IpleHouse JiD Mini Discussion Part 19

MB Lilac,
I just love all of your photos on Facebook, your website and this forum! I have been thinking of adding a "Mother" for my Iplehouse BID and KID dolls. This thread regarding the new JID body and which JID dolls seem more mature was a big help in making my decision. I decided to get an Iplehouse JID Kassia since she did not seem as immature as some of the other sculpts.

I will have to make clothes for her but I did find a dress, wig, tights and shoes that will work for now. I ordered some Kaye Wiggs 43/46cm doll patterns as you advised and will try to come up with some more mature clothing for Kassia.

Here she is with 12mm "Liberte" Soul In A Box (etsy) urethane eyes, a large Little Darling dress/tights and shoes for Maskcat Bellis. Most of my dolls are very childlike so this will be an adventure in finding the right look for Kassia as a mother.

 

I purchase the wooden adjustable stands from Phase3Now (Wood, adjustable, saddle style doll stand for 18" dolls like MA Binnie, Margaret or Miss Revlon) on Etsy. I have these stands for all of my dolls in the appropriate size. I get the 18 inch stand for the Iplehouse JID dolls. I also have the wood and metal custom stands from Onestreasures on Etsy.

 

@ Therese52, Eyes with smaller irises would make her look older.

 

@Therese52 - I have Kassia as well, and consider her to be one of my younger-looking JID ladies. However she can pass for older depending on what she's wearing. Mine also has 10 mm eyes.

 

Do you have any suggestions for the brand and size for JID dolls for eyes with smaller irises?

 

I did find some 10mm eyes from Captured In Glass which do make Kassia look slightly older. Still working on finding a wig which looks more mature. This wig is from Lullaby Poem.

 

I frequently use oval glass eyes or Eyeco eyes. There are a number of companies that make eyes with smaller irises but I haven't bought from many of them yet!

Those eyes do make her look a bit older.

 

I have a DT girl body that was changed into a boy's. Problem is the hands still very lady like. I was thinking about getting JID Boy hands to replace his current hands. What are the dimensions for the hands? I need length, width and around wrist.
Thank you in advance.

 

I found a pair of 10mm green glass Glausagen eyes for Kassia. They seem to have a slightly smaller iris. Here she is in her Pirate Queen gown in the bayous of New Orleans, waiting for Jean Lafitte.

 

Finally did get this, Annika taking sun, shoot throught. Hopefully soon will check Annika's and Milo's summer date shoot also, took the pics over two months ago...

DSC_0300 by Saija Tikkanen, on Flickr

 

New to Iplehouse but I'm wondering how exactly does their layaway works? Their site kind of confuses me

Also, does anyone have tbe new girl body? I'd love to see more pictures of it

 

But cute is exactly what came to mind...

 

Hi! Can I ask an Iplehouse-newb question?

I impulse bought this cutie at a swap meet - Tatiana with a really neat metal arm paint job. She's on one of the early bodies. Can anyone recommend a tutorial to improve her posing? Especially her knees and elbows.




(Excuse the yarn. We were picking colors for a yarn wig for her.)

 

Some time ago @MB Lilac posted a photo of how she modded her JID torso at
the hips. Well, today was the day!! I’d gotten Violet out to try different eyes and
she frustrated me all over again with her wiggly head and strange legs. So I took
her apart, brought out my dremel, and went to work. What an incredible difference!
I should have done this restringing mod a long time ago! It makes the JID a joy to
handle! No more floppy head and upper torso, and her legs behave decently now.

*THANKS So Much* @MB Lilac for taking those photos and making this easy!!
Now Violet might actually get some dresses made for her!!

 

You're very welcome! I'm glad you were able to do it, and that it made such a difference. All my JID ladies get drilled, although I didn't actually do the modding myself. My face up artist does it for me.

I don't understand why IH doesn't redesign their JID girl bodies so they can be strung properly. It wouldn't be that difficult. The only other dolls that are strung like the JID girls are the BIDs, but being so much smaller, it doesn't seem to be a problem with them. But I wonder if the new BID bodies are still strung like that, or if they've changed it to the more 'traditional' method?

 

I finally had some time to sew for Iplehouse JID Peach Gold Kassia. Thanks to MB Lilac for her great stretch top and shirt JID patterns! A new Monique wig also made Kassia seem older as a mother for PG Bono. Here they are on a walk in the woods.

 

@Therese52 what is that kind of backdrop made out of? They seem handy. Is it hard to sew in this size?

 

@Therese52 - your Kassia looks so much older now. It's amazing what new clothes and wig will do. Your Bono has a definite 'family resemblance' to her 'Mom'.

 

I keep forgetting this thread. I finally worked on my original Tania by giving her modded teeth + new face up. Still have to do her body blushing and possible tattoos. I haven't decided a name for her since I have a damaged Tania head that needs to be restored, and I thought that one could be Rose instead of this one.

Spoiler: Large image below