The Man in Black

 I got a package from SartoriaJ not long ago with some outfit pieces that I hoped would work for Micha (RD Ken). The measurements of the Raccoon Men are close to the SJ men, and their height is much closer than the Iple/RD's. I'm happy to report all the clothing pieces I got are a very good fit for Micha. I took this shot of him in the vest and shirt minus coat several weeks ago.

And today I decided to put the coat on him and take him outside for the pictures. The light wasn't ideal..........and with him wearing all black the lighting was giving me fits, but you get an idea of the fit of the coat.

I love the look of it, and it certainly fits Micha's style.

I'd love to see SJ do some of the vests in other colors with different colored neck cloths, and would love to see some Victorian era clothing for the girls as well.

An Eye Change

 Long time no post.............I've been in small doll world. I collect many different sizes of dolls, and while the Asian BJD's have been my main focus the past several years I do love lots of different sizes of fashion dolls. I did however take advantage of Masterpiece's eye sale a couple of week ago and order a size up on the " Afghan" eyes for Maeve. I originally put in size 6/7mm eyes, but while happy with the color I was never happy with the size, they made her look startled. The iris was just too small for her eye well.  Her new 7/8mm eyes came in last week so I changed them out, and I'm much happier. Here she is with the new size.

And a shot of her with the old size for comparison. Part of it may be the way I had them adjusted (Did I say how much I HATE adjusting the eyes in this size?).  But as I said above I'm much happier with her now, with the new size. 

And another new shot of her with her new eyes.

Comparisons

 I got both of my smaller Jude's in front of the camera together this past weekend. The guy on the left, who I'll just call Jude for now, is the LeStat Jude head that was released before SartoriaJ did their own bodies for their heads. He was made to fit the Iplehouse FID line bodies, and he's on a FID Muscle body in realskin. His head color is amber beige. Lobo, who I've named the guy on the right is on the SartoriaJ 51cm pose body. He is in amber beige as well, but the formula has changed slightly since LeStat Jude's release. 

The newer amber beige resin is slightly redder than the older SJ amber beige, and the Iplehouse normal realskin. You can see the difference a bit better in the comparison shot of the hands here. Iple on the left. SartoriaJ on the right. SartoriaJ incorporated the wrist crescents for their line, like Iplehouse does.

I'm really pleased with the SartoriaJ body. The lines are beautiful. He is slightly taller than the Iple muscle body. He is very close in height to the Raccoon Doll males. I will try to get a shot of all 3 lines together at a later date. He fits right in with both the Iple and Raccoon Doll lines. I'm glad I got him. I look forward to what else SartoriaJ has in store for us!

The Old Standby

 There are a couple of wig styles that are "go to" styles for the guys with me. Monique "Red" is one of them.  I am SOOOOOOO going to miss Monique when they are gone. Anyway, I decided to see what Lobo looked like with a shorter hair style. I gotta say, I like this look for him quite a bit.

This shirt was made by SartoriaJ back before they released their own line of dolls. It was made for the Iple FID Muscle body, which it fits well. I found it to be a slight bit tight across Jude's shoulders. The 51cm SJ body must be slightly bigger through the shoulder area. Still looks fine once on, but does pull slightly across the back in the shoulder area.

And one final shot of Lobo, which is his last name, and what he seems to go by. I haven't gotten a first name out of him yet.

SartoriaJ 51cm Jude

 When SartoriaJ introduced their 51cm sized guys last fall I had to order the bearded faced Jude. I love this sculpt and I really wanted to try one of the SJ bodies. Happy to say he fits in very well with the Iple FID and Raccoon Doll crews. His height is very close to the Raccoon Doll men, just a little bit taller than the Iple FID muscle men. He seems lighter than the FID muscle men when you hold him though. I'll do some size comparisons of the three later.  I still need to decide on a name. Lobo always  pops into my head when I look at him, and I'm guessing that's a last name or a nickname, but I haven't decided yet.

He's certainly a handsome one!  I will take some pics of him with his clean shaven brother later. This bearded face up is so well done though! I much prefer it to his clean shaven look.

And he has a nice profile too.

And a pic of him with Cali. I haven't decided what their relationship is yet, other than I know they are part of the same wolven pack.

Meet Cali

 I had a chance to adopt this girl from a friend a short while ago and she arrived yesterday.  I couldn't be more thrilled with her. The Grace sculpt has major attitude, and I love that about her. I wanted another girl to be part of the wolven group, and this little lady fits the bill perfectly. I'm going to call her Cali, short for Accalia.

I think she is a cousin to Lucy and Ren, and I'm hoping she will be a good match for my SartoriaJ Jude, who just showed up minutes ago.

I'll try to get some pics of them together over the weekend. I couldn't be more thrilled with how Cali has pulled together. Some of them are so much easier than others.

I'm sure you will be seeing much more of her in future blog installments!

Another Dreary Winter Day

 Another dreary winter's day. It feels like forever since we've seen the sun here. No rain or snow, just overcast and gray and blah. I'd almost rather have it snow, since I don't have to go anywhere anyway. Days like this just seem to suck the life out my desire to get anything done. So, since it had been a while since I had Maeve out, I put her in the new sweater that arrived and got a few new pictures.

At least I feel like I'm getting a tad more proficient at using the manual settings on my camera so that I'm doing a wee bit better in low light situations. I found this sweater on Etsy described as "oversize" for the minifee's and I was hoping it would work well for my FID girls. I figured if it didn't I have minifee's too, so they could inherit it. I'm pleased with how it works for Maeve though, so the FID's may get to keep it.

I struggle if I want to keep these eyes in Maeve as they are definitely a bit "otherwordly", but I think I am going to use her in with the wolven group, and for a wolven they work quite nicely in my opinion. I may try and readjust them a bit. Eyes are SO hard to adjust in this size though.