I traded with someone on DoA for an Impldoll Charles. I was primarily interested in the body for my L-bi head but after seeing the Charles head in person I may end up doing something with it after all.
The body is so small though.! I was not expecting it to be quite so slim. I'd read that Impldoll's MSD bodies were slender but it's hard to tell from pictures.
I made him a wig out of a spare fur swatch I had lying around since baby Sollux stole the black fur wig I was using for one of my Unoa boys and the other two wigs were either not as functional as I remembered or too unruly from spending time in the wig box.
The wig is extremely fluffy, which I'm not sure about. I like the color though! I haven't really decided for sure what to do with him. I'd intended to make him my new Nazoe after I sold the head I was using for the previous one but then I thought he made a cute blonde and I'm sort of tempted to make him into a younger version of Auralion.
Will give it more time before I do anything crazy. I also need to redo his face up (because aside from the eyebrows it's still the way it came to me from Yahoo!Japan yeeeaaaars ago) and blush it to match the body.
The other arrival was some appropriately sized purple eyes for Orkas. I would like to eventually get some with smaller irises but these work for now. Unfortunately(?) I like this head much better with these eyes.
I went through a phase a couple days ago where I was severely tempted to use this head for Atlas , which would have forced me to go off in search of a new Orkas. Not something I'm eager to do because this has been my ideal Orkas head for a loong time now. Previous Orkas was modded to look more similar to this head so I'd really just be back at square one if this didn't work out.
Congrats on getting a body for your Unoa! Moar L-bi! He's so cute!! And you know how much I like multiple versions of one character.
ReplyDeleteI can't even imagine a body slimmer than the Unoa (other than DC - which is kinda obvious lol)...it's so much smaller and skinnier than anything. Well, Limhwa is nearly identical....but other than that!! Do you think the Imple will still work for him? I don't think I've ever seen any of their minis in person.
Oh I'm so happy you're liking the head better! I Love it...I think it looks great. I like the eyes too, but I understand how hard it is to photograph a color like that (Alex's first eyes were a very dark blue/purple - they always looked black.). Photoshop is yay.
Thank you! Seeing pictures of yours made me want to get mine a body again. I kept putting it off in favor of other things until that point. But then it was an issue of finding one in the right size and that wasn't inexplicably marked up above retail.
DeleteAnyway, it's super slim but not so slim I don't think it works with the head! I just really haven't owned any MSDs in years aside from my Dollzone Moment so it's hard to recall if it's actually slimmer than an Unoa or I'm just remembering wrong but I could have sworn some of my MSD clothes fit my old Unoa bodies and this one is just swimming in everything I tried on him.
Thank you! :D It's funny how big a difference changing one thing can make. I was really displeased with the way things were looking with the temporary eyes but now I definitely feel like he has the right look for the character.
That's crazy, maybe it is that much skinnier than Unoa? My Unoa swims in all my clothes for minis too, but I have a weird mix...and no other Unoa to compare too. But I'm excited he has a body! :D I can't wait to see more of him!
DeleteEyes really can make a difference. So can a wig, but I really think eyes are more important in the end. The wrong size or fit or color can just really ruin a look.
I've been going nuts with eyes lately. I just don't have what I want anymore. I think it might be time to save up and do a large order from somewhere and just get some decent eyes for a couple dolls.