Dikadoll Kid Discussion part 1

Thank you ^^ its a very appealing sculpt!!

 

Hey guys ^ - ^
I have a sleeping Blanca now~
Charlie by Izzy, on Flickr

 

I just put the very last Dikadoll Mint On Card had in stock on layaway. She is Blanca sleeping head in grey, with default faceup.
I'm hoping to get her before December, but part of me also wants to time it so she arrives close to Xmas.

 

Sleeping Blanca is amazing! c:
Charlie by Izzy, on Flickr

 

Aww as it's a bit quiet, here's Lucy who is borrowing Miss Black's Gloom outfit until I finally get round to making her some clothes of her own XD

(AAA head/ white skin)

Actually the outfit looks good on Lucy so think she'll be borrowing it more often. I need to make some nice accessories to go with it

 

Does anyone own the girl Ver. || body? I'd like to know if that body is double jointed.

 

Mine is a version 2, the elbows are double jointed but the knees act like single jointed and have limited flexibility. (The upper body movement is good but the lower body lacks a lower body joint and movement is very limited in the hip and knee area. the doll stands well but looks ungainly/difficult to pose naturally when sitting ^^)

 

Thank you for the info!

 

Just in case anyone here did not see this in the news section:

I am sad to see these sculpts go, but excited to see what new ones will be coming out!

 

Does anyone have the "Yolanda Half-Closed Eyes" sculpt? I've had my eyes on her for a while now, but haven't found any owner pictures. She looks like such a brat, haha!

 

I'd love to see some owner pictures too, I've also had my eye on that sculpt!

 

Since posting I've found a lead on owner pics! If you google image search her name in Chinese (DK半眠尤莲达) there are some really pretty faceup shots. I love how cheeky she looks in the company photos, but it looks like she can pull off a sweeter look really well too.

That sealed the deal for me -- I ordered her last week, and I've heard they have a very fast production time (1-2 months), so hopefully I can share pics soon too!

 

Hi everyone. ^_^

My Miriam returned from her face up artist rather recently, and I'm about to send my AAAAA out to the same artist. ^_^

I really love how she turned out

 

She is so pretty! Who did her faceup? The style kinda looks like someone that has worked on some of my smaller dolls, so I am wondering if it is the same person.

 

Thank you!

She was painted by Deadly Nightshade. ^_^

 

Awesome, thanks for the tip, that helped! But i'd love to see your owner pic when the doll arrives too. I've found Dika to be one of the more quicker companies, so 1-2 month wait sounds about right

 

My Peony Lion full set arrived today! She's sooo cute, I can't stop looking at her!

I will try to take and upload some photos soon, the weather is so horrible right now, the lighting is bad :c

 

@Mimic
Peony Lion Full Set is still available?! Or did you get it secondhand? I wanted her as a full set but thought the clothing and accessories sold out a long time ago. Very much looking forward to seeing what you share! ^^

@wherethelilacsbloom
Your Mariam!! That's a terrific faceup and you have given her such sweet styling. I ordered the same sculpt in gray and with company faceup. She just arrived and.. I'll just say, I have some regrets.. there's not many owner pics to go on when it comes to Mariam OR Dika's gray. The product which arrived is.. interesting..
Yours, however, is gorgeous!!

 

What did you find off putting. I got a grey Rena and I love how her color came out. I did request for her not to be sanded to minimize marbling, and aside from a few small spots, her color is fairly even for such a dark resin color.

I am interested to see what colors they use on the grey faceup.

 

The resin color is blueish. I didn't find any warning to expect blue-gray rather than gray-gray, so I think I just have to get over the shock of her looking like a blueberry. I hope it doesn't "mellow" or yellow to the point of khaki. Maybe I can get used to her being blue.. but I'm concerned she may be doomed to become swamp-mud green.

The neck and torso joints got rubbed during shipping in some places where they didn't pad her. These shiny damaged spots really show up in this dark gray.

The worst part though is the faceup. The linework is neatly done, but the colors are pretty awful. You can see here:
before (as she arrived to me) and
after I changed out the eyes,
which helped her look a lot better. The eyelashes fell right off when I put the new eyes in (taking some paint with them) and thankfully her wig covers those neon orange eyebrows. The first photo is a bit washed out and doesn't capture the richness of the orange, blue, and pink, but the "after" picture captures the resin color pretty accurately.

I hate to think I wasted their time and my money, but I'm really unhappy with the colors, especially those orange eyebrows, hot pink eyelashes, and pink rings around the eyes that makes her look sickly or like she has been crying. My mistake for assuming they would adjust the color palette to look good on the resin color like every other company I have ordered from.

Not sure what to do. I wanted her since the first announcement of her release, and I am excited to have her and really like the Ver2 body, but this faceup bums me out. I'll post a better introduction pic and link to the full review once I have my thoughts sorted out.