It's how I treat dead enemies that really took the biscuit!
I've been making lots of things recently -- I feel like there aren't enough hours in the day for me to craft as much as I'd like to, but I'm still giving it a go -- but haven't posted much, mainly because I've done lots of things as gifts that haven't been given away yet. (Or because I haven't finished them. I have lost track of the number of almost-finished socks, jumpers, shawls and pillows hanging around my house.)
Let's start catching up. I made this as a birthday present for my dear friend youmademe_miss. We are both great fans of the television programme Horrible Histories, and in particular of this delightful gentleman, Lovely Mat Baynton, who acts in it:
(More pictures here or, you know, Google)
One of the best things about Horrible Histories is the seriously awesome selection of musical numbers and one of the greatest of these is the Pachacuti song:
All of this brings us to Pachacuti: the doll! (Or action figure, depending on what you're going to use him for. Ahem.)
The ~technical stuff: he's an old Ken doll, cleaned up and heavily customised. The hair is a clip-in hair extension, the headdress is made from goose biot, the necklace of teeth is Fimo and beads, the shoes are felt and the robe is made from calico scraps. I couldn't find the right colours, so I dyed the fabric using turmeric and food colouring. :P I made the bone flute (fnarr) and skull from Fimo too.
I designed the box in Photoshop (and had a fucking ludicrous time of printing it, attaching it to card and sticking it together, but that's another story). I am rather proud of the back, so here it is (click through for bigger).
... Pachacuti! *jazz hands*
Let's start catching up. I made this as a birthday present for my dear friend youmademe_miss. We are both great fans of the television programme Horrible Histories, and in particular of this delightful gentleman, Lovely Mat Baynton, who acts in it:
(More pictures here or, you know, Google)
One of the best things about Horrible Histories is the seriously awesome selection of musical numbers and one of the greatest of these is the Pachacuti song:
Click to viewAll of this brings us to Pachacuti: the doll! (Or action figure, depending on what you're going to use him for. Ahem.)
The ~technical stuff: he's an old Ken doll, cleaned up and heavily customised. The hair is a clip-in hair extension, the headdress is made from goose biot, the necklace of teeth is Fimo and beads, the shoes are felt and the robe is made from calico scraps. I couldn't find the right colours, so I dyed the fabric using turmeric and food colouring. :P I made the bone flute (fnarr) and skull from Fimo too.
I designed the box in Photoshop (and had a fucking ludicrous time of printing it, attaching it to card and sticking it together, but that's another story). I am rather proud of the back, so here it is (click through for bigger).
... Pachacuti! *jazz hands*