Dream Valley Mini Discussion Thread 2

My girl in coco has also shipped, but since I ordered her through TB she's sitting at a warehouse until I figure out what to do with her. If she had been ready sooner, I could've hoped to get her to the U.S. before May 2. As it stands I might just end up shipping her to my friend's house to stay stored there until I see how the situation here develops. It seems I'll be living vicariously through everyone else's box openings for a while... Sucks that something I ordered in October would end up like this.

 

Here are some more moth pictures.

WS with a faceup that gives her open mouth, with feather wig and clothes, very cute

Myou doll head (Delia?) on the moth body with wig and clothes

WS faceup head from my previous post, on her body with wig and clothes(second pic)

closeup of coco girl with faceup, I believe her eyes are black sclera

 

Ugh yes! Dang, I hope you are able to receive it soon. These tariffs are just the worst!

 

Hope it's okay that I'm replying to a post from three months ago lol but it looks like your Chaos boy is actually standing on his own in this photo... is that the case? If so, HOW?? Mine collapses instantly (his back legs mainly) and I'm actually considering modding him to get him to stand. (On an unrelated note, I like that we both had the same idea to give him Constantine's outfit.)

Which, question to the rest of the class: if you have a Chaos/Order, how do you get them to stand, if you do?

 

Yup, he’s standing! So My Chaos is actually pretty decent at standing. Right from the box I usually didn’t have to struggle with him to get him to stand, but he does buckle at his back ankles occasionally. I’m thinking maybe it’s the weight of his big fat tail that makes his hind legs want to collapse. I did hot glue suede and wire his back legs (putting extra wires through those ankle joints) which helped with the buckling.

 

Hmm, okay, I will try wiring/sueding before modding. I wasn't sure if it would help, since the hind ankle joints just seem to lack any sort of kips or flanges or whatever to keep them from collapsing. (The big fat tail certainly doesn't help lol.) Not that they were designed without them, I just think my particular doll has basically none, as if they're worn off or didn't cast properly.

But yes! I'll try wiring especially, since I have some 16 gauge steel wire left over from wiring my Super Gem. Thank you!

Edit: I went ahead and wired his hind legs since I was already doing stuff with wire, and it worked! He stands no problem now! Wiring those legs with 16 gauge steel wasn't easy lol but it was worth it! Thank you again!

Edit 2: forgot to pay the doll tax.

 

I don’t have any dream valley dolls at the moment, but wiring and sueding are my best friends for all the dolls I own. I personally have found quadrupedal dolls more prone to collapsing, especially ones with digitigrade legs. I think they require a lot of tension and lack of slippage to stay up and resin… is not the least slippery substance.

 

Oddly enough, my other centaurs (the Doll Chateau one excluded, since he's, you know, Doll Chateau) are my most sturdy dolls. My DV Dean stands on his own at all times, I trust his steadiness that much. But the Chaos, yeah, his resin is very slippery. So no matter what his tension is, there's just no grab.

 

My Dean stands well without fears of falling over, too. I would trust him to remain standing unattended for a good period of time.

 

Anyone have advice on restringing the wings on DV dolls? I would love to get my Gloria fully set up but the wings have left me stumped. I also didn't have all my tools out so when the elastic got pulled all the way through on one side I gave up putting her together.

 

Here are some pics I took of my Moth last night! I'll try to make a box opening thread to house all the photos later today.

 

My Chimera arrived today! So happy she made it safe. She is so big compared to my Gloria.

I had so free time so I completely unstrung my Gloria and got her back together. Her wings are finally on now but I had to use some spare longer string cause it was way too tight to get them on with what was provided so now they’re a little floppy.

 

I figured out what my mystery head was, it's a chimera head.

I picked it up at the UK BJD Con's charity table for £15, unlabelled and I wasn't sure which one it was. Then for a little bit I thought it was some sort of weird accidental cast of Uncia that had horn magnets. Nope, it's just a regular chimera head

So I guess technically it is a hybrid, and I like it no less because it's not some accidental oops since I think I missed the Chimera when it released. Now I'm wondering what to do, whether to try and get an official Chimera body from DV or to make it a proper Chimera and hybrid a lot of things from different companies.

 

Ahhh the moth gal is SO pretty! I thought about that one for a minute, but I'm glad I held out, since the butterfly boy was the better choice for me. Still, I'm so happy to be seeing owner pics so I can live vicariously though them and appreciate her from afar

Bit of an odd question since this is about a less-recent thing, but... about Nightmare Constantine. Does anyone know if this is a Really Truly Permanently Discontinued Model, or is there a possibility he'll be brought back like in the recent-ish Nirvana Phoenix (or all the other Discontinue Forevers like the dragon folks) event?

I tried referencing the exact wording on the last listing I could find for him, and my impression was that it's different from Order/Chaos which sound like they got a last hurrah and are now permanently out. Trying to decide if I should pursue any existing Constantines I can find, or if I should sit back and wait.

Because if they might bring him back, and he's eligible for the new blue-grey skintone that Jia Lan has... It would fit my idea for him so much better than any of the ones he originally came in.

 

The moth girl is so cute! The coco skin tone looks lovely. Kinda regret I had to skip her, hoping a full set shows up somewhere in the future.

 

@Crissaegrim a true Chimera hybrid body for your Chimera head might be easier to pull off than to find a matching limited body for her. Good luck with whatever you decide to do!

The blue-grey was stated to be available to be available for all dolls while the order period for Jia Lan was open. None of the 3 distributors I know of still have the resin color available as a choice. They do this with special resin colors fairly often.

 

My Moth has shipped mine is normal resin. So looking forward to seeing her after seeing other owner's amazing pics

 

Yay how exciting! So happy to see more owner pics of all these different dolls!

Thank you so much! I hope you find one~

 

Was expecting delivery Thursday / Friday and look who showed up today



And a quick pic in a temporary wig and dress (might need to make an outfit due to the 4 arms )

 

Oooh so pretty!!