What attracts you more: the head mold or the faceup?

i think its the faceup..when i see a regular mold, i don't see much like, there's no depth, personality, etc. But when the face up is given, instantly a regular mold, would, how'd we say.."spark to life"?

 

I look at headmolds first, especially since I don't have any crazy face-ups that cover alot of features on a face. Even with a face-up on said headmold I can still tell if the general shape of the face is going to be right for my characters.

That being said I have fallen in love with a doll based solely on the face-up...only to invesigate further into the headmold and find that really...I only liked that one doll. T__T;

 

Still on the prowl for my first own BJD, I spend hours looking at sites, galleries and shops. By now, I'm pretty sure the mold is what gets me interested. I see all the possibilities, a whole line-up of possible characters and untold stories, even if I don't agree with the faceup.

 

For me, the head mold is the first attraction. Both things play a big roll though. I've seen head molds that don't appeal to me, with beautiful face-ups, but I still find the doll, for lack of a better word, ugly. I've also seen beautiful head molds with face-ups not to my liking, and though it sort of poisons it, it's still a beautiful doll. I can't say for sure, though, if I had only seen the doll with a bad face-up, if I would ever like it.

 

Agreement there. Molds can be made good, but face-ups make or break the doll. I *hate* the face-up that DZ pictures on the doll I'm buying, but I love other pictures of her on here with different face-ups.

 

For me it's the mold. I just can't seem to like some bjds no matter how beautiful the faceup is, while other molds I just love regardless of the faceup, because I know how good they can look.

Of course a faceup can make a doll look amazing or an otherwise beautiful doll look... not so great... some dolls just seem destined for certain looks! that's why it's good to see the doll in all sorts of faceups before making any decisions. The ones that I love are the ones that just always look good to me. So... it's the mold

 

The headmold is most important to me.Faceups come and go,but the mold stays (assuming no modding is done to it,hehe).

 

It's the mold for me. I do my own faceups anyway so been attracted to a doll because of its faceup would be silly for me. I do enjoy looking at a nice faceup but I'm more interested in the actual head it is painted on. I mean a doll could have the nicest faceup in the world but if the mold is bad it doesn't make any difference.

 

I too agree with the fact that i love a Mold. I do my own face-ups as well, so i find no need to worry about what a face-up looks like. Good or bad.

 

Both are important to me. There are some beautiful molds, but if they have a horrible face-up it'll make you think twice about getting that particular mold.

 

I just bought my first doll off Ebay and what attracted me to him was the combination of the headmold (CP El) and the gorgeous faceup (I seem to be a sucker for well-executed facial tattoos) and most of all the eyes he was wearing. I know I'll love him with different eyes as well, but these eyes just made me fall in love. So yeah, I vote both.

 

For me is the head mold. I just love the DoD boys faces, they're sooo pretty! Specially Lahoo and Ducan...
Make ups can be changed... I had some good examples of what a good make up can do... I never thought I would see a Gothic CP Kid Delf ANI, but I saw one and fell in love... 6_6()

 

It depends on how the mold looks with a faceup to me. I think alot of plain molds look pretty but then i see them done up and think "uhhmm maybe not " So a mixture of the both.

 

I would say personally the mold is the most important part for me. But sometimes I've seen faceups that -completely- change a doll and make it beautiful when I disliked it before. So faceups are indeed very important too. But one good faceup isn't going to persuade me to covet a doll I thought ugly before. XD

 

If the shape of the face looks 'wrong' to me then the face-up won't change it. (I've lost count of the number of soft-sculpted cloth doll heads I've thrown away because they weren't 'right'.) On the other hand, I've seen lots of well-shaped heads ruined by poor face-ups.

 

It depends a lot on whether I'm looking at a mold with an eye to buy, or just admire.

If I want to buy, then all I look at is the head mold. The face-ups may help me see potential within the mold, but it will not be a deciding factor. I do all my own face-ups, so I have to like the mold itself first and foremost.

If all I'm doing is admiring other's dolls, then I'm attracted pretty equally between the head mold and the faceup. I admire the artistry and skill required of both, and enjoy looking at dolls come to life under the care of their owners.

 

Sometimes if I see a good faceup I will be more likely to check out molds, but molds are what really attract me since a bad faceup doesn't mean that the face mold is actually bad.

 

: P the mold, XD its like the basis of everything, faceups are a big deal too though, but meh for me the mold

 

The mold is important, and what attracts me first to a doll, but the face-up can totally change a doll.

 

The head mold first and then the face-up. ^_^