The Art of Cameling Smugglers
And now, a short lesson in Camel Smuggling.
I originally posted these pictures back in April of 2010, before I'd started the bethinexile blog. Back then, I did occasional personal posts to LOLMac on weekends, and then tidied them off into archives on Monday. But I thought it would be fun to pull this one out into the spotlight again!
The wonderful KatXander, learning that lothithil and I did not actually have any camels of our own, saw to it that this was remedied. However, I decided to do a little . . . customisation work.
Here’s what Lothi’s and my camels looked like when katxander originally rustled them up for us: the unmodified Beanie Baby.
Very cute, but the hair is - well, not what it needed to be, sooo . . . well, here’s the results. Camels with mullets!
Here’s Dingo, pirate, smuggler, and camel of renown, the Terror of the Sandy Sea!
Cleo and Dingo, talking shop; and invading my work space (they’re posing on my atlas, which is open to the map of Peru):
Cleo attempts to smuggle herself:
In addition to the mullets, sharp eyes will notice one additional modification: the original BB camels have no eyelashes. But camels need eyelashes! They have to keep sand out of their eyes. And flirt.
Dingo mugs for the camera (and for Cleo):
Dingo now lives with Lothithil, and Cleo remains with me. I've smuggled Cleo to several places already, including several conventions (Gatecon, MTM, Orycon). And, of course, I smuggled her across the country last year!
I originally posted these pictures back in April of 2010, before I'd started the bethinexile blog. Back then, I did occasional personal posts to LOLMac on weekends, and then tidied them off into archives on Monday. But I thought it would be fun to pull this one out into the spotlight again!
The wonderful KatXander, learning that lothithil and I did not actually have any camels of our own, saw to it that this was remedied. However, I decided to do a little . . . customisation work.
Here’s what Lothi’s and my camels looked like when katxander originally rustled them up for us: the unmodified Beanie Baby.
Very cute, but the hair is - well, not what it needed to be, sooo . . . well, here’s the results. Camels with mullets!
Here’s Dingo, pirate, smuggler, and camel of renown, the Terror of the Sandy Sea!
Cleo and Dingo, talking shop; and invading my work space (they’re posing on my atlas, which is open to the map of Peru):
Cleo attempts to smuggle herself:
In addition to the mullets, sharp eyes will notice one additional modification: the original BB camels have no eyelashes. But camels need eyelashes! They have to keep sand out of their eyes. And flirt.
Dingo mugs for the camera (and for Cleo):
Dingo now lives with Lothithil, and Cleo remains with me. I've smuggled Cleo to several places already, including several conventions (Gatecon, MTM, Orycon). And, of course, I smuggled her across the country last year!