Dolly Doodles

the game I've been involved in developing was just released! it was a challenging journey, but I gathered experience across different aspects of development, such as UI, tech art, and game design. if you like detective puzzles like me, Between Horizons is for you!

I’m resisting my clown hydra that I made around Christmas time because I love it that much. I also can’t find the original post so y’all get a new one.

It’s fully articulated and has a squeaker just under the bow tie. Each neck can move independently and the main tail is poseable also.

It’s made with vintage DIY clown doll heads as well as vintage fabrics.

I’m actually really proud of it 😭 It still makes me smile every time I see it. It’s one of those projects that came out extremely close to my original internal vision of it.

I’ve completed the Clown Hydra and it’s every bit as glorious as I imagined. It’s exactly how I pictured it. I feel so proud of myself for completing this weird little guy!

I was sent some vintage DIY clown doll heads by a friend and they hung out here for quite a while before I ended up using them.

I pulled an articulated doll armature, weighted beans, threads, and stuffing out of my stash and sourced some vintage polka dot and striped primary (plus green) rainbow fabric, ribbon, and pompoms online for this! Several of the items came from my stash, which makes it even better since I’ve been trying to use stuff up.

Each of the clown’s necks and the body are poseable. It has a surprise squeaker just under the bow!

My friend's doll collection was stolen on May 19th by his shitty landlord. Charges have been filed, but the landlord and the moving company he used to transport the dolls and other stolen property have been uncooperative in giving the information needed to trace and recover the dolls.

I'm asking that this post be shared as far and wide as possible so he has some hope of getting his most beloved and distinctive dolls back.

If anyone sees a massive dump of Ringdolls and Dollfie Dreams on Mercari, eBay, or Facebook, especially in/around/from the Louisville, KY area, please contact me so I can let him know.

I will update as we assess the full extent of the loss, but the dolls we're asking people to keep an eye out for at the moment are

Ringdoll K fullset edition with attached hair, NS. No outfit. Distinctive features: One magnet fell out and was put back in back upside down, so his headcap doesn't stay closed.

DIM Minimee Ruki head, NS. Distinctive features: Vampire mod.

Custom House Mina (both Saint Mina and LE Sad Mina), NS

Ringdoll Quiz, GS, fullset

Bobobie Pixie. Distinctive features: sky blue skin that yellowed to a minty color. Probably wearing green pajamas with brown airplanes made by me.

ResinSoul Yao, WS. His first doll, probably yellowed a fair bit by now. Distinctive features: a small chip on one of her horns.

DIM Minimee heads of all Gazette and Dir En Grey members. If these turn up as a lot, contact us, it's probably them.

Soom Dain

Soom Dawn

2 60cm Sweetdolls, NS

HZ WangYe head

This ResinSoul Dai and 1st gen Bobobie Apollo, probably still in these outfits

Any dolls that appear in a large group with these should be reported.

I will update tomorrow with more specifics on the missing Ringdolls and DD/DD mods when we've had a chance to sit down and assess the extent of the theft.

@okamikodomo @fullyfunctionalminiaturebeehive @buffdolls @laptopcoffee @lupusdarkmoon @lordhigheverythingelse @nyxypixie @freakstylebjd @literally anyone and everyone we've ever met in this community

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This is the first SD plus-sized BJD potential pre-order that really caught my attention, and I would like to see this doll get made. The artist needs 20 orders by the end of May (to preserve the molds already made from the samples), and I don't have the funds to order one myself in that timeline, or I would.

So - a long, rambling way to say that if you'd also like to see this doll made, please make some noise to help the artist fill pre-order slots. The artist said the cost is due to this doll's complexity and amount of resin required.

Player One, the head I sculpted for Resin Rose BJD Expo, is now ready to pre-order!  You can place your order here: http://www.resinrosebjd.com/player-one-pre-order.html  Check out the page to see other artist’s face-ups!

(shown here on an Iris doll body)

Stats

Wig Size: 8/9

Head width (from ear tip to ear tip): 9.5cm

Eye size: 16mm to 20mm

Min/Max neck dimensions:  8CM to 10CM

Body sizes:  Luts Senior Delf Girl, Volks SD10, Impldoll 64CM female, EID female, Dollstown 18y female, Dollshe 26f classic,  Iris Doll

Bio:

Player one works well on SD bodies with medium to large necks and  somewhat broad shoulders. Player One is a versatile sculpt that can work for both male and female characters depending on how it is painted and styled. Appropriate eye sizes will depend on the eye maker, anything from 16MM up to 20MM will fit but the 18-20mm range seems to work best with lower domes allowing for a better fit.

Player one works best on necks in the 9-10cm range but smaller circumference necks will work as well.

Pricing

Resin Rose 2017 Attendees $100

Non Resin Rose attendees: $139

​Domestic Shipping: $8.35

"Wooo!"

Boundary-setting sentences:

I can’t do that, but I can help you find someone who can

I appreciate the gesture, but in the future, I’d prefer…

I can’t take on additional responsibilities right now

I’m not comfortable discussing this topic with you

I’m uncomfortable with what you just said/did

Thanks for your concern, but I can handle this

I can’t attend, but I appreciate the invitation

I don’t give you permission to do X to me

I can’t do X, but I’m open to trying Y

I don’t feel safe so I’m going to leave

I won’t be spoken to in that manner

I’m allowed to change my mind

Thanks, but I’m not interested

I wish I could, but I can’t

No, thank you

No

Continuing experiments with Triton XL 114, because why not, right?

Previous post: https://www.tumblr.com/imreadydollparts/711432510491574272/so-we-all-know-that-ive-been-experimenting-with?source=share

We were wondering how Triton would affect a painted doll’s face so I pulled out my repainted Monster High Nefera.

If I remember correctly, her face was done with Testor’s Dullcote*, Tamiya X-22*, water color pencil, soft pastel, and a little bit of acrylic paint.

* Both of these products turned out to not play too nicely with vinyl over time, reacting to the plasticizer and on many dolls becoming sticky. Nefera is not sticky unless I touch her face, but that’s just me. My skin dissolves Testor’s Dullcote regardless of the surface it’s on.

Her hair was hard snakes of gluey hair, with a solid helmet of glue on top.

I had to take my gloves off so that I could break up individual plugs’ glue coatings. Triton won’t hurt you, but it will dry your skin out something awful. My skin’s already dry because I’m washing pony hair all the time.

It was much like picking the skin off of a bird’s newly sprouted feather except sticky.

After her first wash, her hair was still in poor condition. There was SO much glue, the caking in her hair so thick, that the Triton struggled just as much as I did to get to it all.

It was better, though.

And most importantly,

her faceup was unaffected

despite being done with materials that tend to be unstable on vinyl.

I did make a point of not touching her face as much as I could avoid while washing her hair, though it did get wet and the soap did touch it a time or two.

After her second wash her hair is still rather gluey (there was SO much, you don’t understand… Or maybe you do if you have Mattel dolls from this era.), and her face still unbothered.

She would need at least three washings if not more.

L.A.’s Totally Awesome would have removed her faceup even with minimal contact. It’s excellent for degluing factory heads without harming the paint, but is equally excellent at washing away things like acrylic paint and sealant. I use it to get nail polish off of ponies without ruining their cutie marks.

Venus, Nefera, and Blondie have all had 2 washes here. It is a lot of scrubbing.

NONE of them have been treated inside their heads, so glue will continue to come out over time.

Venus’s hair feels soft and clean other than right at the roots. I used about 4 drops of Triton on her all together.

Nefera will need at least one more wash if not two more. 12 drops of Triton so far…

Blondie’s hair feels better but still a little icky. She got about 4 drops, too.