Immortality of Soul (Part VII)

I don’t order full dolls when I don’t have to, so I got just his head. I ordered WS (he’ll be yet another Joker in my group).

I’m not concerned about matching, but I am a little worried about size and proportion- I’ve only owned 70cm heads from IOS, and I think he’s 60?
I have a couple bodies floating around to try him on so we’ll see if any work or I’m stuck buying a new one

 

i've given in on Mr. Crow. i think i got him on nearly the last day LOL
i kept looking at him, and he's pretty much exactly a character i really like and have a lot of fun styling, so yep. i guess i'll be having several of the same character represented by different dolls as usual.

maybe helpful:
i think his measurements look similar to Switch 65 for shoulders (14cm) & neck (10.5). the Switch 60 is 1/2cm slimmer in shoulders and neck circumference. 14cm is such a wider shoulder, i wonder if he won't look ok on taller bodies too except he's very boyish.

IOS's white resin is a very close match to DollZone/Doll Chateau "peach" and Switch's "rosy white". Dollshe/Dollstown "fresh" is pretty close, but the difference is more noticeable imho.

i'm not so sure about IOS's new NS, i haven't done any extensive swapping yet, and my one close match is a DZ pink resin body in the old colour formulas for both companies and the IOS head has a faceup too.

Can't wait to see what everyone does with their boy to style him

 

I ended up going with the WS for Crow, the NS didn't give me enough confidence for a future match since I only purchased the head, and WS suits better something that I have in mind for him. After reading some body recommendations from you guys I didn't think it would be necessary to rush into buying the IOS body when I have other purchases to do on these dates, maybe next time for the next sale or if I run into a doll I like who has one of those bodies you mentioned, what happens first

Thank you for the helpful tips! He does look quite youthful, so since it's not an impossible mission to find him a match, I can calmly think about what body I'd like to see him in.

 

I like Lacrimosa, but 80cm is too much for me. I'm thinking about a hybrid with a smaller body.
Realistic aesthetics and high poseability. A 3-part torso would be ideal. Do you have any ideas, please?

 

I think that the most complicated thing with a scale of less than 80cm is the thickness of the neck, I saw on YouTube a 70cm body from DollZone (match would be peach skin/white IOS) with the head of "80calss Infernale" and in my personal opinion, it turned out terrible.



The other one would be Doll Family-H white skin for IOS white, DF-H 72cm Boy Body Ver.II since the neck girth is 11cm, Class80 IOS body is 12cm but I don't know if Lacrimosa has fewer millimeters; but the DF-H 72cm Boy Body Ver.II's neck girth is 13cm, is too much a whole cm so it won't do.

 

I was looking into some Dika dolls unboxing and I came across this video, it doesn't say in the title but this girl tried out Lacrimosa in a 72cm Akagi Doll body (W), it's A 3-part torso and looks good in the video.



video, minute 33

 

@NuttyRojita Wow! That's a well-chosen body. And it works perfectly. Thanks for info.

 

Hi guys! Does anyone have an IOS class60 body and a class70 head? I would like to see how they look together; there was a collaboration with DOLK and IOS where it seemed that they used one of the class70(Sezz) heads but I'm not sure about the body because it looks short, and I think I read somewhere that the class70 head is also compatible with the class60 body I would like to see them together

 

Has anyone else's Crow arrived? I just got mine today, I ordered him with the 60cm body in white skin. Hoping the others who ordered him get theirs soon as well.

Some observations: his eye wells are shallow, and small. Best fit would probably be 11mm ones just like on his sales page. I don't have a pair in that size sadly, and the one I had ordered for him is 12mm/5mm - they do fit, but I feel they're a little big (especially for the look I was trying to achieve).

His head is small, I think a 7-8inch wig would fit, I just don't have one in that size so I couldn't check. I tried on the 8-9inch wig I got him, and it looked like the wig was trying to devour his head.

Unboxing photos here.
I'll try and see if I can take comparison photos (height, skin tone) during the weekend with my other dolls.

 

@freesiaDream - so good to see some owner pics! i've only seen one other so far
i ordered the faceup and my order says preparing for shipment, so hopefully mine arrives soon too! I regret not buying the wig, ah well.

Will you keep the surprise faceup?

 

I haven't seen any other photos of him yet, but I'm glad it seems they're all on their way to their owners. So excited to see more owner photos of Crow! His wig in the photos is from Luts so you can try getting it from them, though last time I checked their shop it seems to be out of stock (around Dec '22). I've yet to check again.

No, I won't be keeping it, sadly. He looks great with the default faceup, but I've already booked a commission slot from a faceup artist I like. I did take a few photos to document it before wiping it off.

 

thank you for the info about the wig, much appreciated!
i wished I could find it in light blue.... but the style is so good might do the white anyway.

looking forward to see how your boy's new faceup turns out then
it's going to be neat to see how everyone works with his sassy mug.

 

I did a search in Luts and that wig style seems to be in stock again (I'm on mobile so you might be redirected to the mobile site). They have it in something blueish (the lime color).

Thank you! Hoping to ship him out to the faceup artist by tomorrow. He does look incredibly sassy, which was why I caved and got him. XD I'm planning to have mine look more malicious though.

 

awesome, mine's a tad deranged too
hope he fits the body i have for him, and he needs props...
i'm so slow everything's already vintage by the time i take a picture, the faceup will help me go a little faster with styling hopefully

can't wait to see yours and the others, i know there's at least a few more

 

I have not received any update on CROW's shipment, so I will ask IOS about it

@freesiaDream ooh yours looks so nice, what a surprise that it came with the faceup haha I hope mine does come with it since I did pay for it lol and good thing to know about the eyes, actually I was a little afraid to not have proper eyes for him since I don't have any and I'm not used to those purchases so I pay for the ones IOS offered as well, the only thing I didn't order was the wig, and also the body which I regret but I did get the wig for the next doll that came after Crow, Andante, and since his eyebrows are black, is gonna match Andante's black wig

Hope to hear from IOS soon, can't wait to see my Crow

 

@Grimalkin I know that feeling! I have a couple of older doll projects too, and I was on hiatus before Crow pullled me out of it, I think my doll crew will be considered vintage. so excited to see yours too, cheers to deranged!Crows!

@NuttyRojita hopefully you'll get him soon! Shipping was relatively fast, I think he arrived in my country ~3 days after his status in the shop said in transit. The default faceup looks really good on him and is nice overall! Oh and you have an Andante on the way too? Would love to see owner pics of him as well, I really like him too but I had no $ left to spend on him after getting Crow haha! Hopefully their heads are the same size since they are from the same line, so Andante's wig can fit. For the eyes, I think 10-11mm would fit perfectly, and Crow's default ones are really gorgeous. Can't wait to see your Crow too!

 

My crow head arrived today. Now to find the perfect fiber for his wig.

 

@MissGaGa so happy for you! I'm excited to see how you will style him.

I took a skintone comparison photo, in case anyone's curious. I don't have a white skin bjd to compare to though, only normal skin (and most recent NS is 2016).

 

@MissGaGa - congrats! hope you will share him with us

@NuttyRojita - i got the eyes, but not the body as well, i'm hoping he works on some bodies i have already. can share attempts if you're interested

@freesiaDream he makes the NS look light tan i'd say the IOS white is more like Switch rosy white and DollZone/Doll Chateau peach. i tried some pics a while back but my light is terrible. Dollshe fresh is maybe 85% match, noticeable on camera.

i got my tracking # and he's on the plane!

 

Oh wow, that's such a surprise receiving him with a faceup! I really liked the faceup but it pushed the price up a little too much for me so in the end ordered a blank white head. It's too bad we're not close enough to do a head swap My head has arrived this morning so hopefully others in the UK will get theirs soon!
I did stretch the budget and ordered the default eyes and i'm glad I did seeing how others are saying finding suitable eyes is a bit tricky. Most of my dolls wear 12-16mm eyes so definitely didn't have any on hand that would have worked