Brain dump/ramble  ahead.

So... I ordered a Milktea Rose Ryuzo when it was available last week because I sort of gave up trying to get a Mocha Ryzuo. BUT then yesterday, k.shiro told me she had a friend selling her Mocha Ryuzo and I went ahead to buy it. So now I'm waiting for 2 Ryuzos, a mocha and a milktea rose one. Haha. The mocha one has Pavel's faceup which I will keep, so I'm thinking of doing faceups on the mtr one. It would mean, after axing Hew from my crew cos I didn't need two of the same dolls, I would now have two Ryuzos. Ha. I don't know what to do with two of the same sculpt because only Danny and Andy needs that but I already decided to make my Volks Olivia Danny. So now the Ryuzos are supposed to be new characters?

So this morning I started thinking what to do with the characters of these new dolls. I mean Parker and Alfie both are not fixed either, character wise. So, I was toying with the idea of making them sorta a Leverage crew? If you didn't know, I love Leverage. It's an American show, but there's recently a Korean adaption and both are so fun. Anyway, think Ocean 11 but there's just 5 of them trying to con people, in a sorta modern Robin Hood help the people who can't help themselves by stealing from the rich/corrupt way.

So back to the dolls, Parker has to be the thief, for sure, because he's named after Parker who was a thief in the series (Leverage's Parker was a girl though). Then I was like, the two Ryuzos would be fun to have as grifters. Imagine a team with twin grifters, oh wow, the target won't know what hit them you know? Alfie could be the hacker cos he's already and awkward anxious dude and also cos he's paler than the rest so imma just take it as a hacker staying indoors alot lol. Then the question is, who would be the mastermind? I kinda want a girl for it just cos one thing I love about Leverage is that it has well written female characters you know? Freddie won't work (cos it's a different story) and also cos I decided to make him (her?) Danny instead. So I started imagining... Switch Taerin and Little Monica Sophia (dreaming eyes) would be cool. It'll be a tiny but fierce girl who plans shit. And then I was like, oh, this sounds like Elly lmao. I don't know if this would be Elly 2.0 but uh, yeah that's the extent of my daydream lol. I don't actually have enough space at home for so many dolls so I don't think this would really work? But uh. I wanted to put this train of thoughts down here in case I do wanna explore it next time.

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Omg I forgot about the rosy white Switch Sohwa hybrid I wanted (I want him on an Iplehouse SID body). He's the hitter, of course. Pale, cos he's just born that way and he's kinda cute tbh, but lethal. It'll be a mix of Monsta X Wonho and Leverage's Elliot. My biases are showing lol.

I'm thinking I may make Freddie Danny instead. I don't think there's a suitable muscular female body that I like for her, and if I make her head (Volks Olivia) a boy, Danny would be the closest. The question is what body would she go on? I tried her on the SD17 boy body and man, the neck is way too thick. Anyway, it's a thought, not fully formed yet. We'll see how it goes.

I also impulsively ordered a head on Mandarake, and I'm now waiting for Mandarake's reply on whether the head is available. Not revealing the sculpt yet in case I don't get it but eh. It's been a while since I did this kind of impulsive purchase...

For planned purchases, tomorrow Switch will release their Milktea Rose skin Ryuzo, which I do intend to buy. That's partly what drove me to bring Freddie out and wonder what I'll do with her. Cos of the Ryuzo that I intend to buy + the potential head I may be getting, my mind has already decided I can't keep everyone I have. I think Caillen (Migi cynical ryu) would be getting the cut. But I'm already doing his faceup so I might just finish that and sell him? I dunno yet. Ah. This is why unplanned purchases mess things up. But it's also fun. I don't know.

greenhouse plants

like plants in a greenhouse,

we're safe, but also

contained

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Alfie is a Switch Waseon.

Parker

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After Alfie, Parker also gets some proper photos :D

He has a vampy vibe in these, which is accidental. I'm not sure what character he has yet, to be honest. But red suits him well. Also, these were taken while I was trying to get sales photos of some jewelry to go up on etsy. I'm still in the midst of editing photos for those, but if you're interested in the pieces I make, do keep an eye out! I think the last time I updated my etsy for doll jewelry was in 2016 lol, so if you've wanted something from me, this is probably a good time :)

Back to Parker, I like this wig on him, like a lot. It wasn't bought with the purpose of being his default wig but I think it is now his. And his eyes are grey, which was something I wanted, but they also look a bit blueish in photos and in real life, and that's unexpected but also so pretty? Overall I just find myself liking him alot more than I expected. I mean, his body was also accidental, since I was selling Hew and wanted to keep his body (a Little Monica Harmony body), and Parker happens to fit it, size and resin colour wise, so it became his. I think I was just not expecting much from Parker when I bought him, like I didn't buy him with an express purpose and vision in mind, but things have been mostly falling into place for him. It's really nice and fun and easy.

(This sort of sounds like what I'm realising is that Parker is an accidentally fun doll. Lol.)

Parker is a Kanadoll Adrian.

Alfie, properly

Alfie says hi!

After so long, this boy finally gets some photos with my DSLR! I've been using my phone to snap photos of him a lot, mostly because he's easy to play with and photograph with my phone that's always with me.

Anyway, character-wise I'm still trying to figure Alfie out. He's comparatively new since I've had my other dolls for much longer and am therefore much more familiar with them. That said, doll-wise, Alfie is a dream! I've always liked the Waseon sculpt, and the Switch body is so easy to pose and dress. Basically, he looks good in alot of things, which is great :D