Having been in this crazy hobby since May 2011, I have accumulated quite a few dolls (current count as of Nov 12. 2023: 51), but not all have stayed. Some even got reshelled.
Most of my reshelled dolls completely replaced the original shell, except in the case of Ursa and Lily. I have both of their (very different looking) shells still in my collection, with each being a version of the OC they represent. The others were mostly sold, though a few got a different character assigned to them (Val 1.0 Head = Kass, Morgan 1.0 = Viola, Sam 2.0 Head = Ivy). Basically I reshell dolls when their characters outgrow their doll avatars so to say.
I even reshelled my first doll, Melody, who had been an Obitsu 60cm Gretel and is now a Doll Chateau Snow Nymph. The original shell was sold because I found I vastly preferred resin to vinyl, and because the character had fallen out of use/importance. So initially I didn't even intend to reshell her.
It's kind of funny how Melody came about to be reshelled. I instantly fell in love with the DC Snow Nymph upon seeing her pictures, but couldn't afford or justify her yet, but I knew I needed her. It took me a while to figure out why and who she needed to be, and then it clicked, she was Melody.
My wife (then fiancee) surprised me by ordering her on layaway as a wedding gift for me. Which is very special for many reasons, one being that Melody had been the first OC I created specifically to RP with my wife with (though we were only friends at that point, quickly becoming besties though). So it was only fitting that she became a wedding gift in 2015 from my wife (though it took her many more years to finally shell Darten, her husband, in 2019 I think?).
Anyway, do you guys have any reshelled dolls, and if so, why or why not?
Aaaages ago I got this little fella from a friend and somehow never came to take many photos of him and as I am sorting out like everything I have right now I finally came to it. It was kind of hard not just to drop him into water but I think this scenery at a local pond fits him well.
This goth elf boy is a Doll Family-A Auriel in normal yellow. He was a lot of fun to work on and I used for the first time my PanPastels on him for the black tattoos and makeup.
His ears were already pierced, but the chain was my own idea, which the client loved as well! Poor boy arrived with one of his ear tips broken off in shipping, but I was able to fix it back on and the seam is barely visible.
Want to see more of my work or commission me? Then please check out my website at www[dot]IzasFaceUps[dot]com!
To complete past diy kimono dressing for Sylvanians Families/Calico Critters I shared before (see 1 / 2), here is a new step by step by @haluchobin to create cute easy to put on obi :
Tie a thin elastic into a loose loop around the tail
Slip both ends of a ribbon through the loop and sew into place
Tie another ribbon around the elastic covering the knot. Style it into a bow, you can try to mimic real musubi if you want
Big thanks to everyone who participated! Didn't think there's gonna be so many entries, oh my,,
I decided to choose both winners with a wheel of fortune BC RAHH THERE'S JUST SO MANY GOOD WORKS!!! and i didn't want my bias to play a part, so i made two wheels: one with everyone, second with my favourite entries. Congratulations to the lucky people here 💛🙏
Most of the artists posted on Instagram, but here are some who have tumblr (and whom i didn't forget) (pls tell me if i forgot anyone):
@mantafangs @konbupie @i-eat-mold (shoesmustwearshoes on IG) @canidaria @kimetsu-chan @selendyne
Someone asked for Roxy drinking a rum and coke, and being disgusted, but then I started playing dolls with it. Maybe that’s where they were sleeping. All this time. Who knows really.
omg i wouls sell my soul for more mean bf sirius with corruption kink💔💔💔
mean bf sirius who introduces you to the marauders and lets remus and james fondle ur tits and ass whenever they want, patting your cheek when u look up at him with those maddening—thoughtless doe eyes :(
“they just really like you, puppy”
or or or waking up to the marauders low groans and the tip of their cocks slapping against your naked body and face, sirius laughing breathlessly at how flustered and helpless u look :(
“this is what good girls do, pretty. just lay there n look dumb for us, yeah? helps us cum faster,”
Who gets the worm? by Nadine
Via Flickr:
Nympheas Dolls Chou Sweet Candy, Sakura & Paper Studio Xiao Jiu, Doll Family-A Pan Pan, Doll Factory Dew, Camellia Dynasty Rosemary x 3, Doll Chateau Baby Arnold, Dearmine Barbara and Sharon, Aimerai Bellina the Hen, Aimerai Future, Cocoriang Chuchu x 7.