Melody House New Arrivals - Akira GET!

Decided to make this an ongoing arrival thread so I don't clutter up this subforum each time I get a new doll.

 

Newest arrival is Akira! I bought myself a Dollfie Dream Sister Akira as a congratulations present for a huge promotion I received at work. She's been a wishlist doll of mine for quite some time, and it's exciting to finally own one! Her name is Creme Caramel, and I'll be repainting and re-dressing her in hime gyaru style.

I had planned to pick up a fullset Akira from Mandarake and just sell the original clothes and wig, but fortunately I found a nude, wigless Akira 2nd on Yahoo!Japan auctions.

 

First shot. I was pleasantly surprised to see she came with the original box! (You can disregard the clothes; I got those from Yahoo!Japan as well.)

20151119_111421 by Rio F, on Flickr

20151119_111646 by Rio F, on Flickr

 

Fresh out of the box! This was my first time handling a Dollfie Dream Sister. I'm pleased with how sturdy she feels! I expected the body to be a bit more waifish, what with the whole little sister aesthetic.

20151119_111726 by Rio F, on Flickr

 

 

Dressed and posed! If you look closely, her eyes have a slight lace pattern. I designed them based on the stylish and feminine circle lenses (cutesy contacts, basically) worn by gyaru and lolitas. The clothes and wig I picked out for her are still in the mail from CoolCat, but she's cute in the outfit I put together during my lunch break today.

PhotoGrid_1447981378697 by Rio F, on Flickr

Edited November 20, 2015 by Guest

I absolutely adore rescue girls!

 

I have quite a few rescued girls of my own but I had others do the repairs to them as I'm not good at things like that.

 

You've done a great job on her and she looks really nice! It's even better that you saved her and have given her a new start on life. I like the idea of her being a robot too, I have 2 androids myself.

 

Congrats on getting her and bringing her back from the brink!

 

 

 

Billy

What a mess she was in and what a big difference a bit of elbow grease and love makes!

 

Welcome to your new girl

 

She looks really pretty. The clear blue eyes with heart in them really sparkle when with the light pink wig. You did a really good job, you would not guess the face makeup was basically made from scratch.

You did a great job on her, she looks fantastic!

That poor girl! You did an awesome job cleaning her up. Nice to see her get a second chance and have a good home. Congrats on your new girl!

Previous Post: I wanted to wait to post this girl until I finished an outfit for her, but I'm too excited. I threw 15,000 yen at a Y!J auction for a DDII body and damaged HDD-07 head, and I won! The head was in horrible shape, which is why nobody else seemed to want her. The eye wells were pretty carved up, and the previous owner had used a Sharpie (?!) to do parts of the faceup. I evened out the eyewells and covered the sharpie marks with Tamiya smooth putty. The body was all but brand new, and needed no work at all!

I don't have any full photos of her yet, since none of the clothes I had on hand suit what I want for her. She's going to be a retro-futuristic robot girl, so I need to make her a sleek and shiny outfit. (Probably something similar to Megurine Luka's Cybernation outfit. I'm not creative enough to come up with something totally original... )

 

Here's how she looked when she arrived, for the most part. There were originally some gross, oily-feeling decal eyebrows that rubbed off as soon as I unwrapped the bubble wrap.

HDD-07 by Rio F, on Flickr

 

After a bit of elbow grease and cleaning, this is the blankest I could get her.

HDD-07 by Rio F, on Flickr

 

Here she is post faceup, borrowing my SD13 Elena's wig. Not too bad for the glue-covered mess she was!

HDD-07 by Rio F, on Flickr

 

I haven't decided on a wig color for her just yet, but I like how she looks in pale colors. Maybe a sleek white wig?

HDD-07 by Rio F, on Flickr

 

Thanks so much for the positive response, everyone! I have such a soft spot for broken and discarded things; I'm glad I was able to turn her around. I spent a couple hours on her outfit, so here are a couple shots of what I have so far. I'm not sure what else to add to the outfit, but I feel like it's a little boring as-is. The wig also won't be her final one; she'll have a fluffy one from Miruya (WG112 style) once I decide on a color. I'm torn between white, lavender, and silver.

Pardon the crappy lighting and setting. It's late here, and I'm excited.

The lumpiness from the glue damage around her eyewells is a little apparent here.

 

 

 

With the Pullip space helmet... I couldn't resist.

Edited November 20, 2015 by Guest

Nice restoration! I think a warm-tone lavender, to contrast with her mostly cool tone eyes?

 

As for the outfit, definitely needs some stockings and bracers/armwarmers, maybe a crazy over the top necklace? . .. I'm also tempted to say some beadwork, but I'm a sucker for bead embroidery.

You've done an amazing job restoring her!

I love her new eyebrows

Lavender hair would look great on her and her outfit is coming along nicely, if you want to add more to it maybe you could add a headpiece and something on her arms, maybe removable sleeves?

Oh geez. That before picture...You really did a great job fixing her up. I love her eyes especially. c:

Thanks so much for the positive feedback and helpful suggestions, everyone! I'll make sure to post pictures in the gallery later once I have a full outfit and her final wig all together.

Akira showed up today!

PhotoGrid_1447981378697 by Rio F, on Flickr