Tangkou Dolls: Halloween Photo Contest 2012

Tangkou Dolls: Halloween Photo Contest 2012
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Halloween Photo Contest 2012

Halloween Contest 2012, a photo by ♥ Laurie ♥ on Flickr.

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Custom Tangkou Doll Contest Winners.

Tangkou Design Contest, Last Day!

Please view the creative custom design from all of our participants.
It is the last day to our contest and to vote for your favourite design! Please take a minute and follow this link in order to help our participants to get more likes on their design and win their dream Custom Tangkou Doll! It will be much appreciated. Many Thanks!

Facebook Tangkou Doll Community Page

S'il vous plaît; Allez voir les dessins créatifs de nos participants pour le concour " Gagnez une Tangkou personnalisé." C'est le dernier jour pour ajouter un "J'aime" sur votre dessin préféré! Prenez une minute, suivez ce lien afin d'aider les participants à obtenir le plus de j'aime sur leur conception afin de gagner leur poupée de collection personnalisée Tangkou! Ça serait très apprécié. Merci Beaucoup!

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Win a Custom Tangkou Doll!

Like our Community Page on Facebook & Read the Instruction for the contest!

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Customizing... Where to start ?

" I was thinking " instead of sleeping;  of my collectable dolls and how i started to customize some of them. Then i remembered years ago when i found my first Blythe doll in a store. I wanted her so badly and she was not the most affordable doll! I had no idea that it was a collectable and that some artist were customizing them.  I didn't know that the word customizing was existing in the first place.
Then i spent my first 120 $ for a "save the animal Blythe doll to customize" after reading online tutorials. Wow a SBL mold!  The worst to start with... i was so afraid to wreck the poor doll!

All that to say; Where do we start when we want to customize a doll like Blythe , Pullip or even Tangkou? I started by reading Melissa at the http://www.puchicollective.com/ website. She thought me everything that i needed to know to get started! All dolls are different but when it come to rerooting techniques, carving, sanding,  repainting and make-up, sewing outfits and buying supplies, we all pretty much end up doing the same things and looking at the same places. If you want to customize a doll and you just don't know where to start, i would suggest to visit this website, it is a wonderful place to learn!

Coming Soon... Pre-Order Open!

Coming soon! Inspirations of Audrey Hepburn. She was ranked as the third greatest female screen legend in the history of American cinema and  a place in the International best Dressed List Hall of Fame.

Quote from Miss Audrey; 

“I believe in pink. I believe that laughing is the best calorie burner. I believe in kissing, kissing a lot. I believe in being strong when everything seems to be going wrong. I believe that happy girls are the prettiest girls. I believe that tomorrow is another day and I believe in miracles.”

― Audrey Hepburn

“Paris is always a good idea.”
― Audrey Hepburn

“The beauty of a woman is not in a facial mole,but true beauty in a Woman is reflected in her soul. It is the caring that she lovingly gives, the passion that she knows.” 
― Audrey Hepburn

“Living is like tearing through a museum. Not until later do you really start absorbing what you saw, thinking about it, looking it up in a book, and remembering - because you can't take it in all at once.”
― Audrey Hepburn

“I have to be alone very often. I'd be quite happy if I spent from Saturday night until Monday morning alone in my apartment. That's how I refuel."

(Audrey Hepburn: Many-Sided Charmer, LIFE Magazine, December 7, 1953)”
― Audrey Hepburn

“As a matter of fact, I rather feel
like expressing myself now.”
― Audrey Hepburn

The Quote used in this Post were borrowed from http://www.goodreads.com

PRE-ORDER UK : http://tangkoudollsuk.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=25
PRE-ORDER US & CANADA: http://tangkoudoll.com
PRE-ORDER Netherlands & Elsewhere : http://poppenimport.nl

Tangkou Doll Loli, Now available!

Loli Tangkou is now available.  She was designed by Susan Li from poppenimport.nl

                             

                        "  Limited Edition of 2000 pieces "

Encre Noire, Custom by Julien Martinez

Encre Noire, By the French artist Julien Martinez.  http://intermundisleblogdejulienmartinez.blogspot.ca/

When it comes to Julien's creations, it doesn't matter what type of doll he is using, the final result 

 is always surprisingly stunning and beautiful! His attention to details, his great sense of style and   

 personality, the everlasting darkness & mystery of his work is fascinating and always remain trendy. 

 I want to share, with his consent, the beauty of his customization work on Tangkou Dolls. 

Just Print and Draw your Tangkou Face-Up!

I created this drawing sheet to print and test different colours for my face-up! Its fun and gives you a idea of your final results before you paint it on your face plate. I thought i'd share this one as well because its been useful to me and i love using it! 

Just Print and Design your custom Tangkou!

I created this design sheet to print and draw! I like to make different drawings before i customize my dolls to make sure i like the final result. I thought it would be nice to share it, as i love using it so much myself. It makes it easier than to start from scratch every time. So if you would to use it as well,
Just print it and have fun!

A Example of the results after drawings that i made myself . 

About Tangkou Dolls

Tangkou Doll Aussie, BDS03

HOW IT STARTED... WHO IS BEHIND HER?

Tangkou doll was designed  by the 6th Sense Tang Doll Group. The name of the des​ign team refers to an old Chinese proverb that says: "Every good artist has a sixth sense". Therefore, Mr. Sun, The official designer/owner of Tangkou Doll Brand thought it was appropriate, even essential, to baptize its group of design this way. The name of the doll also have its own meaning. The term "Tang" means "China" and its pronunciation is the same as "Tang" which means "candy" in China. "Kou" means "the result" and "initiation of fruits." This supposes that the doll represents a Sweet Tangkou Chinese.

​COLLECTABLE OR NOT ?
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The whole idea behind Tangkou came from a group of doll collectors! They had the goal of creating their own brand of collectable dolls! ​They are always seeking for new dolls to collect and want to gather all the nice qualities they find and enjoy the most on their favourite dolls to produce "the best Chinese doll". They also want people to discover, through this doll, the Chinese culture.

The 6th Sense Tang Doll group is planning 6 to 8 new releases per  year. These" Limited Edition"  will inspire different themes mostly focussing on Fashion, culture, movies and Fairy tales.



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Eyelashes and Eyelids on Tangkou

Removing them is very easy with hot water, putting them back is even easier!
Tangkou doesn't have any eyelashes insertion holes making it much easier to add thicker or exaggerated lashes! Simply add a small amount of glue along its line, allow it to dry and that's it, you're done!
I like to buy my lashes on Ebay. There are many stores who sells non-expansive, amazing styles and colours! Don't limit yourself to buy them in a doll store if you want to find unique & original pairs!

Opening Tangkou for customization

Today,  i started the customizing of my very first Tangkou doll! I took some pictures so i could share my new experiment working with her! I usually work with Blythe Dolls and i find it challenging and fun to customize another type of doll! Especially one who has so much in common with the doll i love the most! So there it is! I will make a step by step customizing process and will explain it as it goes! It shouldn't be more complicated than opening up RBL's but its worth sharing the differences! 

Removing the scalp first

The scalp from the inside

There is no hard dome underneath her soft scalp. I removed it by pressing and squeezing the scalp all around the sides. The dry glue  has loosen up to break and released the bounding between the edges of the scalp and the top of the plates. It is a much thicker scalp than those of a regular Blythe! There is no fragile flange to break or damage by pulling on it !

Note: There is two type of scalp on Tangkou, one with plugs (little holes) and one without.                               

The Mold BDSO1 & BDS04 have a scalp with plugs, rerooting plug by plug is possible

The Mold BDS02 & BDS03 have a plain scalp with easy removable wig, better for weft & wigs. 

Removing 2 springs inside the eye / switch mechanism

The 2 head parts are clipped together under the ear area, just like Blythe! The difference i found is that it is also bounded together by two little springs. These are essential to  make the mechanism and the switch work properly. I had to release and remove these springs in order to separate the head.

Removing the two screws behind the head before unclipping both parts of the mask plates. 

I removed the 2 screws from the back of her head using a small X screwdriver and got the head open by pushing on each side of her ears to release the clips.

The body detached itself from the head and the switches parts as well.  Many little pieces to take care of. I stored every pieces in a safe place. I wouldn't want to lose anything as i have to put the poor thing back together later! 

Removing all 3 screws inside her mask plate to release the other pieces.
Once the head open,  i had to remove 3 more screws inside the face plate to release the remaining parts,  including the eyeballs. 


The last step was detaching the eyeballs from the eyelid part!  I noticed that the eyelashes are glued from the inside of the lids with no insertion hole. That will give me more latitude to work with her lashes.