@look-back-month-challenge 8. One that came to you at a special time in your life.
Ratleigh
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@look-back-month-challenge 8. One that came to you at a special time in your life.
Ratleigh
Ratleigh wearing a knit sweater by @neonkewpie and eyelet top by @dollsahoy
Can you show a larger version of the doll in your profile pic? And tell us where you got it? It's really interesting
Aw thanks for your interest. She's my handmade Super Sculpey rat head on a Resinsoul Mi body with a custom torso done in house by RS (smaller chest and shorter stomach part) as well as different arms and Unoa Zero hands (EDIT: As Elizabethplaid reminded me, Ratleigh used to be on a Doll Chateau body, at times with extra wrist/ankle joints for max creature feel -- the jointed finger hands were that body before I swapped to the Resinsoul)
The tag for her is Ratleigh if you want to see more. Really old posts are probably tagged something like custom rat head or rat doll (sorry it's been ... decades)
Resinsoul customized shorter lower torso arrived!!! Their mod is flawless. The top edge is exactly like the standard one and I cannot see any mod or cut line. Whatever method they used to make the change, they finished it professionally.
Ok so the proportions! Are fantastic! They cut so exactly right, the bellybutton area is unmarred. They must have done a lot of work reshaping the waist curves too.
The smaller SD girl arms also make a huge difference. I totally forgot they are single jointed, which is a bummer, but Ratleigh has such a long face she can still touch it so 😅
I'm very very happy with this custom work from Resinsoul, and with the hybrid now for Ratleigh. The changes are even quite noticeable when she's wearing clothes over everything. She fits in much much better with my other anthros on Zaoll bodies, which is important to me.
The stark white of brand new Resinsoul resin is always a shock 😅 Like I knew it wouldn't match but it's even starker than I thought even though I've literally done this before and knew it would be drastic lol
It will mellow pretty quickly and match better, within the year I'm guessing.
Hi, I just wanted to pop in and say your dolls are excellent. I’m so impressed by customs like Ratleigh, Sally, Poochie, and your Maple Town dolls (I could go on.) It’s always exciting seeing what project you’re working on, especially the thought process behind each one. Your hybrids are an inspiration for me, and I admire your dedication to things like miniature crochet (not to mention the mesh gloves you sewed for your bjd?!!? Hello!!)
To make a long story short, love your stuff. 💜
oh jeeze oh gosh 😭😳🥹
Thank you for such a nice message.
That's quite a list of projects, it feels so validating you obviously have seen so much of what I put out into the world. You made me happy.
Here's a Ratleigh sniff for you 🩷
Pipos Raven head on the cleaned up dyed Twigling body with mismatched torso I scavenged separately a while back! Top by @dollsahoy (thank you!) pants by me.
I can't believe how closely the head color matches the body. 0_o If I could just accept the big bust, she'd be a smashing match of a hybrid.
Alas! I love the small bust! I was upset over the color for a couple days then decided to just ... leave it. I didn't like any of the alternatives. (Dye the whole rest of the body & head darker, carve down the big bust, or airbrush the small bust.)
The Twigling body has got to be my favorite of all time. I've been trending small-head for like a decade and am finally swinging back to bigger heads. So the Pipos Raven is looking swell! I had no idea if the style/size would work but she's great. Actually the neck is a super lucky fit:
She belongs with my anthro shelf, but she is HUGE compared to the rest of them.
Ratleigh, you aren't nervous are you?
Ratleigh?
Ratleigh in more amazing clothes from @dollsahoy . All of those buttons go into real buttonholes!
Had a chance to order some perfect buttons from @the-ebil-eye and love em. ♥️♥️♥️
(Ebil, thank you forever for coming up with the spelling of "Ratleigh", which is now Ratleigh's name instead of the more vulgar Ratly. 😂)
Oh fine, just one nom
Bonus freebie!!!