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 The “Save Net Neutrality” bill was just introduced to Congress. You know what this means? WE HAVE THE BIGGEST CHANCE TO GET OUR INTERNET BACK.

We can only have a chance if you contact your reps NOW and SUPPORT THE BILL. The Bill has been assigned to the House Energy & Commerce Committee.

Here is the link to the bill: https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/4585

Check these images to see if your GOP MoC or Dem MoC is a member:

I got a very old MNF Shushu for a face up. Her old one was a pain, so much black everywhere which was so hard to remove >___<

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News: DOLK Levi “Underground City” Version 1/3 Scale Figure

Release Date: July 2018 Reservation Date: October 27th, 2017 to November 26th, 2017 Retail Price: 129,800 Yen + tax

DOLK has just announced a new Levi 1/3 scale figure, featuring his look from the underground city as seen in A Choice with No Regrets!

The first DOLK Levi figure was released in 2014.

Update (October 1st, 2017): A first look at the prototype of the figure, including his small knife!

Bambole a Roma (Dolls in Rome) 2012 was our third exhibition and we chose to show our passion for medieval fantasy with a Tarots theme. We took so many dolls that time! 😍 For be able to offer the best visibility both to tinies and SD size’s BJD, we divided our dolls in two group: Major Tarots’ Arcana for bigger sizes and Minor Tarots’ Arcana (Coins, Cups, Stick and Swords) for our YoSD and tinies

👑 MAJOR ARCANA 👑 The Chariot: Dominic (Fura)

Check on our website (link in bio) for our Flickr account and better photos! 📷 🎀 You can see on our website a link to the Flickr account of each Land of Immortals’ members 🎀

or genderless dolls, that would be ok too

i am not looking for manly men but something that’s not a child =u=;;;

i know there is xaga doll (30 cm) http://www.acbjd.com/xaga-doll-red-obsidian-27cm-c-566_574.html

there is dollpamm shota (37 cm) http://dollpamm.net/shop/step_submain.php?b_code=B20140112043514 ( i’d go for one of them but none of the faces really appeal to me )

there is also the soom faeries (31.5) https://dollsoom.com/eng/shop/list.php?ca_id=10103010 they are honestly a bit too mature for what i am looking for but they are nice 

News: Azone Asterisk Collection: 1/6 Scale Levi Figure

Original Release Date: March 2018 (Pre-Orders begin October 27th, 2017) Retail Price: 13,000 Yen + Tax

After its Eren figure later this year, Azone will be releasing a fully movable 1/6 scale figure of Levi! The company previewed the figure’s base look (The first official season 1 anime image) at Wonder Festival Summer 2017.

I prefer not to talk about the problems and complexities that occur in my life, but recent events do not allow me to remain silent. I became a victim of the theft and illegal use of my work. As you know, I worked on my first doll for more than 2 years at the time of its release in 2016. I make dolls with 3d technology and never hide it. And in 2015 I was looking for a company to print my doll and sent a demo version of the head and hands of Magdalena to sites of different companies to find out the cost of printing my models. This led to the fact that one of the employees of these companies, Sergei Shapovalov (PoToLo) used my models in their work and sold them on the site 3dtoday.ru.

People from the russian BJD community knew about this and accused me of buying a 3d model from Sergey. But this is not true. Sergei Shapovalov published his model for sale on November 19, 2016.

My work on Magdalena was started much earlier, in 2014-2015. I attach screenshots of my own files with dates.

In addition, I have a correspondence with my wife Kate (Ekaterina) from the messenger, where she sends me photos of the master models that she cast in early November 2016. I was sick then and stayed at home, and she worked in the office, delighting me with photos of the birth of my first doll.

On November 24, 2016, I published my first almost complete master-model of my first doll Magdalena on Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/amadiz/31213908565/in/dateposted-public/

Her model is also entirely mine.

One of the letters that I sent in 2015 to different 3D printing companies, to find out the cost of printing my 3d model.

I filed a complaint on 3dtoday.ru against Sergei Shapovalov and proved my authorship of Magdalena head, the 3D MODEL WAS DELITED by admininstration of this site: http://3dtoday.ru/market/games/toys/sharnirnaya_kukla_sharnirnye_sustavy/it/

In addition, the same people from Russia, who want to destroy my reputation with all their might, spread rumors that the author of my doll is Ivan Plastmaska. Ivan Plastmaska ​​is my friend, and I’m his regular customer, now he prints all.

His post: https://www.facebook.com/iplastmaska/posts/479378749084911

“Friends, because of one of my photos there was an unpleasant situation in the BJD (Ball Jointed Doll) community. My friend, talented artist Georgy Ramensky 3d-maker Ivan Plastmanska, i.e. I have.

Our cooperation lasts about a year. During this time, I was organized work of complex technical equipment, taking into account the specifics of printing master-models for dolls. Print master-models in a layer-by-layer fusing method (FDM). To improve the quality of master-models 3D-printing.

All creative work, ideas from the general concept of up to buttons on clothes of dolls belongs to Georgy. He did his models in Zbrush, I, in turn, continue to help with 3D-printing of master-models. Everyone is engaged in his own business, I’m technical support, all creative work is carried out by Georgy, this is his ideas, his models and his creativity. ”

I’ve never used other people’s creations in my work, even free templates. I create my dolls completely myself.

Each from my dolls was agreed with the administration of Den of Angels, I sent them screenshots of work on my doll. I want to show some of them here. This is the first version of Virginia, (which was released after re-make), old version Angels body, and Yolande on the first version Angels male body.

I have never lied and all my creativity and design of dolls belongs exclusively to me and Amadiz Studio. And even though I brought irrefutable evidence of my authorship, I understand that people from the Russian BJD community will continue to slander. But I do not hold evil against them, and I will just continue my work. I will create dolls, putting my soul and love in them.

Thank you all for your support and many kind words. I am glad that in the world there are so many good and beautiful people for whose sake it is worth trying and creating wonderful things.

Serene

Finally finished her face up! Her lavender skin is still stunning (I bought her in… 2015? I have to check it xD) but I always regret that I didn’t bought her with the awesome make up from Peakswoods. I tried to give her a similar appearance (not the same of course). I’m happy so far. She isn’t on my “need-to-sell-asap” list anymore. That’s good, right?

Well, apparently Amadiz lied about being a sculptor. People found the 3D model he used (made minimal changes to eyes/lips/jaw) priced at 15USD. So much for his lies that he worked on this doll for 2 years.

In this case we don’t have all the info becuase the file sharing site the original model is on lacks some of the indicators other sites like Thingiverse have, but in the case of a model this robust, one would assume the original designer would at the very least like to be credited in some form or another with the basic Creative Commons and Attribution lic. attached to it. Unless the model author comes forward and confirms what levels of CC licencing are attached to it we’ll never know.

Below are the basic CC rules, along with the possible attached augmented rules that *could* be applied to this model.

The basic CC lic. affords you the following: Share — copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format Adapt — remix, transform, and build upon the material

The licensor cannot revoke these freedoms as long as you follow the license terms.

On top of this the licensor (model designer can attach the following) Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use. 

and/or NonCommercial — You may not use the material for commercial purposes.No additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.

Now 3D printing has introduced some grey areas, because printer time and filament costs can be quantified people can, and do charge for printing services of models that are not their own. (we’ve acted as a printing service for several follower). However this is different than claiming the model is yours, and selling it under the guise of it being your work. As long as you aren’t re-selling a product that has the non commercial tag on it for profit, you still fall with in the creative commons lic.

Knowing all of the above, we can take away a best and worst case scenario for this whole thing.

“Best” case: If it only had basic CC attached, however shady and shitty it is, no law has been broken as far as CC is concerned. He did hwoever lie to his customers about how this sculpt came about- but thats a different can of worms.

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