Resinsoul and Bobobie Mini Discussion Thread - Part 33

Thank you so much!!

 

Coming back to thank everybody for asking questions and giving answers here, because we're having the same problems with the dragon body kicky legs and necks that tilt to one side, so it's lovely to know how to tackle these issues going in! The two of them are about equal in terms of problem-child-ness, I guess I'll start with one and see what works! I just did a full dolly spa day for my oldest SD (2006) so I've got everything I need on hand except a quick trip out to the craft store for elastic if needed.

We did have an issue that surprised me though. Has anybody had any luck safely removing the tiny magnets, in particular the one in the dragon body tail pieces? One piece was put in backwards so the polarity is wonk, and the tail doesn't want to connect properly. Before I try to gouge it out of the clear resin (no room for error, ) I figured I would ask if anybody had any tips. Thanks again!!

 

Some advice from a lurker lol. Will the tail fit in your freezer? You might be able to pop the magnet out easier after freezing it.

 

Holy moly I never would have thought of that, but it makes so much sense! I'll be sure to try it and report back with the results!!

 

Good luck! I hope it works

 

I'm back with an update! A partial one, anyway. So her legs were strung on ONE PIECE of elastic barely 40 inches long, tied in one loop and folded in half to make two alarmingly short leg loops. Kicky source revealed, and there's no getting around the fact that the trip to get more elastic is completely necessary. I also fixed her arms, which were weirdly strung through her torso AND her neck hole... that was a new one for me, never owned/done dolly surgery on a doll in 15 years strung like THAT before. So fixing that got rid of her slap-happy elbows and her arms pose like a dream now unassisted. Also took this opportunity to fix her tragic wonk-eye, and replaced her putty which was bizarrely both sparingly applied yet also showing in the corners of her eyes.

Her backwards magnet tail piece sat in the freezer safely in a ziplock bag for two hours and the glue caked on top of the magnet itself came off more easily than the bits I'd scraped off beforehand; it's gone back in the freezer to see if i can actually shrink the glue enough to jimmy the magnet out after a few more hours (fingers crossed).

In the meantime she's mostly disassembled, gently tucked in her box, but here's a pic of her all laid out! The dragon legs are really gorgeous, I'm so impressed by the texturing.

20220128_041910 by Jules B, on Flickr

 

Hey so I'm the one who actually purchased the dragon Mamo had been operating on, and while the leg thing may be common, they had her in the realm of so tight even I was like... what is your heckin issue?? And mind you, my first doll was a Volks MSD Sakura kit that I had to self assemble. Like, one of those straight from Japan babies like 17 years ago where none of the directions were in English and you prayed and guessed from the cute pastel doodles in the packet.

Also, that arms through the neck sitch? Entirely alien. I've owned dolls from over a dozen companies, handled dolls from a dozen more, and I have never seen that particular maneuver.

This child was WACK.

 

Some Xun spam. Because I bought this really nice dress from Luts recently and it arrived today. It fits shockingly well, considering it was modelled on a Baby Delf. I did not buy it for her specifically but it works, so I'll leave it on her.

Spoiler: the whole dress

 

Oh she's stunning! That dress suits her so well!

 

Your Xun is beautiful! The dress was made for her!

 

She's so sweet, @EagleVision1999

The soft peach hair looks great with the pale blue. Like a little princess!

 

@juni-fee @Isabeau @Bristol

Thank you all . I also think it works well. The colors remind me of spring.

I also re-blushed her hands, now. The first blushing I did has worn off so it was time. I went a bit heavier with the blushing this time, because the one I did first looked decent in person but was practically invisible on photos. I'm not sure about the red though, maybe should've stuck to beige tones.

 

Aww, she's gorgeous! I would've never guessed Baby Delf for that dress, it absolutely does look made for RS girls. What a great find!

 

I return to this thread to report that I sueded Xun with some scrap goat velour leather I found online and it did wonders for her! It's 0,5mm thick which turned out to be perfect. Her joints are nice and snug, she's no longer kicky at all. I have her standing on my desk now, it's so nice to be able to pose her without her legs folding in. 10/10 highly recommended

 

If anybody's been looking for Qing, Wu, Yao, or Mei domestically within the US, DDE just got some in stock!

 

Thanks for this! I've fallen in love with Qing. There's just something I really like about her photos on DDE.

 

My pleasure! I figured the heads-up might help somebody out.

 

Hi I'm busting in here! I just saw @Kitty Blue s amazing customs RS gang and I'm itching for one too! Awhile back I had a custom song (Cyan blue with Jun fin ears) but I didn't like the legs on the body and sold him!

I wanted to ask if anyone had and issues with the faun Ming body? I'm thinking of asking for paws instead of hooves! I'm also torn on what color to go with.

So, any Ming owners have any pics or thoughts on the body? Or ANY faun Body?