Thank goodness Tumblr actually allows me to use the space bar on text posts. What’s up with it not letting me on photosets? But anyway. I’ve been very inactive here on Tumblr for quite a while, so I feel right now is a good time for an update about my crew. No photos because the last thing I want right now is to fight Tumblr AGAIN. Sorry :’D So, going in order of arrival...
Haruka is still pretty much the same. I haven’t been doing much with her because I’m starting to question if I want to keep her in the body she’s in right now. Besides, she looks so cute in the pose I left her now that she has a stand, I don’t have the heart to change it. I’ve also been considering the idea of just flat out reshelling the character entirely, getting a different body for this head and doing something else with her. But that’s gonna take time and money so we’ll see.
Teiwa has that pretty new outfit and new staff I made for the triathlon, so there’s that! I’ve also recently had to glue her eyelashes back on and I did a good job, if I do say so myself. They’re sturdier now. Other than that she’s pretty much the same.
Saga is trying to drive me insane. I hadn’t been doing anything with the doll ever since she arrived, so recently I changed her clothes to see if it’d help. I then started changing her character around a little bit to see if that got me more excited to work on her, and it did, except now she outgrew her shell before I could even customize it. ‘orz Only now I’m super in love with the character so I really wanna get her a new shell. I’m selling her body to hopefully help with that (or trying to at least, you know how it goes in this hobby), and fingers crossed that I get some money for my birthday in December so I can possibly order her new shell then. I’m a little unsure on what doll I want for her, because I have this idea I really love but it involves a mod, so I wanna see if I find something that fits what I want without needing mods first, because I don’t wanna have to send her abroad... But I might have to. In the meantime, the head currently known as Saga is away in a box for safe keeping while I figure out what to do with her. I don’t want to sell the whole doll at once because she was limited and the closest thing to a grail I’ve had so far, so I’m scared I’ll regret it if I sell her.
Pinguinho is fine and wonderful as always, though he’s full of chips on his blushing, poor thing. He came with me to the US in June and I documented his adventures there on my Instagram, if anyone would like to see.
Natsumi and Haya are still pretty much the same. I only have one body for the two of them and not enough willpower to keep switching them around, so Natsumi gets to be out all the time and Haya gets to sit in a box with ex-Saga’s head. Another part of me says I should invest in a body for her before buying a new Saga, but eeeeeh we’ll see.
Loki arrived at my friend’s house on the same day as I did, haha. He’s my first (non-penguin) boy and he’s really special, though I wish his body was more fun to pose. But I knew what I was getting into when I picked this sculpt. He was dyed by Psiiconic and then blushed and faceupped by Mirrorada, so that’s pretty damn awesome. He only has a super simple quick outfit I made him for the triathlon so far, but fingers crossed I can remedy that soon. He also has the first wig I ever made, which is kinda ugly but hey, it’s my first and I’m reasonably proud of it. Someday I’ll give him the photoshoot he deserves.
Gelinho is my Snowman from Doll Chateau and he arrived at my friend’s sometime during the trip as well. I had never thought I’d love a DC doll but look where we are. Sadly I can’t get him to stand on his own for the life of me (I didn’t have high hopes of doing so, but...), and the stand I bought for him has been on the way for a good two months now thanks to an infuriating situation with the post office. Don’t even get me started. So he kinda just exists for now. :’D
I also have a little Roron faceplate I bought for faceup practice. She doesn’t have a name, or a body, or even a headback for that matter, but that’s okay. She’s also smaller than my other (humanoid) dolls but she’s so cute and I’ve wanted a Unoa forever so there’s that. I’ll probably want to get her complete someday.
Mikiko, aka Miki, is my very first vinyl doll. She’s a Dollfie Dream Sister with the type 06 head that I bought at the Volks booth at Anime Expo while I was in the US. She still needs smaller eyes, the right hair, a faceup and more clothes (because I want to drown her in adorable outfits), but she’s super cute already.
I’ve also done a group order on Alice’s Collections (aforementioned package with the doll stands) that includes two little Paper & Sakura birds that I have been in love with since ever and am so excited to finally get my hands on. <333 I got one with a faceup and one without, I plan to customize the blank one to look like my late cockatiel, Billy. Still not sure what I’ll call the other one.
Last but not least, I also placed an order for a Blackbox Mochi, which I’d been waiting to go on preorder since early this year so I’m very glad I was able to afford her when that happened! She should be shipping sometime this month or next, if the estimate from Angelesque is right. Fingers crossed! Her tentative name is Orihime, but I’m still figuring that and her character out. She’s coming in blank so I’ll have to figure out how I want her customized, too.
So that’s the crew as of today! It’s amazing how big my collection has gotten. I don’t think I ever expected this when I first joined the hobby (maybe a little bit). I look forward to seeing how it continues to grow. :D
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