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Custom Services
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Custom commissions
are currently closed.
I don't really have the motivation to do them for others at the moment, which
means I end up uninterested and taking much too long to complete them.
I will probably open up again in the future, but right now... No. I don't
think I can complete them to the quality and timeframe I used to.
I'm
completely open
to doing customs for other people! I'll do just about anything
from replacing eyechips to a full repaint, as long as you give me
enough detail on what you want. Email
me if you're
interested in comissioning a custom doll from me and
we can discuss it. Please include as many details as possible of what
you want so I can give you an accurate price quote and actually know
what you're after from the start!
Please do note that I don't have any nude/bald bait dolls knocking
around ready for you, so you will need to either buy a dolll or send
one you already have to me for customisation. I am very reluctant to buy a doll for
you.
I'll do Pullip, Namu, Taeyang, Dal and Little
Pullip customs.
I'm also willing to repaint Blythes, BJDs, 27cm Dollfies, Obitsu
pre-rooted and bald heads and Barbie heads. Pullips are just what I
have most experience with, and love the most! Prices on these will
vary, so email me with details of what you'd like doing and I'll tell
you how much I would want for them.
There aren't many restrictions on what I won't do, but I will not make copies. Not of
released dolls, of my other customs or of other people's customs. I
will consider making a likeness of a prototype that has not been
released, but no released dolls. I will restore dolls if their faceup
has been damaged somehow, but that's as far as I go. I won't make a
Panda or Principessa or this amazing Japanese custom you saw on Y!J or
whatever for you.
The prices below are meant as a guide. I merge prices together if doing
mulitple things for you as many things involve the same work being done
(eg: the head has to be opened for both facial repainting and eye
swapping). All the prices are subject to change. Sometimes I find
something's easier than I thought so the price comes down, others it
turns out to be a major headache to do so the price is upped a little.
The complexity of what you want done also changes the price.
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| Facial
Repaints; |
This
involves removing stock makeup and replacing it. Simple enough. I
can do a partial repaint (for eg, if you just want lips repainted) or
the whole thing. Faces are done in a mixture of acrylic paints and
chalk pastel. All are sealed with Testors Dullcote or MSC Flat (depends
on what I've got at the time) and acrylic gloss
if needed.
Cost - Dependent on extent of work.
Usually
between £10 and
£17. Partial repaints are less.
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| Tattooing
& Piercing; |
Tattoing
simply involves painting designs onto the body and sealing
them. I can paint anything that's not got really tiny details in it
(Remember
I'm only human!).
Piercings can be either fake or real, though I'll only do real
piercings on the ears as drilling through your dolls face plate makes
me shudder at the mere thought. I don't want to risk ruining your doll.
Faux piercings are done by gluing a bead or gem or whatever onto the
doll wherever you want the piercing. Small facial piercings can also be
painted on iif they're in an awkward place (see Shar's nose stud).
Cost - Tattooing is variable
depending on
how complex and large a
tattoo you want. Piercing will only be done if I'm doing other
things for you at the same time. Sending me a faceplate just to drill a
hole in it seems silly. |
| Eye
chip installation; |
This
involves cutting out the stock Pullip rubber irises and replacing
them with hard plastic irises. These are originally made for Blythe
dolls, but sanded down will fit Pullip nicely. These can be backed with
either a flat coloured, patterned or holographic paper to give depth.
They can be painted on the back to add other colours, and highlights
may be added on the front.
Cost - Purchase price of chips
(unless
provided by you) + £2
for installation. |
| Acrylic
eye installation; |
This
involves modifying the eye mechanism to hold an acrylic half-eye
rather than the usual Pullip eye. Acrylic eyes are more realistic and
usualy come in more natural colours and patterns.
I can install these so that the eye mechanism works perfectly, with
both blinking and side to side movement. No plastic needs to be removed
from the front anymore, only the back. 22 or 24mm half rounds ONLY can
be used. Any bigger or smaller will not fit onto the eyemech, and I
cannot use full rounds or ovals.
Cost - Purchase price of acrylic eyes (unless provided by you) +
£5 for installation.
(NOTE: I will not purchase eyes from Artistique for you. Any other
acrylic eye seller is fine, but I will not buy from them again. They
provided me with a blatantly incorrect tracking number for my last
package, which never arrived, ignored me once I pointed it out and then
swore I'd never contacted them when I filed through paypal for a
refund.)
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Elf Style Ear
Extensions;
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This
is done by moulding an extension of the doll's ear out of epoxy
putty. It will then be painted over, once set, to match the doll's skin
tone (not always an exact match, matching paint to plastic is
absolutley impossible due to the differences in material but I try to
get it as close as I can). These will be non removeable as the epoxy
bonds with the plastic.
Cost - £7
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| Hybriding
& body changes; |
This
involves changing the body of a Pullip, for either a male body or
another female one from a different maker or body type.
Cost - Purchase price of body (unless
already provided by you) +
£3 for installation. |
| Spray or Sand
Matte
finish; |
For those who
want
to matte their shiny Pullips faces, I can either sand or spray matte
the face-plate, without damaging the makeup. Sand matting is trickier
and more prone to accidents. Spray matting is safe and quick.
Cost - £3 for spray, £7
for sand. Be sure to state which you want!
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| Full
Body
Repaints; |
This
involves a complete respray of the dolls entire body and head to change
the
skintone. I can do this on either hard or soft busts, BUT
repaints done on soft busts will need to be treaed carefully and are
not really suitable for a doll that is going to be handled regularly. A
hard bust is far more durable.
Perosonally, I recommend Obitsus or type 3s as they have the least
friction points and a joints system that is
less likely to chip. Chiping IS a posiblity, so please be aware of that
before going ahead with a re-spray. Chipping mainly occurs around the
shoulders and hips.
Currently I am using Vallejo Model Air paints, but am looking into
others as this range is focused on miitary model makers, and the
colours available reflects that. Respraying is
SEVERAL hours of work and takes up a lot of paint and sealer, so these
are kind of pricey.
Cost - £12 , plus
purchase price of a replacement body if required. |
| Wig Styling
&
Cutting; |
I can do a
certain
amount of restyling on doll wigs. I have cut several for my customs so
have had some practise. I can do a bit of styling, but I do not own
either curlers or straighteners (my hair does what it wants, not what I
want) and am not going to buy the things just for the occasional wig. I
can do straightening with boiling water, and curling with rollers or
boil perms, but the former does fall out
over time and boil perms have variable results.
Cost -
Purchase price of wig (unless provided by you) + £5-9 for
cutting/styling |
Anything not
listed,
ask me about it and I'll see if it's within my abilities.
You are not expected to pay for things like paint, chalks, epoxy etc. I
have these things anyway most of the time, and am likely to use them
again if I have to purchase them for your project.
If you want eyechips
replaced (or acrylic eyes put in) you will need to either send them to
me along with the doll or paypal funds for me to buy them for you,
preferably before full payment for my work. Likewise for wigs.
If you have a particular bead or stud you'd like used for a
faux-piercing, send that along to me too. Bear in mind that some things
like this may take a while to arrive and may prolong the time it takes
for my to be able to send your doll back home. |
Surprise!
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Something new
I'm willing to try out, a sort of surprise custom based on some info
you give me.
Fill out the following form (remove my examples within the brackets)
and I'll design something from your info. The only bits that really
need to be done are the things you'd rather not have since I don't want
to make a doll you totally hate!
I like the
colours: (eg: red, green and black)
But I don't
like: (eg: blue, purple and yellow)
I'd love to
have: (eg: elf ears and a busty body)
But could
really do without: (eg: acrylic eyes)
Styles I like:
(eg: fantasy, high fashion)
Styles I
don't: (eg: period costume, pirates)
The base doll
is: (eg: Raphia)
My budget:
(eg: £35)
I'll then draw a design based on any ideas I get from the information
you gave me. I can either show this design to you for approval, or you
can opt to keep it a total surprise and the first you'll see of it will
be the finished doll (I will be willing to make some small changes if
anything really bugs you). The budget you give me will decide just how
much gets done to your doll. If you've a budget of just £15 or
something, you'll just be getting a facial repaint and maybe some new
eye-chips. Larger budgets could allow for much more work to be done.
The
budget covers things like wigs and eyes too, but it won't cover me
buying a whole new doll to make the customisations on (unless you
actually specify that you're giving me this huge budget cause you've
not got a base doll ready and need me to purchase one). You're quite
welcome to send me some inspirational pictures (makeup, models, actors,
artwork, other dolls etc) you like along with the info.
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| Payment |
My
preferred payment method is via Paypal, in British Sterling. If you
cannot pay through Paypal, then we can probably work something out. I can
accept
British Postal Orders, personal cheques and bank transfers from within
the UK and
concealed cash in most currencies (this is entirely at your risk and
should be sent by registered mail).
After a lot of confusion and being told conflicting things by various
sources (The post office tells
me the bank can cash it, the bank tells me the post office can...), I'm just not going to accept money orders
from outside the UK.
I don't expect payment until I've shown you photos of your doll and
you've ok'd all my work. Your doll won't be sent back to you until your
payment has cleared though. |
| Shipping |
Shipping
for getting your doll back to you will be extra and depends on
how much it weighs.
Shipping prices are availabe from the Royal Mail's web site.
If you want your doll sent by an insured or tracked mail service,
PLEASE SAY SO.
For overseas I can send by Airsure
(insured, tracked & priority) or International
Signed For (insured & tracked). Airsure costs an extra
£4.50 on top of regular
airmail,
International Signed For costs an extra £3.50. Within the UK I
can
send by Recorded
Signed For (insured& tracked) or Special
Delivery Next Day (insured, tracked & priority). Recorded mail
is an extra 68p on top of
regular postage, and Special Delivery starts at £4.10 for 100g.
I will ask which you'd like, but if you don't say what shipping mehod
you want, I will most likely send it by the cheapest method. However, I will not be held responsible if your doll
is lost if you have opted for an untracked shipping method.
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