AC haul: DC Lillian SP, MiracleDoll

Found it weird getting a text from DHL saying they had a delivery on the way for me, even more so when I hadn't received any email saying anything had been shipped off. The only thing I would have on the way shipped with DHL was my order at Alice'sCollections - but that one I didn't expect any time soon and hadn't got a mail saying they had shipped it off yet. Only logical being a bit skeptical, but it was the only sane conclusion, and, sure enough, a few days later I got a mail from AC with tracking number.

I didn't really know if it was everything I had ordered, as I had added a body and a head at various points, so that was going to be exciting to see.

It then arrived, a nice big box of goodies!

Three "little" boxes, neatly packed and just waiting for me to open them and see what's inside!

In the first, smaller, cardboard box was this beauty - DollChateau Lillian SP i peach skin. Got a pair of free glass eyes in a size much too big for the head, which I believe takes either10mm or 12mm eyes. It wont get to be wearing ordinary eyes anyway, want something fantasy for it, something with glitter, pearls and little glittering stones in them. The nose was way pointier than in the pictures, might do a bit of sanding, might not, it is a fantasy creature after all.

In the second largest was this fancy black suitcase-like box. Inside, covered up like some bubble-wrap mummy, was this gorgeous lad - MiracleDoll Chi Zhu, Little Moth, in normal skin with extra parts in transparent resin on the associated Moth bust stand. I'm still not over all that fine detailing in both bust and extra parts, his face is so soft and sweet, and those elf ears! Just look at those beauties! He's just perfection through and through! I'm even considering placing an order for a second head to put on the LoongSoul body this here head was intended to go on. I just don't want these to part, it's so decorative and beautiful, there's so little that could convince me of not ordering a second head, in my mind I've already done a million times over xD

In the third, and largest, box was this body, very well packaged in a sea of bubble-wrap. It poses beautifully and I love those thicc thighs! Just to show off a pretty neat move, he can crouch down with little to no effort;

Pretty neat no?!

And because I felt a little artistic I shot a monochrome of that Chi Zhu head on the Moth stand. it's just so, words, don't come easy to me.

Thanks for swinging by!

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.

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Dolls: Guiliano, SOOM TeenyGem Feny, Jamie, DollsBe Grape

Clothing: FectDoll, eBay, SOOM

Eyes: DollShe, unknown

Wigs: ForMyDoll

Face-up: Me