Ariel's got some more metal in his head

[OutBriefCandle]

This is something I've been intending to do with Ariel (my Sprite) for a long time, but I had some trouble finding something appropriately sized to use as studs. I ended up getting a sheet of self-adhesive rhinestones from the scrapbooking section at Michael's. I scraped off the existing adhesive with my nail and used some Elmer's white glue and Aleene's tacky glue to apply them. The rings in his ears are existing drilled piercings, the studs are the new glued ones. I'm really pleased with the result and I'm glad I finally sat down and did it. I had to re-glue a couple after the initial application, but after that they all held firm during a four-day anime con, which is a good test of durability, I think.







I did also sit down with some jewelry findings and tried to figure out a way to give him an industrial piercing in his right ear, but the shape of it just doesn't lend itself to that sort of thing without further modification so I went with the larger stud. That's the one I used the tacky glue on, it was just too heavy for the Elmer's. I intend to repaint him over the summer so this was basically a test run to see how much I liked the piercings, I'm definitely putting them all back on once he's got his new face.

Might give him a tattoo of some sort as well at some point, maybe wings on his back (I did always like the Harpy scene in The Tempest).

[Linteia]

He looks great! Mmmm, piercings.

[OutBriefCandle]

XD Yesss. Thanks. I've been toying with the idea as well of giving him a belly-button piercing, but with the outfit that you can almost see in these pictures he's got thice tightly laced leather corset thing on and I figured it'd be a bad idea to glue something on under that.

I'm also playing with the idea of making him a really short cropped jacket and doing a photoshoot with some temporary corset piercings. ...I play out all the body mod fantasies that I could never do on myself with this doll. XD

[famedglory]

He looks fantastic! And gosh darn it you and Ariel are so bad for me. I was doing semi-okay waiting for Kellan (the doll I ordered after falling in love with Ariel at the February meet) but now I'm back to freaking out. :( Also I'm hoping that the human eared version is better suited for the industrial bar. I'm totally going to experiment with that after he gets here :D

If you do the corset piercings please post lots of pictures!!

[OutBriefCandle]

He looks fantastic! And gosh darn it you and Ariel are so bad for me. I was doing semi-okay waiting for Kellan (the doll I ordered after falling in love with Ariel at the February meet) but now I'm back to freaking out. Also I'm hoping that the human eared version is better suited for the industrial bar. I'm totally going to experiment with that after he gets here

If you do the corset piercings please post lots of pictures!!

Muahahaha. >:D

I'm sure the human ear will be a lot better for an industrial than the elf ears, they're all more or less flat on the bottom side with nothing to pierce through. Though, I don't have a BBB human ear to compare to.

If I do the corset piercings I will definitely take pictures, and bring him to club (probably wrapped very carefully in his own bag to not dislodge anything). That might not be for a while though, I didn't make it to club this month and I want to bring him at least once in the finished outfit he's got on right now to show it off. >_> And the corset piercings wouldn't work with the actual corset. But after that. Should start working on some kind of half jacket that would expose his whole lower back.

I can't wait to meet Kellan, how much longer until he comes home? Or is it anyone's guess? I know I ordered my Perneth in January and I still haven't even gotten an invoice for him yet. >_<

[famedglory]

I also can't wait to meet Kellan. I'm expecting he'll get here before the next meet but that's certainly no guarantee. Also I think we've been missing all the same ones. Transportation has been...an issue.

[OutBriefCandle]

I probably could've made it for this month, but after a long couple weeks at work and the holiday I was having a fit of introversion and even the thought being in a room packed with people I like made me want to hide under a blanket. -_-

I hope you're right about when he'll come home! I'm...hoping that Perneth will be here by then as well.