davidd's A DOLL A DAY 2025

[davidd]

Is she a character from something?

Not really. I removed the helmet (meaning: ripped the head off) from a G.I. Joe Cobra Commander figure and stuck on a "girl head" from a seamless action figure.

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9 July - A Doll A Day 2025:

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I Spy with my Little Spyglasses

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1/6-scale (GI Joe or Barbie size) binoculars to use with action figures (and dolls).

I got tired of spending an inordinate amount of time searching for teeny toy binoculars every time I wanted some for a doll story scene, or "borrowing" field glasses from figures or characters whom I considered "complete," so I purchased several (as in, ten) inex-pensive ones from an online seller.

As long as I don't put them all in one ziploc bag and then misplace it, this should be a "lifetime supply" of toy binoculars.

[Alliecat]

Hahaha! So you could put them each in a separate bag and lose them in 10 different places in the shed of doom
Do they still make people-size binoculars in that style? Mine look like that.

[davidd]

Hahaha! So you could put them each in a separate bag and lose them in 10 different places in the shed of doom.

The likelihood of that happening is unfortunately rather high.

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10 July - A Doll A Day 2025:

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Kaiyodo Revoltech Fräulein No 2 Tohsaka Rin

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I thought Rin had appeared among my photos "a few months ago." Turns out it was thirteen months ago. How time flies, eh?

Rin has been a part of the toy crew around here since the summer of 2011, which means she used to live in Hawaii, lucky li'l thing. Those were good times back then.

Here, in this current photo, Rin is posing with a rusty metal candle lantern that used to sit on the lanai of my house in Hawaii. I still have Rin, I still have the candle lantern, but today I'm almost a thousand miles from the nearest ocean.

[Alliecat]

Yep, life on land is dry....
The lantern makes an interesting backdrop. She really looks like she's got something on her mind. Maybe how to get back to Hawai'i

[davidd]

Maybe how to get back to Hawai'i 

Totally true.

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11 July - A Doll A Day 2025:

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Tricky Li'l Thing, Isn't She?

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Snaking a word bubble balloon behind a character or object in a comic strip panel isn't as intuitive a process as one might think.

Then again, I cobbled this together using Plasq Comic Life. I suppose the Photoshop peeps could bang out something like this with their eyes closed and one hand tied behind their backs.

[Alliecat]

Hahaha... yeah, I read that, and thought, "2 layers and an eraser".
That sounds like a complicated process... yay for figuring it out. If you can do that I'm sure you could make lightsabers!

[davidd]

"2 layers and an eraser".

That's probably all that it takes... if you have the software and know how to use it.

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12 July - A Doll A Day 2025:

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A New Arrival? Who Could It Be?

[Alliecat]

I know! I know!
Now you have to do some photos of all of them having some grand adventure!

I guess you can't even get Photoshop anymore without paying for it. Didn't it become a subscription thing? My version is ancient. It came with... the scanner?, maybe? Or a printer? Anyway, it's old and simple and it does what I need. (Like my MS Word that still has the kitty ) I learned to use layers with a very long and complicated tutorial on how to make a Na'vi version of yourself. Nothing like jumping in with the hardest thing first. Then I made an also-Avatar-related video that needed a lot of layers too. Your comic software sounds pretty complex; so I'm impressed again on the amount of time you spend with it.

[davidd]

I guess you can't even get Photoshop anymore without paying for it.  Didn't it become a subscription thing?  

Oh! I remember those days, when "Photoshop Elements" was sometimes included with the purchase of things like printers or scanners! Also back then, it seemed like everybody I knew had the eensive "full version" of Photoshop that they "got from work."

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13 July - A Doll A Day 2025:

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VSToys 18XG34 Weapons Cabinet in 1/6-scale

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I purchased this metal cabinet three or four years ago after seeing it in diorama photos from a forum member. At the time (and still) it seemed like a lot to pay for a single item of "dollhouse furniture"... and ultimately it was too much to pay, because I think maybe I've used this piece two or three times in photos since buying it.