I have no idea how they could've even shown up underneath her clothes, too....
Saturday, October 5, 2013
Random red stains all over my DD...
So, after having my DD for two weeks, she's randomly got these awful red stains all over her. And I've been extra careful to make sure she doesn't touch anything colored... I don't know what to do. These pictures are of where she was sitting, how, where the stains are, and the dress she was wearing.
I have no idea how they could've even shown up underneath her clothes, too....
I have no idea how they could've even shown up underneath her clothes, too....
Friday, October 4, 2013
Days 23 and 24 are combined
So. I slipped up. Well actually, I was busy. I missed the 23rd day of this challenge, and only just realized about 50 minutes after that day was over. So I'm combining the two together today. Luckily, the two things go together like a nice little pros/cons list. Today's themes are: least favorite part of the hobby, and favorite aspects of it.
There are a couple things I don't like about the hobby, but they basically stem from a few collectors. Generally that would be people who tell others what to do, and people who are too self-important to just answer somebody's damn simple questions. That last one seriously frustrates me. There's a better-known (you could say infamous) hobbyist who actually has, in their FAQ, this exact question with this exact answer: where do you get dolls like yours?Click Here
There are a couple things I don't like about the hobby, but they basically stem from a few collectors. Generally that would be people who tell others what to do, and people who are too self-important to just answer somebody's damn simple questions. That last one seriously frustrates me. There's a better-known (you could say infamous) hobbyist who actually has, in their FAQ, this exact question with this exact answer: where do you get dolls like yours?Click Here
As if they expect everyone else in the entire world to be such fucking dumbasses that they can't use Google. And the rest of their "FAQ" is basically just them telling everyone to fuck off because they're just too important to give an actual answer to anything (or because they have "specific protocols" for everything) Then again, this is the same person who sold a doll with a faceup and when the buyer sent the head to a different artist to get something that was only faintly similar, she threw a big shitfit about it on the artist's pictures and acted like an entitled bitch because it was "her" design. If you know who you are and you're reading this, you are fucking ridiculous if you think you own the rights to giving a doll eyeliner, and even more so for trying to scrutinize it down to "similar" freckle placement that only you could see. Then again, she did deem me a "fake" collector before kicking me out of her precious little DA group, so it's unlikely that she'd be reading this. But just in case, fuck you.
Anyway. That got kinda ranty. I'm probably going to sound hypocritical in a second, but let me try to be clear: what I'm about to say is about what people do publicly in Facebook groups. I have no problem with people getting ranty in their own little corners on Tumblr or even their personal blogs like this. That's their business. If I don't want to see it, I just use Tumblr Savior or just take note not to get into something with them in the future. My rant actually made me remember another thing I don't like: People who start drama rants in public discussion threads and rather than keeping it on-subject and making everyone else feel really uncomfortable. Seriously, what is this--the Youtube comments section? I go to answer somebody's question about wig size, and notice some really malicious comments at the tail-end. I go to see what could have started it, and it's something as simple as wig sizes turned into racial slurs and lame attempts to insult each other's grammar.
Just the other day, I was looking to help someone who's friend's ex-boyfriend had snapped all the fingers off some poor girl's doll. I noticed one little comment that just hinted at questioning why the girl wouldn't stop the boy (to be fair, the situation wasn't made very clear on this, so it may have been legitimate) and that spiraled into paragraphs-long comments that were longer than my wordiest blog posts, and these comments were just nitpicking grammar and trying to criminalize one simple question that could have easily been ignored. If you're going to say "you're not worth my time, you victim-blaming whore," the first thing you should do is really think about whether you want to post that publicly. Something like that in a group that's supposed to be lighthearted, and in a situation where the question could have been perfectly innocent, doesn't do anyone any good. You aren't helping the person with a problem, and you aren't doing anybody any favors by examining every letter and trying to read between lines that aren't even there. Those words are just to hurt somebody else, in front of other people. Second, if you say you aren't going to give anyone your time, leave it at that. Walk away. Don't rant about their "lack of morals" or their sentence structure, or try to make them out to be a victim-blamer. Don't continue to throw out horrible names, even long after they've tried to explain themselves and apologize.
I hate seeing people fight publicly, because even though other people can see it going on, most won't hold back when they're on the offensive. Sometimes it even seems like a person will start drama just so others can join in and take their side to gang up on somebody else. Nobody goes to a BJD group to see other people call each other child molesters and rich bitches. Either keep it to yourself, or try to be rational and understand that other people have different views on things.
Then there are people who blatantly tell others what to do with their dolls. I'm not talking about a situation where an owner buys a doll and asks people what wig would be the cutest, but a situation where it's unsolicited and where somebody who doesn't own the doll and doesn't know the owner is trying to push their own ideas into what goes into a doll. Or when they try to shame people based on the general idea of what their doll is. The most common example I see is people who don't like fem-boys. I'll say right now that I'm not the kind of collector who collects male dolls to make them into traps or just simply give them elaborate makeup, but you can't just generalize dolls into one group. There are some really over-the-top fem-boys out there that some people could see as done in "bad taste" but at the same time there are several well-done feminine male dolls that seem to be ignored or lumped into the whole "I hate fem-boys, there need to be less of them in this hobby".
The thing is, you have to think about the general makeup of people in the BJD hobby. There are males around, but what seems to be the majority is female collectors. Many of them found out about BJDs via anime conventions or sites or even stumbling across a character doll while they were looking up said character (or their respective franchise). I'm definitely not going to say this is the only way that people learn about BJDs, and not that all female anime fans are into yaoi, but there is a significant enough group of them that you've got to understand that it's likely there are a few of those fans who are in this hobby as well. I don't see why they shouldn't see fit to combine their interests if they want to. I mean, it's their dolls, and many people's dolls reflect their own interests or other hobbies. Why should they be told their concepts and characters are overdone and ugly, just because you don't personally like the theme?
I'm no hardcore yaoi fan, but I've learned to appreciate a lovely bishie boy.
Even if it's not fem-boy related, I don't think people should tell each other what to do with their dolls unless the owner has given them permission to input on their dolls in general.
Well. That was enough for its own post (guess it was supposed to be anyway) but if you've lasted this long, it's time to talk about what really drew me in and what continues to keep me here today. Possibilities. In this hobby, with literally hundreds of companies with so many sculpts of their own, the number of sculpts available not just from the popular companies, but from total unknowns as well, are virtually endless. You could go through a list of known BJD companies and go through every sculpt, and to look at each one carefully would take quite some time. Just finding the sculpt that's right for you could take a really long time, but, when that feeling when you do find the perfect sculpt that you've been looking for is great. The next part, trying to rationalize to yourself about why you can't/need to buy that doll is kind of like an inner monologue of "I shouldn't get it" and "does this dealer offer cheap enough shipping? Do I like the body it's coming with, or should I look at others? Resing matches--UGHHH" Back and forth until you finally decide to either get the doll now or save your money until that beautiful day when you do have everything together for that doll.
And even once you get that doll, even if it's a really common or popular face, the simple choices you make like wig color or eye size distinguish that doll from others in a simple, interchangeable way. Even if your doll shares a similar faceup to another, something simple makes that specific doll in your hands your very own. The very fact that it's your doll makes it special. Even the way you look at that doll is different from how everyone else looks at it.
That's before you even really touch on the endless possibilities modding can offer!
BJDs, in themselves, are realistic and beautiful. The amount of creativity that can be put into them is astounding and the way they work is different from any other doll I've seen. That's basically what I love about them so much >3<
~~Aronzo~~
Just the other day, I was looking to help someone who's friend's ex-boyfriend had snapped all the fingers off some poor girl's doll. I noticed one little comment that just hinted at questioning why the girl wouldn't stop the boy (to be fair, the situation wasn't made very clear on this, so it may have been legitimate) and that spiraled into paragraphs-long comments that were longer than my wordiest blog posts, and these comments were just nitpicking grammar and trying to criminalize one simple question that could have easily been ignored. If you're going to say "you're not worth my time, you victim-blaming whore," the first thing you should do is really think about whether you want to post that publicly. Something like that in a group that's supposed to be lighthearted, and in a situation where the question could have been perfectly innocent, doesn't do anyone any good. You aren't helping the person with a problem, and you aren't doing anybody any favors by examining every letter and trying to read between lines that aren't even there. Those words are just to hurt somebody else, in front of other people. Second, if you say you aren't going to give anyone your time, leave it at that. Walk away. Don't rant about their "lack of morals" or their sentence structure, or try to make them out to be a victim-blamer. Don't continue to throw out horrible names, even long after they've tried to explain themselves and apologize.
I hate seeing people fight publicly, because even though other people can see it going on, most won't hold back when they're on the offensive. Sometimes it even seems like a person will start drama just so others can join in and take their side to gang up on somebody else. Nobody goes to a BJD group to see other people call each other child molesters and rich bitches. Either keep it to yourself, or try to be rational and understand that other people have different views on things.
Then there are people who blatantly tell others what to do with their dolls. I'm not talking about a situation where an owner buys a doll and asks people what wig would be the cutest, but a situation where it's unsolicited and where somebody who doesn't own the doll and doesn't know the owner is trying to push their own ideas into what goes into a doll. Or when they try to shame people based on the general idea of what their doll is. The most common example I see is people who don't like fem-boys. I'll say right now that I'm not the kind of collector who collects male dolls to make them into traps or just simply give them elaborate makeup, but you can't just generalize dolls into one group. There are some really over-the-top fem-boys out there that some people could see as done in "bad taste" but at the same time there are several well-done feminine male dolls that seem to be ignored or lumped into the whole "I hate fem-boys, there need to be less of them in this hobby".
The thing is, you have to think about the general makeup of people in the BJD hobby. There are males around, but what seems to be the majority is female collectors. Many of them found out about BJDs via anime conventions or sites or even stumbling across a character doll while they were looking up said character (or their respective franchise). I'm definitely not going to say this is the only way that people learn about BJDs, and not that all female anime fans are into yaoi, but there is a significant enough group of them that you've got to understand that it's likely there are a few of those fans who are in this hobby as well. I don't see why they shouldn't see fit to combine their interests if they want to. I mean, it's their dolls, and many people's dolls reflect their own interests or other hobbies. Why should they be told their concepts and characters are overdone and ugly, just because you don't personally like the theme?
I'm no hardcore yaoi fan, but I've learned to appreciate a lovely bishie boy.
Even if it's not fem-boy related, I don't think people should tell each other what to do with their dolls unless the owner has given them permission to input on their dolls in general.
Well. That was enough for its own post (guess it was supposed to be anyway) but if you've lasted this long, it's time to talk about what really drew me in and what continues to keep me here today. Possibilities. In this hobby, with literally hundreds of companies with so many sculpts of their own, the number of sculpts available not just from the popular companies, but from total unknowns as well, are virtually endless. You could go through a list of known BJD companies and go through every sculpt, and to look at each one carefully would take quite some time. Just finding the sculpt that's right for you could take a really long time, but, when that feeling when you do find the perfect sculpt that you've been looking for is great. The next part, trying to rationalize to yourself about why you can't/need to buy that doll is kind of like an inner monologue of "I shouldn't get it" and "does this dealer offer cheap enough shipping? Do I like the body it's coming with, or should I look at others? Resing matches--UGHHH" Back and forth until you finally decide to either get the doll now or save your money until that beautiful day when you do have everything together for that doll.
And even once you get that doll, even if it's a really common or popular face, the simple choices you make like wig color or eye size distinguish that doll from others in a simple, interchangeable way. Even if your doll shares a similar faceup to another, something simple makes that specific doll in your hands your very own. The very fact that it's your doll makes it special. Even the way you look at that doll is different from how everyone else looks at it.
That's before you even really touch on the endless possibilities modding can offer!
BJDs, in themselves, are realistic and beautiful. The amount of creativity that can be put into them is astounding and the way they work is different from any other doll I've seen. That's basically what I love about them so much >3<
~~Aronzo~~
Wednesday, October 2, 2013
Your favorite doll prop?
Well I had some tint-scale toys that I bought soon after Kiwi came home, but right now I actually don't have any props.... But for some reason I think a little violin would be nice. No doll that would really use it, though. I do have an Arale doll I'll be working on when she comes home, so maybe it'd be better to make her a little poo-on-a-stick or something related to the manga.
Anyway, sorry for the short/later post today >3< I've been concentrated on Cookie Clicker literally all day. I'm at 229,173,367.3 cookies/second. I don't know whether to ask for help or ask if anyone else has been playing.
Anyway, sorry for the short/later post today >3< I've been concentrated on Cookie Clicker literally all day. I'm at 229,173,367.3 cookies/second. I don't know whether to ask for help or ask if anyone else has been playing.
Tuesday, October 1, 2013
A doll you love, but probably will never own?
AKA a grail doll. I've only ever had one, and I already own him. So....
I guess I'll write about Withdoll Priscilla. She's not an immediate/urgent want, but she's pretty. I like her limited set (the dark knight one) and grey was a really good tone for her sculpt. There's not really any mods I'd want to on her, though, and I'd only want her fullset. Those two stipulations mean I'd do nothing with her at all and she'd be sold soon after she came home. I'd love to see one in person, though!
Her face reminds me of a soft little kitten.
I guess I'll write about Withdoll Priscilla. She's not an immediate/urgent want, but she's pretty. I like her limited set (the dark knight one) and grey was a really good tone for her sculpt. There's not really any mods I'd want to on her, though, and I'd only want her fullset. Those two stipulations mean I'd do nothing with her at all and she'd be sold soon after she came home. I'd love to see one in person, though!
Her face reminds me of a soft little kitten.
Monday, September 30, 2013
What is your dream doll?
My dream doll is actually my Ringdoll Frankenstein >3< I pined after the 2011 edition for over a year, so it was really exciting when they were re-releasing him. I'm not a super-fan of the 2013 head (actually sold mine) but I do really like the new body, especially the robotic leg. I'm also happy that they sent regular arm and leg pieces because I'm not too excited about that mechanical arm. If only I could get the sucker off (s-hooks seem to be stuck in the wrists, and I don't have extra elastic for him)
He's the kind of doll I've wanted to work on for a long time. He's all broken and beautiful and dark. He's seriously the most beautiful doll I've ever seen. He gets prettier and prettier the more I work on/look at him. He's everything I've dreamed he would be. His posing is wonderful, the detail on his body is intricate, his resin color is perfect, and I even have the face I fell in love with all that time ago! I seriously couldn't have imagined a better doll if I wanted to.
He's the kind of doll I've wanted to work on for a long time. He's all broken and beautiful and dark. He's seriously the most beautiful doll I've ever seen. He gets prettier and prettier the more I work on/look at him. He's everything I've dreamed he would be. His posing is wonderful, the detail on his body is intricate, his resin color is perfect, and I even have the face I fell in love with all that time ago! I seriously couldn't have imagined a better doll if I wanted to.
Sunday, September 29, 2013
Least favorite company?
My least favorite company, totally honest, is Bobobie. It's just that after owning and handling a few of their dolls, they aren't up to par. This is probably going to come off as "hate", but I'm being totally honest. After handling several other dolls, I don't think I'll ever buy another Bobobie. Let's talk strictly about their bodies--not the ones that were brought over from Resinsoul, either--just the ones that are exclusive to Bobobie.
They're, for the most part, single-jointed. For some people, this is fine. For others, it's no good. Then there's all the problems with the hips/waist. Half of their bodies can't even sit without modification. The 60cm boy body is double-jointed in the knees and actually has a semblance of a mobility joint, but then the arms are just a joke. They have a floating ball, sure, but there's no way in hell that you'll get those arms to move further than 90 degrees without sueding or wiring or something. And even with that help, it won't look natural. Even my Angel of Dream boy poses miles better, and AOD is not too far from the Bobobie price range. The double-jointed bodies available from Bobobie (that are technically Resinsoul bodies) are a little better, but even they need some serious work.
I've been looking for new bodies for Kiwi and my RS Li for a while now.
I think that if they worked more on the bodies and polished up the face sculpts a little more, I'd give them a second chance. As they are now, there's no way. They're affordable dolls, great. They offer a great selection of resin colors, awesome. But there isn't anything they have to offer to me personally. If saying I don't like Bobobie because I genuinely feel like their quality is really low makes me an elitist, then I'm a super elitist. I don't even care. I'm not going around sending people messages that their dolls are crap or anything personal like that. I honestly feel like their quality doesn't hold up compared to other dolls I've handled.
Writing this actually makes me feel anxious because I know people will take this as fuel for their "people just hate on Bobobie because they're cheap" fire, and this isn't just me "hating" on them because I've got some made-up bias in my head. I think it's silly to just label each other as "cheap" and "elitist" just because we have different tastes (and even legitimate reasons we don't like certain companies). So please, before you go and call me an elitist, actually think about what I'm trying to say, and think about the fact that these are just my experiences and feelings. You have different experiences and different feelings, so it's perfectly fine for you to disagree.
~~Aronzo~~
They're, for the most part, single-jointed. For some people, this is fine. For others, it's no good. Then there's all the problems with the hips/waist. Half of their bodies can't even sit without modification. The 60cm boy body is double-jointed in the knees and actually has a semblance of a mobility joint, but then the arms are just a joke. They have a floating ball, sure, but there's no way in hell that you'll get those arms to move further than 90 degrees without sueding or wiring or something. And even with that help, it won't look natural. Even my Angel of Dream boy poses miles better, and AOD is not too far from the Bobobie price range. The double-jointed bodies available from Bobobie (that are technically Resinsoul bodies) are a little better, but even they need some serious work.
I've been looking for new bodies for Kiwi and my RS Li for a while now.
I think that if they worked more on the bodies and polished up the face sculpts a little more, I'd give them a second chance. As they are now, there's no way. They're affordable dolls, great. They offer a great selection of resin colors, awesome. But there isn't anything they have to offer to me personally. If saying I don't like Bobobie because I genuinely feel like their quality is really low makes me an elitist, then I'm a super elitist. I don't even care. I'm not going around sending people messages that their dolls are crap or anything personal like that. I honestly feel like their quality doesn't hold up compared to other dolls I've handled.
Writing this actually makes me feel anxious because I know people will take this as fuel for their "people just hate on Bobobie because they're cheap" fire, and this isn't just me "hating" on them because I've got some made-up bias in my head. I think it's silly to just label each other as "cheap" and "elitist" just because we have different tastes (and even legitimate reasons we don't like certain companies). So please, before you go and call me an elitist, actually think about what I'm trying to say, and think about the fact that these are just my experiences and feelings. You have different experiences and different feelings, so it's perfectly fine for you to disagree.
~~Aronzo~~
Saturday, September 28, 2013
Favorite doll company?
It's Day 18, so that means it's time to start talking about companies--starting with my favorite.
Ringdoll.
Ringdoll.
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