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[22 May 2012|07:38pm] |
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Hello everyone!
If anyone has a Joshua for sale, please PM me. Even if it's just the head.
I'd prefer for it to have a face-up. If it has a stock face-up, I prefer face-up B.
Thanks!
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| Straightening Rooted Hair |
[13 Apr 2012|06:25pm] |
Hello~ I'm new here :) Nice to meet you all! I have a couple of 1/6 Obitsu dolls and I finally finished rooting the head of the male doll... the only problem is that although the hair I used is very good quality, it got all curled up weird ways along the way (took me a couple of years to finish the rooting, life got in the way ahah). So, anyone tried to straighten doll hair with the hot boiling water method? I think it's the most suitable one, but I'm afraid to burn the hair and end up having all my precious rooting curled up in burned fizzles... I've read several tutorials: some just let the hot water run over the head of the doll, some cover the hair with plastic wrap before using the hot water, etc... I guess I can't pick which way to go ^_^" ( Pic Here! ) |
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| Sanding Obitsu Body |
[13 Feb 2012|12:10pm] |
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Hi everyone,
I need your help. I want to remove the "plastic" shine from my obitsu body, so I've found some sanding tutorial to make the body looks matte/shine-less. But I need to know what type of sanding paper that can be used for this? I don't want to damage my obitsu because of wrong sanding paper type.
Sorry for my bad English, if anyone know please reply. Thanks! :)
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| Hair restoring help |
[15 Jan 2012|10:45pm] |
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I was wondering if anyone knew how to restore or deal with frizzy doll hair. Hair iron seems to have damaged the doll hair ("just" the bangs). It doesn't seem melted, but it's definitely very frizzy. And shampoo + conditioner didn't help. Is there any product or method that can help restore it, without resorting to wig or rerooting? Have you had to deal with this kind of issue and if yes how were you able to solve it? Many thanks for any advice you can provide!
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| Wigs! |
[06 Jun 2011|08:03pm] |
I got some fur fabric in the mail the other day and tried my hand at sewing wigs. I think they turned out ok!
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| Meet my little Obitsu Nano Haruka: Eiki |
[28 May 2011|04:02pm] |
Okay, the cute Obitsu Nano Haruka head I've had lying around finally got:
- a body (it was sold to me as a 23cm but it's a 25cm but I don't mind, it's perfect for her)
- a pair of 8mm light blue eyes
- a bit of hair (I've started rooting her with ash blonde saran hair)
- a name: Eiki (pronounced Ay-kee)
- an identity: I wanted her to be a faerie, but she turned out to be a sexy diva instead... oh well!
- a crappy faceup by me haha!
I received my very first can of MSC yesterday and even though it had been raining, I couldn't wait to finally do my very first faceup. I'm pretty sure the humid air had something to do with the MSC turning flakey (I don't know a better English word) and white-ish. I actually don't care at all because you don't see it that clearly IRL and I love her to bits anyway, but it kinda sucks that it does show up on closeups :(
I started out with pastels (I can't work with those at ALL - the powder went all over the place except where I wanted it to be) and watercolour pencils (not my kind of thing either) but after an hour of major failure I decided to use acrylic paints. The result is a rather 'harsh' type of faceup, but I don't think the black mascara is too much. I kinda like it. It's not the look I had in mind, but it's a keeper! I guess it's not very artistically great, lol, but I like it for my first-timer and that's what matters right? :)
So, ladies and gentlemen, here's my sexy sweet Eiki :)
( Click here for more info and pictures :) )
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| Sewing and whatnot |
[27 May 2011|06:02pm] |
Sooo I finally made a wig and outfit for my mini-Haruka.
The blouse is from the Japanese magazine Dolly Dolly, and you can find scans by looking at this community :Japanese magazine scans: ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/community.gif?v=92.1) jmagazinescans.
Since I don't understand Japanese, I had to just figure out how the pieces went together. Not too bad, but took a bit of thinking! There are a few things I'll do differently next time, such as using snaps versus velcro, and probably handsewing some more, since a few of these pieces are very small!
The skirt I kind of made up as I went, going for a neo-Victorian kind of thing, with a ruffled underskirt.
The wig is made from a salvaged MSD wig that didn't fit my doll properly (mohair on skin, purchased on eBay a while back). I cut it down, stitched and glued it for the 1/6 head and it isn't bad, but a little crazy. I am thinking of styling it into a Gibson Girl!
My pics are a little washed out. Need to figure out my flash a little better!
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| 60 cm Gretel girl |
[10 May 2011|08:04pm] |
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I'm really sad to have come to this conclusion, but I've decided to sell Hana. I can't give her the attention she deserves, I've started going to school full time and I've got a puppy. She's a wonderful dolly and I love her to pieces and I hate doing this.
I'm working on a thread to post on DOA. If anyone would be interested, you could leave me comments here. I'll probably post more pictures here later on. Since she's been with me for a while and is very well loved, I'm not going to ask too much for her. I just want her to go to a good forever home.
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| MOAR WINGS |
[04 Mar 2011|09:42pm] |
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Made another pair of wings and these bend! There are two joints for the top half and the bottom half. They are working well in different positions and hold the pose pretty darn well! Now I just need to work on a better strap concept and I can think about selling these.
What do you think? They are strictly for Obitsu (27cm) dolls, as they are the only model of doll I have.
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| New person with questions. |
[30 Apr 2011|12:00pm] |
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Hello everyone. I've been reading the community posts here for a couple of hours, and since I couldn't find a clear answer to my question, I decided that I'd create an LJ account so that I could ask some questions, learn about the community and get some feedback. I'm looking to get into the hobby, and I'm looking at an obitsu 27 cm girl for my first doll. I've been scoping out junky spot, because they seem to have the best prices. I want the pale soft bust body, but I'm not sure which head would look right. I want to get eye holes, because I have very shaky hands and I'd never be able to get paint or decals to look right. I'm looking at the Eyehole Nano-Haruka Head, but it says that it's meant for a 21-23 cm doll. Will it look right? If not, which one should I get?
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| New wings! |
[03 Mar 2011|03:18pm] |
( Pictures... ) 
I finally got around to making better wings for Blade! No more fluffy monstrosities! All I need to do now is add buttons or really good, small magnets to the ribbons so it looks better and make sure I actually pay attention to my feather arrangment. I don't know how well you can see it in the pictures (I love my iPod Touch but the camera is meh...) but I failed a little on the feathers. Bought feathers from Hobby Lobby (online) and AC Moore. Coming soon to an Etsy shop near you (eventually. lol)
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| RAHHRRRG!!!!! |
[24 Feb 2011|08:45pm] |
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So I got my first doll ever ( a 27 cm male) arrived a while ago, and once it came I did the eyes and eyebrows and everything, and just today my MSC arrived and I was SOOOO excited to start doing some actually blushing and stuff. The first side turned out actually not too shabby for a first timer, but then i was going back to add another layer of pastel and I guess I hadn't waited long enough for my last coating of msc so it hadn't bonded to the layer underneath it, so it formed this skin that RIPPED OFF WHEN I TRIED TO BLUSH IT.
basically there is now a giant patch on the left side of his face that is lighter than the rest. I wouldn't mind buying another head, but if there is any way i could fix it PLEASE let me know.
Or just leave any face-up horror stories you may have when something went horribly wrong like mine did :')
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| Doll arrived |
[23 Feb 2011|08:29pm] |
My first doll arrived today. The head is a pullip, (I believe its a Pullip Celsiy but I might be wrong) it has a custom faceup.
The body is an obitsu, which I've worked out to be a 25cm one (seller wasn't sure), although I would of prefered a 27cm I am on a budget.
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Sadly she does have some slight damage/faults. Her left eye drops a bit and her right eye has a slight chip/crack on the inner bit, guess i'll have to replace her eyes soon.
I'm working on getting her some new clothes, I have won her a dress from a UK seller so hopefully that will be here soon but theres not many UK sellers for shoes/leggings and I don't really want to wait a month ><
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| Custom clothes |
[22 Feb 2011|03:58pm] |
Hiya,
I'm new here and I am new to Obitsu in general.
I've purchased myself a custom pullip, it has an obitsu body and it does come with some clothes but they're not the type I want for her.
I'm looking to make the clothes myself, but I have no idea what size fabric I should be buying.
I'm looking to make her a gothic lolita style dress to start. I believe she is a 25cm or 27cm doll (The seller wasn't exactly sure)
Could anyone give me some advise on how big the fabric I should buy should be.
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| New Obitsus debuted at WonFest 2011 |
[21 Feb 2011|10:18am] |
WonderFestival is a massive toy trade show held in Japan twice a year; it's where all the major toy and collectables manufacturers debut all their hot new products for the year ahead, and Obitsu always have a visible presence there. There's been speculation as to just what Obitsu were going to unveil this year, with hopes for a 65cm boy - but it seems Obitsu had ideas at two very opposite ends of the size spectrum.
First up is the Obitsu 11 - a cute, 11cm tall little chubby child vinyl figure with all the posability we've come to expect from the rest of their 1/6 range:
But the other is rather a surprise - a life-size doll, the Obitsu 150. ( click for pic. )
I must admit I am wildly curious as to the armature and jointing system of the Obitsu 150. How much does she weigh? Will she come with an open-eye head or only the anime-style one initially presented? I can't read Japanese, so I don't know all the details about her. But she looks fascinating! I wonder how much she weighs?
It'll be interesting to see how long it is before these two appear first on the Obitsu Japan site and then the English language version. The projected price for the Obitsu 11 is 2100 yen (£25 USD or £15 GBP), and I must admit I'm quite tempted by the thought of picking up a couple.
More photos from WonFest are up here on Figure.fm.
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| Hello |
[18 Feb 2011|08:07pm] |
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Hello all, I joined live journal to join this group. I had been reading a few posts and wanted to know where neva_kitty got her clothes from on ebay
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| For Newbs...... |
[14 Feb 2011|07:47pm] |
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I have been looking into these for a long time and finally got around to ordering one.
It's on the way and I'm super excited, but I was just wondering if a any of you had any tips
for someone just getting into this.
For example: What are the best materials?great tips for doing faceups and customizations? where could I get these materials?
(LINKS WOULD BE INFINITELY APPRECIATED)
Or just good advice in general for someone who really wants to start really getting creative with this medium.
(I already have basic stuff like acrylic paint and brushes.)
Thanks a ton!!! ^-^
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[18 Jan 2011|11:12am] |
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This is her now. There's more damage to the wedding dress as I soaked it in coffee, but the soak turned the "blood" freakin hot pink so I have to re-paint. Man did I go after her with the pastels. Red pastels, brown, black. I messed up her hair with gel and synthetic hair spray holder, and putting a little red paint in her hair to look like she got blood in it. Her name is Xalez. Her character is an insane vampire that has gone a very long time without a bath. The only time she's "bathed", was when it rained. Unfortunately I used my iPod camera so it kind of washed out her face makeup a bit. Boo. I am not sorry for destroying a Twilight doll. Mwuahaha. Oh yea, her head was popped off and put on an Obitsu, if you couldn't tell. The leftover body may get used as a prop. A bloody corpse prop. Further mwuahaha's are had.
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| clothing package arrived! |
[13 Jan 2011|08:46pm] |
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I got her outfit today in the mail~ poor mailman had to brave his way through a snow storm! <3
Yes, the outfit is too big. by..a decent amount. My girlfriend thinks its rather cute, but I think I'll have to take a needle and thread to it sometime soon :P hopefully not too toooooo much. ANYWAY, without any further hesitation I give you pictures (sorry for the horrid quality...)
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| size help~ |
[12 Jan 2011|09:15pm] |
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So I figured I would ask someone that knows... which would be you guys.
I have a 27cm obitsu with large bust.
Recently I purchased an outfit and I dont know what to expect (I wont be too heartbroken if it doesn't fit so i went ahead and got it while it was still for sale) but the maker is Dollsfigure and the ebay add for it said it was for CY Coolgirl (or other similar sized 1/6 dolls). what i READ is that they are pretty similar in size...but i wont know for sure until it gets here.
Anyone know what i should be expecting? way too big? way to small? perfect fit?
If its a good fit and decent quality, I will for sure go back for more. I want one of those school girl uniforms so badly!
I'll update when the package actually gets here (sometime within the next 2 weeks hopefully if this snow lets up) and maybe take some pictures of Shira in her nice new clothing :)
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