Argonautica Dolls Discussion

Does anyone have an Idmon and/or a Laertes they can share? Hopefully I can order either of them next year (or both...I can dream, right?) but I'm still sighing wistfully at pictures. They match 2 characters of mine very well.

 

Oh how awesome, @bickazer I can't wait for you to show us! (you WILL show us, right?) LOL

@Thymeseer , unfortunately no, I sure do hope they'll be available next year though

 

@Thymeseer I've got an Idmon that I can grab some pictures of tomorrow, are you looking for anything in particular? Or just more photos of him in general?

 

@Sozael I just want to stare at him haha. I love him too much.

 

LOL, I know that feeling @Thymeseer

 

Okay, well, I'm not much of a photographer (but he's very pretty so it makes it easier!) He's still awaiting a faceup and needs a wig, since the one I bought him was too big, but here's a couple photos of two of my favorite things about my Idmon, Kartik:

I love his nose so much. It's such a good shape.

He does a great slouchy lounging pose. He falls into nearly this pose whenever I set him down without intent for a specific pose.

 

OH wow, he has and epic nose, Love it! Such character, wow!!!

 

@Sozael Yessssssssssssss. Thank you so much!! I really love his nose too! It gives his face such, I don't know, presence? It's just amazing (and the part that really makes him look like a character of mine!) He really does have a nice relaxed pose. What skin tone do you have him in?

 

So my Nelei arrived less than a week ago and I must say... I am not really satisfied with the quality. I will post a proper review but I am just surprised that out of all threads I read and videos I watched it wasn’t mentioned even once. Of course I’ll see what I can do but I am just a bit let down. I just expected more for what I paid.

 

What happened?

 

So I ordered a Nelei 1/4 in tan:

The resin quality is subpar, which has never happened when I’ve ordered from small artists. The body has some small irregularities, like the knees and the fact that she slouches sideways but I guess that last one was visible on their videos and such. The inside of the head plate looks frankly messy. The tan colour I ordered is very orange, but there is a reason why people cast dolls in orange. Still, should’ve just ordered almond and gone for a proper body blushing instead.

For the $450 price tag (because of the tan colour) I just expected more. My cheapest doll is from Supia (light tan) and better quality overall. I guess Supia is a popular brand that probably can afford selling dolls cheaper and I am just picky. But my dolls from other independent artist such as Legranddoll and Youpladolls are infinitely better quality than Argodoll. (Both darker colours).

Maybe my expectations were just too high.

Of course I’ll work on her and see what I can do. It is after all a beautiful doll, despite everything.

Edit: oh, and the first thing I reacted to was the enormous seamlines. We’ll find out if Argodoll’s tan dolls can be sanded or nah soon enough but looord those are some big *ss seams.

 

@Thymeseer He's in custom color G from. The blog post about custom colors. He's a little bit lighter than I expected him to be, but is a nice color anyways!

@Antika I'm sorry you've had a bad experience! I can't speak for the standard tan, but my Idmon has lighter spots from sanding down seams (at least, that's what it looks like on a couple areas on him, it was done before I got him so I'm not 100% certain) I'm happy to take a picture to show you, if you'd like?

 

@Sozael Ah, I had a feeling that would happen. I’d really appreciate to see the pictures, thank you!

 

Oh gosh, so sorry! I only have a head, so this is good info to have out there. Super big seamlines means they didn't take care in making their molds.

 

I guess that's an advantage my two alien elementals will have... Their transparent resin is the same color all the way through, so even absolutely ridiculous seam lines can be taken care of.

It's definitely not a Good Thing to have to deal with on a tan-colored doll, though. Yikes.

 

@Antika here's a shot of the most obvious areas of lighter color (on the backs of his thighs) he's got the something similar on his calves, but I couldn't get a photo that captured it very well.


For what it's worth, @Brightfires, I don't think the seams on my Idmon are too bad. But I know that it's the sort of thing that tolerance for varies from person to person, so maybe they just don't bother me as much as they do other folks.

 

Oh no, that’s a lot. I am not about to sand an entire doll whose face is as big as my thumb. She’ll end up looking like a minion.

I am tired of having this problem with tan dolls.

 

Ugh, @Antika, that's pretty typical

FYI, Impldoll does tan, and they must polish them or use some other kind of resin, because they remove seam lines, and there is nothing to see. Their dolls are big, really big though, and may not be your style. But I often wonder, how can they do it? It feels like resin, even smells like resin, so why can they achieve sanded bodies??

 

That’s interesting! I actually am waiting for an impldoll Sicily in brown so we’ll see about that!

 

I hope the brown is still the deep rich tone it was when I got my Aurora as I ordered a brown Leona head to share it. They completely ruined their real skin, lightening it completely up to be lighter than many normal skin tones But that's OT

I've had trouble with my Ifit, who is currently on a Supiadoll ballerina body. I just want broader shoulders for her. I originally put her on an April Story body, and couldn't figure out what was wrong, but I think it was the shoulders. Now I'm thinking of getting another body for her again. Anyone have an Ifit on the Argonautica body?