Resinsoul and Bobobie Mini Discussion Thread - Part 33

Yeah!! She's so interesting and the two color resin is really cool!

 

Resinsoul is just giving us banger after banger I'm delighted, their casters are artists, man, that two-tone!!! And the injuries, beautifully rendered and masterfully painted

 

Oh no, I love Tears! Suddenly I have an idea for a two-tone doll with one Sui dragon wing and one angel wing!

 

Woah that half-purple, half-gray blushing is so cool! I thought it was a lighting trick at first.

 

AHHHHHHHH my weakness!!! Resinsoul really pulled out all the stops. Now I need her. Definitely as a split color, but maybe gray and white? Black and white? Grey and blue? Ugh, I have to decide.

 

Just a heads up, I emailed Sun about Tears asking if "special edition" meant limited, and they confirmed Tears IS in fact limited edition, so if you want her, get her. I don't know if she's quantity or time limited, they didn't specify, so I sent a response email asking for clarification

EDIT: They've updated her page, she's limited to 25 dolls

 

Has anyone ever gotten a limited head (Daytime/Twilight/Day specifically) from Resinsoul even after their order time was out? I fell in love with the Daytime head--those cute little fangs! the animal nose!--and I'm wondering if Resinsoul would be willing to cast just the head. I'm planning on emailing them unless someone here has already asked and they said no.

 

I would like to know too. I'd love to get a Daytime head, but always assumed it was completely sold out...

 

I don't think they've reopened orders for those centaurs since then, but I remember when they first released, there was speculation they might eventually do a non limited edition of the boy centaurs, as they had done for the girls (limited Twilight who had fangs, regular Dawn who has no fangs). I'm actually surprised it didn't happen.

It might be worth emailing them to see if they plan to have non limited versions of those dolls someday. At worst they say no, at best it tells them it's something people want and they can consider it for a future release.

 

It'd be nice if they periodically did rereleases of those limited sculpts because i'm sure a lot of people would love them and it feels kinda wasteful NOT to refresh the mold and do a few more you know?

As for Tears, i'd love to see her blank sculpt because i'm really curious how those scars were sculpted.

the two toned resin is very cool and I wonder if now they've worked that out they might be willing to offer it for custom jobs. Imagine like.. half transparent maybe? That'd be neat.

I assume the way they do this is to split the mold down the middle with something, basically creating a dam that keeps the resin only on one half. Pour, wait til it's set, then remove the divider and pour the other half. But I don't know. That's what feels logical to me because then it would be resin binding to resin rather than having to be glued which would create a weak point and a very obvious seam.
Looking at the luts ones, I feel like that's how they did theirs. Which theoretically wouldn't be that difficult to do for other existing molds because if it's a separate piece you can slot in.... or does it require a completely new version of the mold with an integral dam piece to avoid any bleed underneath? Hmmm... I don't cast things so I dunno. But i'm really curious about the process now. lol. Given they'll adapt sculpts to use other sculpt's ears i'm really curious how their molds actually are put together. Do they just have separate ear molds they tack on or something? Or do they do a dirty franken job where they cast the ears, cast the head, slap em together and take a whole new mold from the cobbled together thing? What do they do with the molds after that then? Do they just go in a box somewhere in case someone else orders that combo? I'm so curious about the whole process.

Anyway,

it's a very cool thing to see them doing, branching out in their experimental casting is awesome. First with transparent resin, now with this split. I hope they'll eventually do marbled or glitter resin because that'd be really cool.

 

oh my god, what an interesting doll!! i’ve never seen the half and half sort of thing like that

25 dolls is so limited omg, if anyone gets it i hope they take pictures

 

Rainbow and Tears look so good, I love the face mold, too! I wonder if the legs would be possible to swap out with Ran body's peanut legs? I didn't want to get any new dolls any time soon but now I'm tempted by the prospect of having a gray doll (but I do want the peanuts and small bust and extra waist joint all in one body)

I think the body might be glued as the line is very sharp but I assume the face is cast all together as there is a bit of bleed (kind of like harucasting does their vitiligo dolls I guess - half of the resin is poured into the mold, possibly a short wait?, and then the other colour is carefully poured on top and everything is left to harden). It would be really cool to see them do more experiments like that! (But I also understand how much trial and error it is so I get why it is so limited)

 

Don't individual molds only have a use of about 25-30 casts before they wear out anyway? Which may be why the 25 number, it's the reliable "we can only get this many decent crisp casts from a single mold" number?

I definitely thought of Haru and a few other small indie artists who do marbling or sectional colours in their dolls. It'd be exceptionally cool to see more companies trying stuff like that out.

I really should do a resinsoul order in the new year anyway. I need a grey body for a head i've got but I haven't quite decided which body I want.

 

I caved and ordered Tears. Got a mail from Sun today that he hopes she will ship in about 50 days.
And I was so totally sure that I was done ordering dolls... Oh, well...

(I got her in the exact colours on the site, with face-up and body blushing.)

 

whoo congrats fairy milliner, I look forward to seeing her when she arrives.

 

Considering how many fantasy dolls Resinsoul has created lately, I'm beginning to wonder if there's a story or an inspiration behind the dolls. Like, aside from the artistry of Tears, is she supposed to be Rainbow's twin? Other half?
Do all the centaurs live in the same place, do they make a herd?
I know Resinsoul doesn't tell stories with their dolls, but I sense a story world that's coherent with all these creatures.

@purple_monkfish Do Resinsoul ever share behind the scenes of the casting process? I've seen a few in-progress bits on social media but I'm not a sculptor so I can only speculate how they do their cool effects.

@Fairy Milliner That's exciting! No judgment if you caved (I'm waiting on a Resinsoul big body myself).

 

@A Wee Tiefling - I am also waiting on a Resinsoul doll - a purple Jun that is somewhere in transit at the moment. I had told myself he was my last bigger doll, but I guess I broke my resolution even before New Year's Day. LOL!!

I'd been thinking about Rainbow, but I managed to resist... I thought I was doing so well, but Tears was irresistible.

 

I can't blame you for caving on Tears, she looks absolutely incredible. The purple and grey is such an interesting combination. I hope you enjoy her when she arrives!

 

Just dropping by to share a pic of my SO's Fei in her holiday outfit!

 

So sweet! I'm not sure I've ever actually seen a Fei before. She does have the face of a holiday angel!


In the meantime, my package from Resinsoul arrived just now, so I have some spam, too!



The boy that was supposed to be my *last* big doll purchase... LOL!! Well, he can enjoy being the new kid on the block for at least another 7 or 8 weeks...