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<


This is the only pic I have of his new faceup


I just liked these
 

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

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!!)


 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

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

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!


 With a different faceup? Totally could be Alex.



ooooh bad photo...but better than the rest

the three young-ins.
 
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*

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...



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


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.

 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.
 

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.
 

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*

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?