50Q BJD Meme

I got a bit creative and tired of there being no new BJD meme/questionnaires out there so here, 50 questions for you to have fun with!

1. Have your tastes changed in sculpts over the years? 

2. Do you have pre-made characters for the dolls that you get home which must fit a certain description, or, do you get them home and let inspiration hit? 

3. What do you do when you get hooked on a particular sculpt and want it home right here, right now but can't as you have to save or some other reason? 

4. How many dolls are too many to you personally? 

5. What are your thoughts on dolls with already pre-existing characters from movies/books/cartoons/etc.? 

6. Acrylic, glass or urethane? And why? 

7. How much does yellowing bother you? What is acceptable before you want something done to liven up that old yellow resin skin? 

8. What are your thoughts on anthro BJDs vs actual animal BJDs? 

9. How small is too small? How tall is too tall? Or does height even matter to you? 

10. Do you talk with your resin buddies while painting them, dressing them, just because? 

11. Do you have a doll you love but will probably never have because finances or impossible to get?  

12. Do you have a favourite clothing company where you go and buy clothing and/or shoes from?  

13. Your favourite pair of shoes you ever got home? Picture please!  

14. Favourite accessory and, again, picture!  

15. How many times have you had to redo a face-up in a day?  

16. Ever sat screaming and cursing at your sewing machine? Or even if you've sown something by hand? Tell us a bit about one of those silly outbursts!  

17. In the past year have you had to find homes for some of your resin buddies?  

18. Have you ever made any miniature furniture of any kind or do you prefer to buy it?  

19. What would you do if one of your dolls went green or banana yellow? Would you try and salvage the damage somehow by mods and the like, or would you reinvent their character?  

20. Ever got two dolls or more home in a year?  

21. Are there a certain theme going style/face-up/accessory/other wise? Or are they all fairly different from one another?  

22. How much is too much to pay for a doll/how little is too little? And why?  

23. Do you do mods? Show us some of your work! Would you do them on rare/limited sculpts? 

24. Do you prefer getting dolls home blank so that you can do your own face-up, or, do you prefer to have the company paint them for you?  

25. Do you keep up with the various companies releases, events and the like?  

26. Ever hated having to cover up a body with clothing because the sculpting was absolutely divine and you'd rather just be able to watch all that naked glory for all time?  

27. What is your favourite wig brand?  

28. How many pairs of shoes do you own for your dolls?  

29. How many wigs do you have for your dolls?  

30. Do you have a favourite set of clothing? Do you own it? And if, picture please!  

31. Do you have a favourite outfit you've made yourself?  

32. Ever commissioned someone? And what for?  

33. How many pair of eyes do you have, spare and in use combined?  

34. Ever called in sick because of an incoming package?  

35. What have been you longest wait? And the shortest?  

36. Do you prefer shooting single shots or group pictures?  

37. Do you prefer male or female dolls?  38. Ever had that one piece of accessory you could never quite find and are still searching for years later?  

39. Ever had trouble settling for a sculpt for a given character and had to buy multiple sculpts home before finding that perfect one?  

40. Do you keep a journal in where you write all of your doll related ideas and plans even if they wont always come to fruition?  

41. Ever shot some naughty naked/nude pictures? If not, why?  

42. What are the longest time you've had a layaway running? If you've never done one, why are you refraining from making use of this service?  

43. Do you mind not being able finding a whole lot of pictures of a given sculpt you want home or do you like it's exclusivity?  

44. Are you more of a share all the pictures type of person or more of a keeping them all to yourself and only share a select few?  

45. How good are you at sticking to your plans if, say, you told yourself you only were to bring home one more this year and then go on a break?  

46. What doll body is your favourite? 

47. Who in your resin crew has gone through the biggest transformation since arrival?  

48. Do you pamper some more than others?  

49. Ever bought something (dolls, clothing, accessories)  that looked amazing in the pictures but turned out to be nothing like it upon arrival?  

50. What are your continued plans for this year? 

- By MorbidDelusions

Ilya - SoulDoll Keith

When I saw this little guy on the local forum, at first I told myself no, that I had plans and should stick to them. Sure, stick to them, more like stick it to them and go right ahead! xD So I did not too long after.

While I waited I had hoped to find tonnes of pictures but found no more than a small handful, by a whopping two people! What d'ya say! Wow! But since the wait got shortened down drastically from a layaway plan going for 4 months it was really only about 14 days/3 weeks, give and take, it suddenly became less important.

Then today he arrived and I really had to hold myself back from not just simply opening the box and get him outta there in a rush to shoot a couple pictures along the way. 

And there, 47cm of pure perfection. Going to repaint him and find some smaller eyes somewhere, but damn I love him to bits already and that set of clothing! It's such nice materials and sown so well! Looking forward being able to share more pictures of this kiddo in the galleries for sure!

Corset won't be abandoned

Seems like I will be able to get the corset close to finished afterall! Got the lace and snap clasps in the mail today and boy am I all up in the clouds about it all xD Didn't know that receiving lace trim would get me this happy, but you learn something new about yourself everyday.

But just look at it! It's so, so, so, PRETTY! Kinda got let down with the other lace trims I bought from another seller, they didn't quite look like what I expected when I saw them up close in person, so this is such a nice surprise!

Now I just hope for the satin ribbon and eyelets I ordered to arrive here quick so that I don't have to have the corset lying around unfinished for all too long.

Wedding Dress - Finished Crinoline and Corset WIP

Finally finished sewing the crinoline here the other day. Had been my intentions to shoot pictures yesterday but it was so grey and dark outside that I dismissed it entirely and spent the day getting kips put in Riku's joints along with his spouse, Matthew. Made it quite a joy shooting these pictures really. But here they are, pictures of a project that's taken well over 12 hours to complete. Looks easy enough putting together, but it's not. Takes a lot longer than you'd expect and I have this awful habit of underestimating how long some things will actually get to take.

The crinoline, while it isn't entirely perfect and could have been sewn a lot better, I'm pretty satisfied. Never made a crinoline like this before so for a first this isn't all bad. Next time I will just be using a different type of fabric for the piping as the one I used went and unexpectedly got all stretchy on me. Guess it didn't do well getting cut into thin strips. Also the top 4 half hoops could have been positioned better. Perhaps next time I should work on this crinoline around a mannequin to get things just the way they're supposed to. Again, I'm satisfied and for a first I don't think I'd be able to make it any better than this. Good thing it's to be covered by a petticoat, huh? Nah, just kidding, could have looked like a trainwreck and it doesn't.

Which brings us on to the next garment in line to be made:

The Corset

Posted a picture yesterday of the pieces cut out and here I've put them all together with pins. It will get to look so very nice with that print and gorgeous dark blue lining. Have yet to cut out some fabric for the modesty panel and the modesty placket but I will get there. Thinking I will have to go buy some much thinner satin ribbon seen as the ribbon I have here is far too thick and I only have black. There wont be doing much of any decoration on this, going to be keeping it really simple. Just some lace at the top and that'll be it. It's a shame the snap clasps for the busk hasn't arrived in the mail yet, then I'd be able to finish it in its entirety. For now I will simply sew as much of it as possible.

Just a rant

Second payment down on Jack Frost's ticket home along with clothing for Pitch and some for Derek because I want to see him in something Mori-kei girl inspired, or is it fully Mori-kei that dress? Well, in any case, I want to see him in it!
This is the dress btw, the one in the lower left corner:

Would also get to be the first payment on Ilya, SoulDoll Keith, because I couldn't just let him sit there, or rather lay in his box because at his current home he was only ever out once from the box. What a sad existence, had to, you know? Already looking forward to be able paying yet a chunk off of the layaway and it was only $500! So expensively cheap! xD

Besides spending a lot of money I shouldn't, had promised myself no more guys home before I get bodies for the floating heads, as if... Anyway, besides all of that I've finished the crinoline, almost, just need a couple buttons sown onto the belt but can't before I finish the corset. Wan't to know exactly how far I need to strap it in and I'm unsure how much the corset will change the measurements as is now.

This is the corset so far, it will have a dark blue lining and be sparsely decorated, nothing flashy and it needs to fit neatly underneath the dress. And, as they say, less is more. Don't know entirely if I will go with boning or just make it look as if it has got such. I'll see where I go with it, at least it will have boning at the front.

Why not conclude this entry by yet some tales of me spending more money?  Yes, lets! So, here goes! My good friend Nikki had some clothes up for sale and of course there was a few bits and pieces that were of use for one of the resin roomies here.

Taffy really needed these, of course he did, so he's getting them. Needed some socks for all of this and since I've got none and no fabric to sew some of I went and raided CoolCat for some cute ones along with a pair of awesome multi coloured underwear.

Looking forward to receive all of this some point mid/end February.