MYou 45cm - part II

She falls so daintily! I‘m glad it‘s not that I’m doing things wrong, I was beginning to think I was expecting too much getting her to stand. But it‘s unfortunate that this is such a common problem.

 

Thanks for the tips! I'll experiment over the next few months when I have the time and energy and see if anything will help. Even if it's bad engineering, I'll just have to engineer a solution! Lol

Yeah, that's what I was afraid of. I'll still try what I can because I love these girls and it'd be nice to use them upright more often, but if sueding, wiring and getting a stand is my best solution, so be it.

I had a feeling! I'll experiment with a bunch of things and if I see any improvement I'll make a note of it here. It DOES seem like the biggest offenders are the ball joints at their hips, and I do think it's just a flaw in their design sadly.

I feel that lol! I've been doing photoshoots lately with my girls and it's been a nightmare anytime I want to get them to stand. Even when they're sitting down, if there isn't a back support, I don't know if they'll collapse. But I'm going to mess around over the next few months and I'll report what works best for me! These girls are gorgeous and I don't think I'll ever get rid of them, but I'm not above taking them apart several times to try to get them to function better. If everything fails, I'm not above posing them sitting and using a stand for the rest of their days lol

 

I would say: put all your strength into it! My Ailsa on the V2 new body stands quite well. The problem is she is so tightly strung I can't even lift the S-hook up to remove her head. This never happened to me before!

 

That does sound like a pretty big problem! My girls seem pretty loose, there's a decent amount of slack to them and I can lift their hooks easily, so I'll tighten them up once I can get my hands on some good elastic.

 

I definitely think Myou strings their dolls too tight on top of their v2 bodies not having great engineering in their thigh/leg joints. So far I've had to include A LOT of maintenance work to get my Viola (my Delia) to stand "decent" on her new v2-new body. I've added leather suede to her hip sockets, wired her legs, re-strung her with thicker 3.5 mm elastic and it STILL feels like I'm doing something wrong bc she refuses to keep her sitting pose and her legs straight .

In stark contrast my Michelle on the v1 body only has leather suede added in the same place, and she poses just fine now. I'm suspecting the problem might be the thigh socket on the v2 body itself; the resin is just far too smooth to get any grip on the ball joint so it keeps slipping and won't hold the legs in place. I'm planning on adding some sueding there to see if that helps and will report back if it might be useful. Otherwise I have no idea of what else to improve, which is a shame bc I do love my Viola n have spoiled her so much since I got her. My girl deserves the best, dangit!

 

100% agree that the hip joint is at fault. I really hope they come out with a better-designed body one day. I do still love my girls and they sit well enough on the shelf, but they're very frustrating to deal with for photoshoots I'd love to hear how that sueding goes! I'll be looking into doing it myself eventually.

 

Hmm, I have two ver. 2 new bodies, and I found leather sueding and restringing sufficient to get them to behave. I think the strings need to be relatively tight in addition to the sueding. But the ver. 1 body is clearly way better at posing.

The Ver. 2 body could use some nubs or something on the thigh socket though, it really is way too smooth.

 

It's good to hear sueding and restringing worked for you! There really is no friction in the hip joint and that's the bulk of the issue. I've heard that the v1 body is better all around, so that's what I ordered for my next dolls from their latest event. Nubs would have helped, but I hope they one day come out with a body that has better leg mechanics in general.

 

A ver. 2 body with the hip joint of ver. 1 would be ideal. Wouldn't look worse either. But well...
I ordered a Dietrich on the Ver. 3 body. Hopefully my usual approach will work for her as well. I will then have bodies from all three types

 

I bought a secondhand ver. 3 body recently for one of my dolls, so I'll have all of them eventually too I really like the aesthetics of ver. 2 and ver. 3, but the legs make them so frustrating...

 

My main gripe with the ver. 2 bodies is that they can't really raise their legs very high, even if they're made to behave with sueding etc. so poses like this aren't quite possible:

(I'm sure I posted a variation of this before, but to get my point across...Zuzana on the Ver. 1 body)

That being said, I still really like all of my Myou Doll girls, it's why I keep getting more Dietrich will be my fifth, which is more than I own from any company. My first doll of the year was actually a Michelle SP, and I really like her!

Spoiler: a bit Jessica Rabbit lite

 

Myou wrote "We will be releasing a new 1/4 boy lately" in the news section, I wonder how he'll look like? I hope not too cute since I should be saving money for local convention in a month and not buying dolls. (I'm kidding, please let him be so darn cute I can't resist and will have to buy him later, if he has elf ears and/or little vampire teeth like Dietrich all the better )

I first actually read it as "body" and got excited that they might be making 1/4 version of the new 1/3 body which to me looks like the 1/4 version 2 body but with the body v1 hip joints. I hope that will be made eventually too since I'm also team "damn I hate that stupid slippery ball there so much"

 

I really like my myou michelle's body, but I hate her knees! They are very unstable. I'm waiting for a Delia in coffee color now.

 

Alguém aqui tem delia na cor café?

 

Hi guys,
I just got my My delia a new outfit from ringdoll which was from there in stock 50% sale, she looks so cuuute
The wig is from her sakura fullset but it's way too big on her xo
imgur.com

 

I have a Dietrich on body 2 and I want to make her some pants to go with the shirt I’m sewing. I’m not quite sure where to start looking for patterns. Does anyone know what other doll’s pants would fit? Her hips are way too wide for almost all MSD/MNF stuff I’ve seen (21cm, also 12.5cm thighs). She could probably fit stuff for larger scale dolls if I shorten the legs I suppose

 

@downturningeyes How about patterns for Iplehouse JID girls? Their measurements are slightly larger than those you need, but not much and it may be easier to adapt a pattern down rather than up. And JID dolls are quite popular so it shouldn't be too impossible to find patterns for them,
Sorry if that is not much help, I usually make my own patterns, so I don't know much about what is out there.

 

New boy Lris. He's pretty cute I think.

They also have summer event: 12th July - 15th Aug 2024, "Order myou doll will get 15% discount and a gift nude head(same size)"

 

I'm so itching to buy a 1/4 girl XD

 

I keep thinking that I want to buy Diedrich on a boy body in coffee skin but I keep looking at her nose jumping between "it's fine" and "I hate it" depending on the image and their angle so I keep hesitating. Could anyone share pictures of their Diedrich from the most unflattering angles you can think of? (Not exactly a question I ever thought I'd ask. ) I find that all images of Zuzana for example make it look like she has a cute tiny nose but in reality I don't find her nose cute at all.

I also kind of feel like taking a gamble on Lris and just getting him and Diedrich head as the extra, that way if I don't like one I can simply sell the other one off.