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ningyoumonogatari · 8 years ago

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“Suppose to be 30 days bjd question thing but I just answer them all in a day, just cuz I can and there’s nothing you can do to stop me .w.” - by Skull.B

1) Why do you like BJDs? Cuz... well why not, they are beautiful, smooth and cuddly (well most of them that is) To be real honest, I don’t actually know, I just like them. It’s like asking why is chocolate your favorite food, and you can’t explain it other than “Cuz it’s delicious” Weird thing that so many horror movies are based on dolls, and just scare the shit out of other peeps, while I just look at my doll and ask “hey bruh you gonna kill me someday?” and my doll be looking back at me like “More b*llshit from you and I just might” -__-)a’’

2) Do you own any? If so how many and if not, do you have any plans to at the moment? I own one.... if the seamless phicen doll count then I have two. Am planning to make some smaller BJDs base on my OC Xin and Oku. Also hope to get a baby sis for my Rain (first bjd)... or not, cuz they are just too expensive OTL

3) Post a picture of all your dolls! Too lazy to post. Plus I don’t know how to. Just know that he has the most beautiful smile in history of BJD HAHA. 4) What/who was the first BJD you ever owned? Do you still own them? (Who is your planned first?) Rain is my first BJD, got him from Dream of Doll, and of course I still own him. I didn’t have any “planned” doll, they were just too expensive for me to even dream of owning one... but then I saw Rain and he is just askjfhalksdjfhlak and hence, he is now here haha.

5) What/who was the very first BJD you saw? Dream of Doll’s.... I think it’s Ducan? I forgot actually. The first time I enter the world of BJD was like 11 years ago, when RenLi casually showed me the pic of one of the dolls..... It’s like one of the most beautiful things I’ve ever seen, probably. And then I returned home and google for Dream of Doll and just saved all of the photos just cuz.

6) Biggest size you own? (Have held/seen/like) 60+cm height, my one and only Rain. Never seen any other bigger size bjd, it’s not like a lot of people around me own any BJD. (sad)

7) Smallest size you own? (Have held/seen/like) I only have one.... unless that Phicen seamless doll count, then it’ll be Chris with 30cm height. If that doesn’t count, then it’ll be RenLi’s Shorty Koi, 45cm height.

8) What is your favourite size? I only have Rain.... but well I’d prefer smaller ones, cuz it’s heavier than I expected. Preferably.... like say 30 cm or less.

9) What is your least favourite size? HUGE for no special reason. But I think I’d like to see a life-sized bjd.....

10) Post a picture of a doll and an animal! As I said, too lazy and I don’t know how. Just use your imaginations lol (Or maybe later when I have more time and less tired)

12) What do your friends think of your dolls/dolls in general? Other than RenLi.... most of them just think it’s beautiful and expensive. Some think it’s scary, thanks to them horror movies and horror stories. This one time I showed Rain to my cousin... and when I took him out, his head twitched a bit without me moving it wwwwww scared the shit out of my cousin pffffthahahahaha

13) Dollie shoes! Show us how many you have! NONE. TT____TT Plan to make one but I either forgot or am too busy.

14) Have you ever had a floating head? What about a headless body? (What do you think you would do if you had either?) I have a floating head .w. It was an extra when I bought Rain.

15) What do your family think of your dolls? Expensive and a waste. Creepy and ominous.

16) Can any of your crew stand on their heads? (Show us~) LOL NO wwwwww

17) What is your favourite item of dollie clothing? I honestly don’t know, it’s not like I have a lot of them. I only have a set of clothing, that’s good enough for me, I’m not good at making clothes and stuff (swt). I did bought a bunny ears and a fluffy tail, those aren’t sorta “my faves” tho. I like his hat that is, ahhh so cute wwwwww

18) Do you have a favourite company? Dream of Doll, first and only. Recently quite into Fairyland tho, they have nice mechanics with their dolls.

19) A least favourite company? Well none of them ever offended me so I have none.

20) What is your dream doll? One that is custom made to resemble my OC, which I am recently working on it haha. A small-ish probably less than 30 cm, female body with change-able bottom parts!!! That is!! My!!! Goal!! Sort of.

21) One doll you love, but will never (probably) buy? That Centaur’s doll from fairyland. Before was some of DoD’s doll. Actually, probably all dolls cuz they are just too expensive for me to get anymore.

22) What’s your favourite doll scale prop? I don’t know, cuz I have none.

23) Is there a part of the BJD hobby that you dislike? When people just kept saying your doll’s gonna curse you and some stupid shit like that.

24) What about your favourite part of the hobby? Posing and taking pictures, searching for some suitable parts (and dwell in depression as you can’t afford them)

25) Have you ever modded a doll? (Do you think that you would?) Nope, but I think I would if I want to.

26) Done your own faceups? (Again, do you think you’d do that?) A testing one on my test-made doll face, failed but I’ll probably do it again .w. Rain: “And before you can do a proper faceup, don’t even think of touching my face....”

27) Do you have a favourite out of your own dolls? (Don’t worry, we won’t tell the others ;D) Again, I only have one (or two while the other one doesn’t quite count), so RAIN TAKES THE MEDAL!! Rain:”Well of course.”

28) Post a crazy/silly pose! NO .w.)p BITE ME.

29) Post a picture of your dolls exploring the outside world! This is endless. I’ll probably make another post when I am less tired and shitty, but not today. -w-)a’’

30) Have you ever been to a doll meetup? Did you enjoy it/do you plan to go to one in the future? Well I had one ( I think) with Ren way back when, with her doll Koichi, it’s nice and we’re probably gonna have more. Maybe.

And again, that’s it haha. As said in 29, I might make another post for pictures and all, but I just don’t have any and it’s almost 1am midnight hence I am tired enough haha.

Praise those who are able to finish reading this thing tho.

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ningyoumonogatari · 8 years ago

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50Q BJD Meme (RenLily’s response)

1. Have your tastes changed in sculpts over the years?

Definitely. My taste in sculpts when I first discovered the BJD hobby was more towards the aesthetics of more adult-like/mature dolls, the ones that are taller in height and have a very cool flair to them. At that time, I thought the taller the doll the better and I prefer sculpts with half-lidded eyes, e.g., Homme Ducan from DOD is the perfect example. Actually, all DOD half-lidded doll sculpts are gorgeous still to me.

Then as time went on (I took a really long time to get Koichi, not being able to afford yet at that time and also to test my endurance in the BJD hobby (I have to make sure it’s not like a one-time thing, I would be very disappointed in myself if my interest just kind of disappear once I got my own BJD ya know? Like I didn’t want a BJD just for the sake of owning one. There has to be some level of commitment to it), I no longer have a very strong preference for half-lidded eye doll sculpts. Don’t get me wrong, these types of doll sculpts are very much beautiful, but it’s just not my taste anymore. I no longer care much about the height as well.

It’s kind of hard to explain, but I guess “my taste” now depends on the elements/emotion I have when I look at a particular doll sculpt. For example, does the doll “gives off” like a feeling of happiness? Does it make you feel happy when you look at it? Do you feel inspired when you think of the possibilities of customizing the doll? Does your inspiration extends out of the “box” (e.g., company concept design images) or does it just stop at the “surface”? How can you build more backstory based on this sculpt when you look at it? Or are you just being “pursued”/”visually influenced” by how the doll was presented in the image? It’s really difficult for me to write out my thought processes lol.

I am not going to lie, these ideas are hard to grasp and they are very much vague. It does change according to time and that may somehow contradict my previous comments. To be completely honest, initially even after getting Koichi as my first BJD, I doubt myself many times if I should have got myself a DOD sculpt. And these doubts extends also to my difficulty in getting Koichi’s personality / characteristics down, for example: kept changing his name, personality and backstory. But eventually I learn to "grasp” his identity and slowly building up a solid backstory for him.

Is it a mistake? No, not at all. I like LUTS Kelp, and although the doll sculpt gives me ideas / concepts that are very different from how I view DOD sculpts, I find them refreshing. I realize in the end that no matter the doll sculpt, you, as a BJD owner /artist, have the ability to mold them to the image that you want / aspire to achieve. Which also includes on how you decide to look at them, whether ideally or non-ideally.

2. Do you have pre-made characters for the dolls that you get home which must fit a certain description, or, do you get them home and let inspiration hit?

I do not have any pre-made characters in mind, so I will first see whichever doll is suitable (really gives me inspiration) and then build up the characteristics from there. I would try different types of clothes or wigs or try to imagine different face-up on the doll sculpt to finally grasp the “right” characteristic lol (getting like “aha” moments). It doesn’t quite make sense when I put it like that but that’s what I do.

3. What do you do when you get hooked on a particular sculpt and want it home right here, right now but can’t as you have to save or some other reason?

I just bear with it (for years) and see if I still want it bad enough. Well, that’s pretty much what happened until I got Koichi and the same old cycle again.

4. How many dolls are too many to you personally?

More than 10 perhaps, I personally do not think I can maintain BJDs in good condition if I can’t pay proper attention to each and every one of them (obligations and schedules and all), especially when there are too many of them.

5. What are your thoughts on dolls with already pre-existing characters from movies/books/cartoons/etc.?

I think a lot of people will like dolls that are based on already pre-existing characters from movies/books/cartoons/etc. Personally though, I am quite neutral on that, but not particularly fond of them?

6. Acrylic, glass or urethane? And why?

I am just going to say Glass. It has nice depth and it’s just my personal preference for aesthetics.

7. How much does yellowing bother you? What is acceptable before you want something done to liven up that old yellow resin skin?

Can’t really say, I do not have YET the experience of my BJD yellowing. Koichi’s head might look like yellowing, but it’s not. I just happened to put too much brown pastel on his face, hence the unfortunate appearance of a yellowing head. So I can say it bothers me even so, but I have yet to find time to redo his face-up so he looks more natural. I would be very anxious on doing something to liven up the yellowed resin skin though if it does happen in the future.

8. What are your thoughts on anthro BJDs vs actual animal BJDs?

I think anthro BJDs are beautiful and I love the fantasy flair. I always wanted a centaur / mermaid / fairy BJD, but I never really get one as I couldn’t find one yet that really inspires me. I find it hard to build a character based on fantasy theme BJDs, perhaps because I prefer not to have a “solid form” for my characters, seeing how the backstories of my characters often change over time (so I am going to stick to human forms for now, and just leave the rest to imagination). Actual animal BJDs are cute, for example cats and horses, though I don’t think I would get one.

9. How small is too small? How tall is too tall? Or does height even matter to you?

Not really, height doesn’t matter to me. If the doll sculpt inspires me then it’s all good no matter the size.

10. Do you talk with your resin buddies while painting them, dressing them, just because?

Nope, I don’t talk to them. I do imagine what it would be like if they can talk though.

11. Do you have a doll you love but will probably never have because finances or impossible to get?

If we are talking about now, not at the moment. I am happy with just Koichi now, though I see a lot of doll sculpts that are appealing to me (but have yet to come across that really inspire me to purchase).

12. Do you have a favourite clothing company where you go and buy clothing and/or shoes from?

Nope, not that I know of. I prefer to make the clothes myself, DIY till the end I guess.

13. Your favourite pair of shoes you ever got home? Picture please!

I only got one pair for Koichi haha but they are very nice!

14. Favourite accessory and, again, picture!

Huh….don’t really have as of now though.

15. How many times have you had to redo a face-up in a day?

I am just an amateur, so I can’t really answer that. Plus, it took me more than a day to do a face-up. On a different note though, for Koichi’s current face-up, I messed up the very first time but I got it fine on the second try.

16. Ever sat screaming and cursing at your sewing machine? Or even if you’ve sown something by hand? Tell us a bit about one of those silly outbursts!

Oh, I don’t have outbursts like that before though. Now if we are talking about self-pitying on own lack of ability to sew properly, check!

17. In the past year have you had to find homes for some of your resin buddies?

I only have Koichi so nope. I would be very sad though if I had to find homes for my BJDs.

18. Have you ever made any miniature furniture of any kind or do you prefer to buy it?

I buy them from Japanese stores mostly (e.g., DAISO), like little tables, chairs or drawers.

19. What would you do if one of your dolls went green or banana yellow? Would you try and salvage the damage somehow by mods and the like, or would you reinvent their character?

I would do the first and then the latter if it doesn’t work out.

20. Ever got two dolls or more home in a year?

Never.

21. Are there a certain theme going style/face-up/accessory/other wise? Or are they all fairly different from one another?

If I were to have more BJDs, I would give each of them different face-up/accessory/style and with different resin skin types. Variety is good.

22. How much is too much to pay for a doll/how little is too little? And why?

Depends on what comes with the doll (e.g., does it have a good wig/good eye type/joint type/resin skin type/uniqueness features). Can’t really put a general price range though, I mean, each company has its own unique doll sculpt qualities so I can’t really say.

23. Do you do mods? Show us some of your work! Would you do them on rare/limited sculpts?

I have never tried doing mods. I am very concerned with the risk of damaging the doll sculpt.

24. Do you prefer getting dolls home blank so that you can do your own face-up, or, do you prefer to have the company paint them for you?

For now, I can say I prefer to have the face blank so I can do face-up for my doll. I mean, who better to give the ideal image you want for your doll than yourself? That’s my personal opinion though.

25. Do you keep up with the various companies releases, events and the like?

Not really, I only visit LUTS website every now and then.

26. Ever hated having to cover up a body with clothing because the sculpting was absolutely divine and you’d rather just be able to watch all that naked glory for all time?

No.

27. What is your favourite wig brand?

Never really bought wigs though, I make wigs for Koichi most of the time. Well, once when I was in Hong Kong and I bought one wig, the quality was okay but I don’t know the brand.

28. How many pairs of shoes do you own for your dolls?

Only one pair.

29. How many wigs do you have for your dolls?

Koichi has five wigs now, one default wig from LUTS, one wig bought from my overseas trip and three I made myself.

30. Do you have a favourite set of clothing? Do you own it? And if, picture please!

The jacket and beanie I made for Koichi lol. Not trying to sound arrogant, but it just gives me satisfaction knowing I made the outfit, that I made something for my BJD.

31. Do you have a favourite outfit you’ve made yourself?

Oops I answered that already in previous question haha.

32. Ever commissioned someone? And what for?

Nope. I am considering commissioning someone though to give Koichi a better natural face-up if I still can’t find time to do it myself.

33. How many pair of eyes do you have, spare and in use combined?

Only one pair, the ones he’s using now.

34. Ever called in sick because of an incoming package?

Would never.

35. What have been you longest wait? And the shortest?

Unicorn BJD owner, so I can’t really answer that lol.

36. Do you prefer shooting single shots or group pictures?

I only have experience with single shots, but I would like to try taking group pictures during doll meets in the future.

37. Do you prefer male or female dolls?

I will know it if I see it.

38. Ever had that one piece of accessory you could never quite find and are still searching for years later?

Nope, not really.

39. Ever had trouble settling for a sculpt for a given character and had to buy multiple sculpts home before finding that perfect one?

No, I will make sure that a doll sculpt really inspires me before purchasing it. I am just serious like that. However if I somehow find the doll sculpt to not be what I expected, I will try my best still to make it work.

40. Do you keep a journal in where you write all of your doll related ideas and plans even if they wont always come to fruition?

No, I keep all the ideas in my head.

41. Ever shot some naughty naked/nude pictures? If not, why?

No.

42. What are the longest time you’ve had a layaway running? If you’ve never done one, why are you refraining from making use of this service?

Good question. I guess I just want really want to make sure I really have the resources before getting another one BJD.

43. Do you mind not being able finding a whole lot of pictures of a given sculpt you want home or do you like it’s exclusivity?

I do like the idea of exclusivity.

44. Are you more of a share all the pictures type of person or more of a keeping them all to yourself and only share a select few?

Hmm, I guess I only share a few since my photography skills aren’t that great. But again, I am sure as you do more you will get better at it.

45. How good are you at sticking to your plans if, say, you told yourself you only were to bring home one more this year and then go on a break?

I am quite strict on myself, so I believe that I can control my buying impulses quite well.

46. What doll body is your favourite?

No preference really.

47. Who in your resin crew has gone through the biggest transformation since arrival?

I can’t answer this lol.

48. Do you pamper some more than others?

I only have Koichi so of course he’s pampered pfft. Did I mention he’s like a guinea pig BJD? Neh I am just joking :D

49. Ever bought something (dolls, clothing, accessories) that looked amazing in the pictures but turned out to be nothing like it upon arrival?

Well, when I first ordered Koichi, I really liked the company’s default face-up on him in the photos and so I did order for the face-up to be done on him. However, after some time, I did not like how the face-up was on him anymore. There was also a small chip-off on his left eye. So I made the decision to redo his face-up myself and though it’s not perfect, I like it.

50. What are your continued plans for this year?

Continue improving skills to making better wigs and clothes. I also want to redo his face-up.

These meme questions are by MorbidDelusions. Many thanks!!

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