Doll Family H Discussion

Generally, what some people call imported resin, others call French or special UV and it has a slight translucent quality.

 

Hi! I'm new to DF-H myself and was also wondering about this. I saw someone saying they were buying the Xiao Chan and I was immediately smitten! But if the "imported" is a French/transparent resin, that will be a no for me then and I will just stick with their local/Chinese resin. I bought my mom her first BJD years ago which is a Limhwa Luna in the pinky French resin. I warned her it was probably going to yellow, and quicker than most dolls, but she understood and that's what she wanted. It has yellowed pretty bad, so French/transparent resin aren't really for me.

 

the imported resin isn’t French resin, it’s anti-uv yellowing resistant resin. Kind of like Dollshe honey skin, some companies add a color stabilizer to their resins which makes them less likely to yellow. According to Dollshe, it requires a certain transparency in the resin (perhaps it’s a clear additive that diluted the opacity, I don’t know) (Impldoll does it as well.)

I am actually not familiar with any company that sells French resin now. EOSdoll has since bought Limhwa, and I haven’t seen it in their offerings either (although I haven’t been to their website recently, only Junkyspot)

 

@Vetinari Okay, I finally made time to put together the hybrid that you requested! Thank you for being so patient, I'm sorry to have kept you waiting Here is Little Rebel Andre (head circumference 22.5 cm) on the DF-H 63 cm girl body with small bust.

Body neck circumference is 9 cm (9.3 cm official), shoulder width is approx 13 cm including arms (13.5 cm official). I am measuring "flat"/2-dimensional width of the shoulder span, not wrapping tape measure around to the outside of the arms, so that might account for the small difference between my measurements and the official ones.

Neck mobility is mediocre and would probably benefit from a custom neck donut or sueding.

IMHO, this head would benefit from broader shoulders and a more substantial neck. Waist (17.5 cm!!) is also very tiny in proportion to the head. You could potentially offset these issues with fashion choices if desired.

Spoiler: Requested hybrid

And for comparison, here is the DF-H 63 cm body with Impldoll Alma, head circumference 19.5 cm (official measurements 21.5 cm are wildly erroneous; I have contacted Impldoll about this discrepancy in the past and they politely shrugged off my concerns). Shown with Little Rebel Andre on 2D Doll 68 cm v2 body, neck circumference 10.5 cm at base and 10 cm at top (10 cm official measurements); shoulder width approx 16 cm including arms (16.5 cm official measurements). Head mobility for Andre on the 2D Doll body is excellent.

Spoiler: More photos

I really hope this helps!! Please let me know if there's any other questions I can answer, or other photos you would like to see. Your character concept sounds super cute and I hope you can bring her to life the way that you envision her

 

Thanks @IngieBee, ah I suspect she's 'large' compared to the likes of Kira, Blina etc rather than actually large then.

Aha! Thank you hugely @Gamine! That's incredibly useful - hrmm, yeah agreed looks get-away-withable, but not ideal. The body is gloriously vampy though, which is nice. (Ooh thanks for the 2D doll pointer - I'll have to have a looksie at that body) Hrmm - I'll have to think on it, height vs shoulder width is an annoying thing to attempt to balance.

 

@Vetinari No problem! The DF-H 63 cm girl body really is lovely, it's just surprisingly difficult to hybrid with anything other than small heads. I wonder if the Impl MGB might be a good option for your plans, it has some of the widest shoulders I've seen on a female body sculpt (I wish there were more!! I like broad-shouldered ladies ) However, 65 cm might be taller than you want, and the neck circumference is listed at 9 cm which is not ideal for Andre. I'm veering even further into off-topic for this thread, but one of the Iplehouse EID ladies should be making her way home to me within the next month or so; if you're not in a rush, I could show you that hybrid when my order arrives. Just PM me and I'll be glad to help out!

 

Thanks again! Decided to risk it, the combo doesn't look too horrific in photos, and I do own a couple of dolls in my collection that tend towards bobbleheaded by default from the company. Odds are if this otherwise gorgeous body doesn't work out, and I hate the hybrid in person, I'll end up falling for another random sculpt at some not-so-distant point down the line anyway... And the 63cm body does look stunning. (I do have a horrible tendency towards picking up artists headsculpts then desperately searching for bodies afterwards!)

(Gah yeah the Impl broad shouldered girl, I have been eyeing up, but more to an eye with yet another off-topic for this thread sculpt lmao. Ooh I'd be very grateful for your opinion on the EID when the time comes! Though I suspect if I do take the plunge into Iple's selection, and their infamously non-posey bodies, I'd be doing it for one of their gorgeous headsculpts and wouldn't be attempting a hybrid)

 

hello, i'm curious, how much does a 72cm ver 1. body usually weighs?

 

Hello all. *waves*
Figured since I'm finally getting my boy "Janus" (Xiao Xin head on the version 5 body) put together I should join this thread. He's currently without a face and wig of his own (its in the works) but he's gotten 2outfits that I can mix and match pieces from, one pair of boots and two pairs of boxer shorts.
If anyone here has a Xiao Xin with face up I'd love to see it.
Anyway, here's "Janus" rocking his second outfit and one of my Resinsoul Mi Marjorie's wigs.

 

@TwistedRiver , your xiao xin looks great there. I have the head, but no body and no faceup on him

 

Does anyone have one of the new 72cm type 3 bodies yet? I haven't even found owner photos of them on Weibo yet so I'm wondering if they just haven't shipped yet I thought they'd been out for a while though, and I'm really curious about how they perform!

(And how shiny they are lol, I'm not sure if I'm up for full-body sanding a 72cm doll. In owner pics it looks like shine level varies, so either the bodies are coated or they're from pulls later in the mold's lifeline?)

 

I don't own any of the new bodies, but for the shine level of the resin, I own a normal pink 68cm doll and I can say it is the shiniest resin I own. Mostly, the shine is visible in places that rubs a lot, like the joints. It's not super shiny, but still you can notice it.

 

Thanks! I'm guessing I'm gonna have to sand or coat it if I get it. I'd never seen shiny bodies before until I got a Spiritdoll body, and I've noticed that a lot of similar companies have shiny resin too T_T

 

Thanks! I finished his first wig yesterday aside from styling and maybe a bit of trimming here and there. Already planning another wig I want to try making but this one will work for now. Still need to try and work on a face-up before the cold weather hits but seeing as his heads been waiting since 2019 already I'm not in too big of a rush.

 

looking good there too @TwistedRiver , I think faux fur wigs look best trimmed unless it's supposed to be a messy/spiky look, but the problem is, you can easily screw it up so I can't blame you if you keep it "natural" LOL

 

Actually it looks fur but it's a yarn wig though I should go after it again with my straightener even if I don't decide to trim it any. I do want to figure out something for it later so it's technically still a work in progress. lol

 

I have a 75cm body in the making so if no one beats me to it I can post measurments when it arrives. I ordered in the middle of august so it ca nbe a while. I got it for my Soom garion head in Tawny skin so I hope they managed to make a decent color match. But I have seen a hybrid like this before and it looked good.

I will get jointed 75cm hands with the body I mentioned in the previous quote, and I have the Loong sould 73cm body -> Doll Parts, Loong Soul - BJD, BJD Doll, Ball Jointed Dolls - Alice's Collections
So I could try them on to see if they fits. I don't know when it arrives though so it can take a while.

 

Wow! I never thought anyone would actually respond, so I went and asked the awesome people at Alice's Collections a thousand years ago, and they were super kind about it. They said that the neck measures as follows: Top 13.1cm, middle 13.8cm , bottom 14.3cm, in case anyone else wants to know. Thank you so much for offering nonetheless; if you still want to measure yours, to share as well, maybe for consistency sake? Those would be welcomed as well. Otherwise, feel free not to! Thanks once again for offering, you are an extremely kind soul. I wanted the body for a massive Minime sculpt, so I was hoping the neck would be overall bigger, but it is an option incase I ever feel adventurous (or have extra funds to splurge, just for fun!). Good luck with your Soom hybrid, I hope it goes well for you. (:

 

I recently got an msd Chiyu and I'm having the hardest time finding pants... All the jeans I owned ended up being tight skinny jeans to him cuz of his butt/thighs/calves! I'll eventually get him custom clothes but for now I guess he'll just have to be bursting at the seams! (Where do you get pants that actually fit these guys lol)

 

Haha, you never know what we have in store (nothing at the moment though ^_^' ).
I might just post something when it arrives then, or if someone else have other questions. I have had a hard time finding anything on this body so iI should contribute with more pics and info, but I often tend to forgot. Thanks! He shares a body with my Dollshe Khan now, so If it fails maybe they can swap, I need to try it anyway. x) But I have great expectations on this body, it looks really nice.
Good luck with your Minime sculpt!