IMPL dolls Star, Model and Idol Discussion thread 15

Photos as requested. Please excuse the horrible apartment lighting. Resin colour has a yellowish tone because of the incandescent light in that area of my apartment *sigh*.

Group shot (left to right): Granado 53Lucifer (Syringa), Impl Model Ziv (custom green), SDSouloid Phiel head on DV 3-arm body (WS), Soom ID51 Gluino (grey), Raccoon Doll LE Elf Kai (WS). You can see fairly well in this shot how the bicep cut looks both aligned and when twisted/turned. I also measured Kulfi and he's dead on 56cm.
1 by ID Locke, on Flickr

I've included this pic as well for comparison as all 3 dolls are currently available as standard ones (more or less). As I mentioned before, the Granado 53Lucifer was only available as a crowdfund event and would likely be difficult to find 2nd hand. Granado has never mentioned producing this size doll again to the best of my knowledge. Soom ID51's are still being made but when they're offered is random and limited. You can find them 2nd hand but they don't pop up all that often in my experience.
L-R: Raccoon Doll Elf Kai, Impl Model Ziv, SD Souloid Phiel head on DV 3-arm body
3 by ID Locke, on Flickr

I do have shots of the Granado and ID51 next to the Ziv if you wanted to see those as well. Kulfi's face-up is the default Impl one, btw, and I think it's lovely. If you want different poses of the Model, I can do that as well. Just tell me what you want to see. None of my guys in this group are sueded/wired and all stand well straight out of the box (although Kai-Wen, the Raccoon guy, was being a total dick today). The Granado came with some silicone kips in certain joints. The DV body was re-strung looser as he was frighteningly tight when he arrived from DV (seriously, I was afraid to move his joints because he creaked so alarmingly). I am the first owner of all but the Raccoon boy (I'm his 2nd owner).

 

LOL, Familiar on both counts, @Iron_Dog

Awesome lineup!

 

Oh wow, that's so fantastic, thank you so much! It's so interesting to see the bodies together as you really don't get any idea of what they're like when just shown individually on the company pages. I've quite surprised at the height of the Racoon body as didn't think it would be that tall. And the Soom is surprisingly thicc with it's wide body

The Impl is definitely looking the best with both the height and wider shoulders. It does look like you could glue the bicep joint and the line wouldn't be too noticeable which is good. But yeah, DV and it's notorious tight stringing, I wonder if they have someone in the company who's super strong and does the stringing

It's interesting to see the different colours too. I've always been curious about the Grando Syringa and it looks at bit darker and more purple than I imagined. The Impl green is such a nice colour, I had forgotten Impl did custom colours! Is that the 3rd attempt or is it one of the earlier dolls they sent?

Btw, hope you feeling a bit better!

 

@Epicari Yeah, the Raccoon boy is fairly tall. They're very close overall (height & thickness) to SD Vitos. If you want to see that, I can do that as well as I also have Vitos (because of course I do). Soom boys are pretty thicc. There's also a weird peg sort of thing in the ball of the upper arm/shoulder joint that somewhat limits them being able to do a T pose with the arms straight out parallel to the floor. It's not a common pose but they can't hold them straight out like most other dolls which is ever so slightly annoying to me.

I have a serious weakness for coloured resin, grey in particular. I think I'm up to 11? 12? grey dolls from almost as many companies. The Granado syringa is a purple toned grey which makes perfect sense when you know that syringa is the genus for lilacs. It's really a beautiful colour. I have some nice pics I took of Liroshan in natural light for a Granado contest that shows his actual colour much better than in crappy apartment light.

Kulfi is the first Ziv they sent me. The 2nd one is maybe a tone darker at the very most. When they're next to each other, unless they're in strong light you can't tell there's a difference because it's that subtle. The 3rd one is still being made as far as I know. They received the physical colour sample I sent them about 1 month ago so I'm reasonably confident that he'll be the right shade of medium-dark green that he needs to be.

Yes, I am feeling better. Thank you.

 

for anyone who's gotten just a head from impl in recent months-- how have the waits been? I've been looking for a specific head secondhand but not a lot of people seem to have her at all let alone have her and want to get rid of her, so I'm thinking i may be forced to order direct...hoping I'm not in for another year wait.

 

My Marlon head with faceup arrived in 5 weeks. Ordered in mid January and arrived on Feb 23.

 

I ordered a Davina head w/o faceup in November when they had the sale and I got her towards the end of January.

 

A question for anyone who has had orders received with the new realskin color... how pale do you find it? I received my order and my realskin doll and heads are as pale as my resinsoul doll! (And RS has always been pale, lol) I was pretty shocked at it, not expecting the color at all. Even compared to the websites photos showing the newest color. So I thought I'd ask opinions.

 

well those aren't bad waits at all. I want a blank head in normal/pink, so no faceup or special color to hold things up.

 

@TasiaChiba Impldoll's RealSkin is P A L E these days, and so is their Brown, from what I've heard. I myself ordered a custom-color one that's supposed to be quite brown (gave them an online color reference), and what I got was comparable to a normal yellow or cream white. Not really happy with how the current swatches are going.

 

@AntarelNefertili : Cream white is exactly my word choice when I first opened the box! Glad to know I wasn't just overthinking it. Thank you, thank you for your response!

I admit to be really sad, since it wasn't what I was expecting and I'd had it on a long layway, from before they changed the resin. Oh well. I just wish it was closer to the color they're advertising.

Other than that, I really, really love the body and how the resin feels! I need to share some comparisons I've done later.

I'm so waiting on the rest of my order, so there's that. ^_^

 

Yeah, my Tony isn't what I think of as real skin at all (I tend to think Iple when I read real skin), and not like the pictures. He's definitely normal yellow.

 

I've decided to just order the head I'm wanting direct from Impl-- I don't think I'm gonna have much luck with WTB threads and such, since I just don't think there are that many of her out there. I sent them an email about it today, but it got kicked back directly as undeliverable. I used the [email protected] address that is shown on their website under the "contact" link. Is there another email I should be using instead, or should I contact them on the message board instead of using email? I've never done a solo head order from them before.

 

I've been using this email: [email protected] to contact them. It's listed on their website, tucked in on the bottom. I didn't see it at first either! They've always been speedy with replies.

 

thanks so much! just resent my email to that address-- hopefully I'll hear back quick!

 

You are most welcome, and good luck! 8D

 

That was so speedy-- I used the email you suggested, and I got a reply almost immediately. My order is already placed, paid for, and confirmed

 

Yay!! I'm very happy that they helped you so fast! You've had basically a mirror of the experience I had with them lol. Once I found the correct way to contact them, everything went speedy for me as well xD Now we just have to be patient lol

 

I’m currently housesitting in a place with much better lighting than my home, so brought Nia along for an impromptu photo session.

 

@Shawir That outfit is just stunning! Her sandals are amazingly detailed, too. Just love the way it all looks with her skin and hair.