/jp/ - Otaku Culture

>>41267043
Oh my god this is brilliant. I love this idea.

>>41269176
You can buy blank heads on Volks' webstore for around $30-$50, and if you want to try painting your own, there are guides around. Your first ones will 100% look like shit, but that's fine, and that's normal, and that's just part of learning a new craft -- don't overthink things. Custom heads cost more-- sometimes far, far more-- but you can find cute and affordable heads on yahoo japan auctions and secondhand ebay sales if you look around. Whole dolls, too -- my first doll was a DDS Mayu, and I got her for around $300 on ebay. It's still a lot of money, but if you save up a little at a time, eventually you'll have enough. I never thought I could participate in this hobby anon, I genuinely never thought I'd be able to -- but things change, and I've found a way. You will, too.

Have you ever seen Azone Pure Neemo? They're small and have painted-on eyes, but they're how I got started in this hobby, and you can frequently find them secondhand for under $100 USD. Small Obitsu/Parabox dolls are also an affordable way to test the waters before you spring for a whole 2ft tall Dollfie Dream.

>>40473423
>>40476044
Damn really? I'm used to feeling like I'm the only one with dolls within 500 miles. It's only like 1-2 hours for me, depending on the traffic, and I only mention it because generally speaking, it's an easy to identify landmark -- if people want to meet up, I'm down to try and arrange something.

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>>37926391
There's a few vinyl bootlegs out there, Snow Miku and Saber, I believe, but they look... comically off-model. So far, there haven't been nearly as many problems as there are in the resin side of the hobby -- I think it's at least partially because vinyl (and the plastic skeletons) are harder to replicate, at least thus far.

>>37926352
Is that your girl, anon? She's lovely. I still cherish my first doll, too -- if I could only keep one, it would have to be her.

>>35120630
Her name is Eris, because she looks... like that. That was her outfit the night she came in the mail, but thankfully she cleans up nicely from there.

>>20777659
Wrong photo.