Custom faceups, mods, and the like
~ Return to Resin ~ Korean BJD company ChicaBi recently spun up a new brand/storefront for their SD-scale BJD releases, called Luna Blanc. I fell hard for the new Kylie sculpt, and figured since the head is compatible with a lot of my existing Volks/SD collection it’d be worth a try to customize her.…
~ Faceup season is in full swing! ~ Next up in my faceup backlog is DD Uzuki (first version). I picked up her head on a whim a while back but hadn’t really had a clear plan for it. But it’s finally time for Uzuki refresh! I decided I’d try for a mischievous look, and…
~ Faceup season 2024 begins! ~ I’ve got a bunch of faceup projects lined up for this year, so as I warmup I started off with my tan DDH-11 girl. I picked her up as a D’Coord from the Yokohama Volks shop during my 2018 Japan trip, and although I’ve enjoyed her faceup for a…
It’s been a minute since I painted a Love Live DD, but I’m finally following up Kizuna and Airy with a custom painted DD Haruka Amami as Honoka and DD Reimu as Hanayo. I’ll be the first to tell you that the Haruka sculpt isn’t my fave, but I do think she benefited a lot…
Lately I mostly do faceups for my own dolls, but I couldn’t resist a request to paint Beatrice from Re:Zero! Just look at that pouty face! If you recognize the eye design, I have in fact made Beato’s eyes before, quite some time ago in fact. Just never got motivated enough to create a custom…
Thanks to the pleasant weather I’m on to my next batch of faceups, and the first one done this round is my SWS DDH-26 head. This doll is a relatively recent arrival and while I didn’t intend to repaint them anytime soon, I saw some gorgeous customs of the sculpt and realized I could do…
In the same batch as my custom Kumako Ruru and DD Iori faceups, I also repainted my Volks DD Saber Extra. She’s a pretty long-standing member of my collection and even though she kept her original faceup for years, after seeing some cute and glamorous repainted Sabers I wanted to give it a shot. Saber…
Since Ruru arrived and got me in faceup mode again, I decided to tackle a few more backlog faceups as well. Iori has been on my list for a while, and though I originally planned to make her a snarky kitsune girl, another idea popped into my head- Yup, now that I have Utena and…