...aka "stuff you should read before asking something about my dolls" ^^
**** What is BJD/ABJD **** (Asian) Ball-Jointed Dolls are dolls that are mainly made of resin, have ball-shaped joints, and can be customized to the owner's will (eyes, hair, face-up, and much more) which gives a unique feel to them.
Most of them are produced in Asia (Japan, Korea, China) but some amazing people manage to make their own BJD all by themselves (I don't.)
**** The Crew **** All my dolls are about 60 cm high, except Sae (45cm.)
Naqi : DOT Camine, from Dream of Doll
make-up : Camine default by Dream of Doll
Naqi is supposed to be more or less 20 years old. He's a cool and gentle guy, who wants a girlfriend.
Sambre : DOT Lahoo, from Dream of Doll
make-up : Lahoo default by Dream of Doll.
Sambre is one year older than Naqi. He's always teasing Naqi, but it's difficult to know if it's just for fun or if he actually has a crush on him.
Jun : Danbi, from Doll in Mind
make-up : made by me from ~BoryChan's original design
Jun is 20ish, he likes animals, plants, haikus, and kung-fu-fighting talalalala talala lala. Otherwise he's quite the quiet and untalkative boy.
Shin : Demian head made by Ricky
make-up : made by me. I also sanded down his nose, mouth-nose bridge, ears, and shin.
Since Shin has no body of his own, so he steals Jun's or Naqi's one. And he has elf ears. For all these reasons I decided to make a little "demon" out of him. He calls himself "the demon of flirt" which gives a pretty good idea of his personality... He seems particulary infatuated with Sambre, and thus jealous of Naqi. He's high-spirited and likes to wear wild-looking clothes.
Aya and Xia : Cerberus project Chiwoo special : normal Chiwoo = Aya + an extra sleeping head = Xia.
make-up : made by me + I opened Xia's eyes a bit.
Aya and Xia are two opposite poles of the same person. Aya is a blonde guy obsessed with "kawaii" things, and refuses to deal with anything that is not cute. He has a passion for sweets, stuffed animals and pink. He can be a little bratty at times... Xia is your average angsty-emo-goth boy who likes black, skulls, Korn and Anne Rice. His favourite sentence is "nobody understands me".
Lei : DOT Shall, from Dream of Doll.
make-up : made by me. I also cut her wig.
Lei's a cheerful and kind girl... at first. But when you know her better, you discover that what she likes above anything else is making fun of others and manipulating people into doing what she wants. Reminds you of someone else, a certain black-haired Lahoo for example ?... yes, she's Sambre's older sister ! She gets along pretty well with Aya, with who she shares a certain taste for cute and pink stuff. She likes Jun too because she suspects he and Aya of being secretly in love (which is not proven at all), a situation she finds "veeery interestiiiing"...
Manji : Red, from Elfdoll.
make-up : made by me.
Manji is a mysterious boy. He seems to be easy to get along with at first, but it's actually very difficult to know what he thinks. He has a deep secret nobody suspects, except perhaps...
Aaron : Half open eyes Igon head, from Gomidoll, on an Iplehouse muscle body.
make-up : made by me.
Aaron's is a mysterious and rather decadent aristocrat. He seems to share a dark past with Manji, but now he's trying to get over his messy way of life and start a new existence with all my other silly guys...
Sae : Minifee Woosoo, from FairyLand
make-up : made by me.
he's a very quiet boy who almost never talks, and seems to suffer from amnesia. He's a videogames champion and he mistakes Naqi and Sambre for his parents (o_o;; )...
Andrea : Miho head, from Migidoll, on a Souldoll double body
make-up : made by me.
Andrea's an easygoing boy who's favorite sentence is "carpe diem". He doesn't care one bit about material aspects of life, he doesn't have a home and doesn't care about his looks. Weird attitude for one of the most famous model of his generation... His artistic agent is James.
James : School A head from Volks, on a Volks SD13 normal legs boy body.
make-up : made by me.
James is a goofy and sometimes shy guy. He has a tough job coaching "I'm doing whatever I like whenever I like"-superstar Andrea, as his artistic agent. He's actually 33 but he looks like he's 12, so everyone treats him like a kid and doesn't take him seriously, which drives him mad.
**** What I did/didn't about those guys **** What I didn't : make them myself. I bought them, and then customized them to a certain extend.
What I did myself : get the money to buy them, their face-up, except for Naqi and Sambre, most of their clothes, some of their shoes and accessories, hair styling, eyes opening, sanding, tattoos, etc...
**** Where I got them ****The name of the company is written in their reference in "The Crew" above, I'm too lazy to put the links here but you can either google them or go on my
(french) links page **** "It's sooo expensive ! How can you afford them ?!?" **** Err... work ? Every single penny I put in this hobby, I earned it.
**** Useful links / Shameful self-promotion **** I've made a little webpage especially dedicated to my own BJDs :
[link] .
It contains informations about my BJDs, a FAQ, and the list + links of all the photostories I made with them. There are about 60 photostories so far.
The bad news is, this website, including the photostories, is in french.
If you're interested in asian ball jointed dolls and have questions about them, such as where/how to buy them, how much, what size they are... you may find usefull to join the must-see international forum about the subject :
[link] If you speak french there's also a french-spoken place to visit :
[link]Enjoy
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