| Jan incarnated! |
[Nov. 23rd, 2008|08:30 pm] |
So, I've been working on this story since I was in college really. It's gone through several versions. And one of the characters has stuck with me through all the years is finally present in physical form. I was browsing DOA and low and behold I spotted a doll. And I thought, "OMG, it's Jan!"
I've been in the BJD scene since almost its inception in the USA at least. But I have to admit I really don't have the time to keep up with all the new companies and releases. And I'm mainly a Volks lover. Minis, minimees, tinies and animal dolls don't really do it for me... I was vaguely aware that Sabik and Mecha angels existed, but it barely registered a blip on my radar until recently.
So, needless to say, once I discovered him, I engaged in an eager search for a Sabik to become my Jan. I'd never posted a WTB ad before or scoured the online sites for a specific doll to purchase secondhand. I could join the preorder from Soom at the end of November but their wait time is about 2 months and I didn't want to spoil my enthusiasm for the project.
About 2 weeks later I finally found him from a seller in Singapore. They were very generous and a pleasure to deal with. And 3 weeks after I started my search I recieved my guy. Going to get him frm the post was an adventure. I went to the wrong window and the Japanese cleark singlehandedly led me to another entrance at the back of the post office where they do pickups ( I usually just call the english help line and ask to have my stuff redelivered in the evening). The clerk hands me a box well over 1 meter in length, whoa! I'm thinking, "geez he's going to be a BI&%$ to send home to the States, if I keep him."
It's taken me a further week to get his outfit together. Everything in the pictures except his wig and shoes I have made. There are no patterns for mecha angel boys that I can locate. So, I had to make those too. I have a very clear picture in my head of his personal style, the kind of things he would wear. And his hairstyle. The longish pageboy bob that conceals the fact that his sideburns are completely shaved for placement of the "inhibitors". His last long term residence was on Niigata, the ice planet. And he's thin and always cold, so I figured turtlenecks were modern and warm and have a certain clean elegance to them that I think Jan embodies.
Heck, I could have posted him nekkid, but that would be indecent. Luckilly the seller sold me 3 sets of shoes with him.
The only thing missing are his final eyes. He's still wearing the black soom ones he came to me with. All the telepaths in my story have very green eyes. It's a means of identification.
He also doesn't pose worth beans. I think a restringing and possible sueding is in order...
So without further delay, here's Jan...
Lots of picture spam I know,...
Jan (or more formally, Dr. Giovanni Karajian) is a 30 year old medical doctor of genetics from an unspecified future in which humans have colonised many worlds and Earth is long forgotten. He is a member of a specially bred and kept race of telepathic humans. His one desire is obtaining the same level of freedom and autonomy as the rest of the population. And if reaching that goal means taking down the organization that has guarded and protected his kind for nearly 200years, he will do it. His knowledge of medical science gives him a unique ability and drive to expose them...
Teaser...
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