Dollstown 17 and 18 year boys and girls - Part 2

@VickieAngela I feel the same but I swore against floating heads
@citronrouge Congrats! Byula is gorgeous. After Kana I might get Soi or Byula. For how gorgeous it is, the 18 body doesn't have the most flexible torso joint, so I'll get that one on the 16. How are you enjoying the posing on yours?
Still on the fence and there are also other heads I'd like to hybrid with a DT body, but there's plenty of time

 

@lutke Yes, I really enjoy the 16 and 17 years bodies posing even if i still have a preference for the design of the 17. (I also took the opportunity to order the new knees for the bodies i have. I'm curious to see the difference.). I have DT dolls for almost 20 years now and i was never disappointed by the bodies i tried (7, elf, 13, 16 and 17). For me, very personnally, they are the most beautiful bodies in the whole BJD community (with Alchemic Labo ones)

 

Not the best photos - I took some quick shots while i had time and sunlight. Copper Oriental Shinbi. First photo with Flash. Second photo no flash, in sunlight.

Spoiler: No Flash

I'm still deciding her look. I showed her to my mom and asked her what I should do for makeup. She is thinking bright red lips (none of my dolls have this) and I'm thinking of trying bright red. I think I want to go with a more warm color theme for her face - maybe with some glitter

 

Nadia? Is this a new sculpt? Where can I see

 

@krystina I think she meant Yujin, my fault
Copper is a really beautiful skintone! Shinbi looks great with painted lips, I've seen a few. She looks more mature that way also.

 

Sorry to hijack the thread, but does anyone have any advice for an easier way to restring the new knee parts onto the 18 boy body? I was ready to do it and discovered that he doesn't have hooks on his feet, but it's just strung through. I'm in denial that I have to disassemble the entire string to change it Does anyone who has changed them have any tips or is it just gonna be a small project?

 

A million years ago I discovered that my Soph had no s hooks on the feet. Honestly, I just went out and got some and then strung the doll like I normally would rather than bother to untie/retie knots again in order to fully disassemble and clean the body in the future.

More recently I did use the "feet first" method to string a different doll though, because the s hooks that came with the doll were not working well with the jointing and scratching the resin. And I have to say while it takes a bit longer, it wasn't particularly difficult, and did allow for me to adjust tension more precisely by the end.

If you are not someone who often cleans/paints dolls then feet first will be fine. If you do, then I'd recommend getting some s hooks for the first restringing.

 

Has anyone put a Dollshe Venitu head on a Dollstown 18 boy body?

 

Someone hybrided a Goohwa (also made by 5th Motif) on Dollstown 17year boy in this reference post. Seems like the main hurdle is the difference in neck size between head and body. (That person who made the post was hybriding a 5th Motif head onto a 18year boy, maybe they have photos in the thread.)
If you search the earlier 5th Motif discussion threads for "Dollstown", there may be more info about hybrids.

 

Awesome thankyou

 

I added new knee and hooks at the feet (for eventually, later heeled feet) for my 16 and 17 years female bodies. It works great !
And i received my Byula. She's super pretty. Now i have to wait for cooler days for doing her a faceup. Summers are too hot in my city.

 

@citronrouge Oh you got your Byula! I can't wait to see her finished! I'm happy that the new knees are working well too.
Is it absolute Hell in France as well? We're in the high 30s C and touching 40 at times I can't do anything with dolls either.

 

@lutke I'm from Marseille (on the Mediterranean Sea)
"We're in the high 30s C and touching 40 at times I can't do anything with dolls either." same here !

 

I just bought a doll from the new 2.2 line. I'm very curious about her

 

Same, I just did too!
I hope she's super popular. I had a very hard time in choosing which one I wanted most. I'd love to see how different people style her!