Sunday, June 30, 2013

Sales and Trades

Posting my sales here because I haven't yet.

I would really like a trade for a Dollstown Elf body in Oriental skin or a Volks DWC02 head. Or both. 
I will entertain reasonable offers.
I'm unsure about layaways right now...I recently had a few flakes back out on me and I'm wary.

For Sale

Volks Midori on a an old Volks MSD body $500

Make me an offer. I paid about this much for her, but I've realized she's too cute and too young-looking for her character, and the dolls I want to replace her with aren't this pricey. She's second-hand, body and head from two different sellers. Headcap is chipped a little, came to me this way and can't be seen under a wig. I have more pictures of her, including inside the head and her head plate which is still attached. No box or papers, as I said she's second-hand and from before a time when people cared so much.

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The Mushroom Peddler Spark $150
The only way to get him was to go to the STL BJD convention last year...Or know someone who was going :D He's very small, like in between a Puki and Pukifee or something. But super cute. I've never done a thing with him though, so I'm letting him go.
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Fairyland Minifee Karsh Sleeping head NS $100
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No damage, he's been stored in a box, so little to no yellowing

Sunday, June 23, 2013

Happy Accidents

So a couple posts back I outlined a doll plan. It was a good plan. A plan I was happy with. Sell some dolls, buy some new dolls to replace those, and add a few. I expanded that plan by putting my Volks Heath head up for sale even though I figured no one would want him. He's not a popular mold, and there are several for sale now. I haven't really been happy with him as Marcus though, so in order to buy a new head for him I had to sell the old one.

Well, things happen. My Midori hasn't sold yet, two layaways I had going fell through, so I didn't have as much doll money as I had hoped I would.....

Migidoll released Mir, which I didn't see coming, so soon after buying the Limhwa Mono. One of the failed layaways was for my Lati, the former former Mini David, so I have both dolls laying around looking like David as I wait for the third Mini-David's head.

I put the DC body on layaway as planned, and had some left over for one of the other things I would now need thanks to the failed transactions - a body for mini-Aishe, or Mini-Anna's head. I was waiting on a DIM head that would be the next Cassiel, so she needed a body and I decided I wanted Dollmore. Easy, I had just about enough but I wanted to wait for the head to get here first.

Head shows up, and as soon as I take it out, I know it's not going to work. She's gorgeous, but too small, and just not Cassiel. Boo.

Then I find a Bluefairy Sarang for a great price on the MP, so on a whim I bought her. So now instead of Cassiel, I have Sauriel. I am in love with this BF girl btw. Seriously, best impulse-yet-not-really-since-I-was-looking-for-a-BF-anyway buy ever. She sat around blank, because I've no time to do anything, for a week.

Friday I was planning on buying a camera at target, with a budget of about $200. I was on the internets trying to decide what I wanted when I realized I really needed to do more research...so I decided to wait a few weeks. But then I had that money burning a hole in my pocket...so I bought Marcus's new head off the MP - Switch Taeheo - my first choice of a new head for him. Hopefully it fits and looks good on the Granado body D:

I had a commission I was going to do yesterday, which fell through since it was SO FREAKING HUMID!! But I was at a friends house to do faceups, so I did my own. Because if I mess up my dolls, who the hell cares.

Really, don't do faceups in humid\rainy weather. The MSC rubbed off like it wasn't there :\ But whatever, I fixed it...sorta.

Sauriel is amazing. I'm so happy I went on and grabbed that girl. Sarang was in the running for Cassiel, and she's got the Blossum body, and I really wanted a flat-chested May, but crap. She's perfect. I still kinda want the flat chest, but I'm over May. Sarang is Sauriel.

I also brought along Heath. I intended to give him a less character-centric, more accessible faceup for sales, and I sorta fell in love with him >.<
When I got home I made the mistake of trying on wigs and eyes and started thinking about my other dolls...and came to my Fairyland F60 Elf Karsh, Jax, who I never do anything with. He takes up space. I had already thought about selling him and decided against it. Karsh is still one of my favorite sculpts and he's a limited head I would not be able to get again. Also my first eye-opening and I really really love him. But I still don't need him sitting around collecting dust...so I unstrung him, restrung him without the neck part, and put the Heath head on the F60.

Terrible match and proportion is a bit off imo, but hey, new doll.

About 20 minutes later I dragged out poor Uriel, and put his head on the F60 body and Heath on the taller Souldoll body.

Yeah. I wish I'd done this 6 months ago.

First, Miho is one of my top favorite doll sculpts. Uriel is probably my second\third favorite character after Alex...he used to be my other favorite doll until I ruined him by selling off my first Miho and going through 3 other sculpts before going back to Miho. His Delf body was a mess and I lvoed the Souldoll body but god it was too tall. There is a huge difference between 60 and 64 cm and seriously, Uriel should not be as tall as David. But it looked good, and he wore his clothes well, so I dealt. But I never do anything with him...

He looks amazing on the F60 body. AMAZING. It's short, has broadish shoulders so he looks slim not chunky like the Delf body. I love the F60, it's not kicky and it poses so well I've always thought it was wasted on a doll I never touch...but now Uriel looks like he should. Just like he should!!

My Heath is much better on the Souldoll body (he doesn't match at ALL, but I'll worry about that later - the only reason Uriel matches the F60 is because he was already blushed to match the SD body), and I've made him into a character I kind of wanted since getting Sauriel...Raziel. As Raziel, he's wearing the eclipse21 wig I had ordered in the wrong shade of blond for Alex, and have never used.

Now I don't have to go through the stress of selling my Heath, who I actually do like, I get a character I'll enjoy more than one I made up for a doll (Jax) and the only money I have to spend on him is for a suit, since that's all Raziel wears. Raziel and Sauriel are both tied to my other dolls, and the whole group is a little more...cohesive. And Uriel is perfect again. The most important.

Cassiel is still up in the air...but if Midori ever sells I'll deal with her.

I am crossing my fingers like mad that my Migidoll Mir head fits the other body I have so I can use my Limhwa Mono to make a Mini-Uriel, cause I would love to keep that doll. And I really hope the Switch head fits the Granado body. That's where I am now.

Thursday, June 6, 2013

Photostory crazies

Soooooo....if you're not into my Kara Klum obsession, this may not be the post to read....

I'm back from DollAkon!! Yay! It was tons of fun <3 And A-kon...holy crap. It's HUGE! D:
I wish I'd have taken more pictures. I fail at that.

But I had a great time, I made some new friends (which is always fun), and didn't really want to come home XD
Then I did come home to no internet and work. Yay.

I actually had a table at Artist Alley where we sold stuffs, much of it moved on, but a lot was left, so we're putting it all on Etsy...sometime in the future. Since a portion of it was doll clothes (mostly tshirts), photos have to be taken. The shirts were made for a generic SD13 boy body, figuring that they'll fit a variety of dolls - if a little tight or loose - but because it's me, instead of having a variety wear them for said photos, I just used Alexes.  And since I was off Tuesday, and had no internet, I dragged them all outside into the bug-infested backyard to attempt to get a few usable shots.

I got carried away...

Part of it was because I don't have a group shot of all five of them. I have four, but for all of them but 3 it was at least two faceups ago. And then I got 2.5 so I really needed a new shot of them all a while ago. So my new goal was a few good sales pictures, and one decent group shot. IV refuses to cooperate though because his hair is always a wreck...and really, none of them cooperate. Ever. Especially with each other...so one picture became many...and I ended up with a kind of photostory. I posted it on DOA (my first ever) but I want it here too, because I can add all the "extras". And elaborate. This is my blog, I can do whatever I want! Ha HA *Snake laugh*

Once upon a time, there was Alex.
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Even though you can't tell, he's happy being the only one.

Then one day, someone new arrived...

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Though Alex would have preferred to be alone, he eventually got used to the newcomer.

For a short time, all was well. Yes, there were two of them, but there was still plenty of room, and they didn't have to touch each other much.

Until...
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It slowly became obvious that this might not end any time soon...

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heh heh heh there's always room for one more...

Thank you for reading my first (bad) "photostory"!!
Starring
Alex I (green shirt): Dollmore Kara Klum
Alex II (purple shirt): Dollmore Thinking Kara Klum - Doll Chateau Youth Boy body - Dollmore hands/feet
Alex 2.5 (pink shirt): Dollmore Thinking Kara Klum
Alex III (blue shirt): Dollmore Cold Heart Broken Kara Klum
Azrael ((sometimes Alex IV)) (grey shirt): Dollmore Cold Heartbroken Thinking Kara Klum
Coming Soon: Azrael V2 ((sometimes Alex V!!))....meh heh heh heh....shut up.

If I ever do this again I'm taking about 3 hours to style their hair first so it's not all over the place D: and the two with jointed hands are either getting their old hands back or cigarettes to hold or something...messing with 5 dolls and 20 jointy fingers is just too much...

In my head, the dynamic of Alexes goes like this: 
I and III do not get along at all
I and III both tolerate II
I, II and III hate being touched. By anyone. (except me. They know who supplies the clothing around here)
2.5 is generally wasted on something, and is a little more touchy-feely than the rest, but because he's the newest, none of them like him.
I thinks he's the boss of everyone.
III is the boss.
Azrael is a whole different creature and none of the general Alex-rules apply to him.
None of them like Azrael, and he's usually indifferent to them all.

Alex I does end up talking to me in the third-to-last panel as he's looking straight at the camera.

Azrael is Death. Just sayin. There's a reason they don't like him.

Alex as a character is somewhat based off my cat Rocky. All his "relationships" with himself remind me of Rocky with all my other pets.

They're all numbered in order of character and of me buying them except 2.5. He took II's body and exists somewhere between II and III so he's totally out of order. With V (still a head - omg lol that's such a bad pun!!), the order goes back to normal. 2.5's just an anomaly.

II and III have always been and still are the most photogenic of all of them, it doesn't matter what they wear, what wig they have, or what faceup they've got...they take the best pictures.

a few more

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These photos required A LOT of editing (except II and III. they always turn out good).

And this again, because it's my favorite
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