One year, sixteen dolls!

9.4.2017
2 min käytetty lukemiseen

It was mid April 2016 when I took the plunge and ordered the first little big head dolls, after having admired my Flickr friends' dolls for a good long time. From the moment I held Marnie and Fern in my hands for the first time, that late April on the front terrace in the afternoon sunshine, I knew it was love at first sight! Hehe! Nothing had quite felt so right in a long time. As much as I love my BJDs and admire their sublime beauty, there was something warm and inviting, familiar and endearing, about the Blythes that really struck a chord with me. Well, it was a roller coaster ride from there on! Already for my third doll I took on an OOAK project and the journey to the eyeboggling world of carving and customizing started! I was hooked and here I am, one year and 16 dolls later, reviewing all that's been accomplished.

I've learned so much when working with these dolls. I used to think I was an absolute lost cause when it came to sculpting. I genuinely did. I had tried it before and the results were atrocious. I've always been able to draw and doing face-ups/repaints for dolls has been easy enough, but sculpting was hard. The carving aspect here as well intimidated me a lot and I was sure poor custom girl #1 Cherry would end up with a monster of a scratchy and dented face. Hehe! Turned out though, somewhere along the line, my 3D eye had developed to the point that I didn't think the results now were all that hideous. Encouraged by the experience with Cherry, I delwed into the world of carving head on and took on more and more challenging things. Last week, I did my first open mouth girl with teeth!!! :D Now I'm actually harbouring the idea of making my very own doll from scratch some day and it doesn't even seem like such a completely outrageous thought anymore. :)

So here they are, my little big heads, my thirteen Blythes, 2 Icy dolls and 1 Jecci Five.

The collection in this gallery are sorted into their arriving order. You can click on the pics to see better!

Marnie
Fern
Cherry
Ethel
Ailis
Prunella
Mona
Boyd
Jessica
Shirley
Tilly
Elodie
Ming
Nikki
Henrietta
Jules

I must confess, I still have a good many more of them planned! There will an Icy boy, an AA girl, a mahogany haired tan girl, Henrietta's twin sister, a couple more Blythe boys and a steampunk girl... at least... I've decided to just accept the fact that I will probably drown in dolls and their stuff one funny day, but I figured, that's not such a bad way to go. Hehehe!

Here they are, in their own closet home. There are still a couple of seats left and a similar closet underneath this one, that might need to get cleared for future little big heads... ;)