IMPL dolls Star, Model and Idol Discussion thread 15

Yeah, it's possible I may just have to deal with him having a hair colour I never intended for him to have. He does look good in it and it does mean I don't need to open my wallet to buy him a wig (which my wallet appreciates hugely).

 

Oh wow, another Crystal! I didn't know anyone else with a Crystal, until now ! Here is mine:



She has different eyes now, but I love her sculpture! I should try re-painting her

 

Oh my gosh, the day finally came! I can't wait for pictures! Have you tried a greenish blue wig? Sounds like it'd be a lovely color for him? But I don't know what he's like IRL

@Leader of the Rats , congratulations. I wonder what their brown is like now too. I have an old brown head I need a body for and an old real skin (dark) head that needs a body. It's so hard to take a chance and order anymore But I love my Plaice, and he needs more photos taken of him Could your bonus head be Atwood?

 

@Iron_Dog : Congratulations!!!! Finally!!! (Even if it's with some snags.) I can't wait for you to share him with us!

@IngieBee : I would not recommend trying to match the new realskin with the old. Its intended to match normal Luts, Longsoul, and the like. It's pretty close to Resinsoul normal in tone, just not as pink.

I have an entire army of Impldoll now, lol! And wanna show them off, but they totally need faceups. And clothes. Definitely clothes, lol.

 

pfffft. clothing is overrated

 

@IngieBee I'm very pleased with the green colour. He is the same green as a malachite stone (I matched the paint chip to a malachite stone I have), which was what I wanted since he was born from a geode of malachite. I need to dig out my camera since I put it someplace safe because of all the boxes now filling in my apartment with the stuff from my brother's place.

I did get adventurous and managed to get the outfit I'd bought for him from Luts from my doll clothes bins. I put eyes in his head, too, but they're just placeholders as I've had an Idea for a pair I'd like to make him that will hopefully somewhat mimic the green and black banding of malachite stones. But all my eye making materials are packed away as well and while reasonably accessible, I need to crawl under the kitchen table to get at the box. Malachite is going to be getting a slight eye opening mod to make his eyes half-lidded.

For the wig.... He looks ridiculously good in the ivory/white blond wig and he seems quite pleased with himself in it. It compliments his dark green colouring very nicely. It wasn't a colour I thought about at all but it might be what he gets because he likes it a lot and I don't want him to kill me in my sleep for changing it to something else. I might still buy the other wig because, let's be honest here, it's pretty much a certainty that I will get more dolls and it likely won't go unused (or at least that's the justification I'm telling myself).

 

@Iron_Dog
I've been so invested in the Malachite/Kulfi saga this made me squee with delight. I LOVE dark fantasy resins and green is one of the rarest ones. I guess people don't like green resin that much.

@thedarkeststar13
I'm excited to see your Crystal. She's a sculpt I have a huge thing for the old Star and Model sculpts. I was so bummed out when they discontinued the really old sculpts, they were so endearing and unique/quirky.

@Leader of the Rats Lucky you! That brown looks close or MYOU or Luts RSB. It'll be fun to see what he becomes. (I think Ingie is right and its an Atwood. The eye crease is very particular)
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I WAS planning to get more pictures of Max for Leo season but I forgot how effin heavy the Idolman body is so I said "See ya, Divo" and he's back to sitting on the shelf. One day soon I'll get pics of him. He's so pretty and so lorge. So very lorge.

 

@A Wee Tiefling It has been a saga, hasn't it? I'm hopeful that I can get some pics of him later today but I'll need to see how my day pans out as today is a cleaning day. I'm still undecided about his wig situation. Roughly $75CAN is a lot (to my wallet) for a wig that he may reject and that will end up sitting in my wig bag for who knows how long. I mean, I'll more than likely end up with another doll that'll wear it if he refuses it because resin addiction but still.

 

I just heard back from Impl regarding the change in the legs of the Model body. They confirmed that the Model body now only comes with single jointed knees and no mobility thigh joint. They said they're renewing several of their bodies. I have not heard yet if a replacement part for his forearm is going to be possible due to him being a custom colour. I don't have much hope for that but there is a tiny kernel of hope that it could happen.

I want to state that the single jointed knees and omission of the mobility thigh absolutely DOES NOT affect his ability to stand well. He is a rock. I plonk him down, maybe adjust his feet a little and bam! he's standing there like he can do it all day long. He's strung tightly so that probably helps, too. The single jointed knee and lack of a mobility thigh doesn't bother me as I have several dolls with all single joints and most don't have a mobility thigh.

 

Gosh, that's a bummer that they're simplifying the model body. I've been wanting to get some more bodies for floating heads, but frankly, I'm worried what I'll get

 

The change is very recent as the previous Ziv (the 2nd wrong one delivered in Jan. 2022) had the double knee joints and mobility thigh. If you're concerned @IngieBee email them and ask about any changes that may have been made to the bodies you're interested in. It rarely hurts to ask if you're unsure of something or want clarification.

 

@Iron_Dog , what I'm concerned about are the star bodies. I don't like what they did with the MGB, and I fear they will mess with the star without warning

 

@IngieBee This was the exact response to my asking about the leg change for the Model body:

Now we only offer the single jointed knees.Because we want to renew our bodies.^^New 65cm men's body and other type of body.

If you have concerns about changes you may not like/won't fit your aesthetic def email them to ask. I've found them to be very helpful and responsive over this whole saga to get Malachite in the correct green.

 

Yah, still trying to save money, so it'll still be a while

 

okay, but why go backwards in engineering? I'm seeing those fugly arm/leg cut joints from dollmakers who used to do the peanut knee and elbow joints and the cut arm/leg joints just look and pose so much worse than what they used to offer I don't see the point. Unless it costs less, which it probably does in labor alone, but if I'm paying the same amount (or more) for the finished doll, there's no incentive for me to plunk down my cash

 

Not sure why they decided to go backwards with the jointing. Doesn't make sense to me. If they were looking to ditch certain joints for cost cutting purposes I'd have preferred they got rid of the bicep joint instead of the mobility thigh. I dislike the bicep joint for aesthetics and never use it. I could maybe see switching to single joints in the knees if knee stability was a problem (I'm looking at you Orient Doll with your Collapse O-matic knees), but it wasn't. Or at least I've never had a problem with Kulfi's knees.

@IngieBee Saving money.... I get where you're coming from. I need to order Qayin's body (RS Mu) but there's always something that pops up on the 2nd hand market that ends up shoving his body further down the line. Although, now that Malachite is home perhaps I'll be stronger against temptation and actually get Qayin his body so that thruple will finally be complete.

 

Yeah the bicep joint is the whole reason I ended up getting free heads, they're taking forever to fix my order cuz I ordered without and they sent me with it and I hate how it looks. I'm thinking about getting a body in brown now though instead of the tan I got. It'll be easier to dye-match the dollclans head to the brown and it matches the character better anyway.


I'm not so sure about it being Atwood, the eye shape doesn't match up. Its a very specific shape.

 

It's really nice that Malachite is finally home! I bought an expensive Fairyland doll 3x this year and last. This really wiped me out. I have been making payments for over a year now, so I will still need time to recover. I'm a bit of a sucker for certain dolls. They were expensive even so I didn't buy full sets, especially compared to Impldoll. I used to think Impldolls were almost as nice as CP/FL, especially in the posing department. I'll be super sad if, when I'm ready, I can't get what I want body wise

Gosh, I need to take some nice pictures of Crystal, she deserves it!

 

the CP/FL dolls I have are absolute crap when it comes to posing. The minifees fare slightly better on that scale than the F65, in that they can actually sit, but I always side-eye people who gush about FL's "superior posing/engineering" because it's "superior" to what, Barbie?
Impldoll's sculpts are just as nice as FL's (or nicer, in that they don't all Look The Same), and, unlike CP/FL, I've yet to see Impldoll blatantly steal other artists' IP

 

Welp, after reading through much of the many years of posts to this thread, I decided to get an IMPLdoll Vanessa!