Thursday, December 27, 2012

Stupid Doll Companies and their Stupid Dolls!!

*shakefist*

Seriously. Just when you think your wishlist is safe from anything new that is put out, there's Fairyland and Dollzone.

 Dollzone is company I've always enjoyed, my third doll came from there. True she was the first doll I sold XD but it was because it was Kimi, and she wasn't right with that doll (or the next 2!). The last couple of years DZ has gone above and beyond when it comes to innovative sculpts, and their whole style has been changing, and it's something I really really enjoy.

Now look what they did. 

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I WANT!!!

I want the whole freaking thing. He's going on my long-term wish-list, and the only reason I'm not saving for him immediately is because I kind of wish he was smaller, closer to 65 than 70. I'm mostly done with the big guys. But DAMN, I want that fullset so bad. And his face....I love it. I even love the faceup, though if I got the whole thing I wouldn't want it (but I might do something similar!!). I really want the wig too, though smaller...actually if his outfit was for a 60cm doll I'd buy it right now!!

But really, if I had the money on me, I'd get now as is.


Then there's Fairyland. *sigh*
I was not a CP fan when I started collecting dolls. Years and many many many CP dolls later I still claim not to be a fan, though only Dollmore dominates my collection more and that's only because with one exception, all my DM dolls are full DM dolls, and most of my FLs are hybrids. Only in the last few months have I grudgingly admitted that maybe I have more than an accidental interest in FL.

Now looky at this

Giant Breakaway!!!! My Breakaway is in the group that i consider my first doll-wave. He was my third FL doll and the only one of those three I didn't and would never sell. I have a soft spot for BA, always will.

And I LOVE this one.  Again I want the whole set though I wouldn't even use the clothes or wig.....the scar head and the ice arm though.....oiwhghfkdfnoierhgoireehrg

The funny thing about both these dolls is, I want them for the same character! lol
Wyn (my B&G Sapphira) has an older, half-brother named Shae. I used to own Shae, he was a B&G Afra, and I created the character for this doll and he's the only character I ever made up for a doll that outgrew the mold so I sold him. I just wanted something...better.

Either of these guys would work great because I have no issues changing him up to better match the mold. Shae is cursed anyway (so either fantasy arm would be perfect, though I'd rather they be the left), and huge. He's an elf, so they'd both need some modding...but still.

If I got the BA I'd get the basic, even though I want the extra parts, because I can't justify that much...but Raymond (lol that name) is fine as is. And I want that fullset so freaking bad.

Arg. Arg. Arg.

Luckily Shae is not uber-crucial on my want list. I might hang out, wait for owner pics of both guys, actually save instead of doing a layaway and really give it some thought. I sold the original Shae about 2 years ago, he's waited this long, he can wait longer!

Plus something new might come out XD

But Dollzone....Damn they want my money. This time last year I ordered my Renata which came with my Star and in a round about way, moon head. Though I sold the Renata head the rest I still have. Deerboy is still here an not going anywhere. I ordered Ro and cannot wait to get my hands on him....I want at least two more of their new boy bodies! One for Lucifer (I decided it would be perfect for him too) and one for Mini-Wyn should such a thing ever happen (it will)....

They just keep making these fabulously imaginative dolls!! It is really getting harder to resist. And I respect them so much for taking such chances, and being so original. They rock. Doll Chateau rocks too....somehow they're part of DZ, so they all rock together. XD

*sigh* Now I'm off to rewrite my wishlist....

Monday, December 24, 2012

HAPPY HOLIDAYS! :D

I hope everyone has a great Holiday!!
Stay warm and safe <3

No doll photos, but this counts because it's Alex. smHOLIDAY2012

Friday, December 21, 2012

Sales and Trades

Just a quick reminder that I have stuff for sale on my Sales page! :)

And that I have a long and updated trade list!!

Migidoll Cynical Ryu head in WS Unmodded (yellowing ok)
Migidoll Vampire Ryu head in WS Unmodded (yellowing ok)
D.i.M. Flowne (elf) head
D.i.M. Alpon head
D.i.M. Ace head
Minifee Breakaway head (OE or SP - NS or WS)
Chibi Unoa FPs, OE unmodded NS

Bunny anthros (CCT Rici especially - all other considered)

Soom Afi Tan body - Human parts only
Bluefairy / Minoruworld Jr. Blossom body
Puki Puki body in NS or WS

Jointed hands for SD girl in WS (Not pure white)
Puki Puki Victory hands in WS
Soom Ai Tail
 

Eclipse21 wigs, long, 8/9 or 7/8 - either in black or White blond
Dollheart or Rosenlied outfits (or clothing of similar styles - rufflefluffs) for MSD or YO sized boys


That I have to updated on a million threads every time I update it XD

These are the only things I want, and I would rather do a straight trade or have the greater value item (lol I don't want to have to add money) so the bodies I may not be able to accept right now. Heads are most important...especially the Ryus or the Alphon or Ace. Everyone else would need a body (blehblehbleh).

Thanksies and have a good weekend! I will be hopefully working on art this weekend not dolls, so unless I get off my butt and photograph Mini (who's bday is Sunday) I won't have new stuffs :P

Tuesday, December 18, 2012

Puki Puki WTF?

Many people may not know this, but I have a whole mini-crew of Pukis (and one Brownie, but I kind of include him in the Pukis). I bought my first one in January of 2010 (though he actually arrived a day before my birthday four months later :\) because I was trying to run my FL order up to the event head. I didn't want a Puki, I originally was planning to turn around and sell him, but like a lot of dolls stuff, I was discussing it with my RM...

Me: so I thought I'd get a Puki to turn around and sell.

Her: ?? Why? Just buy other stuff.

Me: There's nothing else I want! And a Puki is 130 (remember those days?), the exact amount I need to get the event head!

Her: Why sell it? What if you like it?

Me: I don't want anything that small...I'll lose it! Tinies suck (I didn't really say that...but I only had one tiny then (so long ago) and didn't want more). I won't care about him....he'd just be a random doll in my group.

(here it comes)

The only way I'd keep it is to make it into a Chibi version of Alex. (d'oh)

Crap. See how these things happen??

So I bought a Chichi - the only mold that truly represents Alex XD and since unwrapping him his angry little face has brought me nothing but smiles. Eventually I decided I need more of my characters in chibi form, and by the end of the year had David, Uriel, Isis, Aishe and Wyn (the brownie - it's the floppy ears X33 ) all Chibed up. I keep meaning to get them sets together...I'd love the coffee shop where they all hang out, and possibly Aishe's Occult shop, even a bachelor pad...but so far I gots nuthin and the Chibis just hang out in their carrier bag and occasionally go to meets. The last meet they went to was Halloween....

And I only just pulled them out last night for the first time since.

O.o

Do you ever wonder what your dolls do when you're not around? I didn't, they're dolls, right? They're not doing anything. Cause they don't move.

When I reached into my Puki bag Uriel was the first one out. He was bald. His hair was not in his slot, which is where hair usually goes when it falls off.

Alex was next. He was naked. NAKED. Except for his boots. WTF?!?!? He had been wearing a Skelly suit...it can't go on or off without removing hands and boots! It Velcros on! He can't exactly wriggle out of it on his own. And THEN put his hands and feet back on!! HOW THE HELL WAS HE NAKED?! I found his clothes after I removed everyone else... in someone else's slot. I'm not even sure what to think.

Then came Isis, who had on one black shoe, a red shoe in her HAIR (WHAT?? No one was even wearing red shoes!!!) which was a wreck, and (this is the worst) a tiny, Puki-sized candy cane was also stuck in her hair. I don't own xmas stuff for them. They went in the bag before HALLOWEEN. Where did that even come from?!?!

Other than looking horribly disheveled, the others were more or less together...but I am thoroughly freaked. I really wish I'd taken pictures. I should have taken pictures. It was just too weird and my brain shorted out and I didn't even think about it. Obviously they need more attention before they rebel and the whole house becomes a wreck. Being in a bag for two months is bad. Bad.

So the verdict is, big dolls? they don't do crap when left alone (except maybe roll around in dirt. I'm not sure how else to explain how dirty Alex gets when he's just sitting there), but Pukis?

They party hard. Don't leave them alone.

Monday, December 17, 2012

Sales update and new dolls

Ok, he's the same new doll from the previous post....the Narsha Zihu which is Alex around age 6. I'm leaning toward Kid, but I don't know if I like it. I need something inbetween Baby and LIttle and it's SO HARD! lol

If only I didn't refer to them as their labels D:

I gave him a new faceup and body blush over the weekend, weeded out a few choice clothing pieces that don't fit my Minis or the YOs and now he's got a good beginning of a wardrobe.

He's awfully freaking cute >3<

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This is the only pic I have of his new faceup


I just liked these
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I have to figure out what I'm going to do about eyelashes. Not all the Alexes have them depending on eye size...but I'm thinking I might try them with him despite the tiny eyes.

I still think he's a little realistic for an Alex, but I also no longer care XD

Now for some doll sales....
I'd mentioned I might be getting rid of some of my dolls and I think I'm at least going to post some and see if they sell. I don't do anything with them and it would be nice to clean some out. I've already sold a body, getting rid of one SD (I now have two heads "sharing" a body - so if Maggie is ever needed for a photo-shoot she will move Theresa off the AOD body - otherwise it's Theresa's permanently) and one of the DZ Moons is now gone to a better home, so I am already feeling better about my group.

I still have these four heads for sale: 
Leekeworld Kyou in WS blank
Elfdoll Wu in NS with faceup
Angell Studio Kimi GS with faceup
SOLD 5Star Kane WS blank

New sales
Cocotribe Ruby in Strawberry with faceup $220 OBO
I would love to trade her for a Cocotribe Rici in any color, either size, immature body - or other bunny anthros
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I'll be posting her on DOA, Dairyland and probably DA
Will come with random eyes, but probably not these

The Mushroom Pedlar Shelly Blank WS $215 OBO
Love to trade for bunny anthros (I still just love this little turtle, but I need to narrow my focus down to the buns)
Shell is removable (so cute!!)

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 Will come with these eyes

Cherishdoll Beau NS with faceup $100 OBO 
Same as the others - Bunny anthro trades welcome
will come with these eyes
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Honestly, this is the only one I am really hesitent to get rid of. I'm a sucker for that face...the more I look at it the more I regret the sale, but I don't do anything with her (I had it as a boy but it's a girl) so I'm putting her up.


Other trades I will accept:
Migidoll Cynical Ryu head in WS Unmodded (yellowing ok)
Migidoll Vampire Ryu head in WS Unmodded (yellowing ok)
Bunny anthros (CCT Rici especially - all other considered) 
DiM Flowne (elf) head
DiM Ace head
Soom Afi Tan body - Human parts only
Bluefairy / Minoruworld Jr. Blossom body
Chibi Unoa FPs, OE unmodded NS
Jointed hands for SD girl in WS (Not pure white)
Eclipse21 wigs, long, 8/9 or 7/8 - either in black or White blond
Dollheart or Rosenlied outfits (or clothing of similar styles) for MSD or YO sized boys.
Puki Puki Victory hands in WS
Puki Puki full doll or body only NS

Thursday, December 13, 2012

Oops. I did it again.

Some of you may have noticed that I have a Nappy Choo Popo on my Wish List, listed as an infant version of Alex (cause I need more of him). This happened because I saw one in person, died from the cute, came back to life and showed it too my roommate in hopes she would get one, and who immediately said I needed one to be baby Alex.

Me: I have a baby Alex. It's Baby Alex.

Her: You could have another one.

Me: *snort* Like I need another one. *thinks about it for all of 3 seconds* Oh crap, now I need one.

This idea has been banging around in my head since October and I fully intend to get one next year.

Yesterday I was thinking about it (this is where all bad ideas come from - thinking) and I thought if I could have a younger baby Alex (Infant Alex?? What would I call him? D: ) why couldn't I have an Alex in between Baby and Little (DMK Pado)? Which would get me something I always wanted but never came up with an excuse to own...a Narsha or Narsha sized doll. The only problem is, Narshas are pretty realistic, especially next to my group, most especially Alex who straddles that line between totally stylized and kind of realistic. If only there was a way to try a doll out before buying...

Oh wait.

So I email the RM, and ask if I could borrow her Narsha Zihu for a few days...a boy I turned into a girl for her who has been around since August and still has no name. She said yes, and when we got home from a friends last night, I snagged the poor doll and changed it's clothes and wig...

Her: You didn't tell me what you where going to with her!! D:

Me: Oh come on, it's me. What else would I do with her?! *brandishes new "Alex"*

Her: Now it looks just like Tween! (Dollmore Liebe Klum - Teen Alex)

Me: All finished, how does he look?

Her: Like Alex! Arg get it away!!!! I can't look anymore!

Now I have this doll on my hands that I've always wanted and I already love it to bits...but I'm still unsure of the looks. 
In all honesty it does look like Alex. It has his down-turned eyes and the unsure look the younger ones all have, and soft features. The color is perfect. The feel is perfect. I love the hands and the size (I've loved Narshas since day one so that's not super surprising). Somehow this mold does resemble Tween....but Baby And Little Alex? Not so much.

Oh look, pictures!

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 With a different faceup? Totally could be Alex.


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ooooh bad photo...but better than the rest

the three young-ins.
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Also a terrible photo...but you get the idea. It's in the eye-size and face-size. The Zihu's face is larger than both of them and his eyes are smaller.

On one hand, I say screw it, I love the doll. LOVE the doll. I convinced her to buy it because I wanted it and didn't have anything I could do with it (human tinies - other than Alex - I do not want). By himself, he's perfect...

Next to the others......I don't know.  The thing is, I looked around at other tinies of similar size - Blue Fairys and Custom House - And I'm not crazy about them. The BFs are too stylized, moreso than Baby Alex even. Custom House Mars and a couple other sculpts would possibly work, but A. Custom House seems to have disappeared, and even if they hadn't, I'm still unsure of buying from them, B. second hand they're more expensive than Narsha's are new AND more than Little Alex was! Which is ridic. And C. both the CH and the BF look really thin to me, almost like mini people, not children of maybe 6 years old. So really I'm not even sure there's a better alternative.

And, oh yeah, did I mention my RM said she'd sell him too me?? So I don't even have to give him back? Yeah. I'll probably keep him >.< and this whole journal will have been for nothing XD
Because really the WHOLE entire reason for multiple Alexes is because I want the doll and I bond almost immediately with Alex in whatever shell he's in. It's an easy fix. I know him at every age from 0-500 and beyond...

That's a lot of potential dolls D:

I am a little afraid that somewhere down the line I'll look at him and think he's not working...And though I don't even have to pay her right away so I've got time...It will be a disappointment. He's so cute. And I really want the doll.

*sigh*

Tuesday, December 11, 2012

Why Alex Hates Christmas.

It's my fault...I do things to him during the holidays.

2008 
I don't have a picture of his first Christmas meet, nor do I remember it, but I have been told he just dressed as santa...which means he looked something like this...

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Which is from the first series of holiday photos I took of him. *sigh* so sad. It went downhill from there. OMG old faceup is old. First faceup I ever commissioned. I've only had one person paint Alex, my friend Lady Samhainne, who is awesome enough to put up with him. She painted him twice and then I finally took over. She also did my IH Kamau, because I didn't want to deal with him and she does an amazing job on IH EIDs.

2009
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Yeah. He went from fully dressed and showing a little skin to....that. You can see how "young" he is...no tattoos! XD
I did a shoot with this outfit, but as it was a million years ago they all suck, and I never did a Holiday shoot again, so from here on out it's all meet photos XD

2010
I especially love this one cause of the Ho.
Alex bow
 and no, he's not wearing anything under the bow.
Omg he's so clean!! That was his last faceup done by someone other than me... Those are the same eyes as in all the other pics, yet they look really blue here O.o All his tatts are present, as is his "label" (this is I(one), btw).

2011
The credit for this goes to another local collector who suggested it when I was complaining that I couldn't top the bow. Obviously I was wrong.
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It's held on by some clear elastic string and that's it. Aw, he's his old, grungy self here...just like he is now. FYI the first two times I blushed Alex were right before the Holiday meets of 08 and 09 because I have issues with him running around mostly naked and unblushed XD
His is the first body blushing I ever attempted.

You can tell he's resigned to his fate now as he's no longer flipping the camera off.

2012 
Just this past Sunday....
It could be the worst yet.
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This was the first year for real whiskey. I actually had a doll sized mini-Jack this year and was so excited to use it...and left the damn thing at home!!! ARG! Luckily the meet hostess stepped up to make sure my eyes weren't stabbed by tiny, doll-sized knives in the night by lending me some! :D
Alex can't dress like this sober.

This is the best pic I have, and you still can't really tell that that's a mini santa hat down there. It was worse in person because the little puff-ball on the end was....strategically placed.  My roommate's doll is "Santa's Slutty Helper"
No tinies were allowed near him during this meet. A much nicer Santa (who was fully clothed) was sitting on another table.

So there you go, Xmas Alex through the years. I think he dreads the Holiday meet all year long.

Bleh. He needs a new faceup now, so freaking bad. And a redo of everything else. His blushing is gross, he's had it fixed and redone at least once after a birthday shirt left him so stained I had to strip his whole torso and start from scratch...and he's so dirty. The magic eraser can only do so much...I am really hoping that the next time you see him he's all fresh and redone! :D
Or at least has a new faceup. *crosses fingers*

Wednesday, December 5, 2012

Faceup Gallery?

I meant to start one when I began this blog but never did because I don't really have pictures. Should I bother? I'd like too, but hc....so many heads D:

There are some that rise above the rest though. At least IMO.

What about the rest of you? If you do faceups do you have a gallery?? Is it here or somewhere else?

Tuesday, December 4, 2012

SALES! Shinydoll Thaassa II body SOLD

SOLD

Selling my ShinyDoll body. I just got it this year and it's such a lovely body and the best poser....but it's too short for my girls. I decided my Supia Rosy needs to be on a Supia body so this one has to go. Check out the sales page for info.
She has thick thighs which I was told was hard or impossible to get new at this time.

Monday, December 3, 2012

2013 Plans

2013 is approaching fast. As is usual I have a list of things I'd like to accomplish over the next several months. It's a hopeful list lol as I've been wanting to give David a new faceup and body blushing for a while and NOTHING. Pretty much everyone could use an updated wardrobe, especially all my minis who usually wear what they've got on and nothing else. There might be some sales, as I've got a handful of dolls I've done nothing with even though I like them, and I could use the space.

There are way more dolls in my collection atm that need work, but these are the ones that are just pleading with me to redo. I'm really excited to mess with my bunny collection right now. There's a few things I want - clothing items and new faceups - that will help them out some. I really need to work on settings/backgrounds for them. I have ideas for pictures that I can't really do due to lack of an area :|

EDIT: since typing this I came up with some head/body part swapping that might help me with the selling/discontent with some of my newest. Tonight I'll pull apart a few of my girls and see who fits what better....Then by the end of the week I'll have an idea of what I want to do....

Incoming:
Dollzone Ro, WS Blank, 2 MSD outfits, 1 MSD boots
Soom Flint, Blank xmas kit, GS

Makeovers:
Bunnies
Hopscotch: new faceup, body blush
Boo: new faceup updated body blush
Jo: new facup, body blush


Wyn
Strip, new faceup, finish mods, sanding, blushing.
Jointy hands

Alexes - Little, Tween, I and possibly Baby and III
New faceups, Alex I - Strip, tattoos and blushing possibly mods.

Mini Alex - redo body blush (it's chipping off)

Pilot
Serious cleaning, body blush

David
New faceup, body blush

Aishe
Faceup (if he gets a body)

Mods:
Thomas. I'd like him to sit please.
Finish the FtM mods on Tween, and Wyn
Neck shortening for Kimi and Tween
Finish the teeth on 2.5
Possibly mess with some of my Adam bodies

Other:
Doll bed - sand and stain, bedding
Sets - I'd like some XD
Puki rooms - I've had this idea since my first puki - Alex and David's apt*, Aishes Occult shop, Dante's Coffee House.
*I can only do this if I buy another Puki and make Chibi Alex 2

Wishlist:
Mini Wyn
Mini Kimi
Infant Alex
Bodies for my last two SD dolls (in theory)
Possibly a new head for Mini-David

New wig for Theresa - Ideally I'd like another eclipse21 wig in black for her...but they're so much!! Maybe if I can sell or trade my blond one...
Clothes for Theresa
Clothes for Minis
Clothes for everyone O.o

new eyes for Isis, Theresa and Kimi

Photoshoots:
Angels
Boo/Alex storyline

Good portraits of everyone

Group shots:
Vampires
Angels
bunnies
Alexes

"artistic" shoots

Friday, November 16, 2012

Quick update of nothing

Cause I really got nuthin.

I've been working like cray on NaNo so I've done nothing with my dolls all month. I did hit the Doll & Bear show first weekend in Nov. It was, as always, AWESOME. Only one booth ever sells anything (worth anything) related to BJDs - a local doll store where I've spent a good amount of $$ on buying Alex clothes - BUT I'm a huge fan of the vintage look for a large number of my dolls. All my tinies, my MSD girl and currently Little Alex reaped the benefits of being able to fit in a lot of old, vintagy doll clothes without having to do much to them other than move a snap here or there. If that. Plus I got furniture, and a rickety old high-chair for baby Alex. He cutes. Love the Doll & Bear show...I just wish it was more than once a year!

Because of a couple commissions, I have enough money to place a good down-payment on my Dollzone Ro, who will be "Little" Boo, though I keep wanting to call him Big Boo since the only Boo I have is tiny sized XD
Wanting Little Boo as a doll inspired my NaNo this year. It started off somewhere else, and became this...thing.

I drew a couple doodles of how I want him to look "older". Not sure I want to get a fur wig, or a fiber one, but this is what he's going to look like ish.

Scroll down to see him. Go down even further to see true evil. Not Alex...though he's trying really hard - Rocky. *Shudders* He's simultaneously keeping me from working and telling my roommate (who took the pic) "my mom. you no can has."
Possessive cat is possessive.

So anyway, Dollzone Ro. I'm excited. I'll be ordering two pairs of boots and an outfit I really really like along with, so I can another free outfit I've always kind of liked. Ro looks to me like a dreamy version of Raphael, whom I've always wanted. Boo needs the dreamy eyes though, and I want him on the new body so Ro is actually perfect. I gotta do layaway, which sucks, but at least I can pay a good amount down.

I also ordered/commissioned Alex some ts. Cause he needs more clothes :|
He's getting this! *dances with glee* and a black one with white bones. Made by the same wonderful person who made his skelly hoodie that he keeps wearing even though he's go a bigger wardrobe than I do. Which is saying a lot. But since he's got to share it among 5 bodies, I let it go. I'm so excited to get them I'm already planning a photoshoot with I and III. Universe implodage ahead.

Uhhh that's about it on the doll front. I got my Mirwen head all faceuped and she's by FAR the best incarnation of that character I've done, which just means her head fits on the body and isn't remotely a bobble like the previous two which were way too big. Sadly she's so very.....Fairylandish. Which is not bad - for real, I have a million FL dolls, I obviously like them - but she looks like all the rest of them - it's really getting so that I can barely tell them apart. But whatever, I do like her a lot, and again, she works the best out of three. And my favorites are still Aishe (still bodiless) and James.

I need to take more photos, both of Maggie (aforementioned Mirwen) and Theresa, my Rosy. I'd love to get Theresa some clothes made so she's in something less black and more her...red! Or other bold awesome like purples and blues. I have to do some research and find her a simple dress too...because I keep picturing her in one. I'd also like to get her a different wig. SOMEDAY. Mini clothes are also needed atm so who ever gets stuff first will eat up all the monies.

This is a really long post for me having no updates.

Thursday, November 8, 2012

Wishlist update

Because I said I didn't have any more dolls on my wishlist, I now have more dolls on my wishlist Xo

My revised and updated list is thus:

Body for Aishe - B&G type 2 male...probably getting one in the next couple of weeks

Body for Gabriel - no idea. Not in a hurry either...she's going to be my last SD. Space finally said no more big dolls for me.

Little Boo - probably in the next month - Dollzone Ro. I need to join the event and get clothes. My minis have no clothes. I'm all about getting Boo in mini form. I'd never thought about it until recently and now I'm obsessed. I want all sorts of frilly clothes for him and Little Alex - who in the entire almost 4 year time I've owned him has never had a friend - to share. I also want to redo Little Alex's faceup, along with many of my tinies. I have this great idea for an epic photo story I'd really like to do, but I need Little Boo first, and all the aforementioned dolls need work, plus Alexes I and III. I need to stain the MSD sized bed I just got and then distress it, so it looks old, get some decent bedding for it...and really work on getting some decent photo set up in my apt. And find somewhere to take good outdoor photos. Like I said. Epic. But step one is Dollzone Ro, and the two outfits I will get from DZ (I have to order one in order to get the other for free).

Little Wyn - DiM Flowne is in the lead so far with my choices limited. Floppy elf ears are not prevalent in Mini size.

Newborn Alex - Nappy Choo Popo Look at this cute

Yes. I said it, and I will do it!!! I saw a Nappy Choo in person and just melted into goo over it. But it was not me who suggested this insanity, it was my best friend who apparently thinks I need more Alex. Now I have no choice...

EDIT: I totally forgot one.
Mini Kimi - Chibi Unoa or hybrid of some kind. I found out that they're short enough to be her and now I guess I need one to complete the mini-verse.

More Bunnies. I think I'm ready. Yep.

Thursday, October 25, 2012

Influx

I have and have coming a lot of new resin at my house D:

First, I finally got Alex 2.5 together (ish - he needs more work, but he's got a mod and a faceup so as far as I'm concerned, he's done lol), my Fairyland order showed up on my doorstep and I purchased the last of my resin for the year - a Supia Rosy head and Volks Chris head. The Rosy arrived Monday, and the Chris is paid for and hopefully will ship soon.

I'm feeling a bit overwhelmed, even though out of all this I technically only have one new full doll...

Alex 2.5 is on Alex II's old body so he's been hanging out blank since July.
The Supia Rosy moved to the Shinydoll body I bought that came with a head (sort of, long story) so she just changed heads.
The Volks Chris is going to be the version 2 of Pilot, so it's just being popped on the Volks body that's been sitting in his spot.
My FL order was a F60 Mirwen boy which came with the Nanuri B head...the NaB went on the boy body (the only real "new" doll) and the Mirwen head is replacing my Elfdoll Wu who sadly is too big for what I wanted. Since Wu also had her own body, it's just another head switch.

With these new-comers I also attempted some mods I've never done before. Eye and mouth opening! :D

Alex 2.5 got the mouth opening, and the FL NaB head got an eye opening yesterday afternoon. I could not be happier with either, even though I can think of several things to improve both. I may or may not get to them some day lol

I'm thinking I might try to give Rosy a faceup tonight... so hopefully tomorrow I can get some pics of her. I've wanted one for years, I looked at Supia a lot before getting my DM Fine as Isis and the only reason I didn't get one (It probably would have been Roda not Rosy - Rosy doesn't resemble Isis in the least) is because I didn't like how thick their necks are. Rosy's character isn't...I hate to say important, but there you go - as Isis, and the doll is different too. With Isis I needed a "perfect" doll because of my own history with girls. I just didn't keep them around. I was afraid that if one thing was off with the doll I chose I'd sell her too and that would be it. Dollmore releasing Fine was like a sign. She was and still is "perfect" to me.

I knew who I could use for Rosy almost from the start, but it wasn't until last year when I started looking at dolls to be Marcus that I really decided to go for it. When a blank head appeared on the MP at a price I couldn't say no too....I really had no choice but to buy her! lol

When I get her faceup on I'll go into her character details...she's a bit of an odd one for me.

Photos!
Alex 2.5 (with open mouth mod)

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A bit hard to tell, but now he can hold a cig! YAY!

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His faceup was supposed to be temporary, for the two Halloween meets, but I kind of like it. It may stick around. Not sure about the blood though.

Here's Jax, the F60 with Nanuri B head. I opened his eyes. You can probably tell, but the scar is not a mod....
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Theresa, Supia Rosy/Shinydoll. Did her up last night. I loved her faceup as I was doing it, but now I'm not sure.

Now to put a faceup on the Mirwen, wait for Chris, and the body for Aishe. Ugh. too much....I need to make more room....

Monday, October 15, 2012

What is your wishlist?

I saw this question posed on another's blog and it got me thinking about mine, which I recently deleted. Because it's shrunk down to almost nothing at the moment. O.o

I don't really have a lot that I want. Amazing isn't it??

For now I really want a new body for poor Aishe (my Breakaway head), a head for my Volks body (Chris or one of his incarnations), a body for my now female AiL Elijah head, and a Supia Rosy head. EDIT: Ok cross Rosy off the list. I just got one via the MP <3
EDIT 2: Secured a Chris :D I'm done!! Mostly. Lol Aishe and Gabriel still need bodies, but for now, I'm good.


That's pretty much it.

In the long run, I'd love to get a doll for Shae, who was my former B&G Afra I sold beause his character surpased the doll...but I've yet to find an elf mold I really think would work for him.
I'd also like to get a Chib-Unoa or hybrid. I found the height would be perfect for a Mini-Kimi...not something I was looking for, but now that it's in my head I'd like one eventually. I am also thinking of getting Wyn in mini form, either as a mini, or a child. Probably a child. I might have to rethink his character then...he'd have too much in common with Alex, something would have to be done about it.
I've always thought a DiM doll would work for him as a child due to the floppy ears, but I recently found another one that I might like more. Either way I would want him on the new DZ body, cause I like it a lot lol.

So that's my wishlist! Compared to the longness that it used to be, it's really not much. And everything is monetarily within my reach!! which is weird. Usually I have one or two "if I could afford it I'd get..." but not now. Nice. Maybe next year I'll work on some of them.

So, what's your wishlist??

Tuesday, October 9, 2012

More wigs

And more Alex. Since I got my 5th Kara Klum all bodied and such, he needed a wig. Not normally an issue since I have loads of blond Alex-wigs. Except that I don't have enough regular "default" hair Alex-wigs. D:

So 2.5 has the other good hair, leaving I(one) with a choice between short (he looks like a girl in short hair. Srsly.) and the dread wig. Which is too much to deal with on a regular basis. So Alex needed a new wig. I've been trying to get this or a similar style for a few months now, but the wigs I've bought have just been fail. I've boiled and cut them all but they weren't thick enough, and the cap showed through. One of my biggest pet wig peeves, and not for Alex. So I got this one from Monique.
And it's too thick.

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Of course. Anyway, I am either going to try and thin it and cut some more, or cut some more without thinning first, or do nothing and complain about it. Either way, it's a good start, I like it as is for now, and he's going to wear it.

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I should also point out that it's WAAAAAAAAY too big for him. Which is CRAP. It's an 8/9, which is what all his wigs are, most from Monique, and they're all fine! So why is this one HUGE?? I just hope it's a mistake and Monique is not just making huge wigs now. Most of my dolls are kinda pin-heady, I've never owned one that needs a 9/10! Unless you count the Leeke head. Which I don't since he's for sale.

I think it's time for a new faceup. With the "arrival" of 2.5, I have to come up with something new and different so they don't look too much alike. Plus he's had this one for almost two years now, and that's forever in my doll collection. And I think I can do better now. Gonna have to think about it...It might be similar to this one with more blushing (which is how I roll now) and more muted lips. Because these photograph like blood, nice (y'know, for a vampire) but too bright. They aren't that red irl. But it's how they show up in every photo I take of him.

Thursday, September 20, 2012

Look Who It Is.

DAVID!!!!

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My long-lost doll!

Oh David. How can you make me so happy and so pissed off at the same freaking time?? It's been like this since day one. A mold who is practically a physical Mini-me of my character who I can NEVER get right.

I'm almost there. Almost. Wow...I even like his faceup in these photos D: And look how white he is!! He's so yellow in person XD but he photographs white every time. I love it.

I do have a thing against putting him in fur wigs...for reasons only known to a small small handful of people...but as long as I keep telling myself it's only temporary until I get his other wigs together, it's okay. That and I thinks it's unfair that Alex gets so many hairstyles and David, who is older, gets one. This is one of his "back-in-the-day" hairs. When Alex would have been blond.

This is the coat I waited a month for, then when I got it (yesterday) the sleeves were too short...they got modded a tad and now they work. It's perfect :D The shirt is new too (I was afraid to go yellow, since it's kind of the same as his skin XD). And since he's not been photographed all year, so are the jeans and...y'know. The Body. THE BODY. I LOVE DOLLSTOWN. David is SEXY. He's NEVER been sexy. NEVER. He is now. Look at that slouch. <3 How did we let them discontinue this body??...it's seriously worth every one of the way too many pennies I paid for it.

He's four btw. Sept 11. I usually ignore his birthday...for obvious reasons. He still gets stuff though. Hopefully his new eyes get here soon. I'm excited for him to have glass eyes. Plus Mini and Chibi David are getting the same ones! :D

Happy!

Wednesday, September 19, 2012

Interupting this blog to say

Dollshe shipped my Hound head!! *flail*

I am shocked...yes I know it's just a head and that should naturally come faster than a full doll, but after my last wait for their stuff (14 months, least I need to remind anyone) I really didn't expect it this soon. Or any time soon. Or at all. I'd pretty much tried to forget him completely.

Then today, shipping notice. Shipping. Notice. No "before shipping" for two weeks like last time, I have a tracking number!! God knows if it works or not....I could try it....but if they're like Dollmore it won't work till tomorrow anyway. But I could potentially have him here by Saturday!! SATURDAY!!

I'm excited...way more excited than I was for Saint....

Blame it on the wait (yep. 14 months.), but by month 6 I was over him already. Too broody. Hound looks like a complete ass-jerk, which is good for Israfel who's famous, therefore an ass-jerk himself.
Probably why he and Alex don't really get along well, they're too similar in personality. Though Alex is an angry ass, Iz is kind of a wry one.

Whatever. Hound. YAY!

EDITING TO ADD: Plus my Alice in Collections stuff is arriving today after a month of waiting (WTF?) so David will get his coat and boots.....AND the most adorable thing ever for Baby Alex is finished and will be on the way soon. I am so excited, CUTEST THING EVER!! I can't wait to get pics. 

It is a good doll day.

Monday, September 17, 2012

Mini-David Preview

:D Finally! I've been working on this for a freaking year almost!! I had been planning on mini versions of Alex and David from the moment I first saw Doll Chateaus new dolls, and I put Mini-Alex on layaway at the end of September last year...I didn't actively start looking for a David till after I had Alex, but I'd kind of been looking. It was hard because David should be taller than Alex, by several inches...which for me and the resin incarnations translates to just "taller". Turns out DC dolls are TALL and Alex was taller than all other minis I thought might work XD

YAY.

I'd been set on Latidoll for a while but it's a bitch finding one! Lati rarely opens up for orders at all, and hardly ever for the Blues (then they discontinued the Red line and I really panicked) so buying new wasn't even an option, and it's not easy finding them second-hand.

BUT I did! Sort of. The head was a bit of a debacle, but I was happy to get it home...and though I almost broke down and bought an AOD body hoping it would work, I held out and got my Lati!!

Only to find the head was WS and the body was NS XDDDD WHEEEE I AM DUMB!

Whatever. I fixed it.

Here's Mini-David!

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 I was hoping to have some shots of him with Mini-Alex (whom I can no longer refer to as just "Mini" anymore!!) but I left my good lens at home and none of my photos turned out :PPP
Maybe tomorrow I'll try again.

The more I look at him the more I like him, which is usually good XD
And holy crap is he big. I mean, he barely fits into what he's wearing, and Dollmore clothes are too small on him -- which says it ALL.

These are not his eyes, I ordered glass eyes for him, Big-David and Chibi-David, so now, like most of my Alexes and all of my Wyns, all the Davids will have the same eyes :D

Despite having an almost immoveable torso (like my dreaded SD13 body), I actually love the way this body looks -- so manly next to the wussiness that is Alex. Hand are very nice looking too.

My only complaint/worry is how young he looks...I'm a little concerned that I won't be able to get past that...I guess it will depend on how he looks with Alex. If he's too young-looking I'll have to....do...something. I don't know what. Old him up somehow. Bleh.

Yay Mini-David!! Now to find him good clothes and lots of mini-props! Which is the only reason to have minis! Other than the whole I-had-no-choice-cause-Colin-is-so-awesome thing.

Friday, September 14, 2012

The Adherents of the Repeated Meme

I can't resist doing these stupid things!!


1. What sculpt is/was your first doll?
Dollmore Kara Klum - the basic version, which was the only one in existence at the time...

2. Do you still own this doll?
Oh yes.

3. Was your first doll your grail?
Yes and no. The sculpt is my grail I guess, since no other doll out there compares in my opinion (and who else's matters? XD) but I really wanted him in WS, which didn't exist. The WS one was released less than a year later, so I got him too. Twice.


4. How long did you have to wait from the moment you decided on the doll to actually buying?
Sadly because I printed out his specs off the internets, and still come across it every once in a while, I know exactly when I saw him...so 6 months. First I had to convince myself I NEEDED a $600 doll, then I had to scrape up the money, plus money for important things like clothes. So $800. I spent a lot time looking at him to make sure that was the one I really wanted, since I wasn't going to get anymore. Yep. Just the one.
Just
the
one.
-_-

5. Did you buy it or was it a gift?
Bought him myself, as a gift for me, for my birthday XD


6. Why did you choose the doll you did as your first?
Of course! Like I'd let anyone else pick out an $600 doll for me to buy myself XD


7. Did you have a character in mind as soon as you saw the doll or did it develop after arrival?
Alex was "alive" for probably 7 years before I ever heard of bjds...so I was looking for him, not a pretty doll I liked.


8. Do any of your friends own the same sculpt?
None in my area...But I've enabled a few people I met through bjds and do consider irl friends to get one! *evillaugh*


9. If you could go back and change your decision to buy the doll you did as your first, would you?
NEVER!!!! I am pretty much thankful on a regular basis that my first was my first. I wouldn't change anything.


10. How did you learn about BJDs?
I saw someone carrying one at the Japanese Festival a million years ago...Since I dabbled in customizing action figures to fit my characters (but got srsly stuck on Alex) I thought that doll would be perfect! I told her I really liked it and asked where she got it and she snapped "The interenet" and walked away.
I searched art dolls and jointed dolls and never really found much (maybe some Dollfie Dreams).
A year later I bought an Anime magazine (I think Deathnote was on the cover lol - I never buy anime magazines so it's funny...) and found an add for the Junkyspot. I went there, and used it as a start for my searches. Then slowly became obsessed....

So for those of you who may not know *cough* this be my first doll

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He didn't look like this when I first got him >.<
Took me a while to get everything right, but I knew he'd make a perfect Alex, just from the thumbnail on Dollmore's front page! :D

Monday, September 10, 2012

Alex II: continuing saga.

Well I finally have some updated photos of this guy to share.

Since the last time I posted about him he's had his neck shortened more and a new faceup. I also damaged the body some...the dremel slipped while I was taking neck off, and he's got some nice gouges on his neck. An shook got caught on his upper torso and made an awful hole. *shakes head*
He's a disaster.

BUT I think the new faceup turned out better than the last one, so I'm pretty happy with is. I remembered to try and match him this time so he's not so glaringly off, and his eyebrows and eyelashes are much better.

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Not the greatest shot but it shows up ok He looks much better with the neck shortening. I had a few comments that I could still take more neck off, but mostly from people who don't go for the giraffe look like I do (it's still long, just not as much as it was), and I'm ok with it.

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His head fits better too, since I sanded down to the thicker part of the neck... He doesn't look bobble-headed at all which is great (til his wig goes on lol it always makes his head look so much bigger than it is). He's still on the tall side, but with one less cm it's better.

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Honestly, I love him like this. He's been my current flavor-of-the-month...I haven't messed with any of my other dolls lately XD Bleh, look at that cat hair D:

I love the hoodie too, I've been meaning to buy one for the Alex Collective as I've always imagined him wearing a blue hoodie with a nondescript design. This is perfect. He'll never take it off!

I had put Dollmore Adam hands on him as well...I tried the large ones first because they're my favorite and I have extras for some reason...they were too big. I tried, I left them on for days, it just didn't work. Then I tried the small ones on him. At first I thought they were the same size as his DC hands, but they're not, they're bigger by just enough. I love them. They're even the same color!! Probably because they've never been out of my parts box.

So other than having tiny feets, Alex is looking pretty good. Two people who have nothing to do with bjds saw him last weekend and thought he was sick or dead XD so the faceup was a success! I wired his legs and he's MUCH less kicky now...he's got a good outfit...all he needs is a blushing/tattoo/scar day and he'll be finished! :D


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I have no idea how I'm going to get his tatts on such little surface-area D: D: D:

In other awesome news, I finally got my hands on a Lati Blue boy body! It should be shipped at the earliest today, so I could have it before the weekend even. I'm so excited....this means Mini-David will be here! Mini-Alex will no longer be alone in his world.

I can hear him cursing from here....

Alexes seem to prefer to be alone. But too bad. I'm excited to work on him. I may use him as a template for Big David who needs a new faceup. I just hope he's taller than Mini-Alex. And that his tiny head doesn't freak me out. At least I'll have the body. That's the big thing...I can always find a different head!

Sadly this means I don't have a down-payment for a Volks head for Pilot, or an LM head if I went that way, so he's on hold again....sitting around with no head. I wish he was NS or that Aishe was WS...then Aishe could borrow the body for Halloween.

Thursday, September 6, 2012

I can't decide.

So Pilot (Remmiel) first came home as an Alice in Labyrinth Elijah....Not my first choice for his character, but a doll I've always wanted. While I really liked him as a doll he didn't fit Pilot in my head exactly...and I think he's just too real? for my collection.

Oddly, I never had an issue with how he looked with James...but his "Pilotness" was off somehow...

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Now I have the head up for sale (if anyone is interested lol). I had toyed with the idea of replacing the head with a Volks head since it's a Volks body (you know, the one I can't get rid of to save my life. The Albatross.), and decided that Chris would be perfect...Chris or F16 or F28 or any of the other heads in WS that look similar. I think his/their look is perfect for fitting in with my crew, the slight smile will fit Pilot, and he'll look good with James (who won't be replaced).

Only problem is, they're not easy to get a hold of. I have a WTB up, but no one has shown any interest...there's one or two for sale but I've been told they're way overpriced (and I agree) and most of the others are full dolls that I don't want as I have the body already.

Sooooo I gots a headless body laying around. Which always makes me impatient.

Over the weekend I was at a friends house for a dollmeet and I noticed her one and only SD sized boy was really nice-looking...I honestly thought he was Volks and then found out he was Little Monica...which is a company I already own two dolls from and love. They sell heads separately, and they're only about 120. I have more than enough in my pp which I've been saving for a down payment on a Chris head if I ever get offered one.

I'm not sure what to do now. I'd be happy with a LM head, it would work for Pilot and I LOVE Ryuji (even though he's never had one proper photoshoot - no tatts still and he looks naked without them) and Baby Wyn is the cutest thing ever (other than Baby Alex)...But I have had so many different heads on that stupid SD13 body it would be nice to give it a Volks head and call it a full doll and be done with it.

Blurg. I guess I just sit and wait and see what happens. Maybe I'll get one in a trade, or someone will offer me the Chris/F16 I want.

Or maybe I'll never get either of them and be stuck with a headless SD13 body forever!!!!

Friday, August 31, 2012

Pimpin' ain't easy. And Doll photos.

A journal where I say, LOOK AT MY STUFF!

I am still selling:
Alice in labyrinth Elijah WS
Leekeworld Kyou head WS
Elfdoll R. June head NS of some kind
Unoa Sist sleeping fp (light mods) on a Buff head back
Angell Studio Kimi head GS
5star Kane head in WS
I'm looking to Buy: 
Volks Chris or similar head in WS - F16 or old F28 or something else along those lines. I will probably need layaway unless you want some trades + money, or my stuff sells. I can give you a good down payment though!

Wanna trade?
Supida Rosy head NS
AOD 1/3 girl body, NSY Small bust - other similar body
Lati Blue boy body
AOD 1/4 NSP boy body

AND this is where I say, go look at my other stuff.
This is my sketch blog. It's newish and a little shakey, but getting there. I'm taking on a new thing in Nov and want to talk about it, but it's not doll related, so it's over there. Go visits me! :D

Speaking of dolls....
Alex II got a new faceup. He looks...better I guess. the new one is a little better technically, and his eyelashes aren't all bent and I let it sit forever to dry so hopefully no chipping...I now need to do the obligatory blush/scar/tatt job on him. Which I'll never get around too XD
One cool thing...I put Dollmore hands on him and they look SO much better. I am a large hand person, I like em big. These just look less....pitiful to me. Iz happy.

Here's some Mini. He's modeling two outfits...the black shirt is another action figure outfit...I wish the sleeves were long, but I still love it on him.


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 This is him doing what all my dolls are supposed to do...inspire me in my art. In my new project Alex will be wearing a similar outfit...so I thought I'd get in the mood by looking at him in it! I don't really care for the plaid shirt...one of the things I've always wanted for Alex of all sizes is a good blue, plaid, flannel shirt...and they just don't exist. Meh.

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 I love that hat. He'll probably wear it all the time now (Big Alex has one too, I is wearing it). I keep buying him hats...I still want more. It's crazy. He has a hat for like, every outfit now!

Wednesday, August 22, 2012

Stuff and stuff

Just because my last few rants were ranty, I figured I'd just throw up an update on what I'm working on...or doing.

First...Alex II. This is the stupid chip in his stupid face.
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Right there on his lip. I figure I could try and fix it, but I put a lot of pastel and a lot of gloss on his lips and there's a lot of pastel around his mouth too, so it might be less stressful to do the whole thing over. I'm so pissed at him I haven't looked at him since. Eventually I need to wipe him and start over, but for now he's been banished to the Alex Shelf. I have like, 30 pairs of eyelashes on order, I might wait til they get her anyway....

I don't know why his nose is so shiny D: Stupid jerk. But hey, it's not dented at all! You can totally tell from this angle XD

I'm not sure what to do with David right now either. His faceup needs redoing I think, I just don't know exactly what I want for him so I haven't started it yet. I'd also like to blush him and give him is few tattoos so he'd be finished. He needs new eyes, and I need to finish modding his wigs and then he'd be more or less finished. Clothes will be his biggest issue, which is nothing new. David's style is...well. I don't know. Which is his issue. I bought him some new stuff recently and I hope it's good when I get it. I was watching The Closer recently and that guy who plays with fire was wearing some outfit that made him look really hot (lol burny guy was hot XD) and I thought I needed it for David...so I got him a militaryesque jacket and a few tshirts, plus some boots. He really needs new boots since he outgrew his old ones. Stupid Dollstown and their fatty calves. I really hope one of the two new pairs fit him, or Alex will have more shoes than even he knows what to do with. Now he just needs a nice hoodie in some color I have yet to determine and added to the few clothes he's already got, he'll have a decent-sized wardrobe! I wish it would all get here fast!! But overseas mails is sloooow.

Finally, Binx, the little Cherishdoll I got at BJDC. I had no idea what to do with him other than "fairy", but over the weekend I got inspired, and now he's on his way toward completion! :D

Blaaaaaaaaaank faaaaaaaace!!! XD

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and his wig, which is pretty fabulous, if I do say so myself! It's made of scraps, picked out for fallish colors...obviously to match his "theme". I really like making wigs...they're such a crap-shoot for me because half the time I mess up and they don't work, but when they do it's awesome. And they're kind of mindless and relaxing...

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I LOVE it. Still waffling on his faceup and blushing, but he should be getting fairy wings made as soon as this week possibly, so that will be awesome. His leaf covering is a bunch of fake leaves glued together, then fastened with snaps so it comes off easily. Amazingly enough, it looks great in person, like a leaf-loin-cloth when he stands, then when he sits it rides up just enough to look like a little dresss X3

I wanted an acorn cap for him, but his head is too big for a real one...I might try and commission a knit one off DOA, or he'll just wear his circlet of berries. which are really fake XD
His eyes are too big and I might go with green anyway since I somehow have a lot of yellow and orange-eyed dolls. I have a lot of green and red too. :\ Who knows. I do like the orange. I'll see what I can find first.

He's so cute!! X33 I should try to finish him up this weekend...I have a huge list of dolls to work on, he'd be quick and I could scratch one off the list...

Saturday, August 18, 2012

AAAAARRRGGGGGH

I KNEW IT
Alex's new faceup chipped already. I have NO idea how it happened!! He was fine yesterday, today, chip. The damn thing didn't even last a month!!! WHYYYYYYY?!?!?!?

WORST

DOLL

EVER

The only good thing is that there were a few things I didn't like about it that now I have NO CHOICE but to fix.

Ugh. I mean seriously, ugh.

I have pictures...but I don't have the energy to post them atm.

I may be oddly unsurprised about this, but I'm still pissed. I think he's doing it himself. That's the only explanation I have.

Ugh.

Wednesday, August 15, 2012

Alex II, FAILdoll part 2. Also long.

Before I jump right back into the life of my failest doll I figured I might try to explain the number system....It has to do with when my five (technically four, but I'll explain that too) Kara Klums exist in the timeline that is Alex, not with when I bought them, though up until 2.5 I was lucky in that they were bought in that order anyway.

Alex I (1 - I use Roman Numerals because I can) Plain, normal Dollmore Kara Klum NS, Blond - the only version available to me when I bought him: Happens to be my first doll but is the youngest of the Adult Alexes. In my head he would be Alex from about his early 20's to 200.

Alex II (2) - Thinking Kara Klum NS, Blond: 200 – maybe around 300ish. He almost dies and ends up...not so healthy. Which is why this one gets the sickly face...

Alex 2.5 - Thinking Kara Klum NS, Blond: 300ish – 497 (which is when he dyes his hair green/purple): Zombie Apocalypse, other stuff, bad things. Yeah. This one gets a lot of crap...but doll-wise I consider him almost interchangeable with II which is why he's 2.5 and not III or V....

Alex III (3) - Cold Heartbroken Kara Klum LE WS, Green/Purple: 497 – 500. Which is the end. What I consider to be the "Current" Alex as this is the time when Forgotten Children takes place. Almost all of my dolls "exist" in this span of time, so in the profiles, he's Alex, the others are listed separately as the Past.

Alex IV (4) - Cold Heartbroken Thinking Kara Klum LE WS, Long Blond: This is the complicated one as it's not really Alex, it's Azrael who I think should be the same mold because I say it's so. But as a Kara Klum he automatically is Alex. I call him both. I never said I made sense.

Alex II and 2.5 are in a state of transition right now, but they all have their numbers on their left hands....The reason I started this numbering thing, wasn't for me at all, it was for everyone else. I know, who cares, right? Believe it or not, people care.  :|
As I started accumulating Kara Klums and calling them all Alex I got a lot of comments from people in the area. Mostly "but which one is this?" There were actual arguments and whining and I got a little tired of trying to explain myself....and so Alex II (the concept, since at the time he was the one that is now III) was born. There was more confusion after I switched II to III when The Head got his own body, so I started numbering their hands.

As I (1) will demonstrate for you in this craptastic photo taken when he turned 3 years old....
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They all had them, til the recent body mix-up. Now 2.5 is labeled as II. GOOD GOD THE CONFUSION!

The sad thing is, I don't need the numbers. I know when they are, and that's what matters....but try ignoring questions asked face-to-face as opposed the internets and you'll see why I differentiate.
And still I have people looking at Alex III and trying to tell me "That's not Alex!" When he's really the Alex because 11 and a half years ago when I thought him up he had green and purple hair!! The blond came later *bangs head against the wall*

This is all Dollmore's fault btw. If they had released the WS version a year earlier, III would have been my first and possibly only. But what can y'do? :\

Now that you've all died from the insanity and/or boredom, I'll pick up where I left off...with stupid Doll Chateau.

So after 3 months (not a bad wait at all) my DC Youth body showed up. Originally I thought I'd put 2.5 on it, but the more I thought about it, I decided Alex II should be on it, as he's the sickly(est) of the Alexes. When it was FINALLY delivered at freaking 8 pm the night before I left for Austin,  I did a quick head switch...I'm not sure what to think about it.

First, the measurements are epically wrong. I mean for real.

Doll Chateau's measurements
Height:60cm(include head)
Shoulder width: 9.7cm
neck size: 7.4cm
Arm length: 20cm
Breast size:21.8cm
Waist size: 18cm
Hip size: 25cm
Leg length: 32.5cm
Thigh width: 12.6cm
Feet length: 6.8cm

Dollmore Adam measurements (as taken by me)
Waist: 19
Low on hips: 21
Leg (all the way from foot to hip ball): 33
Largest part of the thigh (circumference): 14
Chest: a smidge over 24
Shoulders: 12 across
Torso:18 (tall)
Neck (circumference): 9
arm from wrist to shoulder: 19
and height: 58cm (or possibly 57.5, I like to round up)

Going by these, I thought I might have a problem with him being bobbleheaded, since DM has very broad shoulders for his size. I figured he'd be way skinnier too, given what I read...and only about 2cm taller than the usual Alex, which could be dealt with if he never wore boots....

 Yeeeeah. DC will give DM a run for it's money as far as crappily measuring their dolls goes.

This guy is a giant.

DC DM2

Omg look how skinny his legs are!! He makes the Dollmore legs look chunky XD
As you can see, without a head, he's damned near 58cm tall. WITH a head...I have no idea, because by the time I measured him at 62-63 I'd taken a significant amount off his neck, which is super-long. You cannot tell me that DC heads are 2cm big. That's not remotely possible.

DC DM1
again, before I did any mods.

Now, with at least a cm off his neck, he's as tall as David. I can't have that. I'm taking another cm at least off his neck again, and hopefully that's enough to make some kind of difference...Otherwise...I'm not sure what there would be in "otherwise" tbh.

Oh, and I need not have worried about shoulder width...

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9cm my ass. Try 12. The same as Dollmore...which is good for proportion, but still really wrong. His waist is bigger too, and chest about the same. SO at least he can wear Alex's wardrobe with no issues...actually most of the clothes fit him better =_= though because the pants don't hang on him like on Dollmore, they're too short. I cannot win.

His hands and feet are tiny (again, compared to DM which is what I'm used too, they aren't too bad otherwise), he's wearing MSD shoes atm, the hand thing may bother me in the future (I draw hands and feet big so to me Alex should have larger hands and feet) but right now I'm trying not to worry about it...I'm more concerned about his legs which will not spread at all. When he sits his knees stay together and that's pretty much it, he can't spread them apart. It bugs me. Sometimes it's cute, but srsly, Alex is a man (even if he doesn't look like it) and does not sit like a girl.  I took the ledge off the hip sockets, making them rounder, but that didn't do anything (positive or negative, so I didn't lose anything at least). I'm not sure what to try next.

Oddly enough, with all my whiney complaints, I like it. I don't like it next to my other dolls, but for a stand-alone Alex, it's perfect. I mean, this is how I draw him! Hip-bones sticking out all over the place, kinda pathetic and girly-looking. It's perfect! It can't pose like DM does, which to me = bad, but that's because I am used to the natural grace the Adams have...and once I restrung his arms which were so tight I couldn't get his hands off and had to cut the string, they pose so much better...so there's that at least. The lock on his chest is useless so he can't slouch (which must be fixed, I don't deal well with non-slouchers) but I haven't tried sueding him yet. I think it just needs some getting used too.

But he's still too tall. Which brings me to my newest Alex II dilema.

Since the color diff between my ancient DM heads and the new DC is so huge, I new I'd have to give II a new faceup...Instead of diving right in I did something Ive never done before and drew a mock-up.


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Yay! I liked it, and so attempted to recreate it on Alex II

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I gotta say, it might be my favorite one so far. It's super-pale and the color just won't show up perfectly in photos (at least not the ones I took today) but I think it works. He looks awful, which was the goal, and kind of real which is creepy and the more I look at him I find things I hate, like how I drew the lip lines crooked, or the line that appeared at his eyelid crease, or the fact that he needs new eyelashes because these are bent up like a mother! AND I am totally stupid and got so into the faceup I forgot the most important thing, which was to freaking blush the head to match the body!!!! So he STILL does not match!
UGH BE RIGHT DAMN YOU! but for now I'm good with it....

Except that he's so freaking tall.

My first thought was, switch heads again, put II back on the old body and 2.5 on this one to be a new Alex that does not "socialize" with my other dolls. Which would be great if I didn't already do this faceup I like and in my head - which lets face it, is not a right place - belongs on the skinny Doll Chateau body.

So now I don't know what to do with him. He's lucky he's so cute, cause otherwise there is a box with his name on it that he could go in until I forget I own him (literally, I recently labeled all my doll boxes with their names X0 here's hoping I never sell any of them!). I'm hoping I'll magically figure it all out when I mod more neck off, but for now he's not going near the others. Which is sad because he really looks...well decent.

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I might sand the chest a little too....why the hell not, I'm already modding it into nonrecognition!

Now I need to clean the other Adam body (the one in the above piccies) and get to opening mouths, and hey, if I kill that KK head trying to open its mouth, I can buy a new one who might possibly match the DC body, so I'll get the stress of messing with them again :D :D :D

D:

Dear god lets hope not. As if I need 6. Because you know I'd never get rid of the one I ruin, I'd just mess with it more until I decided it needed a new body.

It's an addiction. At least I know this.

Kind of a bleh end to my craziness, but this is the doll-drama I like to deal with, as opposed to the kind that makes people "leave the hobby".  I guess my brand is a little less stressful. Though more frustrating because knowing Alex II, I have a good month or so out of this faceup before it starts to flake or crack or just fall off of him.

Actually, who wants to take bets that I'll change his eyelashes and ruin him myself? Because that's totally the pattern.

Well, to those of you who actually followed this nuttiness, thanks! :D I hope you at least managed to get a good eyeroll out of it!

Monday, August 13, 2012

Alex II. FAILdoll. Epic-long post.

A few of you, if you followed my now dead Live Journal, may know that of my dolls, Alex II is the bane of my existence. He and I have had serious issues, pretty much from start to finish.

It started way back after I'd gotten Alex I (Dollmore Kara Klum and my first BJD)...He had just gone off for his first custom faceup and was gone for a few months. I had no idea how totally attached I'd gotten to him in so short amount of time, and was ready to chew off my own arms in separation anxiety (he remains the only doll I get this way over). Right after I'd bought him, Dollmore had released the Thinking version, which is the same as the normal, but with even sleepier eyes (I think the normal one looks half asleep! Lol). Dollmore didn't sell heads separately at the time, but I really wanted the Thinking head as an "extra" head for Alex...and if I'm honest, I just wanted Alex whole again, and I figured if the head got here fast, I'd at least have one to tide me over til the Real Alex got home.

I begged Dollmore in a note to sell me the head, and after grilling me on what I planned to do with it, they did! Then of course two months later they started selling them on the website legitimately XD
But hey, I was first!! I got him a custom faceup (free!! And people wonder why DM is my favorite company) and a million years later, he showed up. After Alex I had been home and happily on his body for a month lol. I tried.

I didn't care much for the faceup he came with, and partially removed it intending to redo it myself....but I'd never done a faceup at that point and didn't want to mutilate my "baby" (the fictional concept of Alex, not necessarily the doll) so it never got done and he stayed a partially blank head and then a totally blank head in a drawer for months. When I got requests for a Kara Klum head on a different body, I used him instead of Alex I, and took many humiliating photos. And a few head comparisons, and at least one photo of him in a chair with Alex I.
I attempted to sell him twice, changed my mind both times, and he continued to be called "The Head" and live in a drawer.

Then I finally sat down and did his faceup. By then I'd done a few more and I wasn't as afraid (but I wouldn't attempt to do Alex I for another two years)...it turned out...ok. Great for what I could do then, but now I look back and cringe XD

Since at the time it was my best work, I was all excited to slap him on Alex I's body (Alex II was, at the time, the LE WS one that I'd recently gotten from Dollmore after they finally made me a WS Kara Klum. TOOK YOU LONG ENOUGH!! I wasn't planning on any more Kara Klums so I figured it would just be Alex I, Alex II and the head forever...lol). When I brought Alex I out for the head switch, I....couldn't do it.  He is stupidly sacred to me, I couldn't change his head even to his own (other) head! So I whined until my roommate suggested I just buy another body.

Yep, this is how it starts. Or continues, since I already had two at home at that time anyway.

While I was waiting on this new body (which would be an entire year newer than it's head, and in Dollmore's new resin formula) his faceup chipped off. =_=
I redid it, but imo it wasn't the same...Whatever, I got it done, and it was ready for the body.

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Alex II back in the day. Gawd that's bad.

So I had Alex I and II, but in my head, the two NS Alexes were "first" in the timeline of Alexlife, and I technically had that head first anyway, so in a confusing-to-my-irl-friends move I changed Alex II to III and made The Head Alex II. This is when I started numbering their hands....people were complaining. I don't know why...I can tell them apart just fine! XD

In doing Alex II's faceup I'd stayed true to what I considered Alex to look like, so he was similar in look to Alex I. After a decent amount of time, I realized I didn't like him. I wasn't bonding, to use a familiar bjd term. There was something off about him. I figured that I'd done it all wrong, the whole point in having three of the same doll was to make them all different, even if they're the same....so I tried something totally different and gave him a new face, very unlike my usual faceup style and much closer to what I do now.

And he looked like this
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 I was...very happy with him at that point. I loved this look, it was SO Alex, sickly and exhausted (which he is much of the time), and the best faceup I'd ever done. I'd given him the first natural mani-pedi I'd ever done and adored his hands and feet. I was also finding out that this current Adam body was different than the other two I had. It felt skinnier, and moved better and he usually looked better in photos than the other two. He looked better in their clothes than they did! without me ever saying so out loud, I kinda considered him my favorite. About this same time I was not liking Alex I anymore (turned out to be his faceup, once I finally got over myself and did it for the first time, he became my favorite again) so Alex II got all the play for a while.

Then disaster. I started doing his numerous tattoos and scarring. Most of the tatts were not an issue but that damn rose....it almost killed me. I had to redo it constantly, the MSC would run or flake or crystallize....it was awful.
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Yeah, he knows he's a bitch. *kicks him*

Then I did the most horrible thing I've ever done to any of my dolls...I was working on him, finished for the night and put him back together, and stood him up behind me, leaning on my desk. I was in a swivel chair, and for some reason I had a huge, heavy pair of metal scissors in my hand...I whirled in the chair and smacked him right in the face with the scissors *death*

If you could have heard the noise that made....I thought for sure I broke him. I looked him over and found a little chip in his faceup on his nose...and since I hadn't been happy with his lips anyway, removed the lower part and redid it...which took another couple days, sweat, tears, probably some blood since I tend to injure myself on dolls and finally he was perfect.

For several months, until his faceup started flaking off AGAIN. I swear this doll....some days I want to strangle him. Or toss him out. Or something.

While trying to repair the damage I realized the problem was...more damage. Smacking him the face with scissors had hurt him, his nose was dented! How I'd never noticed, I have no idea...so I removed the whole faceup (practically in tears, it was still my favorite one I'd done) and gave his nose a boiling. I'm fairly sure the dent is totally gone, but sometimes wonder.

I redid his faceup again, but never liked it as much...something was off about the color or the eyebrows or something...

I did get around to his back scars, something I was hugely proud of...and then I ruined him again!

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Yep. EPIC FAIL. This time it was clothes. Alex II is/was the only Alex I'd gotten this far with. III being so white is a little bit of a challenge for me color-wise, and I didn't want to do raised scars with him, plus his wing tattoo is so scary D: I've just never finished him, but II was done. DONE. And I dressed him as Snape for a Harry Potter meet. And left him dressed as Snape for a month.

He turned completely black.

In tears once again over this stupid doll I tried my best to clean him without ruining him, but he'd never be the same. He's so gross now >.<

*giant sigh*

I was ready to experiment once again, so I bought a second Thinking Kara Klum head off the MP. I was calling this head 2.5 and intended it to be II's extra head (because that worked so well the first time) because I wanted to do a different faceup on them (the Alexes as a whole) and give one various piercings that I was too afraid to do on the others because I liked their faceups....

2.5 got a look, and took over II's body. I took a total of one photo of him. lips

I liked him well enough (love those lips!!), but he wasn't Alex II, so he went back in his box.

Then I got my "ingenious" idea...Alex 2.5 would get his own body, which I would then mod the hell out of just because I could. If I liked, Alex II would get it, and 2.5 would get II's old body, and mods to open his mouth. Because I want a open-mouthed Kara Klum so bad!!! And since Dollmore seems to be done with them (I've asked for fangs, but so far, nothing) I figure I'll give it a try myself.

 AND then Doll Chateau came out. DUN DUN DUN. EPIC RE-PLAN!!!

Ugh. This post is long. I think I'll continue this tomorrow.....Prepare for more angst!! And mods. And a new faceup D: