September 27, 2016

The Little Mermaid swims home~!

Sorry, it's another arrival/box opening post again XD I swear that the different doll companies are stalking me since they always send the things I've ordered at the same time, even if they've been ordered months apart... While the Souldoll order took over 5 months, Iplehouse was really fast and shipped my order in less than 3 months! I ordered in July 7th and got the shipping notice on September 20th. The package actually arrived on Friday, but I was away for the weekend and then busy with school stuff, so editing the pictures etc. took longer than I had planned ^^;

Anyway, you may be wondering which doll this new girl is? She's Iplehouse nYID Elf Vera, in peach gold and with glamour bust ;3; The elf girls were originally released on SID bodies, so I had to order through Doll Choice to get the body I wanted. SID would've been too tall for my character. There's more info on her below after the box opening photos~



I placed my order during Iplehouse's summer event, so I received some free goodies! I was looking forward to seeing what I get and hoping that it's something that my dolls could use, but in the end, I don't really have any use for this outfit nor wig ^^; Gonna sell both later. The outfit is apparently no longer available on Iplehouse's website, so I need to somehow figure out the price for it...

I ordered these gorgeous shoes for Nesrine (my EID Aurora)~ These were quite expensive (the most expensive pair in my doll shoe collection so far!!), but the color and style were just perfect and I've struggled trying to find this kind of shoes for Nes... Seeing these in person I definitely don't regret buying them, they're great quality and really worth their price!


Awww look at those cute ears!! *w*

Say hi to my lovely little mermaid, Undine! She's actually one of my oldest characters, but it's been difficult to find the perfect sculpt for her. I briefly had OR-doll Eris head at some point, but I didn't bond with her and it would've been difficult to find a matching body anyway. After that I waited for some company to make a great sculpt with a mermaid tail, but so far there hasn't been a single perfect mermaid doll. There's always been something that bothers me either in the face or the tail. Once I had my first nYID girl at home, I sort of decided that I want Undine to have that body, with the glamour bust. At some points there were some rumours about Iplehouse actually working on a mermaid body, but when I asked them quite some time ago, they told me that this was not true. I thought that I'd just get Undine with a normal human body and make a fabric mermaid tail for her.

The wig is actually a plain silvery white wig from Crobidoll that I customized using blue hair chalk~ I'm really liking the result ^3^ I love how her ears are visible even when she's wearing her wig.


Pretty, shimmery Mako eyes ;3; I was afraid that these would be too dark, but I think that they match quite nicely with her hair.


A full-body shot just to show off the wig a bit better :)

Sarg wanted this bow so we added it to the order. It looks really beautiful and detailed. There was no option to get it unpainted, but that was okay this time since the colors fit Sarg's plans.

Pretty details!

I've already finished some parts of Undine's first outfit, since I could work on it while waiting, using my other nYID girls. They have smaller busts though, so I couldn't start sewing the top part before Undine arrived and now I've been trying to finish a few other incomplete pieces...I'll try to get back to Undine soon though! It'll take a long time before she's 100% finished with a mermaid tail and all, but I'll get there eventually :3 I love having lots of projects to work on, though I wish I had more time for them!

The next post will probably be about Lisanna, her finished faceup and some photos from the weekend~

16 comments:

  1. The ombre in her hair is so stunning ;A;

    And she is so glamorous herself! Those elf ears are super amazing! (Now Iple release some cool stuff for your MSDs too plz)

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    1. Oh thank you x3 I was a bit worried about how it would turn out, since it was my first time using hair chalk...

      I looove her elf ears so much, they're really beautiful! ♥ Iple has released some neat limited MSDs in the past, so hopefully they'll continue doing so and make weapons etc. for them too ^^

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  2. Congrats!! She's so pretty!! and I'm excited to see her ready :D!! Loving the hair, I didn't know you could use those chalks on wigs and that they would look this good!! Does the color comes off easily?

    That bow is amazing!

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    1. Thank you so much~ At least Crobidoll actually sells hair chalks in a few different colors, got mine from them :3 Basically I just used a brush to gently pat the color on the wig, then brushed through the hair with a comb. I have noticed getting some slight blue color on my hands after handling the wig, but that makes sense since I haven't set the hair chalk anyway. The wig still doesn't look like it's losing any of the color.

      Gotta love how awesome weapons Iple makes!

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  3. Joku salaliitto siinä kyllä on, että kaikki nuket tuppaavat tulemaan kerralla! Ja just se, että ei auta vaikka olis puol vuottakin väliä tilauksissa, niin ei, samaan aikaan pitää tunkea kotiin! X3

    Kaunis tyttönen ja nuo korvat on rakkautta! ^3^ ♥

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    1. Jep, näinhän se tuntuu aina olevan XD

      Kiitoksia! Korvat ovat hirmuisen ihanat kyllä~ ♥

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  4. Haha, kuka tietää minkälaisia salaliittoja noilla nukketuottajilla on! Mutta kivaa että yllätyksiä tulee näin! Ihanat korvat ja tuo sininen peruukki sopii todella hyvin hänelle. Niin kuin silmät. Eivät ole yhtään liian tummat, onneksi.
    Onneksi olkoon, kaunis on!

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    1. Niin, eihän sitä koskaan tiedä :D Välillä tuntuu kuin tulisi joulu etuajassa! Yllätyksetkin on kivoja niin kauan, kun riittää rahat kerralla kaikkiin tullimaksuihin...

      Kiitoksia kovasti~

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  5. Paljon onnea vielä kerran! Ihanat korvat, en voi olla ihkuttamatta niitä kun ne on niin kauniit ja tytteli on muutenkin ihana. :) Kauniit kasvot <3 Peruukki ja silmät sopii hyvin yhteen, tykkään tuosta ... kalkitusta? väristä tuossa peruukissa, hyvin keksitty! Pysyykö se väri siinä vai irtoaako? Jotenkin se näyttää siltä että se ei lähde siitä liikkumaan. Odotan mielenkiinnolla millainen kokonaisuudesta tulee meikin ja vaatteiden kanssa. :) Onnea!

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    1. Kiitos paljon :) Olen kyllä kovin ihastunut tämän kasvoihin ja korviin~ Tämä tulee luultavasti olemaan vähän pidempiaikainen projekti, kun meikki tulee olemaan vähän monimutkaisempi ja pyrstön sun muun tekemisessä menee aikaa myös. Kestää siis tovi ennen kuin valmista tytyä pääsen esittelemään!

      Väri pysyy peruukissa kyllä yllättävän hyvin! Käytännössä olen siis vaan siveltimellä töpöttänyt tuohon väriä ja sitten kammannut hiuksia vähän, niin kuin ohjeissa neuvottiin. Käsiin tuota on jonkin verran tarttunut peruukkia käsitellessä, mutta esim. nukkeen pitäisi ihan hinkata noita värjättyjä kohtia jotta väri tarttuisi siihen. Uimaan ei myöskään taida olla asiaa tämän tukan kanssa, pitää siihen tarkoitukseen keksiä joku toinen peruukki :D

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  6. Congrats!! She is gorgeous!! I love those elf ears, and those blue heels!! *dies*
    Undine is so pretty, I cannot wait to see her with a faceup, she is gonna be stunning!

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    1. Thank you Musume! ^^
      I really hope that she'll look just like I'm imagining her to look~!

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  7. Congratulations! I know you've been wanting a mermaid girl for a long time now so I'm glad you were able to find a sculpt that you liked. Nothing wrong with fabric tails. They can work really well plus you can also have the added option of her having her legs on land.

    Love what you did with the wig. I've been thinking about using hair chalk to change the hair colour on some of my dolls too although I am finding it doesn't work so well on darker hair colours.

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    1. Thank you! ♥ Oh yes, my dreams of a mermaid girl have finally become true :) I probably won't make her mermaid tail until next spring, since I have so many other projects to work on and wouldn't be able to take any water photoshoots until next summer anyway. At least now I'll have a lot of time to plan!

      I also think that hair chalk works best on light hair colors. I guess there can be differences on the amount of pigment each hair chalk has, but I'd still imagine the end result to look best on a wig that's light-colored :)

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  8. Congrats on getting her, I love all the blues on her, and her ears are so nice! I was seriously tempted by the elf release at IH.

    The bow has such pretty details @o@ Can't wait to see what you'll do with your new arrival!

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    1. Thank you dear :3 I really hope that Iplehouse will make more elf releases in the future! So many of their sculpts would look amazing with elf ears~

      Yes the details on the bow are awesome! ♥ I hope I can share some WIP photos of Undine soon, though getting her 100% finished is going to take quite a while :D

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