Dollightfully Devoured

(One day my titles won't be completely stream of conscious thoughts.)  Some 'real talk': This year has been a lot for my family, and unfortunately my response to dealing with stress is concealing emotions and spending money so I have something to look forward to in the future. And that means I have a lot more projects on my work bench and, unsurprisingly, less money to get commissioned work done (and also less money to buy tools to attempt to DIY). So anyway I got into cotton dolls (plush dolls / 'K-Pop dolls') and that's been a fun corner of the doll hobby! I've always liked plushies but the styling of [older] K-pop dolls never grabbed my attention. Nowadays there seems to be a lot more variety and concepts swirling around, and it's making for a lot of interesting dolls and clothing! I currently have 5 dolls at home and I'm waiting on...9 more, production times willing. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Enski (@token....

2020 has been a year  but I recently finished up a nendoroid custom / kitbash of Guang Hong Ji from 'Yuri!!! on Ice' ♥  View this post on Instagram A post shared by Enski (@token.enski) on Sep 21, 2020 at 12:42pm PDT The base for the head and hair were 1022 Ron Weasley . The eyes were recolored with Copic Ciao markers, while the hair was repainted with Testors Spray Enamel (semi-gloss primer, gloss brown; because someone cleared the local store of semi-gloss) & Tamiya Flat Clear. The current body that he's on is from 1205 Misaki Takahshi . A friend got me into the idea of pairing Guang Hong with Otabek, and since they both have a teddy bear theme I needed  Guang Hong to have a bear of his own 😂 This was quick & dirty for a custom, but I'm happy with how it turned out. If I ever do another one that requires repainting, I'll try to apply the paint more evenly. There are some bubbles on his hair, but I can live with them. 😅

So, I discovered that after a tiny spur-of-the-moment split for some nendoroid hair and faces, I could make an old would've-been BJD character !   As my luck would have it, though, after I put the hair with some leftover faces I had and called it good, the BJD head I initially wanted for the character popped up on my Facebook.  But nendoroid parts are considerably cheaper than BJD parts, soooo I'm totally trying to split two nendoroids and get a couple parts for 2 more nendolls! Which brings the nendoll count to like... 4 completed, 5 waiting on bodies, 3 in progress / waiting on parts, and another 3 in the brainstorming phase (see: waiting for the face maker to update with the appropriate eyes, lol). ...I will own as many nendolls as I do BJDs and it took me NO TIME AT ALL to reach this point, in comparison, ohmygodd .  At least I've started sewing! I have both of the Obitsu 11cm pattern books, and I'm waiting for the official Nendoll pattern book to release, ...

It's time for a fashion report, featuring 1/12 Picco Neemo (1/12ピコニーモ) clothing! From left to right we have: Maco Top:  Picco Neemo Wear 1/12 Camisole One-piece Dress / Pink Socks:  Picco Neemo Wear 1/12 Picco D Border SocksA Set / White x Black, White x Brown, White x Gray  Shoes: Obitsu    11cm Body Loafers / Brown Nanashi Top:  Picco Neemo Wear 1/12 Fake Layered Sweater / Light Blue Bottom:    Picco Neemo Size 1/12 Cropped Pants / Beige Shoes:    Picco Neemo Wear 1/12 Sofubi High-cut Sneakers / Red x White Wyatt Top:  Picco Neemo Wear 1/12 Open Collar Short Sleeve Shirt / White Bottom:    Picco Neemo Size 1/12 Cropped Pants / Denim Shoes:  Picco Neemo Wear 1/12 Sofubi High-cut Sneakers / White Accessories:    Pure Neemo Size - Etching Glasses (w/o Lens) A Set / Black Overall, I like the look and fit of these Picco Neemo clothes on the Nendoll bodies. Some of the bigger pieces, lik...

I especially don't have the patience to sew for small dolls/figures, because holy cow . I certainly don't have the drive or motivation; even on a good day. So, to get these Nendoroid Dolls of mine properly clothed, I ordered some Azone Picco Neemo clothes! I should be seeing an odd amount of tops, bottoms, and shoes towards the end of the month that will hopefully  be a decent fit until GSC rolls out more fashion packs. It looks like anything meant for Fairyland Pukifee, or similar sized dolls, will be pretty big — unless that's the look you want to go for! Even Obitsu 11, and assuming Cu-poche, shoes are pretty big on them, too, but it looks like if you can stuff the shoes or give them socks, the Nendolls should be okay. I can say that some Monster High hoodies/jackets work well with the Nendoll bodies! I haven't tried any shirts, and the bottoms (a pair of school sports short-shorts) I have still hang off of them, but there is at least one thing they can we...

I have that feeling of buyers' regret where you want to make the most of what you purchased (while also being bummed out that your purchase ruined your chance of getting something else, but what can you do ?) So I spent my yesterday figuring out this figma / nendoroid + picco neemo hybrid business. I brought out my Black Gold Saw figma (who matches the Picco body better than Sonico), my custom (of sorts) nendoroid, and of course the Picco Neemo S body and outfit. Going off of Hobby Search's blog post , I knew that figma heads would need no modification to be on the Picco body, while nendoroid heads were better suited for the Picco Neemo D body (but I wanted to see this combo anyway). But I didn't take figma face shapes into account...  Her head is pretty slim? and looks smaller on the body. I did put my Killua figma head on the body (no pictures) and while his head is wider and looks a bit better, there's an awkward gap around the base of the head/neck a...