Resinsoul and Bobobie Mini Discussion Thread - Part 33

Ah, I see. I've had that problem with a doll before too.

 

On the eye frustration front, I went out and grabbed silicone ear plugs today, as I'd heard great things for them as eye tack. Tried another doll's eyes in her head for a color test and they worked great:

neweyes by Cryptic Cryptid, on Flickr

These are 12 mm with 10 mm irises, so the sizing's not quite right but it's helpful. I think I may like her better with round pupils and white sclera.

 

I was gonna suggest silicone earplugs until I saw you already got some. I would suggest stringing with shock cord as well, I used it for my An and he stands really solid now.

 

Those eyes look really nice with her hair!!

 

Trying restringing for a second time, giving it more slack, resulted in super floppy hips (she couldn't sit up) and still snappy lower legs. I was originally thinking I made need a longer length of elastic but now I'm thinking I may need to bite the bullet and look up a sueding guide.

On the plus side, the stand works nicely for holding her up on display:

cottagecore by Cryptic Cryptid, on Flickr

 

Sueding definitely helps RS dolls. Easiest is probably hot glue but I've had success with faux moleskin.

 

Hot glue is very forgiving. I never had trouble peeling it off. I think it's the easiest way to suede, and I have to admit I'm a bit scared to try the moleskin... I string mine fairly tightly.

This is a very old picture of Valérian, my RS Wu. I sueded his knees, hips and shoulders, and he's standing on one leg here, without any support whatsoevrer.



(He did come to me with slightly thicker elastic than RS used for my new Lu, though. I'm pretty sure the dealer (Think Pink) restrung him before I bought him.)

My Lu is on the original single-jointed body (I think it's the same body as the original Mei body) and she can stand and sit without assistance. I find the double-jointed bodies need more help.

I have a Li coming in from the MP, so I will have to see how she behaves.

 

Done with painting and sealing today, so I got her assembled and dressed. Even with hot glue sueding she's still incredibly kicky, so I may need to add wires in as well. Pleased with how my edits to RS faceup went, though.

desk by Cryptic Cryptid, on Flickr

 

I have a Luts Winter event head and want a Resinsoul body for it. The Shi body is the same as Xun's only with smaller bust, yeah?
In any case I've sent an email to RS asking them to color match my white skin head.
I have Xun and I love her she's their standard normal skin.

 

@EagleVision1999 - yeppers! Like the Rong and the Li (I think?) bodies - same bodies, just differently sized busts.

@Cryptid - she's so CUTE! Squee! I love her.

 

I'm going to have to send RS a color sample next week so they can properly resin match. Will have to research shipping options first though.
Anyway, here's Xun in a new outfit.

 

She looks super sweet. I love the combination of the light lashes and the pink wig. It gives her such a soft and gentle apperance.

 

@Lillith Thank you I think the sculpt lends itself to sweet faceups.

 

Ahhh she looks so sweet I love her pink hair and pale eyelashes!!

 

The company stock photos really don’t do ResinSoul dolls justice; I love seeing everyone’s customized ResinSouls!

 

@EagleVision1999 - she is so cute! I love her so much!

@JoutasDolls - I find RS's terrible pictures absolutely hilarious (although they do seem to be getting better?). It's like anti-advertising.

 

At least one dealer specifically asked the community for owner photos so they could use them instead and sell more rs dolls as a result lol.

their newer photos are a lot better though.

Personally I wish they showed blank sculpts more often. I wanna see the details!

 

It'd be really nice to see the blank sculpts! that'd be so helpful!

 

nope by Cryptic Cryptid, on Flickr

Playing with some new display options in the cabinet. Props are fun!

While looking up information on fantasy sculpts, I saw mention that Resinsoul did an octopus body as a custom for somebody at some point. Are there any pics out there of this? I find myself thinking about asking for some custom sculpting, myself.

 

An... octopus body?
*heavy breathing*
*grabby hands*
I need dis. Oh dog, I need dis.
I need an octopus body for my Ursula.