Sunday, August 16, 2020

The Perfect Mohawk

FINALLY got the final piece of the puzzle to put Rehv together!! I've had him painted for quite a while, but finding the perfect wig for him was a huge challenge. For those of you that have read the books, you know Rehv has a mohawk..........................NOT the easiest hair style to pull off in BJD land. My original effort was a fur wig, but it was just too thick on the sides. His original look shown below.

Even though Rehv's book was one of my favorites..........(.I sure wish we would see more of him in the stories since, but I digress)...........anyway, the lack of a perfect wig for him curtailed my enjoyment of him and I rarely got him out to photograph. Finally early this year I asked Chewin if he could make one for me. I sent him the following inspiration pic.

And after a little over 2 months in transit, due to COVID transportation issues.........the wig finally made its way to us. LOVE how it turned out. Really pulls the character together for me. Chewin does such a phenomenal job on his wigs.............I would own one for every single one of my male guys  if I could, as good guy hair can be so difficult. 

A view from the side.

I think Rehv will finally get the attention he deserves now that he has the perfect hair. I look forward to getting Ehlena back out and taking some photos of the 2 of them together.




Saturday, August 15, 2020

A Chosen's Story

Layla was one of the first "Chosen" to make an appearance in the books.  Part of the race bred to feed and service the needs of the Brotherhood, she didn't have much of a personality or a backbone when first introduced. She was pretty one dimensional. 

As her layers started to unfold, I really began to feel for her.............trained as an Ehros, to sexually pleasure members of the Brotherhood, along with the feeding, she never got a chance to put her training into practice as the Brothers that she fed primarily already had human mates, so she was called upon for feeding, but not aught else. 

She was an Ehros, who was a virgin, and she longed for someone to love. She fell in love with Qhuinn as he was kind to her, and he was single, so he did enter into a semi sexual relationship with her, but he was also in love with someone else, and he truly cared for Layla, he didn't want to hurt her.

It was during her relationship with Qhuinn that her personality really started to emerge and she developed some backbone. I really started to enjoy her character quite a bit and longed for her to get her own happy ending, which she eventually did with Xcor. I can't say their story, told in "The Chosen", but running as a sub story for several books prior,  was my favorite, but I'm glad she got her happy. She has become one of my favorite female characters within the books.