Do Dolls Dream Marionette Line

God, I love whiny angel—it’s almost like Dollzone’s moon white and/or dollshe’s light gray, both of which I’ve gotten for characters lol. If it’s around again, I’d be tempted to get the twins another sibling. I’ve already drafted my email for the pair of them, after getting a look at what my tax return is going to be this year—Zilvriia needs to be shorter than her current body, and I’d love for her to be as flexible as these girls. It’s also gonna be funny—she’s a cheap head (impl zona) on the most expensive possible body. The height difference between her and her wife (it’s a political marriage, for now!) is gonna be great—she’ll be ~55cm, and Nira (fifth motif hybrid) stands between 68-70cm

 

Well, I talked myself out of getting 2, somewhat successfully! I decided I could get the second one as a spare head, and then dye them the colour of radioactive cupcakes, on a spare body, and save some serious cash. We’ll see if my resolve on that holds until Saturday, when we have to send our orders in! Hopefully the two types of resin take colour similarly, and it’s not overly complicated to get them the same colour!!

EDIT: I didn't talk myself into a darned thing.... I just ordered two girls. My wallet is gonna hurt for this, but it's so worth it.

 

After an email exchange earlier this week, I should finally be able to get my first DDD gal - a Miss Ao in lavender. I've had the hideous luck that every past time I've wanted to order, I've had sudden onset tooth problems that need my dolls funds. But now I will have one, with luck! My plan is to make her into a sweet and eerie ghost girl.

 

I really wish dodollsdream could provide the option for additional head in different color writing to see if anyone wants to do a colour swap? I am deciding between angelic pink/ghostly moon and want to swap the additional head for milky sugar/pale rose. Or if you don’t want an additional head I can pay 300 euros for a milky sugar or pale rose head + split shipping to the US too.

 

I've finally finished one of my Charlottas. Just waiting for her sister to return from getting a face up.

 

Oh she looks stunning! Good thing I did not see her before ordering or I would have started musing all over again.

I wanted to say “Hi” & share that I ordered an Aurelia! I am so glad I finally did! I missed last years preorder for Miss Marionettes as I could not decide on the colour until the preorder closed ( plus I guess I was a bit intimidated by the price tag.) Bit of a shame, as I really badly want the Lulleby Aurelia head, which was not an option this time.

Anyway I have now ordered an Aurelia in woodland echo and honestly, I am just glad I made a decision and will get that gorgeous sculpt home!

So, who else has ordered and what did you get?

 

@kelpie thanks very much. My other Charlotta is in woodland echo and it's a really beautiful colour, I really don't think you'll be disappointed! Aurelia is so a beautiful sculpt!! Do you have any plans for her?

 

I have 2 girls on order (I can hardly believe I pulled that off!!) and one of the bodies is going to be a sparkly rainbow nightmare elf, with a head I already have (impldoll zona)—my beloved DnD character, Zilvriia. She’s in WS, and has so many wigs, because her changing her hair often is a character thing for her.

The Ursula head I’m getting with that body is going on a Dollmore body, and getting an iplehouse outfit I really want to put on someone, and the long blonde wig that comes with Dollzone’s Light—she’s going to be Fem Hamlet, but also a vampire, because I’ve had vampire Ophelia for a couple years, and she needs her horrible brooding (ex?)partner. She’s getting androgynous early 2000’s goth makeup. Yes, I am addicted to weirdass Shakespeare adaptations—ask me what I’ve done to Paradise Lost sometime, even if it’s not Shakespeare.

last, my lullaby Lily in radioactive cupcakes is a siren ex-pirate, who lives in a plane of hell, and has The Worst Relationship with a son of that plane’s lord. They keep fighting each other, but neither of them is capable of dying permanently, so it’s all good fun. The lullaby head was integral, because I’m going to do a really cool eye scar that was actually not from her partner—another demon got her, and he immediately came to her defence. Tentatively, her name is Tamora, but I’m not sold on it. I have a pirate outfit that I want to put her in.

 

I hope you will post photos! I would like to see her very much! Do you have a theme or story for your two in mind?

Thanks for assuring me about the resin colour, I was not sure of it at all and so tempted by all the great shades to pick from!

My Aurelia is supposed to be a forrest fantasy character. Think Pan’s Labyrinth - a bit more brightly coloured probably. That’s why I went for a more ‘natural shade’ resin colour.

 

Can someone help me with the caramel forest color? Because of the name I assume it is quite yellowish undertoned, but from a lot of the Instagram pictures it doesn't look yellowish.
(The thing is I have a teacup girl in wonder cookie and it is quite olive undertoned instead of reddish, which it looked like from pictures. So I have become sceptical of how well she captures the actual colors.)

Also pale rose is probably a very pale ns?

 

@kelpie I'll definitely post pics when I get her back from her face up. I have a theme I guess my other Charlotta is dressed the same but in black and pink. But that's it really with regards to theme and no story or even names .

Yeah it took me ages to decide on a colour last year! I do not regret the woodland echo but I sometimes wish I didn't play it safe with the pale rose and went with something more adventurous.

Oh I think Aurelia is perfect for a character like that!

@Chameleon congrats!! I love you're ideas. Can't wait to see pics!! Radioactive cupcake is a really cool colour.

@Pyoko can't help with caramel forest but pale rose is a normal skin. If you want pics of pale rose let me know. I can compare it with iplehouse and SartoriaJ resin.

 

Thank youuuu!!! I’m psyched to get them in. Only… six ish months haha

 

@Pyoko - It is definitely challenging to figure out colors based on line photos - I sympathize!

I have a Miss Marionette in Caramel Forest and I feel like the color is pitched very nicely between yellow undertones and red undertones.

This might help - Caramel Forest isn't in the photo, but the "Nostalgic Biscuit" color was pretty similar as I recall (I don't have that doll now). I still have the Bimong and Fairyland samples, so if it would help to have a photo of them with a Caramel Forest part, I can try to take one for you.

Tans (clouded sky) by Flora Lingua Dolls, on Flickr

 

There is a colour comparison in the Teacup discussion thread, showing caramel forrest and other tans. Maybe that can be of some help?Sharkyra, post: 13085744, member: 25223"

 

Thank you for your help. I would definitely like to see comparison pictures with caramel forest. After my experience with wonder cookie I am afraid of tan choices

I don't have many tans myself though, artist heads in soom tawny, harucasting light tan and withdoll honey brown. (if maybe you have one of those to compare to)

 

Thank you. I sadly don't own iplehouse or Sartoria.
Do you know how it compares to fairyland normal or Mia pink?

 

@Pyoko I completely forgot I have a fairyland faceplate in normal skin.

They are very close in colour but pale rose is lighter than fairyland normal.

 

Thank you for taking the time.
What I personally like a lot about fairyland ns is that it's not as super pale as a lot of the ns options of other companies. From the picture it looks like marionette pale rose is lighter than it, but not that "almost white" ns so many companies seem to do. Looks nice

 

@Pyoko - I'll try to take some photos of Caramel Forest with the other examples tomorrow! I'm afraid I don't have any resins from the other companies you mentioned, but I can at least try to take some photos in natural life and that might be helpful.

 

@Pyoko

Here are some photos! It is really hard to capture the colors correctly, but I did my best.

Some "in person" observations:

Caramel Forest is a beautiful pale tan. The resin isn't super saturated and also has a matte appearance - it isn't shiny at all. Monitors make a huge difference in how colors look online, but I do think that in DoDollsDream's photos the color usually looks redder than it actually is.

Maskcatdoll Tan is (I believe) meant to be close to Volks Sunlight Tan. Caramel Forest is close to it, but is less saturated and slightly more yellow/olive.

Caramel Forest is close to the old Dollshe Copper Oriental (Caramel Forest is just slightly more yellow/olive).

It is also close to Merrydollround's Cookie color (Cookie is a tiny bit darker and redder). (but note that my Olathe head is from quite a few years ago).

Fairyland Tan and Bimong's New Tan are MUCH redder than Caramel Forest. Fairyland Tan is also a bit darker.

P1410617 by Flora Lingua Dolls, on Flickr

Edit: I tried to include this extra photo as a spoiler but it wouldn't load, so here's a link instead:
P1410623

I hope this helps!