After 2 1/2 years of waiting for her, almost giving up on ever seeing her, and wondering if anything could possibly be worth that wait, my Arhian finally arrived (appropriately 3 days late on her journey cross country) - but man, let me say she was definitely worth the wait... She is stunning in every way possible, flawlessly executed, and is a tour de force in sculpting.
But first, the practicalities of getting her together... It took me over an hour to assemble her, with most of the time going to getting her skirt together without damaging her flawless body. For those of you looking at the task of putting her together. would recommend the following:
* lay down strips of velcro, tack cloth, or other soft material in the grooves of the base where her legs will go... This will protect the paint on her legs from getting scratched by the base, and it will definitely help mitigate the risk of scratching her when you have to move her as well.
* When assembling her skirt, tape wax paper or parchment paper around her waist and hips first - this will protect the paint while you are working with the skirt pieces to get them connected around her.
* The skirt side pieces are hard to get aligned properly, but if you look at the holes on the straps where the skirt pegs go, you will notice that one is keyed to fit the back right skirt peg if you are looking at her from behind.
* My skirt refused to fit around her waist at first - with the back skirt attached, the front skirt would not stay pegged together with the straps. I solved this problem by taking a hair dryer set on low heat to the front skirt piece for about 2 minutes. This softened the skirt resin enough to allow it to be bent to fit in thje peg straps along the front. Even though, this process was very tedious and frustrating.
* Once her skirt is on, gently remove the protective paper from her waist by sliding it up / down. I was able to assemble the skirt without damaging the paint on mine at all this way.
Once she was finally put together, I was completely blown away at how beautiful she is,, As I said before, the execution on mine was absolutely flawless, with every detail on her carefully painted. And she has an incredible charisma and presence that I can't describe... Her skin tone is very natural, and every muscle on her is perfectly and delicately defined. I didn't think I would ever own a piece more beautiful than Arkhalla Seduction, but this one is it. I'll let the photos speak for themselves...
And finally, let's appreciate the small miracle that she is here at all, given the travails that ARH went through just to survive over the past year and a half... And holy crap I am so grateful that they did, because if nothing else, bringing Arhian Forever into the world was worth it... Anyway, enjoy the pics!
