B&G (Boy & Girl) Discussion

Well, if they're still doing environmental resin, I'm not sure how good a match it will be, but the older NS or YNS should match decently. I have had both FDoll (normal before they had two colors of NS) and B&G type 2 (normal before the enviro resin and before they had two NSs) bodies for my CP Breakaway head (2008) and both were, not identical, but a decent match. So they're at least close to each other.

I don't know about Luts, as I've never seen the NP of either company, and all the luts I've owned has been a very pale pinkish yellow like Dollmore.

HOLY CR@P! I found and ancient picture.



The body my Breakway is on is Fdoll (but it's old) and the one that's headless is B&G type 3 before they went to environmental (again I have no idea if they're still doing that or not).
Everything else is various cp resins from god knows when....

Probably not much help in the long run, but that's what I know!

 

You are my hero VampireAngel13! The head I've been eyeing is one of the oldest release of the head, and the Fdoll body I have is also very old, so it looks like they should be a great match.

 

my girl's off ebay AlmySidaKay - she's single joint and quite yellowy - although it's even - I am guessing they only did normal yellow back when she was made, which I'm guessing is around 2007....ish?

 

I've seen pictures of resin comparisons between luts and the (maybe) old resin, in ws. It looks very close to perfect, though it isn't.

 

Elve my Afra is also a little yellowy (though even), he's ws circa '08.

 

oh so she could even be white skin then originally! I should add she's NOT as yellow as in that photo - I have a very basic 3mp camera, so much tweaking in photoshop needed on all my pics to make them even visible LOL - Looking at that scrap of blue fabric she's sitting on, I'd say there's a bit too much colour saturation in that photo - taken at night by normal lightbulb lighting.

 

It's possible! He's a picture of my boy.
Keep in mind, this was taken with my camera-phone. Quality is so-so.
However the color of the resin in this picture is pretty accurate.

 

I think my girl must be normal yellow then - she's much yellower than that, definitely! But it's never bothered me - it's a nice colour and it's even - she's definitely my favourite doll, and I find the simple jointing quite nice after wrestling with all the complex modern joints LOL

 

Well that's all that matters, really, is that you like it. And I agree, it is a nice color.

 

Oh! I don't know if I've ever properly introduced us. I'm Neela, and that boy pictured in the previous post is Dietrich, an Afra.
And we're on an adventure to find his identity.

Long story long, he was an impulse buy from the marketplace around this time last year (my first SD). Unfortunately we haven't really bonded.
Actually, recently I was thinking of selling him. However, I realized I had never really gotten to know him.
So we're reinventing him, and trying to see if I can bond a little better with him. So far we've discovered that he's completely different from how I first imagined him!

I'll probably post pictures every now and then throughout the process to keep you guys updated.

 

oh good luck - I think he's lovely - he has a beautiful mouth and face - I really like the hands on these dolls too! I am very fickle with my dolls normally - if I go off them I put them away for a while and then try several new wigs on them to see if they will interest me again. I loved Erica (b&g Sandra) in her pink wig so much that I nearly didn't bother changing it around when I got her new wig - but I'm glad I did as I love her even more now LOL - especially with the brown eyes too. So just keep changing stuff around and I'm sure you'll find a look which grabs you eventually

 

Thank you! Yeah, I'm not gonna do much modification to his face, except maybe smooth out the bridge of his nose. But I just recently cleaned his face-up off, and as soon as the face-up shop that I have my eye has open slots again, I'm sending him in!
I'm kinda on the fence about the hands, sometimes I love them and sometimes I wish they were a bit more neutral/relaxed.

Yeah! I just have to keep an eye on my funds... Generally budgeting and dolly soul-searching don't really go hand-in-hand.
Good thing is I can always sell the items that end up not working out.

 

wigs have become my absolute favourite thing to buy though, even more than clothes - Because when you think about it, without a wig you don't have a doll - hair is a MUST HAVE (unless your character is intentionally bald of course!) And wigs aren't really too expensive, for the amazing way they can transform a doll from 'meh' to 'WOW' so quickly and simply - Having seen that transformation several times now, with dolls I was going to sell, I now aim to amass an enormous bucket of wigs LOL

 

Elve Yes! I already have one picked out. I can't wait to see how it looks on him!



So is there a very big difference between the new resin and the old resin? My boy's got the old resin and I wanted to buy another pair of hands for him...

 

I have a B&G doll since like April and I never actually thought of finding the appropriate thread until now...
Kinda surprised to see that there's only 10 pages tbh, I assumed it was a more popular company

Anyway, here's Kael, my Sapphira head on a impldoll modded female body.He's the first doll I ever got, although I have to admit that I don't play a lot with him nowaday because his body really needs to be restrung >,<;;


DSC_0465mod par DarksStars, sur Flickr

 

He's so cute!!
Mine has to be restrung too...and the middle part needs to be reglued in. And I want jointed hands for him. And a new face up.

I am trying to work up the nerve to wipe his face right now...I trimmed his wig today, and rewired his tail. Baby steps.

B&G Went through a really popular phase in 08, a crapton of people were buying -- especially Sapphira and Afra. When I bought Wyn, there were so many people in the waiting room! It was crazy. Now...not so much. I blame their service, dealers and the fact that they switched to environmental resin without telling anyone, even the people who had dolls on order. Companies can have great dolls but if they screw over their customers, they lose fans.

I used to have a bunch of B&G dolls, now I just own my original two and one of them is on a DZ body....

 

Yeah, I went and did further research and like you said, they seemed to have been quite popular a few years ago, but I can see how that has faded. They don't seem to have improved their aesthetics much to fit the current trends either. And woah, changing resin without telling people? That's kinda shitty, I understand changing it, but at least inform people...

A friend of mine that is super good with faceup contacted me this morning to offer to redo his, so looks like he'll be getting a new look! I'll share some pics when the transformation will be done. I love those floopy elf ears too much to dare part with him now, not a lot of elf sculpts have ears like that

 

I love the older aesthetics so I have been having fun brining older unloved dolls home. I do hate when they do something drastic like change what kind of resin they are casting in. I'm almost done saving up for my Sunny/Sandra hybrid so hopefully I can have her home in the next month. How has your transformation been going DarksStars?

 

I was very lucky the other day, found a Sunny head on Ebay for half what I was planning on spending! Looks like I'll have Evie, my Sunny/Sandra home sooner than I thought. I can't wait to share her with everyone.

 

Hello, B&G crowd! Does anyone know if they sell their heads separately? Sapphira's sculpt is perfect for what I want but I don't necessarily like the type 3 male body that he comes with. I sent them an email and I'm waiting for a reply but I'm not sure how quickly they're respond with the Chinese New Year being this weekend.