Volks Date Masamune II x2
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Volks Date Masamune II x2
I sueded this little guy (c~2002ish SD body) expecting it to not make much of a difference and yet here we are, standing like champ.
Volks Michael
Date Masamune II
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Just uploading some shots to use on DOA profiles, disregard me~
Ran into a snag doing parting seams and was hoping someone could check their unoa boy hands to see if the parting is this bad on this particular hand? Itās so misaligned that I will damage the hand if I try to sand down any more, but as you can see thereās quite a gap.
Debating getting another pair of hands, but donāt want to bother if it turns out theyāre all like this.
Scored a B-el last night so itās concept time!! He's got a sleeping L-bi faceplate too but Iām not sure if Iām going to use it or not? Unsure of the Oscar eyes, I just wanted an excuse to order more. Something more realistic may fare better, but Iād probably stick in the red/yellow/orange ranges so these are fine.
(I also threw a bunch of ero + decadent Takato Yamamoto illusts set around Meiji/Taisho eras at my faceup artist and told her to go wild with concept cause she was able to figure out what I was going for with eyeliner/shadow better than I was able to draw it >w<)
Before & after! Gone are the carved eyebrows, glue-crusted lashes, and streaky sealant residue.
Volks Michael Faceup by Pleiades Room
I bought the Michael I saw on Dollyteria! (ļ¾Ā“ć®Ā“)ļ¾*:dļ¾ā§Ā I had been checking on him 2x+ a day to make sure he was still in stock for at least 2 weeks, and by that point I figured I should just go ahead and order him.Ā
I thought he was going to be a massive restoration project since the photos were bad and I didnāt really know what to expect, but heās actually less yellow than my pureskin Magical Michael (Iām a little upset, lol! Heās been kept in the dark all his little dolly life). All he really needs is a bath and to sand out some nicks in his chest that I think occurred during shipping (Dollyteriaās packaging is absolutely terrible). As far as I can tell heās either 14 or 15 years old and is in incredibly good condition aside from some dirt.Ā
Heāll still be a bit of a project for me as I want to try to overhaul his hip, knee, and ankle joints. At the very least heās getting sueded and wired. Dolls this age have carved eyebrows, so I will need to fill them in or sand them out too. As you can see his faceup is also really gross (itās so much worse in person!). One of his eyelashes even fell out as I was changing eyes. >w<
Dark Michael was the first doll I ever wanted and while I managed to get a Magical Michael when they released, Iād always wanted one of the really old ones to customize. I decided to take high quality photos of him to document what old dolls look like before he gets an overhaul.
He really is super charming, congratulations! I love how you styled him for these pics, especially those bright blue eyes š
Thank you! They were the first pair of eyes I found thatād fit when I was digging through my doll wardrobe. I think theyāre actually my other Michaelās defaults. I eventually want to get him a pair of Oscar eyes to match my other Michael, but trying to decide which style(s) to order is really tough so Iāve been putting it off >w<
I bought the Michael I saw on Dollyteria! (ļ¾Ā“ć®Ā“)ļ¾*:dļ¾ā§Ā I had been checking on him 2x+ a day to make sure he was still in stock for at least 2 weeks, and by that point I figured I should just go ahead and order him.Ā
I thought he was going to be a massive restoration project since the photos were bad and I didnāt really know what to expect, but heās actually less yellow than my pureskin Magical Michael (Iām a little upset, lol! Heās been kept in the dark all his little dolly life). All he really needs is a bath and to sand out some nicks in his chest that I think occurred during shipping (Dollyteriaās packaging is absolutely terrible). As far as I can tell heās either 14 or 15 years old and is in incredibly good condition aside from some dirt.Ā
Heāll still be a bit of a project for me as I want to try to overhaul his hip, knee, and ankle joints. At the very least heās getting sueded and wired. Dolls this age have carved eyebrows, so I will need to fill them in or sand them out too. As you can see his faceup is also really gross (itās so much worse in person!). One of his eyelashes even fell out as I was changing eyes. >w<
Dark Michael was the first doll I ever wanted and while I managed to get a Magical Michael when they released, Iād always wanted one of the really old ones to customize. I decided to take high quality photos of him to document what old dolls look like before he gets an overhaul.
Someone talk me out of the dirt cheap original release SD Michael I found. He even has the weird carved eyebrows.
Oops I mightāve already named it and might be looking for eyes.
New insta. My old one got hacked and once I got it back it was easier to delete it and start anew than fix the mess that had been made. Will try to post more doll (and figure!) stuff. Itās heliogabalvs.
Someone talk me out of the dirt cheap original release SD Michael I found. He even has the weird carved eyebrows.
An open letter to recast owners
Iāve been debating with myself wether or not to post this because Iāve been away from the hobby and this ādiscourseā for some time doing my own thing and generally trying to get my shit together but then someone had the bright idea of posting that delightful list and attempting to brand myself and some 700 people as bullies and stalkers. Not cool bro, not cool at all.
So this is my open letter to the recast owning community, particularly those like the admins of the above blog. I always welcome discourse, if you want to discuss any of this or any of my points then I more than welcome you to my inbox, itās always open.
Gretings fellow doll lover, The thing I really, really want to emphasis above all else is that we get it. We really do. Who wouldnāt want something theyāve been wanting forever and a day for cheaper than usual? Itās only natural and weāre a generation (or two) of people whoāve been brought up to search for a bargain every chance we can. So we understand the temptation. But the issue of recasts vs supporting artists goes much deeper than just the price tag and that seems to be where the disconnect is, at least from what Iāve observed the last few years. Allow me to make an analogy; Imagine, if you will, that youāve got yourself a job cleaning floors, be it for a bit of money on the side or your sole source of income. Youāve got yourself all set up, youāve bought the brooms, the dustpan, the garbage can and bags. Not to mention you bought all those cleaning chemicals which werenāt cheap at all. So youāve come up with how much you charge your clients based on the cost of your equipment and you manage to squeeze in a little on top to cover your labour and time. You come up with what you consider a very fair price considering the time, effort and cost involved in your work. Sounds fair right? Now imagine youāre cleaning a floor, youāve done a good job, you could eat off that floor. Some guy comes along, tells you what a good job youāve done and even picks up a piece of rubbish for you but the second your boss appears to pay you what youāre owed this other guy, weāll call him Mr R quickly shows him the garbage can, telling your boss at length what a wonderful job has been done and heāll only charge half of what you where asking for. Oh! Well your boss loves that idea, a perfect floor for half the price! Who wouldnāt jump on that deal! So MR R leaves with the money, having done a tiny amount of work compared to you. Youāre left out of pocket and with nothing to show for all that time and effort your poured into your work. How would that make you feel? Maybe you could let it slide if it happened just once but imagine that Mr R keeps coming back, heās got the money now to follow you to your next job and the one after that and so on after all. Iām hoping itās obvious where Iām going with this⦠on a simplified level thatās exactly what recasters do. They make money off the hard work, skill and all that time an artist pours into making dolls and deny those same artists potential sales by poaching customers with an artists own work. I donāt know about you but Iād find that so incredibly beyond galling if it were me in the artists shoes. And if your work is constantly being sold out from under you, why bother to continue? That is the crux of why recasts are so harmful to the BJD world. Creating a BJD from scratch takes skill (something which might have entailed formal education and the debts that go with it), a hell of a lot of time and development and a lot of money sunk into it along the way for equipment and materials. Why should anyone sink all that into making dolls when someone else is going to come along, make the minimum amount of effort and make money off that artists hard work? And if artists decide theyāve had enough and itās just not worth their time to make dolls anymore then we ALL loose out. Even recast owners. Because whatās there going to be to recast if dolls arenāt being made in the first place? Thereās been many good posts made about the costs of producing dolls and I encourage and implore you to go look for them. Do some research on whatās involved in producing the dolls we all enjoy and youāll come away informed and hopefully with a good sense of what itās like for the artists whoās work we all covet. So much of the narrative being used by blogs like bjdrecastpositive and the people behind them relies upon is attempting to paint anyone who disagrees with them as bullies and stalkers.Ā I canāt speak for all 700 people singled out on that list they complied but I know that Iāve never stalked anyone in my life (who even has the time or energy for that?) and I certainly donāt bully anyone. Being vocal and disagreeing with something someone posts publically is not bullying. And once again I implore you to use your own common sense and take that list and posts like it for what it is; an attempt to shift focus away from the real issues at hand. Thereās some very impressive mental gymnastics going on (which weāve seen before) comparing recast owners and their side of the ādebateā to the struggles of the black community or the LGBTQA community among others, not to mention all that intersectionality but and I really must emphasise this as hard as it may be to hear it; recasts owners are not the victims, they are not being persecuted or discriminated against. That isnāt what being disagreed with in a debate is. That isnāt what having your decision to buy a fake doll called into question is. And a decision is exactly what recast ownership is, with the exception of course of the poor people who get scammed, it is a conscious decision to put luxury wants above all else, regardless of whom it hurts. How ever someone wants to justify it to themselves on no level does deciding to buy a fake doll and having that called into question compare to being persecuted for your skin colour or sexuality. And I honestly cannot believe thatās even something I have to explain. The mind boggles. Like I said at the beginning. I get it, I really do. None of us are pretending to be perfect or to have never made questionable decisions but the point is that we are all capable of looking back on our decisions, realising it was a mistake and doing the right thing. Be that by changing our ways or by making amends. Even some of the big name doll companies have made such journeys, Dollzone started out as a recast company, they decided to change their ways and theyāve since flourished into what they are today, likewise Fairyland fucked up pretty big by copying the designs for their steampunk weapons a year or two back but they realised theyād messed up and made it right. We are all constantly growing and learning. Itās part of life and learning from our mistakes is a fundamental thing we all share. All Iām asking with this letter is to encourage recast owners and supporters to simply put themselves in someone elseās shoes, to think about the implications of buying fake dolls and to have a good hard look at their decision to do so. There are so many alternatives, be it layaways or this awesome list of dolls under $300 that @bluekitsune put together. The alternatives are there, you just need to look for them.
Aside from the total absurdity of calling armeleia a bully, the most bizarre thing about that list was the fact that it literally told people to cut themselves off from some of the most talented, helpful and kind people in the hobby who have been around for ages.
Wait, did someone actually compile a list of ~700 people that are anti-recast?
Who has time for that. Can I have some of their spare time?
Furuyaās new comic is about a girl that works on ball jointed dolls and a manga has never felt more Real
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This person clearly ripped off my photo of Lorina and is selling it for profit. Thought Iād spread the word. I have contacted him asking him to remove it, we shall see.
Wow, I swear someone tries to pull this shit a few times a year anymore. āOh Iāll just paint over someoneās doll photography and no one will ever know ~tee heeā. Luckily for us the community is pretty tight and on top of things but FFS.
Anyway, I see them tagging Juxtapoz, HiFructose, a few other mags, and galleries that I assume their art is in, whom I would recommend contacting as well* as I highly doubt this individual will comply with your requests.Ā
Unfortunately I think that only the creators of the original photos can actually send contact, but if anyone needs help digging up contact info I am happy to help, just shoot me a message.
Iām so sorry Cheryl :(
*though Iām not sure if theyāre tagging those magazines since their āartā isĀ actually in them, or just tag spamming for ~*exposure*~
** Someone else mentioned that a lot of the art on that personās Tumblr is just painted over doll images (it is), so please share this and be sure to check to make sure that your and your friendsā photos have not been stolen as well.
I got a new bag and the best part is that akira and ryo fit