Faceup and doll news

It’s been a while, so just a quick update what’s going on doll-wise. 🙂

The finnish doll forum Hartsilapset has been down for almost two weeks and I really miss it. The forum isn’t insanely active, but it’s a nice way to see what other people are up to, great for reference and help, good place to sell and buy stuff, and great for keeping a database of my dolls. I hope it’ll come back eventually. 😦

On Wednesday I’ll pay the last half of Withdoll Adriana. I’m excited! I know she won’t arrive for a while but I don’t mind waiting. I wasn’t supposed to buy any new dolls this year, but seeing as she was limited I couldn’t help myself. I got her in gray resin and she’ll be my first gray doll. I’m planning to make her into a robot of some sort – since one of my dolls builds androids I thought it might be fun to actually have one.
The other reason for getting her was that Withdoll female bodies are one of the prettiest in my opinion and I really wanted one. We’ll see how I’ll like her.

Doll stuff with my old dolls: I gave Sorin a new faceup. I’ve been toying with the idea of selling him because he is just so big and heavy that I find him a bit hard to handle. Maybe a new faceup will help me makeup my mind (or at least I got some practice).
When I took his eyes out I noticed that his blue eyes have yellowed a lot. The whites are really yellow, but it doesn’t show much when he’s wearing the eye. I might still change both eyes to be the same color if it’s too distracting.

Oh yeah and I did a quick test to see if my mock up of Dey would work in real life.Not really :D. The wig has to go. And the eyes are actually different ones, since the green ones are really small. Heh. I don’t know what I’ll do with him.

 

I still need to get clothes for everyone… Slowly but surely I guess.

 

Akagidoll resin match

Over the weekend I tried the Akagidoll body with my guys’ heads and discovered that the white skin is in fact almost darker than my Dollshe Fresh skin big guy. (These are not the best photos, sorry. It was cloudy all weekend and I have a though time getting enough light for my camera.)

Simply Divine Luna White, Dollshe Fresh skin, LittleRebel normal skin

Simply Divine Luna White, Dollshe Fresh skin, LittleRebel normal skin

It’s definitely not the color I expected. I’m not sure if I should start looking for a new body for Joseph.
The good news is that Akagidoll matches pretty closely to Dollshe, even though the neck gaps a bit. The Dollshe body is so heavy and, frankly, not the best poser (in my hands) and I had been thinking I would maybe want another body for him.  Now I have the opportunity if I want to do that.

Quick side note: I updated my art blog with a few doll drawings.

 

 

LittleRebel Aleksander arrival

This is not an actual box opening post, because I actually got him two days ago but didn’t have the time to take pictures when I checked him.

I placed the order for him on 21.9. and payed by international bank transfer which was available for European customers. I got the confirmation of my order on 23.9. when my payment was received.
On Monday 28.9. Aleksander was shipped and I received the arrival notice on 7.10. I went to get him that same evening.

He is so pretty! I adore his profile, his nose is one of the best looking I’ve seen on a BJD. I’ve tentatively named him Dey.

At first I was a bit concerned if he’d fit in with Joseph (Simply Divine Thomas) but their heads are about the same size, I’m sure can make it work. 🙂
Honestly if there will be an odd one out it’s probably going to be Dollshe Rey Lewis, he will probably have a much smaller head that the other guys.

I’m really tempted to get him the Popodoll 68cm body, but not in a while. (though there is a discount event going on right now……….)
He doesn’t have a wig or eyes yet, but Eyeco Softglass 12mm is a great size on him. 14mm isn’t bad either, but I like the more realistic look that smaller irises give.