Theme Dolls/costumes based on the Sandman books! - Cosplay

Here's a Sandman--
http://www.denofangels.com/forums/showthread.php?t=46383

 

My Morpheus

Michelle

 

I've been neglecting my dolls as of late so this is actually an old thread from December ^ ^;; His current flat mate is John Constantine, I need to get pictures of him too. So far John and Corinthian are my only comic-based dolls, and since both are Vertigo I figured this was the best thread to mention them XD

http://www.denofangels.com/forums/showthread.php?t=101434

I swear I'll get around to properly photoshooting them ;-;

 

Here is the beginnings of my doll Delirium. I did the face and wig today, I just need to do the clothes. Hope you love her as much as I do !

 

ooh I don't know if my boy really belongs here > >; but his character is based off of the Sandman graphic novels :3 BE is one of Morpheus' children and he creates nightmares







sorry if he doesn't really fit since he's a "spin off" character ^_^; I'm hoping to get one of his brothers home soon and a little down the line I'd like to get Dream too

 

zomg give me moooooooooooore!!!! I got into The Sandamn like....7 months ago and I've been waiting to see this! As it turns out Donn here on DOA, the creator of Bishonen house has made a dream doll for Neil Gaiman himself!!

 

Here's my Reaiah cosplaying as Li'l Dream. Out of the three tools Morpheus originally had in the novels, the only thing I was able to snag for the photoshoot was a small pouch ^^':

 

No problemo!

And here's one more pic I experimented around with Photoshop to get the "dream sand" effect (though it turned out to be more of a "fairy dust" effect for me ):

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More piccies of Reaiah's Dream cosplay can be found here.

 

So giddy I have to spam this! I took my girl Suzuran to a Neil Gaiman booksigning yesterday in Death cosplay, and he posed for a photo with her!!

And a better pic of the cosplay:


ETA/ Gallery thread is over here http://www.denofangels.com/forums/showthread.php?t=276464 ^^

 

Here's a couple of pics of my Death (Feeple Nanuri on Dollstown elf body)

 

What type is she?

 

Fate here wasn't actually intended to be Death - but ended up looking a hell of a lot like her anyway. Eye markings are different, obviously. She's a Unoa wink head on a MNF body.

 

wow, these are all amazing!
this is so cool, I wouldn't have expected Sandman cosplays...

and Chibi Kitsune- is that Amanda Palmer with Neil Gaiman?
I love her and Neil Gaiman xD

 

Yep, they were holding a joint signing for the I Killed Amanda Palmer book in Dublin, my brother and I waited more than four hours, but it was so worth it! I love them both too X3

 

This is really neat! I love seeing how the characters are being interpreted!

I was just having a little fun dressing up my IM Hound as Dream. (completely inspired by the last image of him in Dream Hunters.)

 

E. being Dream alike.
Wasn't my intention to cosplay though, this shot came out 'accidentally let's say.

 

My dolls kind of accidentally ended up looking like Delirium and Death. XD I didn't notice until somebody in one of my art classes pointed it out to me.

Thursday, Delf Soony:


Ariennette, Iplehouse JID Tania:

 

I am a HUGE Neil Gaiman fan (I even got to meet him this past October! He was super nice ), and my ultimate dream doll collection would be all seven of the Endless in doll form.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endless_%28comics%29

Dream would have to be a Hound, because he's so tall and lanky, and has the gaunt face. Or maybe an Iplehouse guy.

For Delerium I'd want an MSD (or maybe 50cm, but those are harder to come by). Either Souldoll Mayu (http://souldoll.com/shop/step1.php?number=1299), Souldoll Tiny (http://souldoll.com/shop/step1.php?number=1295), or bobobie Mei (http://www.bobobie.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=164).

Despair will be the hardest, nobody makes short fat dolls

Anyone have suggestions for the other characters? ANd in general, has anyone done a project like this, with characters from a favorite story? I"d love to see!

 

Iplehouse guys might fit Destruction better than Dream. I would say Dollshe does a nice tall and lanky look for Dream or Destiny, and there are several companies that offer that size+build of dolls too, like Dollmore, Dollzone, etc. As for Despair, I haven't seen a short fat doll, but I have seen one fat doll body somewhere on this forum. It starts with an 'S' and is an artist sculpt. You can try checking it out.

 

I remember seeing that "plus size' Doll somewhere...Though I think she was 60cm and thus too tall for Despair..but maybe if I modded sorter legs onto the body? Despair is kind of out of proportion anyway XD

 

Oh wow - I would LOVE to see these when they happen! I also really like the Sandman series - I used to have a pet Boa Constrictor named "Morpheus" - but people never got the reference - they thought he was named after a character from The Matrix movie ...

Anyways - Back to the topic!

For Delerium, I think Souldoll's Tiny has the best face out of your 3 choices, but if you are leaning towards Mayu, you might also want to look at Unoa Sist & Lusis - they have very similar faces.

For Dream, I think it would have to be a Dollshe guy - Iplehouse guys are too broad and buff looking. My vote would be for a Dollshe Rosen - either the open-eyed or dream-eyed head.

What about Death? Hmmmm... I think there are a lot of sculpts out there that could work, so long as you found the right wig and did a good job on her curly-cue eye decoration... Here's a link to another person's version of Death: At Deaths Door (sandman) (rs mei) And here's another: Introducing Death from The Sandman [FL Feeple Nanuri/Dollstown elf hybrid] *one-shot

As for Despair, that's a really tough one. I know that TinyBear made these "fat fairies" - the faces wouldn't be right, but there the best thing I can think of for bodies. They're pretty tiny, though... Here's a link to the Database for them - there's lots of photos: Fat Fairy Fan Club - Tinybear BonBon & Coco
I'm not sure if they are still being made, but I have seen a couple come up for sale here on Marketplace...

As for me, I'm currently working on creating my own versions of "Louis" and "Lestat" from Interview with the Vampire. My Limwha Mano will become Lestat, and I have a Brad Pitt minimee head for Louis. I don't really have any photos to share yet, as neither one has a face-up or clothing! I'm working on it, though!

EDIT: Looks like this thread got merged while I was typing my reply

 

haha, yeah the thread got merged. XD I hate the search feature on DoA, I searched before making this thread to see if someone had posted something simliar and got nada. Maybe I'm doing it wrong? Idk.

I agree on DOllshe for Dream...but Destruction would DEFINITELY have to be an iplehouse guy. Beefcake .

I thought about a Unoa for Delerium! In fact in a perfect world I'd probably go for a Unoa Lusis for her. I just hate that they're so hard to come by. =/ The bodies might be a bit too "mature" too, Del is pretty boyish in terms of figure.

Aside from Despair, I think Death is going to be the hardest. She's my favorite character (I've even cosplayed her XD) so I'd want to get her just right. She needs a little hint of a smile, and maybe a slightly mischievous look. I like Souldoll Queena http://souldoll.com/shop/step1.php?number=1685, her little hint of a smile is darling.

I think Despair will have to be heavily modded...lots of epoxy sculpt? XD I have a very talented friend who has offered to help with that project....she likes making grotesque things so it's right up her alley !Haha.

 

Unoas aren't too hard to come by - I see them on Marketplace all the time somewhere in the $600-$800 range. You could even just try to find a Lusis faceplate - there's someone out there *scratching my head to remember who* that makes headbacks for them. Then, you could put it on a different, less mature body. I've seen Unoa heads on Fairyland bodies before - the resin match seemed pretty good to me.

O.K. - Here me out on this one:
What about Iplehouse Carina? Looking at her on the Iplehouse site, you really need to look past the face-ups (especially faceup A), but I think her eyes are fairly "death-shaped", and she also has just a little hint of a smile. I know she's an EID - aka HUGE - but I've seen some EID lady heads put on SID bodies, and they look great.

This is definitely going to be the hardest one to do - but it sounds like your friend might be able to do it! I know that someone recently came out with a "curvy/vaguely overweight" SD woman body, but it would still need a bunch of epoxy added on to look right.

 

Regarding Carina, you can look at her blank head sculpt here for a look: http://www.iplehouse.net/shop/step1.php?number=2132. An SID body would look pretty nice for Death, but then again, I think she's a pretty normal sorta girl who would fit many kinds of bodies. ^_^;;;

 

http://bishonenhouse.deviantart.com/gallery/290862#/dsavva

This link has an amazing Dream. Its a OOAK, but amazing none the less.

 

For Delerium, if you wanted a 50cm range doll, would the Zaoll's work? They're the only ones in that range I can think of right now.

And she isn't really fat, but the Alex doll at Dollmore is definitely a little thicker than other MSD dolls and I think she's really cute in that chubby way.
http://dollmore.net/shop/step1.php?number=8743
I know, probably WAY off from what you are looking for, but those were the only suggestions I could think of. Good luck on your search!

I love Neil Gaiman, I am going to have to read this series!

 

Here goes my doll based on Dream ^^ his name is Morpheus and he is an IOS Blood.

 

@BoneBagz - that is a gorgeous Delirium!!!
Chibi Kitsune - OMG Neil and Amanda!!
BlackPaperBag - a most beautiful Death

 

Is that a spider on his face? It's adorable. ...

 

I made my Minifee Eliya a Delirium costume for a halloween challenge at a Swedish bjd forum.

 

Oh resurrect this old thread with my Dream. I did his faceup very graphic novel style.
Sandman 1 by SteamWitch, on Flickr
Dream by SteamWitch, on Flickr

 

@SteamWitch he's amazing! his faceup is so cool, very reminiscent of the graphic novels! it suits the sculpt super well. also his eyes are incredible. what a great representation of the character!

 

Thank you. Those are black glass marbles for his eyes.

 

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