It's a Puki World after all...

I tried resisting for a long long time, telling myself I don't need more than three puki but I ended up getting sucked in Fairyland.

Because of the faceplates swapping, I had four puki instead of three, my mini Guardians and an extra body with a dreaming Flora faceplate (and a pukisha faceplate I got for free). Somehow it worked out as I actually needed two bodies for Alga for my photostories, the mermaid one and a regular one. Also the dreaming Flora was used to create a sister for my LittleFee Flora.

But then Fairyland made dark skinned puki! I couldn't resist and got a ChocoCupid. And then Cupid2 came out and I had to get one so I could have more faceplate for Mycota. And then I thought, since I have so many puki, how about I use them to create an alternative world, they'll go well with my Re-ment miniatures too. I guess I dug my own grave then ^^; However I have to say Puki² are probably my favorite dolls to photograph due to their versatility as well as the possibility to change faceplates and parts like hands to give them a greater array of expressions.

The Puki World as no connection whatsoever with Farandoll, other than the fact that I'm recycling some of my faceplates and accessories. It's just a collection of smaller side projects. Here is a list of all the Puki stuff I have now:

Bodies, etc.
- 3 natural skin bodies
- 1 natural skin Loreley body (mermaid)
- 1 natural skin Poseidon body (shark mermaid)
- 3 choco skin bodies
- 1 RealPuki Aki
- 2 Multi Heads (1 Cupid and 1 Ante)

Faceplates
- Pipi: NS Open eyes, NS Sleeping
- Piki: NS Open eyes, NS Sleeping, NS Singing
- Pukisha: NS Sleeping
- Cupid: NS Open eyes, NS Sleeping, Choco Open eyes, Choco Sleeping, Choco Winking
- Cupid2: NS Open eyes, NS Winking
- Flora: NS Dreaming
- Sugar: NS Open eyes, Choco Open eyes, Choco Sleeping, Choco Winking
- PongPong: NS Open eyes, NS Sleeping
- Chichi: NS Open eyes, NS Winking
- Lily: Choco Open eyes, Choco Sleeping, Choco Winking

::Characters::
Here is a list to all the characters than I have made for my Puki faceplates so far, excluding the mini Guardians. Check out here if you'd like to see photos:* http://www.flickr.com/photos/ebonydragon/sets/72157616349761590/

*I still need to take photos for some of them, but they'll be uploaded asap

OCs
- Mint (Dreaming Flora)

- Little Red Riding Hood (Sugar)
- Marie-Candi (Sugar) and Mirliton (Cupid/Cupid2)
- Tomy (ChocoCupid) and Queeny (Cupid)
- Nana (ChocoCupid), Pina (ChocoSugar) and Kiwa (ChocoLily)
- Gül (Cupid) and Fistigi (Cupid2)
- Helianthe (Cupid)
- Albert Onestone (PongPong), Franky (Pukisha) and Jvet (Chichi)
- Fishe (Cupid/Loreley) and Tchips (Cupid/Poseidon)
- Mogi Draculuv (RP Aki)

Others- Cupid (Cupid)
- Little Red Riding Hood (Sugar)
- Yotsuba (PongPong)

Farandoll: Seven Guardians

After getting the first three Guardians (Fauna, Flora and Minera), I was thinking to expand my set by adding some Mini Guardians that would be assistants to the main Guardians.

I decided they should be three of them as well, Bacteria, Mycota and Alga. I originally thought of using Lati White dolls to incarnate them but then Fairyland released their Pukipuki.

 Strider Puki & Red Bell Pipi
(Photos courtesy of Fairyland)

The Red Bell and Strider sets were just perfect for Mycota and Bacteria. My only qualm was the pouty face of Puki Pipi which didn't fit Mycota's personality but since the dolls had a faceplate system, I just decided to get these two first and keep an eye for another mold for him. Also Alga was a bit tricky because she was supposed to be an undine with mermaid tail (although she has the ability to shapeshift it and walk on land as well).

It took about a year before the Mini Guardians were all gathered though. Some new puki molds got released but there weren't what I was looking for. Finally they posted a teaser of a new face, Cupid and I knew this was the right one for Mycota, cute but michievous-looking, it was just perfect. It took them several months to actually release the doll, but the wait was actually worth it because at the same time, they also released merfolk puki! I ordered a Loreley and a basic Cupid and when they came home, I put switched the Cupid face with the Pipi one I had and the latter I used on the Loreley body to form Alga.

The Mini Guardians
Bacteria, Mycota and Alga

There was still another Guardian, based on my persona, but I wasn't really thinking of embody her into a doll as it was really difficult to find a good mold for her. The character was dark skinned and because of casting difficulties (darker resins are prone to marbling) few companies were offering dark tan dolls. However I did finally found the right mold when Bambicrony started releasing tan MSDs. I was about the right size (SD would have probably be too big), the skintone was perfect and the face mold had the same style than the ones from the main Guardians considering it was made by the same company, so it fully fitted my criteria. And icing on the cake, it had a sleeping face has well, considering the character is also know as the 'The Sleeper', I couldn't ask for more.

So finally after three years, my Guardians set was finally completed! There's still a lot of work remaining but I'd say my tiny sprout has at least turned into a sapling now :)