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Toy Box & Games Cupboard / Stuffed animal rescues
« on: February 19, 2017, 05:38:39 PM »
Hi, my boyfriend and I recently went on a rescue mission. I figure if anyone will appreciate this story, toy people will :)

Over a year ago, we started to notice a balloon stuck in a tree a few blocks away from our apartment. Tied to it with red and pink ribbons was a stuffed animal, dangling almost 20 feet off the ground. I assumed it wouldn't last the week, and kept an eye out for it every time I passed by since. To my surprise, through several heavy rainfalls, thunderstorms, and snowstorms, the plucky little thing was always there! So I dubbed him the Intrepid Explorer.

A few days ago, my boyfriend decided to embark on a rescue mission. Under the cover of darkness, we went to its tree with three broomsticks, zip ties, duct tape and a curved boxcutter. (At this point, I was really worried we would get in trouble. What we were doing wasn't necessarily illegal, but it may have looked shady?? Thankfully, we did not get in trouble!) The awkward contraption was thrown together on location, and it was windy, but through perseverance my boyfriend managed to free our plucky hero from captivity! And that's when we figured out it was a dog!

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Surprisingly, the dog was in pretty good shape. There were no holes, no signs of mold, and his fabric wasn't thinned. Still, it was outside for a year, and needed a good deep clean. He was very much gray, but on his stomach you could see a little stripe of what was possibly his original color, where the balloon ribbons were tied. My boyfriend wanted to be as much a part of this as he could, so he was the one to give him the intensive scrubs and Oxyclean soaks.

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After that I gave him new stuffing, recovered his needlesculpting and patched him up, then he was declared good as new! There is now a sparkle in his eye! We've named him Saxby after the coffeeshop on the corner he was stuck on.

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So, that is our Saxby :) We really did get quite cheesy throughout the whole process, to be honest. But this was the first time my boyfriend was just as invested in a toy as I was - maybe even a little more than me. And now he wants to find more stuffed animals in need, haha.

Ever since Saxby, I've been reading the sweet stories on this blog: http://doctorbeth.tumblr.com/ It's the blog of a stuffed animal doctor, and it's crazy cute, so right now I'm kind of obsessed with stories of stuffed animals getting a new lease on life. So I'm wondering if anyone here has any similar stories of a found toy getting rescued, or even a beloved childhood friend being brought back to its former glory. So please share any stories, I want my heart melted! :)

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Arts & Crafts Corral / I'm making an action figure/doll!
« on: November 01, 2016, 06:09:31 PM »
Hi there, I made a thread awhile ago for these Game of Thrones statues I was making. Since I have very narrow interests and deep obsessions, I have fallen into Game of Thrones action figures! The ones by ThreeZero. But they get released super slowly, and because action figure collectors are mostly interested in fighting-type, cool warrior characters, there's a pretty low chance that my favorite characters would be made. So I tried to make one myself...By attempting Daenerys! But I wasn't happy with the headmold I made, so she's been put on hold for now.

But while I was sculpting the Daenerys head, I worked on a second one as practice. And, well, that one turned out much better than Dany, so now I've shifted focus! She's supposed to be Missandei, Dany's assistant, councilor, and friend. She's not going to be as stunningly realistic as my ThreeZero figures, but I've grown very attached to her so far so I don't really mind anymore.

Here are some pics of the progress!

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The unbaked sculpt.

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First paint attempt. This was the second body I bought for this. I spent $50 on the first one and realized I hated it when it arrived :/ Stiff, awkward jointing and really fragile...this one is much better.

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Refined the paint job and painted the upper body as well.

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She gets hair and a dress! The dress is just a muslin first draft, I'm still trying to find a good fabric that will drape well at this scale...And I tried to make a first-draft cape, but that didn't go so well. Will have to tackle that again later. I definitely want to give her a cape, because I don't like the shoulder joints. The white string in her hair will be replaced with gold tinsel or ribbon later on down the line as well...And she needs shoes! So the figure itself is mostly done, just gotta make the clothes and do some tweaking to the hair. I've logged 48.5 hours on her at this point.

Here's what the character looks like in the show (apologies for the small pic):
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Throughout this project I've been wondering what the difference is between a doll and an action figure. I started this project inspired by action figure customizers and used techniques I found from their communities, particularly with appropriately scaled hair and attaching it to a head. (except for the curls - I got that from my pony restoration skills! Straw curls!) But it feels like this would be considered a doll because it is: 1. Female; 2. Has "real" hair and fabric clothing; and 3. Not based off a combative character. It feels like an "action figure" can have one or maybe two of those attributes, but all three together place it firmly in the "doll" realm. But I don't really know much about either scene, so this is just based off what few observations I've made from lurking action figure collector's forums.

Anyway, here's one more picture for this post, her with my ThreeZero figures on my bookshelf. It's a bit of a mismatched group character-wise, but I'm not too bothered by that. Her hair kind of disappears in this dark picture, though...
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I love that Tyrion.

I notice that every time I make a thread here, it's a ridiculously specific piece of fanwork, so I hope it doesn't bother anyone. I was also debating whether this belongs in the Doll section or the Arts and Crafts one, and I'm not sure if I made the right choice. If it needs to be moved, I apologize in advance to the mods! Anyone who happened to look at this, thanks for putting up with me :)

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Arts & Crafts Corral / (Non pony) Working on Sansa Stark
« on: February 29, 2016, 10:22:44 AM »
I hope it's alright to continue updating this post. I sculpted Catelyn a month or so ago, and now I am starting on her daughters. Sansa's first, since I actually really love her character and feel she gets a lot of unnecessary hate. Her face sculpt was impossibly hard to pin down, it actually took me two attempts. The first one was fine, it just didn't look like her. But once I got that done, I soared through the body and am now in the process of painting.

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And below the cut are more shots of the first one I did, Lady Stark :)
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And there are also some pictures I took in progress... http://s200.photobucket.com/user/carlotta-guidicelli/library/Catelyn/WIP (I hope that link works.) I did some pony sculptures a few years ago, but I haven't really touched sculpey since. And the first thing I attempted was the face, which was pretty hard! But very fun. The dress could be better, something to improve on next time.

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Arts & Crafts Corral / Some pony OCs
« on: March 15, 2015, 01:21:21 PM »
Hi there. I've recently turned myself and a few of my friends into ponies, and I want to share! I'm the little yellow one.

In order that I did them...
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And this one I never colored...
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Arts & Crafts Corral / (non pony) Frozen figures and oil paintings
« on: August 26, 2014, 03:05:12 PM »
I haven't sculpted in a while, but I saw this concept art of Anna and Elsa. I thought it was cute and wanted to see if I could sculpt them.
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They aren't quite finished yet - Anna's book is sculpted and has a base coat of paint, but I want to illustrate it (something like "The BIG Book of BIG Animals", with animals on the cover.) Elsa is more or less finished. Once Anna's book gets finalized, I may make a base so that they can sit together and look more polished/better presented.

I couldn't quite get them to look like the concept art - they're stylistically different, and Anna's too hunched over. But I can live with that! I did change Elsa's hair to look more like it did in the movie, though.

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I am also working on these two oil paintings of my mom, who was diagnosed with breast cancer last May. For the one on the right, the reference is a photo of her when she was like, 18 or 19 (my mom was once younger than me...no way!). The one on the left was from a picture taken a few weeks ago, when she first shaved her head after her hair started falling out.

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These paintings are small - they're 2 inches tall, 3 inches wide (or was it 3 and a half? I can't remember.) They're painted on little blocks of wood. Neither are done, cause I have a difficult time finishing things :P

Thank you for looking :)


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I realize it may be a stretch, but I may as well try!

I'm looking for Funko glitters. I mostly want Applejack, but am also interested in Fluttershy, Twilight, and Big Mac. The ones I've marked with asterisks are the ones I'm only interested in trading for Applejack.

I'm looking for...MLP Funko glitters. I mostly want Applejack, but am also interested in Fluttershy, Twilight, and Big Mac.
****I would also be willing to trade for this Elsa from the Disney Store! With everything she came wearing.
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As well as the DS classic Hans doll. The guy has kept eluding me, grr.

I was really into MH from 2012 to 2013 so I have a lot of the releases from that time, as well as some of the earlier ones. I'm keeping a few for sentimental reasons (I gotta hang on to a few!!), but the rest I'm willing to put up for trade. I've been out of the loop since last summer, so I have absolutely no idea what's considered hard to find. There are a few that I will have a bit of a hard time letting go, so those ones I'm only willing to trade for glitter Applejack or the two-pack Elsa doll - I've marked those with asterisks.

I apologize for the awkward way that I've listed them! They've been crammed together in a box for almost a year, so some do have flat/messy hair. If you want to see pictures of anyone specific, let me know and I can send you some. And definitely ask for pictures if you're picky about eye wonk - I'm not, so there could be things I just don't notice!

I've also got a big bag of accessories, but I can't really remember what goes to who. If you are looking for someone's piece of clothing/pet/microscopic ring/etc. and it's not listed here, I may have it. I've also got a number of the journals and a billion stands as well, so ask about those if interested.

I would rather not trade any accessories or clothing separately from its doll, though. Sorry!

Here's what I have:

Lagoona - they all have their leg fins.
**Signature Lagoona - shoes, pants, swimsuit, hoodie, necklace, earrings, flower in hair, diary, fish and bowl
Dot Dead Gorgeous Lagoona - shoes, bracelet, skirt, earrings
Dead Tired Lagoona - nude
**Skull Shores Lagoona - shoes, pants, wrap, top, headband
School's Out Lagoona (rerelease) - nude
Dawn of the Dance Lagoona - has dress, wrap thingy, shoes, arm thingy, necklace, earrings. Hair has not been taken down, but has been washed.
**13 Wishes Lagoona - Wearing Roller Maze Lagoona's dress. Got her own shoes, bracelet, goggles, earrings, hair clip

Cleo
**Signature Cleo - Shawl thingy, wrap suit, arm wrap, two bracelets, leg band with phone, purse, choker, earrings, headband. Kinda spacey looking (as Cleos tend to be...). I believe I have the stand, snake and diary too.
Ghouls Rule Cleo - has dress, shes, scarf thingy. Hair has been taken down, partially detinseled. Has all of her accessories
Fearleading Cleo - nude
Scaris Cleo - dress, shoes, ankle bracelet, 3 bracelets, scarf, earrings, hair clip
Picture Day Cleo - Hair detinsled. Belt, dress, tights, shoes, bracelet, fearbook with stickers
Skull shores Cleo - Lips repainted to same color as her bangs, and wearing banadge pants, ankle bandage wrap, and arm bandage wrap (not sure which Cleo these are from.) Also has a black tanktop with golden writing, again of unknown origins. Has golden cat shoes.
Dawn of the Dance Cleo - Tights, dress, bracelet, choker, shoes. hair has been slightly detinsled so it doesn't look crazy. Wearing teal brick shoes - not sure if that belongs to DotD or GB Cleo
Gloom Beach Cleo - Swimsuit, wrap, bracelet, fan, earrings, glasses. Also wearing the teal brick shoes.

Draculaura
First Wave Sig. Draculaura - has her stockings, shirt, dress, boots and earrings
Skull Shores Draculaura - suit, wrap, shoes, earrings, little hat
**Dead Tired Draculaura (First version) - shirt, pants, shoes, headband.

Ghoulia
Skull Shores Ghoulia - has earrings, dress, shoes, bracelet
Scaris Ghoulia - sweater, shoes, earrings

Clawdeen
School's Out Clawdeen wolf - choker, shirt, belt, earrings, tights, boots, diary
Sister two-pack Clawdeen - dress, bracelet, shoes, ankle wrap, earrings, journal
Scaris Clawdeen - Dress, furry shoulder thing, belt, shoes, bracelet, earrings

Abbey
Signature Abbey - Tights, boots, legwarmers, arm fuzzies, headband, earrings, bag, pet, diary, attitude
**Skull Shores Abbey Bominable - Dress, earrings, shoes, hat (it's somewhere...)

Frankie
Signature Frankie (First Release) - dress, belt, earrings. Missing one shoe.
Roller Maze Frankie - dress, knee pads, shoes, helmet
School's Out Frankie - Shirt, vest, tights, shoes, hair clip, earrings, purse, diary

Boys
**Forbitten Love Clawd - has hat, earring, shirt, vest, bandana, pants, boots, watch.
Scaris Deuce - with his shirt, pants, shoes, sunglasses
Heath Burns - with his shoes, pants, shirt
Jackson - Don't know which, but has articulated wrists. Nude!

Misc. dolls
Two Signature Spectras - Shoes, dress, skirt, belt, bracelet, earrings. One of the Spectras has elastic strung hips. Both have diaries.
Scaris Jinafire Long - nude, hair taken down.
**Scaris Skelita Calaveras - dress, skirt, belt, bracelet, shoes, diary
**Sig. Venus McFlytrap - 2 bracelets, shirt, skirt, tights, vest, necklace, earrings, shoes, diary
Dance Class Howleen - outfit, belt, shoes
Scaris Rochelle Goyle - Dress, 4 bracelets, tights, shoes, hat, wings are somewhere, journal

Misc. diaries
Howleen two pack
Rochelle
Robecca
Mad Science Lagoona's journal (and stickers)
Scaris Catrine's journal
School's Out Cleo
Toralei
Nefera

MIB
Scaris Catrine
Scaris Deuce
Swim Class Venus

Bait
A sad DotD Lagoona - makeup perfect, body perfect, but missing all her hair :( Wearing her weird jumpsuit fashion pack outfit

Other Lines
MIB Disney Store Classic Elsa doll

I do have about 20 others as well, but they are at home halfway across the country. These to be traded only if you're patient, since I won't be back there until August.

This is what I can remember is over there:
**Dawn of the Dance Clawdeen -  Just had her dress, and there was a large hole in the back
Two Dead Tired Ghoulias - One complete, one nude and missing an upper arm
Dead Tired Cleo - Has pants and shirt, shoes, headband (which is here - Heath is wearing it for some reason??)
Signature Operetta - Complete, but hair has been washed. Is pretty messy
Roller Maze Operetta - complete
Sweet 1600 Cupid - Complete, braid is still intact but the hair has been washed/taken down
MIB Picture Day Lagoona
Dot Dead Gorgeous Spectra - Complete
Home Ick Two-Pack Abbey - Complete
Twyla - Complete

That's just what I can remember from off the top of my head. There are also more diaries, stands, and accessories back there as well.


**Will only trade for Funko glitter Applejack or DS Elsa from gift set

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Arts & Crafts Corral / Jocelyn's pony sculptures - Elsa finished
« on: May 28, 2014, 05:46:28 PM »
Edit: I'm going through these faster than I anticipated, so instead of creating a new thread for each one I've decided to convert this one into one main thread for all my pony sculptures, in-progress and completed :)

Here are my finished sculpts:

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Frozen ponies

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Mulan

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Elsa

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Customs / Baby Squirmy hair color?
« on: May 26, 2014, 04:44:53 PM »
I apologize if this is in the wrong forum, I couldn't tell if this should go here or in the Corral!

I've got a tailless baby Squirmy coming my way and I wanna give her a new tail. But I'm not sure what dollyhair color to use? I have some atomic turquoise, but I'm worried that it's actually water nixie - the one that's always sold out every time I look, haha.

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Arts & Crafts Corral / Kristoff as a pony - sculpt finished
« on: May 19, 2014, 08:00:54 PM »
I'm moving on to Kristoff now! I hope to sculpt a figure of him like I did the sisters - I learned a lot from the many mistakes I made making those two, so I wanna see if I've improved :)

Anyway, here he is!

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I apologize for the cell phone image, I no longer have access to a scanner :(

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As the title says, after the transparent Rarity keychain (desperately!). Also looking for the Fluttershy blindbag that isn't a Rainbow Dash recolor.

If you have either available, please PM me!

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Arts & Crafts Corral / Frozen ponies in sculpey - Finished on page 2!
« on: March 14, 2014, 02:34:40 PM »
I posted a thread a few months back for the lineart of the drawing in my avatar...Well, since then I've been obsessed with getting that drawing completed in a form I like! I've tried coloring it on the computer at least five times, don't know why I'm never happy with it. I even started shading it in graphite.

I guess the next step is to make them out of sculpey :D

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Anna's tail still isn't detailed yet, though.

Elsa has been the biggest pain, though. I'm using the boiling water method to bake them, but every time I boiled her she lost a leg and got crazy cracks. Anna cracked some too, but not to the extent Elsa did. She probably lost each leg at least two times. There was even one point where she took a tumble and lost every limb and her horn (let it gooo....

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Arts & Crafts Corral / Frozen sisters as ponies!
« on: January 21, 2014, 07:16:18 PM »
I already drew these two as people, so...I figure the next stage of my Frozen obsession is to turn them into ponies! :D

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Anna and Elsa, G4 style. They were really fun to sketch :) I think I may color them later.

Hope you like!

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The Dollhouse / Frozen - trade drawing for Elsa doll?
« on: December 29, 2013, 04:29:55 AM »
I've been seeking out one of the Disney Store Elsa dolls for awhile now (and then of course, I decide I'm interested in the large singing one right when it's sold out on the DS website, lol). I'm trying to avoid ebay prices. I feel bad asking on here for someone to pick her up for me when I'm not very active on this site, but perhaps someone would be interested in trading a drawing for one of the dolls? The drawing for the classic 12 inch elsa, or the drawing + $$ for the singing one (If anyone's interested in that route, we canwork out how much $$ is needed to pay the difference).

I'm working on the drawing now, so I only have a progress picture at the moment. It's done in crayola crayons (I knooooww) on a 11" x 15" canvas board. This is what I've got so far...

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And other crayon-drawings...
http://carlotta-guidicelli.deviantart.com/art/Crayola-Rarity-383992104

I realize that a lot of Disney stores may be sold out of anything Elsa right now (I know mine is!) and this is a bit of a desperate move, but I figure I might as well be productive in my desperation :D

I need to go now, so if there's anything I forgot to post, I'll update this later...thanks much for reading :)
If you're interested, let me know!

Edit to add: I can knock these out pretty fast, so if there's any other character you'd be interested in me drawing in this style, from pony to person to whatever, just ask :) I can likely do most ponies in this style. People I'm not too sure of, but if you're interested in one we can work it out.

Or if you're interested in something more realistically rendered, that may be an option too, but we'd have to work out the details. You can see most of my work on my deviantart: http://carlotta-guidicelli.deviantart.com/

Oh, and also if you just want to sell her instead of trade for a drawing, I would love to just pay for her instead!

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Wanted! / Nevermind! Nothing now
« on: October 03, 2013, 01:07:59 PM »
I've got what I'm looking for, I apologize for taking up this space!

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Customs / Nefertiti pony
« on: May 09, 2013, 09:09:24 PM »
I'm taking a class, Experimental Studio, which really encourages us to be very...experimental. The last project was super open-ended, with the only requirement being to do something we've never done before. The professor's been pushing us to be unconventional, so I thought this would be the perfect time to do a custom pony :'D This is my first go at making a custom.

And, I really apologize for the sub-par photos...

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She's really rather simple, but I thought I shouldn't overwhelm myself just in case :o I would also really like any advice, critique, things that can be improved! My professor is more interested in the fact that I'm making a toy resemble a famous piece of art, the connotations that go along with that, and how I'm going to display it, rather than the actual craftsmanship itself...and while that's all very interesting, I would like critique on the craftsmanship too xD

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