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My last dollieh arrival of 2024 was a Dream Valley Vanora in light tan skin. I still can't make up my mind which wig should be her "standard" one. The grey was what I put on her initially because she rejected everything else, and I didn't want her bald. But I did order her the multi-pastel and the dark purple wig shortly after. But now I can't decide, what is best?

I didn't have a wig chosen for her as she was an in-stock impulse purchase on my part. I had gotten a big back-payment of money owed, so I took a portion of it to purchase her from DDE. Cost a pretty penny, plus customs since I'm in the EU, but she was totally worth it!

I've named her Iona, and I am so glad I do finally own one! I couldn't join the preorder back in 2023 for her, because I couldn't afford it, nor did I have a character for her.

It was good I didn't join the preorder then, because the first half of 2024 was financially very difficult... I had also ordered Territh (DV Alter) for christmas, who I had pushed off for years, but I really wanted him for one of my wife's characters that I wanted to shell to complete an RP pairing of ours.

She still doesn't have a preexisting character, or a back story, for her, but that's fine. I originally wanted to get Adria's fullset because her outfit would have been perfect for Jazz, but I didn't like her face or ears as much. I barely looked at Vanora at the time, because I was so enamored with Adria's outfit. I forced myself to content with living vicariously through other owners, but sadly barely anyone had them or shared them? I was honestly surprised as they are both lovely!

Let me show some arrival pictures of her under the cut, plus more rambling. Beware of resin nudes!

Her shipping saga was... intense. DDE shipped her huge box (she herself is 66cm) through UPS. Sadly UPS kept having hiccups. First they kept pushing out the delivery date, because they fucked up and didn't forward the box to the delivery depot in time despite me having paid the customs already online.

Then they just didn't show up for the next two delivery days, literally trapping me at home for 3 days, because the delivery window was from 8am to 6pm... Of course this was all during the high traffic holiday time, where my sister needed me to help her bake Christmas cookies, but I couldn't get anyone else to wait for the box for me (I tried to find someone, but no one could and she was too big for a flex box). The second delivery day, they marked the box as "recipient not at home" at 8pm. I was home of course, and awake, but I couldn't call UPS because they closed at 7pm. A thing to note about UPS is, that they try delivering 3 times before they even think about bringing it to a shop, or just plain old return to sender. So I think you can understand why I was antsy.

Finally on the third day, she arrived about 5 minutes before the delivery window was over with. I was happy to finally open the box:

She was packaged safely at least, but due to traveling in winter with freezing temps, over half her magnets had gotten loose and needed to be reglued. I had to take her apart completely because her torso stabilizer had knocked loose, so I wired her.

I think I spent 3 hours getting her wired, restrung, and dressed, because she was being a brat. She came with a small bust as a gift, but I kept the large bust on her, it fits better into the custom made Iplehouse SID corset from CeressBJDclothes.

I bought her during the black friday sale on DDE, so I ended up qualifying for a past Dream Valley event doll, so I chose Tea, as a little gift for me wife since she mentioned liking him. We jokingly call him "Audrey Two" after the carnivorous plant villain of Little Shop of Horrors. His mouth can open, and he is cute over all, and fits in with some other silly little plant like creatures we got.

But anyway, I am glad I got her after all, I think we now have at least 1 doll in each of DV's standard colors! I have an Ann, Bor, and Eve in white, an Ann in the old orange tan, an Apocalypse Horseman body in normal pink, an Alter in normal (yellow toned), Vanora in light tan, and my wife has Tea in white and an Olivia in grey. I just love the fantasy dolls DV makes, they are so good...

So yeah, please let me know which wig looks best!

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Oh look, Skuld is in the top right corner! CapsuleDoll did a magnificent job on his outfit, I was just talking about them in a recent post of mine!

It's been a hot minute since I've posted here, so have a selection of commissions that I've done in the last couple of years (oh by the way, I'm on Instagram now under capsuledollbjd, if people want to buy from me without supporting etsy)

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Melody got a new wig, which I lovingly call "styled with leave in conditioner and curl gel". I do like it on her, it's super soft and shiny, but it is too big. It literally stays on with eye putty under the cap.

I got it from Natrume on Etsy and it is made of Angora Mohair and is a hardcap wig. The wig was offered in many sizes between 14cm to 24cm circumference, but Melody has a 19.5-20cm head and that was exactly a size not available. I could either go way too small at 18.5cm, which with a hardcap wig would not have fit, or I could go for the 20.5cm wig that is roomy, which I did get.

Oh well, at least her gorgeous tresses cover the gapping of the wigcap. I will commission eventually a local good friend of mine to make her her "awakened" wig, which needs to be opalescent and with black tips. Goes with her lore!

Melody is a Doll Chateau Snow Nymph with Ashuradark eyes and a faceup by me over at @izasfaceups

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Please excuse the potato photos, but I got a new outfit for Liam!

After owning him for over 10 years, I finally designed a proper royal yet practical outfit, and commissioned CapsuleDoll on Instagram and Etsy to make the design a reality. She knocked it out of the ballpark, especially since she works with measurements!!

She does have a Soom Chrom herself, but mine is a hybrid on a different torso (DFA 65cm boy body from the neck to the thighs), so I'm glad what she made fit him wonderfully. I only had to modify myself one thing, which was the blue tailcoat as the snaps were too tight for his chest, but luckily there was enough fabric that I could just move the snaps over to close it.

I have commissioned CapsuleDoll 6 times already, but I only provided exact guidelines for 2 of them. She even managed to translate a complex outfit idea into reality for me, which included wing-holes in the back. I gave her exact measurements, and it turned out perfect.

All the outfits I have by her are wonderfully made, and I am very happy with her work. She works great with both vague inspiration words and based on sketches. I can definitely recommend her!

Soon I should make a group picture of all my dolls that wear outfits made by her...

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Long long ago I did some pairing photos of Milo and Peppi in front of the tree. Milo is just perfect for the soft lights, but I somehow didn't show Lilian in ages.

As much as I love Milo with Peppi, Lilian and Milo is even better (they are both poly and very open with their partners btw).

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Zaria got to go out to a conservatory with me and a friend, and these are some of my favorite shots I took of her! Next time though I am taking a smaller doll, she was a bit unwieldy

Here's a funny pic taken by a friend of me setting her up by some tall grass. It was a lot of fun!

The what is what:

Sculpt: Telesthesia Doll FeiHuaDeng in a discontinued tan skin

Outfit: CeressBJDClothes for the corset and SaroriaJ for the skirt

Wig: MSire in 8-9

Eyes: Free-included glass eyes

Faceup: Me over at @izasfaceups

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My 2D Doll 68cm girl body arrived recently, and it's a great and heavy body. The resin on the surface almost feels soft it's so nice, and the sculpting is beautiful too.

I got the large bust for my girl, and it really is "large". Like they broke the company box with how mighty they are! I'm honestly amazed I managed to get pants on her thunder thighs at all. It was a fierce battle between unforgiving firm resin and me pulling stretched to oblivion fabric pants over her thighs and butt. I won in the end though, but I hope I can get them off her again in the future...

Sadly this body does not suit the head (Impldoll Azalea) I got it for, as its jaw is much too slim for the thick neck (despite being made for a 10cm neck...). I tried repainting her (she needed to be color matched) but the proportions still bother me.

It's sad really because I love how this faceup turned out! It's almost sad I'm gonna sell the head as it means I will wipe the faceup (it is character specific). Oh well, I will enjoy this faceup until I purchase a new head in the coming months.

She looks so cool, but I just can't get used to the wonk proportions...

Anyway, in my quest for head sizes, I decided to try two hybrid ideas. Let's put those under a cut. The second set has upper body nudes.

1st:

I put my Simply Divine Thomas head on the body, which has the right neck measurements, and actually looks quite nice. This head is already claimed though, and Val would not appreciate switching sexes like this. He's very much a cis-man, but he does look good on this body too.

And 2nd:

I tried an Iplehouse EID Camilla head on the body, and size wise it is excellent. There is some major gapping from the side though, as Iplehouse bodies have massive necks that balloon at the top. That can be easily hidden though with camera angles and wigs.

If I ever feel like updating Queen Ursa's body (my Iplehouse Camilla on an nSID body in peach gold) this would be a good contender since it fits so nicely. I would get her a smaller bust size though, like medium.

Overall, I am happy with this body and it's posing, I'm just a little sad about the head not looking right on it. Oh well, I guess it is time to reshell Kaya too...

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Today I'm showing off one of my wife's dolls again, this time Eva. She is a special doll because she was my first anniversary gift to her back in 2012 when we were dating still (we've been married since 2015). After 12 years my wife finally asked me to repaint her from her modified (freckles added) default faceup.

Up here is a picture of her from back in 2013 with her untouched default faceup, before I gave her freckles upon my wife's request. It was very subtle and light, but it had horribly faded over the years, as shown in the next comparison:

So faded, but still so cute! But now she's all refreshed, I even cleaned, restrung, and wired her so she's good as new!

The what is what:

Sculpt: Dollzone April (classic, from before 2011)

Wig: Licht 2.5d in 8-9

Outfit: Angell-Studio

Eyes: Mystic Kids Miri 16mm default glass eyes

Faceup: me over at @izasfaceups

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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