Howdy!

I'm James, and it's my first day!
Please excuse any shoddy formatting, it's been a long time since I've been on any forum sites.

I'm a UK-based doll collector and artist, but I'm new to BJDs specifically. I've been aware of the hobby for a long time, and I've finally been bitten by the bug and bought my first blank base this morning - an Island Doll Tear Island body & Wind Island head. I'm very excited to work with them, the sculpting is beautiful and the 1/6 scale feels very comfortable and familiar to me.

I hope to create my own dolls from scratch in the future - ideally once I knuckle down and learn to use Blender - but for the time being I'm here to learn, observe, and customise. I'd love to meet other trans and/or male collectors and artists, it's a community that I haven't really tapped into before and I'd love to meet others like me.

 

Hahahaha, truly I fear for my wallet when I have access to the marketplace here
That being said, life is short and I have a full time job for a reason... more dolls couldn't hurt too much!

 

I see no problem here :p In all seriousness, the hope is that when my partner and I move into our own place I'll have a dedicated doll room/workshop Who needs a guest bedroom, eh?

 

Accidentally ended up with two messages, oops! I'll get used to this forum thing eventually

 

Oh yeah, totally get that. I actually ended up with a (non-BJD) doll back in ~2022 and ended up with about 50 by the start of this year, too. I recently slimmed my collection down to 30 or so, so I'm *totally* in a good place to start on the BJDs this year. I'm excited to see how quickly it takes over my life!

 

Thank you! :p