Thursday, July 17, 2014

head comparison and face up

EDIT: I may have gone ahead and gotten eyes in the right size anyway as well as a new wig. The current one is a little too coarse to sit the way I want it to and hopefully this new one will be closer to the right color. I do like redhead Orkas but he's supposed to be a little more strawberry blonde.

We are now fully committed to operation "attempting to recoup your losses is futile."


So here is the modded reminisce Vivien head (left) next to the default open eyed one (right). I don't have anything even remotely close to the right color in the right size for this head so I'm having a hard time deciding what I think.

It has helped me decide what to change if I continue working on the modded head instead of using this one.

The larger eyes make the head look larger as a whole, so now I"m not entirely sure if it works okay on the body I was using.

I am debating on whether or not to buy eyes in the right size first or work more on the modded head to see if I can't make myself definitively happy with it. If I don't keep the open eyed head then the eyes will not really be useful for anything else, so I guess it can't hurt to work more on the modded head first.

I need to close the eyes a little bit more at the top to give the impression of glaring and the right eye needs a little carved out on the lower lid in the outer corner area. This time I will also likely blush it to match the body.

3 comments:

  1. I could have swore I commented on this *fail*

    It really took me a good long look to notice the difference, and honestly I think it was the eye size (of the actual eyes, not the doll) that did it. Maybe the smaller size would help. So really I think your mod looks good!

    I have to say I really like this head now. Too bad they don't sell it anymore!! It would make a good Gabriel....

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    1. Haha no worries! It's good to hear from you whenever! :D

      Thank you though! The difference in socket size is not nearly as obvious in photos as it seems in person but then it probably wouldn't even seem that pronounced if I hadn't gotten so used to the size on the head I modded.

      Oh no! I always hate when I like something that's no longer sold! I am sorry to have contributed to causing this problem XD

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    2. It was all you lol I haven't really looked at it anywhere else! *throws blame*

      I find the things that don't or do show up in photos to be so odd. Why can't they look like they do irl?? I have dolls that don't look the same at all in photos.... :\\

      But anyway, good luck deciding. From here, they both look great! So I can see why it's tough.

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