#nachtmar

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Happy 10th Birthday, Nachtmar!

The second doll turning 10 today. His head arrived together with Sammi's. Shelling Nachti in his merman form was a big dream for me for very long, there wasn't many choices back in the day so I decided to make him a project doll. I modded him, gave his ears fin shapes, added more fins here and there. Ara modded the eyes open.

I sculpted the tail and @adragonstale casted the pieces in silicone for me, I put them together then. Finding an artist for him was a bit harder as colorful Face ups weren't the norm, but I am glad Angel Toast helped me here. I still love this form of him to bits. He gets photos at least once a year at the sea.

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Nightmare

Nightmares are actually not horses in folklore. Their name translates rather to "night demon" than having anything to do with the word for female horse. Especially in german speaking areas, the Nightmare (called Nachtmar, Nachtmahr or Nachtalb) is a rather imp-like looking demon, which sits on your chest a night and causes you to experience bad dreams. I guess the association with horses came for one from Füssli's painting "Nachtmahr", which shows a ghostly horse along the nightmare sitting on a woman. On the other hand there's the Dungeons and Dragons Nightmare, which is depicted as a horse.

I, for my part, went with a mix of bat and horse along a burning mane. I didn't thought much about it, to be honest, but it turned out quite a good design.

The to-do-list (in no particular order):

Longma Helhest Liath Macha and Dub Sainglend (Cúchulainn's chariot horses) Árvakr and Alsviðr (the horses who pull Sól's chariot in norse mythology)

I'm still open for suggestions for other horses with origins in mythology and/or folklore. I won't do all there are but there are a few I might find interesting and put in the list.

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A Dream

I dreamed I went to the doctor. I don't remember why. And in his office were just two chairs, a table and in one corner of the room a massive giant portrait. The painting showed a man in a bright brown leather jacket. He wore a giant black hat with a colorful feather attached. The whole portrait seemed like a renaissance painting. I recall that in my dream the painting was either titled as "The Son" or "The Father" I'm not sure about this detail.

Anyways the old doctor was taking notes. I looked at him and when I looked back to the painting I was scared because right in front of my face was a giant hand and it was about to grab me.

The renaissance dude, he was leaning outside of the painting and his arm was extremely long, stretched through the entire room. And he wanted to grab me. But he was frozen in time and I knew if I would look away or even blink. The painting would grab me.

I woke up and realized I was hyperventilating.

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I'm still not over the interior of that room, seriously. Mom equally loved it and booked the same room for next year already.

Nachtmar - Little Monica Kliff x Doll Chateau Body, Face up by Angel Toast, Fishtail collab of me and @adragonstale

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Weekly Photo 46/2025

It's my personal tradition to take Nachti to the sea every time I go there, he's the one with a reserved spot.

I might not talking much about my OCs for the last months but the main characters are still very very dear to me, especially my merman Nachtmar.

Nachtmar - Little Monica Kliff x Doll Chateau Body, Face up by Angel Toast, Fishtail collab of me and @adragonstale

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Weekly Photo 50/2024

"His eyes had the color of the sunset....", one of the dolls that always get photos at the sea is Nachti. He just has his spot reserved I am still very much adoring this character, he means so much to me.

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Colored OC drawings and doodles <3

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Little OC collection <3