Leekeworld L-Type Boys Discussion - Part 2

I'm loving Leekeworld's winter pre-order sale! I'm looking into getting a Christopher on the Solid Muscle body. Thank you, Ishtar, for the photo of your darling. He looks just as beautiful as in the company photos! Oh, but for those of you who have pre-ordered from Leekeworld, how long did it take for your doll to arrive?

 

I ordered an OD boy during their last week-long sale and I was quite surprised and pleased that he took about 5 weeks. However, he is an MSD and I ordered him blank so your mileage may vary.

The solid muscle body is very nice. Heavy, too. Khale is easily on of my heaviest dolls and lugging him anywhere is a pain. he has the default face up (Khal Vampire limited pale) and it is gorgeous. His hands are beautifully blushed, too.

 

Thank you so much for the info! 5 weeks is really fast, wow, I'm relieved. I've read about other people's experiences and they concur that 5 weeks is the average wait time.
I saw the photos of your Khal, he's captivating! I've always loved Leekeworld hands. Oh and yes, it must be a struggle carrying around a heavy doll. On the bright side, at least you know they weren't skimpy on the thickness of the resin.

 

The only complaint I have with his default hands is that they come off soooo easy if you so much as breathe on them funny (they are magnetic with a twist lock that has never worked to actually lock them in place). Fortunately, he doesn't wear those hands (he wears DZ armour claw hands), so I don't need to worry about losing them or having them pop off and get damaged.

I've changed out his eyes yet again in an effort to NOT have him with the black pits of doom. I think I've found ones that work for him and they actually work well with his character as a half-demon. Funny enough, I don't have any new pics of him with the new eyes. I should fix that....

 

So I had one of my other dolls out to string his new metal leafed dragon arm and remembered that I said I should do something about taking a pic of Khale with his new demon eyes. I really like these eyes in his head and funny enough, they were the second pair of eyes that I ever bought. Not kidding. The doll they were intended for HATED them and every doll I've tried them in hated them and I was going to sell them... until Khale.

I usually have this monochrome thing going with my dolls (I don't know why) and I tried every blue eye that I had (and I've got a LOT as companies always seem to send blue eyes as the defaults to me *laughs* even though I'm not a fan of blue eyes) and all were either too dark in Khale's head or the camera would pick up light weirdly in the eyes making him look cross-eyed or wall-eyed no matter how I re-positioned them. I have some lovely green glitter eyes but he ended up with the black pits of doom when I put those in his head. The lemon yellow eyes I have were just disturbing. The brown eyes were complete nos as pits of blackness is not the look I was going for.

But these eyes, eyes that every other doll I put them in made them look creepy as hell, they work for Khale. I'd have never thought to try them but I was getting desperate to find him his eyes and tried them more as a lark than being serious about them.

 

Took me long enough, but I just wanted to introduce my boy, Misaki! he's a Chris head on a type 2 Akagidoll body.(akagidoll has some seriously sexy bodies..) I really love him looking so peaceful and all, but once in a while I'll toy with the idea of getting his eyes modded open...... but I don't have the guts to actually do it haha

(the pic is gIANT????)

 

wow!! beatiful pics of your boys!!

 

And once again I'm messing with Khale's eyes *sigh*. I originally ordered these for another doll that I won't see until maybe... Xmas? I think they look pretty good in his head. They're teal Oscar eyes and they may or may not stay in his head. I have another pair of eyes by MehiArt in grey coming and I may try them out to see how they look. I swear, Khale is the toughest doll I have to get the right eyes in his head.

 

Has anyone ordered from Leekeworld recently? I noticed they have a 30% sale going on and when I checked the L type solid muscle body and choose the basin skin from the drop down I got message that the body was in stock and ready to ship within four business days.

 

I haven't ordered from Leeke in a really long time, not since I bought that limited Alex head years back.... but I am so very tempted to throw caution to the wind and get one of the bodies with a Rihael head. I don't even know if the current normal will match the summer 2010 normal that Alex is, but in all this time i've never found a hybrid i liked, and here's this one available again.

EDIT: i've thrown caution and planning to the wind and ordered the L body and the Rihael head and I'm just going to hope like crazy that the resin still matches okay from the '10 basic. Blushing is always an option too. I've wanted a rihael for the longest time, too, ever since i missed out on the first ones way back when. I prefered the open eye one.... but I'm also comfortable doing a little mod to make him 'dreamy' instead of 'drowsy' XD

Everything i ordered claimed it was in stock now and would ship in 1-4 days, just like you said, Cloudedmind! Now I get to wait and see if that hold up.... I'm excited though, i've not been following the hobby that closely for a couple years, and every time i checked back in Mihael and Rihael were unavailable and I thought I'd never get a chance.

 

Congrats Lirin! It would be great if that message holds true. I guess you'll find out by the end of this week.

 

!!!! i just got a shipping notice and a tracking number! I guess they really meant it LOL!

 

Awesome! Which now makes it harder for me to NOT get one. lol I have quite a few heads that could use some bodies. Will you be taking pictures when it gets in?

 

I have some modding plans, little eye opening, little hand reshaping to soften that stiff, claw-like pose just a bit, But those are pretty superficial and I can sure take some 'right out of the box' pictures for reference as soon as he shows up. There doesn't seem to be any real documentation on the Solid Muscle type body afaik (i've been looking lol!) so i'd be happy to do a little photo review.

let me know if there's anything in particular you want to see

 

Right out of the box pics are fine, and if you're up for it a few posing pics would be great as well. Mostly how well the body sits, and stands, as well as how well the arms pose, and a clear shot of the full body from the front and back.

 

Well, my taking has been stuck on 'origin post is preparing shipping' for a couple of days now, so who knows when it'll get here but I was planning some out of the box basic posing shots.... I just meant, before I break out the glue gun lol. Sure I can take some back view shots, planning some 'before' shots of the hands, too.

edit: looks like he'll be here tuesday. tracking says the package is sitting in the post office as of this morning, but my PO doesn't deliver packages that need signatures anymore, they deliver a card that you sign and take in the next day :/

 

okay, the head and body arrived yesterday, but it was late in the afternoon and pouring rain. It's still pouring, and might as well be 6 in the evening for how dark it is now... I'm not going to be able to get posing pics until I can set up some lights and a backdrop :/

My feelings about the body are mixed. the colour is nice, the sculpting and resin is nice. He stands very solidly, balances well even while not standing straight. there are 'locks' on the knees, the elbows, and middle torso piece. I like how slender the neck is, he doesn't looks like an uber muscle guy, for all the 'definition' on the legs/torso. I love the shoulder width and set.

However I find the torso to be a little disproportionately short -- not a lot, and it's hard to notice in clothes, but it stood out to me. I also find the hands to be slightly outsized for the body, and noticeably large for the Rihael head. Better with the Alex head though. Also the magnet-and-twist on hands do fall off easily if I forget to move the hand by the wrist ball. I don't mind, though, because it makes clothing easier to manage. May want some alternates though -- anyone know if the Senior65 Delf hands would work?

I also find that his "kneecaps" stick out too much, just a little with the legs locked, but it's noticeable in pants while he's sitting. Also the elbows want to pop out/to the side while the arms are bent, but the arms are strung fairly tight so that may get better.

overall though, I'm pretty pleased, and definitely find the quality and the aesthetic to be fantastic for a $280 67cm body. There are some real caveats, but if i wanted to fix those in a different body, well.... you guys know what the other options cost lol

also the Rihael head is beautiful! there's something just so winning about the details and proportions of his face! I modded his eyes open a little, his faceup is almost done and I'm completely smitten -- though struggling to find low, low dome small iris eyes that aren't super fantasy looking. any recommendations?

 

Thank you for the info Lirin! I was quite literally just thinking about you and whether your tracking had finally updated. So, glad to hear that all in all it sounds like a good purchase. I may just have to pick up a body when I get my next paycheck. I also noticed in the company picture the hands seem a bit large, but I tend to feel that way about most male BJD hands. :P

I noticed on your profile page that you have a DT girl in oriental, could you possibly comment on the resin match between the DT oriental and Leeke normal?

 

the Dollshe/DT oriental is a very similar color to the Leeke basic, but a darker tint. The dollshe's got more black/grey content in the undertone, the leeke has a white/cream undertone. Both are relatively neutral beige-y yellows without pink or peach hues. I couldn't tell the difference in incandescent light, but the Leeke looked noticeably lighter in (brighter) natural light. I think it could be workable though, with blushing, especially if it was the head going on the darker body.

to be clear though, the dollstown kid is a few years old now and I don't know if the Dollshe oriental is still the same, or how much the Seola has yellowed.

 

@Lirin Got it, thanks again! I've got an incoming switch head that I'm hoping to get a body for. Once it comes I can compare it to my bodies at home and see which one it matches the close to.