Welcome back Elyra! I bought her secondhand from a good friend of mine this past December 2023.
It's still so surreal to me that I got my dream MNF back in my collection. I had to sell my first one back in 2015 due to needing emergency funds when one of our roommates lost their job and my wife and I (back then fiancee) needed to pay bills.
I had listed a bunch of dolls, and sadly, my MNF Ryeon sold the fastest. It's a sale I have always regretted because I did really like her.
This Ryeon isn't the same one, but is from the same year, but she accepted the old Ryeon's character and name without a hitch! I'm so glad I have my kitty/fox girl back.
More blathering about the doll and such under the break
Elyra is really settling into her new shell and look quite nicely. Let me show a quick comparison of my previous to current one:
I did not ever expect to get her back, especially once Fairyland discontinued the older sculpts, so I didn't keep any of her things. So now she has a new wig, outfits, shoes, eyes, tail, and ears.
The tail and ears are now both made by me, though I do intend to re-buy the ears she had before. I just didn't want her to be without kitty/fox ears until my friend casts a few more of the old ears.
She was a fox in the past, but now I'm undecided on if she should be a cat instead. Her old tail was a big real fox tail, the new one is made of faux fur, and is fully posable thanks to the wire I put in it.
She's also good friends with little Ursa, my old DZ Shoyo, who I got around the same time as I got Elyra 1.0
The what is what:
Sculpt: Fairyland MNF Ryeon on the old A-line girl body
This was such a fun Faceup to do on a Fairyland Feeple60 Mirwennin natural skin. And yes, the teeth glow in the dark! I entirely forgot to do a before photo of this commission as she looks worlds different.
Enjoy this slow turn around video of the Faceup and the two pairs of hands that go with her!
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oliver looks so cute in this cloak i got for him at resin rose :’) i need to sew him some more stuff but i feel like i’m finally starting to pin down a style i like for him after all these years and it’s making me so happy!
Something else I got over the weekend was this hiruseki stone necklace for Hiei that my friendo mssaiinu on Instagram made for me (so also sent me a hell sweet poster/print of Hiei). She hadn’t let me know what she was shipping me since it was a surprise, so I accidentally threw the necklace in the trash with the package. xD;;
The scale is a smidge big for him imo, but jfkds it looks so good. ; w ;
На самом деле мне еще в ноябре покрасили Сэми, только вчера я собралась ее пофоткать.
Это был очень странный мэйк, точнее то как он появился. Я давно хотела сменить ей мэйк, потому что старый мэйк был сделан предыдущим владельцем головы. И я записалась в очередь к своей любимой мэйкаперше, но когда время записи подошло, я осознала, что не знаю как ее красить и у меня совершенно нет сил придумывать тз на мэйк.
Это было мучительно, как написание курсовой в универе. Но я что-то придумала. И мне покрасили голову. И до последнего момента я смотрела на нее и не могла понять нравится мне или нет.
Вчера я ее переодела и пофоткала. И да, мне нравится результат, который получился. Но я больше никогда не буду так себя мучать, потому что это очень негативно сказывается на хобби((
This faceup on my Fairyland MNF Ryeon in natural skin was super fun to do, as I based it on my previous MNF Ryeon’s Faceup from way back when. I did buy her with another artist'8's Faceup on her, which was beautiful but not the vibe I wanted to go for. So off it came and this one got put on and I love it!
I used Coliro pearlcolors for the gold and dark pink shiny elements
Since I never thought I’d own a MNF Ryeon again, I moved on all her things, so I had to start from scratch, including her Fox ears. I bought a set from a friend back in 2012, but they currently don’t have any more of them in stock, so I made a quick janky pair out of Apoxie Sculpt for the time being. My friend will cast me some once the weather is better in Minnesota and I will buy them to make her look properly cute again!
I also made a quick tail with wire, faux fur, magnets, and tape (all but the fake fur are internal), and I’m loving how poseable it is! Definitely glad to have one back in my collection!
This is also my last faceup of 2023!
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Here’s a look at the pile of hands I bought from DDE from what they had in stock.
Unfortunately, absolutely none of the natural skin hands fit my pale babes due to them being on old bodies that Fairyland doesn’t produce anymore. I’ve known for years that the old bodies were pretty decently thicker (and taller) than what FL has been producing these days, but that thought completely slipped my mind when I was making my purchase. Dx
I actually can force the new hands onto Keigo and Hiei, but the fit is more snug than I feel comfortable without modifying the pieces. Naoko absolutely needs the new pieces to be modified though since she is from 2008 (whereas both boys are more recent with any shrinkages older Fairyland sculpts have gone through over the years).
On the bright side, Lilith finally has hands that fit pretty much perfectly. Too bad DDE didn’t have more tan hands available in stock. Hope FL rereleases the new parts in the future. Px
Wish I’d realized this would probably be an issue before buying because I’d have probably opted for more hands for Farai or gotten some of the old hand pieces for Keigo instead.
Anyway, planning to carve into all the pieces, but it’ll probably have to wait until it’s warmer outside so I can do that shit out on the porch.
Also, in case you didn’t know about the size differences between the MNF bodies, here’s an old comparison photo I made a few years ago.
Left to right: Celine on Moe line, Modded Shushu on 2008 A-line with model legs, Marcia on 2008 A-line with cutie legs, Rheia on renewal A-line with cutie legs.