Daria's adventure as a Phicen is drawing to a close so now I can pass on some more information about little
Daria.
Daria's Phicen Adventure
Little Daria transforms back to Big Daria.
A shrinking
Daria photo-shoot has been on my to-do list for over a year.
My initial plan was to shoot WM100 Daria and Photoshop her into various scenes so she looks Barbie sized.
Over the Christmas holidays I had a eureka moment and changed the idea to
Daria transforming into a Phicen body.
I found the idea very exciting.
So this was my begining.
I know nothing about Phicen other than some of the small dolls who have a recuring series.
So off I headed to the phicen.com website.
The first thing I noticed was of the 6 pages of dolls, well over 60% were sold out.
Phicen dolls must be very popular and/or be produce in small numbers.
I then look through some of the generic dolls.
By generic, I mean they are a female form and don't have a costume or theme like Red Sonja or Lady Death.
I was very close to purchasing one but held back for a few days to think about it.
I decided that of the ones that were not sold out, they did not resemble big
Daria very much.
Also, they looked similar to some of the dolls already appearing on TDF.
Daria is a very unique personality and needed a unique representation in Phicen form.
I then broadened my search and my wallet to look at the theme dolls.
These dolls are more expensive but come in a wide range of shapes and colours.
And then... there she was! At last, I had found the perfect doll
So this is the big reveal!
I'm sure many Phicen fans immediatly recognied who
Daria was.
Thank you for not mentioning this while
Daria's Phicen Adventure was playing out.
So here goes......
Little
Daria is Vampirella - Asian Edition.
I mainly chose this doll because of the dark hair with bangs.
Big
Daria has the exact same black hair, same length, and same bangs.
The fact that she was Vampirella did not matter much to me.
Don't get me wrong, I love the Vampirella story, but in this case my sole purpose was to find a small repository for
Daria's personality.
I reached out to Jenny at
sales@phicen.com with some questions.
After studying the photographs, I noticed that Vampirella had extremely long and claw-like blood red fingernails.
I explained to Jenny that I wanted to photograph this doll as a normal sweet lady, and could we do something about her hands.
Jenny said that they could add a collection of normal hands in various poses at no extra charge.
I then asked if there were any other vampire features about this doll that I should be aware of, for example fangs.
Jenny said that other than the nails, Vampirella has no other extreme vampire features.
I placed my order and paid via PayPal. She was ordered on January 11th and arrived January 17th.
Big Daria was very interested in the shipment.
Hey. It's not in an unmarked package.
This is not a big deal, I just assumed it would be.
I just felt that a package marked "Vampirella" would get more unwanted attention that an unmarked package.
Let's open her now!
Inside the cardbord box is the skull base and the shrink wrapped doll.
This is the big bag of extra hands in various poses.
So thats what "Asian Edition" means!
I did mention that I didn't do a lot of research on Phicen before ordering.
Asian edition means that the doll does not have nipples or a detailed pubic region.
At first I was surprised, but I can live with this.
The pubic area is not an issue for me, because
Daria very, very rarely does "spread" shots.
Also, I prefer the look where the outer labia completely hides the inner labia... ie the camel toe.
While this doll does not have a detail pubic area, she does have the correct mound and curves.
I found that adding a little makeup shadowing created a great camel toe effect.
The lack of nipples is a bigger issue.
I could add the nipples back in via Photoshop, but this is just not the same as them actually being there.
I did experiment with coloured paper circles and it seemed to turn out nicely.
In this picture, the left nipple is paper and I used photoshop to soften the edges a little.
Unfortunately I only attached them using a bit of saliva, so the right one had fallen off.
I had to use Photoshop to clone the left nipple onto the right breast.
I am going to try attaching them with eyelash glue next time
I will have a more detailed description of the breasts in a future post.
First Impressions......
This is a very beautiful doll.
She is a little pale, but what do you expect for a vampire.
She is very muscular.
You can see muscle bulges on the arms and legs.
If you zoom in on the picture above you can even see her rib cage definition.
She has boots!
I assumed that the boots were an article of clothing over normal feet.
However, the boots are actually her feet.
If you roll down the leather, there is a solid black plastic "foot" in the boot that attaches to the leg post.
Therefore you cannot remove just her boot.
I love her boots and incorporated them into
Daria's photo-shoot.
However, had I known about them, I would have asked Jenny if they could also include some feet to go along with they extra hands they provided.
She is extremely posable.
They say these dolls have 26 points of articulation and I don't think I have discovered them all yet.
I like to look a poses on the internet to get ideas about posing.
There are a lot of poses big
Daria cannot do.
So far, little
Daria has been able to do them all.
The hair can be a challenge.
You would think that hair on a small doll would be easier, but it's not.
It is almost impossible to get all the individual hairs to behave.
Daria wears her black hair in a ponytail so this helps a little, but still there are stray hairs that show up in photo-shoots.
I've have gotten very familiar with the Photoshop heal function, so the hairs are pretty easy to remove during post production.
Also, the hair is fairly stiff. The doll is 1/6th size, but the hair is a normal thickness.
This makes for a stiffer look.
For example, when she is looking down, her hair tends to stick out to the back rather than flowing around her shoulders.
I found that a little scotch tape will help to hold it down and does not show in the photographs.
Overall.....
So overall, I am extremely happy with this doll.
Daria's Phicen Adventure is approaching its end and she has returned to her normal size.
However, the story is not finished yet.
Little
Daria will not completely disappear from the scene.
There will be future adventures with Little
Daria and Big
Daria.
Also, I will be posting more information about her breast enhancement as soon as I can.
Thanks,
scooter
For instance everything is cheaper in the sixthscale i presume she have shrunken to. There are tons of Barbie accessories that is cheap as h**l. 
