Mature 1/6 Dolls - part 3

I think you could use beading elastic for tinies! Which you should be able to get at most craft stores IRL, if you want to test the tension/see the size for yourself (which I like to do sometimes when I'm unsure), but also online quite easily. I think the round elastic for bigger dolls is harder to come by, actually, in stores--although I've never looked into shock cord and I probably should have done!

 

I think only for the smallest of tinies the beading elastic would be appropriate. I have to use it for the Akhmel Nathan's fingers as they are that small. My Granado 15Lucent has round corded elastic (probably 1mm?) and he's literally 1/2 the size of my Akhmel. Although, to be fair, the Akhmel has very, very narrow/slim limbs and I'm not 100% sure I'll be able to get even 1mm elastic (doubled) through his channels.

 

Does anyone have any of the Limhwa ToYou tinies? I’m curious about how their posing is & how they’re jointed.

 

I do! I have two of the original ToYous from 2005 and then a Sara from 2010. They all use the same body, which is single-jointed all over and not very good at posing - they do that T-Rex arms thing where the slightest touch makes their arms snap bent at the elbow and their hands poke straight out in front of them.

The actual shape of the body is lovely, for what that's worth, but I have never had much luck making them do anything but flop stiffly on a couch with their forearms up like a begging dog. I tried restringing one back in the day and it didn't help. Actually wiring them would definitely help - when it comes to mature tinies, small pipecleaners make excellent joint wires - but it's one of those things I've never gotten around to trying.

 

I have one as well, and I agree with Gallye--they are beautiful, but not great posers. I did wire mine, and she's still not what I'd call a champion of steadiness... But it did improve things! I could probably get even better results with more careful wiring, I was trying it mostly to keep her from collapsing at the knees constantly (mission success).

I still love my girl a lot, she was the second mature tiny I ever got, but phew is she not without her quirks.

 

Oh that’s good to know! They’re so pretty & I’ve been interested in them for a while, so when a couple popped up secondhand I started considering them more seriously. I’ll probably hold off for now & admire them from afar.

 

Long time no see... My Ancient tales Rachel.

 

My Lumedoll girl has always had trouble standing, so instead of restringing her, I put some coated wire in her legs and it made a huge difference in her standing ability. Maybe this is an option for you?

Edit to add: ResinRapture your Rachel is gorgeous! She looks SD sized O_O

 

@Saba I put coated wire in my Dollzone tiny Wendy and she holds poses better with them. Good idea to do the same for my Lume dolls.

 

That Ancient Tales Rachel is beautiful!

I feel like I might have to either wire my Myou Bettina male, or "suede" him at some point as well. He definitely is wobbly, and his stringing feels a lot looser than when I got him less than a year ago today. Making him stand is getting to be an ordeal and and half now.

I enhanced his face on Saturday. I did a terrible job with his applied lashes, which I will need to fix soon. However, I have noticed that his fixative had rubbed exactly where his protective face up mask rests on his neck. It is the face protector that I received from Myou (I don't believe it was a gift from ACBJD) -- I keep my resin dolls inside their boxes nude, and wigless for my own personal peace of mind. I am hoping to find an easy and permanent solution, but also would like to know if anyone knows of a place where I can find face up protector that are smaller. The one Myou sent is kind of a bit big (for my own personal preference), I just don't want his lashes getting crushed, but also don't want the fixative rubbing off -- it doesn't look aesthetically pleasing to have that shiny-shiny area just there.

My Myou Bettina male, with enhanced face up and terrible applied lashes and rubbed off fixative on neck area.

Spoiler: Extreme Bald Close UP

The lashes, they really are something else! I mean the applied ones; the painted lower ones are also crap!

TL; DR: I would love to know where to find a smaller, more fitted face up protector that fits Myou mature tiny heads, possibly better than Myou's own face up protector.

 

@Enzyme I keep all my guys in their boxes, too. I have idiot cat and there's a few wigs he absolutely believes are his toys. Some I could see his confusion as they're made out of real fur (rabbit and fox) or mohair. But one of the wigs he loves to steal is made from synthetic hair and not flouffy at all yet he'll try to snatch it off Akusuo's head any chance he gets.

I made a no elastic ventilated wig cap yesterday for one of my Batchix Clever Littles. Holy cow was that some fiddly business. I haven't started ventilating it yet as the light was crud by the time I finished and the holes in the lace are very, very small. I also need to do some practice ventilating as while the motion is very similar to latch hooking (which I've done for years), the tool and motion is different and the holes waaaaay smaller. I'm hopeful this turns out well as wigging these boys and their tiny noggins has been a road and a half. And because I'm obviously insane, I intend to ventilate a wig for the even smaller headed Granado 15Lucent I have.

 

@SteamWitch I think either doing a hard cap or a fitted ventilated wig is the most workable thing for these very tiny headed guys (Granado 15Lucent). Anything that adds bulk like typical wefts is going to be a huge deal for them.

I had attempted to make him a soft cap with dread-like twists I made onto the cap. It was going reasonably well until I got about 1/2 way done. Then, the weight of the wefts were too much apparently and the cap refused to stay on. It's possible that the cap had too much stretch and using something with less might've helped? I used the waistband part of a pair of nylons as I didn't want to add any more bulk to his wig than absolutely necessary. The elastic I used, while not very wide, did add more bulk than I liked but I'm not sure how to rectify that aside from maybe using the type of elastic you'd normally use to make elastic gathered seams. And I don't have any of that on hand. I do have beading elastic but I'm doubtful that'll work well and it would be a straight up pain in the butt to sew a channel for it and thread the elastic through.

 

I hear you on the hand/finger mobility @SteamWitch. Fortunately for me it's mostly my left fingers & thumb that are causing me issues. But I may need to buy a hands-free magnifier to be able to see the teeny-tiny holes in the lace. This getting old thing was not as advertised and I'd like to cancel my free trial, please.

 

Having the hand strength to pull the elastic tight enough for my big boys is a day-to-day situation. I bought elastic to re-string my Akhmel Nathan last week but still haven't worked up the courage to do it. I'm hopeful that when I do gird my loins to tackle it, it'll be less stressful than I think it is. He's just so delicate looking.

And speaking of Akhmel, they've posted photos of Tomei on their Insta and he's so beautiful. 30cm but Akhmel said in the post that he may be done as a 3D print doll and it's possible that there would be a cast resin version in around the 40cm size. I do not need more temptations, thank you.

 

I also bought a very long beading needle/tool to help pass the beading elastic through his very narrow arms and legs. Akhmel suggested I use very thin wire to thread the beading elastic through those parts as the channels are insanely narrow.

 

Has everyone seen the new Granado girl Jade on the new 30Lady body? SO absolutely beautiful--and an ELF! I am super in love with her but might have to pass... Life is cruel.