Is the moon pie mystery solved?
Yes, I did complete this installment before the actual adventures on the moon [pie].
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Dorklets in…Moon Pie Adventures VI
Dorklets Silencitx and Ethancitx see someone familiar on the moon [pie]!
The hearse is a digital model; the person driving was composited into a render of the hearse’s interior.
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Little Allison [in yellow jacket] and Little Theo [in sweatshirt] try to get a bird’s-eye view of things.
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Little Night goes on an adventure. Little Day worries. Everything ends happily!
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Exploring the moon [pie]!
These pictures took a lot of compositing. First I took pictures of a Moon Pie from different angles. Then I used Daz Studio to render a sky from deep space. Then I took pictures of dorklets in various poses. Then I took each layer into Adobe Photoshop Elements and pasted them together, with the help of motion blur and Gaussian blur to imply motion and distance.
Note dorklets’ body language in the first shots. Little Allison [with sun and moon on her jacket] and Little Theo [in white sweatshirt] are holding hands because they are BESTEST friends. Little Meghna [in rainbow-striped shirt] has her arm around Ethancitx [in Hello Kitty shirt] because she’s keeping an eye on her younger b[r]other. Little Night [with long red hair] is reassuring her little sibling Little Day [in polka-dotted sweatshirt]. Silencitx is out in front blazing a trail!
In the next pictures Little Meghna is doing cartwheels because she likes gymnastics and other full-body sports.
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The Magister makes homemade maple moon pies, which are very popular.
The homemade moon pies are played by small, individually wrapped mochi, which is why they don’t look much like moon pies. Just imagine the maple glaze, okay? :p
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Because @natalunasans sent me some Moon Pies, I made a silly little photostory of two mini dorklets diving right into them. Then I started thinking about dorklets playing in a whole set made of Moon Pies, and this adventure was born…
For those of you who have trouble keeping track of these things, Silencitx and Ethancitx are the primary dorklets. Silencitx has short brown hair and a button-up shirt. Ethancitx has long black hair and a Hello Kitty shirt. Little Meghna, with curly black hair, is Ethancitx’s older sister. Little Allison [with headband] and Little Theo [with skirt] are some other neighbors of Silencitx’s. Little Day [in polka-dotted sweatshirt] and Little Night [with moons on her pants] are kids of the Elder Witches, which includes the Magister.
Continue reading Dorklets in…Moon Pie Adventures I!Two little dorklets and how they grew
It has come to my attention that my doll photostories confuse some people because I have several dolls representing the same characters. Forthwith, an overview of Silence and Ethan, the two Hardshippers with the most 1:6 scale representations at four each.
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Are they standing in awe or staging an intervention?
Continue reading “Look upon my works, ye mighty, and despair — for I am the Master of Gelatin!”Dorklets Little Night and Little Day in…Gingerbread Architecture!
I’ve been working since yesterday on two gingerbread houses. Both are miniature kits from MGA’s Make It Mini series of resin crafts holiday series. @natalunasans gave me three gingerbread houses, so I felt free to go wild with at least two of them. Each gingerbread house kit came with a snap-together house, gumdrops, white cream squirts, and white resin icing. I used ingredients from other kits to enhance my houses.
I thought that Night and Day would each decorate their gingerbread house according to their interests. Night would make a Gothy haunted Halloween house. Day would make a nursery — or “nrsre,” as they spell it creatively.
After I finished Day’s “nrsre” and got about halfway through Night’s haunted house, I decided to do a photostory of them making at least one of the houses. I had to use my extra gingerbread house, toppings, and mini shoebox [the brown-painted base for each house] to fill in for some of the earlier steps in construction.
Someone can’t be trusted around all the candy!! :O
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The Stylist offers to help Little Night and Little Day make caramel apples. The suggestion is dramatically vetoed. Everyone acts sarcastic and silly. Then they eat caramel.
This pointless story is brought to you by MGA Make It Mini Halloween series 1 minis and my deep antipathy against Granny Smith apples.
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Little Day picks flowers and doesn’t want any ice cream. 😀
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Little Night experiences the natural consequences of her actions: cleaning up the mess and…getting a bowl of ice cream?!
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Okay, well, it’s not the Magister’s sundae yet because Little Night wants some ice cream. Unfortunately it gets away from her…
Continue reading Little Night in…The Magister’s Sundae II!Toon dorklet 6 of 7 FINISHED: Toon Allison!
Repainted her eyebrows and gave her some shuz. Now she’s done!
Continue reading Toon dorklet 6 of 7 FINISHED: Toon Allison!Dorklets Silencitx and Ethancitx in…Ginny’s Gym 03!
In the second part of today’s Ginny’s Gym photostory, Ginny’s Gym barely makes an appearance. Instead Silencitx and Ethancitx take a walk, have a drink of water, and [for once!] cooperate reasonably well.
The highly detailed water bottle would work better as a small water bottle for 1:4 scale, but it also functions as a large water bottle for a 1:6 scale kidsy. I have three with similar cartoony characters — Japanese gachapon, of course! — on display in my toy store. Ethancitx’s doll is a figure that I used to play with [and chew on the legs of] when I was a kid. Fun fact: At one point I had a hairstyle, shirt, pants, and shoes that matched this doll pretty well.
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Little Allison [left] and Little Theo [right] went out to my front porch today and played on Ginny’s Gym, which I got from the Sturbridge doll show last weekend. This story also features Torie [reading], Zenaidion [drinking], Henrietta [swinging], and Bell [pushing swing].
Sadly, the glider swing does not fit Little Theo’s butt. It accommodates the narrow thighs of an Obitsu 24 [source of Little Allison’s hips], but not those of a Rainbow High doll [source of Little Theo’s body].
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Dorklets Silencitx and Ethancitx explore Ginny’s Gym.
I picked up this fabulous swingset from the Sturbridge doll show I mentioned earlier. It was $75.00 and in perfect condition, with original packaging and instructions! It’s made for 8″ Ginny dolls, and it’s from 1955 [!]. The dorklets are between 8 and 10″, but they’re determined to have fun with it anyway. I mean — how often do you find a decent 1:6 scale playground?!
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Little Night, Ethancitx, and Little Allison show off their sticker albums and make some swaps. This is just an excuse to show off the sticker albums that I designed [front and back covers and inner covers], constructed, and filled with stickers according to the owners’ personalities. It’s also an excuse to show off some adorable stickers [the sheets that the dorklets are trading] in my small collection.
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Little Night and Little Day arrive with their sticker book! [They share one.] Little Allison and Ethancitx whip out their sticker books too! We get to see Little Night and Little Day’s sticker collections.
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Ethancitx and Little Meghna show up with their luggage and 847 gallons of nail polish. Nail polish time!!
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Little Allison and Little Theo prepare Little Theo’s sleeping bag and then read. Then Silencitx shows up with a huge amount of luggage and candy! I made the Headbones packages myself. The Headbones candy is played by beads.
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The sleepover series continues into a new year as Little Allison and Little Theo clean up Little Allison’s room in prep for the sleepover. Whoops! They get distracted by a comic book! Continue reading The dorklets in…Little Allison’s Sleepover V!
The dorklets in…Little Allison’s Sleepover IV!
Little Meghna and Ethancitx go shopping.
Mannequins are played by MGA Rainbow High and Shadow High dolls. Store clerk is played by Novella, a Soom Uyoo romantic head on a hybrid resin body with bad articulation.
Continue reading The dorklets in…Little Allison’s Sleepover IV!
The dorklets in…Little Allison’s Sleepover III!
Little Allison calls Ethancitx, who has some trouble finding the phone. He goes to get some cosmetics from his older sister Little Meghna’s room, but is caught by Little Meghna. Oh no, where is Little Meghna taking Ethancitx?!
Ethancitx is a custom 3D sculpted, painted, and haired sculpt by me on an extremely hybridized body. Little Meghna is a Mattel Barbie Fashionista partially repainted by me and rehaired with a wig, on a Spin Master Liv body.
Little Meghna likes team sports and particularly likes to run. She is, however, very sarcastic, and she doesn’t think much of motivational quotes and inspirational sayings. I made her posters with free Canva templates. Continue reading The dorklets in…Little Allison’s Sleepover III!
The dorklets in…Little Allison’s Sleepover II!
Silencitx has an idea for the sleepover. She calls Little Allison and then goes to buy candy at the Body Shop.
Silencitx is a Mattel Nutcracker and Four Realms Clara head, repainted and rehaired by me, on an Obitsu 24 body. Store clerk is played by Hot Toys Princess Leia from Star Wars A New Hope or whatever it’s called these days.
The Body Shop is played by two roomboxes made by Bitty House. Most of the furniture is from Mattel Monster High Coffin Bean sets, either G1 or G3. Most of the drinks and snacks are either from Mattel Monster High G3 dolls or G3 Coffin Bean.
A shot of the entire Body Shop set shows that the roomboxes have walls of different heights, much to my distress. I have to extend upward the walls on the left.
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The dorklets in…Little Allison’s Sleepover I!
Little Allison feels overwhelmed by the mess in her room. She calls her friend Little Theo for help. Continue reading The dorklets in…Little Allison’s Sleepover I!
Dorklets Silencitx and Little Night in…Dressing Up II!
Silencitx and Little Night discuss Halloween costumes.
In case it’s not obvious, the Elder Witches [the Magister, the Stylist, and the Hippie] are parents of Little Night and her younger sibling Little Day.
Continue reading Dorklets Silencitx and Little Night in…Dressing Up II!
Dorklets Silencitx and Little Night in…Dressing Up I!
The Shuz Store is ready for Halloween, and so are Silencitx and Little Night!
If you’ve seen any of the stories taking place in Hardship, Vermont, you’ve probably seen much of this stuff before. Masks are mostly J Dream gachapon. Vintage ad posters are graphics I made for some 1:6 scale pulp magazines a while back.
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Dorklets Little Night and Little Day in…Roller Skating II!
Little Night tries to help Little Day roller skate. It doesn’t go so well. Finally they decide to do something else. Continue reading Dorklets Little Night and Little Day in…Roller Skating II!
Dorklet Little Allison in…Roller Skating I!
When Moose Toys came out with Real Little shuz wave 2, there were funky roller skates as part of the offerings! I immediately became obsessed with kitting out all seven dorklets in roller skates. They’ve been sitting on my shelf, waiting for an opportunity to skate, for about a month, however. Today one of the dorklets, Little Allison, and her mom Elva got a chance.
Little Allison [who grows up to be the Allison in my recent Allison in Wonderland photoshoot] is a Jakks Pacific Juku Couture Kana head, repainted and rehaired by me, on a body that is Spin Master Liv from neck to waist, Obitsu 24 from waist to upper thigh swivels, and Spin Master Liv from mid-thighs to feets. This seems to be the best compromise I have found for kid bodies in other colors besides extremely white and slightly peach. Unfortunately, the Liv arms only have single-jointed elbows, but the tight, flexible Obitsu abdomen/pelvis allows for very expressive bending, curling, and crouching poses. This hybrid body can also wear shorts and teeshirts without showing any mismatching skintones. Plus the double-jointed knees are pretty decent.
Elva, Little Allison’s mom, is the black Curvy BMR 1959 head, aged, de-glammed, and given locs by me, on a Mattel Made to Move body that doesn’t fully match but I don’t care. She used to be the standard height, but I shortened her. I’ve finally found the secret to shortening MTMs. Instead of hacking through the thighs [which are solid and therefore composed of the thickest plastic on the doll], I now remove excess length from the hollow middle section of the abdomen and then from the ankles. You can significantly reduce the doll’s height this way with no harm to general proportions. In fact, the shortened waist helps the elbows and the hands to fall at more realistic places.
Continue reading Dorklet Little Allison in…Roller Skating I!
Dorklets visit a shoe store!
Jyll got me a Glitter Girls Sweet Shop for my birthday, and it made its debut as a shoe store in today’s photostory.
Starring Saba, an American Girl Girls of Many Lands Saba head on a Spin Master Liv body with custom wig, as shopkeeper.
Also starring Ethancitx [the dorklet in shorts] and Meghna, his older sister. Ethancitx is a custom sculpted/painted/wigged head with a body made from at least 5 separate bodies [including Obitsu 24 pelvis/upper thighs, unnamed AliExpress action figure arms, and Spin Master Liv legs]. Meghna is a Mattel Barbie Fashionista head with custom wig and faceup.
And introducing Battat Glitter Girls Sweet Shop as the shoe store! The shoes on the outside rack labeled Shoezies are, surprisingly enough, Hasbro Shoezies from the early 2000s. The rest of the footwear is Moose Toys Real Littles shoes, which fits with the playful aesthetic of the store.
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Dorklets outside at the concession stand!
I went outside in the shade for about two hours and took pics of the dorklets having snacks at an outdoor concession stand. Why is Sharmila, the concessionaire, wearing a 1700s French court dress? Why not?! Continue reading Dorklets outside at the concession stand!
Dorklets Night, Day, and Ethancitx in…Cooking Pizza XI!
The pizza party begins with a nap and ends with revenge.
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Dorklets Night, Day, and Ethancitx in…Cooking Pizza X!
Time to work on the pizzas with tomato sauce… Continue reading Dorklets Night, Day, and Ethancitx in…Cooking Pizza X!
Dorklets Night, Day, and Ethancitx in…Cooking Pizza IX!
With the first round of pizzas finished, the dorklets have run out of cheese. Night sends Day to the store. What could possibly go wrong?
The grocery store is played by the other part of my 1959 Wolverine tin lithographed set, the deli counter of which we saw earlier in Cooking Pizza IV. Because the backdrop is just 11″ high, I chose a shorter customer to appear with Day in the store.
Continue reading Dorklets Night, Day, and Ethancitx in…Cooking Pizza IX!
Dorklets Night, Day, and Ethancitx in…Cooking Pizza VIII!
Day takes over pizza making. How will Night and Ethancitx react?! Continue reading Dorklets Night, Day, and Ethancitx in…Cooking Pizza VIII!
Dorklets Night, Day, and Ethancitx in…Cooking Pizza VII!
While the pizza crust is pre-baking, Day comes in to help!
Continue reading Dorklets Night, Day, and Ethancitx in…Cooking Pizza VII!
Dorklets Night, Day, and Ethancitx in…Cooking Pizza VI!
Night and Ethancitx actually settle down to make their crust and let it rise. Continue reading Dorklets Night, Day, and Ethancitx in…Cooking Pizza VI!
Dorklets Night, Day, and Ethancitx in…Cooking Pizza V!
Night returns from shopping and discovers a table with absolutely no snacks on it whatsoever!!! But she recovers, and she and Ethancitx gather ingredients for tomatoless pizzas [because I do not have a mini pizza sauce in my possession yet]. Continue reading Dorklets Night, Day, and Ethancitx in…Cooking Pizza V!
Dorklets Night, Day, and Ethancitx in…Cooking Pizza IV!
Night runs out to purchase some ingredients.
The deli counter just came in the mail today. It’s part of a lithographed tin grocery store set made by Wolverine Toys in 1959. There’s also a folding backdrop including an illustration of a grocery store and shelves where mini foods can be stocked, but that will show up later. Originally the set came with a scale, a phone, and mini food packages, but I just got the deli counter and the folding backdrop.
The deli counter has a colorful illustration of salads, pickles, and very red meats — still vibrant after all these years! It originally stands just about 2 or 3 inches high, so I washed it with some warm water and dish soap and then mounted it on the counter of my Mattel Barbie Coca Cola Soda Fountain. I covered the scratched, stained countertop with white paper. The red on the deli counter matches the red trim of the counter set, creating a convincing deli. I added some silly signs, a few of my many kitchen appliances, and Sappho the Lesbian Love Bot [played by a 13″ Mego Jamie Sommers Bionic Woman doll with new wig and outfit] for the clerk. Then I was ready to play!
Continue reading Dorklets Night, Day, and Ethancitx in…Cooking Pizza IV!
Dorklets Night, Day, and Ethancitx in…Cooking Pizza III!
Ethancitx arrives ready to cook, but finds no one, so he cleans up until a toy robot distracts him. [Happens to the best of us.]
Continue reading Dorklets Night, Day, and Ethancitx in…Cooking Pizza III!
Dorklets Night, Day, and Ethancitx in…Cooking Pizza II!
Day replaces the snacks that they ate, but the replacements are intercepted by the Hippie… Continue reading Dorklets Night, Day, and Ethancitx in…Cooking Pizza II!
Dorklets Night, Day, and Ethancitx in…Cooking Pizza I!
Night is preparing snacks for Ethancitx, who’s coming over to cook with her. But Night’s little sibling Day finds the snacks first! Continue reading Dorklets Night, Day, and Ethancitx in…Cooking Pizza I!
Dorklets Silencitx and Ethancitx in…The Roller Rink!
Ethancitx watches people roller skating and finally gets up enough nerve to do it himself. He keeps falling down, though, until Silencitx and Harry arrive with a solution!
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New sock sweaters
I made some more sock sweaters recently: one for the Stylist, two for the dorklets. Continue reading New sock sweaters
The dorklets in…Playing in the Snow part V!!
In the final installment, the snow witch is completed and snacks are snacked upon. Continue reading The dorklets in…Playing in the Snow part V!!
The dorklets in…Playing in the Snow part IV
In this installment, a snow individual is constructed. Continue reading The dorklets in…Playing in the Snow part IV
The dorklets in…Playing in the Snow part III
In this installment, snow construction begins.Continue reading The dorklets in…Playing in the Snow part III
The dorklets in…Playing in the Snow part II
The dorklets are playing in the snow. In this installment, there is a snowball fight. Continue reading The dorklets in…Playing in the Snow part II
The dorklets in…Playing in the Snow part I
The lining of my fleece blanket and 100 cotton balls serve as a playground for everyone’s favorite kidsies… In this installment, Day hides in the snow. Continue reading The dorklets in…Playing in the Snow part I
The dorklets and the Elder Witches in…Candy for Breakfast part V!
In the final chapter of our drama, the Elder Witches discover what the dorklets have been doing instead of getting ready for breakfast. Continue reading The dorklets and the Elder Witches in…Candy for Breakfast part V!
The Elder Witches in…Candy for Breakfast part IV!
While the dorklets are eating candy in Day’s bedroom, the Magister makes breakfast in the kitchen. Continue reading The Elder Witches in…Candy for Breakfast part IV!
The Dorklets in…Candy for Breakfast part III!
Night and Day return triumphant. There is a celebratory feast. Continue reading The Dorklets in…Candy for Breakfast part III!
The dorklets in…Candy for Breakfast part II!
The other dorklets wake up to discover that Night and Day have mysteriously disappeared… Meghna tries to entertain herself by dancing, but there is a surprise pillow attack.
Continue reading The dorklets in…Candy for Breakfast part II!
The dorklets in…Candy for Breakfast part I!
The post-Halloween sleepover… Continue reading The dorklets in…Candy for Breakfast part I!
The dorklets in…The Halloween Store Part II!
Being silly in the store…
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The dorklets in…The Halloween Store Part I!
The dorklets have been enthusiastically running around in the Halloween store set for about a month now. Finally I have some pictures! Continue reading The dorklets in…The Halloween Store Part I!
The dorklets in the costume shop!
These are draft pictures of the dorklets overrunning a Hardship costume shop, just in time for Halloween. Continue reading The dorklets in the costume shop!
Oh no! Dorklets in the kitchen!!
Over my break, I finally finally FINALLY got some corner walls painted. One of them even has functioning windows and functioning French doors. Both corners are beautifully done in spray painted primer. I am not done setting up the room, but the dorklets have already overtaken it.
More dorklets reading mini books I made!
Detail shots of kids, books, and book interiors. Um, is that really a comfortable way to sit, Little Allison?!Continue reading More dorklets reading mini books I made!
I made a lot of miniature books recently.
I made some 1:6 scale books sculpted in open positions so that my dolls could hold them and easily appear to be reading.
Real Littles Shoes news — Amazon exclusive set for my dolls!
@natalunasans ordered me the Amazon exclusive Real Littles package that included two Real Littles bags, some exclusive Real Littles shoes, and some accessories. They came today! I really like the more saturated palette of the exclusive Real Littles shoes. Dorklets modeling below. Continue reading Real Littles Shoes news — Amazon exclusive set for my dolls!
Little Meghna got a new body!
It’s a slightly modified 10″ Disney Elite Rey body. I popped off the original head/neck assembly, cut off the neck from the Spin Master Liv body that Little Meghna was on, glued it down into the Disney Elite neck socket, and decided to ignore large gaps in socket/mismatched skintone. I filled some Real Littles running shoes with heat plastic to make sockets for the ankle balls. Now her parts match enough in color that she can wear shorts and short sleeves!
The Little Dorks in…The Playroom VI!
Night has an idea and leads Allison, Theo, and Meghna out of the room. But Silence, Ethan, and Day remain. What are they doing? Continue reading The Little Dorks in…The Playroom VI!
The Little Dorks in…The Playroom V!
More dorklets playing with toys…Â Continue reading The Little Dorks in…The Playroom V!
The Little Dorks in…The Playroom IV!
The dorklets are actually playing with their toys… Continue reading The Little Dorks in…The Playroom IV!
The Little Dorks in…The Playroom III!
After receiving gifts from Harry, the dorklets move to another room to play. This entry includes a lot of my 1:6 scale toys and accessories I’ve recently acquired. The new stuff is identified in the photos below. Continue reading The Little Dorks in…The Playroom III!
The Little Dorks in…The Playroom II!
Harry, inventor, tinkerer, and childless lover of kids, made a playroom for the dorklets with art supplies, tools, toys, and all sorts of goodies. In this installment, he picks out things for Allison [teddy bears], Ethan [knitting], Theo [camera], and Meghna [camcorder].
The Little Dorks in…The Playroom I!
Harry, inventor, tinkerer, and childless lover of kids, made a playroom for the dorklets with art supplies, tools, toys, and all sorts of goodies. Here he is introducing the dorklets to it. In this installment, he picks out things for Silence [the typewriter] and Day [the tools].
The playroom represents over two decades of creating, customizing, and amassing 1:6 scale tools, toys, art supplies, and such. A lot of it is gachapon, which are miniatures that come from Japanese vending machines. Japanese vending machine miniatures are extremely detailed, of much better quality than stuff from U.S. vending machines, and often suitable for 1:6 scale use!
Harry’s wheelchair is courtesy of Lyra! Thanks, Lyra!
Silencitx and Ethancitx dressing up!
On a whim I stuck one of my many 1:6 scale tophats on Silencitx, who looked so dashing that I gave her something approximating fancy dress. Ethancitx dressed up too. Silencitx is looking like a steampunk Mad Hatter, while Ethancitx is going for a funky 1980s vibe [because he’s growing up in the 1980s]. Continue reading Silencitx and Ethancitx dressing up!
Traditional canned goods for my kitchens
I have a bunch of little glass jars with corks in them filled with different kinds of rocks. I emptied out some of the rocks and made home-canned preserves with two of the jars. I put real jam and real honey in the jars and sealed them with hot glue. Then I put fabric circles over the tops. Voila! Continue reading Traditional canned goods for my kitchens
Redoing Silencitx’s hair with flocking
I cut off Silencitx’s ponytail and pulled out the remains with hemostats. Then I put glue on her head and unwound a dark brown/black pipe cleaner. I glued the bits of fuzz on her head. Result? Looks like she buzzed her head, which is exactly what I’m going for. Now she really looks like herself!
New set: Ethan’s doll studio — and some new dolls for dolls!
I finally put all my toys for dolls to good use and created a set of Ethan’s doll room. Besides doll customizing, he also likes robots, radio controlled things, steampunk, and sewing, so I put in appropriate miniatures in those categories. Continue reading New set: Ethan’s doll studio — and some new dolls for dolls!
The Little Dorks in…Boating!
Little Allison and Little Theo went to my parents’ house with me and played with their boats in the puddles. Sadly the puddles were not deep enough for the boats to float, but they tried. Continue reading The Little Dorks in…Boating!
The Little Dorks in…The Motorwagen!
Little Silence and Ethancitx went out in Little Silence’s Motorwagen this afternoon! With temps nearing 70, I took them to the waterfront, right in front of the wastewater treatment plant. [P.U.!] It was too blustery for me to show them starting the car and getting into it, so I just showed them driving. The model is a Franklin Mint 1:8 scale reproduction of an 1885 Benz Motorwagen, the first factory line gas-powered car. It’s too small for 1:6 scale adults, but it’s perfect for 1:6 scale kids!
The Little Dorks in…Sleepover! Part II
The Little Dorks dig into Indian food that Ethan and Meghna made. Continue reading The Little Dorks in…Sleepover! Part II
The Little Dorks in…Sleepover! Part I
Ethan [with purple cat ears] and his older sister Meghna [with glasses] bring over some Maharashtrian food that they made.
Some new 3D printed heads — Little Theo, Big Theo, and Grownup Amish!
I got some new 3D printed heads in the mail today from @beetleboo! Continue reading Some new 3D printed heads — Little Theo, Big Theo, and Grownup Amish!
Two Little Dorks in…The Sleeping Bag!
My mom made my kidsies a sleeping bag out of some rainbow fabric I gave her and an old wool blanket she had. What do you do when you’re sleeping over at your bestest friend’s house, and you get cold? D:Continue reading Two Little Dorks in…The Sleeping Bag!
Little Meghna and Meghna II
Little Meghna, Amish’s older sister, who somehow became an honorary 7th Little Dork, got her mohair wig earlier this week. Now she’s permed up in her late 1980s/early 1990s glory! Shown her with Little Amish. Continue reading Little Meghna and Meghna II
Recent doll work: Meghna, Amish, Theo
Improvements on recent dolls:
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Recent doll stuff: Vehicles
Some small-scale vehicles have recently jointed the local fleet, and I haven’t really done much with them in terms of playing with them. Photos below. Continue reading Recent doll stuff: Vehicles
The Little Dorks in…Kitty!!!!!
The Little Dorks encounter a very friendly cat. @natalunasans got me a rather large figure of a munchkin [short-legged] cat recently. Though the cat only has swivel joints, its sculpting works with its articulation to achieve some expressive poses — especially when begging people for pets!
The Dorklets in… The Sleepout
Fidgeting, pestering, chatting, and occasionally even sleeping. Continue reading The Dorklets in… The Sleepout
The Little Dorks in The Vending Machine II
Damn soda machine, stealing my money!!
The Little Dorks in The Vending Machine I
Hey, I paid good money for a soda! Continue reading The Little Dorks in The Vending Machine I
The Little Dorks in Shaved Ice
After all that melodrama, the two “cooks” [in quotes because they’re not using heat in this instance] prepare a sweet snack for the rest of the gang. Featuring a hammock made by my mom!Continue reading The Little Dorks in Shaved Ice
The Little Dorks in Hammock Construction
Who lets these kids play with tools unsupervised?! Continue reading The Little Dorks in Hammock Construction
The Little Dorks in Outing #2: Stargazing
Ooooooh, lookit that! Continue reading The Little Dorks in Outing #2: Stargazing
The Little Dorks in Outing #1: Rest Stop
Oh, take a hike! Continue reading The Little Dorks in Outing #1: Rest Stop
Recent projects: Honorine’s new body, BBQ grill, arm improvements
Again pulled from crappy phone camera.Continue reading Recent projects: Honorine’s new body, BBQ grill, arm improvements
Recent projects: Device update, vending machine, Little Dorks camping, Gay Coat Barbie
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Pulled from my crappy phone camera.Continue reading Recent projects: Device update, vending machine, Little Dorks camping, Gay Coat Barbie
The Little Dorks encounter LEON
Six Little Dorks and Leon… Continue reading The Little Dorks encounter LEON
Updated kidsies: Little Dorks, Annie, and Clara
In other recent news, I have improved some of my cutest dolls, known collectively as kidsies.
Continue reading Updated kidsies: Little Dorks, Annie, and Clara
Recent doll doings I, presented by Bill and Little Bill [with bonus Little Alison]
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@natalunasans gave me some MGA Rainbow High doll clothing. Big Bill is wearing the rainbow socks and rainbow platform sneakers from one, while Little Bill is wearing the babydoll top and jacket from another. Little Alison looks on adoringly with great WUVS, as usual. Continue reading Recent doll doings I, presented by Bill and Little Bill [with bonus Little Alison]
Double-jointed arm transplants for Mattel Creatable World bodies! The Little Dork Improvement Project…
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Four of my favorite dolls are the Little Dorks.Continue reading Double-jointed arm transplants for Mattel Creatable World bodies! The Little Dork Improvement Project…
Vermont Doll Lovers meetup, 02/08/2020
The Little Dorks came to VTDL yesterday, along with my collection of felted sleeping cats. They played with their toys and then, inspired by the cats, took a nap.Continue reading Vermont Doll Lovers meetup, 02/08/2020
Little Dorks and their interests
Little Alison and Little Bill got new bodies from Mattel Creatable World dolls. They changed their clothes too. So did the Little Fixit. Now they’re doing some of their favorite activities…Continue reading Little Dorks and their interests
New Year’s Wishes 2020, Little Dork Edition
Happy 2200 or 2020 or something from the Little Dorks!
Continue reading New Year’s Wishes 2020, Little Dork Edition
Vermont Doll Lovers meetup, 12/21/2019 — the Little Dorks
The Little Dorks and Clara [Mattel Nutcracker and the Four Realms doll of Clara, i.e., the only fully articulated Skipper-size body that was around before the Mattel Creatable World line] attended VTDL yesterday. I opened up my two Mattel Creatable World dolls, purchased on sale at the end of November for $10.00, and took pictures of the CW clothes with my Little Dorks.Continue reading Vermont Doll Lovers meetup, 12/21/2019 — the Little Dorks
The Little Dorks in the candy store!
On November 9th, I took part of my grocery store set to VTDL: the sweets/snacks/candy. I also took the Little Dorks, who had a great time shopping and eating.
Other photos from VTDL are on the official blargh.
Broom lessons for the Little Witch
VTDL occurred today. The Little Witch, Carnelian, and Anna attended. The Little Witch had broom lessons and a mishap!! Wordless photostory below. Continue reading Broom lessons for the Little Witch
A weekend at Andrea’s house, 07/04-07/07/2019: doll photostories
Amazing dramas involving ice cream and cats filmed in Andrea’s doll room with her backdrops. Tagged “natalunasans house” for easy finding, even though I did not go to her house this time.Continue reading A weekend at Andrea’s house, 07/04-07/07/2019: doll photostories
Little Shalka Dorks in Introducing Pippi Part VIII
Part VIII: Friends Make Everything Better. Continue reading Little Shalka Dorks in Introducing Pippi Part VIII
Little Shalka Dorks in Introducing Pippi Part VII
Part VII: Where’d She Go? Continue reading Little Shalka Dorks in Introducing Pippi Part VII
Fattening the Little Witch
I moved the Little Witch’s head to a more articulated body of better weight, but I needed to do one final thing before she was complete. I needed to bulk up her torso to make her little fats. Continue reading Fattening the Little Witch
Little Shalka Dorks in Introducing Pippi Part VI
Part VI: Playtime. Continue reading Little Shalka Dorks in Introducing Pippi Part VI
Little Shalka Dorks in Introducing Pippi Part V
Part V: Open House. Continue reading Little Shalka Dorks in Introducing Pippi Part V
Improving the Little Witch’s body and likeness
After I upgraded the Little Fixit to a 21cm Obitsu body, I felt the need to work on the Little Witch too. I’ve been playing with these dolls more than I expected, and their limited poseability was bothering me. Continue reading Improving the Little Witch’s body and likeness
Little Shalka Dorks in Introducing Pippi Part IV
Part IV: Reading the Story. Continue reading Little Shalka Dorks in Introducing Pippi Part IV
Little Shalka Dorks in Introducing Pippi Part III
Part III: A Heavy Load. Continue reading Little Shalka Dorks in Introducing Pippi Part III
Little Shalka Dorks in Introducing Pippi II
Part II: Here’s Alison!
Continue reading Little Shalka Dorks in Introducing Pippi II
Little Shalka Dorks in Introducing Pippi: Part I
Part I: Playing Peacefully.Continue reading Little Shalka Dorks in Introducing Pippi: Part I
Today’s 1:6 scale work: new hands and Tarot deco
I decorated some of my 1:6 scale scenes with cards from my Tarot of the Sweet Twilight by Christina Benintende. I like the twisty, humorous, phantasmagorical designs on almost all cards, so I selected cards for each set based primarily on pictures.
I also gave 75% of the Little Dorks, Alison, the Little Witch, and the Little Fixit, new hands with which they could hold things. Little Bill will get new hands when I have the time. By drilling the holes bit by bit on a low Dremel setting and testing the new wrist pegs frequently, I achieved securely fitting pegs. That’s more than I could ever do when turning the Dremel up to highest speed. No melting plastic either!
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New 1:6 scale spaces in the living room
I walled off a corner of the living room with two bookcases to create a place where I can hang out in my new recliner and have [the illusion of] privacy. Here are the new scenes on these shelves:
Little Alison + Little Bill = WUVS junior
These two are adorable together! I added stylized reflections to their eyes. Frankly they probably should have been heart-shaped. 😀 Continue reading Little Alison + Little Bill = WUVS junior
Little Shalka Dorks in Fixing the Horse IV
Part IV: A Happy Ending!
Little Shalka Dorks in Fixing the Horse III
Little Shalka Dorks in Fixing the Horse II
Part II: A False Start. Continue reading Little Shalka Dorks in Fixing the Horse II
Little Shalka Dorks in Fixing the Horse I
The Little Shalka Dorks get busy with a new project: an old toy horse of my mom’s that we rescued from my parents’ attic around last Xmas. Little Alison is the one playing with dolls. Little Bill is the one reading pulp fiction. The Little Witch, in the cape and top hat, is my version of the Master when he was a little girl. The Little Fixit, with alien T-shirt and tool box, is my version of the Doctor as a kid. None of this information is really necessary to understand and enjoy the story.
Part I: The Dorks Gather.
Hacking a kid doll out of a Mattel Made to Move Barbie — arduous process, cute result
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Whenever possible, I like to work with doll supplies on hand, rather than buying new. Therefore, since I wanted to make a Little Bill with the recently released adorable Mattel Skipper Babysitter Inc. AA doll, I used an articulated body that I already had from Mattel Made to Move Gabby Douglas. I yoinked the Babysitter head off the original body and spent several days hacking the MTM body to the appropriate size.
I am never modding an MTM again. Unlike a Spin Master Liv body, which has partly [but not fully] solid limbs and a hollow torso, the MTM body has solid limbs and nearly solid torso pieces. That’s a lot of plastic to cut through.
Furthermore, the proportions of the MTM don’t lend themselves to creating kid bodies. While the Liv’s limbs are largely tubular, thus shortening without much deformation, the MTM’s limbs are just weirdly shaped throughout. The MTM’s elongated ankles are the worst. I cut down the core and limbs until the proportions looked good, then gave up on the ankles. I took out the feet and jammed the stumps into shoes that I filled with Aves Apoxie Sculpt. Covered by clothes, the reduced MTM looks convincingly like a chubby kid.
“I am the Little Witch, and you will obey me!”
Another 1:6 scale kid is done chez Modern Wizard. It’s the Little Witch! Continue reading “I am the Little Witch, and you will obey me!”
The Juku gang [NB: not an actual gang]
I customized the one-footed redhead Jakks Pacific Juku Couture Audrina from @glaceleau today. I redressed her in an MGA Bratz dress and some random leggings, then took off her remaining foot. I filled some Mattel Barbie hightops [also from @glaceleau] with goo+goo=thing Aves Apoxie Sculpt, jammed her leg stumps in them, and made shoefeet. All dolls with Juku Couture heads then gathered for a group shot. All of them are unreasonably adorable. Four kids, and not a lick of fashion sense among ’em. ^_^Continue reading The Juku gang [NB: not an actual gang]
Behold Little Alison!
Little Alison is complete! She’s a representation of my interpretation of Doctor Who extended universe companion Alison Cheney, who appears in The Scream of the Shalka. She is a Jakks Pacific Juku Couture Kana head, repainted and rehaired, on a modified Noix de Rome Ninie body. I would have kept her on her original Juku Couture body, but it was all single-jointed, with an inability to sit realistically with thighs together, so I spent much time and labor splicing her onto a Ninie body for the double-ganged arms and knees, plus the realistic thigh position.
For head mods, I removed all original hair and paint, except for eyelashes. Removed a patch of skull to make hair removal easier. Carved out neck hole to fit Ninie neck. Repainted face. Made hair by gluing to scalp in spiral pattern. Made hair band from waistband of Bratz pantz.
For body mods, I wedged part of a fake plastic grape around neck prong to fit larger head opening. Painted neck and breast to roughly match head. Added upper arm swivel joints made of pins sunk into shoulders and held with Aves Apoxie Sculpt. Hot glue provided tight friction fit. Spliced original Juku Couture forearms onto Ninie forearms with Aves Apoxie Sculpt. Ripped off original squidgy feet and sank ankle stumps into plastic Barbie sneakers filled with Aves Apoxie Sculpt. Glued sneakers on ankle posts.
Also of note is that Little Alison is wearing a pair of pants that I handmade all by myself from a pattern that I reverse-engineered correctly on the first try. She was originally wearing some Bratz pantz that were the right length, but did not cover her butt. I ripped apart the pantz and reverse-engineered a pattern from them, being sure to add enough room to cover the butt, even when Little Alison was sitting down. These pants, sewn from stretchy knit, were the result.
I now know how to make two types of shirts, a collared one and a raglan sleeve one, and one type of pants. With this knowledge, I can make serviceable clothes for any of my dolls, no matter what the size. MUAH HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!
In other words, all my dolls are going to wear novelty sock sweaters, loud printed cotton shirts, and leggings of questionable taste from now on. Continue reading Behold Little Alison!
Small populations from @natalunasans’ house!
I went to @natalunasans’ house for a long weekend, coming back today. My DW dolls met her DW dolls and had several photostories. I also helped her sort some of her massive amounts of 1:6 scale stuff and chose those items that I wanted for myself. Continue reading Small populations from @natalunasans’ house!