LDD Loose Ends

This is just a quick wrap-up of dolls I left in limbo. It's a good time to post these because my Damien project is being held up by a desk I ordered being caught in limbo, and I might have to get a refund if the seller doesn't respond and confirm it's being shipped soon. Theirs looked like the perfect prop for the dolls, too. Fingers crossed it works out.

BONUS PHOTOSHOOT: DiDi DiPterri

Back when I started this blog two years ago, I was more ideas than execution, and some of my doll subjects just didn't get many or any elaborate or fully-presented photos. Since I've now established a practice of quick update posts with more photos of dolls I had ideas or means to shoot with after their original review, it was high time to rescue a very old favorite: Dianée "DiDi" DiPterri, my Monster High OC based on The Fly (1958).

Living Dead Dolls Workshop Roundup

Here's my current policy--if a Living Dead Doll is loose and incomplete, its chances of being completed again are next to nil because loose parts for LDD are so rare on the aftermarket...so loose dolls missing things are fair game for customizing. I had a pressing need to take advantage of that policy, and I went on quite a journey with some other fun projects as a result!

This will be the LDD Roundup for July, because the next trio of dolls I want to round up will require location-specific photos taken on vacation in early August for full project completion. Quack and a standalone doll will feature this month and this is a roundup, but I'm not listing this in the series of canonical doll roundups.

Shallow Post, Deep Sea: A GSR Draculaura Hybrid-Monster Custom!

I've had this hybrid monster character in my head for a long time.

In the Red Thorns: A G3 Monster High Body Model

I decided not to give up on my plans to make a body-model out of Ghoulia after all. Besides, the entry into G3 original characters was an exciting idea. 

Look Who's Talking: A Puppet Monster Custom Project!

When a Cedar Wood doll is part of a package you ordered for a clothing piece, you have to do something with the doll left over!

Revenge of the Yass Gremlins, Part 1: L.O.L. On Film

Okay, I wasn't done with L.O.L..

...or was it not done with me?

Swimming the Seas and Rivers: A Lagoona Blue Roundup

Back for more of Monster High's main fish monster, because I've found more to do with her! It's just not a G3-only roundup this time.

She's Alive--And It's Not a Costume!

Alright. We've done DIFFUSION, where we turned fused ghouls into one monster type...but I don't know what the heck to call the process of turning a fusion costume into a real take on that monster type!  

DIFFUSION (Finale): Bark with Bite!

Here's the Clawvenus project!

About Face: Mystixx Azra by Playhut

Monster High was massive in the toy world, and any smash success will have imitators trying to tap into the same theme. 

DIFFUSION: Basking in Ra's Sunlight

 Now for Cleolei!

Connecting the Dots: A Custom CAM and MH Body Model!

 This project is the resolution to two problems.

A Very Delicate Process: The First Custom Doll I WANTED to Make!

Boy, this was a journey. 

DIFFUSION: Smiling Like Clockwork!

Time for the Dracubecca portion of this project!

Far, Far Out: A Custom Create-a-Monster!

 

One Create-a-Monster custom project abruptly led to another.