I have a 6’1” mannequin of Wesker in my living room. I hide him just behind the door so people don’t notice when they come in at first and then, when they sit down on the bed or couch, Albert Wesker himself is standing there staring at them. I get a scream or a jump or a Jesusfuckingchrist or two, it’s good for a laugh. He’s seriously the king.

There he is. In all his glory, standing behind my living room door, just waiting to have S&M with me.

So…what made you do this, Jaz? Not an entirely uncommon question, but one which is rather valid in this case. It all started at a Sushi bar in Edinburgh about three years ago, back in 2003. Captain had been taken to Yo Sushi by a friend of hers and introduced me to its conveyer belt goodness. Yo Sushi fast became a favourite of ours and every time we met up, it was there. I should note that Edinburgh was about three/four hours away by bus for both of us and we’d meet at around 9am in the morning so we were almost always fucked. But some of the best days of my life were spent there because it was so different from every day. http://www.yosushi.com/ is the official website, but the Edinburgh branch was just gone one day. Went to have our usual and it be’d just not there. Was pretty gutting and we had to move elsewhere. Even now when I walk past the place it used to reside, there’s a definite sadness. It’s a jewellery store or something fucking rubbish like that, but can still imagine the days spent in that bar just indulging in all those things that makes life worth living.

The restaurant itself was wonderful though it looked so high tech and other worldly. Tables set around a conveyer belt with bits of food going round and you could just help yourself to whatever took your fancy. They did amazing dori-yaki pancakes that I’ve ever had. All cut into little triangles and they just melted in your mouth. We used to sit at this one little booth with a proper call button and everything. Was all bright oranges and purples and blues with a silver finish. Eating there actually was a dining experience.

And in a fit of good judgement we came to the conclusion that we were going to take Wesker and Birkin on a double date here. Cause it would be the sort of place that Wesker at least would take you. Am pretty sure that Birkin wouldn’t have the faintest idea on what restaurants locally were palatable to two young women, as fantastic as myself and Jen undoubtedly are.

Actually this sketch from Shak And Violet Go Hunting in Yo!Sushi

So it started out being carboard cut outs. We’d make them from some kinda thick card so that it could stand up itself and take them out. My god… raging weirdo doesn’t even cover it, does it? But yeah we had some grandiose plans to be taking them there, the staff at Yo! already thought we were completely off our tree anyways cause we’d come in, spend stupid amounts of money, stay in for hours and just laugh like demented banshees. So it just seemed like it would be such a perfect. I was considering trying to recapture my old skill at drawing and getting Birkin and Wesker’s face to look correct would have been a challenge.

Then Barbie dolls seemed like a good idea. Just look on ebay or in Charity shops to find dolls that were vaguely similar and then just stitch the clothes myself. It would be fiddly and pernickety but the results could turn out being ace. There is already a Wesker doll as made by Paladise but I wanted something on top of that and it would also be much more personal. Could add what I wanted where and choose the build and outfit myself. Would be something nice and fun to kill time with. But few dolls have blonde hair and even less have a face that looks like Wesker, so the resources were scarce. Couldn’t really change their face and that was the biggest obstacle. .

And then in a large flash of lightening…. I decided that I could go one better, that as a fangirl it was my duty to take this too far. And I think you may agree that I have just done that… and the SoReal project was born. I camed to the conclusion that what my house really needed was a life size mannequin of Wesker. Something that would actually resemble him to the point of being scary. I figured even if I got a plain white unpainted mannequin or a bald one that would be easy enough to sort out. A wig from the joke shop and I’d paint the face myself if worse came to worse.

Initally my idea was that I’d buy one from a wholesalers but those are all rather expensive and even himself was not exactly cheap, but he was perfect. Had everything I could have wanted, so even when he first arrived he was rather similar.

This was the box arriving, my neighbours had gotted it first because I had been at an exam while it was arriving (Monday the 16^th first exam, social psychology 3, was bitching.) and they just looked at me and it was rather obvious that they were curious as to the contents, but I said nothing and just grinned.

And the contents of the box and a few assembly shots. He did come in pieces, which was good cause it means later on if I want to bulk him up a bit, give him more muscular arms or legs I can do that since really it’s the torso that’s the important part.

Putting well you see… he was naked and well that kinda be’d feeling a wee bit odd so I lended him some of my boxer shorts. Couldn’t have him being all cold and stuff. Not to mention it would be really fucking strange to just have this naked mannequin in my living room.

So the easiest outfit I thought would be the STARS one. It’s also one of my favourites. Like I rather have a thing for police officers and law enforcement agents in general so this one just had to be the suit I wanted him to wear. Also makes him a bit more identifiable to civilians because there is a poster of him as such on my wall. I really love him in uniform. Seriously he’d get it.

This is him getting ready to leave in the morning, even with just the shirt on, he looks the part. All prim and proper.

Also since it was a fairly easy and cheap outfit to acquire, this is him in his RE4 suit.

And his RE4 suit and a riding crop. Because that is just too hot. I was doing DDR and bouncing around and it made his arm lower and the crop fall so it hit me in the face. If that is not undeniable proof that Wesker wants me… I have no idea what is. But yeah he looks excellent.

So I figure the next step is Wesker from Code Veronica and Wesker as a nazi but all in good time. All in good time. If anyone wants to donate me an SS officer’s outfit, that would be fantastic, but I suspect it’s going to have to be made.