I don't think this will get a lot of traction here, but tbh? It can't be much worse than Instagram, so... 🤷♀️
Additional photos and info under cut.
Sleeping mnf Rendia on Ringdoll Kid body 100€
Project doll, price reflects the problems.
Dyed with unfinished faceup. Head is a bit more yellow than the body, but not super noticeable irl. Dye is uneven in some spots (can take additional photos for interested buyers)
Body needs restringing and suede, possibly wiring. I have the Ring Doll box from the body, no coa for either, but bought both from legit collectors.
Can wipe or finish faceup if wanted for no extra cost.
Momocolor Lucy on Luts Honey Self 31 body (plus extra hands) 120€
Hybrid project I abandoned. Body is Luts Dark Tan, head is a bit lighter. It is not as bad as the photos make it look, idk what's the problem with my camera. Can try to take nicer photos with dlsr for interested buyers.
Pretty sure I have a box for the body, I'm not sure if I got a coa from the seller, I'll have to dig out my folder.
Old Souldoll Kid body 70€
SOLD
Project doll that will need a lot of work, so selling cheap!
It's quite yellowed, and one of the previous owners started sanding it because of that. I'm at least the third owner. I can take additional photos for interested buyers.
It is very loose and will need restringing, possibly needs a new elastic as well.
No coa and no box, but I have photos of the head that originally belonged to it.
All of these were bought from legit collectors and people I trust. I'm strictly pro artist.
My AliExpress order arrived! All four bodies are here, undamaged.
The pinkish pregnant body is slated for Cinderelsa.
The baby bump comes off to reveal a flat stomach insert. I can hear rattling behind it but haven't yet figured out how to get the flat insert off to find a baby.
The quality is decent, not brilliant. The plastic is translucent, and the joints bend when they feel like it. This is still a huge improvement over Cinderelsa's original body! It's in line with what I expected in ordering $5 bodies from a toy distributor in Shantou. I wanted a Chinese body to give me the best chance of an acceptable color match with Cinderelsa's cheap clone head, which... well, it depends on the lighting.
Her head is on! It has to be pushed down hard to stay on, but that's not a huge surprise in joining a cheap knock-off head with a cheap knock-off body.
In this light, her head looks noticeably pinker than the body. In other lights, it looks like a good match. Cinderelsa may take up high necklines. She is so very pink, and I ordered from a distributor whose positive reviews noticed that bodies ran pink, so there's no better I'm going to do.
Cinderelsa can achieve a birthing position of sorts!
Kenzo is excited for fatherhood! Cinderelsa is awkwardly clothed in whatever fit, which was a pair of Broad Ken pants and a Curvy Barbie top. My long-term plan is to sew her a glamor wardrobe, but I'm supposed to be doing paid work today.
I'd hoped that these bodies would allow me to agonize in an ethical dilemma over whether or not to rebody Simply Fresh Kylie (merits of the authentic body as conceived by its designer versus allowing her to interact more freely with her peers through articulation). Alas, she is too sallow for both tones of brown, so original vision it is.
I have another American Girl project doll coming in the mail, thanks to a very generous redditor who let me have her basically free after getting her in a lot with some other dolls.
This one is in ROUGH condition.
Photos from the redditor's post. The button sewn onto the body has been removed with no damage to the body, so that's cool!
Her hair is, obviously, a whole nightmare. I can't wait to detangle it (after washing it because it looks a lil gross tbh) and see if it's salvageable. If it looks bad after I've tried everything I can to fix it, I'll be doing my first re-wigging! If her wig isn't too bad but the ends are scraggly, maybe I'll give her a new hairstyle.
Of course, her leg has come off, but it's still there which is great! I'll just restring all 4 limbs to make sure they match. I have hemostats now so I can get em tighter this time! I want to take her limbs off to deep clean her body.
Toying with the idea of making her a modern girl and giving her a new name and customizing her a little after the actual repairs are done! Maybe some freckles or a mole? I don't want to change the eyes, because that scares me, and I don't want to give her makeup, because I just don't like the heavy makeup look on AG dolls, personally.
This is just a rambly post to get out my excitement and to talk my way through the list of things to do and possible ideas for this doll. I really love fixing them, and I am so excited to add this one to the family regardless of whether she ends up mainly a restoration, or a restoration + custom 🥰
This is a pattern I made from scratch and that I use for making my customs. It is based on the v1.5 models. Its the definitive version since I made tests before, as I said its from scratch, I could never sacrifice a legit fumo and bootlegs arent reliable for patterns snatching imo since their quality varies.
This is mainly for hand sewing and fairly beginner friendly. I havent tried on a machine because I dont trust these for such small details so I cant garantee you it will looks good if you assemble it with a cheap machine.
Seam allowances and other guides to match the pieces are included there.
I didnt include more hair pieces like the bangs because it would be too specific and this is a general pattern, not one for making [specific character]. I do these parts from scratch as well. If anyone would like help with hair of a specific character I can help (as long as its a character I know, else it would require me to use more time studying the design).
Make the design of the face before cutting the pattern. Methods I recommand using are: machine embroidery (the best), hand embroidery and heat transfert vinyle (require some skills). Ive made a hand embroidery tutorial a while ago. You can also maybe use the face of an existing fumo but its either very costly if you use a legit, or might not get good results if you use a cheap bootleg.
This PNG should be 1:1 scaled but ive added a square on the corner for good mesures. I dont use foot mesures (and i dont know how to use it) so its only cm sorry.
For any additional question, anyone is free to message me.
Customs ive made using this pattern:
Hand embroidery tutorial I mentionned (not at all lazy to link my post):
gooner rafe is so icky i need him biblically use ME as a fleshlight
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fratboy!rafe who spends his free days fucking a fleshlight, knee deep in porn, thinking about the innocent sweetheart in his lectures who is always biting on her pen and batting her lashes at him.
fast forward to when he finally gets a hold of you, regularly having you round and discovering you’re just as chronically horny as he is. the two of you get super comfortable together, often lazing around his student apartment in just a tshirt and some panties and long socks whilst he’s in one of his classes. he’s not your boyfriend, but you miss him — walking around, bored and horny.
whilst looking for a sweater deep in the back of his closet, you stumble across a torso sex doll— which makes you realise he really is perverted, thinking about the tall boy holding down the doll and fucking it’s tits or bouncing it in his lap had you clenching your thighs — bringing the doll to his bed to have your own fun.
getting totally lost in the moment, you don’t notice rafe arrive home — too busy grinding your messy cunt on the toys fake one, tits pressing together as you whine, thinking about all the times rafe must have rut into it instead of you, potentially thinking of you. he can’t believe what he’s seeing, but humiliation gets the better of him and in a second he’s got you flipped off the toy and onto your back, a hand round your neck.
he’s sweating, because what the fuck — all red in the face as his eyes dart between you and the toy.
“where the fuck did you find this? what are you—”
“i’m sorry, rafe… just horny, wanted to play with your toy…” you bat your glassy eyes at him. he runs a hand through his hair, but then instantly gets to unbuckling his belt.
“shit…”
don’t think it goes unpunished though, the boy standing beside the bed with you laying on your front on top of the toy, legs spread and hole presented for him all whilst he slides his cock into the doll instead, fucking the lubed up hole as you whine, trying to hump back against him — glossy folds printing against his abdomen with each roll of his hips.
“yeah, s’what you fuckin’ get for snooping around. you want this dick? you better work for it, or better yet — get your own fuckin’ toys. not sharin’ you with a bunch of plastic.”
Miles is roused from sleep by sunlight shining on his face. Slowly, his eyes adjust to the light, until finally, his scope of awareness broadens to a body he had been sleeping on.
Page 2
Miles looks up to the figure that holds him, and upon seeing, his eyes widen in recognition.
Miles looks up to the figure that holds him, and upon seeing, his eyes widen in recognition.
The bottom panel of the page shows minimal details of a window shedding light onto the bed and blankets as seen from a higher view in the room.
Page 3
On the other side of the bed, Phoenix rests, his head propped by the headboard. His hair is messy from sleep, and his expression is thoughtful. The light of the morning highlights his features.
The sun shines through the blinds of the window.
Phoenix finally notices his observer, and turns to look at him.
Page 4
Phoenix takes Miles’ hand in his, and lifts it to gently kiss the ring on Miles’ finger. They both move to share a kiss, and their hands shift to hold one another. Miles’ ring sparkles in the sunlight.
Page 5
They link their fingers as they kiss, and the morning creates a quiet atmosphere around them.
They part, but remain close, their fingers fully interlocked. Phoenix greets “Good morning,” with a tender, loving expression as he looks at Miles. Miles’ own expression is soft, unguarded, and fixed on Phoenix.
Page 6
Phoenix and Miles settle back into their shared bed; the morning sun illuminates them. They both smile softly, seeming happy and at peace. Miles rests his head under Phoenix’s neck, and his hand on Phoenix’s chest. One of Phoenix’s hands rests over Miles’ own on his chest, while his other hand holds Miles closer, revealing a matching ring of his own. Both rings shine softly in the sunlight.
Bonus image
A small simple drawing of Phoenix and Miles having fallen asleep again while holding each other as in the final page of the comic.
Local white-label clone doll (future Weird Barbie)
By the cash register at the Hope Chest way out McHenry Avenue, there was a phalanx of these new-on-card obvious clone dolls. Both her face-up being pretty, without the "I've seen terrible things and self-medicated to deal with it" expression that the cheapest clones often have, and my not having seen this specific doll before made me curious enough to take a closer look.
What I saw surprised me.
Now, I knew that companies get white-label clone dolls from Alibaba and Taobao, but I'd never before seen one in a context where I was 100% sure it was a white-label situation. And I'd certainly never seen one white-labeled for a company where I live.
I might have contented myself with just taking a photo, but the cashiers were already eyeing me with suspicion. For $2, it's worth taking her home to explore this crumb of local history overlapping clone doll history. What sealed the deal for me was that she has essentially the face-up I was contemplating for a DIY Weird Barbie, and there's no concern here about ruining a good doll.
So who is Wondertreats? Their address is in an industrial park over by the airport, and it turns out, they're an importer of toys, gift baskets, and similar things from China. They used to sell gift baskets via Walmart.com and may have sold directly online, but their web site is dead. eBay has listings for a lot of Wondertreats-branded plushies (which matches their import records) and toy cars.
Finding a manufacturer for this gal promises to be a task so tedious that it's not really worth it. A superficial look at Alibaba brings up no matches, and ploughing through thousands of import records... no. Just no.
Let's un-card her. She's bound to her card with only two plastic loops, so that goes fast.
She can't stand on her own, which is not a shocker. Let's undress her and see what she's got.
Oh, she's horrible.
I don't know why her legs are blurred. Probably shame.
This is the cheapest standard clone body, which means "bendable" on her card is a lie. If this gal bends, it's by accident and not necessarily going well.
She needs a new body if she's to be Weird Barbie, so I guess I'm going shopping for cheap articulated bodies. I'm not blowing $30 on rebodying her!
The stamp on her back reiterates her origins, but that's not sufficient justification to keep her on this body because this body is bad even by clone standards. Perhaps I'll dismember it and treat the torso as an objet d'art.
WHY IS THIS BLURRED? I can't redo it because...
... of course I took her hair down.
And of course her rooting is terrible. That plastic ridge is going to interfere with my plans to give her a short 'do in glitter, the way I did with Ambiguous Brown. I think the plan might be to give her a long braid plus some glitter or flocking action.
Her head does pop off easily, so there's that.
I'm now going to shop for cheap articulated bodies.