...why yes, the resident babysitter is still in hanfu. XD I've been reluctant to change him out after all the effort of getting him into it. Regardless, he's been tending to baby Soo with aplomb. *approves*

(Side note, the round-collared robe he's wearing stays in place and stands up to being moved around much better than the cross-collared robes Tatsue is in, which tend to slip off the shoulders at the slightest nudge.)

Some BJD stuff I've been looking forward to recently - the release of Guardlove's much-hyped Yo-SD-like 4th-gen body; kindergarten's in-stock release of her 醒醒Xingxing head; receiving the 2D Doll and Akagidoll bodies I have on order; making some cute ribbon-tie sandals; getting a better wig and eyes for Soo, and coming up with a name for him.

I'm also thinking of (finally) learning to knit! I really like knitwear on my dolls but have always been a little afraid of picking it up myself - it’s a different skill set from what I’m used to.  I'm hoping one can jump straight into knitting at doll scale, as I did with dressmaking.  If anyone has any good links or tutorials to recommend for an absolute beginner, feel free to throw them out there~

With the recent arrival of Asai Mira’s Pettimal body, I can’t put off giving her a face-up any longer...!  I’ve set this Sunday aside to get her (maybe his?) face done, and maybe do a temp one for new-girl (SDM Hewitt) while I'm at it.  For Mira, I'll be aiming for delicate and fresh-faced - similar to the sculptor’s own Mira, who made me fall for the sculpt in the first place.  I still find face-ups so time- and focus-consuming, I can't get anything else done for hours...

If the face-upping goes well, I want to take another group picture of all my dolls, short and tall together.

Also, I joined the pre-order for Stars Are Falling's (SAF) new Rin-SP head! He's billed as a 1/4 scale head, but with a head circumference of 18.5cm and eye size of 14/6 (significantly smaller than all my MSD's and very close to Roo, my 35cm tall MiniFee/Chibi Unoa hybrid), I'm hoping he will fit well on the Chibi Unoa body (SAF’s resin is supposed to match well with Alchemic Labo “fresh” skin) and make a good friend who can put up with Roo's, um, idiosyncrasies, shall we say.  (Right now, I'm thinking a mild-mannered bookworm with glasses~~)

I've pre-ordered one of Be With You's (BWY) new 35cm bodies in “normal” skin, and I plan to put Roo on it and give his current Chibi Unoa body to Rin.  The shapeliness of the Chibi Unoa body fits Roo better, but there’s a definitely colour difference with his pinky Fairyland resin, and I’m hoping the BWY will be at least a slightly better match.  It’s so exciting to have a new child-like body in this size range on the market!  I’m looking forward to testing it out and seeing it beside the Chibi Unoa.  I believe BWY dolls have some kind of fancy silicone posing aid in their joints, which will be a nice change from the Chibi Unoa (certainly not the best poser :P).

Beside Rin-SP and the BWY body, my only other incoming doll is Mia’s Smile Soo in her new normal skin, plus an experimental PLA body for it.  (If the PLA body doesn’t work out, I will get one from 2D Doll.)  Soo will be a shy, dark-haired boy of 2 or 3 - I’ve already arranged his wig and eyes.  I’m also eyeing the Kindergarten 1/6-scale head sculpt I linked in a previous post - for a sleepy boy, maybe girl, to nap with Laurie, my Yo-SD Anne Sweet Dream. ... These tinies multiply like flies >_>

So Peter doesn't know it yet, but he should soon be getting a new playmate! *confetti* As you may know, I have been on the lookout for a playmate for Peter for a while now. I had been eyeing one of the LUTS reinterpretations of the Customhouse angel sculpts (Uriel, Hanael, etc.) as a little tanned boy, but never quite made up my mind. Then I saw that Miyadoll was making all their limited sculpts available for order as part of a summer event, and you can pick the body size you like! I have liked a few of their head sculpts for quite a while, but I just couldn't reconcile the proportions of the Little Mocha body (slim 31cm) with my stocky Volks crew (sadly).

So now, a Baby Mocha should be joining the crew. ^_^  I'm envisioning a slightly timid, pale-skinned child~ I like the "milk tea" colour very much, but not for the specific sculpt that I’m getting.  As an owner of all "normal" skintone dolls, though, I'm anxious that cream white skin will look odd beside my pureskin normal dolls (or vice versa D:), or that it'll yellow with a vengeance, or that it'll be harder to paint for an amateur face-up artist like me. Miyadoll's "normal" skintone also looks pretty fair, but then I fear he won't have the look I'm going for. If you care to weigh in, please do~

I also considered getting just the head and putting it on one of the Yo-SD-sized bodies I'm admiring at the moment (Dollits, Cocoriang). I do think their sculpts look more "svelte", and the posing seems top-notch. But hey, little one will be clothed most of the time, and it's nice to give a new-ish company a fair chance and buy a whole doll from them. I notice a dearth of English-language reviews for Miyadoll, particularly the Baby Mocha size, so I will definitely share my thoughts when I get him.