BJD Updates from April 8th, 2014 to April 11, 2015

Yeah... that's quite the gap...
And not much happened, I was too busy blowing my money on other things to buy anything for my dolls... or buy new dolls.

But then! My birthday came, and I swiftly used the money to purchase an, albeit cheap, doll! 

THE LUCAS CLAN IS COMPLETE!

1. Uh, according to my last BJD blog post, y'all haven't even seen Xiao's new wigs, so... Let's start with that? I got her two, one of which fit perfectly! The other was too tight, and it was rather thin anyways, so... yeah. The one that fit well became her new official wig! (Did I mention how soft that wig was as well? No? Well, it's really soft~ (Ebay!))

2. Like I said, I bought another doll, and now the Lucas family has a young'n! Her name, as I believe I've already told you in a much older post, is Alexis 'Lexi' Mei-Ling Lucas~ :3 Her character is roughly 6-8 years old and she is Alex and Sasha's little sister. (She also looks almost exactly like her mother, Xiao-Hong...)

3. I got Lexi a wig! "Why is this separate?" you may ask... Well, it's 'cause I got her, like, a week after my birthday, which is in mid-February, and didn't get her a wig until, like, another week, and then after that, it was, like, a few days of waiting for that. SO... yeah.

4. OH! I also did her faceup, like, the day I got her... It was snowing, so I couldn't do it outside, like I normally do, so instead, I probably gave myself cancer by doing her faceup in the garage, with the door partially opened, and with a crappy little dust-mask. If I die, y'all know why... XD But anyways, it was my first time doing eyelashes... and I think I did an alright job!

5. I went to a meetup... DUNDUNDUN~~ :o

Everyone (all two of them!) were nice, and didn't look at me weird when I told them what company and sculpt Xiao was, they just looked a little confused since they hadn't heard of her company... but then I told them that I got her from MoC, and their faces relaxed, so I guess that they were just worried that I'd been ripped off??

6. AND... I gave Xiao a few tattoos, and pierced her tiny ears, and blushed her hands :3

Okay... PIC TIME~

First time body-blushing! Gave her pinkish-red nail polish and blushing!

New wig!

And here's the wig that barely fit and was seriously too tight

My Hujoo lily head, before her faceup~

Lexi (Hujoo Lily), with her faceup.

And here's Lexi fully clothed, faceup'd, a wigged.

Infinity symbol on Xiao's ankle

Another infinity symbol on her foot

Three birds on a branch, which symbolize herself and her twins~

Xiao, at our first meetup!

Pierced ears, and a snippet of her back tattoo!

BJD Updates from March 2, 2014 to April 8, 2014

Obviously, this one is going to be shorter than the last one... BUT~ I just couldn't wait to share with the world my dolls' current situations!

1. IT CAME~! What is IT, you may ask? Why it's Xander and Ethan's body!C: 

BOX OPENING BELOW~ (Along with pictures~!)

2. There was a little mix up involving my order from Jeeryama, but they were nothing but nice to me and explained what to do about the problem. What was the problem? They sent me another person's order! (Though.... because of the mess up... I got to play with a really cool chest, until we realized what it was and quickly stopped touching it... XD ) But, I was truly crushed when I got my package from China, saw that it was tiny for something that was supposed to be a 1/3 scale doll body, opened it, and found some kind of old-style travel trunk (miniature, of course). I must say, it was very detailed... rather impressive really.. I took some pictures once I found out what it was, purely because I knew that I would probably never see another one for the rest of my life... And I wanted to remember it after we sent it back to China. PICS BELOW~

3. I pierced Ethan's ears, on the earlobe... Link to the blog post about it is right here -> http://kidforocks.blogspot.com/2014/03/bjd-ear-piercing.html

4. I have decided to give Bai a wig... As well as give Xiao a wig that actually fits... Though, I've yet to buy the wigs... I've also decided what sculpt Alexis/Lexi (Alex and Sasha's little sister) will be! And boy, will she look like a mini Xiao-Hong! XD

5. Took Xiao and Xander's wedding pictures... keep in mind that these are probably not the official ones, but merely the 'test-run pics' of sorts (mostly because Xiao's dress was torn to pieces by me while I was tailoring it and trying to get it to fit her body... ^^;)

6. The extra hands, that always come with the body, were the wrong resin color... But I''m waaay too lazy to make a fuss about it.... Besides, I'm learning to love the 'creeper hands'! :P

Xander and Ethan's Body's box opening~

 Here is Ethan, who has no clothes of his own yet, so is simply wearing the temporary clothes that I made, which I ended up deciding belonged to Xander, since they just weren't goth-y enough for Ethan... XD

 Xander, in his sweet shirt and weird jeans~!

Xander in his suit/ dress clothes

 And here is the infamous chest/trunk/whatever! This is what I got instead of my body... It's very expensive and brand-name, so once we noticed the brand name on it, I stopped playing around with it and just took a few pictures before we shipped it back to Beijing.

I know that I should've been uber excited that I got to hold/ play with/ take pictures of this trunk... but I couldn't really care less, I was too busy being upset that it wasn't my doll! XD

Now, since your curiosity has been sated from getting to see what they sent me by accident, let's get back to the BJDs, yes? :D

Looking aloof and in love~

Leaning against each other~

Holding hands~! <3

BJD Ear-piercing~!

So... I don't know if you guys noticed, but Ethan? He's kind of a punk/goth-y character as far as his style goes. THUS, I decided to pierce his ears! 

Now, ear-piercing is not always the solution to your dolls' earring-needing needs... But, in this case, where I wanted to be able to change his earrings as often (or not often) as I wished, I decided that modding my doll was the best choice. This is a PERMANENT mod! So, BEWARE! Use caution, and do something that I didn't do on the first ear (Hey, it's a learning experience!): use something to make an indentation on the ear before you start drilling! (can you tell that I'm having fun with different font-thingies? XD) On the second ear, I used the tip of the drill bit to lightly, barely drill in, making an indentation, before I started pushing into the ear some to really drill it. Because I didn't make an indentation on the first ear, the pin vise slipped... and his piercing ended up off near the edge of his earlobe... Yeah... But, I learned quickly from my mistake, and pierced the second ear, in my opinion, perfectly~!

Now, down to business... ㅡㅅ ㅡ  (random 'serious kitty' face~!)

I recommend that you wear a mask (and do this outside, if possible), 'cause as you probably already know, resin is dangerous when inhaled...

Sadly, I didn't film it... 'cause I was just way too excited to do my first mod, and didn't even think of filming it. But, I will tell you guys how I did it, and show you the end product!

Step 1. Check out your doll's ears... I know, it sounds weird and creepy, but we (or at least I) do some weird stuff with, or stare creepily at, our dolls. Anyways~ If the earlobe is cast to the head, don't even bother looking any farther. You can only safely pierce you doll's ear(s) if their earlobe is not attached to their head. If it's attached, then you're probably going to drill into its head, which would make your doll very sad and make you sad.  

Step 2. Get a small manual hand drill (I used a Hobbico pin vise which was only $11 and came with, like, 5 or 6 drill bits (I got it at my local hobby store)) Do NOT get an electric drill, and do NOT try using yours, the heat from it will melt the plastic/resin, plus you'll have, like NO CONTROL.

Step 3. Mark with a pencil (just a normal one is fine, you're going to be drilling away that spot anyways...) where you want the piercings. Check, using your psychic powers, if it's too close to, in the back, where your doll's ear and head meet. If it is, simply erase it quickly and re-mark. (You also have to decide now what angle you're going to drill at)

Step 4. This is where I had the most trouble, so I'll tell you how I did it. Firstly, get the earring you're going to put in your doll's ear (small human ones work well for 1/3 scale dolls). Hold the post up to the drill bits and select whichever drill bit is closest to the size of the earring post. Put that one in your drill. 

Step 5. MAKE THE INDENTATION!

Step 6. Get your drill and position it so that you won't drill into the head if you get too drill-happy (also, for extra safety, put the eraser of the pencil you used earlier (assuming you used a mechanical pencil) behind the ear, in between the ear and the head). 

Step 7. Start drilling! Constantly check that the angle is right, and how close you are to breaking through!  When you're almost through, you should be able to see a grayish-blueish dot on the back of your doll's ear...

Step 8. Once done, don't pull your drill right out, turn it the opposite direction a little first, or the whole way, if necessary.

Step 9. Stick the earrings in~! And you're DONE!

GOOD LUCK~! <3

BJD updates~ (updates from November 22, 2013 to March 2, 2014)

1. I got Xander's head. 

2. I got Xander's identical twin brother's head as well (box opening below) (yay for birthdays!)

3. I ordered a Doll Family- A 2nd gen 1/3 body for them from jeeryama on ebay (I am currently waiting for it to be made) (again, yay for birthdays! (or birthday money, in this case))

4. Decided to make Inhyung someone else. Her name is Bai Jing-Jing Ning now (<- those first two names are beyond cute when written in Chinese). She's the other, new, Inhyung's little sister. (tho I still don't have the new Inhyung doll... lol, 인형 doll... i sorta made a pun-thingy...) XD

5. Decided on all my dolls', even the ones I don't have yet, names.

6. OH! Almost forgot! Also got Alex and Sasha's mother as a graduation present! <3 (box opening, again, is below)

7. Went to IKEA, got those duktig beds for Sasha and Alex... and sometimes their mother.

Little update as to how my dolls look now (and their full names):

I apologize for my (probably) horrible Chinese, as I don't speak or read Chinese and am using a mixture of babynames.com, google, wikipedia, and google translate ^^; So, if you happen to know Chinese names well, and I messed up, feel free to correct me!

 Here's my little man, Sasha Xiao-Chen (曉晨) Lucas~ >.<
I changed his wig to a white wool one, other than that, nothing has really changed... And he's sitting in his bed, holding the pillow I made him and being surrounded by fluffy white pillows I also made him~ ^3^

 This would be Alexandra 'Alex' Li-Xue (麗雪) Lucas, with her new long flowing, pink, curly locks~ Also in her bed, for which I made everything~

 This is Alex and Sasha's (as well as their little sister who I don't have yet, Lexi's) dad! Alexander 'Xander' Haydn Lucas! His character is not Chinese... obviously... so no Chinese here... or for his twin brother... And he's just a head right now, but he'll get to at least try on a body within the next month~

 This is Alex, Alexis, and Sasha's mother, Xiao-Hong (曉虹) 'Xiao (曉)' Qi (琦) Lucas. She be a fabulous Only-Doll Chiyao... ALSO! Her head is 7/8... I bought 8/9 since she's 1/3 scale... T^T But I was wrong.... beware the head size!!

And lastly, is another floating head I did, which will hopefully soon have a body... Ethan Sasha Lucas!

And here's Bai (formerly know as Inhyung)'s name written in Chinese ('cause her first and middle names are seriously adorable in my opinion (not to mention very easy to write!))And I'm aware that commonly, Bai would be the family name/surname/last name, but it's so cute~ >3< And there's no picture because she looks the exact same as she did when I 'took inventory' at the end of last year:

Bai (白) Jing-Jing (晶晶) Ning (寧)

PS: If you're wondering why my Chinese-named dolls have middle names, it's 'cause none of my characters, including Xiao and Bai, are Chinese, as in, from China... (tho, the dolls themselves are all made by Chinese companies (except Bai... she's Hujoo.. which is Korean), which helped me decide to at least give most of them Chinese middle names.) However, Bai's grandparents and Xiao's grandparents are both from China.)

BOX OPENINGS~!

Ethan's head/wig box opening, along with another birthday present~

My Only-Doll ChiYao, Xiao-Hong's, box opening <3

Faceups...

I am going to level with y'all... I want to be able to do lots of faceups.. but so far, I can only do these natural-looking faceups. However, I have only tried to do a faceup on the Doll Family- A 1/3 practice head. Twice. Trying to, the second time, be unnatural. But no, he looks goth-y like I wanted, but... still so naturally goth-y... :/ Well, it's kinda a win/win 'cause I didn't really want an unnatural faceup for him, I just wanted a goth-y look... But I wanted to try! >.<
I tried, and, I think, failed. Lemme show ya.

This is what I started with: The Doll Family- A practice head

This was the first faceup I did, the one that was supposed to be natural, and was...

This was supposed to be 'unnatural'... yeah...

Another angle~

So, what do you think? Should I just give in and accept my natural faceup-ness fate? Or shall I rebel and try again?

Xander's Head... Again

Hello~ Today, Xander's hair and eyes came in the mail! C:

I also did his faceup~

And, of course, a link to the box opening, 'cause I've decided to document everything suddenly!

Xander's Head & Alex's Hair

HI! Okay, so... uhm... yesterday, in the mail, two wonderful things came! This is just me sharing it with y'all~ So, enjoy?

Insert video below :P

BJD Family as of 2013 + Clothing Opinions?

Ahem, uh... hi?

While I realize that I haven't really been using this blog at all, period, lately, I really haven't been using it to do BJD related stuffs either. And I'm much too lazy to create a separate blog for that...

Soooo~ I figured that I'd begin using this blog for my BJD obsession as well! C:

 Lemme introduce you to my dolls:

My first doll: Sasha (DollZone Luke in normal yellow skin)

Him in his 'bum clothes'

My second doll: Alex/ Sasha's fraternal twin (Doll Leaves Amara in normal skin)

And lastly: Inhyung ((who is not related to Alex and Sasha in any way) Hujoo Suve in apricot skin)

And finally: Happy Little Portrait~

Also, I have Alex & Sasha's dad's head in transit to me in the mail... saving up for the body!

Xander's head - Doll Family A Practice Head in normal pink skin

PS:What did you think of my dollies clothes? 'Cause I made all of the outfits except for the first one ^.^ I'd love some critique~ Since I'm new-ish to this whole 'making stuff' thing... (for dolls at least)