Elfdoll Rainy (Large) Discussion Part 4

Should be a fun project! I've heard that K was modeled after Christian Bale. I don't know if that's true, but there is a resemblance!

 

Out of curiosity, has anyone tried matching the Homme skin with parts from a company that does resin matching, and was it successful? I'm thinking that if the specific head I'm eyeing offsite turns out to be that color resin, it might work to send Resinsoul (assuming a body they had would fit my purposes; this is just a hypothetical right now) a Pantone swatch/paint chip that matches the head once I could see it in person. I'll be looking into the accuracy of resin matching in general with this method, but at least it's a start.

I'm kinda hoping the head I'm saving for is just a NS type resin since that's apparently much easier to match, but I figure I should cover my bases.

I really appreciate the support btw, saving up makes it hard to be patient but even if the one I'm looking at sells before I can get it, I'm hoping that a K head will be possible to find eventually... though the one I'm saving up for really does have a faceup perfect for what I'll need. So I guess we'll see.

 

Ah, the holy grail search for an Homme skin match. The only pre-existing match I've ever found is IslandDoll "island" color, but I didn't like any of the bodies. I hope you can find something good!

 

Unfortunately, I don't have this experience and my Tasha (homme skin) + Dollstown body (oriental skin) is... blushable and modifiable,
but it's definitely not good.

Before blushing:
Box opening: Dollstown 17yrs girl body (oriental skin) + Elfdoll Tasha head (homme skin) hybrid by Arengil Tajedinápravá, on Flickr
After the first basic dry pastel painting layer:
Face-up progress (Tashan) by Arengil Tajedinápravá, on Flickr

 

Since this was a resin match problem from so many years ago I wonder if anyone ever tried doll zone (or eventually doll chateau) normal yellow for homme skin? I never saw homme in person but I saw those and they were very comparably dark and impossible to match to anything else I ever saw.

 

There are some light tans (Soom Tawny was not too bad) but they all seemed to be oranger than Homme, which was sort of a cool peachy color. I do have a Wu head on an old Granado Sunshine body, but it only works because both have yellowed/faded a lot.

Edit to add: This might be kind of useless information, but Elfdoll Homme is not so far off Elfdoll Real Skin, and there were a few Real Skin almost-matches, Impldoll old real skin, Angell-Studio suntanned. I'm not sure if this is helpful or not.

 

Not to derail the resin match conversation, but I was just excited to have my Ruru come together


Jamila by Dollish Gambino, on Flickr

 

She is beautiful congratulations @mustbemissa

 

@mustbemissa she's gorgeous! She looks so good in vintage styling.

 

@mustbemissa She's beautiful! I love that whole look and great photo as well (especially the lighting)!

 

@Cattya @Alewife @AlisonVonderland thank you all! I'm so glad you enjoy here. Elfdoll always made such charming sculpts.

 

You are very welcome!!




Ngl I'm thinking of buying the body the head I'm looking at comes with, rather than just the head, and giving myself a crash course on mtf modding... either way it would be a project, whether that means searching and searching for a match vs more serious additive/subtractive in some cases moddifications, and I did want to learn to mod BJDs at some point... but I don't know if this is even more of a fool's errand. This doll would be a project regardless, and I doubt since apparently homme parts are hard to sell, that it would be that much of a discount just getting the head split without the body anyway. So I'm still thinking about it since I gotta save anyway, here's hoping it's still for sale when I have the funds for it.

 

@Cattya it's worth a try, anyway!

 

@mustbemissa so beautiful! I like the vibrant juicy colors.

Even after all these years, I'm still in love with my Roux (Vivien on Supia old body).
French Summer - Rouanne / Roux by Arengil Tajedinápravá, on Flickr

 

Great photo @Arengil

I hope to have time/ energy/ cooler weather to take some nice new pics of my Lydia soon (well, in a month or two).

 

So I finally managed to get Lydia after…. Lordy 19 years. The problem is the seller didn’t disclose that her elastic is totally shot. Couldn’t tell from the listing pictures at all, but she’s the most stretched out doll I’ve ever seen. Where can I get the right elastic to restring her? And a guide on how to do it for Elfdolls? Until I can get her restrung, she’s stuck staying in her box for now.

 

Congratulations on getting Lydia! It's hard to believe she came out so long ago.

Here's a nice stringing tutorial that doesn't require a lot of tools: https://denofangels.com/tutorials/bjd-restringing-using-ribbon-threading-techniques.70/
Here's a source of elastic and tools (seller is reliable): Stringing Materials : Dollspart Supply - Doll parts, supplies, shoes, high heels and accessories
If you have a local fabric store, you might be able to find elastic cord there as well. Good luck!

 

@AlisonVonderland Thank you!
I hope to see your Lydia soon.

@WinterSong
I don't know if haberdashery works in your country, but that's where I shop this.

 

My Wu from 2006 is on Souldoll double body now, but it’s the special ‘oriental’ tone that was packaged with souldoll’s limited Lee Junki doll, so that's probably not helpful for anybody. They are an exact match and always have been. I always wondered if they were perhaps cast by the same third party company as they were made close together.

 

Well I finally got the elastic ordered and the hook tool for restringing…

The other dilemma is something the seller didn’t disclose at all. When I got Lydia and opened the box there was a weird smell. On everything. Finally realized… The entire inside of the box and Lydia smelled like cigarette smoke. I removed every single bit of the black packing foam she came in cause it was totally saturated with the smell and had dark streaks visible on the top piece of it. Lined the box with Free and Clear dryer sheets, and hoping it was the foam making everything smell.

As far as her face-up the seller said in the description that it was factory face-up, but I am confused about something. I know there was the bold makeup version with the wavy wig, and the more natural face with the straight hair, but did either one of those face-ups have freckles???? I assumed she was just the more natural face-up, but for the life of me I don’t remember there being freckles on her face for it.