Welp, I'm here... >.>
That's saying a lot. There's so much to say, and so little of it makes sense when it spews onto the keyboard. Makes perfect sense in my head though.
Let's start, shall we? I am currently a 38 year old, who just got into the BJD hobby at the beginning of this year when I ordered my very first doll. Granted, I'd wanted him for something like 4 years or so.
He is Youko, my DollZone Yuu-2 in normal yellow skin. I paid out the nose for the fullset, only to find out that I hated his default outfit so much that he never wears it. I adore his company faceup though. He now has different clothes, and is beginning to take on the character he was meant for. Youko is a kitsune, and therefore has fox ears and a tail. Once I am able to do the colouring on his magnetic fox ears, he'll be complete. He has silver hair, gold eyes, and silver fox ears and tail.
My second doll is still a floating head, but has a character in mind. When I ordered Youko, DollZone was doing their spring event, so I got a free head. I chose Tulip, also in normal yellow. Originally, she was going to be a character doll for Retsu Unohana, from Bleach. When she got here, however, I decided that it just wouldn't work, so the head sat there, waiting for an idea. It wasn't until mid-summer that I decided to still make a character doll... but male. The Tulip head will now be Linneus, from the Teahouse online comic. If you'd like to see, their website is www.teahousecomic.com but please be warned that it is a yaoi comic. Linneus has pink hair and bright blue eyes.
My third doll happened by accident. I was attending an online auction for BJD stuff, and someone had a Luts Winter Event 2009 head for sale. I loved it, and bought it. It will become Omi, an original idea character of mine, and I can't wait. She has normal pink skin. She and Linneus are both waiting on bodies. Because I couldn't afford two more bodies from DZ and Luts at $400 apiece, I have ordered their bodies from Resinsoul and 5StarDoll, respectively, and I'm hoping they're here by Christmas. Omi has black hair and I'm waiting to find the perfect pair of dark blue eyes. Currently, she is wearing the gray eyes that Youko shipped with by default.
My fourth doll also happened by accident. I was on Ebay, looking for bodies for Linn and Omi, when I stumbled onto an auction for an MSD DollZone Mo. Since all of my dolls so far were SD sized, I thought what the heck, and got him. Takai has quickly become my favourite, and I'm addicted to this sculpt. I already have a line on another one for sale, in tan skin, that will be paid off by mid-November. Takai has taken on the character of Youko's younger brother... he is also blind, as a character. Takai has silver hair, blue/blind eyes (white pupil), as well as fox ears and tail that are black with white tips.
My fifth was Sileas. I also found her on Ebay, and she is a Doll N Doll Miro, YO-SD sized in normal skin. I think she's adorable, and she quickly became my Steampunk princess. She is so easy to pose and work with, and so much fun to make clothes for, that I cannot wait for Omi's body to get here, so that I have a larger girl to sew for. Sileas has green eyes and bright red, corkscrew curly hair.
My sixth was obtained from a private seller on Facebook, who was getting out of the hobby. I had seen Resinsoul Long before, on the RS website... and I HATED him. With the burning of a thousand suns. I thought the sculpt was ugly. It wasn't until I saw Tama on Facebook that I realised how much of Resinsoul's bad rap for dolls comes from the fact that their faceup artists and photographers don't know WTF they're doing. Tama is beautiful, and poses so well, it's like a dream. He has a custom faceup, and absolutely gorgeous dark tan/chocolate skin. He has pale gold eyes and black hair.
I will be inundating you all with pics at some point. I also will be posting pics of other stuff I do... I love making clothes for my dolls. I also love doing faceups on them myself, and making jewellery and accessories for them. I am in the process currently of working on making my own BJD from scratch. I'll be posting pics as the process moves onward.
So... that's me in a nutshell. Still here? Good!
I'll see you again soon. <3
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