A couple of days ago I picked up the free Manga-Camera iPhone app, and I have been bothering the cats with it ever since. Of course, sooner or later, I tried it on the dolls; I didn't have much luck at first, until I changed the settings to think that the light in the room was 'bright'. Voila! Suddenly it could see all that super-pale resin ( Read more... )

Yeah, I've been kind of quiet. Not for lack of dollery, just a lack of real desire to talk about them.

Honestly, a lot of neat stuff has happened--I finally got good wigs for the Yukinojo (his name is now Beau, apparently) and for the F17 (who remains Fahrenheit, for reasons of uhhh shut up), and I also got my test cast of armeleia's Inkling doll, who is ( Read more... )

Today I went over to chibaraki's place for a while, and when I got back, there was a little spider perched right on Fahrenheit's face. I was all YOU BASTARD THAT IS A POOKIE FACEUP GET OFF. I got the spider off, then checked Fahrenheit for errant web strands and/or more spiders. I couldn't find any, but I could have sworn that he looked a little ( Read more... )

Ever since I got Fahrenheit I'd been sort of idly considering picking up a pair of 18mm Neosium/Neodymium Zoukeimura eyes for him. I like the color (or the non-color, I suppose) and I've always been curious about how Zouks look in person, how distinct the alleged color shifting is, etc. etc. I mean, I can read other people's accounts and look at ( Read more... )

I went to the Oasis meet today! I managed to get the F17's temp wig semi-working at the eleventh hour, so I ended up taking him instead of Jack, as had been my initial plan. He's the sleek blond-headed blue-eyed fellow all flopped out on his back in the meet-up gallery thread--flopped out on his back because he would not sit up to save his damn ( Read more... )