Dream Valley Mini Discussion Thread 2

Dream Valley showed off pictures of their next doll, a new dragon boy. Sina Visitor System

I'm wondering if he's using the same body as Ehecatl. The arms look a bit thicker than the Sylves/Rah bodies.

 

And right after I ordered my own Sylves, too! It's okay though, I think I prefer the slimmer feet Sylves has - don't think I could do the new one justice yet. The horns and forearms on him look really cool though..;U;

The arms look a tad thicker to me as well!

 

I just obtained a DV Olivia (with the rabbit parts) 2nd hand and aah she is so cute! New can of MSC also arrived yesterday so now I just need to wait on that mask then seal her head & the floating practice head to get some serious faceup attempts in cx

Since she's the first 1/4 I have seen irl, I was quite surprised at just how small and delicate she looks next to my 1/3 boy. Even her eyes are teeny! But I think I definitely prefer her size overall, much easier to handle and carry. I absolutely love those bunny legs as well, they are so nicely crafted. Very excited!

 

Velarde, DV's new dragon boy, is up and he will be discontinued forever after the preorder period on the 13th of December ends. He comes with a free head with no scar and human ears, and his tail can be bought separately in wall white or black resin. No black resin for the doll itself tho! Really wish he was available in red...

Looking at the official site, he is indeed using the same upper body as Ehecatl. Same chest and arm thickness.

 

I have been wondering - was Ehecatl (their snake man) a one time only then discontinue sale like Velarde was? Or do you think he will ever be re-released? I wish, I wish,,,

 

Looking back at the release info it just says time limited instead of one time release. So it might be possible that there is a second release but it's not always easy to tell with DV.

Aww man, they've got me with the big stompy dino feet! Not so happy about it being a one time release as originally thought i'd pass and pick one up in a second release but that plan has been scuppered. Having bought both the mini Griffin and Ehecatl this year, I've already pushed my budget a bit

Not sure what system they're using for the legs. While it's nice they're going for changeable parts on their fantasy dolls, the fact they keep changing how it's done every couple of dolls means that not much is compatible between dolls. I'm hoping they'll stick with some sort of system soon!

 

@Epicari that means I can at least hold out hope then xD thank you so much!

 

That Velarde has a mobility joint instead of thigh peanuts leads me to believe he's prob strung normally, and to change his legs you'd need to have legs from another BJD/DV and string them on in place. EDIT: I think that's why he's a one-off release--either they don't have plans to revisit this body or they're still working on a method to change the legs/arms easily like Chimera/Moth.

I'm also tempted by Velarde but may similarly have to get him secondhand/through DDE. DV give our wallets a rest!!

@Cylunny There'll be people selling their Ehecatls secondhand, so unless you were set on a certain face or resin color, you'll be able to find one. I know some people (including myself) also bought two Ehecatls to be able to combo tan/green or black resin or for multiple heads, so there'll likely be extras floating around. Keep your eyes peeled around February-April!

 

@lynxie that's handy to know, I will definitely do that! I should hopefully have marketplace access by then as well xD I'm not really too set on anything I just really want a snake man, can work around whatever there is c:

 

I have a stringing question for the 3-arm boy body. When I first got the body (purchased from DV via Legend Doll), he was strung so tight he creaked with even the slightest movement and I could barely get his head on. I tried tying him curled into a fetal position and leaving him like that for a month and there was no loosening of his elastic. There was also nothing beyond the knot to loosen him. I made the decision to have him re-strung looser and we actually needed to cut the elastic in order to re-string him. This was back in...2018 I think.

Fast forward to now and he's become a little more on the loose side than I'm happy with. He still stands fine but I'd like him to be a bit tighter (and it has been about 5 years since he was last strung). Problem is, I don't remember at all how he's strung (I do remember we re-strung him the same way DV did). Does anyone here know/remember how this body is strung? Is the 3rd arm part of the arm stringing? Is it part of the torso/legs stringing? I'd like to have a bit of a plan going into this before I start taking him apart.

 

@Iron_Dog
I have a 3 armed boy, I got mine when they were new and have since restrung him. Without looking I think I have mine with the 3rd on it's own string with a bead or some other mod inside to hold it like a washer and then his body strings threaded up through the one for his 3rd arm. I plan to find a better long term fix later on, but have other dolls in the need work list above him as this works for now.

My restring life hacks aside, I'm pretty sure like 90% the 3rd arm was originally strung on the same cord that ran neck hook to feet, but mine was so tight I had to cut his strings to re string him. and he had overly thin strings too so his posing was weird.
I know one of his sisters has her 3rd arm on the body strings, but she was less tight and on thicker cord so never had posing issues. (His other sister is owned by a dear friend of mine and I have no clue if she's ever been restrung.)
Good luck with you boy I hope you are able to get him back together in a way that works well for you.

 

The idea of the 3rd arm on it's own string with a bead to hold it in place is brilliant @Tippetarius I'll have to see about doing something like that. I have a literal chest of beads and while most are seed beads, I do have some larger pony beads that could work. Thank you for the idea/insight.

He's currently okay as is right now but will def need re-stringing in the very near future. He's just come back from the very talented face-up artist, Bunny, and I'm in love with the work she did on him. I also sent her his 1/2 brother, Kyrieleison (DV Dean giraffe-taur in purple), at the same time and his face-up is stunning as well. I'll need to post some pics of them and hopefully the light will be at least semi-decent tomorrow.

 

My 3-arm came with the arm strung with body/leg elastic too.

 

If the elastic is torso/leg, it might not be and easy pull tight and re-knot to make him tighter. It's looking like it might be a full re-string. Ugh. One of my least favourite parts of the hobby. At least I have plenty of elastic on hand so I don't need to run around trying to find some suitable for the job. I also have a bunch of kips and might see about putting one in the 3rd arm socket to improve posing/stability.

 

Ah, thanks for taking a look. I was also thinking it might be a lower body changes at the waist style like Uncia/ Rabbit girl so it'll be interesting to see if that's the case. I wish there was some clearer way of understanding why sometimes DV dolls are single release and some aren't, because Velarde doesn't look anywhere near as complicated or difficult to produce than some which haven't been marked as single release. It all seems a bit haphazard!

It makes me wonder if @Tippetarius bead method could allow the arm to be wired with the wire being anchored on the bead. Or are the channels on the arm too small to allow for wire as well as the elastic? I would likely want to use a simpler stringing method too

 

@Epicari The 3rd arm is fairly slender so I'm not sure. Maybe if the wire was on the thinner side? I should probably be proactive and do that stringing job today but I don't know if I'm feeling like hopping on that struggle bus. I have another doll (OT for this thread) that desperately needs re-stringing as his elastic actually broke ages ago (he's a mature tiny and strung with beading elastic) but I'm kinda intimidated at doing it. He had jointed hands and it seems pretty daunting to string those. I'll have to do it at some point as he's literally in pieces right now but....

 

Alright anyone drooling over the new boy they got up? Because omg for me ,it like my two oc got together and that’s him .
Adventure note

 

People with 1/4 scale dragons, I need your help.

In the hopeful but slowly less likely event my dragon gets here before Christmas, I want to make him a santa hat. What size would a fabric hat have to be to do this (fitting over one horn and some of the face spikes but not the neck spikes)?

 

@Cryptid yayyyy! Lol guess I have my next project picked out!