40–49cm Dolls Arrival of my first doll! | GEM Black Dove Beaz

Greetings!

On January 14th 2026, my very first doll has arrived, making a dream of more than a decade coming true with it. In the past few days since her arrival, I have been busy getting to know her, taking photos of her, and let her explore my room with various other inhabitants (OT dolls, toys, plushes et cetera) who will hopefully be her friends for many years.

I have two little plans in doll collection: 1) each doll is ordered by a different brand because I'd like to get to know as many dollmakers as possible, and 2) each doll presents one of my original characters. The first victim of this plan is Irisa (Risa) who has become a GEM Beaz doll.



Box inside the box, the cardboard was tightly sealed before cutting it open and I am glad the package has not received major damage while traveling. She was on a very long trip before she arrived here. : )




Peeking out from the comfortable bed. Sorry if you got woken up suddenly, Irisa. I love the fabric where she has been sleeping in. The wig and her clothes were placed right next to her, also ordered from AC.



Her CoA.



The very first image of her assembled! I quickly realized my phone is not suitable taking the best photos so after a few attempts I just switched to a camera. This outfit was accidentally ordered twice, actually! At least this secured matching outfits to her and her twin who will also arrive as a doll in the future.



As usual, her default eyes were brown. They were changed to purple the next day. The small green clay sticking out was fixed after noticing it on this photo. :' )
This was also the day when I washed her clothes to make sure her black skirt and stockings will not cause stains in the long run. Her eyelashes are so beautiful! White makes a great contrast next to brown eyeshadow and dark hair.

Eventually, she will receive a casual outfit but it's still work in progress and has not arrived yet. Other than that, I plan to also sew clothes for her. A friend has recently sent vinyl patterns which can be applied on fabric by heat. Perfect coincidence, one of the patterns is a Black Mage icon and her job also became BLM when I re-created her in FFXIV. (The other pattern is the best cat in the game.)

 

Here are a few photos of her made by camera.

Spoiler: Irisa's very first photoshoot (Placed in spoiler if you don't want to load too many photos at once)

Here she is! Irisa found my steampunk necklace so she asked if she could wear it, which became a nice accessory to her outfit. She is gorgeous! I love the doll and I love how Irisa looks as a doll. One thing I am unsure about is the pearl decoration on her face - to me they look like simple pearls glued on her face but whoever I have introduced her to they said the pearls look like piercings. More photos to come soon! Both as a post in photo gallery and as part of her Doll profile.