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[Morag D]

congrats on the official contest! (but then we didn't really expect anything less, we have got so used to seeing you up there )

[Doctor Overlord]

KiyaKoreena, on 07 November 2012 - 09:47 PM, said:

And SQUEEE!!!  My quaggan tank got 1st Prize.  I am very very happy and finding out today made it an awesome birthday. :-)

Congratulations!  No surprise you won with that great entry    Awesome job!

[Aero]

Congratulations Kiya, it is a wonderful entry

[Neo Nugget]

Congrats on the win!

You totally deserve it ^^

[Archaes]

Basically popping in here to repeat what Neo said. I had no doubt you were going to be a winner (ArenaNet staff are suckers for baby quaggan), but even more pleased to see you got First Prize.

Awesome work.

[Darcy]

I just found out about the winners for the contest.  I was not surprised to see you among the top winners.  Your work is always so inventive and intricate.  Congrats for a great win.

[KiyaKoreena]

Thank you, everyone!!!!


Super big picture....



Custom request quaggan that has been the bane of my existence. ;-) Hehehe.  This one took so long to do because all the beading is hand made out of polymer clay. I restarted it's outfit at least 3 times making improvements and in the end the headpiece still is not quite the right shape but I hope it is close enough. With all the restarts I completely lost track of how much time this one took to complete but I am sure it is over 20 hours.   From now on I am only doing outfits from my own mind, trying to recreate ones from in game drive me crazy when I can't get it exactly right.

[KiyaKoreena]

Pink calf!



This one I adjusted the posture a bit to look more like the "at rest crouching" they seem to do instead of my usual "standing at attention" pose.

[Minami Kaori]

Eee!! I mean, coooOOOooo!!

She is super adorable!

Quaggans are the single cutest things in the game

[Cereal]

I'm impressed. Well done.

[KiyaKoreena]

I've had a couple requests to make one of these and since I had a quaggan turn out a bit irregular it was a good time to test one out. Getting the fabric to settle down (GW2G wont let me use the other common word for curtain, interesting) exactly where I want it is not as easy as it seems. I thought the darkening around the eyes and along the bottom were enough but it doesn't seem as apparent in the pictures.

[Doctor Overlord]

I just saw the quaggen ghost plushie!   Superb job, thanks for the smile

The other plushies are really cool too.   You're going to have an entire army of them soon.

Edited by Doctor Overlord, 17 December 2012 - 11:08 PM.

[Archaes]

That pink quaggan, I don't think my "adowable meter" can handle it.

[KiyaKoreena]

It needs more work, but for a first attempt I think it is passable for working off such a tiny picture.  I am going to make one that is an actual wearable pack and fix what I didn't like with this one.  My kids are getting overrun with quaggans.  >.<

[runemima]

*CUTENESS*
so talented!
my husband suggests you have something in the paw. when you squeeze it he says "coo"

[Aeryxia]

All of your quaggans are so adorable! You are such a talented plushie maker And I agree with Runemima's husband, having them say "Coo!" is a really great idea!

[KiyaKoreena]

Thank you :-)  Hehee.  Electronics are way beyond my abilities but one of those squeezy squeaky toys would sure be a hoot.  

Edit:  And my daughter just put board shorts on it and named it Pudding.  o.O

[Neo Nugget]

KiyaKoreena, on 26 January 2013 - 07:04 PM, said:

Thank you :-)  Hehee.  Electronics are way beyond my abilities but one of those squeezy squeaky toys would sure be a hoot.  

Edit:  And my daughter just put board shorts on it and named it Pudding.  o.O

You could try to get one from Build-A-Bear workshop ^^

[Charlie Dayman]

Haha, aw man these are great. The special request Quaggan is my favorite out of the lot. Nice to see you're still at it, Kiya.

[Icey Dragon]

This is epic.
when will you start selling them!
we need these on the market, NOW!

very good job!!

[KiyaKoreena]

Quaggan loves you!

[Neo Nugget]

Well isn't that just the most adorable thing ever.

[JasmineMcCoy]

KiyaKoreena, on 07 February 2013 - 02:24 AM, said:

Quaggan loves you!

I love you too, quaggan!

[HederaHelix]

Quaggan loves you.... I WANT that LOL. Gonna stalk your shop =) I would really liek to order something from you let me know if that is possible.

Edited by HederaHelix, 07 February 2013 - 10:53 AM.

[Neo Nugget]

HederaHelix, on 07 February 2013 - 10:48 AM, said:

Quaggan loves you.... I WANT that LOL. Gonna stalk your shop =) I would really liek to order something from you let me know if that is possible.

Oh great. Now that I know that the store exists I'm going to have to keep an eye on it to snag one for myself ^^

[HederaHelix]

She has an Etsy, but I think she is moving it somewhere else. Not sure if she sells her plushies. But she has some other excellent creations there.

[Doctor Overlord]

I should know by now to put my cuteness shields to MAX whenever I visit this thread

[KiyaKoreena]

Yep, I am moving from Etsy to Storenvy. Right now I am bogged down with requests and home projects (it is almost spring! I can finally work in the garage again!) but I am slowly making my way through my commission list and my personal project list.  I wish I could craft things for everyone (Share the quaggan love!!)  but there are just not enough hours in my day. But I am doing my best!  I think I finally figured out a viable workaround for my backpack issue (keeping the stuffed shape but having fair amount of storage space inside) which I am going to test out asap.

[wormywyrm]

I want I want I want.  Could OP post the patterns so we can cut ourselves, precious?

[actionjack]

Have you done a Quaqqy backpack before?