The Littlest Prince

A while ago...really a while ago, actually an entire year ago, I impulse-bought a ddh01 from yahoo auctions. I even posted a New Arrival thread for it, but I never really did anything with it after that for the following reasons:

1) I had bought it hoping to make a specific character, and the head didnt really look it would work for that character after all once I saw it IRL

3) My friend, who I had asked to grab me a tan d'coord if one popped up when they were in Doll Point, did just that which cleared my wallet out for the month, so I didnt have the chance to get this head a body.

2) shortly after that, Volks announced the SDC Renee rerelease which cleared me out again.

3) Then I had a bunch of other stuff to pay for, I started anticipating the 9S and Luka DDs, I started wanting to save my money more, I started wondering if I should get a Liliru, I started wanting to see if Arle got a rerelease, etc etc.

 

All during this, the head was in a box. I took it out every now and then but to be honest it just wasnt clicking with me. I felt kinda bad about it but finally decided I'd sell it.....and then I got a mark on it. I got paranoid that a buyer would get mad about this so decided I'd fix that, but had to wait until it wasnt humid enough to spray the MSC, and so on, and so forth.

 

Then, out of the blue, my friend helped me get an MDD body and I decided to give the head another go before I was 100% sure I wanted to sell it, since all this time I'd never actually seen it on a MDD body. And as soon as I did that, I fell completely in love. The problem was that I still couldn't figure out what to do with it. It even had a brief stint as a baby-Kaito (mostly so that I had something to post for Kaito's birthday)

But it still wasnt' perfect - if I wanted them to be Kaito permanently it would mean altering the faceup (because the soft brown lines on it didnt really go with the blue wig).

 

tl;dr on a whim I bought a cute blond wig from Dolk on the weekend just to test it out, figuring Rin could have it if it didn't work, and I made the guy a little Prince, and to me he is perfect.

 

To tell the truth, I was hesitant about having a doll that wasn't already an established character. Nearly all my dolls are either existing characters (ie the vocaloids) or based on characters of my own, and this little guy just came out of nowhere. But I really dig the aesthetic of cute little princes, and this recent SDM outfit from Volks is perfect. All he needs is a little crown, which my sister can hopefully make for me with polymer.

 

He still doesn't have a name, and I might be changing his eyes (these are Miku's Twinkle Snow eyes) but I'm really happy to have my first MDD. (And...certainly not my last. Good lord these little ones are adorable ;-;) I'm also a little surprised how much I turned around on the head after finally seeing it the way it 'should' look.

Edited March 1, 2018 by Guest

Omg, he’s so cute! He turned out so lovely, it’s like he was always meant to become your little prince. MDDs are so precious.

He came together perfectly.

 

Volks made crowns for the My First Star iM@S outfit, and of course the new Saber will come with one. Maybe you can find those somewhere on their own like YJA, or in a Saber split.

 

Edit: The iM@S one does have a heart design in it.

The new Saber has a crown. From the page I'm not seeing one for Jeanne, only her other headgear, whatever that is called.

 

http://www.volks.co.jp/fgo/en/dd_ruler_jeanne/

http://www.volks.co.jp/fgo/en/dds_saber_altria/

The new Saber has a crown. From the page I'm not seeing one for Jeanne, only her other headgear, whatever that is called.

 

http://www.volks.co.jp/fgo/en/dd_ruler_jeanne/

http://www.volks.co.jp/fgo/en/dds_saber_altria/

 

Yeah I corrected that shortly after I posted. I was thinking Jeanne, but then I remembered it was Saber.

He is adorable! Funny how things can just come together after so long. He turned out wonderful, congrats!

I know about Saber's crown, it was actually the first thought I had. But I'm not sure if anyone would be willing to sell it on its own, and if they did, it means I have to wait until September/October. I will probably see if I can find any at DollShow/Dolpa this coming May and failing that my sister has offered to make me one.

(I know Pipos have magnetic ones too but they're a little on the pricey side after currency conversion and shipping, they're pretty cute though)

Such a sweet prince! The second outfit really helps to make his eyes 'pop' and looks just so perfect on him. I hope you can find your crown to make the finishing touch.

Your little prince is adorable! I've seen a couple of crowns from FeerieDollAtelier on Etsy, maybe you could check them out?

Oh he's ADORABLE

He is so cute, and the outfit looks very nice on him. His faceup looks very well done.

 

Linda S.

galatia9

Your little prince is adorable! I've seen a couple of crowns from FeerieDollAtelier on Etsy, maybe you could check them out?

I did see those, but they seem to be tiaras rather than crowns. Thank you for all the suggestions though!

 

By the way, he now has his final eyes so he can stop borrowing the Twinkle Snow ones. I was going to wait until DollShow or Dolpa in May, but I picked these up from the dealer space at Fu kuoka Volks, from a seller called Violetta10th. I'm really happy with his look now!

I'm really happy with his look now!

 

omg, he is darling!!! *_*

 

here's a crown idea - have u tried making him a tiny lace one? Like maybe using the frilly-looking paper doilies pieces?

It's ornate, can be sturdy if cardboard-backed, just small enuff for his head....

My First Idol costume sets have tiny crowns. You may have more luck getting one of these?

 

Omg he is so precious and small!

Just in case anyone wants an update on the crown saga, I never actually did manage to find anyone selling Saber's separately (but still would love to find one).

I did find a pretty snazzy one on Gem of Doll's Taobao store. I decided a while back that Tilo is a prince from outer space (although sometimes he's also a boy detective, bu thats probably a disguise - don't ask) and this crown seems elaborate enough for that.