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After many years of hesitation, I finally decided to repaint Jolene, my embodiment of the universe. It had bothered me for years that her eye detailing was brown instead of dark blue, so I buckled down and repainted her, even giving her dark blue eyelashes.

Her new faceup is also so much brighter and vivid. I am not entirely happy with the stars, but hey, I am more confident now that I can repaint the faceup again if need arises.

The what is what:

Sculpt: Mystic Kids Miri in normal pink (from 2013)

Eyes: Oscar Doll Eyes in 16mm

Clothing: DreamingDoll on Insta and Etsy

Wig: eBay

Faceup: me over at @izasfaceups

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A Breakdown of my New Impldoll 1/4 Plump Body (with a MNF Alicia head)

So I've had this body since April, as I ordered right at the release of the Impldoll 1/4 Plump body in real skin back in January/February 2024 to make use of the event to get extra hands and feet. I also got the Susu head, but I split it off with @poupeesdecirque (who made an amazing modded hybrid out of it) as I didn't need it.

I had intended at first to hybrid my DiM Gayane on the body, but then I realized that despite all the annoyance I had with her default body, I didn't see her as super curvy... So I decided to put my Fairyland MNF Alicia on it.

Here she is once I got her a dress. There is nothing slim about this body, so don't even bother getting her slim mini clothes, they will not fit. The dress is intended for Iplehouse JID girls with the glamour bust (my girl has the large bust), but I do think she can share shoes with MNFs from what I've noticed, as mine is wearing her old MNF sized shoes easily.

I'm gonna post the nude doll body pics under the read more cut:

Let's take a brief look at the body upon opening it. Look, no flat butt!! I gotta say, the level of detail on this body is insane. Like the detailing along the areola and the finger knuckles are beautifully done.

The one thing I am a little confused on is that her groin lacks all definition. It's just an odd choice with such a body, as she has even defined knuckles on her toes, but they haven't put anything there for girl dolls since the SGB Star Body, that one didn't have any crotch detailing.

Oh well, not much I can do about that other than mod it myself. But since my girl doesn't go commando, I don't care enough to add the detailing myself.

Now let's compare the Fairyland MNF A-Line girl body to the Impldoll 1/4 plump body. The Impldoll body is a good bit taller and thicker!

I took off the S-Hook and put a 3D Printed neck key on it as the neck would be way too short with just a washer. MNFs have really thick necks on top, so there is gapping, but it's no noticeable one the wig is on. Let's get a good turnaround view:

In the side and back view the gapping his more noticeable, but she stands solid. I did wire her arms legs as she liked to kick herself, but now she is great.

Impldoll even sent her with some coated wire to install as the owner. I used aluminum wire from my own stock as the Impldoll one was a titch too weak and thin to hold up against the elastic.

She sits easily on her legs, and can easily sit with her knees raised to her chest. The engineering is really nice on this aesthetic body, and Impldoll provides a lot of colors to choose from.

But do keep in mind any non "standard" colors (color matching and darker resins) there will be a good several month delay in getting your order. They mentioned this on their Instagram recently as people got worried about waiting 6+ months for dolls that others received within 3 or less months (I ordered a standard color, so it was fast).

I'll end the post with a small resin comparison. I have many other normal skins I can compare, to Impldoll real skin, such as DV normal pink and normal (yellow toned), 2D Doll normal yellow, DFA normal pink, TD Doll normal pink, etc... so just let me know if you want a resin comparison and I will do so.

Thanks for looking!

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Susie got to come out with me recently when a friend visited me at the gallery where I had some images on display. I still really love how her tattoos turned out, I really would like to do more intricate pieces like this on commission…

On a funnier note, my friend photobombed Susi with her own doll.

The what is what:

Sculpt: April Story Betty

Wig: can-can j-series in 7-8

Outfit: corset is from Doll Heart, pants are unknown

Accessories: sparrow skull necklace by @parliamentrook

Aesthetics: Faceup and tattoos are all by me over at @izasfaceups

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This cutie isn't mine, but belongs to my wife. Her name is Poppy, and she was difficult to paint due to her sculpted eyelashes. At least she turned out really cute! I took these pics right after I finished her faceup. Anime faceups are still difficult for me, but I think I did a good job on her!

My wife has been in the hobby almost as long as me (only 1 month shorter), but she put it on standby for the last 7 or 8 years. She was still getting some dolls, like the Penny's Blind Box TeaParty centaurs (we got a herd), and once in a while I'd buy her a doll she liked. But this is the first doll she'd really fallen for in a long time. Poppy is her desk buddy, and it's nice to see her enjoying the hobby like this again.

The body is super cute and a chonk, and came wired from the company already. Dressing her was a task and a half as she's thicker than MDD and regular MSD dolls. For some reason the head is a different resin than the body despite having been bought as a full doll. The whole doll is made of resin and poses decently. Sitting is a little tough, as I think the wire is a little thick in her legs. But for $135 ($165 with wig) she's a very budget friendly and nice anime resin doll!

The what is what:

Sculpt: Sprouting Dragon Zilu with sculpted eyelashes in Mia Pink and resin wig in white resin

Eyes: 20mm plaster and resin anime eyes from Etsy (from a taobao reseller, we made sure they didn't sell recasts in any shape or from though!)

Outfit: Alice's Collection, in MDD size

Faceup: Me over at @izasfaceups

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I finally managed to find a mink fabric in ivory/white so I was able to redo the bodies or the various tails I've made for my dolls.

For most I only had to swap the fabric of the tails' bodies, but for Lily's tail I had to redo the whole thing. I'd originally used way too thin wire for hers and I'd constructed it weirdly. No matter, after a multitude of tails made, I knew how to make a new tail, and fast. Amazing what trial and error plus experience does for skill.

All the tails are fully poseable, and attach by magnet to dolls. Most of them do not have embedded magnets, so I used some masking/painters tape to attach them under the clothing to the resin. Only Jamil (black tailed unicorn) has embedded magnets for the tail he came with, which made my life easier, heh.

The tails are constructed from aluminum armature wire, strong magnets, masking/painters tape, and the tail tips are tibetan lambskin mohair on the pelt still. Though Rose and Amethyst's tails have fake fur for their tiny tail tips.

Dolls are as follows:

Liam: Soom SG Chrom on DFA 65cm boy body with Soom Chrom fantasy legs from the knees down

Lily: Loongsoul ShenLuo Western White Tiger version

Celicon: Kana Dolls No.8 Lucien on Soom SG Heliot body

Jamil: Soom SG Heliot on a Dream Valley Apocalypse Horseman body

Amethyst & Rose: Doll Family-A BiBi twins

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After a good 9 years, I finally repainted my dear sweet Melody because her faceup had really faded. She got new eyes for my birthday in April, so I felt motivated to repaint her to match the vibrancy of them.

See what I mean with faded? Most of the reds and pinks were gone. No matter, she's all lovely again!!

The what is what:

Sculpt: Doll Chateau Snow Nymph in normal pink

Eyes: ashuradark on Etsy

Wig: Natrume on Etsy

Aesthetics: me over at @izasfaceups

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Dragon in a Sea of Flowers

I finally took my sweet Ember outside for some photos with friends. These are my favorite ones of her. Though I do wish I'd taken my big DSLR with me, as I shot these with my phone. No matter, the photos still turned out lovely and only needed little editing!

The what is what:

Sculpt: Dollzone Po in white skin

Dress: Unknown, was a gift

Wig: Mohair Fiber by LaFiabaRussa, sewing and styling by me

Aesthetics: me over at @izasfaceups

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Finally, after almost 3 years, I repainted Lily as I greatly disliked the last Faceup I’d given her. She looks so much gentler now, as her last Faceup gave her a bit of rbf and the eyebrows and lashes were a mess.

A friend pointed out that her scars look much more healed this time, which makes me happy despite having been an accident. Happy little accidents, right?

The what is what:

Sculpt: Loongsoul ShenLuo Western white tiger in normal pink

Wig: Natrume on Etsy (tibetan lambskin mohair)

Eyes: 14mm acrylic cat eyes made by me

Faceup: me over at @izasfaceups

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Finally, after a little over 5 months, my long sought after Dream Valley Alter made it home. I’ve literally wanted to order him since like… 2020? He’s perfect for one of my wife’s characters, King Territh of the flame hearts of Diin. He was a partial Christmas gift from my wife, she sent me a good chunk of money to order him as a present. I really have the best wife in the world.

I'm over the moon with this doll, despite being a slippery noodly bean stalk. I fought with him for an hour to get him dressed upon arrival. His noodling finally annoyed me enough that I undressed him after 3 days and wired him. I may need to suede him in parts, but the wiring helped a lot already!

The what is what:

Sculpt: Dream Valley Alter in normal skin

Eyes: 14mm resin eyes from Ashuradark on Etsy

Outfit: eBay

Wig: Dollmore Rapunzel in 7/8in

Faceup: me over at @izasfaceups

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Elyra got a fancy little photoshoot back in March while I was hanging out with my local BJD group of friends, that I forgot to upload here.

I was switching between my 50mm and 35mm lenses here, as it was too difficult to hold her up with one arm in the yellow flowers and hold the camera far enough away with the 50mm lens.

I still like how these photos turned out. I'm getting better at shooting with scenery, when I stop hermit-ing that is...

The what is what:

Sculpt: Fairyland MNF Ryeon on the old A-line girl body

Accessories: Ears sculpted out of Apoxie Sculpt and handmade tail both by me

Eyes: 14mm Ashuradark Eyes in unicorn

Outfit: Secondhand mostly unknown, overall shorts by Doll Heart, shoes from Fatiao

Wig: Fatiao in 7-8

Faceup: me over at @izasfaceups

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My dear Val, handsome as ever! I am slowly experimenting with playing with my 50mm lens for doll photos, and Val was my first victim. These 4 shots turned out decent at least!

Val is a Simply Divine Thomas on a Doll Family-A 70cm body, with a Monique Gold wig and SoulinaBox eyes. Faceup by me over at @izasfaceups

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I recently repainted my sweet little Itsy Betsy as she’d badly damaged her last Faceup by leaping off the shelf in my doll cabinet, trying to take dolls with her. Fortunately no other doll got damaged, and it was the perfect excuse to finally repaint her as I hated the last Faceup I put on her.

I’m really happy with the changes I made this time around in painting her. She’d been based on a peacock jumping spider, so her old Faceup was really dramatic, but it didn’t suit her. Not only did I soften her look, but I put the extra painted eyes along her cheekbones, which gave me room to put eyebrows on her.

Quick before and after of her. It’s funny to me how much her body’s mellowed, she needs a good cleaning to match her head again!

The what is what:

Sculpt: Doll Chateau Elizabeth on the Spider body in grey skin

Eyes: Ashuradark on Etsy

Wig: Unknown

Dress: YoSD sized 1/6 dress by Frezje on Etsy

Faceup: Me over at @izasfaceups

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Okay, as requested by @kosomolski-dolls here’s a comparison of TD Doll light and dark tan (from 2020 and 2023) to Fairyland tan from 2013. I extra chose a spare hand from my LTF that has not seen the sun or light of day ever

So it was really hard to get color accurate pictures of the hands, and in phone pictures TD Doll light tan and Fairyland Tan match decently, but to the naked eye, Fairyland is a bit darker and more reddish while the TD Doll light than leans more into a yellow tint. I’d say maybe a 70% match at best. Blushing the TD Doll light tan to match to fairyland tan wouldn’t be difficult.

Hopefully later I will drag out my DSLR to take some more color accurate pictures as I’m better at controlling the color balance on it (my phone makes everything for more yellow leaning than it is…)

Any other comparison requests?

After Cari, my dark tan TD Doll XunYiChao, arrived, I decided to do a small resin comparison of currently available colors for tans and 1 normal pink skin.

Light tan from TD Doll is very very pale, it doesn't show much darker than an slight olive toned normal skin. In comparison, dark tan is really a rich dark color, definitely worth the $60 extra for it (light tan also comes with a $60 up charge for a 1/3+ sized doll).

I also compared the light tan to some other light tan resins that I have at home which are currently available from their respective companies with and without flash:

Jointed Hand: TD Doll normal pink 2019 (yellowed)

Spare male hand: DFA light tan 2021

Full arm and hand: TD Doll light tan 2020 (I labeled it wrong)

Foot: Iplehouse peach gold skin 2021

I have a couple of other tans at home, which are discontinued or have been updated as color options, such as:

LoongSoul french brown 2021 (Black Dragon release)

TD Doll tan 2019 (was replaced in 2020 with light and dark tan options)

Dollzone tan 2013

Dream Valley original tan from 2020

Soom bronze from 2012

Fairyland tan 2013

So yeah, just let me know if you want any other colors compared!

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After Cari, my dark tan TD Doll XunYiChao, arrived, I decided to do a small resin comparison of currently available colors for tans and 1 normal pink skin.

Light tan from TD Doll is very very pale, it doesn't show much darker than an slight olive toned normal skin. In comparison, dark tan is really a rich dark color, definitely worth the $60 extra for it (light tan also comes with a $60 up charge for a 1/3+ sized doll).

I also compared the light tan to some other light tan resins that I have at home which are currently available from their respective companies with and without flash:

Jointed Hand: TD Doll normal pink 2019 (yellowed)

Spare male hand: DFA light tan 2021

Full arm and hand: TD Doll light tan 2020 (I labeled it wrong)

Foot: Iplehouse peach gold skin 2021

I have a couple of other tans at home, which are discontinued or have been updated as color options, such as:

LoongSoul french brown 2021 (Black Dragon release)

TD Doll tan 2019 (was replaced in 2020 with light and dark tan options)

Dollzone tan 2013

Dream Valley original tan from 2020

Soom bronze from 2012

Fairyland tan 2013

So yeah, just let me know if you want any other colors compared!

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I’m sorry work has been so stressful again, and that’s she bs about the tattoo artist not using your sketch as he should have!

I am glad though that you’re taking the head off my hands, I really don’t have a use for it and I’m excited to see you make it come to life with mods and painting. It’s gonna look so cool once you get to it (though the head hasn’t even arrived to me yet, hah)!

I’m crossing my fingers and toes for you that work is better this week, things can stop being a (terrible) circus…

Personal update & Doll Stuff

This week has been a wild ride and not one I'm proud of to be honest. In short: work drained me so hard I was so stressed I can barely remember what happened during work in the days I was there, I had my lunch break cut short on 3 of the 4 days I worked, one day was a 10+ hour day and phew... it was not fun at all. Then there was the issue none of my creative projects I tried my hands on worked in favor for me, everything failed. hard.

But I had a vacation day on friday and had scheduled an appointment for the next tattoo (pic on the top) but the artist came back to me on wednesday and had ditched my own sketch for a copy of a manga panel and it greatly helped for my mental health to spiral down into hell. I know a bunch of people got concerned about me, and that with a reason, I am unharmed, I just... rant a lot to fight the nasty voices.

In the end I was pissed, he was pissed but he had to correct the shit he had done to get close to my sketch again. But he had the audacity to tell me I should bring a sketch next time for him to use .... and that's all what I want to tell about this adventure. I got my tattoo, it went fast, seems to heal good so far, arm doesn't hurt.

Since yesterday my creativity is gladly back and I came up with like 20 solutions for the 10 problems I had. Hah.

Took some photos, continued with Cosplay progress and drew a bit.

And I bought a new head, or let's say the dear @izasbjdphoto told me she wanted to get the new Impdoll body but disliked the head and I noticed today, as I made sketches, that the head would fit my plans of making a Level 4 Akuma into a doll aaaaand she gladly let me have it <3 yay. Still need to figure out how to make a Level 3, that might be a sculpture again.

Also I am super hyped for the Bookfair, to see my friends again and hop into Cosplay. @adragonstale agreed to take photos of me (aka I will throw my camera at him and he is allowed to take pics whenever he likes) and I will stay at a friend's place from the wednesday before the fair ... this time without needing to go back to work, full 4 days.

I'm slowly working throught he drawing for my cosplay line up but somehow... even though I didn't have that much to do today the time slipped through my fingers.

I really hope to get to writing a hobby related blog entry again soon, but I took photos of 4 dolls this weekend, sorted stuff into the queue, into photobooks and all that... it's enough.

For next week I have a small project to finish during my lunch breaks (just some buttons and straps to be added) and I have sewing planned for the next weekend. I hope to get to cutting parts during the week that would help but it's okay if I don't get to it, I know we will be understaffed and .. yeah.

This was my outfit for Carnival last monday btw... progress is stuck somewhere in the queue. It's an Allen the Dog Kigurumi.

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Iza’s Yearly Big BJD Lineup 2023 :: 64 BJDs from 81cm to 12cm (+ pets!)

I finally got around to doing my yearly big BJD lineup in December 2023, für hounding my sister for over a year to give me my two doll bodies back.

This was a 3 day ordeal (2 days of shooting images, and another day of editing, combining, and labeling), but I’m glad I got it done. In total I manually merged 12 photos. 

I excluded 4 dolls, 3 have identical doubles (head and body combos) and 1 was too similar to another (only a different head, but same company head and body combo), so I didn’t feel the need to add them. I also did not add a doll I gifted my wife for Christmas as she hadn’t gotten her yet when I did the lineup. She’ll be included in next year’s lineup though!

If anybody wants specific dolls from above compared (dressed or nude), please let me know and I’ll try to do it in the next week! I can’t do the whole lineup nude as I do not have the energy nor the ambition for that. It was intensive enough to just do them dressed, because I do this without help…

Anyway, I hope this is helpful to at least one person out there!

I’m not gonna tag all the doll sculpts in the lineup, that would just take too long, but I will add a couple of companies in the tags at least.

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My dear little Ursa finally got a fresh faceup after close to 10 years. I really love her vibe now, she looks so much more lively than with her old one! I also swapped her eyes for a size smaller than before.

It's amazing what a difference 10 years of practice makes! My linework got bolder and more refined/cleaner, along with my blushing. I don't just blush in fleshtones anymore, I also add blues and purples strategically to breathe more life into a doll.

The what is what:

Sculpt: Dollzone Shoyo in normal pink

Eyes: Self-made acrylics in 14mm

Wig: Monique Gold in 7-8

Outfit: By colorful.misfits (a friend who's left the hobby)

Faceup: me over at @izasfaceups