@Mlatch221: I see the point in your choose for your doll's cast, the contrast between toy look and realistic clothing and accessories is surely fascinating ^______^
@Iwa_Hoshi: I don't like the ankle joining too, but luckily my boy has to be some kind of adventurer/mercenary, so he will go around in combat boots XD
My entire childhood doll's collection was gifted to a younger cousin by my mother, and only a Pocahontas and a John Smith were left (and the really need a rerooting, I hate how too delicate hair fibers glue together in years of neglecting). So when starting my new hobby I had to rebuy some dolls, and actually my cast is composed by:
1) An Angel Friend's Dolce that I bought for 6 euros in a discount store, turned in a Yoko from Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann;
2) A lot of 20+ used dolls, the greatest part in bad conditions, that I plain to turn in OOAK works; I only adopted in my collection right as they were two Witch dolls;
3) A WIP Lita Halford from Brutal Legend: she had tattoes, a new hair cut and some make up, but I'm still working on the outfit.
The Obitsu 1/6 pixie is still incoming: I choose for her white body and light purple eyes, and two wigs: the first black and curled and the second a long straigh red wine. One for "vintage" looks and one for fantasy ones, in my intention.
Except for my Lita, that's currently more like a young metalhead Barbie, and the Obitsu with her round but proportionated head, the other girls have all an anime look, with big eyes and a delicately oversized head. I wanted from the start to support my girls with some male presence, but I don't like any model of Ken, and the My Scene and Monster Hight boys seems to me to have bad proportions. Probably after adopting this Jake Gwyllehall (lol!) guy I'll order a more "animeish" counterpart from the Volks site, to reflect the two trends of my actual collection.
Anyway, I'll post soon photos of my actual limited collection, even if you can already find some Lita and Yoko photos on
http://deedeesteele.deviantart.com.
Maybe you can help me recognizing some of the doll's brands: Lita, Yoko and the two Witches have a very nice body with small round breast, a delicate neck and small feet with sculpted fingers (!) that I never seen before in any doll.