davidd's A Doll A Day Challenge 2020

[davidd]

I see a guillotine and a disembodied head… 

Have you ever taken a Rorschach test? I suspect the results would be interesting. 

OF COURSE! A guillotine! Looked like a sewer full of blood to me, but now I can see that it's clearly a guillotine! 

Yes, Alliecat was correct, but I liked your initial impression, and now I'm wondering how to convey something like that for the next Tuesday Doodle! 

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13 May – Cousin Monday on a TBLeague S26A Body

To my surprise, the Momoko Quietude Dedication costume fits the TBLeague (Phicen) S26A body almost perfectly. I did not ex-pect it to fit around the shoulders, but it wasn't an issue.

The seamless body has several advantages over the stock Momoko body. It has slightly larger feet and heavier overall weight, so the figure is more stable and stands on its own. The range of motion is greater, allowing for a wider variety of poses. The joints are tighter, allowing the figure to hold a pose better. The shoulders and neck are very flexible, allowing for "ex-pressive" posing. Three pairs of hands are included with the body, including the "gripping" hand seen here; the figure is holding the relatively heavy metal candlestick without additional support while balancing on high heeled shoes. The color match between the head and body is not exactly perfect, but then, it is not a perfect match to between the head and the original body, either. It is definitely a "close enough" color match to look believable, or to not cause a distraction.

The Momoko head slips easily on to the neck post. I wrapped a couple of layers of masking tape around the neck post to hold the head more securely.

The only drawback, for me, is that this body has separate feet (flats and heels feet are included), so there is still an unsightly ankle seam that is visible through the stockings, similar to that with the original Momoko body. I think a couple of wraps of teflon tape will remedy that.

The body is slightly thicker through the waist and hips than the original Momoko body. The costume includes an under-skirt. While the dress fits the figure without the underskirt, it will not fit if the underskirt is used. But the underskirt does not show when the figure is fully dressed. In fact, I was surprised to discover the underskirt when I undressed the original Momoko body. The underskirt will fit the seamless body, but the dress is slightly too tight to fit on the seamless body over the underskirt.

Better balance, better range of motion, more ex-pressive posing, multiple hands (including "gripping" hands), adequate color match, and the costume fits: I think Cousin Monday is on the TBLeague body to stay.

(For those who may be interested: TBLeague S26A pale tone mid-bust small stature seamless body)