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Re-shelling... Are they the same?

Aug 21, 2010

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    1. (Please excuse me, Mods! I'm still a noob at making new posts and such. If this is in the wrong place, or if theres already an existing thread on this topic, feel free to delete!)

      I recently have aquired the money for my first resin BJD (yay!!) and I had a sudden realization; The character I have currently filling my little Hujoos body would be so much better if she had a larger, resin made body. So my character Amber is now awaiting her body and my little OT friend is empty. Do you guys ever do that? Reshell a character? I know some people do if they have a hard time bonding with a doll, I love my hujoo baby, she was my first BJD. But now that I can afford a real BJD I just think "amber" would be better suited to be in that body.

      Haha, I know I'm a little strange. Just a thought. Do you guys ever have those thoughts too? Just suddenly wanting to reshell an already established character?


      EDIT:: Thank you for pointing me in the right direction!
       
      #101 Mysticice26, Jul 3, 2014
    2. My idea of a doll character is so tied into what the sculpt I initially choose looks like I don't think I could replace a head and feel it was the same character. A body I could upgrade, sure, but not the head.
       
      #102 magkelly, Jul 4, 2014
    3. "Is it the same axe...?"

      Lol but honestly I don't know. I was thinking about this today thinking that I should have shelled Cissy either in WS and/or in some other sculpt. I think I would be okay with reshelling as another sculpt/company entirely... but weirdly I'm disturbed by the idea of replacing her with a perfect replica of herself in another colour. I... don't know why.

      I think about reshelling her a lot, but on the bottom line I don't know if I could do it, or even if it's worth doing. I think I am overthinking things again...
       
      #103 Panbow, Jul 4, 2014
    4. I've really only done a proper "reshell" of one doll so far, where I swapped out the former head for a new one. It's a character doll, and the original head was actually a MNM of the character, but it was never quite right, and nothing I did with him ever looked how I wanted it; since getting the new head, he looks like his character's "present," now, and I'm much happier, because it's finally "right." (As a side note, it was a full reshell, but in stages--the body was replaced, and the first sold off some time ago; the second body is now paired with a head from the same company, and the original head set aside on a bust.)
       
      #104 vicemage, Jul 4, 2014
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