Dollieh Sanctuary

I had brought this up on the Dollfie dreams forum and, after seeing it produce some interesting conversations on the subject I thought id ask you peeps over here.
This had been at the back of my mind for a while until recently when i saw figure.fm member Ms. Geek's post of her own wheelchair bound daughter, sarge.. After seeing this article i wondered - have any of you ever considered adopting a girl [or boy] who had a defect or was damaged, and incorporating that damage into their back story? or would you rather repair the damage and keep them a perfect as possible?

For as much money as these dolls cost, I'd probably never buy a damaged doll to begin with. But should one of mine be damaged, I'd most likely attempt to repair the damage, or if needed try to buy a replacement part (for example, broken fingers on a hand).

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder...and people who are disabled ARE perfect. Just because they aren't like everyone else, well, they're just more original than the rest of us. Same with dolls.

*SQUEEE* I love 'imperfect' dolls!!! They are usually the ones with the most personality. XD

I say, take the imperfection and run with it. Exploit the opportunity and have fun because only owning dolls that are 'perfect' gets a little boring after a while. ^.~

My second doll, Seiki (vinyl version) had an imperfection on his lip. That imperfection was turned into a scar... and every single version of Seiki that I've done since, has had the scar painted in place since. ^____^

But, the best example of using the 'imperfections' as an advantage has to be this guy:











Every single part (with the exception of maybe two or three) on that doll has 'issues'. Be it bubbles, marbling, slippage or stuff got in the mold (it happens)... all of these issues were either camouflaged or enhanced to turn him into a lovely doll.

The only time that 'imperfections' get in the way, is if they compromise the 'stability' of the doll. Otherwise, I view the imperfections as 'features' to be played with. ^______^

<3

-Kiki.

It's so funny that I see this thread now. I'm literally sitting here waiting on the damaged Delilah Noir doll that I just got to dry where I painted over her flawed belly. Just for the heck of it I painted several other spots as well. She's gone all Queen of Hearts and and is demanding to be called Valentine now instead of Dorothy like I wanted. She also wants to be THE Red Velvet Delilah, and to have the raven wig that they came with. (Only she wants me to add a streak of red, she says...) She wants me to make the other RV the dark rainbow girl but Dacia (the other RV) is in a snit about that idea and is unhappy that the other one gets to be RV and gets the body art. So much for all 7 Delilah Noir having appropriate D names, or the personalities I wanted them all to have...

I don't mind imperfect. In fact the two Resinsoul MSD resin dolls that I have bought used both had defects and/or have been altered a lot, and actually I chose them because they were that way. It saved me some money that they were less than factory perfect and I had fun in the case of Alba in reworking her. I'm still not done with her actually. I still have fill up her body holes.

Nothing in life is actually perfect least of all my dolls. Sometimes you have to live with a little imperfection and that's okay, particularly if you can turn a so called flaw into something that makes a doll (or a person) unique. Good example? Barbara Streisand. To my Dad she's homely and she needs a nose job, but I look at her I just don't see the same woman he does. I see a woman with great skin, absolutely beautiful eyes and a very distinctive nose who has wisely decided not to mess with it in case it affected her wonderful voice. A woman who actually can look drop dead gorgeous when she's all made up and wearing the right outfit.

Imperfect can be beautiful. I learned that from watching her and even if I could I would not change her one bit. I like her just as she is, admire her greatly, in fact. Growing up I was a lovely baby, a cute little kid, but I hit puberty and I was totally the Ugly Ducking. I grew up and I became a swan, for a while, but then I grew older, and I guess I'm kind of a duck again, but maybe not the ugliest one on the block? I'm happy though with who I am. I'm not exactly running for the plastic surgeon, shrug.

Delilah Noir she's really taught me not to expect perfection in her actually. Every Delilah doll I've got almost has "issues" as they say. Several of them have serious issues. If I was not able to accept imperfection and to love them as they are I'd probably not have any of them in my house. They'll never be perfect. But I can still have fun and maybe turn the "flaws" into something that will make them unique. So I will. Why not? No matter what I do the flaws will exist, but I think I'd rather they became an asset instead....

llorcalon wrote:have any of you ever considered adopting a girl [or boy] who had a defect or was damaged, and incorporating that damage into their back story? or would you rather repair the damage and keep them a perfect as possible?

As I buy Obitsus (and the occasional Dollfie Dream) replacement parts are for the most part cheap and plentiful. I like to keep my girls in good repair. However, a debilitation of some sort makes a quick and easy hook for a character's background. There are plenty of perfectly good dolls that are bought and then modified or disfigured for the sake of their back story.

As long as the doll poses really well and I love the sculpt, I don't care if it is imperfect. However, I'm also not going to go out of my way to pay just as much for a damaged doll as I would a new one of the same sculpt.

i definitely would. It would obviously depend on the price, but if I had the chance to pick up a doll I liked with pretty much any kind of damage for a good enough deal, I'd go for it in an instant. If a doll had messed-up legs or damaged joints, they'd get braces and / or a custom wheelchair. If they'd been broken, I'd mend them but paint (part of) the lines as scars. The only thing I wouldn't do is leave broken fingers / arms off, they'd go back on (or be re-sculpted). A doll like that would likely end up in the Shadowrun universe, the replaced parts representing cyberware. ^^

If the perceived injury from any major damage worked for the character, then I would definitely go ahead with it. Little flaws and nicks and such usually actually enhance a doll for me. They help make the doll unique and get incorporated as scars or tattoo inspiration when blushing them.

A month or so back there was a very lovely doll on the DOA marketplace that had some very extensive damage due to a dog getting a hold of her. It was fairly extreme, but the owner had done a very good job at translating it into a scar mod. She ended up being both beautiful and unique looking. She had lots of personality that the sculpt doesn't normally have.

I regret not having money at the time, because I probably would have bought her. She was dirt cheap, and would normally have been one out of my current price range. She went within a day, so obviously someone else out there found her to be just as beautiful!