#luts 2011 event head

[prince-rosalium]

i'm allergic to making cisgender dolls

[poupeesdecirque]

I loved your entry here Iza, and I wanted to reply yesterday but I was done after two bigger walks and a weekend of sewing.

There is actually two dolls I really reshelled so far, I had some that changed looks or character, but only two are dolls in which I got new shells for their characters.

First and the only one where it was fully intended was Samuel.

Samuel was first shelled as Luts Yuz and I ordered him as he was freshly released but the company pics fooled me and I ended up highly disliking the head :C

But I still tried, for some years even. But I mainly ended up hiding his features the best I could as Samuel has a very slim face and is overall more skinny and Yuz has a super small mouth and it's nothing I could imagine for Samuel.

I got Samuel's first shell in January 2012 and reshelled him in September 2015. From there on he was a Little Monica Bear and I am still very satisfied with the choice.

The Luts Yuz became Takizawa, but you might notice I made his mouth bigger with the face up, I still don't like the head if that isn't (as least somewhat) modified.

The other doll just kinda happened ...?

It was Epiphanus. He was created in 2011 and was turned into a doll but me an SD sized dolls aren't that much of a love story. I tried different styles for the doll and turned him into Púca (my first big modding project) in 2012. Then it happened that I got the Doll Leaves Ada as event doll in 2013 and had different intentions for it... but it didn't work out.

Later on it somehow clicked and I remembered I was missing Epiphanus from my range of main characters, so he got reshelled as tiny.

Honorable mention here is ... sometimes I take alternative heads and turn them into own dolls, happened with Keith's sleeping head who became...

...Peppi! Because sometimes the idea of having different heads is really tempting but I get lazy in changing them or you can't really do much with a sleeping head when you have the normal head as well, I was debating on using it for an own doll for a while.

Then Peppi came.

Overall yes, some dolls went through different styles until they got their own, sometimes it takes years. But intentional reshelling somehow happened rarely, that I took a character and said "okay this doll doesn't fit I need another one". I'm kinda glad I somehow always found an idea for my dolls/heads so far as I don't really like selling them.

But to be honest I sold a faceplate this year as I had it for 3 years and no idea for it (but my urge for another Unoa is just not here, the FP came with Milo's body and I never needed it). There is another head I have in my drawer I have no idea for so far but it's a fun head I really want to keep it until an idea hits me.

Reshelled Dolls

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?

[izasfaceups]

Here we have another commission for the same client as the last face up. All in all I did 4 face ups for them. 

Anyway, this is a Luts SDF Winter Event 2011 head in normal skin. He came with a pretty, but sparkly face up to me. He was fun to paint!

[okamikodomo]

Some shit

So I know @dollycoffee recently got shit for his doll modifications. I know @sicktress has also gotten shit for aaaages about her mods. @myrretah has gotten shit for her mods. I had a full blown arguement with my old roommate and a mutual friend about my mods. I've seen the hate for a few years about modifications too. My very first doll got modified (and is included on this list), the day I got him, in 2011, and I haven't stopped since. So here ya fuckers go. A list of all the dolls I own that have been modified. There are things I don't own anymore not included (a ResinSoul Jun, full doll, that was dyed, and a Angel of Dream head that was completely resculpted) and a doll that is currently en route (doll chateau 70cm boy body with the bone wings) that is getting heavily modified too.

Jaide - Dream of Doll Idol torso and FL F70 legs.  The mobility joint peanuts from the Dream of doll legs, and the thighs of the F70 legs were modified to fit together.  Dream of Doll is out of business, and the F70 line has been discontinued.

David - Migidoll Cynical Yujin with elf ear mods.  The C.Yujin is limited.

Cal - Dream of Doll Idol Black Elf Sha.  His mods are incomplete, but his whole self is being sanded to hide the dremel marks from a bad seam-removal.  The Black Elf Sha was a limited color, and Dream of Doll has gone out of business.  He also has Spiritdoll Proud Hands, which have been dyed brown.

Teirnan - Dollzone B60-004 body, which has had the torso joints completely re-sculpted for movement.  The 60-04 body has been discontinued and is very hard to find.

Heidi - Luts Delf Claus with a mouth-opening mod and removable tooth plate added.  I don't believe the Claus is limited.

Gin- Fairyland MNF Motion-Line boy body whose neck has been cut down and modified with Apoxie to be used with a doll chateau Bella head.

Josh - Doll Leaves body, with torso mobility mods, not limited.

Aki - Fairyland MNF A-Line normal boy body, torso mobility mods, not limited

Charlotte - Luts NS Xia head with vampire teeth added.  Limited.

Julian - Doll Family A Practice Head, major facial structure mods, tear ducts added, lips filled in.  May have been regular release but is currently discontinued.

Terra - Mirodoll Body torso, upper arms, upper legs, arms modded from the elbow to fit Impldoll forearms, Impldoll forearms shortened at the wrist to be proportionate to the torso and upper arms.  Legs modified at the knee to fit Soom Heliot Fantasy Legs.  All modified parts regular releases

Juno - Souldoll Zenith girl body with Soom Coquina fantasy legs.  Mods have not been started yet, but the legs will need to be modified at the knee to take the Soom hooves.  Hooves are dyed.  Body is discontinued, hooves were limited release.

Io - ResinSoul Tang, full body dye, slight subtractive mod to forehead, doll is not limited.

Rune - ResinSoul Jun, ears heavily modified, not limited.

Avalon - Fairyland Tan Sleeping  Dark Elf Soo with eye opening mods on a Souldoll NL  Boy body with Luts Kid Delf Hades legs.  Neck hole of head modified to fit on a regular body without FL neckpiece.  Hades legs modified to fit Souldoll knee, paws tinted gray with dye.  All modified parts were limited or partially limited releases; FL releases tan in batches, but the Soo is not limited itself.

Keilah - ResinSoul Fei with Soom Cheshire Cat legs.  Head has eye opening mods, Cheshire cat legs have been modified at the knee to fit the ResinSoul body.  Soom parts limited, body and head were not.

Riley - ResinSoul Ming with Soom Shale legs.  Mods not started, but the Shale legs will be modified at the knee to fit the ResinSoul body.  Soom parts limited, ResinSoul is not limited.

Mae - ResinSoul Yao with Soom Cheshire Cat legs and RS Ai hooves, mods not started but Cheshire parts will be modded to fit the ResinSoul knee, and the Ai hooves will be modified to replace the Cheshire paws.  Soom parts limited, ResinSoul is not.

Vorelvaeri - ResinSoul Wu on Doll Chateau K-08 Body.  Head has subtractive ear mod to make fantasy ears, tearducts added, body has fingers modified in place, as the hooks had damaged the resin of the jointed fingers, making them sit in place badly.  No limited parts.

Vespara - ResinSoul Custom Colormatched Ai head, with Soom Beryl Fantasy body and Soom Coquina God Hands.  Body has significant neck mod to accommodate the ResinSoul head.  Beryl hooves dyed with black dye.  All parts limited (head is a custom color match, so is one of a kind)

Nariaki - Dream of Doll A&E, cheeks have been slimmed down.  Dream of Doll is out of business, but doll was not originally limited.

Lillium - Gothic Angel Cain, has facial structure mods: jaw, nose, brow and eyes all heavily sanded.  Sculpt has not been released, and is a one-off directly from the artist.

Zephyr - Fairyland MNF Sleeping Breakaway on a ResinSoul Li body.  Sleeping head has had both eyes partially opened.  Neck hole also modified to fit a body without the FL neckpiece.  Body has had Female to Male gender mods, and full torso joint mobility mods.  Head is limited, body is not.

Cambré - Dollzone Mini Miss Kitty on a Doll Chateau B-05 body.  Head has been modified to fit on body, legs have been dyed.  Head was from event doll, body is not limited.

Shydran -Angelsdoll Kloze, eyes have been opened.  Sculpt is discontinued and is very hard to find.

Raul - Fairyland MNF Tan Sleeping Chloe, eyes opened, mouth opened, removable tooth plate added, head is not limited, but tan is released in batches.

These guys dont have names yet but:

Dollzone Event Fairy - permanent dye.  Doll was limited event doll.

Luts orange satyr body with Soom torso and Resinsoul arms, satyr body and torso modded to fit.  Satyr parts limited, the rest are not

Zaoll Dreaming Luv on Souldoll Vito boy body - eye opening on head, body has not been modded yet, but neck will need to be built up with Apoxie to fit head.

Dollzone Miss Kitty on Doll Chateau K12 boy body - head has had neck hole opened to fit on body.  No limited parts.

So y'all haters can kick rocks barefoot. We own our dolls, they're all legit, we can modify them if we fucking want. Choke on it, motherfuckers. 🖕🖕

EDIT I FORGOT ONE!! FAIRYLAND JURI 2014! Neck modified to be used without neckpiece.

[prince-rosalium]

hanging out with an old friend. this was the first doll i got when I was 11! that was...

14 years ago??? this guy could be a freshman in high school!!!

[prince-rosalium]

this poor yellowed creature is a luts 2011 winter event head in a circa 2009-10 bobobie body i acquired at TWELVE YEARS OLD. my first doll. his faceup is a very old (but very beautiful) $10 sorta job i got off DoA. I remember my parents helping me pack up the head to send out.

unfortunately. this boy is so gunked up. melted eye putty, hot glue sueding that's like 10 years old. i need to deep clean him, and then it's off to the dye bath.

his body is so FLOPPY. he has those true ball-shaped ball joints. you know, the ones that don't bend for shit? he's shit at standing. he's shit at sitting. his destiny in life is to be held like a stuffed toy and carried around the house. his destiny is to be carried at my side in a leather harness like he is my purse. his destiny is to be HUGGED.