Dream Valley Mini Discussion Thread

i remembered, DV included a piece of wire with the wings that is supposed to go from the part normally at the doll's body, through the base of the egg, and into the other side of second wing. I think that would help keep them up, but the tips would still really move around a lot. I've not done *any* sueding - it's terrible, literally NONE of my dolls can stand on their own, so i know i need to learn...

thank you for your kind words that shipping box was crazy, it looked like a treasure chest.
I wonder, is it weird to post so much later in the box opening forum older shoots like that? i sort of forgot about the gallery here

 

@Eva Brown - I have two of the angel wings and they both pose perfectly fine the wings. They don't buckle over their own weight unlike my Dream Valley Cecelia. It seems DV has some wire on the back through the first joint of wings.

They can hold the up pose or down pose. I'm not too sure how to help. Restringing, wire, and sueding are all good suggestions that people have given out.

Here are my two Mias + angel wing body (bonus DZ Deer)

 

Yeees, my Rosa also had wires in her wings from beginning , but I was silly, I thought it’s just to not let the string to slip into the wing part which one attached to body

I will try to handle with wire too, I hope I’ll find solution without re-stringing, that I really scare to do...
Generally speaking this DV body is perfect imo, I hope we will get along soon^^
Thanks a lot you guys, for your advices, really helpful!

@sugarcactus your Mias twins are looking very harmonious together, it’s pleasure to look of them, thank you for sharing. Deer are no comments, he is impressive

 

@Eva Brown I received the wires too. They are to help stringing and keep the string from going into the body as you have mentioned.

There should be wire inside her base of the wings as that's how mine were strung. Other than that, I am not too sure what else to help.

 

Fellow dragon boy owners, how wig?
My beautiful Greyson arrived today, but I can't get any hair to stay on! I managed to get his pants on though, which I feel is an accomplishment in itself.

 

@Magnus Vale - I don't have the dragon body but I do have the head. I have micro velcro, specifically volks pittato wig (which is just the spiky side), on his head cap which keeps the wig on. It's a monique wig and it originally did actually stay on well without help but after I painted his horns it wouldn't stay.

 

@xyuemoto Thanks for the advice, I'll try that! Right now I've got his secondary horns holding a wig in place as a standby so he's not hanging around bald.

 

@Magnus Vale - Your guys looks really cool with his dragon buddy.

 

ooo! i agree, he looks great, I can't wait to see more pictures

 

@xyuemoto Thanks! It's kind of funny, since they are officially the largest and smallest dolls in my collection. Even with wearing his human feet, I'm pretty sure that Cameron (my Grayson) is going to tower over everyone else!

 

I could look through DV pics all day, the sculpts are so unique and gorgeous

I had a question about the 3-armed bodies - what's the solution for clothes for them? Does the arm sit up high enough that it can just come out of the top of a shirt with a little extra room? Or would it be easier to have an opening in the back for it instead? I'm not sure I've been able to find a pic that answers that question yet lol

 

You need an opening in the back. The arm is located approximately between the shoulder blades.

Kheima wears a decorative scarf (or a long rectangle of fabric) as his shirt. I wrap it around his torso and secure it with a jewelled pin. I can take a photo of it tomorrow if you'd like.

 

I snipped a small hole in teh back of his clothes for the arm, then reinforced the hole with blanket stitch so it's nice and secure and it's worked really well.

 

@Magnus Vale your dragons look so good
@Iron_Dog & @purple_monkfish - i love seeing pics of the monster armed DV's... spam us if you can

 

Currently my boy is with my mother, getting fitted for a jacket lol.

 

Autumn and Runeleaf in summer.

 

ooooooo! i love them that ginger wig is such a nice colour too. and all the little details in your setting, so nice

 

@Grimalkin - Thanks.

 

@xyuemoto Your boys look wonderful! Still love how you did Autumn's horns. And that mini bookshelf is lovely!

I invested in some wig tape, and now Camus is be-haired! I decided that the red wig I had floating around suited him the best, his fullset wig ended up looking better on someone else!

 

@Magnus Vale - Thanks. I'm glad it turned out well and I didn't regret painting over the company horn blushing, haha. Cool how Camus's wig looks to be the exact same shade as his spots/scales.