Goddess Attire

 I ordered quite a few of the Iple and SartoriaJ outfits in my holiday orders. Carina's FID default outfit was one I received. This morning I thought it was about time I put it on one of the girls for some photos. I thought Reaghan could wear it well, so she was chosen.

It's a gorgeous outfit with embroidery detail along the hem (which I know you can't see really well here), lots of jewelry (3 bracelets, belt and hair piece) and flat sandals.

The hairpiece is a nice weight that helps it to stay put when you put it on. I'm thinking my elves will be able to wear this outfit well too.

The collar is attached to the dress, but it is beautiful. Very happy with this purchase.

Yes, Shirtless Again

I haven't quite been able to make myself put a shirt on Kieran (SartoriaJ Jarrad on the Zeus 52cm body) since his arrival. I'm still trying different wigs on him to try and figure out what looks the best. Today I think I have found a keeper, Monique Gold Lovely wig in brown black. He's a shifter, and the facial hair and long hair work for me.

And the Zeus body certainly is easy on the eyes.

While I had Kieran out I decided to get my other two SartoriaJ guys in the normal resin colors out and take a pic of all three of them together. Lobo (Jude on the far left is on the athletic body and is in amber beige resin), Kieran (Jarrad on the 52cm Zeus body is also amber beige resin) and Joshua (Joshua on the 51cm Athletic body is sonorran beige resin.

I've been a pretty staunch Iple supporter over the years, but with the host of issues other folks have had with them recently regarding face ups, I've found myself throwing my dolly dollars in SartoriaJ's directly more and more. Jude has always been one of my favorite sculpts. I still can't believe they decided to discontinue him. I hope I don't kick myself later for not getting another human version of him before he was discontinued. I may have succombed to another Elven version this week when he was released. Shhh..................don't tell, lol.

I've always really liked Joshua's sculpt too, and have to admit I'm really curious to see his Elven version later this month.

Kieran's Look

 I think I finally settled on a look for Kieran, SartoriaJ's Jarrad on the Zeus body, that sits well with me. He may wear other brown shades as well, but I think the brown suits him better than the stark ebony. It matches his eyebrows and beard better I think.

With Lobo, who I haven't decided if they are cousins are brothers.

And one last semi profile shot of Kieran.

Mr Ripped

 My SartoriaJ Jarrad that I ordered on the Zeus body last December finally arrived today. I wanted to try the Zeus body, even though I had my reservations that it might be a little "too" big for the head sizes, but in person I'm pleasantly surprised that it's really beautiful. His head doesn't appear pin headed at all to me. It has much more definition than the athletic body. I'm very happy with it. His sculpting is beautiful.

My biggest issue so far has been finding a wig I like on Kieran (what I've decided to call him). So far this Leekeworld long wavy wig is my favorite choice, although I think I'd really like a style in a dark brown shade over true black for him. I REALLY hate that Monique went out of business. Jarrad's head has proved to be like Jude's as well, it doesn't really fit into a 5/6. I've had to go to a 6/7 and those are a little big.

My other wig choice I tried was a 6/7 Monique Jojo that I had on hand, which I wasn't overly fond of. The bangs were too full and I couldn't get them out of his eyes. I love these eyes for her (Masterpiece True Aque size 7/8mm) , and I want to be able to see them in him.

We will keep playing until I can pin him down. A parting profile shot. His nose reminds me a little bit of Joshua's, and a little bit of Iple Leonards