This is the second time I've taken a dremel to this boy. > >; It's his fourth faceup (hence the .5?), since I'd redone his face once before round two of the dremeling -- it was so hideous, there are no pictures. This time, I've opened his eyes up a little more as well as sanded the tip of his nose to be less pointy. My intent with his faceup was to make him look more mischievous to counterpoint Mikan's softness.



( progression map )
Sometime, I'll do a progression map for Mikan, too! Right now, I'm waiting on a Yeon-ho head from a group order, and contemplating selling my Kd Karon head. Bonding isn't working out as well as it could be, as I can't even settle on a name for him. x x;

I gave Mikan a new faceup a few days ago, but didn't get the chance to take pictures 'till today. So, here he is. XD;



( +3 big pictures under the cut! )

Oh man, he looks different because his eyebrows are lower and a little thicker above his eyes. I meant to make him look more gentle than mischievous this time, but it looks like his lips turned out a little more red than I'd like. > >;

Also, I don't think I updated about it here, but the third doll's name is Aiza. He's gone through a few changes himself since he first arrived -- he looks a lot less like a certain surly swordsman, which is a good thing. XD;

waffling

I still haven't decided which wig will be this doll's default, nor have I decided what his name should be. > >; 'Karon' does seem like a good name for him, since it's a little less of a mouthful than 'Kagami.' Bwah, I'll see if the incoming wig gives me hints.



Because this wig, though pretty and soft and silky makes me inclined to call him something I shouldn't because there's absolutely no way I could do that character justice. > >; He is really good-looking, though, so I suppose I can't be blamed if that's my idea of beauty~?

Rabi + tentacles

Also, I went to Berkeley with the family today! We walked around on Telegraph and Durant a while. Got some lunch at the Sweetheart Cafe -- their crispy pepper tentacles squids are made of win. :D



I...brought pinky!Rabi along. XD; I've had that Yuki Nagato hair painted to suit him for over a month now. Just forgot to take pictures for posting here. The paint I used was Tamiya arylic gloss, which sticks and covers much better than the Winton I was using before.

This one has yet to whisper his name. Looks like I'm the type who has the doll before a character, ehe. Though... I'm still sorely tempted to model him after a certain someone, but that wouldn't do that someone justice at all! Anyway, here're some faceup photos while I work on cleaning off his unstrung body~

Materials: Liquitex soft body acrylic, Liquitex acrylic gloss medium & varnish, Alphacolor soft pastels, Derwent watercolor pencils, Prismacolor watercolor pencil

Raw. After wiping his previous faceup.



( color correction, & faceup v1 )

The only thing that bothers me is probably his nipples. They're like... in the wrong place on his pecs. I'm considering sanding those off and just blushing the details on. *cough* All in all, I'm very pleased with him! Compared to Mikan and Renato, he has a nice weight and sturdiness to him. I really love his articulation, too -- so much potential for interesting poses once he's sueded and strung again. Aside from that, I'm expecting everything but his clothes to arrive within a day or so.

Oh crap. My sister just said he looks like grown-up Mikan. XD;

It's the new guy. > > The wig, and maybe even his eyes are temporary, since I'm still waiting on the ones I ordered for him. I got his faceup done today, only to realize that I'd overdone the blushing on his face and his head still doesn't exactly match his body. Ehehe, uh, I was meaning to take him apart for restringing, hot glue sueding, and blushing anyway.



I still haven't broken away from doing super plain faceups, but this one's a smidge darker than normal. We'll see how this experiment goes!

Ehe, this is late, but I've finished putting Ren together! That includes doing his faceup, being unsatisfied, wiping it, using a dremel to open his eyes, and then doing faceup number two.

( progression shots )

Between now and the last post, I attended a day of Dollectable in Frisco! I got to meet r727, along with her Ysrael and Mathey! XD So much awesome. We'll definitely have to do that again~

Right, so I'm expecting a new boy to arrive next week. He's from the DoA marketplace -- an adoption. XD I'm rather excited. No more dolls for a while though, since I'd better be all saved up when U-noa 1.5 girl preorders roll around!

A happy interruption to my breakfast of instant apple cinnamon oatmeal~



( image-heavy, and with doll nudity for comparison )

It just occurred to me earlier that the sculpt names of these two are the same, spelled backwards. Om. Mo. > >; Interesting. Anyhow, I'll get to work on these two soon -- it looks like with the arrival of another, Mikan will be getting an overhaul himself. Still waiting on ordered eyes, but thinking about getting 12mms for Renato, since even the 14mms look big on him. I'll need two pairs, actually, since the cat also takes 12mms.

Gwahh... I'm kind of tired. I'll rest more before the next post, promise!

Still waiting on Om, whose name is Renato. In the meantime though, Mikan's option hands came in~ Wah, this blonde wig meant for that one is starting to look normal on this one. T T;



Hehe, no real shoot with these yet, since I'd like to blush them first. Oh Dollzone, why can't you make more option hands for your 1/4 boys? I wanted the "v" hands, but I don't know if I can get away with those girlish fingers. Anyway, I'm hoping I can take some interesting pictures with these!

I tried to have him poke the dog, but she walked away. ^^;

So for the past two days, I've been working on and off on body blushing and hot glue sueding Mikan. Wanna seeeeee~? :D

( huge-image-for-detail heavy plus doll nudity! )