#lucas 1st

[eliot-rambles]

Finally Marlowe's box opening. I know I said I was going to do a restoration thing...but there wasn't that much to do. I restrung him, cleaned him and gave him a new faceup. As you can see he came with box and papers and default wig (and a volks pin, which I am way enthused about). Interestingly he's a pre-headplate doll. He doesn't even have a spot for one. His default faceup was all beaten up and chipped and he was dirty. He looks much better now, though it's not the neatest faceup I've ever done. The scars on his face are to cover up a couple of irregularities in his resin and also I just like them. 

Character wise Marlowe is head engineer/mechanic for the fighters on board the space cruiser Atropos and Castor, Pollux and Cue's boyfriend. He is also in desperate need of a flannel shirt.

Marlowe is a Volks Lucas 'Messenger from Another World' 

[eliot-rambles]

Ahh my Lucas is here! Sadly he seems to have suffered some rough treatment on the trip here. One of his fingers was broken. I'm not too worried though. I took a picture and emailed mandarake but i don't know if they'll do anything. Amazingly he came with his full papers and A VOLKS PIN! I have wanted one for ages and this one looks like it's never been opened. 

As for the doll himself he's dirty and yellowed but not as bad as I was expecting (he's about the same colour as my 4 year old Resinsoul boy). He still has his default faceup but it's chipped all to hell. His eyes are even still hot glued in. The oldskin SD13 body is heaps different to Sable's though and much less steady on his feet. I think with a real good scrub and a new faceup he won't look like a 12 year old doll. 

But now I have to put him away until christmas. Sad.