I picked up my KID Milly boy a few days ago, and as with all older boy dolls I'm having trouble getting him to look as masculine as I'd like. Most sculpts are way too feminine, and the tiny necks don't help. I specifically chose Iplehouse's Milly sculpt because it is the most masculine-looking of all their KIDs. But boys have thicker necks in real life, and the KIDs all have very slender necks, so I've tried to bulk out his neck area with a turtle-neck and chain mail.
But wigs are the biggest challenge of all. There's no such thing as masculine boy wigs available anywhere. I had purchased two brown wigs for him - a short and longer one, for his contemporary and Fantasy personas, but in the end I decided he worked best as a blonde. And the one I have on him right now just says 'Joan of Arc' to me. But 'he' can't be a 'she', because he has a 'boy' body. So I need to try make him a mohair wig more suitable to a rough and rugged boy.
He also needs some soft leather shoes to go with his pants and leggings. Right now the black plastic 'frog shoes' he's wearing, look totally out of place. Another option would be to make him a kilt, which he can wear with some nice tall leather boots I have. But I have to check to see if there's enough tartan fabric left over from his cloak. If not, then there's always the option of choosing a different tartan and making a new cloak, as well as a kilt.
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