Dream Valley 1/3 Doll Discussion

Hello! I'm a happy owner of B56-01 body. I'd gorgeous, but If want to find a hybrid head for it. Do you know who can be okay for it?

I tried my DIM Anneliese, Fantasiadoll Barbara and Zaoll Muse, they are all good more or less.

 

That's one thing I'm going to try for sure.

The bigger obstacle that I can see (not owning the doll, yet) is the shoulder width, they clock at 10cm, if I'm not mistaken, and the possibility of getting a bobblehead is very real (for my taste). On the other hand it needs to be taken into account that the body slenderness raises the probability of getting a pinhead effect.
It'd be tricky to find a good balance but I'm confident something will show up eventually.

Who knows, maybe a proper wig will hide/delete most of my fears...

 

I have a Fairyland head on mine. I can get a photo later if you would like.

 

Oh, thank you! I can't wait this))

 

Do the re-released mermaids belong here? They seem to be 1/4 scale bodies with loooooong tails.
I need - NEED - human legs for that body. That torso is breathtakingly beautiful. I wish they made their other bodies with that torso.
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Edited to add: I asked Alice's Collections. Dream Valley does not offer human legs for the mermaid bodies.
I don't care. I ordered one anyway. Even though Depths Dolls is going to offer a pre-order for a 1/6 scale mermaid with human legs for the same price - I just went for the DV mermaid. Had to have her. After owning Z7, I have fallen in love with Dream Valley dolls.

 

I just bought a second-hand Impldoll Sicily head - I'm going to try that. Next up is a Miracle Doll Rita head I'm waiting on.

Surprisingly, 1/4 scale heads look pretty good on that body (IMHO) - but I would have to massively sand down the neck, which I'm not willing to do. This is a Resinsoul/Bobobie Mei head perched on there:


I ended up putting Z7's head on an old Angel of Dream body because I like the proportions better. That's a Dollmore Eva Louise head on the Dream Valley body. The fit is perfect - but the head seemed too big.

 

@MaleficentMrsofEvil
That's a very good hybrid there! (Z7 on AoD)
How's the resin comparison in person? Judging from photo colors only it seems an almost perfect match. Surprisingly, both the B56-01 and and the AoD 58cm body have the same shoulder width, but I find it very hard to believe.

@Cap'n
I'm happy for you
Scar is a very big boy, and I love black kitties too. I saw several people who placed an order around the same time as mine getting their dolls, but my Qing keeps eluding me, sigh.

 

The AoD body is much broader in every sense - bigger hips, bigger shoulders, the whole enchilada. The Dollmore head looked great on that body, too. I think I need more AoD bodies... Actually, it's weird, because prior to the switch, the dolls were the exact same height, but after, the hybrid with the Z7 head was shorter. The Dollmore head is pretty big in comparison, I giess. Photo below spoiler due to doll nudity (you might have to log into Flickr - they get cranky when I post nude dolls).

Spoiler: doll nudity

The color match is perfect because the AoD body is at least a decade old (maybe more) and was yellow as butter. I dyed the resin using that amazing de-zombification serum tutorial in the Workshop area, and the color came out a gorgeous peach - like the fairy skintone used by Alchemic Labo for their Unoas.

 

I realized that the Rah eagle version existed too late to get my hands on one, and I'm over here crying xD. I have noticed that ti seems DV sometimes brings back sculpts - how likely is it that they would do so for the pretty bird boy? Or is my only hope gonna be the secondhand market?

 

I don't think DV has permanently retired any sculpt after a single release, it's a question of how long you're willing to wait. Finding them secondhand can be more difficult if it's a while past when they actually release, but I doubt any Rahs have shipped yet, so if you wanted to wait to see if any dealers get him in stock that's an option.

DV also classes Rah and its ~51cm dolls as 1/4, though, not 1/3 — just as a heads up. You'll probably get more discussion of him over here.

 

My wallet will probably be happier if I have to wait for a while xD Oh yeah, I was wondering if dealers did something like that (I'm very new to the world of BJD). So it would be possible (maybe) to get him in stock at a dealer? I can keep an eye out there around the time I find they get shipped.

Oh, thank you!!! I'll head over there!

 

Am I right in thinking the heads are quite large compared to the bodies, on SD size? I'm obsessed with my Ivy (19cm fairy) but I don't want strange proportions on SD.

 

I... found the head of my Dream Valley Z7 to be a touch large for the body. I feel like the shoulders are a little small. I believe it's a very specific choice to give the doll an otherworldly aesthetic, but I ended up rebodying the head onto an Angel of Dream body, which I like much better.
However, I am a "make it like Barbie" collector (I want all my dolls to be larger versions of Barbie), so take everything I say with a huge grain of salt.

Z7 on original body:


Z7 head on AoD body:

 

hihi! I have a hybrid doll on a dream valley b4-04 body (the 51cm one). I'm finding it super hard to find pants to accommodate the length of his legs, and am not really sure where to look or what to look for keyword wise. Wondering if anyone has any tips!

 

Is that outfit the Dollmore one? By chance does it fit on the DV body? My girl needs some clothes that are not dress based.

 

That is a Dollmore outfit, but it's on an AoD body. The DV body is too slender to fit, unfortunately. The clothes would just hang off the body.
You might try Dollfie Dream or SD16 clothing instead.

 

Would this be a good thread to include my Dream Valley Lloyd in? I know he's a rather uncommon sculpt, but he's on the B70-01 body.