Dream Valley Mini Discussion Thread 2

She is so lovely blank I am trying to prioritise (ie other heads, etc) so she won't get a face up in the immediate future, but this will give me time to firm up on how her look will come together. Might even make the outfit first

 

Question to the folks with the detachable limbs bodies... I can see where the elastic finishes in the arms, though accessing it looks awkward (unsure how for restringing).

But there is no way to access it in the legs. Am I missing something. Would I need to remove the magnets to restring? Does anyone know of Dream Valley providing a restring guide for this ?

Update: I understand how to restring after loosening the elastic

 

Oooh new female giraffe centaur release! I’ve always liked their previous giraffe boys because they looked super posable, but preferred a girl version. She looks even more posable with that extra torso joint and her shoulder joints. I love her eyeball theme that shes has going on, too. I wish I had the funds for her at the moment, but I’ll have to wait and see if any dealers get purple versions in-stock later on.

I can’t tell if this “Midnight Purple” color is the same as their previous purple color or not.

 

Also love the fantastic silhouette of the giraffe-taurs, and Ilya's theme is very interesting as well! She's another one I'll have to pass on for now, though.

 

I can't pass that sculpt nor that skin, so she's ordered. I think she will go well with my Souldoll Kyron. Maybe as a sibling.

My DV Ghost Moth came in the other day and she's beautiful! The downside to the resin colour is she was covered in obvious sanding marks right out of the box, even on her head. She has a white dot on her face, which I have resigned to considering as a birth mark. I suppose technically, it is!

My friend was not kidding to me about the magnets, they're not very strong so her legs come off very easily. The moth headpiece has a stronger magnet than her head magnets, so when I try to remove it the top of her head comes off instead haha.

I wish there were more resin releases like this. It's so pretty, I will be devastated once it has yellowed.

 

@aestellica protect her from the sun, and the color will last much better! I've got a 11 year old tan Fairyland doll who still looks great. I've seen on other threads on DoA that linseed oil can be used to lessen sanding marks. I think someone even said Resinsoul recommended it.

 

I recently hybrided some option hands to the anpiel...

The hands are from the 1/4 Orca (Killer Whale) male body by Whale Island/Coralreef, in Mia white.
My doll is Achelous human on B4-04 body, in DV white.



DV white is notorious for yellowing pretty fast, my doll had aged noticeably after 1.5 years - although to be fair, the anpiel wears very few clothes and is quite exposed to light. It's now yellowy-toned white. Mia white is a bit more pinkish, but still around the same level of lightness. The colours are close enough.
The Orca hands are also a tad bit small for the anpiel, but it's no big deal. Probably because the Orca body is 47cm tall, while DV B4-04 is 51cm tall. The scaling might be better for the shorter DV bodies such as B4-19.

Spoiler: More pics

There are more pics on my BJD blog.

All the Orca hand parts I got, vs. DV B4-04's default hands. The DV hands are a bit larger in size.

So if people want more additional hand poses for the DV male bodies, the 1/4 Orca body from Whale Island is a good fit, they have plenty of option hand parts.

 

@aihre The hands look great! Some very nice expressions.

 

@lutke Yep! I love how the Coralreef collective (Whale Island, Jiu Er Mao) services all their bodies with a huge variety of option hands, and such versatile poses too

I can't confirm this as I don't own the dolls, but I think CR's female option hands would hybrid quite well to DV's female bodies. It's a bit of a shame that DV has abandoned their general catalogue to focus solely on monthly LEs, and don't really make option hands anymore. But there's plenty of good hybriding in the 1/4 mature mini space nowadays.

 

Oh no, I'm in so much trouble. That's by far the best anthro face I've seen, and for a werewolf, no less! I wouldn't want ONLY the wolf face...hopefully they'll offer a both heads option? Though they'd make it easier for me to resist if they don't!

Instant buy if he has wolf paws, clawed hands, and an articulated tail! Probably an instant buy even if he only has 2/3 of those things, if I'm honest, but I think it would be a pretty safe bet to assume he's configured a lot like Hylander, so he's probably going to hit all the right notes.

(Now let's hope his price is more similar to Hylander than to Velarde... )

 

I'm curious to see the body they have to go with the head. Not that I can afford to buy it but I like living vicariously through others when my delicate money tree is currently suffering the bitter cold of financial winter.

 

Oooo, I wonder if they'll have the wolf head separately? The wait times are heinous but I've been having no luck finding a head for the T&D body i have and a wolfy boy would be perfect :3c

 

I'm really hoping it's not going to be a one off release again! (i'm currently dealing with vet bills so not the best time financially ). I'll be interested in what the body looks like, not sure if it will be a new body or the animal body used for Uncia etc?

 

Wow. I'm loving the sculpting on him so far! I have no need of a wolf boy, but I hope to see a few of them around here, eventually!

 

Oh gosh darn it, I love it too! At this point DV simply owns my wallet The only thing I'm not sure about is how thin the neck looks in the wolf version, I wonder if they're going to add some faux fur there for the full sets?

 

Oh man. I was considering putting one doll on layaway but seeing this has totally changed my plans I think! Scared to see how much he's going to cost and even more scared at him probably being LE but... he's so GOOD! I might have to justify him anyway.

 

Welp. He's all the things I thought/hoped he would be... I am definitely gonna need to get this one. The only question will be... in what color? Uggghhh that build is actually so perfect for multiple characters that I might be in for more than one, in different colors!

 

Ugh. I said I have no need for the head, and that's true. Wouldn't mind having that body in 1/3 scale, though!