Seanan McGuire (seanan_mcguire) wrote,
Seanan McGuire
seanan_mcguire
  • Mood: geeky
  • Music: Lilly requesting my lap.

I'm a Barbie girl...with a shotgun.

Tara, who is my good and loving and tolerant friend, and who does all the graphics for my website, is also a Barbie customizer. She takes normal, every day dolls and turns them into geek icons, like NCIS's Abby Sciuto, or damn near EVERY CHARACTER EVER to appear in an episode of Star Trek. I? Think this is awesome. And that, friends and neighbors, is why I asked Tara to make me a Barbie.

An Alice Price-Healy Barbie. Behold:



Alice! She has the head of an Aquamarine Birthstone Beauty, the right arm of a Hard Rock Barbie, and the body of a Harley-Davidson Barbie. Her shirt is an old, old piece of Ken's wardrobe; her tank top is Barbie Basics; and her hot camouflage pants are proof that she's more awesome than your Barbie. Oh, and did we mention the weapons? She has a shotgun, pistols, grenades, knives, smoke bombs, and a 1:6 scale machete. Yes. BARBIE WITH A MACHETE.



Alice knows what you're thinking. Alice doesn't approve.

My dolls rule!
Tags: geekiness, incryptid, people make things, tara, toys are nice
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sheistheweather

March 5 2011, 02:36:52 UTC 6 years ago

So cool!

obsessivewoman

March 5 2011, 02:37:09 UTC 6 years ago Edited:  March 5 2011, 02:37:32 UTC

Very nice. I have several friends who collect Barbies (mostly the princess ones and then they make them into Goth chicks.) However, this is a Barbie I could get behind. But with long Brown hair cuz that's how I roll. :)

Well done.

seanan_mcguire

March 5 2011, 02:38:22 UTC 6 years ago

Alice's youngest granddaughter, Antimony, has long brown hair. Alice herself is very much a classic 1940s blonde.

Glad you like her. :)

spectralbovine

March 5 2011, 02:38:39 UTC 6 years ago

I suddenly feel the urge to walk up to someone and say, "Baby, you've got the body of a Harley-Davidson Barbie."

seanan_mcguire

March 5 2011, 02:48:03 UTC 6 years ago

Works for me.

jenjen4280

6 years ago

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spectralbovine

6 years ago

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seanan_mcguire

March 5 2011, 02:48:14 UTC 6 years ago

Wouldn't you like to know?

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seanan_mcguire

6 years ago

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archangelbeth

March 5 2011, 02:43:16 UTC 6 years ago

Your dolls totally rule!

Also, I got A Certain Newly-Released Book today. Yay!

seanan_mcguire

March 5 2011, 02:48:26 UTC 6 years ago

Yay!

tsgeisel

March 5 2011, 02:44:45 UTC 6 years ago

Toby Barbie would be all kinds of wrong. But not as wrong as a Tybalt Ken doll.

seanan_mcguire

March 5 2011, 02:48:44 UTC 6 years ago

Sadly, finding Barbie heads with pointed ears is hard.

nicachick007

6 years ago

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aeriedraconia

6 years ago

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azurelunatic

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naamah_darling

March 5 2011, 02:49:11 UTC 6 years ago

SO CUTE. For serious.

I love that in the description of the second? head shot she mentions Alison Mack, because that IS totally what the adorable hair made me think of!

LOVE that tattoo sleeve!

seanan_mcguire

March 5 2011, 02:50:15 UTC 6 years ago

I'm totally thrilled by her. Especially because I know what all is in her backpack, so I'm like, my Barbie is loaded for bear, yo.

aeriedraconia

March 5 2011, 02:54:45 UTC 6 years ago

How cool! And look at her tiny little combat boots! (that fit on her tiny little high heeled feet).

I would have played with that Barbie when I was a kid. Well, except for the tattoos, they weren't really very cool back then.

seanan_mcguire

March 5 2011, 05:02:33 UTC 6 years ago

She makes me happy. :)

textileowl

March 5 2011, 03:07:11 UTC 6 years ago

If Barbies had looked like that when I was little, i would have fought harder to have them as toys.

Hot.

seanan_mcguire

March 5 2011, 05:02:52 UTC 6 years ago

She rocks my tiny world. And is going to scare the crap out of the Ponies.

gothcat1969

March 5 2011, 03:08:28 UTC 6 years ago

Love her! I'm a huge barbie OOAk collector!

seanan_mcguire

March 5 2011, 05:03:10 UTC 6 years ago

Tara does just awesome work.

gothcat1969

6 years ago

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archangelsmom

March 5 2011, 03:23:10 UTC 6 years ago

That is truly awesome - a Barbie that actually looks like she has an attitude instead of a vapid, winsome vacuous 'face.' Well done, Tara. (And well inspired, Seanan)

seanan_mcguire

March 5 2011, 05:03:21 UTC 6 years ago

Hee.

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seanan_mcguire

March 5 2011, 05:03:32 UTC 6 years ago

Yay!

kitrinlu

March 5 2011, 04:02:27 UTC 6 years ago

Her hair is the coolest! Actually, everything about her is the coolest!

seanan_mcguire

March 5 2011, 05:10:04 UTC 6 years ago

I think so, too.

mariadkins

March 5 2011, 04:07:00 UTC 6 years ago

that's the most awesome barbie i've ever seen!

seanan_mcguire

March 5 2011, 05:12:01 UTC 6 years ago

I think so, too!

catnip13

March 5 2011, 04:45:14 UTC 6 years ago

Kaia says "I want one!"

seanan_mcguire

March 5 2011, 05:12:14 UTC 6 years ago

Kaia is wise.

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seanan_mcguire

March 5 2011, 05:37:44 UTC 6 years ago

Sooooooooooooooo pleased.

Please don't take offense but ...

ed_rex

March 5 2011, 05:32:00 UTC 6 years ago

... my first thought on seeing the first image was, "Sarah Palin!?!"

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seanan_mcguire

March 5 2011, 05:37:55 UTC 6 years ago

Alice would kick her ass.

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jtucktattoo

March 5 2011, 06:10:06 UTC 6 years ago

I want a kick ass barbie like that.

hmmmmmmm customizing may be in my future. Zombie killer barbie coming right up.

seanan_mcguire

March 6 2011, 18:47:58 UTC 6 years ago

Yay!

mephron

March 5 2011, 06:45:58 UTC 6 years ago

she's a Barbie Girl
in a dang'rous world
with a shotgun
now don't you want one?

kick ass Barbie Girl
machete all atwirl
in the End Time
she'll be just fine

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seanan_mcguire

6 years ago

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aryana_filker

March 5 2011, 10:28:12 UTC 6 years ago

Awesome! Truly awesome!

seanan_mcguire

March 6 2011, 18:48:28 UTC 6 years ago

Tara rules.

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seanan_mcguire

March 6 2011, 18:48:44 UTC 6 years ago

Hee.

poltr1

March 5 2011, 14:46:20 UTC 6 years ago

LJ doesn't have a "like" feature, so I'll just say...."Ooh! I *like*!"

seanan_mcguire

March 6 2011, 18:49:39 UTC 6 years ago

I'm actually really glad LJ doesn't have a "like" feature. It sort of bothers me how more and more sites are going to "click a button, rather than bothering to say something."

dawn_metcalf

March 5 2011, 14:53:49 UTC 6 years ago

This is liquid brilliant and makes my geeky heart go rat-a-tat-a-tat!

My fave doll makeover artist was devastated by the New Orleans disaster, but her work is still on display here (check them out!): http://www.oneandonlydolls.com/

seanan_mcguire

March 6 2011, 18:50:42 UTC 6 years ago

Oh, wow. Gorgeous work.

fadedbluejeans

March 5 2011, 15:40:28 UTC 6 years ago

Oh, she's just adorable... don't tell her I said that.

I was always a Barbie girl as a child, and I'm starting to pick up a collection again as an adult, so the Alice doll is the coolest thing ever in my eyes.

I already wanted to read these books. But now that I've seen Alice I want to read them more.

seanan_mcguire

March 6 2011, 18:51:18 UTC 6 years ago

Alice would be okay with being called adorable, really. She's not as vicious as people who get between her and her search for her missing husband tend to assume.

midnightblooms

March 5 2011, 16:56:54 UTC 6 years ago

Best. Barbie. EVER.

Does the amazing Tara have a site or contact info?

seanan_mcguire

March 7 2011, 02:11:22 UTC 6 years ago

Your best link for catching her is this one right here.

midnightblooms

6 years ago

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