Asleep Eidolon discussion

kirika, thank you)) And I want to see pictures of your Xun!)

 

Haha! My boy has been spammed through the Xun Picture Request thread. I had to stop posting there, though - he was taking it over! XD

Your beautiful Xun has inspired me, however - I'm definitely taking my boy out for some photos this weekend.

 

My Lorelei arrived!!!!!!!!!! Now she's off to get her face up done.

 

AE girls are so nice~ When my Col came home, I felt she was the girl I would always love~

 

Hello, quiet Asleep Eidolon thread! I was wondering if any of the mermaid owners had opted for the lovely orange resin. I did a search through the forums and found plenty of pictures of the light pink, some aqua and that pretty dark blue, but I'd love to see more owner pics of the different colored parts before I make a decision! I'm also interested in seeing some non-default faceups on them.

I used to own an AE Peppermint (wrong size for this thread, I know) and I just have to say that I'm looking forward to owning a doll from this company again. Though I sold my AE tiny because the size wasn't right for me, I loved the quality of the resin and the normal skin was a lovely tone. I haven't decided whether to get my Lorelei in WS or normal, though, because she's supposed to be ethereal but I get bored of having too many WS dolls around. Too pale!

 

I'm sending Hannah (my Lorelei) off to get her face up done! And her wig should be home soon! I can't wait to have her completed.

 

Hello, everyone! Please post more lovely AE pic spam! While I'm not personally into the 1/3 size, I LOVE the AE 1/3 girls. They are the prettiest. I'd love to see more. Thanks.

 

I currently have no spam-worthy pictures to be spammed.

I am somewhat puzzled over the apparent unpopularity of AE...Yara and Xun get the most love of the 1/3 scale sculpts, but I can't say they really seem common at all when compared to popular sculpts from other companies. My Kina appears to be the only one on DoA, and a search on Flickr also came up empty. Even a Google image search turned up nothing but the promo photos from AE and MoC!

I wonder if these dolls are really so unpopular, or if maybe they just don't have many owners in the English-speaking BJD communities?

 

Redfaery, I have wondered this myself. The msd size seem to be more popular than the sd. I have three mini AE dolls, Cordelia and both Yara's. There are a few of the newer SD sculpts that I like the look of. What do you think of the body? I really like the newest 1/4 body; I wonder if the 1/3 is similar?

 

My problem with the 1/3 AE dolls is the body, unfortunately. My poor Xun would get a lot more love if he were easier to pose and had a greater range of head movement. As is, he just hangs around looking pretty for the most part.

 

Hello everyone! I'm semi-new here at DoA and sometimes I feel like I'm the only Asleep Eidolon owner around town D: I'm glad a thread like this exists. Does anyone else have a 1/3 Solstice around here? And please post more pictures, I'd love to see all your lovely girls and boys!

Lenoire says hi to all of you

 

Lenoire is so pretty, peppercrushes! She has such a sweet face. It's a pity that there aren't more of her sculpt around, that's for sure.

 

Thanks for the compliments, kirika! I think what attracted me to Asleep Eidolon as a company was their really sweet-looking sculpts... Makes me wonder why it's such an underrated company? The only thing that bugs me (at least from my personal experience) is how difficult it is to get my girl's joints working They don't really like to move, and they make these incredibly loud cracking noises that scare me to death!

 

Haha! I know what you mean! The girl bodies have similar issues to the boys, huh? AE dolls definitely have a squeaky resin issue. Their limited range of motion is what bugs me the most, though. It's sad, because their bodies actually look really nice.

 

I don't know about their posability or bodies, but I live very close to Mint on Card's storefront, and the AE sculpts are so beautiful in person! I have no idea how people can look at the factory pics of girls like Solstice, Mignon, and Snow and not go crazy! Why are these dolls not more popular? Thanks so much for the lovely pic, peppercrushes! Lenoire is beautiful!

 

peppercrushes: Never seen a Solstice around! She's gorgeous.

It's good to see a little life in this thread!

The old AE girl's body really *IS* a terrible poser, but it's the lack of head movement that drives me nuts, personally. Heart's neck can really only hold two poses - straight ahead and straight down! Sometimes I can coax her to turn her head sideways, or even look down at an angle, but not always. Still, it's such a beautifully sculpted body....very nice curves.

I have no experience with the older boy bodies, but I'd say that Bren (Sachiel) is actually a decent poser. Not as good as Silfe (Dollzone 68cm) or Heart's younger self, Joren (Fairyland Littlefee)...but he holds poses as well as any of the other dolls I've had. Comparing Bren to Heart, I can tell that their joints are constructed differently. Bren's resin also has a nicer, more toothy feel to it, while Heart's resin is very smooth. It almost feels like it's hard plastic instead of resin.

 

That's unfortunate My girl's head doesn't really have many issues in terms of holding a pose or moving. It's mainly her knee joints that bug me the most. When I try to get the double joint to work, I actually have to manually put pressure on the resin parts to separate them before she can get her knee to bend that far. Plus one leg was casted a little weirdly so the knee line doesn't quite fit right :/ I do love the shape of the body though, and I really like how silky smooth and seamless her resin is. It's not really something I'm used to since my last doll was from FairyLand and their resin has quite a bit of tooth to it in comparison.

Also Redfaery, just saw your post on the AE Database thread! Are you planning on giving Heart a faceup soon?

 

LOL, peppercrushes, I hope I'll get her one soon...right now I'm waiting on more purity seal to come in the mail. I don't think I have enough. She arrived August 2011, and she's never really had one. Mostly because I was having such a hard time figuring out who she is. I'm getting a better idea now, though.

Your issues with the knee joints sounded like when I first got Heart. I actually cracked her kneecap trying to bend her leg! AE sent me a replacement for it, free. If you just got her, I'd say it's probably the stringing. Heart came strung horribly tight, and was very stiff until she loosened up.

 

Peppercrushes, thank you for posting the picture of your Solstice, she is one of the sculpts I was interested in!

I find it interesting the issues with the 1/3 body; so far I have had none with the newest 1/4. I was hoping they would be similar in construction. I noticed on MOC that there is a 58cm and a 60 cm body. I wonder if one is newer and if they have changed anything joint wise?

 

From what I've seen from other people, the 58cm body and the mini body are pretty similar in construction. The 60cm body's a pretty recent development and I haven't seen any owner pictures of it so far :/ but judging from the company pictures, it doesn't seem too different from the older 58cm body aside from a change in chest piece and proportions. Hopefully they've done some joint redesigning so it's not as difficult to pose ^^;