FairyLand Fairy Line Mini discussion part 6

Just like tons of people, I've been waiting years for them to rerelease the seahorse tail, and I'm so happy! (Not so great for my wallet though ). I definitely want to get both the mermaid and seahorse tail. For the mermaid, clear blue it is! For the seahorse, I'm not sure. I would have loved to get it in clear red, but that's not an option . I'm also not a huge fan of orange or brown or the sold gray-blue color. I wish they offered the same colors for the seahorse tail as the mermaid tail

 

Oh no, the seahorse tail is compatible with the boys now. I'm in trouble.

 

A hybridizing Minifee Fairyline Reference thread, where I've posted my test fit of one type of body on a Seahorse tail. If you have reference of what fits which bits, I thought it'd be nice to have a thread for that specifically.

 

I wish the seahorse tail came in the clear violet like the mer tails. My Alicia boy would love a companion.

 

After a hard time choosing between so many color options, I ended up placing a pre-order for the original clear smoke black tail

I was soooo tempted for the blue and red one, but turn out choosing black haha...

Please share with me which mermaid/seahorse tail color that you finally choose. And I'm so excite to see everyone's order when they arrive too!

 

Hi

im thinking of selling one of my MNFs but i cant find much reverence for how much. Can i ask here for a advise?
I searched here and googled but google just gave me recasts of her. Didnt even know Sircca was recasted.

 

Sircca is a very popular sculpt, had you try searched the marketplace here? (And Sold doll archive) I think there're enough reference there.

Minifee full doll with COA can go from 350- over 800 depend on sculpt (and seller will), 450-550 seem to be a fair price for the one with none to minimal yellowing in my opinion. (Please noted that this is from what I saw in the past + the base value in cpfairyland website)

After all, these dolls are considered art pieces, and how the seller/buyer value the doll is something personal. I'm not against neither any who sell high nor the seller who go... for example 350 to let the doll find their new home asap. Everyone have their reason.

 

I have a Sircca elf head, sorry hadnt specify it

 

You might be able to tint an orange resin tail over to red with dye, but I wonder if it would make it cloudy- Probably not since crafters dye Worbla plastic using iDye Poly without causing it to become less clear.

 

Thank you for the idea! I never really done modding of any level so dying the tail myself never crossed my mind. I'm scared to mess it up, but I might still try it.

 

You could always commission someone more experienced, if you aren't comfortable with it, but it's not too difficult to do.

 

Warning: They've changed something about the Fairyline bodies since their first run, alright. Confirmed. Old FL bodies might be necessary to fit older FL leg parts.

I bought a brand new Fairyline Body because I didn't want to have to mod a basic body to fit my first edition Sia Tail. Surely a Fairyline body made for this tail would be a perfect fit, right?


But I will have to anyway, because it doesn't fit!

I can do it, I'm just grouchy at forking over so much more to get the same problem. That "fast-change" system would be a simple mod to add to a Normal body- the bit I didn't want to work on was fitting the hips to the tail. But it looks like I have to do it. Sigh.

The one saving point here is that at least this Celine is beautiful. I'm calling her Ondine.

 

@Rosslyn
They might not have changed the bodies or tails, or this might be coincidence. However I have a second hand Sia seahorse from their first release/first edition that I had to mod to fit it's own tail.

So to explain in some details. I got this wonderful Sia that came with tail, extra chest pieces, sleeping head, but no outfit or human legs or human arms. It had been out of the box once before it was sold by the first owner, and I bought it. (So years in it's box)

I got the doll home changed it to the flat bust and tried to put it's tail on, and it seemed to not fit very good at all. My Sia's upper torso didn't set flush to the tail and looked just like your image does with it popped out to the side. No posing tricks work to get it to fit the tail it was made with so in the end I sanded down the torso to fit the tail.


I don't have a before sanding photo that shows the ill fit of the body and tail, but I have after ones showing how only a little sanding helps it fit flush into place. This is my Sia boy Ezra after his small mods. Ezra Westbrook

 

He looks great! and that is reassuring to hear, that you were able to get a nice fit. I'll probably take my cerra canna knife and sanding papers to her this evening. She's too pretty to quit on.

 

@Rosslyn thanks I'm very proud of his minor modding both the gills and the sanding to fit. (As he was the first BJD I sanded all by myself.)

Part of me feels like tail fit issue is more with the older tails themselves, vs the human torso parts, or even newer tails based on images I've seen. I feel like the early ones may have been either a very tight fit or some other quirk is to blame here. Can clear resin shrink? Both your tail and mine had been a while in storage without the upper body in place not sure if that could effect fit.
I have no real answers as to why our two first editions Sia tails don't fit the upper bodies right, but it's nothing some elbowwork and sanding doesn't fix as my Ezra proves. Good luck modding the fit.

 

Yeah I think youre right. It must be something like. I can't work out why, otherwise. Or maybe somewhere between silicone mold making things changed enough that stuff just doesn't match up? No clue. it is indeed a mystery.

Today and some of yesterday I spent time scraping, fitting and scraping again to mod down Ondine's (Celine) stomach piece to fit into the fishy hips, and it took many hours but I am pleased with the result:


Modding of course does give you a discoloring on tan resin but if I don't like how I cover it, I might dye a gradient from this teal color the tail has, fading up into the stomach piece over that discoloring.

 

^ Here is my post from the Mini Centaur thread with pics.

My future alicorn (Pegasus+Unicorn, yes I play Dungeons and Dragons) boy was originally ordered in the Black-Gray, but DDE sent me the wrong color, and I am happy that they did! I fell in love with the Clear Smoke color from the first time I saw it.


Fairyland FairyLine Centaur body (ver. 1) by Ryuichi Sakuma, on Flickr

Oh, in case you were wondering, here is the

Spoiler: Clear Smoke

Winged Centaur no human body by Ryuichi Sakuma, on Flickr

color in sunlight. I really love that it is a purplish color in sunlight.

Ryu

 

Hoping to see someone's centaur, or even the full horse! Has anyone done a faceup and body blush on their centaur/winged centaur yet?

Also, is there a thread for discussion of the horse/horse with head, or does it count as part of this one? I'm more curious about it than anything.

Ryu

 

I think the horse is count by company as a "Fairyline", so he could be here

I wish to see a picture of one too.