Beast Slayer

Okay, not a great pic (photography is not my strong point) but I'm so excited about this doll that I had to share her!

My most recent doll, Hwira, made for my upcoming Gen Con cosplay (I'm going as a DM and making dolls of my PCs). Character details:  she's a lawful-neutral oread fighter, her favorite weapon is her glaive-guissarme, and she once killed a dragon in one hit on accident.

Doll details:  By FAR my most complicated doll to date! Her shoes are removable, as always. Her hair is made up of probably hundreds of little braids, which were then braided into bigger braids, which were all fastened with a metal ring to keep them from unraveling. It was then tied up with a white leather cord. Her chainmail is made from wire and pieces of an old belt of mine. Every "link" was wired together by hand... it took me two months. Her belt is leather, she has a sword with a freshwater pearl embedded in the hilt (because I'm not skilled enough to make her glaive-guissarme), and she has copper sulfate fleshgems (fleshgem:  an oread ornament, sort of a cross between jewelry and tattoos. They're crystals embedded harmlessly into the skin for decoration) down her arms.

I'll probably update with a better picture later, but honestly, Ginger was so cooperative for this. She normally hates having her picture taken but she was very patient with me while I fussed around with lighting and positioning.