BJD Meme, yo!

Sunday, September 18, 2011

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1. How many dolls do you have?

Two! Woo!

2. What are their names?

Rene and Alain

3. What are their molds?

Migidoll Miho on an Abio Angel boy body
Migidoll Jina on a Fantasy Doll boy body

4. How long have you been in the BJD hobby?

I don't even know. I've had a doll since Spring 2009, but I discovered and desired a doll for years and years before that.. so I don't know.... maybe 2003? Probably, since that's when I got into anime.

5. Do you RP? If so, who is/was your favorite person to RP with?

Not with my doll characters.(So I'm skipping Q 6)
7. How many dolls have you ever sold?

I have sold 2 bodies. But I've been thinking of selling my current ones.

8. Out of all of those, who do you miss the most?

N/A

9. What is your favorite thing in this hobby?

The dolls of course. They are so gorgeous. I didn't know anything else about the hobby for the years that I wanted a doll. I didn't know there was a community. Sometimes I like the community, sometimes I don't. With the right people, I really like meets, but I'm so-so on them more often than not.

10. Who is the first BJD that ever entered your house/that you ever saw in real life?

That I saw in real life? I don't know. The first that I know the mold of is a DoI, though I'm not sure which. Luke I think.

11. Who is the first BJD you ever fell in love with?

DoT Camine.

12. What is the most you've spent on a doll (the actual doll itself)?

I guess my Miho originally came at 450ish when I had the delf body, but now he has a cheaper body.

13. What is your favorite photoshoot/photo you ever took of any of your dolls?

I have never taken a really serious photoshoot... my favorites are the ones from doll meets in Hawaii.

14. What is your funniest memory with any of your dolls?

When this crazy Chinese lady working at Uwajimaya grabbed Alain out of my hands and ran off the show a coworker. It was a hoot. Def my fav.

15. What is your saddest memory with any of your dolls?

All the times that I feel like I don't like dolls...
Maybe some of the times I've worked on a faceup for hours only to have it not turn out.

16. Have you ever had a dream about your doll? If so, what was it about?

Yes but I can't remember them specifically.

17. Which BJD out of yours would you never sell in a million years?

Neither.. I'd consider selling either of them.

18. Name one thing that makes you irked in the BJD hobby.

Some of the other owners I've met have been so negative about their own or others' dolls. It seems rude, even if they are talking about their own. The person that I'm particularly thinking of had a Soom limited and was going on about how ugly it was (a Breccia). Considering that the doll was not at all ugly, it seemed like she was fishing for compliments. We all do that to a point, but that made me very uncomfortable. Also when the owners start talking about the dolls in a lewd way.. I really hate that. Yes they are anatomically correct (kind of). So are you. Get over it? I feel like its immature to focus on that, but then, I am in America so I guess it's what I should expect...

19. Would you ever consider "leaving" the hobby?

I've considered it. I've taken long breaks from meets and forums.

20. Who is the newest character you've thought up?

I guess who I've been coming up with for Alain.. but I'm really bad at coming up with doll characters.. I just want them to be free to be whoever I want them to be at any given time.

Volks... Yep.

Wednesday, September 7, 2011

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Lately I've found myself in the honestly shocking position of wanting a Volks doll. It is not that I ever had anything against Volks but rather that for the most part, their style is not my cup of tea. Many of them seem heavy-lidded and sorta squashy or squarish. Though I have always had a soft spot for School A, and some time ago discovered how adorbs Okita Souji is (way, way out of my price range).

So why suddenly? I dunno. I guess my doll interests are sort of shifting or something. I made the unfortunate mistake (for myself) of starting this hobby with hybriding. Fun. And while I still really like the Migidoll sculpts, the frustration of finding them bodies has sort of deflated some of my fun. Both my boys are on cheap cheap bodies because I didn't want to spend a lot on a body that I didn't know would work. Although for the most part, I like the Fdoll body, and I still haven't played with the Abio Angel one much (it might be great after the arms are modded).

But I am a perfectionist, so having bodies that are a little off or a little funky... well... it's just kinda blah for me.... and then there's that concept of having "Frankendolls" which have been modded with different company's parts and have a bunch of structural mods, etc etc. For people who want to do that, more power to them. But I don't think it really fits my personality. So I suppose in an effort to get as far away from this concept as possible, my brain latched onto wanting a Volks doll.

Perhaps part of this is the big company pat on the back that Volks gives you, or so I hear, so it's like you've joined some kind of club. And they have stores and cool stuff like that. Secondly, everyone says "there's something about Volks" which I don't particularly have an experience in, but I want a piece! I have seen a few Volks dolls IRL. A few were in Seattle, and some were owned by my friend in Hawaii (She had a Shirou Tachibana and a YoTenchi Kasumi I think it was.. and probably a lot of others but those are the ones I remember specifically). Well I can't say I've ever been hit over the head with this something irl but I figure a lot of that is because I haven't actually played with them or didn't like the way they were customized, or maybe it's just because they have to be your own dolls for you to feel it.

I am excessively rambling!

Another reason is cause of everyone saying the quality is almighty, and this is an undeniable draw. The resin and weight quality, I'm interested in that. I like the way the Fdoll body poses, but it is very light and the resin is shiny instead of toothy like the Jina head. Definitely not a big fan of the plastic look.

Lastly, I've come to discover that posing isn't nearly as important to me as I thought it was. What matters to me instead seems to be the way the joints look. I cannot stand the way many of the double jointed bodies look and operate, and I experienced this personally with the Illusion Spirit body. I prefer single joints, and that nice round ball joint. No peanuts, no weird stuff.

I'm also not a big fan of how skinny and long legged my dolls currently are.. it seems too unrealistic. Maybe Volks isn't better for this, but I hear that they are sorta stockier which in the doll world means closer to humanly realistic, haha.

So yeah. I was looking at the Volks database, and luckily for me, I really like Volks Kanata which is an available standard.

BJD Addicts Written Prompt #1 - The Wait

Saturday, September 3, 2011

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Since my dolls are 1) not currently with me and 2) aren't up for show (particularly in Alain's case), I thought I'd start this off by responding to the first of BJD Addicts' written prompts.

The Wait.

What do I do when waiting for a new doll?

Well, I've got to say I don't have a lot to say to this since most of my waits have been very short. The only doll I've bought direct from the company has been Alain's head, and since it was just a head, I think it took about two months or so. Everything else I've bought has been from dealers or previous owners (everything else consists of Rene's head, his body [Fdoll], Alain's first body [Delf], second body [Illusion Spirit], and third body [Abio Angel]. Woot. Hybrids!).

The thing that makes the wait easiest for me is to not think about it and focus on something else. Of course, that also causes me to lose some of the excitement, but I suppose that's better than being eaten alive from anticipation.

ON THE OTHER HAND.

Even though I have my dolls, it is still a constant stream of waiting, mainly because I have no income. When I have ideas of what I want to do, It requires a lot of waiting until I can afford bits and pieces.

In these cases, I preoccupy myself with drawing pictures of what I want them to look like, one to keep my excited, and two to flesh out what that is. And even now, I still don't really know... My dolls' backstories are enigmatic.