Resinsoul and Bobobie Mini Discussion Thread - Part 33

Pretty sure it's their Light Tan, their Dark Tan can be seen in the faceupped pics on the listing for Lina: RESINSOUL--Lina

 

Just tried to e-mail Resinsoul about Qingqiu again. My initial e-mail was on Wednesday, with no response (which is unusual, given their speedy response times). This time I sent to both Sun's e-mail at 163.com URL and the admin e-mail; hopefully this gets it through. I've only recently had a problem with my e-mails not making it through on the first go but it's very annoying.

 

Just sent an email for a quote for very custom body for a Dream Valley head I just ordered. Oof.

Spoiler: Custom body details

I asked for a Ran body with the breasts completely removed, clawed hands, Rainbow’s wings added, Qingqiu’s ears and tail added, and the legs swapped with Rouxi’s legs with up-sized Pi feet instead of hooves. I asked if Rouxi’s legs be modified to fit the thigh peanuts that Ran’s body has. This body will also have two colors; black and a custom purple color (Pantone 2105).

I asked for an extra Qingqiu tail in white resin. I plan to combine the two tails into an extra long stripey tail, kind of like a ring-tailed lemur tail.

Hopefully they’ll be able to do everything I was *very* tempted to ask if they could modify the Rouxi animal legs to have double-jointed knees, but thought that would be too far. Some other time, perhaps!

 

Okay, thanks you!!

 

This sounds so cool (I love your idea for the alternating-color tail!), I really hope they will do all of it! And if they do, I feel like they deserve some kind of award Resinsoul has gotta be the most accommodating company out there, but even for them, some requests have to be pretty challenging.

 

Ooooh good news! Resinsoul replied back a few hours later saying they can do everything! I haven’t officially placed the order yet, but this’ll be an order I’ll very much be looking forward to unboxing

 

That sounds like a really interesting custom!

 

OMG long time in this thread someone told me that someone had custom paws..like OMG how did you get them to do that I've been asking for like sooo many years literally like probably 10yrs and they kept saying no. They look amazing maybe I'll have better luck now if I ask again..lol.

 

I think the key is that they're not a brand new sculpt. I asked if they could upsize the dog paws from their smaller dolls to fit a MSD body. I'd also asked them to upsize the unicorn horn on Nian to be a MSD size as well, so it's not just the paws.

 

Yep I have tons of customs from them, been buying Resinsoul since I first started in the hobby in 2010. They've done some pretty cool customs. I even asked them for a doll that was half one color and half another color and they said no, but then Tears was released, of course I totally didn't realize she was a limited doll so she sold out before I could get her..lol. I'll have to get creative in how I ask next time.

 

Does anyone have tips on where to get a restringing tool that fits Resinsoul MSDs? I restrung my girl today, but the restringing tool I got from Denver Doll Emporium was too big to fit through most of the string channels in her limbs, so I ended up using a piece of florist wire doubled over as kinda like a needle but OUCH--it really dug into my fingers. Is there anywhere I can buy one that's the right size, or do I need to make one using a wire coat hanger or something?

Also I think I need to restring her legs. Wiring and adjusting the stringing in her arms helped her arm posing, but her legs are still kicky, even with a wire through them. Does that mean that the strings are too tight?

Also (sorry, lots of questions in this post lol)--how does one solve ankle-floppiness? I don't think adjusting the string tension will make her ankles less floppy/bendy, especially since her legs are already pretty tight. But I currently don't pose her standing without a support because unless I pose her exactly right, she'll buckle at the ankles, at least when wearing little flat shoes. Do I need to suede them?

 

I use heavier gauge aluminum wire, and make it like 2x as long as I think I need so I can for sure get it through all the pieces of an arm or leg. Then I clamp the wire with some hemostats or pliers, twist the wire around a few times over the times of the hemostats and pull. No hand digging there, and the wire doesn't slip out because I twist it.

For kicking and flopping, suedeing helps a ton! I always do the neck hole as well since my Reainsouls tend to want to twist their heads oddly. It also helps with the standing!

 

Awesome, thank you!
For suedeing, do you use actual suede, moleskin, or something else?
I think I'd prefer the silicone kip method since there's no gluing required for that one (gluing/sticking stuff to my doll makes me nervous), but I'm trying to figure out where to get them. I checked Volks' website, and they only have SD sized ones. Do I just need to go to the hardware store or something to find a sheet of silicone to cut them out of myself, or are there pre-made MSD ones somewhere?

 

You could trim down the SD sized ones to fit, but you should also be able to find silicone washers in different sizes at a hardware store. They won't know the term kips though, so searching for that on most hardware store websites doesn't yield any results.

 

Washers! That's the other word I was looking for! lol

Thank you!

 

I'm having a hard time finding thin silicone washers the right size, so I tried suedeing her ankles with fun foam/craft foam this morning. Maybe it helped a little?
The silicone would probably have more friction, if I can find it. Tempted to buy some cheap silicone wig caps and cut them to size/shape, lol.

 

You can also use hot glue to suede.

 

I got some off of amazon. They aren't clear like the ones Volks sells, but since they shouldn't be too visible when the doll is fully strung, it doesn't bother me too much. They'll need to be trimmed down for most of the joints, though, since the pack i got was just one size. If you try the wig caps I bet you could get a decent amount of kips from just a couple! I'd be interested to see how that works for you!