Dollmore Lusion Discussion - Part V!

Finished assembling his wig, added a little bit of iridescent paint to the eyebrows because I like doing that for coordinating the face-up to lighter hair colors. I think I am finally done editing Dollmore's face-up.

A little undecided on if I want to trim it shorter or just trim it so it's even.

20201220_121343 by Kaxen6, on Flickr

 

@zekarmisama Oh, good! I'm glad you lightened the eyebrows! Now the wig is looking a lot more compatible with the eyebrows. As for a haircut, I have no idea. One look at my Covid self-haircut and you'll believe me on that!

 

This is what I was going to say too.

Trim the hair even all the way around and see what you think. If you don't like that you can trim it shorter...?

Teddy

 

Perhaps don't cut the hair unless you know how to layer. Or it might look very superficial and blunted. Maybe try some styling gel and scrunching it or folding it short and hold in place with bobbie pins or hair clips to see if you like the shorter look.

 

Decided I like short hair. The back came out a little more choppy than I wanted (I think I maybe should have had more layers of hair back there), but he spends most of his time with his head against the wall so I guess I will root in some of my leftover orange mohair and cut it again when I have the mental stubbornness for it.

20201229_161209 by Kaxen6, on Flickr

Been ordering some toddler shoes for my boy. Zulily had some pretty nice oxfords but then someone at the warehouse had a dyslexic moment and had stuck a size 6 sticker on a size 9 and it didn't fit and zulily ran out of size 6's in the time it took to arrive. But customer service was nice at least.

Ordered brown oxfords and black boots off ebay. Ordered some riding boots off poshmark. And waiting for a pair of button boots to come from China whenever that happens.

It is so nice being able to order toddler shoes because there is like way more variety and not too expensive.

I feel like Bertie would have a shoe hoard if I wanted more modern day styles for him lol

 

He's looking good!

I went mad with toddler shoe shopping for Daisy Bacon and she ended up with a little wicker hamper overflowing with shoes and boots that work for her Victorian/vintage style.

Teddy

 

A bit late, but I wanted to share the cookies that my (still unnamed) Daish made! Yes that's my real kitchen, excuse the mess.

 

Dollmore put up half closed eyes and closed eyes Dell sets.

Oh how I wish I could purchase heads separately!

 

If you already have a doll, Dollmore will sometimes allow you to purchase an extra head. It never hurts to ask.

 

Those are amazing sculpts and I want the sleepy boy.

And it also makes me wish there was a dreaming version of Alice because I would buy that head in a heartbeat.

 

Yeah. True doesn't hurt to ask.

 

Dollmore said they are willing to sell the Dell head separately, but no face-up. $450 like the Lusion head.

Time to get saving!

Edit: to avoid triple posting on this thread lol

Shoe observations for Dell.

The American shoe size system is terrible. Poshmark sellers are terrible (2 of 3 failed to ship and the last one shipped late). Aliexpress has a message system that doesn't email me that I have a message and the seller was out of stock and I didn't notice until over a month later >_<

Snug boot legs seems to be problematic.

Auston Brand shoes (black dress shoes) are utterly insane and their size 5 is bigger than other brands' 6 and the largest of the shoes I bought. Size 5 fits, but lots of gapping around the ankle and shoe can be put on without unlacing.

The Children's Place (Brown and Black Boots) skew large. 5 fits, but feels very spacious. Rather wide around the calf.

Shoe Be Doo (brown dress shoes) european size 22 is perfect and snug.

Blackjack Jas black boots size 6 fits well, a little loose around the calf but not as much as The Children's place.

Album of the shoes: https://photos.app.goo.gl/HAL6k3CfWWLJx6My9

 

Great Lusion shoe info, @zekarmisama - thank you! Good to know!

My Lusion doll stand came today! I'm very pleased!

Dollmore is having an 8% sale until Feb. 15, so I bought the normally $126 stand. Because of the weight, Dollmore requires $55 FedEx or even costlier EMS shipping. Still, my order came 3 DAYS after I paid the invoice! The bottom plate is 11.5 inches across, solid metal and very heavy. All main parts are black. There are a few small parts to assemble with no instructions but it's not hard to figure it out. Dollmore includes an Allen wrench to tighten the bottom screw. Although the saddle is plastic-coated, I will keep some fabric between the saddle and the doll. (A plastic-coated saddle stand removed body blushing from another bjd of mine.)

Lusion now stands with her weight resting on the saddle (no weight on her feet). I thought she was standing straight until I stood over her and realized she was leaning. She's standing just fine for now, but it would be wise to wire her to make her stand more securely. I'm so glad I got this stand!
Happy Hobby-ing, everyone!

 

This is not a very glamorous photoshoot (enjoy my poorly lighted bedroom!) but for fans of 1/2 scale dolls, here are some pictures of my Lusion Dell and Spiritdoll Tangerine next to each other for size reference! As you can see, they may both be "1/2 scale" but the proportions are quite different; I'm not really sure if you could hybrid them successfully, for example.

(Some doll nudity/partial nudity below)

 

Wow the difference is even more drastic than I thought from the measurements

 

Yeah, I was surprised too tbh! The Spiritdoll has more of the proportions of an older child while being smaller overall? But I think Dell is noticeably taller than the girl Lusions, so maybe the difference would be less noticeable with two girls.

 

The differences are noticeable with the girls also!

 

Great comparison shots! Very useful! Thanks, you two!

 

Ended up starting a layaway for the extra Dell head since Dollmore is planning on raising doll prices.

Also turns out it's important to remind them I have a Dell already because they won't sell Dell heads to people who haven't got one already.

Going to be exciting to do a face-up on it since it will be coming blank. At the very least I don't need to worry about clumpy eyelashes and brows nearly as much as my smaller dolls lol

 

I didn't know they sold the heads separately at all., other than the Dahlia head they have listed under parts

Teddy