Doll Leaves 26cm Discussion

Ookami,
I totally agree! The larger iris makes her look sweeter ^_^
It's super fun to do your own face ups xD It's like a bonding thing, I think lol

 

I agree. I really wanted to do a face-up for her I was happy with. If this one didn't work out I was gonna send her away for one, but I would much rather do my own. Now the only doll that doesn't have a face-up done by me is my DZ Deerboy cuz his freckles on the company face-up are just too adorable to wipe. I blushed his hooves, though, so he has SOMETHING done by me.

I'm almost done sewing a new shirt for Alicia. It's coming out really cute, but I can already tell the sleeves are gonna be a bit short. Dunno how that happened. Usually I accidentally make sleeves too long, not too short. Probably cuz I wanted it to fit perfectly so I cut the material a little short to add the sweatshirt cuffs to bring it down to the wrist, but I mustn't have allowed room for the seam cuz the cuffs are sewn on and it's gonna fall a little above the wrist. But I'll see how it looks when it's done cuz I don't feel like cutting new sleeves. Hopefully they look cute and not like her shirt doesn't fit. I'l post a pic when I'm done to get opinions, since I'm too hard on anything I do and I've never cared for 3/4 length sleeves on anything.

 

Elliott FINALLY has clothes of his own that aren't Ken clothes! Now we just need a face.

 

Just a question, where do you get the clothes that you don't make for your Kiki? I have a few Ken things but one thing I've noticed with the newer stuff the arm holes seem too small.

 

Ookami,
There is an easy way to cover up your mistake of cutting your sleeves too short
You cut long cuffs 8D I think it's cute, anyway
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Nasa,
Elliot looks great! I'm definitely digging his pink wig ^^

 

Elliott's new stuff is from MonstroDesigns on Etsy, though I think she has a DoA account too? The boots are from releaserain on ebay.

Edit: Oops, my bad, the boots are from hotdotz, not releaserain.

 

Queedie: Thanks for the tip, but luckily they came out perfect. I dunno how, but they did so I'm not complaining. The shirt came out awesome. It's by far the best, most professional looking article of clothing I've ever made and when I put it on her she finally really snapped into character. I think she's my new favorite doll now that I've finally discovered her character and what she feels comfortable wearing and looks good in. She finally stopped glaring at me and just looks flat out adorable. I wanna bring her with me everywhere but I work in an art class for 2-4 year olds so....no... But she's been getting the most of my attention lately. I have to do more with my other dolls. I feel bad for neglecting my bigger dolls.

 

Just dropping off a bit of Angora spam! It's kind of quiet in here....

 

It was clothes changing day, and I decided to try random wigs on Angora out of boredom. To my surprise one of them turned her into the little girl she refused to be before.



Look at that mass of hair!!!

Now I'm uncertain if I want to have my little girl or keep my bunny boy.

In the meanwhile I have a question. I need to tighten her strings, as she has turned very uncooperative with me. What is the best way to get around that extra part up in the torso?

 

Quidam,
xD She's very cute That is a lot of hair o3o
It's up to you how you want your LiLi to be. I think it's funny that sometimes dolls tell us what they want, and not the other way around XDD

I'm confused about your stringing question.
What is giving you trouble? I'll help you as best as I can ^^

 

Thanks, Queedie!
There's that "plate", for lack of a better word, in between the torso and the chest. In my girl it seems to like being up in the chest. She's loose enough that I can move it down a bit, but it seems to like riding back up. I feel that once I get a hold of the knots that it's going to close off.

I'm just wondering the best way to get that plate out of the way without loosing a finger. No point in trial and error when someone else already has a good method, right?

 

Quidam,
I stretched my LiLi a bit to see what you were talking about and I see that little plate xD
Mine is smooshed up against the middle section and fits in that little space, almost like it's all one piece I couldn't get it to pop out of there at all, so I'm not sure what is making your separate and hide inside the chest.

I'll see what I can find online and around DOA.
Maybe with the both of us looking we can find the answer ^^
Should you ask Doll Leaves directly, perhaps?


I'll let you know in this thread if I find anything ^^

 

After reading your post I wondered if her plate was supposed to be where your's was. So, I worked at getting it out of her chest cavity and finally got it down to the top of the torso. Not only was it a perfect fit, as you said, but her floppiness was instantly solved! So, her strings didn't need tightened. I guess the plate was just in the wrong place.

I wonder if hot gluing it down will help prevent this in the future. It keeps trying to ride back up.

In other news, I've decided on keeping her as the little girl and am changing her name back to Azalea. I realized that another doll I had was void of personality and was more than happy to be the reshell of Angora.

Now I just need some time to redo her face. (I am so enjoying her over abundance of hair!)

 

Quidam,
I'm glad that is working so far! a bit of hot glue shouldn't hurt ^^
I'm not sure what job that little piece does though, and how much it needs to move around to aid in the poseability of the doll o3o or even how yours keeps coming off.

Maybe put in a bit of post tac in there and smoosh it in?? see if that helps? Will that degrade too much over time? soooo many questions lol

8D I'm excited to see how Azalea looks when you're done recharacterizing her I love looking at new face ups ^o^ I've been working on a few of my own recently ^o^ I'm also interested in seeing your new Angora 8D I liked that character very much ^o^ I also just noticed all your dolls have names that begin with A xD

 

good idea on the post tac! I'll try that instead!
I was about to say that she probably won't look too different, but I guess a lot of the current detail is in white for the bunny. She probably will look quite different!

 

Princess- What's he holding in the first photo? He's cute!

Sleepy girl doesn't want to go to bed:

 

Princess,
aaaaa Takashiiiiii He is so cute XD Having a bit too much to drink there, hmmm?? hehe

Quidam,
Its a bit of a shiny photo, but I do believe that is a DS o3o
waaaaaa Azalea is SERIOUSLY TEH CUTE I can see why you wanted to change her to this So adorable ; A ;

 

@Quidam It's a Nitenndo DS
@Queedie lol I thought he was being lazy but maybe that's the case.

 

After a bit of a dilemma, I worked it out that I can get the new Babel with my DL order for two MSDs. I'm ever so excited. She's just gorgeous. I won't be getting the face up (I can't afford $100 just for a face up) plus I don't think it'd work for a character I have in mind. Ahhhh, exciteddddd! Pity I'm ordering through MoC and they won't even be ordering until May 3rd x-x