Of Arrivals and Face-ups

Bo finally arrived home a couple days ago and is he ever the cute wee one!
I had him borrow a yukata from one of the other kids here and, though I had ordered a pair of eyes for him, the ones I found in me Jar of Eyes is a definite keep for him. I don't really have a clue from where they are from but I'm almost 100% certain they came along with one of the guys here at some point or other.
Sadly the weather is all gone to shits with plenty of rain and cold and zero sun. I would really have prefered if the weather hadn't turned for the worse as I'd have loved being able to start painting him.
Anyway, here's the kiddo with his adorable pouty lips and button nose.

I'm going to be buying a few pairs of extra hands for him as I'd like some more natural hand poses besides his eternal peace signing and pointy finger on the other hand.

Now I'm just wanting for AC to send Jack on his way. The only thing being a hindrance for that is EndlessBJD not having finished up on my order of a dress, that even after over 3 months. It's getting a bit irritating as I had actually thought it'd be finished in time for when Jack would be sent on his way up here. It's why I ordered it, now I'm regretting it a little. Just hope they'll finish up on it soon as Jack is simply waiting for that silly dress to be completed. Would be nice if they had a notice board or a banner saying they were behind schedule, very busy because of a lot of orders, I'd understand that, but they haven't any of that. It's not that I'm made purely of impatience, but after 3 months one would expect an order to be finished, or am I wrong in thinking that?

Also recently got a few faces painted and I'm nearly finished too. The weather was amazing last Friday, blue skies and the sun high in the sky. I got some paint in those cheeks of Harry Potter and Minoru.

Upon painting Harry I noticed his one nostril being larger on the one side compared to the other. Hadn't noticed this back when he was blank. For a split second it bothered me a little but then I thought, to heck with that, he's perfect anyway! And then later that night I came up with a brilliant explanation as to for why his nose looks like that. He works as an Auror, accidents happen, they're bound to, some shit went down and he hurt his nose and before Mediwizards could get to him Muggles had brought him to a hospital and stitched him up. Shit happens, no?

Also, just look at those Scarlet Johansson lips, they really look something fierce like hers if you ask me and I can't unsee it. Perhaps it'll change when I add some more detail to them but I doubt it.

It's a shame one can't really see the blooper on his chin from where sealant did something weird, instead of thinking I had to remove it all again I instead embraced it and thought, hey melasma! I really want him to have a very soft expression  and love how it's turning out so far.

Also tried my hand at a third one, but, eh, it didn't really, uhh, well, see for yourselves:

I couldn't figure out at all what I wanted for him so I just went berserk and did whatever, and I don't even know. This was me not even being serious and part of me had hoped it would spark something in me but nope.

After wiping his face clean from that disaster up there I got the idea to do something inspired a little of BlueOxyde's boys. I sadly haven't had the chance to do anything much because the good weather didn't stick around after Friday. At least now I have an idea of how to paint him.

Of new arrivals and a bit of splurging

Because of my tax returns I could finally pay up on this cutie patootie from a friend of mine in the Netherlands. He was just too adorable, those chubby little cheeks, button nose and pouty lips, couldn't stand for it! When I expressed my interest they were so grand as to hold him for me and said I could take as long as I needed to pay them. Hadn't expected to have him home for some 2-3 more months, but hey, luck shone my way :D
Also went ahead and splurged on some clothing, eyes and a wig for him, though all of it won't arrive before who knows when exactly. The clothing was some 5-8 weeks, eyes are little over a month perhaps two, and the wig 1-2 weeks tops. Waiting times aside it needed home nonetheless! This little guy, if all goes according to plan, should arrive home next week at some point. Can't wait to greet him and have him meet all of his new little friends along with everyone else here! Precious little ankle biter ♥

Rambling ahead

Think I've changed my mind about the sculpt for being Hiro. Going back to one I previously ditched as he, at the time, didn't really strike me as quite the right fit. Reason behind this was me not really believing that there wasn't anything out there better, some sculpt with a bigger, wider, nose of sorts. So back to looking at sculpts I went for the first choice back when I first went on the hunt; IpleHouse. Once more I fell over their JID Colin and the more I looked the more right it felt, even comparing the SoulDoll Hunoi and Colin without face-ups had me change my mind about SoulDoll entirely. That decided I now just have to wait until I've got money and I'll start a layaway to bring the kiddo home.

That said, the day draws ever nearer when AlicesCollections will send Jack Frost (DollFamily-A Wen) on his way up here! From what they told me he should be sent on his way come next week, which I really hope because I'm turning increasingly impatient for each day that passes by. There's this relentless restlessness inside of me that's jumping around, screaming and laughing, not able to contain all the happiness and joy. Really can't wait to see the boy, like, at all! Not anymore anyway, I was pretty calm and collected about it a few weeks ago, but not anymore, not by far. Even brings a smile to my face imagining how small he will be next to Pitch standing 70cm tall while Jack is only 56cm tall. But he will be perfect, they will be perfect, everything will be perfect. Going to have to re-make Jack's staff, good thing I never entirely finished the one I had already started making a while back. And can't wait to sew him his clothing, already have the fabrics and everything else needed at the ready for when he comes home, all hyped about seeing it come together at long last. I also hope for some sunny weather to come around so that I can get him painted on my days off. Ah, this is all so exciting! It's like time is standing still, though it really isn't, but I just want him home so badly and that now and not later. He's nearly the only thing running through my head lately and I can't help it, who could? When you know it's just a moment before shipping and it's so close you can almost and then not at all and for f's sake just send me that confirmation mail with a shipping number for me to abuse already! This is pure torture and hell, but oh, is it ever sweet! Yeah, no, I don't know what I'm trying to say anymore, just rambling at this point xD