covering the joints in the unseamless....seamfull? first body. So I redesigned and gave him a Bad Boy Stola (BBS).


Hey I'm walking here!


Feelin' lucky seapunk?

You're definitely having plenty of fun with these. How nice that M33 was willing to share manliness with M31! LOL I don't know what TBLeague was thinking when they omitted that part of the packaging (all puns intended) for M31, but I do recall it created a short-lived (I think) opportunity for someone to produce more of the appropriate packages and sell them separately. Of course now you also have a Jiaou body, and that comes even more armed and operational in that respect.

It was interesting to see the difference between the left and right flexed arms on the M31 -- I wonder if they are all different, although now that I think of it, it was the right one that disappointed me in the first place. Are you wrist pegs secure after swapping hands? Be careful.

I am rather surprised the acrylic worked on the nipples (were you blasting it with a hair dryer to make it dry before it could crawl off?). Maybe you want it to be temporary and reversible; anyway, if it flakes off you know what to do: oil pastel (make yourself a little hole "stencil" in a piece of thin cardboard and apply through that).

Anyway, I think most of your bandages and hand wraps, etc., work remarkably well, and Milla's seashell armor is a thing to behold. If I were you, I would increase or add more of a flap in front on the male loin cloths. For what it is worth, I think the revolutionary head works pretty well with this Jiaou body in terms of skin tone. But yes, that body has a little less "character."

Thanks! Yes some more 'Milla' following. I really have to give them names, but not sure yet how they will sound. I will mix the Italic Romance languages with some Greek, Serbo-Croatian and maybe a bit of Turkish.
Until now, no problems with the wrist pegs, but I'm extra careful. And about those Jiaou Snakes - wtf? Can't they just relax a bit?

And yes I will get some oil pastels the next time I have the opportunity, but the Acrylics worked just fine. They dry very fast. Faster than the Vallejo ones, at least. Might be because they were made for wargaming.

I gave the Revolutionary hero person a kufiya. Now, he is Che of Arabia. Reminds me a bit of that Laibach-Singer, if anyone knows him.



And 'Milla' also got a new headscarf and a new top. 'Casual' clothing for sunny windy days.



The padding and better strings help with crunching.


I like a mix of many materials and cluttering. Making progress.




The shell can be worn in many ways.


But finally, I had to make a hole or a slit for the eyes. I wanted to leave it as faceless as possible. I decided to drill holes with the option of connecting them into a slit. Two holes looked too much like a face, four were better but six did the trick. Also work as air holes when worn a head.



STOP, stranger! Now who could that mysterious man in dark black shells be? Do you recognize the head sculpt? I will reveal it in an extra Cargonite Post, I think.

OMG, Che of Arabia is looking fantastic -- well, they both are! I was not expecting the headdresses, but they look really awesome. I really do love the texture of those grandma's stockings you are using, lol, I need to find me some of those.

And 'Jiaou snakes'...lmao.

Some really interesting adjustments and upgrades. You’re really on a roll for this group.

Che of Arabia... well played Sir, well played. But if you are going to go so far south and east for cultural inspiration, you might have to cover up all that exposed skin (yes, I know, belly dancers -- but those were only for the interior of the harem).

The additional details, items, and transformations are all excellent (Milla's sideways shell hat is positively high fashion!), but I am still recovering from that Laibach video.

skywalkersaga wrote:OMG, Che of Arabia is looking fantastic -- well, they both are! I was not expecting the headdresses, but they look really awesome. I really do love the texture of those grandma's stockings you are using, lol, I need to find me some of those.

And 'Jiaou snakes'...lmao.

Thanks a lot! And I also didn't plan headdresses of that kind, but 80% of the Shell People is experimenting I guess.

I think I found a cheap way to acquire the grandma stocking material - I bought new shoes today and noticed the material of those disposable try-on socks they had there is very similar. A bit shorter, of course. Something like this:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0084DWAQW/ref=cts_sh_2_vtp?ie=UTF8&pi=SL110&dpPl=1&dpID=51hAY6HVbLL

And yes, very excited snakes. I don't know what to do with all of those, maybe give them bright funny colours and let the Cargonites use them as blunt weapons.

Stryker2011 wrote:Some really interesting adjustments and upgrades. You’re really on a roll for this group.

Thank you!

GubernatorFan wrote:Che of Arabia... well played Sir, well played. But if you are going to go so far south and east for cultural inspiration, you might have to cover up all that exposed skin (yes, I know, belly dancers -- but those were only for the interior of the harem).

The additional details, items, and transformations are all excellent (Milla's sideways shell hat is positively high fashion!), but I am still recovering from that Laibach video.

Thanks a lot, and you are right, that cruel mask is surprisingly fashionable!
I don't know yet if or how I will include the people of the Middle East. At least the forest dwellers will be very covered up by cultural and historical reasons I will elaborate on in...some weeks maybe. xD
But the Northern Africans won't be very covered up. While the m36 body will come in very handy for that project, where are the dark skinned females? I didn't finde a single headsculpt, not even African American superstars? And I guess I will have to use those oil pastels for a body.

And I am not sure yet about religions. Islam might be strong enough to survive the apocalypse in some way, but I think it will be local, ethnic religions mostly. The sea spirits and the tree ghosts, roughly. And for the Cargonites, a crazy materialistic mix of Eastern Orthodox Church, feminism, Marian devotion, advertising and pop culture.

And about Laibach....I know that video for some years now and still haven't recovered from it!
Also, I don't know if North Korea will ever recover from Laibach, here is an interesting, absurd article about North Korea's first Rock concert:
https://www.huckmag.com/art-and-culture/film-2/north-korea-laibach/

And now some outdoor test shots. I went to Corsica for a short weekend trip as you can see.



Some nice little shells here and there...


There was an Art project going on there, they built a gigantic black window to make the coast look like a picture in a calender!


...this was planned. To get sand on his chest for more realism.

LOL. Well... where do I begin? Laibach might explain some things about North Korea... those poor people (Galaxy Quest reference). There are more reasons than religious propriety to cover up bodies in North Africa or whatever other part of the Middle East you are referencing -- like heat and sunburn (that is why traditional Arab bedouin garb is usually white and so extensive in its coverage). I think your Corsica vacation claim collapsed on you (not to mention it was actually Catalonia, not Corsica!)... as for sand on his chest, it does add realism (I wonder if that would be a good way to get hair on his chest, too?). Did you notice how much sand loves TBLeague bodies and how little they love it back? By the way, the photos turned out great, as did your characters.

What a great idea for a photoshoot, Ovy! The lighting is beautiful, too. Your figures look right at home in these!

GubernatorFan wrote: Did you notice how much sand loves TBLeague bodies and how little they love it back?

Now you got me thinking of your shirtless beach-bum Anakin again...

GubernatorFan wrote:LOL. Well... where do I begin? Laibach might explain some things about North Korea... those poor people (Galaxy Quest reference). There are more reasons than religious propriety to cover up bodies in North Africa or whatever other part of the Middle East you are referencing -- like heat and sunburn (that is why traditional Arab bedouin garb is usually white and so extensive in its coverage). I think your Corsica vacation claim collapsed on you (not to mention it was actually Catalonia, not Corsica!)... as for sand on his chest, it does add realism (I wonder if that would be a good way to get hair on his chest, too?). Did you notice how much sand loves TBLeague bodies and how little they love it back? By the way, the photos turned out great, as did your characters.

Thank you. Well, I might not have been to Corsica, but the photo really was Corsica. The calendar only flipped from October to September if you look closely.

skywalkersaga wrote:What a great idea for a photoshoot, Ovy! The lighting is beautiful, too. Your figures look right at home in these!

GubernatorFan wrote: Did you notice how much sand loves TBLeague bodies and how little they love it back?

Now you got me thinking of your shirtless beach-bum Anakin again...

Thank you! And that sand gets everywhere. And it's coarse.

Well, some shellpeople upgrades. Glorified docu shots without sand or daylight.
Reworked all the strapping on the shoulders and lots of tiny details, like the pearls.


He still needs a name. The -kos is non negotiable:

Zrakos
Bajkos
Bashkos
Drikos
Artakos
Gjinkos
Kreshnikos
Shabankos
Tomorkos
............kos?


Forgot the crab pincher in all the other pics somehow. New wristbands!


The crab mask with straps in all the variations.












The shield is also in the process of being reworked.




Teaser for another mask. It's finished now but I  too tired to post more.

Great work on your figure. I am impressed. I like "Zrakos" which admittedly, sounds better than "Sea Shell Che Guevara."

So much cool work on all of these characters. It seems the more layers and different materials, the cooler the characters look.

Ooh, I like this a lot — my fave version is the one with the beads on the band around his head ( both with and without the mask).

‘Zrakos’ sounds perfect!

ThePhotogsBlog wrote:Great work on your figure.  I am impressed.  I like "Zrakos" which admittedly, sounds better than "Sea Shell Che Guevara."  

Hah, thanks! Yes, Zrakos it is.

Stryker2011 wrote:So much cool work on all of these characters. It seems the more layers and different materials, the cooler the characters look.

Thanks a lot! That's why it it's so much fun working after the apocalypse, you can finish figures fast, but adding stuff later is always an option.

skywalkersaga wrote:Ooh, I like this a lot — my fave version is the one with the beads on the band around his head ( both with and without the mask).

‘Zrakos’ sounds perfect!

Yeah you are right. The Urchin is fancy, but I think it's nothing one wears all the time, more suited for rituals or festivities. And combat - Zrakos actually crashed his face after the last photo. The Crab mask was broken into 7 pieces. I glued it back together. Both Urchin and Crabskull are very thin, I wonder how the mask could be supported. Maybe layers of superglue or resin on the inside?

And thanks for the name opinion, it was my favourite too. His name is supposed to sound like something from Greece and Albania, or other countries of the eastern Adriatic sea. But hundreds of years in the future with a lot of language evolution in-between.

Some bead upgrades on the shields of the bearded silent sad guy. He could need more stuff, but the look works already. I don't know if he needs any shoulder plates with those giant shields.


He needs a name too. Something Catalanian and/or Spanish, maybe a little Portuguese, as his ancestors are from those areas. First ideas:
Benevaro
Bernatono
Jordiquim
Quimvaro
Jordivaro
....


Hello ladies.





So, now the mask. You might need a big hammer if you wand to break it. Had to file off a big chunk so he could wear it. It looked like a face before I changed anything. Finally found the courage to drill holes into this beautiful shell.  You can see his eyes when using a flash, but the black holes are much cooler I think.


A little creepy, a little funny, just like the real mask wearing people.











And a little update for 'her'. While experimenting with sun protection, her sculpted hair fell off (there are two versions) and I put it on wrong. Looks like an 'after the dive' hairstyle. But only from the front. But it works with the headscarf.
And she needs a name too. The Adriatic Sea is her place of origin too. Croatia, maybe some Italy.

Not sure about the Val- , still.
Valbona
Valjiena
Valzenka
Valcija
Valsminka
Valija

-gira
-onza
-enzia
-sencia



The slinger character is being reworked. I am annoyed a bit by that hot toys Alice body now that I know the metal skeleton seamless ones. But I want to keep it as there are non that look like that. It came with boots, shell people don't wear boots. None of the bare feet that came with the other bodies do fit, the holes are too small. Any suggestions? I don't know a lot about that.

And now a group shot of the three seamless ones. Cut short by an accident Zrakos had.







Finally, a little bonus. I received that nice friendly but a little boring head. I plan to transform her into a savage forest dweller one day. First I had to get rid of the puffy hair...


The body is for the 'Mirror' Project. Clothes are placeholder, except the hands.

I like "Jordivaro" and "Valzenka" myself. As for the face mask on Zrakos, realistically speaking, it would impair his breathing somewhat, which would limit his ability in hand to hand combat in which participants require enormous amounts of oxygen to keep going. IMHO, you are better off without it. Of course, it is your collection and you are the ultimate judge of how the figure should appear.

I know what you mean about the Hot Toys Alice body -- sometimes you have to use non-seamless ones because tbleague and/or jiaou don't have certain body types. 

And the shell mask with the creepy holes in it sort of reminded me of this prehistoric red deer antler headdress found at Star Carr, Yorkshire, now housed in the British Museum: 



While in this case, the holes are likely for attaching the antlers to the head, at first glance I always think they look like eyes. ;p

I absolutely love what you've been up to while I wasn't paying attention. The Che character is starting to look like Aladdin a little bit, so I was thinking Dinkos would be suitable; Zrakos sounds a little too Game of Thrones to me, and he is a couple of steps away from being Khal Drogo. I like the way the other figures are turning out too. How about Milenza for Milla Jovovic? And Guilfons for the shell mask guy (the shell mask is great, by the way)?

This thread is just super inspiring!
At first I thought the shells look a bit mundane and I thought you would just use the forms as a draft - or that you paint them to look like armour and not shells. But your vision is really great and it turned out very convincing with just the plain shells! Great!

I love the intricate detail of the beads and the unique shapes of the various shell pieces. Those necklaces look hard to make.

ThePhotogsBlog wrote:I like "Jordivaro" and "Valzenka" myself. As for the face mask on Zrakos, realistically speaking, it would impair his breathing somewhat, which would limit his ability in hand to hand combat in which participants require enormous amounts of oxygen to keep going.  IMHO, you are better off without it.  Of course, it is your collection and you are the ultimate judge of how the figure should appear.

Thanks for your opinions! And you are right about the mask, of course. I aimed to use it as some sort of primitive breathing device for diving, which would require some sort of tubes I guess. But until then it's more style than anything.

skywalkersaga wrote:I know what you mean about the Hot Toys Alice body -- sometimes you have to use non-seamless ones because tbleague and/or jiaou don't have certain body types. 

And the shell mask with the creepy holes in it sort of reminded me of this prehistoric red deer antler headdress found at Star Carr, Yorkshire, now housed in the British Museum: 



While in this case, the holes are likely for attaching the antlers to the head, at first glance I always think they look like eyes. ;p

Yep the body comes closest to a s16, but still different. And Antler masks are great! Antlers in any way. I think I will have to craft them out of polymer clay. Of course my forest people chief will use antlers for his mask. All forest people wear masks, you know. But more of that some other time in another post. British Museum is in London? Man, they have many Museums. Only got to visit the Natural History museum on the one and a half days I was there, and than quickly ran through the Technical one

GubernatorFan wrote:I absolutely love what you've been up to while I wasn't paying attention. The Che character is starting to look like Aladdin a little bit, so I was thinking Dinkos would be suitable; Zrakos sounds a little too Game of Thrones to me, and he is a couple of steps away from being Khal Drogo. I like the way the other figures are turning out too. How about Milenza for Milla Jovovic? And Guilfons for the shell mask guy (the shell mask is great, by the way)?

What's Game of thronesey about Zrakos?
And I like your name suggestions, but haven't decided yet.

Antarion wrote:This thread is just super inspiring!
At first I thought the shells look a bit mundane and I thought you would just use the forms as a draft - or that you paint them to look like armour and not shells. But your vision is really great and it turned out very convincing with just the plain shells! Great!

Yep, Nature is much better at painting shells then I will ever be, so I just left them that way! And very happy to inspire.

MerylAkiba wrote:I love the intricate detail of the beads and the unique shapes of the various shell pieces. Those necklaces look hard to make.

Thank you! The hardest part in making those necklaces is deciding the order and color of the beads and length the of them. And if I use rubbery material or just thread. Drilling holes into beautiful little shells is hard, too, but more in an emotional kind of way. ^^

Little update, my first attempt at rooting hair. I wanted to play safe so I just made a wig.

The Hot Toys Alice had has interchangable moulded hairpieces, so I used aluminium foil and sculpted the skull. I wasn't very precise, but it can be taken off and clipped on.


The only Tibet lamb stuff I have is that grey furniture cover rug thing. I dyed a part of it in dark brown.


Here you can see the wig, the hair is not fit yet.


And finally, soaked in water and cut to right length.


Still wet, but it fits her 'Hey I am diving here!' attitude.


It took me some time. I watched 'The Death of Stalin' while I worked, great movie, sad, horrible and very funny.

The one thing I did wrong was the parting in the hair. The gap I cut was not deep enough so the hair strands could not be pushed deep into it. Maybe I will just cut a slit in there an redo the parting. If that makes sense.

Wow. Excellent job on Milla's new skull and "real" hair. Great coloring -- you could also order some already in the right color from Morezmore, but I appreciate you did it yourself. I almost feel sad you didn't leave the gorgeous fuller/longer hair intact, although the final look works too. I notice you have fixed her minor damage from before.

As for Zrakos, it just reminds me of the silly names encountered by Daenerys in her silly adventures on Essos or whatever that Eurasia landmass to the east was called. Didn't someone with a long name starting somewhat like this try to marry her? To be honest, I didn't care much about that part and area of the plot -- or for that matter for anything that happened north of the Wall. I thought a less fantastical tale more focused on the murderous politics and plots of the Seven Kingdoms might have been far more fascinating, but that's just me.

Wow, her wig looks amazing .... I wish I were not such a wimp about attempting this myself ....