IMPL dolls Star, Model and Idol Discussion thread 15

@Isabeau Holy moly, 19.5cm head circumference with the shrink wrap still on? Not really sure I am happy with this trend on the Implgirls, even though I am used to petite heads on laaaaanky bodies (looking at you here, LoongSoul).

Even though I do have a 19.5cm head on an MGB, it works somehow because she has a reverse-lightbulb problem (she benefits from padding inside wigs to heighten the poof) and her facial features are pretty comparable to my 21cm Iplehouse Scarlet. Coupled with the pale resin color I myself experienced, I'm quite hesitant about using another Impldoll female (Zona) to shell out a character. Oh well, time to get scouting again.

 

Well! I'm now very curious to get my hands on my order. I prefer modest head size, but 19.5cm is pretty small. The package appears to be in Canadian customs.

 

How is everyone? Dormant-Adhara has recently returned from having her faceup fixed (yours truly chipped it in an accident months ago), and I really love how the artist managed to match Iplehouse's Peach Gold to the now-defunct Impldoll peachy RealSkin.


Adhara Afire 03 by Yela Gatchalian-David, on Flickr

 

Ohhh Adhara is so steamy. She looks great in that slightly softer makeup style.
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I'm debating getting bigger feet for Massi and Kat. They both have teeny tiny feet for their big frames. But I have no idea who sells just big feet.

 

I just stick little feet in bigger size boots. Then they look to have better proportions

 

@A Wee Tiefling Thank you! It took a bit to get used to the dewy-style faceup. But since Impldoll's resin has its own share of shininess, the Iplehouse head now matches the Impldoll MGB even better than before.

With regards to bigger feet: if the bigger boots trick does not work, I recall 65cm Supia girls have large feet (8cm long). I think they allow buying just the basic feet for the 60cm body, but not sure about the 65cm. You may have to ask them if they allow buying just the flat feet!

 

I have bought several double jointed 65cm bodies now. When ordering, there is an option to buy heeled feet for $30. I would ask about flat feet.

 

She's gorgeous, @AntarelNefertili , congrats!

 

Impl just let me know that they've received the colour sample (a paint swatch) I sent them and said there'll be no problem this time in getting the colour right. Yea! Hopefully the casting process doesn't take too long *fingers crossed*.

 

Hopefully they get the color right at last @Iron_Dog, it's gone insanely long enough as is!

Happy International Women's Day from the ladies, including the two on Impldoll MGBs.

Ladies of the Crew by Yela Gatchalian-David, on Flickr

 

@AntarelNefertili Adhara looks wonderful with her new faceup! And your ladies are gorgeous!

Impldoll still hasn't gotten back to BJDivas. I'm wondering if my order got lost or something.

Edit: Divas got back to me this morning. Impldoll says all unfulfilled orders should be in this month's shipment, so here's hoping my boy and girl are almost home!

 

Here's my Marlon head on a Loongsoul body with a friend. I tried to make him a girl but it didn't work.
Recent Photos by Kathy Puckett, on Flickr

 

My heads arrived... maybe a week ago.

Bianca on the left, Davina on the right, both in pink, though they may present more yellow here with the lighting. I like their pink resin. Although it may be somewhat hard to match now, I believe it should age gracefully.


Impldoll Bianca and Davina by Havilah00, on Flickr

First impression: small indeed. Davina's facial area is roughly equivalent to that of a faceplate style Dollshe Saint. As I tried my best to capture in the pic, Bianca is a smidge larger.

I really like Davina in person. She looks so feminine and friendly blank, has a super cute nose and I like how her eyes are smiling. There's a real cohesion to her entire expression. I was surprised, since her default faceup was so sultry and aloof. I'm eager to paint her. I think I will turn her into an angel character of mine. Her size will probably work for my collection, but for many people with more conventionally scaled dolls it likely would not.

Bianca's an interesting one. I think I personally liked her example styling more than anything, but her profile is super pretty and unique. I can snap more pics if anyone is curious. I think she'd look stunning in a dark skintone.

Anyway, this worked out pretty well for an impulse buy. They arrived when I was having a really bad day and cheered me right up. There was some resin smell when I first opened them, but it dissipated immediately. A good experience--thank you, Impldoll!

 

@Havra Thanks for the picture! Bianca's facial area does look bigger than Davina's-out of curiosity, have you measured her head? I'm wondering if she's the same size. (Maybe that Impl measurement of 21cm. was an average...)

 

@Isabeau By my measurement, Bianca appears to be just about bang on 20cm in comparison to Davina's 19.

 

Thanks for the information, Havra!

 

@Havra Thank you for the images! I'm really liking how the sculpts look blank. You got me really interested in how Bianca looks in profile -- can you snap a photo, pretty please?

Also, new girl: Welcome to impldoll

She looks really cute! With such tiny Implheads though (really obvious in Sadie's full-body shots), I may eventually just get the headsculpts and hybrid them onto smaller bodies just so they would still look to-scale.

 

good luck with that. Impl may have made their heads smaller (boo!) but the neck holes are massive so you're going to have A Lot of gapping on a smaller body unless it also has a super thick neck
I'm a little concerned that the teeny tiny heads herald Impl shrinking their bodies, yet again. I'm getting so tired of doll companies shrinking their "big" dolls off my potential purchases list

 

Tony and Sicily arrived today! Tony is perfect, and they sent me a gift outfit with the eyes. Since I have a wig already and should have some shoes to fit, all I have to do is face him up. Sicily's body was medium instead of small breast like I asked for, but that actually worked out, because I'm going to try Davina's head on that for a different character. It's way too big for the OC I was using Sicily for, so I'll look for a smaller body for that head.

I'll try to get some photo hosting worked out so I can post pictures when they're done.

As far as neck holes go, I'm thinking I'd rather fill in than widen any day. Had fits widening my Pygmalion Robin's head to fit an Imple SID body, and it could still use a bit more, but I'm waiting a bit. Almost at the max of what is possible. I'm thinking there is Apoxie Sculpt in Sicily's future.

 

@AntarelNefertili

Picture for you...


Impldoll Bianca detail by Havilah00, on Flickr

There's something I really like about her nose and lips. But she's not ringing any bells for a specific character.

As a random aside, I'd like to point out these new heads have three s-hook slots in the neckhole--so you can place the hook in whichever groove allows for the best neck movement, I guess?