I have so many backlog stuffs to post about! (though most of them are about my dolls, they are the worthy things to blog about :p ... ever since I MIA from cosplaying lol)
I have had MDD Latuni/Latouni/Latune (there is no fixed romanization of her name...) since months ago. I knew it will take awhile to fully personalize her, in terms of her face-up, joints repair and customizations, body stain removal (she has a severely stained body from previous owner...), clothings and wigs, mainly coz of funds problem for all of these. MDD/MSD requires me to build entire new doll wardrobe lol... Good that her default set consist of so many pieces which I can mix and match a variety of combinations! :D
I have had in mind to shell one of my favourite OCs, Syris, into Latuni's, but still in a dilemma whether she is the right sculpt.
I was having a hard time bonding with MDD Latuni and was thinking if it was actually a good decision to have brought her home :(
So I figure I just had to remove the face-up and redo a custom one for her. I have been afraid to remove her default; the guilt of removing a one-off default face-up and lack of confidence in my face-up skills and techniques.
But I know that the default face-up was the let down of this MDD and even if I have had it on or not, it wouldn't affect her selling point. My observation on the marketplace tells me that she is not a sought-after sculpt (AT ALL), even her beautiful outfit set doesn't sells well! D: It's just so saddening to learn this..... coz she has a beautiful face sculpt and beautiful outfit!
Moving on, so I FINALLY had the courage to remove the face-up. I did it together with Eri's face-up~ Spring Cleaning~!
I had some of practice on my face-up techniques on Eri's face and some other free commission BJD face-ups, before having the small increased confidence to do an 'anime' face-up. I have had only done natural face-ups for BJDs but not 'anime' face-ups on DDs. This will be challenging I know.
Cleaning and removing DD's face-up is a real pain and long waiting time... coz you have to give the previous face-up stains the vinyl and have to be taken off with stain treatment process (which will take days). I use OXY10 for DD stain treatments. For this face-up removal process, I repeated 48 hours treatment once, and one 24 hours treatment (total 3 treatments).
I removed everything, only leaving the bits of acrylic at the inner eye part and eyelids, so that I don't have to use more time and resources on painting those parts.
I trusted my experience with my years of drawing and my developed manga-art style to doing the face-up. Like mentioned earlier, I have done the face-up with reference to my OC Syris.
One picture of in progress~~
Ta-da! My first attempt at 'anime' face-up on DD / MDD. Overall quite happy with it ;w;
But the eyebrows are almost non existent orz ..
When I had her wig styled and put onto her....
She looks just like a Homunculus to me!! /////
Now I am in a ultimate dilemma whether to make her as Syris! Or another Homunculus OC, Hormuzd !!! T____________T
Perhaps I need to get a more perfect Syris wig to decide.....sob sob sobbbbb.....
Labels: Dollfie Dream, face-up
On the first day of the Chinese Lunar New Year (which fell on a Sunday this year), I woke up really early as usual everyday. No one was up yet, and it was bright sunny day, so I decided to give Kafka a custom modification of her face-up.
I have always wanted to mod her face-up but was a little afraid to do so; coz I am still not confident to do the eyeliner and eyebrows for Dollfie Dream D: But I got myself to do some slight modification also in the end. I can't bear to see Kafka look so plain and her looking like a basic DD Rise Kujikawa!
DDs are easier to get stained, that was my main worry. Thus I have had her head and body coated with more than 4 layers of MSC.
Can you tell the difference between double lashes and single lash?
I have had single lash applied on Kafka when she came home to me; but it wasnt really noticeable D; Might be the type of lashes I am using as well. I am using some super fine brown eyelash specifically designed for dolls. I am planning to get some DollyWink's eyelashes for her next time :)
Ta-da~
No major modifications; but I see some obvious difference :'D Just added blushings on cheeks an eyes, added more colour to the lips, drawn a more noticeable eyelid.
Took this photo with my phone, so colours may not look so vibrant ;;
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Be my Valentine series
To go with the occasion, I dressed Kafka up in some red, which is in line with both Lunar New Year and Valentine's Day :D
Close-up~
Outfit of the Day shot~
Kafka: Happy Lunar New Year!
Be my Valentine?
All dressed up for the occasion *
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First day of Lunar New Year brunch! Steamed xiao long bao's (dumplings), pan fried crab & pork dumplings, dried shrimp & shallots dry noodles and fried rice (-∀・*)
And dessert: we have baked pastry with red bean filling!
And watched a really good movie: Django: Unchained!
Labels: doll, Dollfie Dream, face-up, food, Kafka, My Atelier, Work in Progress
Done some body blushing on Kafka's body recently (two weeks ago) and took some photos today :D
Body blushing and faceup have always been fun to do!
Oopss Doll nudity alert!
Ironically, today is one of the hottest day here (apparently) :P
Full post read only for those who do not find dolls and doll joints creepy! Also, doll nudity alert!
Not too many closeup pictures though ;;
A little too much pink?
Constructive feedback are welcomed :)
Labels: Ball-Jointed Dolls, body blushing, doll, dollfie, Dollfie Dream, face-up, Kafka
