Question 24: Would you mod a doll?
I have nothing against mods. It is a bit of a given if you want a Vampire Elf (VE) from CP (Cerberus Project). All of CPs VEs are sleeping heads and given the popularity of Vampire dolls, to only do them in sleeping means that it becomes harder and hard to have one of these dolls in its original sleeping state. There are a few CP dolls who are vampires but are not sleeping - these are all older Delfs who don't have a sleeping head in that size. The ones I know for sure are just dreaming are the Lishe, the El and the Shiwoo. Lishe and El have particularly narrow dreaming eyes.
I have one doll who I have modded from sleeping to OE who is a VE and that is my VE Chloe, Pax. I don't particularly like sleeping dolls as a person in themselves, I can't quite see how a character would work sleeping all the time. I have been frequently tempted to mod my VE Lishe, Nemain, as I am not a fan of those slitted dreaming eyes, but I want to keep her original.
I also have a couple of dolls who were modded before they came to me - one for a good reason and one which seems silly. Sirona is my modded Dreaming Lishe and her eyes now look as if they are half open, which makes her character look good. The other is a Juri 2005 Limited edition who had her eyes opened further - which I don't think was a good idea. I'm not keeping her, but more people are looking for unmodded Juris rather than the modded ones.
The other doll that I am planning to mod is my SOOM Arkose, Rasmus. He hasn't been paid off yet and I am waiting until I have him in hand, but I am so far (based on production and owner images) going to open his eyes. For me they just look too narrow and I want them a touch wider - but I am being good and waiting until I get him in my hot little hands before I decide.
I would not, ever, pick up the dremel myself to mod them - I always use the experience of others to mod my dolls - I am not paritcularly artist and don't feel that I have the skills to successfully mod the dolls myself.
I'm still learning my way around mods, I certainly don't have a dremel or anything so if it can't be sanded by hand it's just not happening.
ReplyDeleteYou also have to have the time (and spare heads) to practise!
DeleteI do admire your modded Mirwen, although I think I'd keep the eyebrow ridge when I get mine simply because, lol.
I LOVE modding my dolls - it's part of what makes them 'mine'... if that makes any sense. I started by snubbing the nose of my SD Lishe, then went right to eye openings. (I borrowed my dad's dremel and haven't given it back!!!) Of my own dolls, I've modded 9 of them over the years.
ReplyDeleteI can fully understand that - I think so people take that attitude when it comes to faceups as well; making them 'mine' for me I think is more involved in the character as well as the choice of wig and eyes. It only occasionally involves modding and faceups (usually where I have to, lol.)
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