Christmas EditionBJD thread, primarily for vinyl dolls with an anime aesthetic.FAQs and LinksNew Guide: anime-dolls.moeOld Guide: dollfaq.buyfags.moeBooru: bjd.booru.orgLive Gallery: bjd.arcesia.net/Telegram: t.me/BallJointDollsSewing pattern books: mega.nz/folder/iFd3wapa#B70grHUe4xsTkLU_s8Ag_Q | This is currently empty, help to replace/rebuild this archive is deeply appreciated!/jp/ BJD QnA Guide: docs.google.com/document/d/1SJPKqCd8YX5_JcB7NWjRS5Zy4dKeKMg5l-YmoHZgFZk/edit?usp=sharingCommunity Events:Current Photo Challenge: Christmas decoratingPrevious Photo Challenge: Bedtime(NEW) Doll Calendar Project:docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfUvka8M_8eWnAN_fLv6PF1rOoHsYd-SKSn3t6Z95dhJo_xEA/viewformOrder Form for the 2025 Doll Calendar!Next Meetup: Anime Weekend Atlanta, Dec 15th 10:45 AM (PG13 pls)Other Doll Threads:Previous Thread: >>48176004Resin Dolls Thread: Dead Again (but you can post here, too.)Fashion/Other Dolls Thread: >>>/toy/11242667Miscellaneous:If your doll is for sex, go to >>>/jp//ona/
>>48345398>body suithaving the option is not bad, you may expand her wardrobe to higher risk clothes. im looking at childrens gymnastic suits as i havent found any for purpose
Mizuka will get a late birthday wig cleaning soon, her hairs a mess. New matching outfits from dollhearts for her and Umi.
>>48365984Kawaiiiiii~~ :)
>>48364076Ah thank you for baking anon! I'm under the weather and fell asleep, my bad. That was the exact image I wanted to use for the OP, too!
>>48366701take care, anon! on that note, does anyone have any favorite nurse-style outfits that they would recommend for either 1/3 or 1/4?
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>>48368403IMO we should have a whole thread about doll's feet and legs.
>>48364076Hello, newfag here. I recently got a doll and went through the guide, but I have a question. I understand that in order to apply a hairstyle I have to wash the hair first and fix it when it's still wet (Currently the hair has some kind of weird waviness). My question is, how do I give a faint curling to the hair?
>>48369531footfags plz go
>>48369531Not even 10 posts in and we're already uploading scandalous imagery.>>48370024I know those are her default eyes, but the heart irises make this shot much more provocative than circular ones.
>>48369936You can use a styling heat iron if the hair is heat resistant, but I would not do that while the hair is wet, because it will damage it. Just like with real hair. Honestly, I've never gotten any of my wigs wet to style them.
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Update on the Ikea skubb. The back and sides are reinforced with a thin sheet of foamboard. It's a bit flimsy but should be fine as a transport bag for outdoor shoots. Just gotta add another small compartment to the bottom, line the inside with a white towel and add a shoulder strap.
>>48368403Cute dolls>jill nendoCute>kirbyCute
>>48371926This does seem pretty viable. Nice!
>>48371926What size is this
Forgot to post this when it got here but, here it is.
>>48364076i have a copy of the old sewing megaOP, can i get your email address to send you the link so you can make your own copy and host it? convoluted but i dont want to be responsible for maintaining it. a throwaway email is fine
>>48374672one1crab@gmail.com should work, thank you so much anon.
>>48374790check your sea mail
>>48374850Thanks anon. I'll have these downloaded and mirrored somewhere in no time at all. I don't mind taking over this archive, and this way, I can add to it as well.
>>4837371490 by 30 by 15 cm.
>>48374672>>48375138hope this works out, have been slowly assembling the materials to learn sewing for my doll's wardrobe
Thank you to the anons who told me about the wig being too far back. I bought a cheap stand on Amazon and it's a piece of shit. Looking forward to the volks one coming in.This one will be good for taking outdoors, I guess.
>>48374850>>48382319Have downloaded and am reuploading everything in one centralized location + some other things I have laying around. Look forward to new patterns soon, anon.
>>48383089https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1okG9fyy7mciwiZUEsQYGNKQNnz1rv59J?usp=sharingNew Gdrive link, +some new stuff.https://docs.google.com/document/d/14mU3s2U2jyj0IR-cJ42UhqPDduCE400YX-hwYdt-6gQ/New /bjd/ Sewing Resources guide, an offshoot of the QnA guide. Please feel free to suggest additions! (It has already been added to the QnA guide.)Thank you very much to the anon that provided the original mirror. You were a huge help!
Are there eny resources on 3D Printing doll parts? I'm specifically looking for heads, but what few I've found are not the style I'm looking for. I think I'll have to buy a head and scan it myself
>>48383980If you're already buying the head, why not just use the head you now own?
>>48383980The smartdoll website has stl files for some of their older heads and there are a few bjd projects on thingiverse.Or grab blender and make your own.
Just tried focus stacking for the first time and it feels like space magic.
>need to buy doll socks again>I will spend the absolute minimum>$200Heh, I don't wanna brag too much but it looks like I've mastered doll economy.
>>48387078To resize and modify according to what I need>>48387103Thanks, I'll start with those I do want to learn how to sculpt, but right not I am more familiar with CAD design over free sculpting
>We would like to inform you that the overseas names for Yahoo! Japan Auction/Yahoo! Japan Shopping/Yahoo! Japan Fleamarket, which you have been supporting, will be updated. >>In Japan, the service will continue to operate under the name "Yahoo! Japan Auction." However, outside of Japan, the service names will be changed to "JDirectItems Auction/JDirectItems Shopping/JDirectItems Fleamarket. >>Please rest assured that there are no changes to the auction operator or the service content itself. >>JDirectItems Auction is a service operated by LINE Yahoo Corporation.Possibly useful information for people here.>>48389290This has such a nostalgic energy.
>>48383017Is that a signed photo of Princess Leia? That's pretty neat
>>48389392Yes, though I won't post it because it's off topic. Star Wars autographs are my primary hobby.
>>48389532Washing machine maintenance is off topic, but when a doll is helping with the maintenance, then it's definitely on topic
I recently used a sewing machine for the first time. It was a simple job and yet I did quite poorly which of course is expected and normal for a first timer, just humorous to note. I can now better appreciate the pieces that you all produce on doll scales!>>48366701I hope you feel better now that it's been a couple days.Great minds think alike heh, it's the perfect picture to capture the spirit of the month that is December. I realized that I could have changed the order form link out but ah well, at least it provides a link to the calendar files eh?>>48389324I just got this a bit ago, very...interesting change
>>48388290Lovely sweater
>>48388465And this is why I learned to make stockings for my girls myself. For the cost of a basic sewing kit and a few old t-shirts I have all the socks they'll ever need.
hello anons, I hope you dont mind the question, but /jp/ has a football team and BJD was asked if you guys wanted a player on the team which turned out to be a Shinku doll. Our question is whether or not you guys wanted to keep Shinku on the team or perhaps come up with a different player to represent BJD threads
>>48397484I vote for Shinku personally
>>48397484I think Shinku is a fine representative!
>>48397518>>48397573I greatly appreciate the replies, anons. Shinku had a splendid performance this 2024 and we are happy to have her on team as the BDJ rep for 2025.
>>48397484I would have nominated creepy miku
>>48397657this, though I'm a newfag who is just lurking so I should count as half a vote.
>>48397657>>48397716I hear you anons, unfortunately creepy Miku is already a player for /toy/ and we try to avoid players clashes. We also have Shiteyanyo as the Miku rep who is also quite uncanny
>>48397484I'd also support shinku
>>48400312forgot to upload
>>48397484>shinku>>48397518>>48397573>>48397630>>48400312>>48401257ジュンクにしてあげる！
Shinku, more like Stinku.
Does anyone keep or have any advice on keeping a dolfie in a detolf without adjusting the shelves? Kneeling? Chair? I can't seem to find a chair that would fit. I can't adjust my shelves because I have lighting that doesn't allow it.
>>48405157thank you for reminding me to investigate cocoa butter, strawberry, and lychee oils. however, i still love the resin smell so the intended homemade perfume may never get used
>>48400312>>48401257thanks for the input, anons
>>48382319i reccommend looking at the dollybird and doll coordinate zips in particular, some real gems in therei'd love to see if you make anything
>>48383358Thank you so much for this anon
>>48405344You can't just take a shelf off? Even sitting, they would barely fit.
>>48413040Just why does the nail-bat have a garter belt.
Who's a character you want to see get an official DD? Fan-made picrel, but I'd love for anyone from the Atelier franchise to get an official doll.
>>48418720Obligatory Marin Kitagawa. Other than that, there's too many. Holo from Spice & Wolf, Emi from Devil is a Part-Timer, any character from Trigun, Erza or Lisa from Fairy Tail, some of the Gundam characters would be cool (especially from Witch From Mercury), Tubaki and/or Maka from Soul Eater, Panty and Stocking, and this might get some flack but some of the MHA characters would actually be kinda cool.Those are just my wishes from some of the more popular anime franchises. There's some western media I'd like to have official DDs, like Cortana from Halo or some of the LoL characters, but those are even more of a pipe dream.
>>48418720I'd wish they'd collab with more obscure franchises like back in the day. It all feels kind of corporate now.
>>48418720More square enix stuff since they were able to secure Y'shota and 2B licenses. Fate grand order still has tons of material for Volks to make. They also haven't completed all of the Rozen maiden super dollfies.>>48420154>obscure franchisesI think the problem is they hate sitting on inventory of unsold limited models. Some dolls are still shelf warming on volks website for years now. But I thought pic related was a pretty obscure series they made recently.
>>48418720>>48421350i’d love to see more Nier characters than it’s even reasonable to ask for, and then Drakengard characters would be a whole other thing. if Volks ever does more FF, i would want Kain and Cecil from IV because the dragoon and dark knight armors are my favorites, and i’m curious how they’d make them. so, uh, glory to dollkind!
A wild package approaches. Debating on opening it right now, or putting it under the tree for Christmas.
>>48421854Free them
>>48418720Draw joints on Totori and she's already a MDD.
>>48421854depending on what it is, you might want the peace of mind of checking sooner rather than later that everything arrived in good condition, especially if it is something where replacement stock could run low
>>48421970NoooooI need the extra bit of time to decide on a name and birthday for her (not in december since three girls have that month).>>48422418I did a quick check for any damages and/or defects before adding to the present pile.
>>48421854Cute bellossom>rika nesoMy yohane neso is chomping at the bit.Nothing feels better after the big day arriving after a long wait.
took some pics awhile ago but I broke my phone the same day and I just finally put my sd card in my new phone.
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>>48424623>>48424629That's a very big hat, as it should.>>48418720Honestly, I've gotten so used to every doll being pretty much an original character and to building my own to my tastes that character-based dolls feel a bit lame, so there isn't any I want.
Is it fine to leave these dolls in a hot car for a bit while shopping or something? I want to take my dolls on a day trip to photograph but am worried about leaving them in hot or cold temps when I have to leave them in the car.
>>48427178I'd be more concerned with someone stealing them than what heat or cold would do. Unless your dolls are rapidly and repeatedly temperature cycling they should be fine. At worst higher temps might make dye transfer more readily. Most of our dolls came to us as cargo and that's definitely not climate controlled.If I ever did have to leave them in the car, I usually put them in a bag and the bag in the footwell behind the front seats with few things draped over to conceal everything. Even with it blast furnace hot in the car the bag was insulated enough that the inside was room temp. Park out of the sun if you can.
>>48427178Depends on temperature, material (vinyl will bend quicker than resin), thickness, string tightness (if any), and time. I've seen some dolls get bent legs from baking in a car during summer. I personally wouldn't, but I don't take risks with my doll.>>48418720Similar to >>48424998 in that it doesn't excite me. I mostly take note of accessories to potentially harvest.
>>48422870Anon... you don't get to choose the birthday.Doll has the same rules as a baby: the delivery date is the birthday.
Any anons have plans with their dolls for the holidays? Special photo shoots or anything?
>>48429194The delivery date of the body, the face, the eyes or the wig?
My calendar finally arrived.Thank you to everyone involved!
>>48439907Glad it arrived safe!With that, all the calendars have arrived. I hope you enjoy them, and I hope that we can do this again next year.
>>48441500Thank you for all your hard work anon, I'm sure we can make this a tradition.
>>48437199Mine are when I completed the majority of the faceup.
>>48437199When the doll is complete silly
Re-release when?
>>48437199The delivery date of the soul, of course. You'll know in your heart when it arrives
>>48420154>I'd wish they'd collab with more obscure franchises like back in the day. It all feels kind of corporate now.Obscure franchises are still "corporate", though.
Does anyone here have a doll with a Volks DDH-29 head, and if so, do they know what the head circumference is? I was trying to look this up online but really couldn't figure it out.
Page 9 already?
Setting up this couple blurry photos was plenty fun. I should travel somewhere and bring them with me.
I did bring them to another con though. This time in a smaller, cuter, more manageable bag.
>>48451967Spent a day readjusting the witch hat and in the end I lost the diadem instead. I held up the hat in place by sticking a hairpin bigger than the hat's inner circumference inside.
>>48452082And this is the first time I use the optional hood part. Now that her braids are so messy I need to redo them (still need to learn to do that), I'm less scared of doing stuff like this.That hood was much cuter than expected.
>>48452132Setting up these shots earned me some weird looks from the staff.
did a shot, got to include doll
>>48453776I like her skin tone but why does she look so surprized?
>>48453834Wouldn't you be?
>>48454022fair point...
I'm trying to practice braiding hair on a spare 1/6 wig but this shit won't behave, hair strands will just shoot off in random directions. I hope wetting it can make it... not do that.
>>48456914if you have some water wax and a tiny comb, those might help smooth things out a bit as you go. if strands are shooting off because the hair is ending at deferent lengths though, there might not be much you can do
>>48383980>>48387078>>48387103outsider here. planning to buy a resin printer..but i have no experience with BJD stuff. what materials do they normally use for the head of these dolls anyway?
I don't have any Holiday Christmas clothes, but I took a few photos.
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>>48460991Last one. I know that Duffy is more in focus, but I still like it.
>>48452082love this pic
>>48421701Nice group pic. >>48451902Your dolls must have been freezing out there.>>48452082Cute, too bad about the headband.>>48460985>>48461010She looks deeply lost in her thoughts, probably wondering what she'll get for Christmas. Duffy picked it up but did you anon?
just a quick preview because I haven't been able to get this shoot to turn out how I wanted (mostly trouble with eye movers)
>>48464517maximum grump
Do you guys fuck these -f/a/ggot
>>48465253No, that would be /ona/'s specialty.
Keep on walk'n, this is a 1/12 street.
>>48459749The head is usually made from the same material as the body, so vinyl for vinyl dolls and resin for resin dolls.
Yushina is here. Her faceup was done on the 29 but her mouth needed to be redone but I ran out of msc. Might give her bangs as a small trim still.
>>484484518.5 inches, measured both around the cap split & forehead-to-back
Christmas is coming.
>>48472718https://removepaywalls.com/https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/11/11/economy/trump-japan-economy/Sounds like it's gonna be a bad time for everyone tbdesu.
>>48472718Enjoy everything getting more expensive.
>>48472844I mean based on this article this economist thinks the yen will weaken more. Which will probably offset the purchase price of dolls for tariff markup, at least. No more cheap taobao clothes though
>>48472971Oh, yeah, I suppose that the cost of clothes will be hit more than dolls for the most part, unless you're going for some of the chinese resin dolls or tinyfoxes.>>48467841Nice. Did you dye those parts the same way you did momoko? QRD on Yushina?
>>48463899omg migu!!!
>>48473781Then the proxy or courier will charge you. They aren't going to just eat the added cost
>>48473637Yes, I used ritdye synthetic again. Used an entire bottle just to do her limbs and abdomen. I used one bottle of dye for everything with Momoko. There was some staining around her crotch from her sitting on the shelf. Havent noticed anymore, might've sat her too early. Her head is ddh-28. Dunno how much info you want with a QRD so heres her doll lore I guess. Yushina is an android. I was using Nier Automata, A2 specifically, as the main design inspiration. Her blocky "whiskers" are the closest design element I could come up with for Megaman Zero reference. I had Mizuka find her in the trash and recruit Momoko and Kikyo to bring her inside. Basically did the beginning of chobits by accident. She's an older model with no memory of her past household, have a vague idea of it and its the reason she has no memory and thus only a inkling of a soul. She builds a soul/consciousness gradually and Kikyo notices it and helps nurture that aspect. They get into their own adventures while Mizuka and Momoko are in school. So what I consider the main 4 of my 6 total is done and the last one will be Umi's partner.
>>48467841>>48474898I wonder if I can dye my own tan doll... Any special tools required?
>>48472718Serious answer: it won't for Japan to USA, because of existing very stable and complex treaties where we sell them raw materials (cotton, food) and they export items at a lower yen price.For everyone else however, it might suck. China will get hit with tariffs, however it may be category based (sort of like the car tariff, which I suggest people look into for an example of how these work)The more concerning thing I find for the Euros is the GDPR which I expect to disrupt business for them for at least a year until they get their shit together.
>>48480856As is common for Europe in the modern era, their politicians were so eager to virtue signal that they got the short end of the stick on multiple geo-political happenings this year between the USA, Russia, and China. They economically got fucked as they found that neither Russia or America really gave a fuck about them when the chips were down, making their dependence on Russian oil dumb, but also making their inability to at least be a middle man/ref for America and Russia equally as impossible.
>>48480125Synthetic dyes. A pot large enough to fit the each individual part of the doll. Get a couple sets of hands as test pieces. I used floral wire and leftover carryout chopsticks to both rig up my parts and stir the mix with, I always do each set of limbs as a pair together to get an even coat between both arms/legs. I also bent the joints to what would show most often, you might know what I mean once you start taking one apart and see the frame. I take out every ball joint hardware as well. Theres a dyeing guide in the QnA that I started with. My only real deviation from it is I don't take notes of dye and water amounts with time in. I was constantly adding dye and varying the times in depending on the parts and heat. Its a lot of guess work and feeling shit out. Yushina's dye took forever to take. Do the head first and match everything to it. Dyeing it past the point you like is huge. Momoko was really dark when I did her because I saw how light my test hands got and I approximated her new bust that I did later to how dark I made her body before and its really close to the rest of her. Momoko's joints are slightly darker than her body now. If I do another full body color I'd do the joints slightly lighter compared to vinyl, I did not know how much the joints would or would not lighten when I did her.I found grey made a pretty nice tan on semi-white so you might want to start there, and test semi-white and flesh colored hands to achieve what tan you want. >>47608884
>>48481606Also I kept a large tin foil pan full of water to the side that I would swish the parts inbetween dunks. To make sure dye didnt sit on them and cool them down some
Have your dolls been naughty or nice this year? Also legs >>48369531
>>48475237I like this hair. Big luscious hair
>>48453776>how doll owners photograph objects they want to show you
I had a dream I was trying to find a prop for a doll photo but every single thing I tried went wrong somehow. I found the right kiddie pool but it was too expensive. I found a Sterilite bin that worked but someone stole it. I found the right stick-on tile in the crafts aisle to make the new bin look like pool tile, but the power went out because it was closing time and then the store become a Purge-like PvP zone where people communicate exclusively by howling and instead of murdering me, people kept yoinking the shit in my cart while I fought to gather the things I need and escape in this completely pitch-black rendition of my local Wal-Mart. Has anyone else ever had a dollfie dream?
>>48487924CUTE!
>>48495390Lily looks beautiful as always.
>>48485614What a funny nightmare. I dreamed about taking mine outside once, which I hadn't attempted at the time. I believe everything was fine though I don't remember well what happened except walking in the park. Had two weird nightmares too and probably others I've forgotten.>>48495390Very nice, I love those little stars on the edge. This is a witch hat right? I sure would like to see it completely. Where did you get it?
>>48498878An anon linked them previously, I think the red version. It's super cute. https://www.ebay.com/itm/116117838279?var=416300002617
>>48481710Definitely naughty.Just the way I like them.
>>48500296What spell is she casting?>>48484660>>48472383>>48460985I demand more xmas photos of anons dolls
>>48502106Not really Xmas but she's wearing her winter clothes. Hope it's good enough.
>>48502106not mine, but one from the doll folder
>>48492783I like the lighting in this>>48500296>tin foildid you get the idea from >>>/p/4386304
>>48506253Not quite tin foil, it's my big photography reflector. I looked through my fabric collection for a backdrop but couldn't find something that came off as casting a spell. Took many more attempts at flash placement and intensity adjustments to get what i wanted then I expected. >>48502106Spell of summoning hangers
>>48503226i like all the textures you have going on! i 100% dropped the ball on holiday outfits. maybe next year…>>48495390>>48500296>>48506311cute!!
>>48503226Cute!
goodnight, dollanons
>>48508596You could get them whenever. Remember, there are no rules to what clothes you can put on them!
>>48510623that’s correct; i only have myself to blame!
>>48482085Thank you! I thought it was a bit much when I first put it on but I feel it's really come to suit her.
>>48501046anyone know who made this particular pipe?
Just got my first dollbot! Her clothes are taking longer to get here, so i made her a bathrobe.
>>48516181Cute! Nice wig
>>48515143>>48516181Very cute, do they have names?
Have any of you attended a non-Tokyo I-Doll before? How did you like it?
>>48516542>>48516748Thanks, i just cut her wig today. Her name is Amber.
Christmas dolls!I did a theme of family gatherings this time around.
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>>48517903Those glasses look great, where did you get them? Do they leave marks on the head at all?
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>>48517909>>48517908I got them 4 years ago on etsy from ETdolls, they don't leave marks, they don't touch the face at all, they're held up on the ears tucked under the wig.
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>>48517958last one, Merry Christmas doll friends
>>48517965It's been amazing watching your doll family grow over the years anon. Merry Christmas to you as well.
>>48517900>>48517909>>48517929Those three are so lovely, you always find pretty outfits that still look natural.>>48517943She has a beautiful dress too. Maybe her hand could hold the saucepan better?>>48517965Good, but you should adjust Samus' dress.
>>48517958peek
>>48518039Thank you for saying so, it's been a joy to share them and I feel the same way about everyone else's dolls I love how much I've gotten out of this hobby. >>48518351Yeah, I didn't notice, I should've adjust her dress more. That dress is getting near the end of it's life. That's the liner peeking out, I had to shop it out last year and forgot to do it this year. I had to do some repairs before I put it on her this year. It's 6 years old and she wears it a month at a time every year, which puts stress on the adjustable loops and hardware. I'm going to be devastated when she can't wear it anymore, but I'll keep repairing it as long as I can.
>>48517958I love how the Christmas lights are shining off her hair.>>48516748Still no name for her lol. I'm terrible at that sort of thing and currently trying to decide on one.
The collage for last year is here, there are more dolls than usual this time.I'm finally up to date but only for a few days.
>>48523205yay, fun! Well done!
>>48517965lovely shoot, anon! i’m always impressed by your use of props and wardrobe. >>48517935 is my favorite shot this time. merry christmas!
>>48523205That's a lot of dolls
>>48523205Suigintou my beloved>>48522307>>48517965At any rate the dress still looks cute. Nice photos, Merry Christmas!
>>48523205Amazing work, Anon! It's still strange seeing my dolls show up in others posts.
Anyone else get an Anya dollfie?
>>48523205I love collages
>>48523205One day I'll make it in there. One day
It's Almost Christmas
>>48528878Damn cute outfits
>>48528878>>48531326More Christmas dolls!!
I haven't had the opportunity for any good photos this year, so I hope reposting one from several years ago is acceptable. Merry Christmas (or Christmas Eve!), Anons! I hope your new year is lovely and your future is kind.
Newfag reporting, hope y'all doing fine. Want to share with you this beautiful girl. Merry Christmas from Kaede!
>>48532362That's a gorgeous photo, thanks for sharing! Well done. >>48531794I love that picture, share it all you want. :)
Merry Christmas from my two shy girls
>>48531326Big tree for big girls>>48531794She's a (formerly) merry girl!>>48532362Quite the good first impression>>48533610Cute bears.
Last Christmas, I waited far too long to start working on a holiday outfit for my then newest girl and barely finished in time, so I vowed to stop procrastinating so much with my sewing. Naturally, this year I waited far too long to start working on a holiday outfit for my now newest girl and barely finished in time. Merry Christmas everyone.
>>48533814>>48533610>>48532362>>48531794Merry Christmas!
,>>48534955Merry Christmas, anons
Merry Christmas, doll anons. This girl just came home to celebrate with me :)) Where do you guys like to buy clothes for AP?
meri kurisumasu everyone : ) you did get your dolls lots of gifts...right?
>>48421854Two weeks later, the contents! >>48535935The strike delayed half my presents. Kinda sucks but hopefully they'll arrive in the next week and I'll have a second gift opening on old Christmas Day.
>>48535529Faithz is a little pricey but their stock is reliably fitted for AP girls!
Merry Christmas.I see plenty of beautiful pics from everyone!
>>48523205hmm, pretty sure a few of those aren't from /here/top right, and row 4 column 10 are from jp dolltwitter
>>48535529quarantotto.biz/angelphilia for first-party stuff, they sell out SUPER fast though (I just missed an outfit that sold out in <2 days) and never restock, so you have to buy youself and ship to a forwarder (proxy is too slow), and they only accept cash-on-delivery payment so your forwarder has to be able to handle thatfaithz is an official AP reseller to the outside world so they may also carry outfits, I haven't checked personallyalso stalk mandarake, they buy stock of new AP stuff and also resell old single outfits/dolls, both of which can also go quickly (but at least they sell & ship foreign directly)some Azone (www.azone-int.co.jp/azonet) and Parabox (paraboxshop.jp) stuff for their 45-50cm dolls fits, they use the same Obitsu skeleton as AP but the vinyl parts are different, so it depends on the specific piece of clothing (biggest differences are in thigh/waist circumferences)also stalk yahoo auctions, people will occasionally resell official AP outfits or sell their own hand-made stuff there
>>48364076has anyone ever bought from dollk or anubis cafe?what was your expereince?
A little late but merry xmas! Hopefully dollnons were all good and left out cookies for santa.
>>48536119So this is my new girl, Aria. She's one of the new Obitsu GGR bodies that came out last month and is (mostly) and improvement over the existing Obitsu frames/bodies. She's even more of a short stack compared to AZO2 G/I bodies (which was already pretty much a 1:4 DDdy). The sculpt on the torso is nice and a marked improvement over existing Obitsu/Azone. Please let me buy the elbow joints loose, Obitsu free my girls from the 45 degree bends.That said she also has the same clothing issues as larger busted AZO2 bodies, but even more pronounced. Even the supplied underwear is a pain to put on, and every bra smaller than DD/L or DDdy is several cm to short to fit. Obitsu 50cm (and Azone 50cm) won't fit as per Obitsu themselves.The legs also have a structural flaw in them. Angle the foot up too much and it cuts very sharp notches into the edge of the shin. That part of the vinyl is very thin and deforms with very little stress. Mine came with a colour mismatch on the knee joints compared to the leg, which is pretty unlucky on my part. Certainly would be a shame if online shops stopped carrying spare Obitsu parts!Overall I do really like the Obitsu GGR. The frame improvements are great and her short stack figure is amazing. I like that her waist is a bit bigger than other dolls, giving her more voluptuous figure (some dolls have waists straight out of Victorian England).Do I recommend the doll? Yes, but with the caveat that right now her wardrobe is going to be somewhat limited. Azone's clothes for I busts were a coin flip on how well it actually fit, and the GGR L busts are larger still. Obitsu is supposedly making a smaller busts in the future so that more AZO2 clothes will fit them. But as it stands the wardrobe is AZO2 stuff that kinda fits and DD stuff that kinda works.
>>48543186Total Teto Territory!
>>48544345Oh no anon she's gorgeousYou know what you must do, shower her with clothes and accessories if you can find them for her size.Can you post her standing up? >>48543525Melli kurisumasu Ruri
>>48541767nobody?
>>48543525merry belated xmas! we ended up eating most of the cookies…
A day late but I was too busy hosting my family at my house to take doll pics on Christmas itself. Merry Christmas anons!
>>48548131love the sweater lol
Late Christmas group pic since I was too busy with family stuff/too drunk to take one yesterday.I really need to get/make a nice dress for poor Miku
>>48548661Oh, I didn't realize those four lived in the same house. Nice.
>>48548131kek did you make that out of one those novelty bottle sweaters?
So when the family came to visit for the holidays, do you squirrel away your dolls to sheild them from prying eyes? Do you leave them out and let your family discover your horrible doll passion? Or does your family already know about the dolls and consider them relatives that they want to catch up with while they're visiting?
>>48549872There is no point in hiding it, imo. I'm grown man, so I can freely decide what a horrible obsession to have.>>48549256Beautiful photo, she is so tender, like it very much.
>>48549872My parents and brother came to visit for Christmas; they didn't know about the doll hobby I developed over the past year. They were displayed in my living room and my mom and dad asked me about them when they first showed up and were going on a tour around the house looking at all the new stuff since they'd last been here. We spent about one minute total talking about them before they moved on to looking at the other stuff and planning out all the remodeling that I had to do. I explained I got the first 1/6 reimu and marisa, thought 'hey this is fun' and got the other two. I told them I liked the process of dressing them up and sharing photos of them with other enthusiasts and my mom basically said 'oh that's so cute!' and moved on.I kinda do wish I was afforded the opportunity to discuss it in more detail but I wasn't going to start monologuing at length when the other party isn't fully engaged on a topic, and we had plenty of other things to discuss. Oh well.>>48549840Yeah, didn't modify it at all but it could do with some taking in around the waist. I got the idea from seeing it on JP doll twitter. Unfortunately I couldn't find any bottles with sweaters at a couple liquor stores, so I ordered it off ebay.
Merry Christmas anons! Sorry i'm late.
>>48550813Going to need a closeup of Yuzuki's necklace ASAP
>>48550848Here's an old picture that shows it well. I was looking for a fox+moon necklace and found this one on Amazon and thought it was perfect!
>>48546067I was kind of iffy on the face sculpt after some promo shots but I really warmed up after seeing her in person. The eyes in particular have a real nice shimmer to them.And of course Aria's going to get spoiled. The fate of all doll owners is that their girls have a better wardrobe than themselves. She's already tried on some of Rin's older DD/L outfits and they fit her just fine.
>>48551281Also real happy that I have a tote filled with sweaters.
https://www.ikea.com/us/en/p/braennboll-wall-mounted-display-cabinet-white-40586527/I saw this and I figured I'd share it, the construction doesn't seem to be the best but it seems like a cute way to store dolls that fit its 50cm size
>>48539656Yeah, there are always a few unclear dolls. Some others are the MDD Marisa, row 4 column 5, or the witch on the sixth row. I tend to err on the side of caution but that means dolls from somewhere else may slip through. I'm not too surprised about the top right one, a bit more about the other but you're most probably right.
which one of you was this
>>48553117I'm still sad that they discontinued the detolfs. >>48551281>>48551335 >>48550813Looks cozy
>>48549840Nta but this >>48481710 , is a bottle dress. Had to sew the back to make the waist tight.
Your dolls looks like constipated robots.Did you overgrown children considered acquiring some tastes?
All dolls are good dolls, anon. I have resin and vinyl, and I enjoy them all for their strengths and weaknesses.
I began shooting film recently and tried taking some photos of my dolls. Please enjoy the only one that turned out fine.
>>48564077Film can be a tricky medium to learn. That's how I started years ago, and I can't tell you how many bad photos I took. Are you taking a class, or did you just decide to give it a go?
>>48564158I just decided to give it a go, I didn't want to invest in a digital camera in case I didn't like it but something about film I've ended up really liking so I may just do this for a while honestly.
>>48564166Awesome, it can be a rough journey but I hope you enjoy it. There's nothing like having a perfect shot come out in a dark room for the first time. Good luck!
>>48564188Thank you, I intend to try and take my dolls out to do photos for the first time somewhere soon so if any of those come out nice, I'll post them here as well.
>>48564077I really love the colors in this! You've started off well, anon! How do people digitize their film photos these days, anyway?
Look who's clothes came in the mail.
>>48564624I used a film lab and they offer scans, this is just the smallest size they offer. They make scanners that get high resolution scans of the film negatives and there is also the setup of using a digital camera and using that to take large resolution photos of your negatives to "convert" them. The latter is worse than the scanners most of the time apparently but is valid.
>>48564720little cutie
Bro, I think you have a problemhttps://x.com/np_shikibu/status/1872978024423215123
>>48565567God I wish that was me.
>>48565567Yeah, its not enough
>>48565567There are things in there I want so bad...
>>48556885>I'm still sad that they discontinued the detolfs.The Blalidens look better but I don't have one.>>48565567>NEWS SKIBIDI
>>48566143Its sukebei, not zoomer brainrot
>>48563127We're in schizo territory with doll chateau, highly unhinge.
Well, I finally got my first MDD body and wow... I knew how big she would be, but I still wasn't really prepared for the scale. I'm excited to finally receive her head, hair and clothes.
>>48569258can't wait to see what you get!
>>48571917Is that a new wig? I love purple sheen in black
>>48572803it is W149_BlackBerry by leeke world. not new, just switched from the blonde for a bit. still unemployed, and can't buy things for my poor neglected dolls.
>>48569258That's always a surprise with your first bigger doll. You know from the numbers, but having them there is a different experience.
>>48565567it's a reasonable starter collection
>captcha: W0RM
is out of stock and end of sale the same thing basically?
>>48582899Things out of stock might be restocked in the future, especially with regards to clothing or option parts. Things that are end-of-sale are typically not so lucky. What are you looking at, anon?
First outdoor shoot with Alayne and goddamn, posing her is such a pain. I think I need to take her apart and re-tighten all her joints. Say what you want about Smartdolls and their limited range of motion but when you put them into a pose they stay in that pose.
>>48585922Also tried out the "take one pic with the doll and one without the doll to easily shoop out the dollstand" trick but forgot to turn off autofocus.Unfortunately it started to rain right after so that's all for today.
>>48583061>What are you looking at, anon?i was looking at multiple sites, i dont recall all of them but thanks for replying you answered my question thank you
>>48589918Cute, I like the framing of them!
I want to thank anons who posted doll legs and feet all over this thread. Happy New Year!
Happy new year everyone.
Happy new years!
>>48594451>>48596196>>48597050Happy New Year!>pic not mine
h.n.y.
happy new year, anons!
Happy New Year!BJDgallery operator here, I've restructured the site to allow for yearly categorization of uploads from this point on. Unfortunately due to my lack of foresight, this broke existing URLs, so you'll have to update your bookmarks if you have any.Also, if somebody is willing to provide a better homepage photo than my placeholder, do tell.
Happy new year, anons! I didn't do an elaborate photo shoot or anything, so have this picture of Tiara on my desk with a tiny hat.
>>48609859>The bottle cap merchant kindly asks for a donation to help resettle the Gatcha Strip
>>48609859>crown royalSome of you here may remember my father, who was very tolerant of my doll-adjacent shenanigans (picrel.) Crown Royal was his drink of choice, when he deigned to drink, and one of the last things he left me was a bottle just like that. So, cheers, anon! Thanks for bringing back some memories. Happy New Year!
>>48609859>Korone in the background>korone keyboardCan I get a picture of that keyboard?
>>48612686The left ctrl keycap on my Corsair K70 RGB broke, so I went looking for new keycaps and found these on a store called bruhtech (bruhtech.com). They also sell on Etsy and one reviewer there mentioned that the space bar doesn't fit the k70. So I also ordered this keyboard along with the caps, and then some switches from Amazon because it didn't come with any and I couldn't seem to remove them from the K70. The keyboard has no branding (it seems there was a sticker on the bottom that was removed) and came with no documentation, so I had to figure out all the functions myself. The seemingly randomly placed Korone keys were meant for other purposes, but I wanted to use them, and three of them coincidentally fit on the rows with the hiragana こ, ろ, and ね keys, and the fourth one fit on the qwerty row so I put it on the W key, I might get another, full-size keyboard because I kinda miss having a numpad, and it's a waste having the keycaps for it sitting in a box.
>>48608462I love this cutie, I wonder where she is now.
>>48615212I love dolls with food
>>48600747Thanks for your work maintaining this! Do you manually select images to upload or just scrape them?
>>48617536Manual selection.
>>48614204Its adorable! Do you recommend any switches? The most I've done recently with keyboards was built a lego keyboard.
>>48609859>tiny hatDo you mean tiny crown?
>>48614204maybe compromise by grabbing a usb numpad to plug into the keyboard? there's a bunch out there, I know some people pick them up and jerry rig them into DIY streamdecks with autohotkey.
>>48451967We are wearing the same outfit :). It looks better on you though. I tried.
>>48623989So that's how it looks on a girl with the right size!
>>48624577Fuck, that outfit is really good. Also if you crop a tiny bit or slightly edit the image it wont rotate on you
>>48624596That you, the outfit doesn’t really fit her size, but I couldn’t pass it up
>>48621705This was my first time making a custom mechanical keyboard, so I don't really have any experience with switches besides the ones I bought, which are "AKKO V3 Fairy Linear Silent Keyboard Switch," and I have no complaints.>>48622441That's a good suggestion, but I think I would still prefer a full-size keyboard because it just feels weird to me to not have anything next to the arrow keys, especially when I'm using them.>>48621779 Haha that's a good one. I wish I thought of it.
>>48624516Those elastics were annoying, weren't they?
>>48624577Intellectually, I know that a 1/6 should only reach a 1/3 up to the hips.Emotionally, I'm never ready for what the actual size difference looks like.
>when you invited ice skating but still want to look cute.A little wobbly on my new skates>48624805Lewd. Kawaii. not sure.
I got cold so a borrowed a jacket.Getting better on the skates
One leg!Anon told me he didn’t want to brush out my hair again.So he made me put on my glasses to stop falling, but glassses aren’t cute
>>48624516LEWD!
>>48625150Careful not to faceplant now.
>>48615212>giant pizzaShe died from dollybetes.
Next thread's set up for when this one gets close to the end of the board. Rest easy, anons.
>>48628801>>48628801>>48628801New Thread! Goodnight, anons.
I want to fuck a doll anon
>>48626068Volk dolls and similar brands are glorified, overrated piece of plastic with questionable commercial practices.
>>48628907There you are! I hope 2025 is your year, IWFADA-anon!>>48628997Well, it's fine if you feel that way. They aren't for everyone. I hope you do have a type of doll you enjoy, though, anon! All dolls are good dolls.
>>48628997This becomes funnier when you look at anime figures and, for similar sizes, the anime figures are now more expensive.
