~ A sign from the stars ~ Volks has really been hitting it out of the park with their recent resin releases, and I’ve tried my luck in a few of the lotteries. After missing out again and again, I resolved to just get SD Alto from the secondary market so I wouldn’t have to…
~ 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…
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…
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…
It’s been quiet here at the doll lab since I’ve been in the process of packing up the dolls (and everything else that I own) to relocate. Now things are starting to settle and I can finally introduce this handsome fella who arrived the day before my move – DD Kaito. Kaito is the…
For my second faceup of 2023, I completed a modded SWS DDH-07 head. I’d original started modding this head last fall, to test out UV-cure resin additive mods, but didn’t get a chance to finish until the weather improved this month. The DDH-07 sculpt was never one of my favorites, but somehow I’ve ended up…