First doll w/ or w/o a face-up?

I will get my first doll without a faceup and send her off to an Artist in a few weeks or so after receiving. I wouldn't even dare to try it myself, since I'm very perfectionistic. =S

 

Getting mine with a faceup because I love the default faceup she has, and...there's no way I feel brave enough to attempt my own. I'm not confident mailing anything out from here either, especially with how much it costs and the fact that I'm not 100% how to send stuff tracked/insured X_X.

 

I buy them WITH the company faceup, because I know I can always hire someone to remove it and paint a new face. All my dolls but one have factory face ups and I'm happy with them, but I am anxious to get new faces!

 

I'm getting my first doll with a faceup.

I really wish I could have gotten on here a sooner so i could get into the market place and get my roommate at 2nd hand head she could practice on. my roommate is an artist and I really think she could do well with faceups. She just needs the right tools and practice.

I have no artistic talent so even if I didn't get my doll with a faceup, I will always get someone to do it for me.

 

I bought my first doll with a faceup.

It is only something like 6 yrs into the hobby that I am realizing that I want to do my own faceups because faceups often are why I don't bond with dolls.

 

I got my first doll without a face-up upon request (as there was a promotion at the time) and order an extra head with the same face for practice. I read hundreds and hundred different blogs and watched tons of videos and launched myself into doing face-ups. And while I still have oodles and oodles left to learn and am often quite envious of the beautiful professional face-ups, I'm pretty happy with the results and can rest knowing my dolls are completely unique ^^

 

I got my first little lady with her face-up, and even then I had her modified to have elf ears and a tattoo on her cheek.
But I think I'd have to be a tad more confident in my art skills to do my own. It would certainly save on cost though!

 

I ordered my first doll, a Dika Ling yue, with the official face up, but after two-three monthes, I started to be a bit tired of it, as it looked a bit too neutral, so I remove it and I made a wreckles style face up.
But I watched a lot of tutorials before starting, I was very stressed ...

 

My first one is going to be without make up because I've seen a very good artist whose make ups are really beautiful, and fit perfectly with the style I want for my girl.

 

I got my first doll without a face up. I had already tried my hand at giving face-ups to Offtopic dolls, so I knew I could do it, although my first attempt turned out horribly. I wiped the face and tried again and I'm very happy with how it turned out, and I certainly agree it helps with doll bonding. After my horrid first attempt I was considering ordering a different head sculpt for my doll, but now I have fallen in love with the sculpt.


My partner order her doll with a face-up with the intention of me wiping all but the eyebrows because I'm not very good at eyebrows. It worked out great and I'm definitely going to consider modifying factory face-ups in the future.

 

I got my first doll with the company face up. My parter can do faceups but I liked the way the company's looked.

 

My first doll was with a firm make-up. And some more following. But now I do a make-up by myself.

 

I got my first doll with a faceup but no body blushing; I really wish I had opted for body blushing, but I was told it wasn't necessary.... Anyway, my boy is coming completely blank because I'm having him customized.

 

I got my first doll blank and I intend to continue buying them like that .

When it comes to being new to the BJD hobby I feel that's up to each BJD owner to chose. If you are determined to do it on your own, then I feel it's not a problem even for the first doll, but if you prefer to let someone else do it for you then that's great too .

 

The first one I ordered, was without faceup. The second One I purchased from a shop where it was in stock had a default faceup. So I received my first doll with faceup. If I have the choice I would always buy without.

 

My first BJD came with a default face-up, because that seemed to be the most convenient option. I wasn't a fan of it, so I wiped it up and painted a new one myself. I got tired of that look quickly, so it didn't stay for long... I decided to paint a new one, and it looked more natural, so I left it for some time.
...Until I got tired of it again, and commissioned a face-up.
And then I got tired of it, too. But it stayed, anyway.

I don't think people who are new to BJDs should necessarily pay for a face-up. It will all depend on the person, their abilities, what are their plans for the doll, etc. ...

 

The first doll I ordered did not have a face-up, but the first doll that arrived to me did. Her face-up is beautiful and even though I didn't commission it she still feels like my doll. I think it just depends on what the person feels comfortable with. Now, I prefer commissioning someone who has more talent than myself, but I hope to improve my skills and do my own face-ups down the road.

 

My first doll came with a default makeup~ (which I cannot choose I want it or not.) But soon I change it to what she is like now, making her looks much cuter!

 

I got my first head with a face-up because he was my dream doll and I really liked the face-up he had. If his face-up had been of "meh" quality, I would have bought him blank and commissioned a face-up.

 

I bought my first doll with face-up. I need to see face with face-up so I can imagine various different possibility to face. My dolls face up came with doll so I didn´t need to put more money to doll. Face up was ok, so win win ^^