IMPL dolls Star, Model & Idol Discussion 16

I think I mostly swivel at the thigh joints.

 

My Star body showed up today and it's lovely! And as I expected the head is nowhere close to matching. Now to decide if I want to dye the head or just have the faceup artist color match with pastels and faceup.

 

An Soo (Ansel).
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Pretty! Mine is still getting his faceup done by impldoll. I have some 16/6 eyes waiting for him, is that a good size for him?

 

I am using 14/5. All my dolls use small irises because it’s my preference. I really don’t like when less than 45% of the whites don’t show in the sockets. I like a good solid white too, sometimes opting for glass or plastic rather than resin especially for NS dolls. Whites look whiter to me in tan. But I am very fussy about eyes.

 

I hear you about being fussy about eyes, I tend to be the same way. I do a little under standard sizes (14/6 as opposed to 14/7) as they strike a good balance. I'll see if I can make these eyes happen

 

Haha! Good for you! I make eyes too! I learn every time.

 

Similarly I have mostly Asian dolls that look best with brown eyes, black, or grey. So I am r also constrained.

 

Popping in here to post a pretty good color match! I got my 68cm idol body in brown today. Here's the head I sculpted (Violet) in Harucasting's "light tan" on the impldoll body in brown.







The tones I had put in the faceup (a month ago, without having the body) seem to match it a bit better, as I added some more yellows and reds to Haru's color. It's basically the same shade, but a slightly different tone.

 

I do wanna ask, do any of yalls bodies actually stand up on their own? The 68cm idol body's ankles just flop all over the place and there is nooooo way she would stand up. The legs are so skinny compared to the upper half of the thighs/hips that the knees and ankles collapse inward. Even being fully supported by a stand, the ankles collapse inward. I wired both legs with a thicker copper wire and even did a double wire twisted around itself for both hips just so it wouldn't violently flop inward whenever I moved the doll (still can't stand up whatsoever, but is less floppy when I move anything)

I was planning to mod this body eventually because I didn't like how skinny the lower legs are (looks disproportionate to me, and the character is more muscular anyway). But really the entire leg just needs to be made wider starting at mid-thigh all the way down to the ankles in order to provide any semblance of support to it. I dunno. Don't mean this to sound like a rant but genuinely curious if any of their other bodies can support themselves. It seems like they can in promo videos and stuff, but maybe I'm thinking of other sizes that are smaller?

 

My model girls and mgb can support themselves unwired bare foot for a good chunk of time, and with shoes that time becomes longer even in heels... my muscle girl body is stuck in transport hell rn so I can't report on her currently. Not sure why your 68 is having trouble then but maybe someone else with the body is suffering with similar issues?

 

I have the 68 girl and the 75 boy. Both stand fine.

 

Okay, that is odd. Any suggestions on things I can try? Do you think it has to do with the elastic tension? It seems to be strung tight enough, but maybe it's like not "balanced" on where the tension is? Do you think the elastic could be too tight/too short?

Impldoll had sent me a dark tan doll by mistake a while back, and the person I sold it to also mentioned they couldn't get her to stand. (I didn't really play around with that one, as I knew I would just sell it, so I don't have insight into why from that example) It's reassuring other people's dolls function but I wonder what I can try to improve mine.

 

I would ask Impldoll first in case it’s a known issue. Also so they are aware of a problem.

 

Have you tried hot glue sueding? My 63cm body came with some hot glue sueding already, but I added more and she stands really well even in heels...err heeled boots.

 

I was able to mess with the doll a little more today and I hot glue sueded her - I did a few dots of glue and smeared it around with an index card in all of the joints except for the thigh-to-hip ones. So, her entire body is wired and sueded.

The hot glue has fixed the "ankle collapsing" inward issue, which has allowed her to stand better. The hips do still want to sort of "settle" inwards at the hip bean-to-torso joint, like the legs want to be touching, but they are more easily able to be positioned in not that way now. She's less helpless and I can get her to stay put standing up, at least, but I still will use a stand anyway. Good enough for me for now, though!