tempted to get a nendoroid doll base and try customizing it into my oc but am i ready for the amount of work it would take

I'm actually going to try that soon!! (not with a GSC nendoroid doll, but same size/style)

It's been something I had been thinking of for a long time.

What kind of work will be going into yours?

man ikr... one day I should just slam my Karna and Ed Elric together, bam, Ragna done

Good luck LMAO

lila ☆ : unless i can find a hair i can repaint/use, i would have to make that piece myself, i think for the face itself i have plenty to choose from in my collection and them making clothes from scratch

Oooh, you're doing it like that. I thought you were gonna do the face and hair on your own too. 8D I saw a person's progress journal on MFC where they did the face and hair themself if you wanted to read it. I thought it had some good tips. For clothes, OB11 size clothes fit Nendo dolls, so you might be able to buy something that works for your charactr

I've managed to do my own customs! Mostly just the hair and things..

And yeah, you're looking at OB11 and YMY clothes. 1/12 scale
Best advice I can give is to look for an existing hair piece that looks close to what you want and go from there. Good thing about this is nendoroid market splits allow you to pick a different front and back piece so you can mix and match as necessary.

lila ☆ : i would love these tips too! if nothing fits, i will have to do the face myself after all

i might commission someone to make her clothes, it's not that complicated but i have only the bare minimum of sewing experience and no sewing machine

here you go!

If nothing else, you can probably make the skirt very easily; skirts are one of the easiest things to make in general! Take a look at this post too.

OB11 clothes are really popular. You can find tons on Taobao. But for commissioning a custom piece, I'm not as sure where to look. Wish you luck!