Werepuppy's A Doll A Day Challenge 2020

[werepuppy]

Thanks for the link to the River Styxx concept art! The full scythe would have been awesome!

Sidra looks totally "nerdgirl hot" in those heavy-framed eyeglasses!

I keep wondering if there's a decent way to make one. There is, I just haven't done it yet LOL. 

I have no idea why I put the glasses on her, but they work nicely. 

Sidra looks gorgeous. MtMs are quite ex²pensive here, but if they made (and distributed here) one with this skintone, I'd probably go for her. Although to be perfectly honest, I often dislike Mattel's lipstick color choices for dolls with dark skin.

Re: River and her staff - there's a reason why she's not wielding a scythe. She's daughter of Charon from Greek mythology, and he isn't technically a grim reaper, he's a psychopomp. He doesn't collect souls, he only ferries them across Styx and Acheron. River's staff is actually a bargepole. I like the nod to the Greek mythos, so instead of giving her a scythe, I'd like a separate grim reaper-themed release. Oh well, I can keep dreaming, but it's not like G1 MH is ever coming back...

I need to fully agree on the lipstick colour picks. I would have went with a darker shade for this girl - maybe one of the darker ones on her top actually. There is a darker skinned MTM doll. There's also this BMR1959 offering who is nice looking, is also a different body shape and has a darker lip colour! So, y'know, there are options out there. 

See, this is true but I am wondering - using concept art as a jumping off point - if River was initially intended to be a daughter of the Grim Reaper rather than Charon. Likely that was changed because Charon is less scary to parents than a skeletal figure that beckons death. I do like the nods to Greek mythos - and it is in keeping with showing other parts of Greek mythos at a monster school - but I'm just spitballing possiblities here. 

(Also changing her origins to Greek mythos did give her a kick-ass name!)

- - - 

86. T is for Tweety



I really, really love her hair colour, which I honestly don't think I ever properly capture right in a photograph, and her little sulky ex.pression. A while back on this forum, there was a thread about characters you'd like to see made into Pullip and family dolls and I suggested with Addams Family, with little Dal here playing Wednesday. ... I still would love that, actually...