DiM (Doll in Mind) Mini Discussion Part 6

Hi everyone just dropping in to share my twins and say how much I love DIM sculpting. I hope everyone is enjoying your new (or old!) dollies and finding bodies and getting them customized would love to see how your dolls are doing!

 

My twins are still at their artist, look how cute she made them !

 

So cute! It's really cool to see dolls from the group orders. Mine are still blank, I did get a body for one earlier in the year but decided it wasn't right, and now I need to wait some months until a new one arrives.

I think the heads have mellowed a bit whilst waiting - DiM does seem to yellow quite quickly, a bit like old Doll Chateau white from the early 2010s - but it's no big deal. I bought white skin because I was going to be dyeing it anyway!

 

Twinning Your girls look so beautiful @Dew_Drops, they always look so colorful the way you style them
@Shin__ your twins are coming along nicely Who did you send them too? I really love the painted upper eyelashes

@nattherat I hear you about the body situation- I got one late last year but didn’t like the proportions for the doll it was intended. But I’m giving the body to another one of the heads- I’m going to have a boy Larina He’s not painted up yet, I’m hoping to send him to Steppencat on IG. What color are you going to dye your head? Tan or fantasy color?

I been working on my other dolls- this year I got my grail a DIM BBjorn he came back from faceups recently- I posted some pics in the DIM Love size discussion. While I wait for Larina’s artist to be available, I’m working on my Arttong Nymph-just got a body for her from Island Doll. I haven’t posted pics yet, I love the body for her though. Looks so gangly and cute- my first 1/6 size. Even tho she is 1/6 I hope I can post her here with my Larina

 

Haha, we're twinning too sort of, at the moment! I bought a boy body because I was compromising in terms of price (a mistake, I've now ordered a girl body), but it's too thick for the clothes I wanted to use. I have it up for sale, but there's been no bites and if it doesn't sell then it's going to end up going to my Larina too.

I got Laia and Larina in my GO I hosted, I was only interested in Laia originally, but knowing it was likely the last chance ever for Larina, I got that head too. So Laia is the doll I have plans for, and she'll be dyed a very very deep brown. I have Jullis as her partner who is already dyed a deep brown, and they have a child together (Doll Chateau/Island Doll hybrid) who I dyed even darker. So although genetics aren't exact and consistent every time IRL and therefore it doesn't really actually matter what colour I make Laia, I want to try and dye her the darkest of all three. However, dye being what it is, I'll just see what colour chemistry and chance bring her out as when I finally do it!

If Larina keeps the boy body, I might make them a light peach. If I sell that body though, I'll probably try and dye the head to match my DollZone Light Tan body.

 

@nattherat Ooo I can’t wait to see your DIM projects become complete It looks like you have your hands full- will you post your Laia, Jullis and their child when you get your Laia dyed I want to see them altogether

 

Haha thank you, it'll be a long time! I probably won't even start anything until Laia's body arrives, which I imagine the very earliest that would be would be late-March/early-April next year. Then disassembling everything and dying it is definitely something of a hassle, so it'll depend what I'm doing at the time.

Otherwise though, yes, I would like to share my dolls eventually!

 

My work in progress Minis (and one tiny):



I just got her this week on ebay - seller says she's Benetia but the more I look at her I'm thinking it's Becca. I was looking for Benetia to go with my tiny Benetia (aka Arttong Nymph) but this face is just too cute to pass up. She looks like a mini verstion of one of the Vampire girls Leonora, Kassia, or Bellossee IMO

Spoiler: Becca?

She's on the DIM Glamor body. Cute and charming but I think I'll hybrid her with a more updated body. The arms are pretty wonky and limited mobility. Solid stander though.

Spoiler: Larina

Larina on Universedoll 1/4 body.

Spoiler: Nymph

Arttong Nymph (or Tiny Benetia XD) on Islanddoll Tear body. So cute- the resin is a terrible match but I'm hoping her faceup artist will fix it. I'll do another DIM resin comarison sometime soon.

 

The hybrids look great ! Keep us updated as you get them done.

 

Thank you @Shin__

 

Hallo everyone I have a little question, has anybody tried to make hybrid from DIM msd head and Maskcat doll body?
I am not sure about resin color, if it will me a good match.
Just choosing right body for my Larina head and not sure. So many opportunities. Thinking about Doll Family, or Dollzone, or Doll Chateau, but saw also Maskcat…and it looks so tender and natural. Also neck size looks nice.
Thank you in advance

 

More twins!! They look amazing!! Congratulations

Wonderful hybrids

And, everyone dyeing their dolls, I am excited to see the outcomes!

 

Coming into the thread again to celebrate buying a whole set of clothes and stuff for my Larina!
So much for selling them (him?) off, I guess! It puts my 1/4 collection at 5 dolls; 4 DiMs, 1 my own sculpt, and that's what I intend to be my forever-number.

A shame that between buying clothes and getting clothes... you have to wait! They're being customised, so I imagine January is the earliest I will possibly see them.

 

Ooo where you getting you outfits customized @nattherat

 

Odd Artistocrat/Odd BJD, as they are known! I already have one of their outfits for Benetia, and I decided to buy the male version for Larina. Normally I'd just buy a standard MSD size and not worry about it, but Larina's body's hips are 2cm larger than Volks so I figured it was best to pay the few extra dollars to make sure the trousers fit.

 

Got me an old secondhand Alpon but as most of us are aware, the DIM body and the DIM heads aren't a great match.
so I will have to do some neck modification here.

anyone got any tips for how to tackle this? I'm thinking of sanding the neck a little smaller all around (well, sides and back to preserve his collar bone sculpting) and maybe a little sanding of the head hole but there's unlikely to be a huge amount of resin I can remove from the head because it's not very thick resin there.



Here's his adorable little face though. Who can resist that little pout?

 

@purple_monkfish he’s beautiful Congrats in getting him- I just love this sculpt’s pouty lips Wow that side shot with the neck looks rough- which is funny because from the front he looks perfect I don’t have any tips in sanding, just wanted to look and squee

 

aww thanks. I don't know if that's his factory face or not. I did thicken up his brows slightly but the rest is how he came.
He's quite yellowed sadly, but I plan to get some magic erasers and give him a good scrub down and see if i'm okay with it. I don't think it really helps that the pinks of his faceup have remained while the pink of his resin hasn't. He's more an ivory sort of colour now.

DIM bodies are... baffling. In fact a lot about DIM is baffling. There's no consistency in head sizes (Alpon's head is MASSIVE and Ace's is even bigger!!?) or mechanic of how their heads/faces go on and the bodies are kinda notorious for not actually fitting the heads they were bought on.
I have always wondered why. Did they just not care or did they just not realize?

whatever the case, it's gonna be something that has to wait til better weather anyway. I like to do my sanding in the garden with a mask on so the dust isn't in my house and all over my stuff waiting to be inhaled. (yikes)

He came in a rabbit shaped blanket/wrap thing and it's hilarious.

 

l don’t know why but I find it weirdly charming XD I think the sizes are so varied for a couple reasons: 1. I believe DIM have had different artists that worked in that company, which probably lead to different ideals of size. And 2. It could also be they were following the current trends of the BJD world at the time. Earlier heads seemed to be a bit bigger than more recent sculpts …. most of the time XD. I have 3 SD heads from DIM, 4 MSDs, and 2 sculpts from one of their artist that sculpted solo for a while and it is a bit fun and interesting to see the evolution XD

 

My twins came back from their artist. The wigs need trimming but here is a quick shot !