Today’s doll update: finally painted some 1/6 factory heads. I’d done the blushing before (pastel/brush-on sealant on Unoa and gouache on Fashion Royalty) but today I did the rest. Tried using just Acryl Gouache – I like it (it’s basically just very matte acrylic paint) but it dries SO fast. And I’m rusty!
Some blank shots of my rare bird, the unmodded Sleeping Delf Soony (Soony Special).
Sasha’s laundry is done!
This is a modded Batchix St. George head that bought from Krowbar/handy_dandy_degenerate_candy at PNW BJD Expo way back in 2017. At the time I asked if they would mind me redoing the faceup and they said they didn’t mind at all, but it wasn’t something I felt up to tackling for a long time. He finally has a body I think feels right for him (the WS Dream Valley 51cm body) and I finally felt up to starting on it. The mods were pretty rough under the paint so I sanded him some more, but not enough apparently! I’m trying to use some Vallejo acrylic primer instead of just paint, so there’s more sanding and spraying ahead for me but I think it’ll look nicer than regular acrylic in the end.
I wasn’t happy with the fit of the glued pieces on 70cm Tennant’s head, so I attached the ears and filled in some of the gaps with Milliput. This was better, but then I also remembered that I could use some of the same UV resin I printed with to cover up the Milliput bits. After sanding it looks much better!
Just some shots of Sasha all cleaned up and restrung! I gave her some brains even though I’m not very good at them. She’s just wearing an SD sweater until her clothes are washed.
Sasha doll updates! She got a good thorough wash and I conditioned her hair, then I went about pulling out her cut bang plugs (quite difficult) and replacing them. I made an order from Monique Trading Co on their last day, and while I had ordered one of their hair sample rings, they sent me four of them, so I had plenty of hair and colors to try. I picked some of the hairs that matched best – they were the regular hair type, not synthetic mohair, i.e. I think Modacrylic and not Kanekalon. I rooted them in using the tension method, and this hair was pretty terrible for that because it’s stiff and had a bend set into it pretty hard already where it was folded over the metal piece on the ring.
After rooting the bangs in I treated the hair using the sage advice of @dollsonmain , with conditioner and a straightening iron on low. I was really shocked by how soft and silky it was after this. Finally I re-thatched the part and gave her a boil wash. I decided to part her bangs instead of cutting them, which she really wasn’t rooted for, so it doesn’t look the neatest but I still prefer it to the very thick bangs that she was originally rooted with.
I still don’t have any more insight on what kind of Sasha she is other than that she’s from 1970 according to her white strings.
I got Sleeping Soony’s DD1 body all cleaned up and restrung. Did you know DD1 bodies were strung? I didn’t, haha. She can stand now! Part of me wants to put her on the other Delf/Feeple60 parts hybrid body that I have Megu on, since it would match her head perfectly, but she’s had this body for so long that I feel like it’s really hers, haha. I like the attitude she has on it. I’ll have to match the color when I do her faceup.
I finally got a chance to seal the faceup layer on LTF Soony so that she could be put back together! In between I decided that I wanted her to be a little taller so I picked up this Dollzone Mini Jing body and fullset, which is SUPER cute and the yellow resin is actually a great match. I just had to flip one of the magnets in the ears to work with the LTF headback’s magnets. I did somehow mess up her upper liner in the process of sealing the faceup layer? Just the upper liner, very odd. I’ll have to paint over it.
Went to Goodwill for the first time in a while and found this special little one! She’s actually in lovely shape with very clean clothes but she’s had very unfortunate haircut right in the front. I’ve been trying to do some research but it seems like most of the information on these is in out-of-print physical books. She has (very loose) white elastic so I thiiiink she’s from 1970? But I’d like to ask if anyone here is more knowledgable on Sasha dolls.
she hasnt had a hair cut!! the sasha doll bangs just tend to stick up like that after years of play.you can dampen her hair with water and then place a tube sock over her head while it dries and it’ll help flatten them down. it also looks like she’s in her original dress
Hi! Thank you and I see what you mean, the bangs are sticking up in the photo, but she does have all the front rows of her hair cut down to the plug. You can Isee it better here:
I got the cut plugs pulled out tonight so now I’m going to fill in the missing hair. Monique Trading Corp sent me like 4 rings of hair samples with my order on the day they closed and they’re perfect for this job!
Went to Goodwill for the first time in a while and found this special little one! She’s actually in lovely shape with very clean clothes but she’s had very unfortunate haircut right in the front. I’ve been trying to do some research but it seems like most of the information on these is in out-of-print physical books. She has (very loose) white elastic so I thiiiink she’s from 1970? But I’d like to ask if anyone here is more knowledgable on Sasha dolls.
Oh my god, is that a No Philtrum Sasha?! What an incredibly lucky find, NP Sashas are incredibly hard to find and sought after (and also adorable!!)
Congrats!!
Thank you! I’ve been trying to figure that out but I honestly can’t tell. She doesn’t really have any definition in the philtrum, it’s just a slightly raised squarish area, and she does look very much like some of the close up pictures on that page, but I really can’t tell the difference in the philtrum-having faces either.. I need to find some sharper photos of them I think. Here she is after a wash.
