8 posts tagged “unoa 1.5”
I got my unoa sist faceplate back from Gen today. Normally I'd be spamming you all with photos but I unfortunately don't have the wig I ordered for her over a month ago in a LeeKe group order and nothing here suites her at all. I'll post the preview pictures I got before she was shipped back to me however. I might try to take photos anyway depending on when I get the mermaid skirt and black and white one piece I ordered from Tanya Style (since I think the black dress would look perfect on her.
I should be sending Jomi (aeon flux of dive's seimei head) off to her shortly but I need to take pics of his old faceup since I want the same type of look for him. His current faceup is done by Sairin, and while ideally it should've never been touched.. the glue that held his eyelashes on ruined the underlashes, and the paint used on his lips were staining the resin (not to mention in a hideous color). Tried to remedy the lips myself but I just couldn't get the color I wanted right. I can use an airbrush, and it would've been easy if I got the color I wanted right the first time. The more I had to wipe it off the worse the original faceup got since the blushing, especially on the face was everywhere. Now he's lipless and everything else is still in tact for the most part but I rather not mess with him anymore. I can't find Mr. Super Clear anywhere and while I do have Mr. top coat around, it doesn't have the tooth MSC has and I really need that to work with.
I can imagine how upset some people (with the collectors mindset) could possibly be since I altered a Sairin faceup, but I'm this particular Seimei's 4th owner (that I know of), and he's not going anywhere. I probably killed his value but his head alone cost more than I paid second-hand fees for my complete L-bi and I figure I should be happy with him.
I probably won't post him in all his lipless glory until I get the after pics and do a whole comparison thing and all. I really need to get him some good permanent eyes before long. His eyewells will not hold eyes in for anything. The eyes are always constantly falling into the back of his head no matter how much putty you use. When I get some good ones they're getting hot-glued in.
Also I decided to do NaNoWriMo this year, I wanted to do it last year but it was half-way through November when I got the urge so I deceided not to. I'll be writing about the characters/story behind my SD sized dolls (Ivoine my kill-u sp and Jomi), it'll be norse mythology inspired, just like most of my dolls' names and hopefully writing 1,667 words a day for the whole of next month won't kill me. This month I'm going to try to get an outline done to make things easier on myself.
Waiting for:
- the magazines I ordered to clear customs (I paid 92.28 including shipping for these magazines so I'm mad they didn't just materialize... >.>; )
- Unoa Lusis 1.5 kit (2 more months to go probably)
- Gen to finish the faceup on my Unoa Sist
- Jules to finish the commission drawing for my unoa site
- Volks Cristal's glass eyes from Jenn
- Unoa Zero lottery results
- Gumdrops urethane eyes pre-order, October 5-15
- glass eyes group order I'm assembling (after I finish facing up all my dolls)
- Pearly wings from moonueng and tanya style clothes
- 43cm Narae with Kim Kyu-Yuen faceup (currently leaning towards golden beige for skin color)
Is anyone familiar with Lynsey of Cross Pistols Aesthetics? I've been using (and have been very happy with) Gen of EngelMech's work, its cheaper (65 for cross pistols, 40 for engelmech), the waiting list is shorter (10 people currently in cross pistols' "in progress" slots and I'm 7th in line in the reservation slots and Gen just lets me send my doll heads in to her anytime) and not to mention that Gen is stateside and Lynsey lives in the UK. Should I wait and send my airbrush tanned Kill-U sp to Lynsey since she does use an airbrush and can probably touch him up in case she messes up, and some of the tan comes off? Gen doesn't do airbrush faceup, but if she did I don't think I'd have any doubts and send all my dolls to her. Regardless of the fact if I send my Kill-U to her, I'll probably send her my Seimei head if don't have any dolls heads that need to be done when my turn hits
I don't know... I just feel like all my Unoas get all the playtime (which is because they have the most clothes and new faceups of course). I'll probably end up waiting but I'll rant all the same. I'm probably only thinking about this because I want to send another doll off to get a faceup ASAP and the only choices are my pipos baha, seimei and my lusis yawn (which would have to wait because my lusis isn't here yet for them to match)
doing that thing, that I do...
The eyes are Lusis defaults and are close enough to the color I planned but I need to buy some in glass or urethane at least and I need to get around to making some eyelashes. The wig is by tinybear (the color is cinnamon swirl) and the dress which I'm lacking good pictures of is by Yui of Tanya Style.
Since Gen already received my L-bi head a few days ago I really can't wait to see what she does to that! ;~; It will be more of a surprise this time though because I wasn't as detailed. I'm completely free of worry though. I almost wish I had more doll heads to send her.
I finally got around to getting a livejournal account set up for those who don't want to join vox but want to read my weblog all the same. From now on I will cross post everything from here onto my livejournal account Heimdalalr, which name coincides with this weblog which is Götterdämmerung, which is the german word for Ragnarok, the twilight of the gods,or in otherwords the time the world comes to an end.
And more about Heimdalalr, he is called the White God. He is great
and holy; nine maids, all sisters, bore him for a son. He is also
called Hallinskídi (a ram) and Gullintanni (golden teeth); his teeth were of gold, and
his horse is called Gold-top. He dwells in the place called
Himinbjörg,(heaven-fell) hard by Bifröst: he is the warder of the gods, and sits
there by heaven's end to guard the bridge from the Hill-Giants. He
needs less sleep than a bird; he sees equally well night and day a
hundred leagues from him, and hears how grass grows on the earth or
wool on sheep, and everything that has a louder sound. He has that
trumpet which is called Gjallar-Horn, and its blast is heard throughout
all worlds.
(the blurb about him was taken from Snorri Sturluson's Prose Edda)
Almost all of my dolls have a name with a Norse mythology reference, save for Gonbe (Pipos Baha, named after a character in the anime "One Piece"), Jomi (Aeon Flux of Dive's Seimei, who is named after an anime character "Terra e") and Aish (U-noa Quluts 1.5 Sist) named after Aishwarya Rai, a famous Bollywood actress).
So add away~ comment away~ and hopefully I'll post away~ ^^;;
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
