Mara Creatures Ramunder

Since this fabulous troll is on topic now and the first preorder is under way I though it would be a good time to give him his own discussion thread.

Here is a link to the official page: Mara Creatures – Swedish folklore creatures
Here is a page with details and measurements: Product information – Mara Creatures

And here is the project journal from his making: https://denofangels.com/threads/troll-doll-making.788753/

Anything else that should be added to this post?

Speaking for myself, I don't think I've been this excited about a doll in nearly a decade. To see him finally get to this stage is beyond amazing and I am having a bit of a happy hobbyist meltdown right now.
Who else is getting him?

 

She does offer layaway.

 

Yea, it is a lot of money.
I've also followed this project for a long time and I knew he would be expensive so I have sort of planned for it and made sure to put money away every now and then so that if the day ever came when he was finished I would be able to buy him and I am happy I did. He will be my most expensive doll ever by a very good marigin and I won't be able to buy any more new dolls for a few years with my current budgeting, but to me it's worth it.

 

My photography skills depend more on luck than ability and my camera and I are rarely on speaking terms, but it's almost worth it to learn to become better just to do him justice.

 

@Teddy Hehe, "necessary evil" sums it up very well.
But for a doll like this the level of neccesity may be a bit higher than normal. Time will tell.

For now I just try to keep my mind in check to keep from coming up with too many great ideas for him. If I would try to acomplish all the crafting projects I've already come up with I would have enough to do for a life time.
But at the very least I want to make some sort of a cave wall background and he may need a throne.

 

My thoughts exactly. I still haven't figured out where to display him.
I like displayng my dolls in a situation that makes sense for them. The bulk of my collection is MSD-sized and in modern clothes and setting. They have a bit of a room set up where they can hang out when I do nothing else with them.
This guy will be way too tall for that shelf anyway, so I will have to give him a space of his own. May as well make him a fitting backdrop. He will probably spend most of his time alone, anyway. I think of him as one of those giant, ancient montain king type of trolls. Sitting in a cave deep under ground, guarding his gold.
His tail might get in the way for sitting, but I won't know that for sure until I have him in my hands. It does seem to be pretty well articulated, so as long as I plan for it when making the throne I think I can get away with it.

@Quiet and Insane That is too bad, I feel for you. There will be pictures. I can't promise how good or how many, but there will be pictures.

 

@ronnie92 Oh, nice plan!
I chose "mull" too.
I don't really have any plan for the face up yet, but I am thinking of making him either a sort of matted wig, as if he hasn't washed and combed his hair in a long time or make a neater wig, pehaps with glass beads braided into it. I am a little bit torn on the visuals between the troll as a primitive and the troll as the nobility of the forest. Both has their charm for sure and both are often represented in folklore.

He will need a treasure, though. I am set on that.

 

Yea, that's my thought on the beads. Som variety in texture and colour and a good way to bring some jewelry into the hair.
I love the look of the trolls drawn by John Bauer and will use that at least partly as inspiration. They often have patched, simple clothes and tangled long curly hair, but they are alo often wearing lare amounts of jewelry, showing off thir wealth.

Oh, bodyguard for a fay is going to suit him well.

I second this. This is going to be awesome!