Native Son

Pic shot for photography class.
Hands is a Minifee Ruth modded and dyed by me.

Photo Class- Depth of Field

I'm taking a photography class, and this last week we learned about depth of field, which is what parts of a picture are in focus, and is controlled by aperture, among other things.

Of course I used dolls for my homework, and I got this rather cute pic of Stella. I think I need to redo her faceup more neatly, but she's looking okay as it is. Darned winter weather makes updating faceups a bit tougher.

About the Pages- NEW and useful stuff!

Over to the left side of the blog you will see some nice little Page links. They have a list of my dolls by sculpt for the curious, (and for me to keep them neatly organized and track my own work as I go)

But wait, there's more!

I have recently updated the Glossary Section with more terms! SD, MSD, MSC, PKF, EID, what the heck are we talking about? Find out there!

I have also built a new page- The BJD Newbie Links List! You can now click there to be able to see a lot of info in one place for people who are new to the hobby and what help getting started. Most of us have the same sort of questions when we are new, so I've tried to make a useful resource with links for several different places.

Not Ded. And some New Stuff.

So... whatever it was I was sick with was mostly brought on by a stress reaction. Hopefully if I take things easy and work on being calmer I can recover. I'm doing much better now, so I've been able to work more on Dolly Things, hence we have Updates!

Tiarnach (my Soom Chrom/Granado Nuevo body hybrid Elf Prince) is finally Blushed and Faceupped! (Yes, that's a word now.) The resin match of Granado's Pinky NS to this Soom NS is pretty good, blushably close. (There's another new word I may use again- Blushably.)

Where have I been? Lemme 'splain.

 I have been sick now for about 8 weeks.
What, again? You were sick last Winter, and the Winter before that, too, remember all the Physical Therapy?
YES, AGAIN. Only this time it isn't Pneumonia. This time we don't know what it is. It's just too vague to even diagnose.
 So far, two runs of multi-thingy blood tests for various things, all Normal.
An Ultrasound. My liver is a little chubby, I should avoid becoming obese and eat healthy. Okay. But nothing else. Normal. Good, no gall or kidney stones, no tumors.
Another run of blood tests for thyroid functions, vitamin levels, and Celiac? Normal. Good.
An abdominal CT scan, just in case of tumors or cancer or blockages or something? Normal! Phew!! Good.

Nausea about eating pretty much everything that isn't very basic flavors. At times I've been down to Ritz crackers- Most of October was crackers, chicken, eggs, green smoothie and tiny amounts of Toblerone. Currently I can eat a lot more, which has been wonnnnnderful!!
Heats and chills, mono-like exhaustion, and rapid weight loss.
A lot of things have those as symptoms, but not lasting like this. We've ruled almost everything we can think of out.

All the combined powers of the medical community in this area haven't been able to figure out what's wrong with me, or if there is a cure besides Waiting For It To Go Away. Goshdarnit! *flail* Still some of the things we have ruled out were really scary things, so I am very grateful it isn't any of those things.

VERY.
 I just have to be patient, and we hope it is a weirdo virus that will just go away if I rest enough.

Aneirin - Saint to Monster, Part IV

  (This post and the links below are likely to contain Anatomically Correct Doll Nudity- NSFW or for especially shy people)
This is part 4 of an ongoing project.
See Part 3
See Part 2
See Part 1

I've picked up with this project again, so there'll be more added to this post over the next few weeks as I update.

I got the right paints to go over my modifications, and I've been sanding the mod work carefully, so this evening I put on my mask and did some spraying. The grey is a surprisingly close shade to match the grey resin. Blushing will even it out. The off-white is called Racing White, but it seems to have gone on sort of... glossy, so I'll be trying another lighter coat later. I've also been doing some adding bulk to the thigh parts.

Update, Oct 20

Here's a shot of the built up thighs, in the rough stages:

On to Part 5!

Aneirin- Saint to Monster: Part III

As of April 2013 (just posting this here now!)

This is part III of an ongoing project.
See Part II.
See Part I.



Post contains Anatomically Correct Doll Nudity

Been working on Aneirin's wig. Felt cap, fancy yarn, hand-stitched a loop at a time to the cap. Certain yarns give the effect of messy dredlocks.

Practice shots with those ears of his...

I also worked on adding some better locks to his joints so that he'll be able to stand unaided. Balance is pretty tricky on them big ol' legs.

This is a pre-existing lock at the knee joint, but those little points were not high enough for the fit I wanted, so I added to it.

I built these ridges on the fronts of the hip parts to stop him pitching forward when he's standing. They will get sanded and smoothed like the rest of everything I've modded.

  I obtained Soom wrist parts for long fingered Soom hands! He won't be using his default Little Monica hands that came from that company with his body. They're cute, but hardly right for him.

I have dyed his pinky white Little Monica body parts, so that they now match the more greeny-yellow Dollshe and Soom parts. I used a bit of Rit Liquid Lemon Yellow and a lot of Rit Liquid Apple Green. He's still WS, just a different tone now. Here's an undyed LM hand in pinky white against the newly dyed midsection.

So now the white resin all matches, with one ironic exception- The neck and chest part. It's the right tone but not quite deep enough to match the head, so it'll get some blushing to make it match perfectly.

Advance to Part 4!