well i am finally done with waiting in patience. (i actually like the way Chinese tracking updates get translated to "wait in patience," like a somewhat stern reprimand, a lot better than when American websites are annoyingly chipper and cutesy and tell me stuff like "hang tight!"). regardless of how it's worded, my 9+ month wait for a Miracledoll Zhi Shen head ended today. and the box was the fanciest one i have ever gotten for a head, for sure.
she was bubblewrapped and face protected when i first opened it but i took all that off, put her back in her fancy box, and took it all downstairs to take pics. she has one of the plastic card-type COAs in there with her, and they also sent a nice pair of glass eyes. almost a shame she won't be using them-- she'll be getting red eyes since she's going to be a Dunmer 😅
the light was fluctuating so wildly while i took these, a thunderstorm was on its way in. here's her face tho
and then two seconds later it got DARK but here's her profile
and the neckhole in the bottom of her head is HUGE and will need modded to be a much much smaller diameter. she was made to go on a 68cm muscular body and was very much in line with the trend for big tall dolls with very tiny heads. i got her to go on a 60cm Resinsoul body 😆 i was figuring that she was so incredibly pinheaded on the giant body that she'd probably work okay on a smaller 1/3 size. i compared real quick to the bust piece on my Resinsoul body and the proportions are fine; they should be perfect once i do my planned shoulder-widening mod.
i had to take these pics in the unfinished windowsill in my art room bc especially right now with the storm coming in, it's the only room in my house with enough natural light to get a decent photo. but it is also currently an unusable, gutted mess of a construction zone...
this is just one corner of the mess, the moulding and trim is up but i still have to paint it, and the drywall repairs are patched and sanded but the whole walls still need a second coat of blue, and then the other window where i took the head pics isn't done being trimmed out and there is a little more baseboard to be put up on the other side of the room. it's coming along tho...really want to get it done, trying to work on drawings and do doll crafts at my kitchen counter kinda sucks 😅













