StarxCrossed

Garden of Dolls Nabiya

2011-07-27T20:13:00.000-07:00

Blue skin, default face up, resinsoul body. I don't care for fantasy colours, so she just didn't work out for me...too bad. She has a lot of personality-what a pout!

She's up for sale on Den of Angels.

Custom petite blythe doll: FF7 Cloud Strife

2011-05-20T21:34:00.000-07:00

I've got a really soft spot for this doll-he was my very first custom.
I used to play FF7 all the time when I was in elementary school; this mopey guy ended up being one of my favourite characters. Still is-he made such an impression on me back then. I just thought he looked so darn cool.

Back then, I rerooted him with barbie hair and gelled it up-it really didn't end up lasting too long.

I made his fur wig and his buster sword recently-the rest I did 6 years ago, in 2005.

His body is a hybrid lil' boyz body with lil' bratz arms. I thought the original arms were too apelike and unattractive-the female ones were more similar to the original petite blythe body, except much bigger.

I made another custom like this, and I had two more planned-I still have the parts for them, so I'm sure I'll finish eventually.

I forgot what base doll I used for him, but I repainted him completely and gave him foiled blue eyes. That's why I started with this doll-the details were really easy, makeup wise.

It's pretty hard sewing for this scale, I haven't done it very often. The quality's kind of shoddy, but at least it looks alright. I made all of the clothes/accessories except the obvious.

The motorcycle is a 1:12 Honda motorcycle-I think I paid $3-$4 for it when I made him. Kind of a rip off in retrospect, I've gotten 1:6 models for roughly that price! Should have waited for a sale.

Sonokong Anna

2011-04-30T20:25:00.000-07:00

I'm just speculating that's her name since it's branded on her. I'm absolutely sure she's made by Sonokong, since she has the same symbol as my Mimi World doll (the Korean Jenny knockoff).

I can't believe I considered leaving her behind-she's gorgeous! I love her electric green eyes and how tiny she is-she's even shorter than Licca! Much prettier too, in my opinion. Found her at a Value Village for $2 last month.

Abio Angel Qi

2010-05-20T19:58:00.000-07:00

I did her face up almost a year ago. She's one of the only dolls I won't be redoing..I was pretty happy with how she turned out. I actually wasn't really sure about the sculpt when I bought her, but she ended up being my favourite girl.

In different lighting:

Some pictures of her blank:

There really aren't any dealers for them anymore, but you can see the other angels here.

DIM Angelo

2010-01-24T19:52:00.000-08:00

Well, it sure took a while to get started ^^;. From now on I'll definitely be updating this blog more often, but I don't know if those Japanese prospects will ever be realized :x.

My DIM Angelo-I painted him half a year ago.

When I saw this picture, I fell in love with the sculpt:

Unfortunately, that's his only good angle! I was so shocked when I saw him in person. He looked terrible, and I really didn't know whether I wanted to keep him. I had him for a year before I decided to do something with him. This is reality:

The nose in particular was much bigger than expected. It took forever to capture his one good angle in the above photo ^^;.

For his face up, I basically wanted to capture the look in his promo picture...except with manlier eyebrows, and cleaner overall. The one above was done by his previous owner.

I normally love long lashes, but I thought they made him look too feminine. I accidentally scraped part of his eyeshadow while cutting them down, so there's a dot there if you can find it :o.

Click for a close up of the details:

I was pretty happy with it, except I messed up some of the side lashes. It's a one shot deal though (unless I'm doing it wrong :x), so I can never change anything without starting over completely.

2009-06-21T02:13:00.000-07:00

Welcome to my blog! This is where I'll be posting all of my doll related endeavors-if you want to skip the text, you can go straight to my flickr:

You can also check out my store, if you're so inclined:

~~This is my little attempt to meet two important goals-to make time to enjoy my hobby weekly, and to learn Japanese.~~

~~As such, each entry will be written in both English and (a hopefully not so sorry attempt at) Japanese. Well, when I'm proficient enough to make an iota of sense.~~ That's probably not going to happen now.

Please bear with the ugly layout for now :o.

Have one of my wigs?

Lastly, a money making proposition that will prosper both of us:

It's like getting paid to google! I've already made over $40 this year-actual money deposited into my paypal account. Please use my referral link to thank me for all of the extra doll money you'll be receiving ;).