Dollstown 13yr & 15yr Discussion - part three

Thank you that will help when she is standing alone in woods for photos. I appreciate the help.

 

These are the new eyes I got for Izzy from Secret Art Studio. The 'hood' she is wearing is actually an arm cover for chairs, utterly useless for the sofa but the shape makes for a decent quickly thrown together hood on an SD sized doll!

Izzy Jan 2025 by Ali MacTavish-Riach, on Flickr

 

I scored the mom set via Facebook page and asked Monica to create the daughter outfit and ship them together. I asked for no shoes, wig or hat for the daughter, it got price down a bit more. Was my splurge for the holidays for the last 6 months.
Mother & Daughter Set by Marie, on Flickr

 

@animemom those outfits are gorgeous and look perfect on them. I particularly like the 'mother' one. So beautiful!

 

Wow—how lovely! Wonderful dresses for beautiful ladies
Congratulations!

 

@Blodeuwedd I always love to see your Izzy, she's beautiful! And @animemom the outfits are gorgeous!

 

Ugghh, this 15yr pair never disappoint me. Single-jointed but still incredibly expressive. I feel ridiculously pleased (and entertained) every time I look at them.

Justinian is Dollstown Mui on 15yr boy (original ver. with 3-part torso); Syr is Crobidoll Lance hybrided on modded 15yr girl.

 

I repainted Justinian's faceup. He had yellowed unevenly over the years, mostly through light exposure - old DT oriental skin had very fugitive red pigments, and the most light-exposed areas like face, neck and hands faded the quickest. So one of my tasks was to colour match his face to his original skintone - I used his un-yellowed headcap as a reference.

Here's my faceup journal on my BJD blog. Justinian looks much better now, and I've fallen in love with him all over again (not that I ever fell out of love, ahah)

Justinian is DT Mui, original ver.




I first learned how to paint faceups on him, and I keep repainting him as my technique improves, so he's become a record of my progress over the years.

Spoiler: Faceup collage

Collage of all of Justinian's past faceups painted by me

 

@aihre He looks dashing! Great work. I think the lighter color on the lips suits him better. You improved a lot, this is his best faceup.

 

He is fabulous as always and I admire your ability to keep him so youthful looking. He is one of my favorites on DOA.

 

@lutke Thanks, I overhauled Justinian's entire colour scheme and I'm much happier with it now. Definitely pleased with how his lips turned out (they're very important to his sculpt!) but I might add a touch more red to his cheeks - he needs to be the ruddy, wind-blown boy that he's always been
It helps to see how I started and how I've improved, even though I wince a bit at the earliest work, ahah. Getting better brushes and paints has definitely helped - his newest faceup was done with more suitable paints than the previous ones, and nowadays I have a better grasp of what colours work with which skintone and features.

@animemom Thank you, I love Justinian so much. He'll always be youthful... but I gotta say, he gives off major "old man" vibes every so often. It comes out the most he's with Syr (his significant other), then again they are my oldest dolls...