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Almost Spring Edition IV

BJD thread, primarily for dolls with an anime aesthetic.
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https://twitter.com/kilipo_n/status/1373424507235409920

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>>33841004
>Find beautiful sculpt
>Love the eyes
>love the body
>nose isn't too pointy or too non existent
>RUIN IT WITH FUCKING WIDE MOUTH AND STUPID SINGLE TOOTH OR TINY DOT MOUTH.
why do they do this, I just want a nice sweet face, I understand fangs on neko types but double fangs always look better than the stupid single fang pokemon shit.

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>>33843952
If it's an additive mod you could remove the tooth, yeah?

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I tried to fix them.

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>>33844270
I'm sorry, I just don't see the problem.

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>>33844312
Not either anon, but I think personal preference makes a lot of difference in this hobby. Some people make the difference between dropping a hundy and a a grand on the slightest change in expression when it comes to their dolls, so it makes sense to me.

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How often does obitsu restock their hands?

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Oh its definitely personal preference, I'm just pissy cause I just really dislike the single tooth I feel like it kills it for me and it's just very prevalent.

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I wish I could go to one of these events at some point.

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>>33847863
Sure do look quite fun.

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>>33841004
I want to build my own doll and I've been trying to figure out the sculpt I want,
>DD06
>DD09
>DD03
What are your favourites?
should I go for classic DD01

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>>33848738
ddh06 is very cute and popular, but everyone's got one if that bothers you
ddh09 is also very cute and popular, definitely looks more mature than 06
ddh03 is reliving the ugly DDs of 2005. why
ddh01 is also 2005 ugly, but if you find a modded one thats cool. dont you dare put this head on any body other than mdd or ddp

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>>33850814
she stills look so good

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How much do unused, full Volks SD outfit sets usually go for? I’m thinking of selling an outfit set I’ll soon receive, which includes a beret, blouse, skirt, corset and shoes.

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>>33854774
It depends on the set, check prices on mandarake for a general idea.

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>>33848799
Oh no I'm only going to be putting these on official.
I don't why I like ddho1 & ddh03, I like really cute faces and tend to not like too pointy of faces.
Looking at dh22 though.

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>>33848738
DDH03 is actually my favorite, which is why I havde banned myself from buying another one. DDH01 and the other MDD sculpts have the most variety in mods since they seem to be the most popular body, and DDH06 appears to be one of, if not the, most popular head for DDs. You'll have plenty of options whichever one you go with.

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Is it just me or have clothe makers improved over the years? The farther back I go, the more velcro and underskirt fishnets I find.

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>>33860075
3d printing and laser cutting have been a game changer.
People can convert digital patterns to fit dolls, laser cut the fabric and 3d print tiny accessories.

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Even if the clothes have improved, pleather is still the devil.

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>>33856457
poor shop

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>>33861228
What happened?

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>>33861439
It is a poor photoshop.

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>>33861509
Oh, duh. That went right over my head, sorry anon.

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I wish I could travel with a bunch of dolls and take photos of them in exotic locales.

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>>33863604
So cute! I usually don't like when people shoop out the joints but I think it works really well here to keep the composition from looking cluttered, the extra lines would have been distracting.

Who are the two in the middle, with the smiles? I'm terrible at identifying head sculpts.

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>>33864278
Unfortunately they're not mine! Pretty sure the one in the immediate middle is a DDH06, but I'm not sure about the other one, sorry!

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>>33863604
god dammit i want that camo print bikini

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https://twitter.com/toel_uru/status/1374183067733037069

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>>33869836
i want them

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https://twitter.com/jameskung1980/status/1374177035212398594

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>>33841004
Has anyone gotten a volks company faceup? what's your opinion??

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>volks company faceup
What do you mean? Aren't all the collab and standard models volks faceups?

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https://twitter.com/usagineko1978/status/1373952599276224513

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>>33846462
I'm so jealous. Are the heads really that inexpensive? Agh, fuck covid.

>>33847863
I miss doll events so much. It was my 2020 plan to go to a few in Japan/Taiwan, but ya know. I'm grateful I got to attend the most recent DolPa in LA.

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>>33881942
I hope I can go to a doll event one day. A friend of mine in NYC was at Comic Con one year and saw the Volks and SmD booths there. Was insanely jealous but I appreciated the photos they got for me.

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>>33881942
I had a badge to go to the last dolpa in LA, but work got in the way so I didn't get to go.

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https://twitter.com/gomamike/status/1371236826342551553

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I hate Smart Dolls but I love the idea of having a doll that doubles as useful, has anyone else made or seen someone else make a USB torso for Dollfie/Obitsu dolls?
I thought about it for my doll but her torso is squishy so I might have to get a different one before cutting out some holes and whatnot. Also would put it in the back for extra Chobits vibes.

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>>33907160
Not to my knowledge unfortunately, but I think if you're crafty you could probably mod it yourself to have, idk, a portable charging bank in there with some USB ports. All else fails you get a new torso.

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https://twitter.com/Nowayout_69/status/1373183009323544578

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I decided to buy a new lens on a whim. 40mm is a very comfortable focal length for this sort of thing.
I think I'll try to spend some time fixing her hair and get a better picture this weekend.

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>>33915067
Oh how nice, thank you for your input anon. I'm going to be getting a new lens soon as well, Iw as thinking around 40-50mm or so.

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Wow. I can’t believe that the moment that I buy beatrice off manda for fortune, that I get news that she’s being rereleased.

just my luck. ugh

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>>33934979
Do you have a source on that? I can't find anything.

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>>33934979
are you from the future anon
i dont see shit about a rerelease either

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>>33915067
Cute! And yeah, I agree that 40mm is good, I swear to my 35mm for my photography.

Speaking of which, I haven't really been happy with my Alice for some time so I decided to pretty much change up everything. Pic related is how she came out.

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https://twitter.com/nisshi86/status/1375804868896563213

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I like her, anon!

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I feel like an actual retard. I have multiple DDf3 bodies. I have had some of them for several years now. But as I sit here, failing to set a pair of legs back onto the hip joint, I am once again forced to reckon with the fact that to this day I have never actually gotten the god damn legs to stay in place. Every time I think I do, I start trying to pose them for photos and I realize that nope, they're still not on right. I've watched videos. I've tried different things. I have bruised the palm of my hand on a doll's thigh trying to get them to finally go where I want them to go. I've been told they will audibly click in place when they're put together properly, but I've never gotten them to do it. And I know I'm clearly just doing something wrong, some thing I'm just not getting, but it's frustrating as hell and it means I don't do much with those dolls since I can't really pose them at all. If it wasn't such a pain in the ass I'd literally trade these things away for DD3 bodies at this point. I'm fed up.

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>>33945243
Thanks!

>>33946799
Someone posted this in an earlier thread: https://dollfie.volks.co.jp/dd/special/imas/en/support_ddf3.html

Maybe it would help if you removed the legs and the thigh connector from the torso and see how they fit together individually, like seen in pic related?

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>>33946799
>I have bruised the palm of my hand on a doll's thigh
Literally the goal of my life.

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>>33946799
The tricky part as far as I was always concerned was making sure the joints are in the neutral position before starting. The internal frame of the lower torso isn't held in place by anything, you can unseat it from the crotch of the vinyl and have it come out through one of the thigh holes. This makes it a lot easier to seat one of the legs without the connecting rod first and then slide it back in and reseat it. The inside of the hole the legs connect through has a ridge in the front center. Make sure the ball joint connector on the thigh is positioned to fit into that ridge. After you get the first leg seated on the ridge, put the frame back into the torso and reseat it in the crotch. Then take the other leg and put the connecting rod in it. This will give you a easier time "threading the needle" to get the other leg into the hole. Vinyl can bend a lot and if you're having a hard time pushing the second leg into place, consider heating it up with a hair dryer. I've never heard a click, but you'll know when they're together and in place. I've built two dolls from scratch doing it this way, and both have never had problems once they were in and seated right. Good luck, and if you get frustrated, take a break and come back to it. Don't Doll Angry.

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>>33946799
Make sure the inner thigh joint is pushed up towards the pelvis as far as it can be by pushing in the bent knee caps. And then as the other anons said, align the notches, insert one leg, and then use your body to brace everything as you go for the last leg.

Its rough, and I also spent hours

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starting to think doing faceups with watercolor pencils isn't the best way

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>>33947804
at least it might look alright with a wig covering most of it, and from the opposite side of the room......

what do you guys use to do faceups, i might need to start over on a new head

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Weird question, I know MSC will fuck things up, but can you dye directly over a company faceup from volks? I'm assuming probably not. What's the best thing to wipe a face with? Thanks!

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Adorable!

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Super cute!

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>>33948140
bruh

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>>33948140
you better start with a pencil and paper first dude
maybe paint and paper if you're feeling spicy
the watercolor pencils are not the issue right now

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>>33949253
i did one previously, that was much simpler, that i never got much bad feedback on here. so i don't take your insult too seriously.
anyway i'm just going to buy one on mandarake and leave this in the past.

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>>33949313
the basis of this truly is drawing. faceups arent easy by any means but if you can't draw you wont be able to pull off a faceup. painting is the skill set you need on top of that. watercolor pencils arent a good media for faceups because theyre so grainy but worry about that later

wipe this one and try again. try as many times as you want or need. you can keep painting heads but i seriously suggest you practice drawing first

im glad to hear youve brushed this off as a 4chan insult rather than harsh advice

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>>33949425
i'll leave it at that

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>>33949425
Seconding the assertion that DD faceups are a drawing skill. I can do Super Dollfie-style faceups because they're softer and more painterly (other than lashes, fuuuUUUUck painting lashes), but I really struggle with the line precision of anime faceups. When you buy new DD heads they come packaged with a template so you can plan your lines exactly.

>>33948140
Specific areas I can see for improvement:
- Check your symmetry more carefully. Sometimes when I'm doing itty bitty details garage kits I use thin strips of masking tape as a visual guide when something needs to be at a precise angle, or when I need parallel lines.
- More line taper. The line quality on her left brow is good, so I don't think the limitation is in your materials. If your pencil sharpener can't get you a fine enough point, try filing the leads with fine sandpaper.
- Think about color placement. Why is the shadow of the eye crease brown but the shadow of the mouth crease black? If her cheek blush is a warm pink, would a warm pink for the lip look more natural?

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https://twitter.com/butaosuinu/status/1374321225443332096

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>>33954537
must've been hell to setup that shot

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what head do the saber dolls use? or what would be the most similar. i can't find any to purchase separately online

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>>33948140
I'm also starting out doing my own faceups, and it's really hard anon! One thing I would recommend is mixing pastel dust (you can shave it off the pastel using a craft knife) mixed well with water, and using that to draw. It's more forgiving than acrylics and can also be blended using a soft brush when dry. You have to layer it up over multiple layers of sealant. You can also use an eraser (I cut mine up so they're tiny pieces with sharp edges) to neaten up the shape of whatever you've drawn when it's dried.

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>>33957512
I was thinking the same thing, but the results speak for themselves.

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>>33950802
I can sharpen the pencil sharp, but it breaks when i try to apply it to the face, also doesn't hardly make a line, leaves dirty crayon-like stuff behind.
as far as things being even, i didn't try to do the masking thing, just tried free hand. obviously didn't work.
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i should have just used some nice brushes and pastel paint.

pic is the first doll, didn't try anything fancy. mouth is screwed up because of lack of fine points to draw with. also hair covers alot

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>>33962369
that's a first

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>>33954537
This is photographic goals. Do we know who the photographer is?

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>>33959361
DDH-09 is the head that saber uses.

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I need to get out of these threads before I spend $1000 on a doll.

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>>33959361
They're custom sculpts only sold by Volks with limited complete dolls. All of the licensed dolls are like that. You can find heads for sale sometimes for a few hundred on Y!AJ or Mandarake. I think a ddh-07 or 09 would be the closest of the regular sculpts.

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>>33966188
>$1000 on a doll
You can put together a Dollfie Dream with a custom face-up for $5-600.
The $1000s will come when you start buying clothes and shoes for her.

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>>33966554
Yeah that's what I was talking about... I feel like I could justify 500 for a doll but teeny tiny shoes that cost more then my own is where I know will be the slippery slope.

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I don't have a pic on hand but hopefully someone'll know what I mean, does anyone know how nips get that gel teary eyed effect on custom heads? It's often removable which is what I want. I won a head today that I think would fit the teary-eyed look well but I wouldn't want a perma-crying face.

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>>33967243
Pretty sure those are drops of either hot glue or silicone that just stick on/off, but someone correct me if I'm wrong!

>>33966639
If you keep your standards low and your expectations lower you can snag DDs for 300-400 on ebay or instagram sometimes. It was my gateway into the bigger dolls, and let me tell you, you are going to spend so much more than $1000 dollars... that said you can start with tinies like Azone Pure Neemo or Obitsu (Parabox) girls that can wear Blythe clothes and use Barbie props as a cheaper entry into the hobby. It's where I got started, and I honestly have no real regrets.

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why are MDD bodies so fucking expensive? I've seen 1/3 DD/DDS bodies go for cheaper than I ever have an MDD, those rarely go below 20k+ yen.

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thank you
do you think it would look alright on an MDD body?

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>>33967679
Probably the demand. Look into Obitsu/Parabox 40cm bodies though, they're a cheaper option. You will need an adapter to use DD heads on them, but you can easily find them on Y!JA or make your own. The aesthetics aren't quite as cute, but the price is a good trade-off.

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>>33968100
why must all of japan be lolifags

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>>33968152
It might not even be that for once, 1/4 is just an incredibly popular scale for resin and vinyl collectors alike. Probably because they're easier to manage compared to the bigger 1/3 girls, but aren't as small as the (roughly) barbie-sized 1/6 scale.

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>>33965582
Ara Song is their name on Flickr.

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>>33969735
Thanks anon.

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>>33946799
Damn you're too late. Asatyan/yuuho_hs releases easily posable skeletons and parts for all kinds of bodies every few months, but they closed their orders yesterday.

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>>33948140
I think watching some faceup artist could be helpful.
https://m.youtube.com/channel/UC9pc5wQIO9DjkD1ozM5VtjQ
https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCJpJCzJkEcSI4620aS5fluQ
https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCiJ50BeUttShtRU5ik6MCsA
https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCO3KpjZ8fUF2Byq5-tgOqQA
https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCO-YXpOwnklru02_a3iMnCg
https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCi7tilcg6aJELF3rkkQnukg
https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCXzbEiyza7the-mQ-FhCf7g

The japanese faceup artist "Forest Lily" also had a good channel with their partner, but I can't find it anymore since they seemed to have privated their videos..
https://mobile.twitter.com/search?q=Youtube%20(from%3AForestlily_)&src=typed_query&f=live

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>>33962369
That one does look a lot better! It's hard to get non-grainy lines with watercolour pencils. You could also add some dimension to her cheeks by blushing them with pastel? You can use a fluffy brush to blend it in/sometimes I use magic eraser to tone it down if the edges of the blush are too blotchy.


Can you put any head on an MDD body? Or are some heads smaller than others? I'm about to get my first MDD body.

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>>33967483
I found an example of what I mean.

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https://twitter.com/kiirohidd51/status/1375789157167984644

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>>33981271
This one is especially cute. Is this someone here's doll, or just a share?

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>>33981337
it's mine, i'm the guy who botched the faceup earlier

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>>33981271
she is lovely. can't wait to see photos of her with her soon to be friend

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i am bumping the "is it okay to put any head on an MDD body" question

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>>33984550
I personally think it would be fine, if I recall correctly the dollfie heads are all the same size.

I went to the marina and took some doll pictures.

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>>33984550
Some look better than others but they'll all fit.

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Where can I buy head accessories like hats, ears, horns, bows, etc? The selection on etsy is very limited. + Where do you buy clothes for that matter besides the obvious places like etsy/ebay/mandarake/volks?

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>>33986542
Dollmore will be a good place for a lot of accessories. ACBJD (Alice's Collections) is another good option.

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>>33986542
Yahoo Auction Japan has all kinds of stuff, though you'll have to use a proxy. Additionally for clothes I can recommend having a look at Purple Dream and Cheerydoll. There's also Doll Heart though that's been a bit more of a hit and miss lately for me.

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What would the anons here say is a good lens focal length for doll photos? I'm picking up a new lens soon so I thought I'd get some feedback.

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>>33986542
Learn to proxy Taobao or Booth (Booth is the Japanese Etsy equivalent). There are a ton of makers on both that sell what you're looking for.
There are resell shops that sell goods from Taobao and Booth but some require a proxy still.
From-sen.com
dolkus.com
Legenddoll.net
booth.pm/ja/search/DD
Here's a list for some reliable Taobao shops. orchiddolls.com/doll-taobao-shops
For Japanese resellers I use fromjapan, they're pretty good and have low fees and easy to work with. I've yet to start shopping from Taobao, but I've heard Buyee is OK and a lot of people recommend Spreenow.