Dollfie Dream
It’s 2024, lockdown is well over, and it’s time once again for a Dolpa hosted in North America, organized by Volks USA. The latest event felt somewhat low-key terms of marketing and the schedule was delivered almost last minute, but the enthusiasm of Volks fans didn’t appear to be diminished. Hosted in Torrance, CA near…
~ Rise reborn as a Warrior of Light ~ I have one more faceup from my early summer batch to finally reveal – Rise has been repainted! Rise has been part of my doll collection for ages, but I never customized her or really settled on a style. She’s a lovely sculpt but just didn’t…
~ 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 busy month and the doll lab is a bit of a mess thanks to some electrical issues that required moving all the dolls and furniture around. Fortunately that’s now resolved, but in the meanwhile I kept working on my latest sewing project- Ohtori Academy uniforms to fit Nanami and Anthy. Besides Utena…
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…
When Volks abruptly announced the discontinuation of the MDD f3 body, it caused quite a stir in the doll community. They promised that a new and improved body would replace it soon, but for months we were left wondering what, exactly, that would look like. Volks finally revealed a new and improved MDD body in…