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Dollmore Narsha and Friends Discussion Part 2

Jul 25, 2011

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    1. Is that Shabee?
      I just ordered a blank Shabee.

      on that other issue. I'm undecided about the resin color. Might go with ebony. Will keep you posted.
       
      #161 morelle, Dec 29, 2012
    2. yes ellyce is a shabee. i think you'll like her, i have one this size and one in a dear doll size too (and you should come join us on this thread too. i have an light brown coming there ;))
       
      #162 auntbear, Dec 29, 2012
    3. I have always loved Shabee. I saw her in my local doll shop a couple years back but never took the plunge, until now. I got her blank and will ship her out for a face up when she comes home. I ordered some Narsha clothing from DM, can't wait to get them! Oh and I took your enabling advise and ordered an ebony KID Joy. OMG!! I don't think I have ever seen one in Ebony. She will be unique for sure. Now I'm off to find the DoA IH KID thread.
       
      #163 morelle, Dec 29, 2012
    4. who are you going to get to do her face up?
       
      #164 auntbear, Dec 29, 2012
    5. I generally stick with who I know auntbear. So right now, I will probably go with who has an opening first. Currently I have two out, Angel Toast has my DC baby and Lilygami has one of my Volks. I am waiting for forevervirginia to have a slot open. Lilygami did my Narsha, so I will have someone different do my Shabee.
       
      #165 morelle, Dec 30, 2012
    6. i'll look forward to seeing how she turns out. i love custom dolls :)
       
      #166 auntbear, Dec 31, 2012
    7. morelle ~ congrats on your new orders!! I can't wait to see them!

      Ok, here's my guess. Shabee and Coco are both sculpts that were remade into the Dear Doll line, so I think maybe they were sculpted by Dollmore for the Narsha body. They're listed as "friends" because the heads at least, are technically not Narshas. Narsha and Zihu are brothers/sisters and both are listed as sculpted by Gu mi-jeong.
      I have no way of knowing if that's right or not, but it's the only thing I could think of.

      I'm hoping my head shows up today, or Wednesday. I'm off tomorrow, so today would be best! But I don't actually know when it shipped -interlude- so I just tracked it and it's out for delivery!!! I will get it today!! :D
       
      #167 VampireAngel13, Dec 31, 2012
    8. Thank you Vamp!
      Can't wait to see pics!!

      Here are before and after photos of my lovely Narsha.

      [​IMG]
       
      #168 morelle, Dec 31, 2012
    9. I love her face up!

      I'm doing mine now....almost finished. It's like, 20° here though, so I don't know how long it will last XD
      I really like the Zihu face, but I think I'm going to keep the Narsha head. It looks more like my other dolls....
       
      #169 VampireAngel13, Jan 1, 2013
    10. the shading on her face is beautiful, it makes her so lifelike!

      temperature/humidity is a factor so often in when i can do faceups. my fan exhausts through the window on my paint booth so it has to be warm enough to open the window without freezing the house!
       
      #170 auntbear, Jan 2, 2013
    11. Yeah I spray outside, so it really should be nicer. If I'm doing someone elses faceup I won't do it in this kind of weather :P But for mine, if it gets ruined the only one hurt is me! lol

      Here he is with his new head!
      [​IMG]

      This is pretty much the same faceup the Zihu has and it looks so different on the Narsha head! Eyes are still too dark, but 14s will be easier to buy in the right color than the 10s I had in the other head (and again, I'm just glad I had blue eyes to use, period XD).
      I think this one looks more like his younger self.

      I'm actually pretty amazed at the amount of clothing I've found that fits this little guy. And shoes! I think I just need to buy the boots from DM and a couple outfits and he'll have a large wardrobe! I wish they sold more separates...or that Iple sold clothes in the style I want.
       
      #171 VampireAngel13, Jan 2, 2013
    12. Hello! I've wanted a Narsha or Shabee for over a year and all these pics are really tempting me to break my New Year's resolution (no doll purchases this year) :) Can someone please tell me if the bodies are double jointed? I had a Narsha hybrid a few years back that wasn't but new pictures look different --- Thanks!!!
       
      #172 bajib, Jan 4, 2013
    13. my narsha/shabee is a couple of years old so she would be the same as what you had. i don't know about the newer ones. maybe someone else can speak to that.

      vampireangel your guy is looking really good! it is amazing how a sculpt can change the look of a faceup and vice versa :)
       
      #173 auntbear, Jan 4, 2013
    14. Mine is single jointed, but I don't really know how old it is. I would guess there is only the one body, only because it looks and is constructed so much like the Zaoll body (right down to the wonky knees lol), and there was never an update for that. And the old photos of the Narsha look just like the one I have. I don't mind single joints...I generally prefer solid single joints to badly made double joints.

      auntbear ~ Thanks! I know...I especially love putting different (yet oddly similar) faceups on the same mold. Actually I have the same faceup on different molds too! O.o
      It brings them all together nicely!
       
      #174 VampireAngel13, Jan 4, 2013
    15. it's so much more fun than having only one face option for each mold like in "typical" collectors dolls!
       
      #175 auntbear, Jan 5, 2013
    16. bajib, my Lovell is second-hand, but according to the seller she was made in 2012. She's very definitely single-jointed. I don't think Gu Mi-Jeong does double joints - Alex is a more recent sculpt and he's single-jointed too.

      Haha VA13 and auntbear, I'm one of those people (I dunno - are we few or many?) who get sorely tempted (and likely to give in to that temptation too) to get two heads for each character so as to have two different face-ups/looks to choose from. So far (but I know VA13 is watching me to see if I can stick to that principle) I have not bought bodies for those extra heads, but nevertheless - I keep saying I have x number of dolls (and that number frightens me already), but the discrepancy between that number and an actual *head count* keeps increasing :|.

      It's funny - the Narshas look more ... friendly? ... to me than the Zihus. Zihu is more distant, I think. So yes, I definitely think that is an entirely different Alex you have there, VA13. He's more cuddly!
       
      #176 Sigune, Jan 5, 2013
    17. i personally don't like having floating heads, but i know lots of people who do, so you have lots of company

      this may sound really strange, but the first time i saw zihu i thought she looked like a child with down syndrome. since i have two handicapped children (though not downs) i have wanted her ever since to make her into a character with downs in honor of them. most of the custom faceups i've seen just make her/him look oriental but that is what i would want mine to be.
       
      #177 auntbear, Jan 5, 2013
    18. [​IMG]
      Narsha by elizabeth's*whimsies, on Flickr

      Did I show my repainted Narsha? I had Mo of Mo's Digital Pencil re-do her face for me and I like her a lot more now. :)
       
      #178 elizabeth's*whimsies, Jan 5, 2013
    19. She is SOOO pretty, Elizabeth. Mo did a fantastic job on her - as usual. She will be doing my IH PG Efreet when she arrives.

      Here's a bit of Zihu love:

      [​IMG]

      I have some new eyes I want to give her, but just haven't had the time to play with her since the holiday rush.

      See more of Zihu HERE: http://www.flickr.com/photos/swmchick/sets/72157631452483996/
       
      #179 swmchick, Jan 5, 2013
    20. :dohThanks for the double joint info --- I finally realized that the Shabees I saw with double joints are on the dear Doll body --- duh
       
      #180 bajib, Jan 6, 2013
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