14 posts tagged “bjd”
doing that thing, that I do...
I did a quick photo shoot earlier of Frei in my favorite Tanya Style dress (I really need to buy more clothes from Yui..) and a tinybear wig. But looking at the pics makes me think it might be time for a body blushing re-do (I'm trying to put it off till my Unoa Lusis gets here though). Also I really really need to get glass eyes for my dolls.
I haven't found a way to get around how vox ALWAYS makes me keep a title on my images. So I'm just keeping the image numbers for now since trying to fit a phrase to every single photo is time consuming and annoying.
Now... to watch Code Geass and eat grapes.
I always seem to get a dolly delivery when I don't have time to post pictures properly:
Gen has definitely done it again! And in less time! ;~; Speed and Quality!
I surely didn't ask for much, which is what probably made it easier, also it was just one head this time and not two but I got the preview pictures today and I was so pleased I said something to the effect of "OMG TAKE MY SIST NEXT". Which was running through my mind earlier when I was gathering pictures of my current dolls and dolls on my wishlist and I realized yet again that very few of my dolls are "complete".
I'm going to end up sending all my dolls to Gen the way it seems now... I was on two waiting lists for faceups. One is so Ivoine (kill-u sp) would get a long overdue faceup and I'll probably keep him on that list even thought there are 10+ people ahead of me and most of them have more than 2 heads they want done (also she's twice as expensive as Gen AND living overseas in the UK) and someone else for my sist who isn't even currently working on commissions right now and I'm the 4th or so on her list.
Even though I wasn't specific I took a gamble and got just what I wanted and I just know it'll look better in real life just like the B-el faceplates. Oh, I can't wait :'D
Show us something you own that is from a different country.
Submitted by Rev Stan.
This is too easy.. all my dolls are from Japan or Korea.
I found someone else to do my B-el and B-el madoromi/dozing faceplates, DOA user YamamuraTatsuya, after I go through the basics with her and get everything settled I'll be sending them off, sadly before my Sist gets done but what can I do about that really?
Seems like most of my paycheck will be going towards doll faceups. I'll be putting 50 aside for Aish to get done so whenever I get the PM from Lune I can send her off and not have to wait till my next payday. Then I'll also be shipping off 2 doll heads probably within a few days depending on how the correspondence goes.
I'm a bit disheartened already with the ebay user I bought August's issue of Hobby Japan magazine from. I used buy it now and paid immediately after DAYS ago and I just got a shipping notice 5 minutes ago that isn't even active yet (meaning it was probably shipped today). I expected to be getting it by today! When I sold things on ebay I shipped that stuff off as soon as people paid for it, not everyone is like that but still its not even a big package its just a rather thick magazine. I'm more peeved about it because its an ebay account of an actual brick-and-mortar store, not just some random person. Be more professional please!
I'm also still waiting for a wig and eyes from DOA user Aya Dear, which should be getting to me soon. Also waiting for the sweater I bought from Mio that I joined a group order to get. I ordered that sweater before I ordered the u-noa option parts which I got a long time ago. Mio is in very high demand and had tons of huge group orders (there were more than 12 people that I know of that were in the same order as I was..) so I was expecting a wait and there probably will still be one. Also waiting for the limited edition HG glass eyes that come with SD13 Cristal that I bought from Jenn which should also take a while.
I need to buy some gundam markers, and some water transfer film along with photo emulsion liquids to screen print with. I'm going to try to give Ivoine a tattoo on his back so I can use as an example so I can open up an aesthetics shop. I want to be able to do tattooing on dolls, so at least I'll have income to pay for the odds and ends such as eyes and wigs and the occasional faceup. It would be nice if they paid for themselves but I'm not pushing it lol. Also I need to finish saving at least 800 for Hrist (U-noa Zero Marion) and then work on getting Jomi his own body, Aish a mini supia body, or on Caelia the 43cm Narae I wanted long before the u-noa bug hit me. But then I still haven't settled on a skin tone for her...
I found someone who does airbrush faceups that had waiting list slots open! I really lucked out when I saw Lune of Nocturnelle had slots open. Aish needs a faceup badly and even if I did have the time (or more importantly the patience..) I don't think I would be able to achieve the look I want. Mostly I want Aish to be modeled after her namesake Aishwarya Rai the famous bollywood actress.
The main feature my unoa Sist lacks, which is the most important to resemblance is the eyebrows. She has the lips and eyeshape and getting eyes in that color is easy enough. I also want really nice, long, wispy under-eyelashes that criss cross for more of that elegant look and red lips that sort of fade out near the edges of the mouth.
I could achieve the effects of the lips, since lips to me are the easiest thing to do when it comes to faceups in my opinion. But I'm having trouble with the eyebrows and eyelashes. I mess up too often and the the MSC chips due to too many erasures... and then gotta start over. Its times like that when I think to myself "no wonder Mr Super Clear is so scarce!"
Sadly I don't know when my turn will be up! There are only 2 people above me but they are taking up 2 slots each. Faceup artists are a dime a dozen but all the good ones get over run quickly.
But for fun I'll fill in the form that I have to send her when I ship my doll off to her here:
Type of head: U-noa Quluts Sist 1.5 default
Eyebrow: Black or very dark brown, elegant and arched (like Aishwarya Rai's)
Eye shadow: smokey dark eyes, slightly pink in the inner sides and turns grey or black as they go out.
Eye liner: black, there but not overbearing, slightly heavier on the top
Upper eyelashes: providing my own
Bottom eyelashes: black, wispy, criss-crossing
Lip: red center as if biting down on the bottom lips, color fades out on both sides.
Blush: slight pink blush on cheeks, to look natural not as if she were weren't makeup
Gloss: clear gloss on the lips and in the tear ducts.
Others: a small mole under the right eye, the exact location isn't important.
About your Doll (optional): (100 words or less please. Gives me an idea of your Doll's character. ^__^)
A girl who tries to get along well with everyone. Can blend in easily with any crowd but is secretly lonely since she can understand others but no one seems to understand her. Her only true friend is her cat, Gonbe, who followed her home one day and even though no one else can he seems to be able to understand her true feelings. She is a total showoff at school, generous and easy going and doesn't like letting people down at home she is lazy and worries too much about nothing.
Hopefully Lune can bring the image I have in my mind to life
It's late and I'm feeling so tired
Having trouble sleeping.
This constant compromise
Between thinking and breathing.
as if I could every stop buying doll related items:
Saving for:
- Hrist U-noa Quluts Zero Marion $300/???
- Caelia 43cm Narindoll Narae Snow White skin, classic face with Kim KyuYuen faceup $0/590.00
- Hobby Japan 2007/09 magazine. It includes the first glance pictures of the Unoa Quluts Zero and the guide on how to put them together. I plan to scan and translate this since everyone who has the magazine already doesn't have scanners so only pictures of the magazine are out and no HQ ones that I could translate. The magazine cost 743 yen, however with shipping the price in USD jumped to $18.79! That's about 10 dollars for shipping alone!
- Mr. Top Coat 2 cans. Since I can't find Mr. Super Clear anywhere I have to make do. I've heard it works better than Testors Dull coat and since people use it on their figure kits, which arguable are handled more than most ball jointed dolls I think it should work fine. One my next paycheck I plan to buy some Mr. Color paints to put to the test on my airbrush.I ordered this from plajapan.com and it came to 26.28 with shipping, which is pretty good in my opinion. As long as it works well that is!
