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[phosfate]

The temperature should hit 104 today. We comfort ourselves by telling each other, "In six months, we'll be saying, 'Gosh, I hope it gets up to 0 today!' Har har." Kill me.

The BJD Orbyrarium, the book on ball-jointed dolls from Haute Doll, arrived yesterday. Really pretty, full of swell toy porn, and in English. Of course, since it's from Haute Doll, you're guaranteed at least one brain-bending bit of sentence construction on every page, and the organization is random, but I suppose that's just part of their charm. Aimee off denofangels.com did a fantastic wraparound cover illustration. Bonus points for giving it one of those crimp-edged vinyl jackets, so it'll keep that lovely new book smell for quite a while, and possibly give me cancer. *whiff*

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[kosher-jenny.livejournal.com]

So it is good then? I was on the fence about ordering it, since I already have a bunch of doll books and magazines in Japanese, (I <3 SF's Japantown) including the vinyl-covered charmer Unoa Freak, which I guess is where the idea for the Orbyrarium. But the fact that this one is actually in English is a big plus. I think once I get my next paycheck in the bank I'll order it.

Also, It's interesting to note that since the book was released one of the artists who did a faceup tutorial has been exposed as a scammer.

[annlarimer.livejournal.com]

That's the problem -- I haven't seen any of the Japanese BJD books, so I don't know what's in them and can't compare.

Also, while I've had no problem 'reading' my Japanese plushmaking books, very little in plushmaking involves working with chemicals that can kill you, or techniques which, used incorrectly, will destroy your doll. (On the other hand, I'm wary of a lot of the English-language BJD instruction I see. One site recommends Testors Dull-Coat for fixing vinyl dolls, but the label on the can states quite clearly that it's not to be used on vinyl.)

Also, It's interesting to note that since the book was released one of the artists who did a faceup tutorial has been exposed as a scammer.

I wasn't gonna mention that. Even though it's really funny.