DollsArtCats

  I haven't done an inventory for at least 2 years, because it's a hassle to find the time, the space and the light to do it (my phone camera is actually better in low light, but less convenient to upload here). But that just reminded me that I need to stop buying large dolls, since my ability to deal with the time/space needed is limited. I also didn't prep them at all this year, this is how they came out of storage. I did get my Phoenix Doll Android Mei on some Resinsoul parts I had saved for her for a year: I knew she would fit on the RS Lian body, I just didn't have one in a color that matched her (the one I had was purple).  I do have someone new--Akutenshi GAVE me this cutie for my birthday!! She is a Fairyland Lucywen and a really nice size--she is a minifee and a lot smaller and easier to deal with than the SD dolls. You can't see them but she has elf ears. Such a wonderful present <3 <3 The dolls I have left to "finish" are my IoS A2 grumpy ...

  I don't remember Soom ever having an Idealian free choice before, but it might be because I forget to go look--these guys are beautiful but so big and heavy, like 8 or 9 pounds, and because of this, as another Den of Angels member says, "mostly they just stand around looking sexy". On the other hand if you want someone to model absolutely stunning clothes while standing around, this size is perfect. Here is the link--scroll down to see the sculpt options--all are being offered in either white or tawny. https://id.dollsoom.com/en/shop/2012-free-choice-id75/

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  It's harder than it looks.

  It's not cheap, but it's a work of art, and Lelahel only makes a few dresses a year. It's worth a look, anyway--and you can get a better look at the images than my sad little screen capture :D https://www.ebay.com/itm/OOAK-Lelahel-Black-and-Ivory-Dress-Outfit-Clothes-Set-for-Twigling-Ingenue-BJD/303719332997 (Looks shifty) I may have bought two small cat dolls through an auction and a very obliging friend, with Akutenshi's help. She sent me a link to a huge local auction of a doll collector's estate, and let me tell you the sheer volume of dolls was pretty frightening :D This was obviously a woman who had been collecting American dolls for years (Madame Alexanders etc) and then branched out into Genes and Fashion Royalty and then bjds and ..there were a lot of dolls. Just to see the lots meant scrolling and scrolling and scrolling. But there in a box was a Pipos Fox, a Dollzone cat, and a tall cat I didn't recognize and I will have to root around to find, and ...

  (Click to enlarge). That is a great price for the IoS body, I kind of need one-- though I may wait and see if I can find a second-hand one later for my A2 head. Sales page: https://www.dollios.com/product/class70-body-only/279/category/118/display/1/ They have a lovely new angel, Uriel, and a new, smexier version of Sezz available as a head. Meanwhile, I made a Kleenex box :D Fear my box modelling skills!

  It doesn't look like much, but I managed to make the ground and make it the right size and color it :D I still need to make a plot for the back and the sides, and figure out some trees...these are just .png trees that I stuck down until I can model a real one. I made the background in Terragen, quite a while ago.

  So I admit I have been a lazy person when it came to updating the blog, but I have been doing a lot of things on the computer (all day!) learning modelling and retexturing and making stuff and deleting it. I've also been sick, so I have been napping more than usual--though compared to most people, I've been very lucky. Anyway, the model (by Meshbox) above was on sale at Renderosity and I had Company Store Credit (always dangerous) so I bought it. It is full of cat toys and frightening yet cute wallpaper. This is the inside: Yes, that is a cat scratching post AND not shown are the 3 stuffed mice laying around. It's a low poly model; so I was able to add a ton of things to the scene, like the cats shown above, which are suprisingly complicated models. And because I can't leave anything alone, I retextured the trailer somewhat in several new colors: It should show up in the Renderosity Free Stuff next week, unless there is a problem I missed. Of course my files are an ad...