Mechanical Crystal Heart Crest

I completed a new set of clothes for my Myou Bettina mature tiny BJD male. He is a 28scm tall doll. I always feel like I have to specify, or else the AI on there gets these weird thoughts in its advanced AI brain... >___>;;; Weirdly enough, there's a lot of sh1t that gets suggested to me, I wouldn't let a grown person see, yet here we are.

Going back to the subject at hand. I completed a shirt, and a new pair of white denim jeans for my Kaneki fan art doll. I sewed it all by hand, because I struggle with the sewing machine. There's something wrong with mine, since the last time I used it (more than ten years ago!). It doesn't change stitch length anymore. I don't know if it is fixable, but I am scared because the tension also seems to not work anymore. I'm scared it'll ruin anything I'm working on. I suck at sewing, I never learned how to do it properly, when I got into BJD, I was in my early twenties. No one in my family knew how to sew. I still managed to put a few pieces together and draft a few crappy patterns. Crappy is the keyword.

Here are a few photos I took of my Hujoo Sleepy Wings, before I repaint him, for the third time (if memory serves). I am thinking about remaking his wig as well. I named him Coconut, after a faux-fur wig I got for him originally. I thought it was the cutest color in the world and reminded me of my favorite toasted coconut flavor. So, I named him that, Coco for short.

He probably needs new elastic. That's the second shirt I made for him, and the single pair of shorts I ever made him. I need to sew more often for all my dolls in general. I suck at it, but I mostly own dolls no one loves, so it's kind of a pain finding clothes (and shoes) that fit. Lol!

He was made by a Korean brand named Hujoo, that seemed to have just disspeared out of nowhere. I recall pestering the Junky Spot for them to carry Hujoo. After a while, they finally brought them in, states side. I always wanted an opened eyed Wings, but by the time I got mine, they had the Sleepy-eyed version, and I am a sucker for narrow eye shapes in dolls! I thought I could always get a regular opned-eyed Wings later... DX

That was a huge mistake. Hujoo kept delaying releasing more of them, after selling out and even having tanned versions. They kept saying to wait a while, but the waiting never stopped (kind of like Latidoll, when I kept asking about SP Laches, a while ago). I also regret never getting their OG Hujoo female, which was their namesake doll, that I stumbled upon and was the reason I bothered JS, to bring them as a retailer. Oh well, I can't go back in time now, can I? These were made out of ABS, but are fully strung. I need to either restring mine, or purchase new elastic for him. He's super floppy. I recall someone on DoA having serious trouble getting elastic for their Hujoo doll, I can't recall which sculpt exactly, but I can't say I am looking forward to finding out how hard it's going to be for me to find some. Living in a touristy town, with all stores closing left and right. T___T;;

I'm trying to work on a few different projects at the same time. Or at least start working, on a few different projects. I am hoping to be able to repaint and work on my Hujoo Wings soon. So, I took some photos of him, and my repainted and rebodied MGA Novi Stars Una Verse. Whom I love dearly! I had forgotten how much I love Una! She was the first Novi Stars doll I purchased. I can't recall if she was the first ever MGA doll I ever owned, but more likely than not, she was.

Of course, I own two of her. That's the only way I feel comfortable modifying most mass-produced fashion dolls... I rebodied her soon after I got a second one to unbox, onto a Monster High body. I always thought it made more sense, based on their OG artwork. Ideally, I wanted her on the Monster High Create A Monster Ice Girl body, but I was sadly never able to get that kit. I got a few of the other ones, but not that specific one. So, I settled for one of Abbey's. Which, I don't hate, but it is too pale, in comparison to Una's slightly darker blue plastic.

I am not planning on repainting her, ever again! I am not saying this is my magnus opus, but removing her eyes was a huge pain in the lower back. It was the one time I did it without cutting into the plastic, and I never plan on doing that again. I've never successfully masked acrylic eyes, on dolls with inset eyes (for removing factory paint). So, I rather her say this way forever. I just want to give her a nice dress and maybe nicer hair. I don't completely dislike her factory hair; I just don't like the texture or volume. I was able to make it softer by washing, then heat straightening it with a flat iron. Finally using a dryer sheet. However, it is still so puffy. I want it to be sleek and longer. Making a wig would be the only option however, but I am not sure I want to do that, since I do enjoy how the hair looks minus the bulk. It's something I'll have to think about very carefully, since I can't actually get another Una, without paying so much more than I am willing to.

She is borrowing my IMC Toys VIP Hair Makeover Megan's dress in most of these. I want to try making a similar dress for her. I don't know what the name of the fabric of Mega's dress is called -- they closed down all JoAnn's Fabric stores, if I am not mistaken. They at least closed the one nearest to me, so finding fabric locally will be a pain in the gut hole. Una's OG dress is metallic silver, with a ballon blue tule skirt. I don't know I can recreate that, but I would like something in the same vein. As well as some similar shoes, or at the very least some black maryjanes. Which I doubt MH has (or that they wouldn't be expensive to acquire), without too much sculptural detail.

I unboxed a few figures from a few recent hauls, so I'll be spamming a lot of crappy, terribly lit photos of some of those. First is my Square Enix FORM-ISM NieR: Replicant ver.1.22474487139… Nier Complete Non-Scale Figure. I got two, so I could unbox one. I love this version quite a lot. I also own the Statuette version, but I sadly never got my double, so I never unboxed one. I also have the Nendoroid and two of the Taito child NieR Spooky Chibi Boy figures based on this NieR. I feel like I might still be able to get a second of the Statuette one, so I will try to do that. This one is gorgeous! So many nice details, and the face paint apps are pretty clean and detailed for such a small figure.

I took a lot of photos, because I love this version of NieR and was disappointed that I didn't get a choice when the game first released, to play brother NieR. Although, the original version young NieR is a lot darker, aesthetically, I like this "cleaner" version just as much. I always wanted to make a custom figure based young/brother NieR, but the outfit alone always leaves me just dreaming about it, and not ever actually trying. I don't know how to sew, and this outfit is pretty complicated; finding the right fabrics, the right texture at a scale I would prefer (1:6), would be a huge pain in the lower back. Not to mention his hair, that's one of the main reasons why I never attempted making a custom doll or figure based on my 2nd fav character of all time (Sasuke Uchiha!), because recreating his hair, just thinking about it gives me nightmares.

This is a beautiful figure, I am super happy I was able to get him, and was able to justify getting two, so I could really see all the gorgeous details of his intricate outfit and sabatons.

My legit BJD (ball jointed doll, just in case Tumblr super advanced AI short-circuits with this abbreviation. This is a freaking doll!), Limhwa Limho Mano turned 19-years-old on December 18, of 2025. I thought I would take a few more photos of his and fix the color of this wig. Which I made for him, on August of last year and thought it would be a nice b-day celebration to have him wearing a new wig, made just for him. Sadly, my old-fart-brain had a long-6ss brain-fog, and I completely forgot all about it! DX

In my defense, I never "celebrate," my dolls' birthdays/arrival-dates. I kind of sew stuff for them, then take photos, and sometimes share those. Most of the time, I just forget (yes, even back in the dark ages when I was in my early to mid-twenties, when I originally got most of these dolls. I still forgot things!). Lol!

Long story longer, I took photos of his in the wig, back when I took photos of him with his newest mods (Dec. 12, 2025). So, just a few days short of his 19-anniversary with me! I'm sharing these now, for that reason. I knew I had to do something with him, but I kept forgetting what. I am not happy with the wig, as I made it too bulky and the color is way off. His hair is supposed to be a dark midnight blue, but I've never been able to find that exact color anywhere, so I'll just live with what I can find and try to make it work.

My newest repaints and mods on my one sixth scale, 3D-modeled, resin artist-cast, Leon Scott Kennedy head sculpt (OG-RE4 version). I feel like I learn so much, when I do additive mods, that I just feel like modifying anything I come across. I wanted to mod my 1:6 Leon's head sculpt for a while, but I had to do a lot of work on my larger resin head sculpts. That I just put it away for so long. I have included the photos of the blank face, before I modified him many years ago now, as he arrived to me, in the last photo. As well as the new blank mods before and after sanding. The photo before the last, I took before sealing the paint work I did on the head sculpt this time.

I feel like I am getting closer to my ideal RE4 Leon. I don't know that I'll ever get there, but I can definitely see it's moving along nicely now. I believe getting his eyes just the right shape is going to be a royal pain in the gut-hole, because he is so tiny (yet, still giant headed for a 1:6 Japanese video game character's head sculpt). That, I'll probably never really get close to my ideal, but I will keep trying for as long as I am able to.

The eyes are what I worked on this time, but the whole face shape is way off, from the time I received him. He was given zero top eyelids, and a very long and rugged chin, which OR-RE4 Leon doesn't have. His face is very, very round-shaped. His eyes are very uniquely shaped as well, which is why I feel nobody gets him right (not even licensed figures/statues are accurate, IMHO).

Let's see if this doesn't get sent to the dark side as well...

My mano all finished for now! I am super happy with him so far. I kind of feel like his top lip doesn't look as plump now. I am wondering, if I should make it thicker next time... Lol! I know I am nuts! DX

Regardless of all my shenanigans, I am happy with him He doesn't look as angry as I was hoping, after fixing his brow shape, to be more like the 2015 version I gave him. I feel perhaps I need to matte them down a little. I like to use a layer of MSC gloss, to add/enhance the skin texture effect. I gave him a subtle texture, so I like adding the gloss to enhance that, however, his brow bone is a bit too pronounced in some areas. Which makes the glossiness an issue in those areas. It makes it seem like the brows are not dark enough, so it makes him look less angry. At least, that's what I want to believe.

I still need to find better eyes for him, and new elastic so I can take full-body-shots of him, without worrying he's going to fall off my desk at any moment. He's floppy as the dickens, but I always forget to find new elastic for him. (:

My mano all finished for now! I am super happy with him so far. I kind of feel like his top lip doesn't look as plump now. I am wondering, if I should make it thicker next time... Lol! I know I am nuts! DX

Regardless of all my shenanigans, I am happy with him He doesn't look as angry as I was hoping, after fixing his brow shape, to be more like the 2015 version I gave him. I feel perhaps I need to matte them down a little. I like to use a layer of MSC gloss, to add/enhance the skin texture effect. I gave him a subtle texture, so I like adding the gloss to enhance that, however, his brow bone is a bit too pronounced in some areas. Which makes the glossiness an issue in those areas. It makes it seem like the brows are not dark enough, so it makes him look less angry. At least, that's what I want to believe.

I still need to find better eyes for him, and new elastic so I can take full-body-shots of him, without worrying he's going to fall off my desk at any moment. He's floppy as the dickens, but I always forget to find new elastic for him. (:

I reworked my Limhwa Limho Mano's lips finally. It was just a tiny, small mod. And yet it took me well over six hours, split between two days worth of work, not including the sanding. I am happy with him thus far. The first image is him, all done, without sealing the work yet and adding his facial piercings. I've included a comparison, from when I redid his paint apps earlier in the year, for mouth size comparison. I don't want to completely change the way he looks, that's never been my goal. Since I modded his entire face many years ago. I just want him to have an appealing mouth shape (to me, obviously!), and a face-up that's not too make-up-like. While still having a larger-than-life mouth. I thought the previous mouth was too pursed looking, and not as wide as it needed to be. I painted a bit of smile this time, I am not sure I want to keep it, but we'll see.

I was looking through old photos of his, to draw inspiration for his brows. I always have a major struggle trying to figure out what to do with his brows. I found that 3rd photo from 2015, that I really love how he looked in. So, I used that to recreate his brows. Silly me, I didn't find one that wasn't covering half his brow shape or the other entirely, until too late. Now, I'll have to probably redo those or leave them as they are and try again next time. I want him to look just as irked as he looks in that photo, but of course, I had to f-the brows up... DX I actually always reminisce about how much I loved him in his previous incarnations, before I move on to modding or repainting him again (I already did mock-ups in PS, so I'll probably redo them a bit to match the brows from 2015). Lol! I suck!

More repetitive photos of my DIM Minimee Leon S. Kennedy head sculpt. I am pretty much done with his newest wig. This is not the wig I will consider his default, because I made so many mistakes. I feel I did learn a lot, but I want to believe I can do better. Probably just wishful thinking. DX

I couldn't pick which photos I liked better, once again. So, I uploaded so many exactly the same ones. Only the lighting and slight angle are any different. I feel like they show how his hair looks from most angles and lighting as well. So, I wanted to add all the ones I thought looked less crappy. Lol!

Even more repetitive photos of my Leon S. Kennedy (DIM MNM, OG-RE4) head sculpt, with his newly restyled wig. I also stained it a bit, to be a closer match to his hair color in the game. Which, I always believed to be (or aiming to be) a dirty blond (dyed, probably, since Leon is supposed to have auburn or dark brown hair, from what I read and based on OG-RE2 game). I want it to be closer to the Hi-res promo or key art from the OG-RE4 game, rather than the in-game-model, because I feel that's what Capcom wanted his hair color to be, and not the actual in game model(s) hair color. I might be wrong, but that's what I want for my own customized Leon doll (and action figures) regardless.

I trimmed and styled the bangs a little, but I feel they are still a bit too full/bulky, to fully sit/fall as they are supposed to. They might still be a bit too long as well, but I rather err on the side of caution. Because I suck at wig-making and even more at styling doll hair/wigs! DX

I am happy with the way the wig is turning out. I wasn't able to darken the air as much as I would have wanted, nor the roots. I wanted those to be a touch darker. I used heavily watered-down acrylic paint for the staining. When I made his stretchy-cap-wig, I stained the hair with acrylic paint and isopropyl alcohol, but I am scared of using alcohol on a glued-together wig. Not only is the cap all glue, the hair is also glued together. I don't want to end up with a mess. Sadly, it seems the heat resisting hair I got to add wefts to this, and to make his new wig (eventually!), doesn't take color well. It's probably not obvious, because most of the front hair/bangs is made from wefts left from the hair my bff gifted me to make my 1:6 Leon's partial wig.

More repetitive photos of my DIM Minimee Leon S. Kennedy head sculpt. I am done enhancing his face. I was just going to work on making his eyebrows and lips more accurate, but then I made his cheekbones more pronounced as well. I don't know why they never make his cheekbones as pronounced as they appear in the OG game. It's kind of frustrating, and now I kind of feel a little upset I decided to mod him all those years ago, instead of waiting until I had more "experience" modifying 3D head sculpts. Leon (OG-RE4) has a rounder face, with incredible cheekbones. which are never done justice, sadly.

I don't know if I sanded/shaved too much of his face back in the day, when I originally modified this head sculpt a thousand years ago. Sadly, I can't really do sh1t about it now. I can try resculpting the jaw line to be rounder, and his cheekbones as well. I am kind of uncertain, if that's what I want to do. It was a pain in the gut-hole getting Lulu's mods to look smooth. I am still not quite sure they are as smooth as anime faces require, but I can try again as I get the courage to try again. With Leon, it's going to be a royal pain in the gut hole as well, because he is a perfect Japanese video game character in OG-RE4. I don't know that I can achieve that level of perfect, if I tried rescupting his jawline and cheekbones. DX

I still need to seal the new layers of paint (I don't have to, as it is acrylic paint and it won't be going anywhere). I feel without sealing/matting it, the paint and mediums look like I applied a million layers of Vaseline to his face. Which is not necessarily appealing to me. I like working with his wig and eyelashes on him, as I add to his paint apps. Because I feel then I get the levels of dark I need, from the shading/blushing. I am probably going to use those lashes as his final ones. I tried giving him new ones last time, but these are the ones I trimmed hair-lenght wise, a million years ago. They look terrible IRL, but the look decent in his eye sockets, so I'll probably reuse those. Unless I discover a magical way to place super long human-sized eyelashes inside his tiny eye wells and not have murderous shadows from the extralong hair hanging on his face.

More WIP photos of my DIM MNM OG-RE4 Leon (Scott Kennedy), head sculpt. I was able to bevel his eyes a little bit further, not as close of a shave, as I would have liked, but good enough for now.

I also fixed his brows oncea again, as I always get those so wrong. I fixed his upper lip shape a bit as well. I also got that so off, but I feel that's the beauty of being able to paint your own dolls. You get to decide when to stop, and when to continue working on them. (:

I need to darken the wig as well and shorten the bangs. I also always leave those too long. Most of the time on purpose, because I feel it's easier to shorten them if they are too long, than the other way around. More so with a wig/doll-hair, that won't grow longer over time. That's pretty much it, once you've cut it. Unless of course, you redo the whole thing.

A few terrible, terrible photos of my DIM Minimee OG Resident Evil 4 Leon S. Kennedy head sculpt, with his new wig I just finished for him. I didn't bother bringing out my desk lamp to take "better lit" photos of his. I removed his lashes, because I didn't want him to have the xenomorph cranium DIM gave him, forever. I chopped that cone-head part off his face and head-cap, with my Dremel and I didn't want to ruin the lashes. I wanted his hair to have less bulk, as well. That's why I bothered making a new wig, and a hard-cap one at that. I suck at them all, but I feel that glued-together-wigs are much easier to get slightly "just-right," when it comes to hair bulk. I used the hair my bff gifted me, as a test wig (since it's too light to be accurate to Leon's OG-RE4 hair color). I ordered some more, and it got here just in time. It doesn't match the other hair, but I don't mind. I just needed a few wefts here and there.

Or so I thought! This is a glued-together-hard-cap-wig, it can't be submerged in water, which is what I do to set synthetic fiber hair in place, for my wigs. I usually place the wigs inside a plastic baggie, with zip features (even stretch cap ones with sewn wefts). To prevent the water from touching the actual wig. I didn't have any left from a well-know-brand, only store-brand ones. So, I thought, what could possibly go wrong...? DX

It worked well the first time, but the plastic does feel a lot thinner than "branded" plastic baggies. So, the water kind of leaked inside, somehow -- I checked the bag, there are no holes in it. It could have also been obscene amounts of condensation, but it didn't happen the first time I heat-sat the hair, so I don't know. It all happened because I needed those extra wefts but I had ran out of the hair my bff gifted me (for my 1:6 custom OG Leon). So, it went not so well this time, but I was planning on making a test wig, anyway. Regardless, I am pretty happy with it, I feel it is a bit more accurate than the original wig I made for him, a thousand years ago, which is all kinds of wrong.

More of my DIM Minimee Leon S. Kennedy head sculpt. These are from my newer phone that takes crappier photos, but more color/shading/contrast accurate photos. I was kind of lazy to resize all, but I also couldn't pick which photos to upload/share, because these are all so repetitive. Lol! Unlike any of my other photos, right? DX

My DIM Minimee Leon S. Kennedy head sculpt, all done and repainted. I still need to get him proper eyes and a more accurate wig. But I am happy with him so far. Of course, there's always so much to improve, but for now I am happy. I tried fixing the applied lashes, but that was in vain! I'll need to get some that are not too thick, but not too thin and kind of short. I know, struggle of my life! Lol!

A progress of my Leon S. Kennedy DIM Minimee head sculp so far. I completed his additive mods a few days ago. I started repainting him on Friday, and yesterday I thought "I am done." However, I take photos throughout the process to see if I am indeed done, or if I need to fix, redo, wipe ect. any areas I can't see with the "naked eye." I am not good at portraiture, as I have mentioned in the past. I am a traditional artist, but portraiture never interested me in my youth. I did go to college and have a B.S. in game art (and one in graphic design), so I know how to create models in 3D, as well as a traditional art background from the age I could barely form a sentence. Having said that, I don't feel sculpting and 3D modeling are remotely the same. There are a lot of things that I'll never be able to fully understand in sculpting, that by no means I learned by 3D modeling a thousand years ago. Or anything close. I don't feel they go hand in hand for me. Probably because I suck, at traditional sculpture.

That's why I take progress photos, so I can see the mistakes I've made and try to fix them (in the form of mockups in Photoshop). It's also a pain in the gut finding OG RE4 Leon references, that are HD, and not the RE4 Remake Leon, which I have zero interest in (creating a custom doll/figure based on). I can now see that I made the left brow too angular, so I'll have to attempt to fix that before sealing it for good. I am happy with him otherwise. I'll have to look for smaller iris eyes for him, and also bevel the new sculpted eyes a bit, as the eyeballs don't sit flush and these don't have that big of a dome. They are beautiful, but the iris are a bit too big for my taste, and to be accurate as well. Although OG RE4 Leon does have giant irises, these are a smidge too huge now. His wig is also wrong, the hair has always been the wrong color, but I haven't looked for dirty blonde doll hair fibers, recently. I don't know how common of a doll hair color that is now, but back in the dark ages, this was as good as I was able to find (it's an overly saturated strawberry blonde, leaning towards blinding orange).

I'm including a few older photos of my DIM MNM Leon, throughout the years, as well as how he looked blank, straight from DIM, compared to the mods I did on him now. I modified his eyes, the nose and the lips. I feel I could have gotten the upper lip to be a bit fuller, and have a wider M shape, but there's always next time. I'm done modding him for now. I'm super excited to work on my tiny, customized Leon as well, after I'm done working on some of older giant resin head sculpts. It was a freaking long process working on Leon, but I feel I learned so much after working on Lulu for an eternity as well, that I am now kind of addicted (once again!) to modifying things! (: