Benja's faceup

All glossed up. :) I need to wait for the gloss to dry for a day before sticking his piercings though. Just to be safe, since he'll have lip and nose piercings. Maybe eyebrows too. And earrings. ...I need to go cut up some jump rings. 8D

I'm almost done with Caillen Benja's faceup. Made quite a bit of mistakes but oh well, not all that noticeable I guess. Decided to make my Peroth Benja instead of Caillen cos Caillen isn't supposed to be sullen.

And because he's from Jack's universe, the one which I've not really figured out completely, here's the basic but incomplete backstory.

Benja is of a race that can "foresee" the future, except he doesn't see definite outcomes, just possibilities. His race has eyes that start off as black from a young age, which then turns brown and eventually gold when they reach their peak of their oracle abilities. Benja however doesn't know about all of this, because he was an orphan (there's a reason for that, but I'm still figuring out the details), but anyway he gets adopted by this woman (I need to think of a name for her) who also has a son, Andrew (Andy). The woman is a scientist specialising in cloning, except clones aren't legal anymore. Anyway, she forcibly had both Andy and Benja knocked out and proceeds to swap one of their eyes (their left) in hopes of giving her son the oracle abilities of Benja's race (she figures if the eyes are what changes colour when they mature, and if Benja can see his visions even with his eyes closed or blindfolded, the ability lies within the eyes). Her little experiment is successful, though Andy never told her so. At the same time, Benja gets some control over his powers, be it due to his maturity or due to the eye operation, he'll never know.

First time making a sci-fi/fantasy sort of universe and it's quite interesting, because there's a lot of rules of reality that can be ignored. :D

Oh yeah. I need to stick his piercings on.

For reading ease:
Hew is the one in blue, Sion is in grey.
Hew's words and thoughts are in italics, Sion's are the standard font.

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I went out for some photos, planning to make a photostory of Hew and Sion talking in a park, which is what I always imagined them doing, when I first thought of them as characters in my head. Hew is the older brother, and for that, Sion is reliant on him, much more than Hew ever is on Sion. Hew feels a need to take care of his younger brother, and it doesn't help when Sion sometimes acts without considering Hew's feelings (not in this photostory, maybe I'll write about it next time). So yeah, Sion is a little kid who never really grew up and wants to be loved, while Hew had to grow up fast, and he appears more mature but there's something that is still lacking in him too.

Wiped Caillen's old faceup. I'm trying to decide if I should make him Benja instead...He's too grumpy looking for Caillen, but I've no idea what Benja is like, as I've no idea what Jack is like. :/

Leeke heads on Little Monica type B body (all NS)

Heads: Leeke Khal, Leeke Mihael NS (2012)
Body: Little Monica type B NS (2012)

Resin is of the same darkness, but Leeke is pink based, LM is yellow based, so it doesn't really match that well. My camera picks up the pink/red of the heads quite a lot, so the photos here are colour-edited.


First we have Khal+LM type B body. He looks a bit bobble head-ed which is more obvious with clothes. But that's just my opinion. Some people might think he's fine. I'm just too used to seeing 9" heads (my Mihos) instead of 10" on this body.


Lowest the head holds without kips/sueding. Can actually be adjusted to tilt lower but snaps back to this position once I let go. Might be better with kips/sueding.


Most accurate to real life (on my monitor) in terms of resin colour. Also highest head can tilt without kips/sueding. As with the lowest, this is NOT the highest possible, just that I didn't kip/suede it.


Mihael head on the body. He matches a bit better than Khal because he's less pink, and also because his faceup is yellower? I think. I think the body isn't big enough for him but oh well, it's not his anyway. :|


Most accurate colour for resin match (on my monitor).

Sion being forced to do a heart gesture with me cos of the hand meme.

And besides the good news that I finished the twins' faceups (need to stick Sion's piercing back), Tiyana's body also arrived :D I need to get her some tops and dresses but she's stuck in this for now.




And just photos of the twins' faceups:

Faceup level up?

Decided to try using watercolour paints instead of watercolour pencils, since I bought watercolour paints for school. Plus there was already black and dark brown in my stencil, haha, made it even easier.







And the amazing thing is, with the new pastels I have, I only used 1 layer for pastels, when usually I need around 3-4 to get a even muted shade. Love love love Schmicke pastels. And here's my previous faceup, just for comparison:



Using paints, even if it's watercolour paints really makes a difference. Damn. I should have done that sooner. >_< I'm going to redo Sion's faceup, and maybe Caillen's as well. Soon.

Oh no...Migidoll has released a Janus Miho. Which is basically Miho but smirking. As if I don't already like Mihos like crazy...and smirking faces... Miho + Smirk is. just.

Except I already have 2 Mihos, and no real character, argh. :(