Doll plans for 2025

Second son will be starting college that Sept, so, no more shopping!
I have plenty dolls as is anyway, and i can be endlessly occupied with restringing, repainting, or sewing or bodyblushing, and have the supplies for that, even laid in extra Mr. Superclear cans in case of idiotic tarif plans.

 

I voted awhile ago, but wasn't sure what to exactly say here.

I want to buy a few new dolls, I have a plan for four dolls this year and they have to come before I buy anymore.

I want to work on my current dolls, I actually want to try modding one of them. I've done subtractive modifications before, but I have plans to add height to one of them by sculpting Apoxie on the the legs. If this works good, I might do some other modding as well. I have been wanting to try additive modding.

Buy and craft things for my dolls, for the fist time ever I haven't been able to keep up with getting them shoes. I have a few guys that could really use me getting shoes. I just hope I can find the size and style that I like for them. I decided I am not that good at making wigs, but I do want to get better at styling the wigs. I always like to sew for them I think they could use some more summer clothes as well.

Learn new skills, for me this would be to learn more about modding and sculpting.

Get more involved in the hobby. I am still doing my photo story on Instagram, Season 2. I also working on loading all of Season1 up on Blogger so I can have it all in one place. I am still debating getting back into YouTube videos though. It really does take a lot of work I might like to at least do more of the BJD Addicts Prompts.

Anyways, it will be see nice to see how this goes by the end of next year. I'll have to check back here from time to time.

 

Other than paying off my last layaway for a Loongsoul bjd and crap... I forgot about the Volks FFXIV twins that I have on order. Future me issue, I guess.

I'm planning on getting two other dolls. One is a an reshell of an OC which I'm going to order from Iplehouse custom. I've always wanted one and I want her to be 62 or 65cm with a tone body. So HID for me. The other one I want to make is a character from Disney's Twisted Wonderland, Malleus. So, I'm on the hunt. I'm leaning towards Soom/Idealian but that Moonlit Wonder Triton doesn't look too bad, when he goes on sale that is. I personally like the teeth/mouth option with Moonlit Wonder. I'm also looking at different 75cm bodies for a different OC and that's a pain. Other than that it's wigs, eyes, and faceups to look at for other dolls that need completing on my list. Maybe it's time to learn to do faceups and eyes?

 

I am going to continue practicing making wigs and remake all my dolls' wigs. I am also going to make myself try faceups again.

 

Oh, I don't know if I'm actually going to get to any of these between work and school, but here is what I would like to do in 2025:

• Sell off a few dolls that I no longer intend to do anything with
• Buy one or two more dolls to put a tentative cap on the collection
• Get some bodies for the floating heads!
• Get some faceups and clothes for those who need it
• With any luck, get a crafting station set up for sewing and wigs!

 

I like these threads, even if I'm not that effective at following my plans.

New Dolls-

• Currently waiting on Dollzone the Hanged Man (Arrived June 5!)
• Attending NYC Doll Convention - may bring home new dolls and am also hoping to find a wig and eyes for Diana there (AishaVoya Wren came home)

Projects-

• 2-3 Dolls I'm planning to sell (got one listed)
• Sew more clothes
• Do more face-ups! I have SO MANY blank dolls
• Sand and paint my off topic Nekomata
• Work on the dollhouse in progress for my Real Puki duo
• Maybe upgrade clothing storage

 

I just got into this hobby this year, but I think it's a good idea to put a few ideas into the universe, because I can absolutely see things getting away from me if I'm not careful.

• I'd like to really make some decisions about what I want my collection to look like. My magpie brain wants all the shiny new dolls, but that's not feasible for my wallet, nor my living space.
• Get my dolls all completed with eyes, wigs, and clothes.
• I want to try making wigs!
• Sew some clothes! It'll be nice to sew something that's not for myself for a change!
• Get more involved in the hobby! My local community is awesome, and I want to get to know them better. I also want to try my hand at making photo stories, or maybe even draw comics based on my dolls - if I'm feeling especially ambitious lol.

Good luck with your goals, everyone !!

 

2025 goals/plans:
Clean out: I've gotten several new bodies this year that made me realize that old bodies I've been holding onto for "sentimental reasons" are no longer sentimental. Some dolls or parts of dolls are no longer sparking joy. They are going to be rehomed.
Face-ups: practice eyebrows (my nemesis). Gonna watch all the YouTube tutorials and try this one by Xanthi.
Face carving: several dolls are getting cheek hollows. That Light Limner head I got on a whim made me realize that I love the high cheekbone/severe cheek hollow look.
Sculpting: I will make that Dollmore Glamour FMD body look more, erm, proportional. Gonna try some shoulder caps.
Sewing: Grayson's suit first, and then whatever strikes my fancy (probably undies). I'm making a resolution to do a little bit of sewing every day.
Hybrids: make final decisions on hybrids; color-match heads and bodies, which means more airbrush practice.
New resin will most likely be bodies that I want for dolls I currently have whose bodies don't spark joy. And maybe another Iplehouse Mari, cuz I love that sculpt. We'll have to see what 2025 brings, financially.

 

2025 Plans

Sell; I really need to get around to selling on the doll and head that deserve a home that actually wants them, I'm just a dreadful procrastinator

Sculpt: God, so many things. A book hoard stand for my dragon, some lighter and more manoeuvrable wings for said dragon, finish off Cullen's head or give up and get someone else to do it, the BJD horse that I've been meaning to make, a proper head for Lisette.

Sew: Yes, I want to sew. I need to finish Cullen's outfits, I want to sew pretty dresses for my girls and I want to finish that goddamn robe/coat/thing that I've been working on. Also work on embroidery and wig making.

S...acquire: I want at least one more girl. I've got four boys and only two girls, I want to make that a little more even but for some reason I'm pickier about female bodies than I am about the boys. Also very possibly an extra tiny 1/12 scale doll to go with my dragon

 

I'm planning on a couple of my dolls getting married in 2025

 

Let's see if I can actually stick with my resolutions in 2025? The last few years, real life got in the way of me enjoying my hobbies.

Our upstairs is being repaired/remodeled the first half of this year, which will give me an opportunity to go through everything (dolls, wigs clothes, etc) and reorganize and rethink my doll space.

More photos of my dolls!

I love the Doll Profile section and would like to start making some profiles of my dolls.

If there's time, I have some project dolls that I would like to do mods and face-ups for.

I'd like to engage more here, especially in discussions about older bjds. Surely there are others here who own and enjoy the old classics and would like to talk more about their dolls as well.

 

I really need to get jointed hands for my Loongsoul Ji Sui Bao, so I'll make that my top resin goal for this year. I've been waffling on the idea of swapping his body out for something 65-68cm because his head seems a little small for his current one, but then I'd have to give up his FS outfit too...

I also have a pile of wigs that need styling and hands that need blushing. I've been slowly chipping away at them, so maybe this year I'll finally finish.

 

I'mm running out of space, so I hope to limit buying, especially as I'm not very good at selling dolls. This said, there's already one or two I'm eyeing...

Mostly though, I plan on finishing the custom of dolls I already have, especially my mature tinies. The smalls really need better clothes and wigs...

I also hope to take more photos in 2025. But first I need to repair my phone camera that hasn't been the same since it fell in some water. If it can't be repaired, a new phone might be my first doll expense of the year

 

Didn't accomplish anything last year except get a Pipos (which wasn't on the list)
You can check last year's list here

My doll plans for 2025 are:
○ get my Ian a kimono/some clothes
○ commission a face-up for my Kumako Ruru/someone to blush her bear parts
○commission/learn to do a face-up/blushing for my Pipos Pang
○sell a doll/get rid of stuff I don't use

and the if the opportunity presents itself at the right time:
○ get a MayDoll Lemon Cat in WS
○ get a tan MDD through DreamChoice
○ get a PUYOODOLL Baby Kumako Egg #1 in milktea

 

I've been pretty dormant on the BJD front, but I'm thinking I'd like to purchase a Dollzone Little Snow to make a fairy. That's the only plan I can think of for this year!

 

Oh boy I have a lot. Thanks to Christmas I have some money to re-invest in some supplies and tools to help me with some customization plans I've had for a while.

• Practice with the new airbrush, hopefully get some new face ups for the whole crew
• Time to practice making eyes, wigs, accessories
• Start shelling everyone and eventually making profiles for the whole crew
• Learn to sew so I can finally clothe my largest (83 cm)
• Cleaning it all: The shelf, the dolls, their clothes. I feel so bad how much dust has been building up but it's been such a rough year I barely had time for any of it.
• Posting more here, hopefully make some new friends
• Practicing photography, I have so many ideas for photo stories I'd really love to make a reality, but also so much to learn about photography in general.

I CANNOT get any more dolls, I even need to sell one or two as it is. Even if I don't end up doing everything I feel super stoked I'm doing anything at all especially after how awful this past year has been to me and my hobby. Anyways, happy new year everyone!

 

Doll plans for 2025:​

So many plans/ ideas ...

¤ I have some doll that have been in their boxes since I got them, I have looked at them several times but still no spark of joy.. So now they are on "Sell off a few dolls that I no longer care for" list. I hope to have sold 1-3 doll at the end of 2025.​

¤ I have a few doll on "buy/ grail" list too. there is 3 now..
- hopefully no more than these. ( looking a you gem of doll, your new cats is tempting me!)

¤ Faceups.. have 3-4 heads waiting and 2 body needs blushing too. I had plan on finding an old head for practice and learn my self, but have not found one yet. Good there is some time to the good weather is here. all the other things are ready, just missing the head...

¤ More photos of my dolls. don't have to be a serie or story, just be better to share them here or other places. would love to take some photos out side, or with themes, like Easter, Halloween or Christmas..

¤ I would love to sew for my dolls, nearly all of them already have 1 outfit each... I have som Christmas sweaters but I am missing pants, so for a Christmas photo 2025 I think I am missing 7-8 pants. maybe more outfit will come on the sewing list.

¤.I have plans to use one or more of my dolls as muses for a painting ( I've just come back to painting again in jan 2024, have had a break for some years now), but I never came around to do it 2024. so I hope to get to that done ( or at least startet) in my next big Holliday or just some time in 2025!..

¤. I would love to find something similar to resin rose, but just in north Europe. have had no luck so fare. google is not my friend in this.. lol.
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Long list, and could probably ad some more. but these I have been thinking over, and think most of them is possible to do.

 

There's one doll convention in the UK in May, and there's another one in Barcelona in September

UK Thread - https://denofangels.com/threads/ukbjdcon-2025.879760/
Barcelona Thread - https://denofangels.com/threads/eu-dolly-day-bcn-volks-honour-partner-first-time-in-europe.883230/

 

I just got into this hobby, so there's so many things I would like to try for next year! It's been very fun so far. My plans are:

- Meet other doll people at least once IRL (I'm pretty nervous, so this will be the biggest one!)
- Find or make underclothes that fit my doll to "finish" his costume (the ones I got were too small OTZ)
- Attempt a faceup
- Find what scale I like best! My one guy (and incoming one) are both what I would consider very large compared to my normal OT collection of anime figures, so I'd like to see different scales IRL to see which one is really for me.

Happy new year and best tidings!

 

• Receive the head for the body I have and the body for the head I have. Both have been ordered, it's just that the one is in transit and I'm waiting for tracking on the other.
• Once they're received, finish the faceup and blushing work
  
• Work on more doll clothes. I've got both modern and fantasy stuff to sew and I've been learning crochet.
• Work more on the site. It needs more attention and I need to throw myself into the 90s nostalgia of running such a site. I have a list of things to do, it's just getting it done.
• Figure out humanoid faceups. Because I want to be able to do them.
• Make progress on sets and props, so I can pose my crew and do more photography.