Photos: Happy holidays

On Saturday I took quite a few Christmas-y photos of my dollies. They're a bit simple as I was too lazy to do a big setup + I don't really have much stuff for a big setup, but it's better than last year where I didn't get any Christmas photos at all. xD

I actually also did another shoot at the end as a test and I think that some of the photos turned out good. But I'm a little unsure if I should post them since I wanted another outfit for the doll for the shoot. So in the end I think I'll save these photos and then try to re-shoot it when I get a new outfit for said doll. :3 Maybe I could edit one of them sometime and post here as a teaser?

HAPPY HOLIDAYS! ♥~

Bodies for my characters

Some of my dolls are on temporary bodies, some are just heads and some have to share a bit with others, but eventually I want them all to have a perfect body of their own. For some of them I haven't considered resin match yet and I know there will be some problems since Takumi and Trent doesn't match. These bodies could also change over time. I don't know all the bodies out there and before I have bought bodies for all of them there will be new companies and older companies will probably renew their bodies.

Charlie
Originally the April Story body I bought was meant for Charlie, but then Shay had to borrow it for some photos and she ended up keeping it. Later I also changed my mind and now I want Charlie to be a bit taller so I'm thinking that Volks' SD16 body would be great for her.

Takumi
I want Takumi to be the same height as his brother (who is around 63cm). Also I want him to be the smaller one in his relationship with Hayden (who will be 66cm). For him I really want the Popodoll 63cm body.

Trent
At first I actually wanted Trent to be buff and looked at some of Granado's bodies. But later on I thought it that it would fit his character better if he was tall and skinny, so a Popodoll 68cm body would be much better for him.

Melissa
I'm not sure about the perfect body for Melissa yet, but I want her to be the tallest of my girls. Around 65-66cm would be perfect. I kinda like the Popodoll 68cm girl body, but I'm afraid it might be just a tad too tall. It could also be a Spiritdoll 2nd ver. Proud body, but I'm not sure if the 66cm height is with or without high-heel legs or not. I would have to ask them about that.

Ethan
Another one that I'm not too sure about. He should be around my average doll height, which is around the 63cm. The Spiritdoll Elegance body is only 61.5 cm, but it might work fine for him.

Hayden is home

I just realized that my three last posts have been about arrivals. Well, I've just had a lot of incoming stuff and a lack of energy to write anything else.

I'm so happy with my purchase. Milhwa is such a beautiful sculpt, he is even handsome without a face-up. *^* He needs a new wig though. I had two black wigs ready for him, but I'm not really satisfied with them. I need to find someone who can paint him and hopefully someone who will open slots soon. I want pictures of him and Takumi together. ♥ Oh yeah, he also needs new eyes. He is supposed to have green eyes, but I didn't have any extra green eyes home.

Box opening: Fdoll bodies

I've been quite busy the last week, so I haven't got the time to post this before now.
Back in February I placed and order from the European dealer Think Pink, where I bought a Fdoll girl body, a Fdoll boy body, high heeled feet from Resin Soul, shoes from Angell Studio and a carrier bag from Dollzone. It took forever for the things to ship, but on Wednesday last week my things finally arrived.

I even have another body to pick up at the post office, so expect another box opening soon. xD

Photos: Eyes on you

I bought a new camera some weeks ago. My Canon EOS 450D worked just fine, but since it is an older model it didn't take good pictures with a high ISO. When I used ISO800 the pictures got so grainy and I hated it. So I sold my mum my old camera and bought a Canon EOS 600D. I loooove it! It's so nice finally being able to take pictures with a high ISO now. :'D
These were my first doll pictures with the camera and also my first proper pictures of Takumi since forever. Also he's back to blue eyes until I get an extra pair of brown eyes.

My dolls as chibis

I've had this post in my draft for way too long by now. It's about time to publish it. Besides I've made new chibis on another site which I also want to post, but I thought these should be posted first. xD

I have btw sent Shay and Charlie out for face-up commission in Poland at Shaiel's. I'm so excited about getting my girls painted!

 Make your own chibis here

Testing brown eyes

For a while now I've been thinking about getting Hazuki and Takumi brown eyes. They're Japanese, so it didn't make much sense for them to have light blue and apple green eyes. I want to buy urethane eyes for all my dolls at some point, but it would have been a waste of money to buy for these two when I was so unsure about the colour. Furthermore I wasn't too sure if I should change the colour since I loved their eye colours, so I bought a pair of cheap glass eyes from DD-Anne to try out in them. And I got myself a nice surprise, they both look so great with brown eyes. :'D

How "finished" are my dolls?

I have bought a lot of stuff for my SD crew lately and it has made me think about how much they're "finished". It makes me so happy that Hazuki and Takumi are close to be "finished", but I still have a lot to buy to get the others "finished". D:
And it's not that Hazuki, Takumi and Melissa won't get more clothes or shoes, but the others don't even have a complete outfit or any shoes, which is why I wrote it for them.

Hazuki
Urethane eyes

Takumi
Urethane eyes

Shay
Urethane eyes, a body, clothes, a face-up

Trent
Urethane eyes, a body, clothes

Melissa
Urethane eyes, a new wig, a body, shoes

Charlie
Urethane eyes, clothes, shoes, a face-up 

Onto a new year

I promised to make a post about how my 2012 has been and how I hope my 2013 will be and here it is. I like bullet point lists, so this post will just be a couple of those.

I didn't have too many plans for 2012:

• Buy a SOOM Bygg head for my grey skin Teenie Gem body.
• Buy a new sculpt for Hazuki. 
• Ship either Hazuki or Takumi out for face-up commission. 
• Perhaps buy a SD body.

Here's what did happen in 2012:

• Bought a SOOM Bygg head.
• I did buy a new sculpt for Hazuki (LLT Little Edria), but ended up changing my mind. Kept my Shiwoo as Hazuki and made the Edria a new character.
• Jointed a SDF split for an Abadon head.
• Shipped both Hazuki and Takumi out for face-up.
• Bought a Dollgru #12 head.
• Bought a Rosettadoll Agave head.

Other than that I gave up on doing face-ups myself and sold all my face-up stuff (which I now regret) and I sold 3 of my SOOM Teenie Gems, mostly to focus more on the SDs, but also because I want new sculpts for them.

Things I hope will happen in 2013:

• Ship Shay or/and my new girl (still nameless) out for face-up commission.
• Buy bodies for at least 2 of my heads.
• Buy a new wig for Melissa and Eli.
• Buy urethane eyes for at least 2 dolls.
• Buy clothes for Melissa, Trent, Takumi or/and Shay.
• Practise my sewing.
• Get better at taking pictures more often.
• Get new face-up stuff and start practise again.

I hope I won't buy any more new heads this year. Hopefully there won't be released some too tempting sculpts. I think that most of those things is do-able, I already plan to buy those 2 bodies soonish.

Sorry for the long entry! There was just too much to write. :3

Takumi face-up preview

Yesterday I received photos of Takumi's finished face-up. He's so Takumi alike! ♥
Sad thing is that I probably won't get any pictures of him when he gets home. He doesn't have his own body and he looks so weird on my Souldoll body. I might give it a try though. Originally I had planned to buy his body real soon, but then I got Melissa home and wanted to give her a body first instead, so Takumi has to wait till sometime next year. ._.

Photos and face-up by: NiuKy.