Surprise!

[nid_dabeille]

I finished my Surprise Family!  (Jack, Stephen, Sophie, Diana.)

Disclaimer:  I did not make the bodies.  I just dressed and adorned them They're just standard little wooden manikins.  (Where did the spelling "manikin" come from?  What happened to "mannequin"?  Anyway, these are called 4 1/2" wood "manikins.")  (My art supply store was having a huge going-out-of-business sale, and they were only $2.50 each!  How could I resist???)

Surprise!!!

An unfortunately typical scene.  (Jack underestimated his own strength.)


A more pleasant scene.  Diana sans base, because with it she positively towers over Stephen, especially with her outre' hair.

ETA:  As a joke, I made Stephen a temporary wig out of my cat's fur, but when I tried to photograph him wearing it, the cats became very interested.  In fact, Nemo ended up carrying it off in his mouth and destroying it.  I didn't mind.

For more pictures (including closeups of the fabulous wigs, and Stephen wigless and also with his messy!wig, see my photobucket album.  Do it!!!

Comments

[ldhenson.livejournal.com]

Oh, these are wonderful! You did a great job with the hair--I particularly love Jack's. But what a bully he is, knocking over Stephen like that! Is that any way for an officer of the Royal N to behave?

Your cats are so cute.

[grace-poppy.livejournal.com]

Yay! Well, Jack didn't MEAN to knock Stephen down, but there was just a sudden wave and the shelf was rolling, and his friendly clap on the shoulder sent Stephen reeling (and his wig flying). Hee! (They really are rather unstable. The little bases are too lightweight.)

[ldhenson.livejournal.com]

Hee, all right then. But I hope he apologized properly afterward, maybe found Stephen an interesting fish or something.

[grace-poppy.livejournal.com]

Um... I'll get back to you on that one!

[grace-poppy.livejournal.com]

And I'm glad you like Jack's hair! It was so hard to make it NOT look girly!