Bobobie and Resinsoul Discussion - Part 11!!

I will look forward to seeing your Mi @Mamo

I made two new dresses for my Pandora this week (and I'm also sewing for her companion here). I really liked this snapshot I took of them relaxing in their new outfits with their pet beanie baby


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Thank you for the recs! I saw a comparison photo between resinsoul and DFA and it seemed close enough. Maybe it was mislabeled or I misread it?

 

I confirm myoudoll coffee is pretty close to resinsoul light tan. Myoudoll is just a little warmer in tone

 

How's everyone doing? Any weekend plans with your dolls? I've recently decided to cannibalize some forsaken doll fashion personalities and give them to my Pandora, and I'm finally feeling very happy with her varied styles. wanted to show her last dress:

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It is maxi length and has a slit up front center to mini length which gives nice movement. I'm excited to take real pics of her in it maybe.

I've also been admiring Rensinsoul Bai lately. Her face is so beautiful. I love her nose lip region especially. And her gentle eyes... And I know the body she comes on is lovely too (in a very thin ethereal way). Maybe I start dreaming of her

Edit: also she gave away her last two dresses to other dolls. This is life lol

 

I might recommend starting with the Resinsoul admin email on the RS site! They are super responsive and helpful with custom orders and mix and matching parts/heads.

[edit] oh I'm a total goober. That post is like 5 years old lol

 

@AlisonVonderland Ahhhh!! She's so pretty! Her faceup fits her face so well.

 

Ah thank you @knona_ona she has been a labor of love. I really struggled to figure out how I should paint her and she's gotten a new Faceup a year by now but also, earlier this week I got glue sueded all her joints and although she's not able to do everything she's perfect for me now because she is not so wobbly and holds her arms into some poses better. Very happy
Also we restrung her because the knot had fallen into her hip (she was a disaster apparently by now) and I got to have help with it. My S.O. commented that he thought she had a very nice body shape/ unique. I agree and it made me like her more again too. It was a good moment you know? He's been around the dolls a decade so he knows his stuff

 

Had cooperative weather for spraying today, I was able to finish my Mi, Marlene! She's a space princess taking extended sabbatical on earth, and it was fun and a little liberating to work with both fantasy colors and play around/not worry about mistakes. Had a pretty serious mishap when I put her head back on, but with her wig on you can't tell at all!
Marlene! by Jules B, on Flickr

 

Oh she looks so lovely! The green lipstick is gorgeous really great colors you have picked overall.

 

Wow, she is adorable!
I love Mi's mold so much, she can be really different with each owner. Here is my Mi, Tamara

 

@AlisonVonderland thank you!! I'm very pleased with how they turned out

@Likanta oh wow Tamara's faceup is amazing, she's beautiful!!! Mysterious and intense

 

@Likanta ooohhh wow she's so beautiful! Awesome portrait of her! Her hair is so so gorgeous with her dark style.

 

@Mamo, @AlisonVonderland thank you so much!

 

What size of elastic would be recommended for resinsoul's big dolls? I am waiting for a Cen (60cm)and a Yang(70cm) and I know RS dolls tend to arrive loosely stringed with too thin elastic, but I'm not sure what I need need for dolls that size since I'm more used to msd scale...

 

4.5 cm for the body and 3.5 cm for the arms, I restrung my Bobobie Apollo recently.

 

really?? That's the elastic sizes I use for MSD dolls! I use 5mm for legs/body and 4/4.5mm for the arms

 

He appears to be holding up well with it. Although he is the first doll I had to completely restring. It's what they also sell on Alice's collections for that size of doll. BJD Accessories, Dolls - Alice's Collections

 

I'm aware that's the size Alice's Collections sells for SD dolls, that's also the size they probably come strung with from the company, and it's also probably the main reason for people's complaints about the posability of their dolls.
When dolls are stung with the thickest possible elastic that'll fit through the channels they pose beautifully without having to do anything else like sueding or wiring.

 

Yeah, I think i've just used 4.5mm on some of my msd (or maybe 5mm? Thick elastic to be sure, but I'm bad at organising so I'm not sure the size) and I wasn't sure it'd be enough for bigger boys. I might try to get some 5 or6mm elastic then...