Doll Leaves Mini [45 cm] Discussion part 3

Mine shipped out last week as well with no further tracking updates. My guess is customs is holding things up, but there's no knowing until it updates again. I think it's pretty normal for shipments from China to US to take a couple weeks? I could be wrong but I'm not worried yet.

 

BerryPeachy, my large-bust Amara fits into slim mini clothes, but pants tend to be just a tad short (like ankle pants), and tops a bit tight.

 

HELLO GUYS
I thought I'd pop in to say that my new boy arrived
and I have a picture of him for you!



meep ; ^ ;
he's blank and without a name
but he'll get there someday ♥

 

aawh hes beautiful Shlynn cant wait to see him when he gets a faceup ^^

 

Wow, the tan is amazing! *o* Congrats on your new boy, Shlynn!

Thank you! Glad to know that the size will work for the most part. There's so much slim mini stuff everywhere (especially on Etsy), so it makes things so much easier.

If you go under the Doll Leaves page and check "Option Parts", you'll be able to see most of their dolls blank.
Here's the link to Ida without a face-up:
http://www.doll-leaves.com/doll/view_469.html

 

Well, I got my Maya today! (Actually, post tried to deliver him yesterday, but I was taking pictures of my other doll in my room and didn't hear them come to the door so I had to pick him up at the post office this morning.)



I ordered him during the winter event so I got his face-up and an extra head as a gift. :3

 

awh Congrats! hes beautiful! cant wait to see more pics of him ^^

 

My Wish boy Ed posing with some alcohol as is his wont xD

@Shlynn - Aaah, he looks so gorgeous already! The wig is awesome and that tan is so lovely

@meiloslyther - Congrats! Mayas are so cute, wow~

How's life, Doll Leaves thread?

 

Some spam of the newest addition to my doll group. Apologies for the shoddy phone photo and lack of face-up! I think it's going to be at least another month until it's warm enough around here to do any painting.

He's supposed to be either an Angel or a Nephilim (not quite decided which yet) - but in the sinister "We Are Legion" vein of the old testament rather than the cuddly happy view we tend to have of such beings in modern mythology. (Heh it says a lot that both of my "kid" dolls so far are supernatural super beings of terrifying power...)

I've not yet decided on a name but I'm aiming for something suitably biblical!

 

http://www.doll-leaves.com/doll/view_469.html

 

[MENTION=62283]Vetinari[/MENTION] he is already looking great, I really like the outfit (and totally out of topic, but reading your signature I must ask...do you have a Havelock Vetinari doll? ...any pictures? it makes me really curious) Back to the doll, the somewhat solemn yet disenchanted look the sculpt has can work really well with that sort of chapter, can't wait to see him with a faceup

 

Thanks!! Yeah I really like the way the Vivian sculpt itself matches the character I had in mind, I just hope my face-up can match it... He just looks so melancholy/surly somehow I really hope I can capture that expression when the time comes. (The head is quite a bit smaller than almost every other bjd I've ever attempted to paint, and I'll be aping Dollzone's house style in this attempt since he'll need to match my Freddy-2 since they're going to be a bit of a duo.)

I've still not managed to settle on a name for him, I'm leaning towards old testament style names rather than modern varieties of biblical names, but I'm still none the wiser! He's not telling me, and I suspect his face-up will make all the difference in that respect.

(Hah yeah - I've got a Lord Vetinari and a Sam Vimes right now, but they're both WIPs... The face-ups and bodies are matched up, but outfits/wigs really aren't... Here's a link to a couple of photos from my flickr - if you're curious you can catch a few more relevant shots on there but they're still v.much WIPs and my flickr is a mess!! I'm in a bit of a quandary at the moment, my original intention for Sam was a very realistic headsculpt to match Havelock's hyper-realistic style, but then Myrretah's brilliant Cain sculpt appeared, and he was just too perfect a match to the Paul Kidby illustrations to be anyone else...)

https://www.flickr.com/photos/62489289@N07/15489173038/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/62489289@N07/8498536020/

 

I'm really hoping your Vivian doesn't turn out to be a Metathron XP

(And thank you for sharing ^^ their expressions are just perfect, following you on flickr to see how they progress)

 

Haha! Gods no, if I made Metatron he'd have to be an Alan Rickman MNM, and then headcanons would kick in so my Bowie MNM would have to be subverted into Lucifer Morningstar, and Morpheus, Daniel and Death would rock up, let alone Jay and Silent Bob... Aziraphale, Crowley and Adam would probably want a look in too... And Morpheus would need to be a hens-teeth-rare James Marsters MNM... I think I'll avoid that can of worms by keeping my Vivian a relatively minor member of the Heavenly Host!

I love the melancholy expressions of the older Doll Leaves MSD sculpts, I got a Wish head too since I took advantage of the winter event, and his expression is just perfect for a Sidhe character whose green home has been ruined by the modern world.

(Thanks!! I warn you it may be a while, and several unrelated photos before much happens ...I need to learn how to use Worbla)

 

Congrats your new boy looks great Shlynn! I love the tan resin. Can't wait to see how you paint him.
Congrats also to meiloslyther on getting your Maya.
Goshogee Ed is looking very protective of his alcohol.
Your new boy looks great in that wig and outfit Vetinari. Looking forward to seeing how he will look face upped too.

 

This is probably a weird question, but has anyone ever tried to mod the factory eyes? I hate how pointy they are and I wonder if that's the reason they do that weird disappearing-pupil thing. (I'm really glad I ordered a pair of eyes from AC; they look so much better. T.T)

 

I only have a Kira and they have partly lidded (looking down) eyes which I love. I do get what you mean about the slight pointyness at the corner on a lot of the sculpts. You could mod it (something I have not tried) or maybe try some different size eyes. Sometimes if you want a smaller iris but need a bigger eyeball to prevent gaps it is worth getting a custom pair made. I think some of the top of the iris should be hidden as it looks more realistic whereas if the whole iris shows they get that wide eyed startled look.

 

Omigod guise! i just paid off my sleeping amara x) cant wait to get her shipped off

 

I'm thinking about getting a new body for my M since I've been neglecting him ever since I got my DC girl last year. Does anyone know any other companies that match the normal skin?

 

First time posting here, I recently got a Doll Leaves Lillith, Queen Avona:


This was her first faceup, I wiped it today because it sort of failed (It ended up messy and the eyebrows were the wrong color, because I got sick (fever and dizziness) in the middle of it and was dumb enough to keep going). I'll start over soon and hopefully give her something more fitting