Introducing Farran the Unicorn
Another doll that needed eyes was Farran: one of my BJD unicorns.
I got her last year at Black Friday. She arrived in less than a week and she did in fact come with eyes, just anime eyes that I didn't like. It's not like they weren't cute, but after seeing this doll in person, I felt she needed pretty eyes instead of simply cute ones.
This full set is painted beautifully! She's all metallic and sparkly; she even has three tiny pieces of glitter confetti carefully glued under one eye. Because of that, I needed some very sparkly gorgeous eyes to match.
I think my favorite part of Farran's paint is the little bat "necklace" she has. The detail on this doll, though, is truly stunning. I hope someday I can do even half so well on my own doll painting.
Though the company called for 14mm eyes for her, I bought some first and they turned out to be a disaster. Firstly, they were round, and two round eyes of the 14mm size wouldn't even go into Farran's head at the same time, let alone allow her little head ring to fit in with them. I considered inserting only one eye and making her an eye patch to go over the other one, but that felt a little extreme so I hunted up and down for another solution.
Having all the eyes I mentioned before in my cupboard, I decided to try there next. One, if I found some that fit and I liked I wouldn't have to spend anymore money on doll eyes, and, two, if I didn't find ones that I liked at least I might have some idea of what would fit. It turned out, I didn't have any that would fit, even though I found some I thought looked good. For dolls with big eye holes and tiny heads, I would need flat backs for sure. I settled on trying 12mm flat backed eyes, and so I hit my search engine and exhausted the search from eBay, to AliExpress, to Etsy.
Finally, I settled on a pair I found on Etsy. So I ordered her some watermelon pink eyes from Little Katherine Doll in the UK. It took a little time for them to ship, but they arrived pretty quickly and I liked the way they looked on Farran. They match her paint and yet have just the right amount of pop. They're so beautiful in her and I'm really glad she can finally come out of the box and be part of the group at last.
~SilverStar-Burst
I got her last year at Black Friday. She arrived in less than a week and she did in fact come with eyes, just anime eyes that I didn't like. It's not like they weren't cute, but after seeing this doll in person, I felt she needed pretty eyes instead of simply cute ones.
This full set is painted beautifully! She's all metallic and sparkly; she even has three tiny pieces of glitter confetti carefully glued under one eye. Because of that, I needed some very sparkly gorgeous eyes to match.
I think my favorite part of Farran's paint is the little bat "necklace" she has. The detail on this doll, though, is truly stunning. I hope someday I can do even half so well on my own doll painting.
Though the company called for 14mm eyes for her, I bought some first and they turned out to be a disaster. Firstly, they were round, and two round eyes of the 14mm size wouldn't even go into Farran's head at the same time, let alone allow her little head ring to fit in with them. I considered inserting only one eye and making her an eye patch to go over the other one, but that felt a little extreme so I hunted up and down for another solution.
Having all the eyes I mentioned before in my cupboard, I decided to try there next. One, if I found some that fit and I liked I wouldn't have to spend anymore money on doll eyes, and, two, if I didn't find ones that I liked at least I might have some idea of what would fit. It turned out, I didn't have any that would fit, even though I found some I thought looked good. For dolls with big eye holes and tiny heads, I would need flat backs for sure. I settled on trying 12mm flat backed eyes, and so I hit my search engine and exhausted the search from eBay, to AliExpress, to Etsy.
Finally, I settled on a pair I found on Etsy. So I ordered her some watermelon pink eyes from Little Katherine Doll in the UK. It took a little time for them to ship, but they arrived pretty quickly and I liked the way they looked on Farran. They match her paint and yet have just the right amount of pop. They're so beautiful in her and I'm really glad she can finally come out of the box and be part of the group at last.
~SilverStar-Burst
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