Buying a Tan Dollshe, What should I know?

I'm moving this to the Larger Dolls subforum for you, although your questions seem split between owning a Dollshe boy and caring for a tanned doll - there are threads in the Customizing subforum about the care and feeding of our tanned resin.

Yes, the tanned DS boys do have chafe marks. Ask for good photos and if the marks are going to be hidden by wigs or clothing, there just won't be a discount for that - tanned DS are just that way. Rubs are part of it, but be careful you don't have rubs on the face.

DS boys can be hot-glue sueded, they can use kips, they can be wired, they can use internal plastic armatures - there's lots of way to stabilize the bodies.

 

Zagzagael hinted that maybe you should search the threads for information on caring for your tan resin doll. I think people are not answering because the information is in the forum already if you look for it. I will try to answer some of your other questions:


About what is the going selling price for a Tanned Hound? (as I rarely
see them put up for sale. )
Because they're rarely up for sale, and because Hounds were recently discontinued, there isn't a good answer to this question except that it's likely going to be a higher price than what the doll originally sold for (you can see the prices still on sites like Luts, and remember a tan doll cost more than a normal or white to begin with) due to its now being unavailable from the manufacturer. Also, a lot will depend on things like whether a good faceup, wig and eyes are included, whether extras like clothes are included, the condition of the doll, and so forth.

When looking to buy a Hound what should I look for? (bad and good points please. ^^)

I have no idea what you're getting at here. You could have "bad and good points" if you were comparing Hound to other dolls, e.g. what are the bad and good points of a Hound vs. a Luts Senior Delf, but bad and good points of a Hound standing alone depends on the condition and look of the individual doll (such as does it have damage, does it have a faceup, the level of skill of the faceup, does it have mods, do you like the mods, etc.) and if you like him.


What are some precautions to take when handling or modding a Tanned Hound? (I already know sun is bad.)

You probably don't want to scratch them, and unless you're a very professional modder I would not try modding a tanned doll. Sanding can damage them. Please also search for the resin care threads mentioned to you.


Should I get owner pictures of their joints? (I've been told they "chaff"? o.O)

If it's important to you that the joints be un-chaffed then yes, get pictures.

What kind of care can I take, when wiping the pre-existing faceup on a tanned Hound?? (what products, or special modders do that?)

Please see the resin care threads mentioned to you.

Does anyone know of someone who I guess would "specialize" in Tanned dolls?

I don't know of anyone who "specializes" in tanned dolls. There aren't that many out there so a faceup artist or modder who just did tanned dolls would be limiting themselves greatly. You can probably find some artists who've worked on tan Dollshes before. People like Sdink have a lot of Dollshe dolls, including tanned ones.


Should I get one that is sueded, or should I suede mine, or just leave it as is?

Depends on if you care that much about it holding a pose. Lots of us like floppy Hounds. Other people like them to not pop their joints and pose better, especially if they take a lot of photographs of the doll. Sueding helps with that. So does wiring.

I hope this helps, but if you have questions you're more likely to get help if you go to a specific thread (e.g. one on resin care) and ask a very specific question than just say "I want to get an X doll, here's a lot of questions, can someone help me?" Finding the specific thread shows that you've done basic research and can make people more willing to help. :

 

Hmmm, well I don't really think the old Dollshe body is the world's best posing body. It's like I said, floppy, which is why so many people wire or suede their Hounds. The fact that it's so tall with such skinny legs makes it a bit unwieldy in my experience. That said, I love Dollshe guys and have lots of them with all the different old discontinued Dollshe bodies. I don't photograph my dolls much and don't mind if they pose like dolls or puppets (floppy) instead of super-realistically, in fact I kind of like it.

But please remember Mr. Dollshe is not making those bodies anymore - he has a brand new body which is on the Dollshe threads, and it will be more buff and perhaps will pose much better/differently - so you may want to wait for that.

I think many people loved the Dollshe guys because of their pretty face sculpts and also because they were one of the first if not the first 70 cm male dolls. The other companies like Soom, Dollmore, and so forth who make those tall guys brought them out later on, after Dollshe had sold lots of dolls.

Perhaps the best thing would be, in addition to looking up those threads idrisfynn mentioned, if you went to a meet where there might be some Dollshe boys, so you could see one. They are really different from MSDs being so much bigger, and you might or might not like the way a big heavy doll feels.

 

Yes Dollshe will still be making tan dolls, but the new tan is going to be a lot darker. From what I read in the discussion thread about the new Dollshe releases, there will be more skintones offered than before?!?

In this LJ entry by SDink you can see the new Dollshe tan (head) vs. the old, lighter tan (body).