Things I should not do

I will be the first to admit, I'm kind of dumb. I do lots of things I shouldn't do. I go swimming right after meals, I don't reapply sunscreen, I wash light and dark clothes together. But the big one (for this hobby)? I wasn't spraying sealant with a respirator on.

Yeah I sort of figured since I only paint dolls once in a while and I only spray when I'm painting, if I do it outside and maybe hold my breath I'd totally be ok. Which is wrong. And dumb. Because sometimes when you think, hey this stuff smells like cancer, it's because it is slowly giving you cancer. Or other fun health problems. I am no stranger to health problems, or hospitals, or shit going wrong very quickly, and decided it was something I would like to avoid.

Tadah! Problem solved. No more cancer inhaling sealant spraying for me. I've already done some damage to my lungs from the years where I (infrequently but still dumbly) sprayed MSC or Dullcoat without any protection whatsoever. Hopefully that won't come back to bite me in the ass in 30 years. But for now, with my shiny new respirator in the mail and big plans for doll painting in the future, at least I have ease of mind that I'm not messing up my lungs when I'm working on my hobby. And also it masks the cancer smell. Cause seriously sealant just smells like a whole parade of lung cancer.

Happy (and safe) modding!
Sam

Summer updates

Ok so...I've been slacking. Pretty badly. But I just sold my Amazon Cleo repaint (yay!) and surprisingly found my camera. I was looking for Lego Batman for the DS but camera is also a nice fine. I didn't find the game though, which means I should probably clean. In any case though, here's my (mostly finished) updates!

Yup! Succubus is painted and everything. Sad part is her wings are freaking fragile as shit. There's wire inside them so it helps but when I was shooting her picture she fell backwards and cracked her damn wings. This is like the third time I've had to superglue her ass. So she is a damn display only doll. And I'm going to make her clothes and sell her because I'm done with her and her wings take up too much space on my dresser. They are blushed BUT front only. No 3D view, the back is plain clay. I just need to sew her some hooker clothes now.

 And I got a Rochelle! She's adorable. I didn't even change her styling cause it's so cute. I'm not normally one for big eyes but damnit I couldn't help it. Her eyewells are pretty large and very much indented so either you paint them large or you paint smaller eyes and deal with this weird line crease thing. But I went for big eyes cause she's so cute. And sad. Secretly I love sad dolls and so I exaggerated her furrowed brows and gave her tiny red lips so she's all pouting. She looks worried. I make her sit by my computer cause this one I actually really love and kind of want to keep.

This poor girl looks dead. Dead dead dead. Just so decomposing. But she's a Ghoulia repaint so I guess that works. Or maybe she's narcoleptic. That's probably more PG. Nobody wants corpses around but sleeping people are alright. She is sewn the hell into that damn dress because there is no way I can add a tiny tiny zipper or snaps or whatnot so screw it, she's stuck. She will always be in evening wear. I want to throw her up for sale on Etsy but I have to comb her damn hair first and with the stupid beads in the back it's a pain. I have to take them out, fix her hair, set it, and then stab the metal rods holding the beading back into her head and hope I don't mess her hair up in the process. She's cute, and I'm surprised at how nicely she turned out for my first repaint, but I like the gargoyle girl more so she's got to go. If I ever get unlazy enough to list her on Etsy that is.

New plans: Work on Medusa. Jiggle snakes ahoy I want a neat Medusa monster and Frankie is green so that's my new plan. As soon as I pick up a fancy respirator so I can work with terrible chemicals and not worry about cancer. And then...hm I've got another Cleo, a black and white Frankie, and a roller derby (really? Roller derby?) Operetta that need to get painted. And holy crap does that black and white Frankie's hair need to be washed out. It's a cute black and white bob but it's so stiff with whatever shit they put in it that it's a damn helmet. So gross. Hair shouldn't be crusty. But I haven't got plans for what I want to make them into yet. So I will do Medusa first (slowly) and maybe inspiration will hit.

Happy modding!
Sam