These are doxies, or at least our interpretation of what one should look like, since they haven't made an appearance in the Harry Potter movies, yet. They are described in "Fantastic Beast & Where to Find Them" as:
"...often mistaken for a fairy though it is a quite separate species. Like the fairy, it has a minute human form, though in the Doxy's case this is covered in thick black hair and has an extra pair of arms and legs. The Doxy's wings are thick, curved, and shiny, much like a beetle's..."
We made two attempts so far. The first is more human-like in the face. With the 2nd one we played on the Doxy name, which is what dachshund dogs have been nicknamed. The more dog-headed version is our favorite. We think it is the cutest.
They are about 7" tall with four arms and four legs. This is smaller than the pixies, which made it really tough to get all those arms and legs to fit on!
The wings are cut from plastic root beer bottle painted underneath with nail polish. I want to add another transparent set of wings under these in the future. We've since found some hairier fabric we want to try, too. So, you may see a new attempt at these at some point. Not sure how that will go at this size, but we'll give it a try.
These are based off of a fairy pattern we've been working on. I'll post the tiny fairies once we finish some details and maybe put some clothes on them.
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