Revisiting Young Ian

 After Jamie and Claire, Young Ian was the next character I shelled in BJD form in my mini Outlander universe. As soon as I saw the Venitu sculpt I just knew he encompassed everything I saw in my head in regards to Young Ian. 

The long and lanky sculpt, the sternness and seriousness of his face, he was just Young Ian to me. After he got back from his face up with Lyn Raftis, even more so. I love how she did his facial tattoos.

While I love the show, and enjoy the actor that plays young Ian, he just doesn't look like the young Ian in my head. 

I haven't been able to come up with a mohawk wig for my Ian, so instead we went with braids in long hair. One of these days maybe I'll be lucky enough to stumble upon someone who can do a mohawk wig for me in his size. I have one for my Iple dolls, but Venitu's head is smaller. Until that time, or if that time never comes, I'll enjoy the version I have of the character. I really do need to get him out more.

Geillis

 Some just because photos of Geillis

I love everything about fall..........and I love the knits I've gotten and made for my Outlander crew.

More Jamie, Just Because

 A few more shots of Jamie, his scruffy version. I have 2 versions of Jamie, one clean shaven (who wears his Paris couture), and this version with a little scruff. Both painted by Lyn Raftis. I love both versions, but if push came to shove, this is my favorite. His wonderful wig was done by Chewin.

I bought him back when Iple was still offering body blushing and hand blushing. His chest blushing with the freckles is so well done.

I always hoped Iple would turn things around and make their way back to the time when they were at the top of their game. It makes me extremely sad they will be calling it quits next year.

I'm lucky to have plenty of dolls from them to appreciate, but their presence in the BJD collector market will be missed.

Back Again

 It's been a while since one of my favorite couples has had their time to shine. A couple of years ago my love for the 12" dolls was revived with the Jamieshow Muses. My attentioon has been diverted the past few years with that size. 

With the announcement of Iplehouse closing made this past week, and the arrival of the first big doll I have gotten in years, I have been looking around my doll room and began appreciating all the beautiful large BJD's I have in my collection again. Jamie and Claire being among the ones that have inspired me most over the years. I've also been inspired to start photographing some of my Iple dolls again.

Back in the heydey, Iplehouse used to offer hand and body blushing. Jamie has both, and it is so beautifully done. His face up was painted by Lyn Raftis. Clothing made by my friend Robyn of Period Threads, who has been a wonderful partner in crime helping me achieve my vision to clothe all my period characters in my dolly collection. There has been nothing I have asked her to make for my dolls that she hasn't knocked out of the ballpark. If you look through this blog you will see posts on inspiration behind a lot of the items she has done for me over the years.

For Claire, I opted for Iple's more subdued face up, which I felt suited Claire's character well.

More pics of them. It was fun spending time with them again. I hope in the coming weeks to play more with all my larger dolls and update the various blogs I have for each of the character groups within my dolly world. Links in the sidebar to my other blogs.

Back to Paris

 My EID version of Jamie got a new suit from Period Threads this week, inspired by SartoriaJ's Rococo themed dolls a couple of releases ago. I thought Jamie would look stunning in something similar, so my friend Robyn (Period Threads) agreed to make Jamie something of his own.

Robyn's attention to detail is second to none. She used embroidery around the edges of the coat, and I think it adds quite a rich feel to it, and it is in better scale than any of the trims that we found available. 

I chose a patterned silk for the waistcoat instead of doing trim on a plain silk (as SJ did on the outfit they offered that was the inspiration for Jamie's outfit). I love how it turned out.

I'm also super pleased with how well the three silks blended for the total look of the outfit! I don't think Jamie will be taking this gorgeous outfit off anytime soon!

Welcome Spring

 I can't believe it has been 3 years since I've updated this blog. Sadly, my Outlander crew haven't gotten much attention the past couple of years. I was inspired by SartoriaJ's new collection highlighting Versailles to dig through my clothing stash for my mini's and redress Roger and Bree. I originally had Jamie and Claire in mind for these outfits, but sadly, the vest/coat on Roger's outfits didn't stretch well across Jamie's wider chest/shoulders. (Jamie is on the Muscle body and Roger is on the FID Model body).

With Bree's red hair, I have to say this dress probably suits her better than Claire anyway. Both outfits are from SartoriaJ and I've had them for several years, although this is the first time they have been on dolls. The outfit on Roger is currenctly back up FS during the "Versailles" event. I wish they would have introduced new outfits for the mini size. I may pick up the red dress in the mini size, as I had not purchased it previously. The only issue with the dress is you have to take the hands off to get the sleeves over them.

I have to say, I really enjoy Edan as Roger. He was a bit of a "fluke" when "casting", but I think he works perfectly with Bree.

Roger Mac

 Every since my FID Edan arrived I have been kicking around the idea of putting him in some period clothing and seeing how I liked him as Roger Mac. He reminds me quite a bit of Richard Rankin, who plays Roger in the TV show (even if he isn't the embodiment of how I saw book Roger). So this morning I changed his clothes into period clothing and tried one of my Chewin wigs on him (that was actually made for FID Leonard), and Hurrah it fit him! Then I got Bree out for some shots of them together.

I actually like them together quite a lot!! I didn't put green eyes in him because I HATE changing eyes in the dolls this size, and if he didn't work as Roger for me, then I didn't want to change them back. I do think I may have to leave him in the role of Mr. Mackenzie though! I really like him with Brianna a lot. 

Guess now I need to find him some green eyes, and a better fitting vest (this one is sized for the RD men. I think he's a keeper in this role!