Guro goes more mainstream?

Not Doll Lab's Miriam looks like their earlier release [EDIT: DollMore's] Banji [translucent skin, round eyes, pursed lips], although larger and more mature. I like the sculpt, but the shallow cuts all over her body distract me. I can't think about the aesthetic appeal of the doll or the paint job when I'm trying to wonder how someone would receive such wounds. I can only guess that she peeled off her pajamas and went sleepwalking through the raspberry canes, in which case the whole conceit appears silly, rather than edgy. Also...what the heck is that background...raisins on a sheepskin rug??

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Fashion whack-offs for Will...

( Divas By Design carries cool clothes. )

Oh yeah...and while I'm at it...

( here's some information about wigs. )

If you think this is messy...

...you should have seen it before I cleaned it up with the paint remover. I am returning to my dolly roots lately with some 1:6 makeovers. Using BBI's latest issue of the Perfect Bodies, I'm making yet another head for my 1:6 Frank doll. I repainted the eyes brown and made them glance to the side. I also added shading around eyes and nose with paint. The eye shadow, blush and lip shading is done with pastels. Stupendously enough, I'm actually much better with pastels now than I used to be. I still need to find some appropriately curly, dark brown hair with in-scale, small curls...

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