Does anyone else get customizing anxiety?

my god ya, i like doing extreme customs so lots of limbs need to be butchered or exaggerated firt and i always put it off as long as i can cus im scared i'll mess it up, its usually like that till i start to get to the end of the custom before i feel a bit more confident

 

I have a backlog of customization projects because some of them I'm not sure I'm ready for yet, and others I know are going to be frustrating from previous experience... but somehow that didn't stop me from just purchasing a blank doll with the intent to dye her lavender.

 

I do as well, I have a PukiPuki head and a Tiny Delf body that I would need to sand to get them to look nice together without a giant gap and I can't decide if that's something I want to do, or just get a different body for the head and a new head for the new body so I don't mess it up

Plus I'll be getting a 70cm boy who I will need to make a complete armored arm for, since he will be a character doll for Lucio from the Arcana dating sim game that I am debating on what to do for that

 

Indeed I do! I have been putting off face ups and body blush this year due to this anxiety. I have just thrown myself into a heavy modding project to help me get past whatever it is that's holding me back.

 

For the most part? No, I had a trial by fire with my first doll's elastic breaking after having her for only a couple days so I had to buck up and get her back together. It was easier to mess with the dolls after that.

I do, however, get anxious about big projects I can't do in an afternoon. I put those off because then I can't have that doll in one piece for a while. I also get super impatient and that's when I start rushing things and making mistakes

 

I have so many plans for mods, including dyeing, creating extra holes for extra arms, carving out extra eyes, etc, but i still need to work up the courage to do so (and the money to buy the dolls in the first place!) everyone works at their own pace.

 

This actually hits me hard right now...... not with painting or modding (though i would love to learn sometime when i have more time to try and supplies) but with their character -- things i need to worry about body/head/wig/eyes/outfits etc... pretty much all the usual stuff. I have my boy Mikami who is like... the guy who pretty much it all revolves around.. and i sold him to get him onto a smaller body and im kicking myself for that now.... after trying head after head after head..... i dont know how or which head is the one to choose..... when doing photos its the energy i want that he use to have... one of the first heads i had i replaced him with to me was okay but didnt give me much energy... getting the right photos was difficult though when they turned out. i was excited. although i saw some other heads and im like YES! this is him... and tried it and it worked... sorta.... i got a better energy from him, but with all the new piercings for him, it was hard to say that it was him, though i may be going back.

other characters really havent given me this much trouble in terms of who they are... but i have a feeling that i need to regroup and figure this out all... even changing the eyes on Mikami could be all the difference too.....

this is all soooooo difficult... and when at the same time i want to commission art from people of him like i normally do... like c'mon mikami.... try to work with me here!!

I have two blank dolls right now (one i have a character for, the other i dont yet) but i still need to get them set up and im worried that it wont work..........

#ownerproblems LOL

 

Absolutely! But, I feel better knowing I have joined this forum so I can ask questions PRE customizing!

 

Yes and no. Back in the day I did, when doing anything from a faceup to actual mods. Now, for some mods (neck shortenings) that I could do in my sleep it's just a matter of sitting down to do it more than actual anxiety. For some of my more involved mods on a couple of the heads I've done I was a little afraid to start, but once I did that first irreversible thing (cutting off ears or carving out a mouth) and couldn't go back I was fine.

Modding joints for better posing however, isn't something I've ever attempted and I am scared to do that. I don't want to ruin them, and it's a little more pricey to replace a body than a head, so I totally get being terrified to do that.

 

Absolutely, but I find that if I’m feeling really anxious about a mod I probably don’t really want to do it. Mobility mods like the ones you’re describing leave a huge margin for error, and the very real possibility of destroying the resale value of your doll. I think it makes more sense to sell the body and hybrid with something that poses the way you want it to if you like the head. Blushing a body to match is a lot easier and less scary than taking a dremel to its limbs.

 

I felt like this with my first doll for about a year. This feeling goes away, for me ussally after I accidentally damage my doll (by dropping and wreaking the faceup/chipping the paint, scraping her accidentally with sewing pins, etc.). I guess when I break it I feel like I truely own it.

The only mod I have done so far is an eye opening mod. It turned out well and I loved it. The next mod I want to try is dyeing a doll.

 

Yes, most definitely. The price as same as availability is the factor here. I might not be able to get the same doll again if I mess up one.

Putting a doll into a pot to dye is big no no for me. It just makes me really uncomfortable.
I have never made any major, too visible customizations, yet -- I didn't need to. But now I'm planning a character which will, most probably, require quite some customzations if I won't find more suitable head. I'm very nervous, so I'm ostponing the purchase.

 

Just do it, has been my motto. But I started with a cheaper doll. Now I love modding and personalizing my dolls. When they arrive I take them apart entirely and build them back up -- mods, paints, off-beat hybriding, anything that comes to mind, and what results I don't like afterwards, I mod into something else again and tinker until I am pleased. It's what makes the hobby for me, otherwise they all just sit there. The crafting part is the best part! Have fun with your frankensteinish ideas! And if something goes wrong just look up how to fix it and fix it. It's just really only a hunk of plastic after all.

 

I'm definitely still skittish about modding since I'm a relatively new BJD owner. Right now I only have plans for hot glue sueding and maybe wiring, but it's easy to get paranoid about making a catastrophic mistake, especially when you're working with expensive base material. Eventually I'd like to pierce my girl's ears since I forgot to request it from the company when ordering, but I have to get more practice with my dremel first!