Haydn Spade

Face-up artist(s):

Me

Body blushing artist(s):

Me

Modifications artist(s):

Me

Date of acquisition:

July 11th, 2017

Provenance:

Bought directly from Donn Kinney (Bishonen House)

Reason for choice:

I adore comic books, and this unique comic book-esque doll just drew me in.

Best Points:

He poses really well! The body is very nicely engineered and he's light and small enough for travel.

Worst Points:

Finding clothes that fit his odd proportions is a little tricky.

I remember seeing one of Donn's original Break Step Velocity character dolls (Steve) at the very first doll meet/market I ever went to. I thought it was incredibly cool, but in my nervousness and excitement, never asked the owner who or what he was. Years later someone here on DoA mentioned Bishonen House in reference to Donn's older 80 cm sculpts. I went off to his website to investigate, and found Spade. Needless to say, I immediately loved his design, but I had just missed out on the pre-order. I emailed Donn asking when he'd be back in stock, and Donn replied saying probably the following April.

I then completely forgot about it. Again. Eventually I joined the Bishonen House discussion thread here on DoA and was alerted to Donn's Patreon, where I was able to purchase a very flawed, but otherwise complete cast Donn had made while cleaning out his casts. He was a lot of work to fix and put back together, but he's absolutely one of my favourite dolls!

Eyes:

Handmade by me!

Wig:

Alpaca by me

Favourite colours:

Earthy greens and browns

Key fashion accessory:

Boots! A good geologist always has a good pair of boots.

Name story:

Haydn was the name of one of my favourite Geology lecturers back at university, and Spade is his sculpt name.

Character age:

Mid-30s

Character gender:

Male

Offsite roleplay:

This doll's character is not available for offsite roleplay.

Story Universe: Otherworld

Haydn is an adventurous geologist who has a passion for learning about and discovering the Earth's story and how it all came to be, plus how it's still actively evolving today. He enjoys hiking and camping, and when he's not thinking about rocks, he's taking landscape photos that showcase the natural beauty of the world we live on. He's a very friendly, enthusiastic guy who's always up for a chat, and always willing to help in any way he can.

IMG20200207164946 by Liz, on Flickr

WP_20190214_18_51_47_Rich by Liz, on Flickr