Resinsoul and Bobobie Mini Discussion Thread - Part 33

the legs are a pain in the butt. They don't like being in digigrade mode at all and are very kicky. If you hated the song legs, you'll hate the ming legs too. Might be better to go with the Tang/Sui? legs. They're not hugely posable but they're substantially more stable.

My Ming drives me nuts. He can't always stand, his knees buckle all the time and the elbows on that body are horrendeous too.

 

I have a Yao and she was a collapsing kicky mess before I restrung her with the thickest elastic that I could possibly squeeze through the openings (I think it was 4mm in her legs and 3.5mm in her arms). Full disclosure, I rarely - if ever - suede my dolls and I never wire them. I know lots of people swear by one or both of those methods, but, tbh, beefing up the elastic has consistently gotten me far better results than any sueding ever has, and I live across the street from the ocean so wiring + constantly damp salty air is a perfect recipe for rusty stabby broken wire that sneaks out to gouge me.
Picture of La Creatrice standing rock solid on sloping uneven ground

 

I also restrung my Yao-body girl with thick elastic and also wired her, and it improved her massively. I got her knowing that something would have to be done, lol. I think she's pretty good now.

 

I own a Ming that I've modded quite heavily to get him to pose better. Many hours of work and he is still waiting for the rest of his mods (he will eventually get wings and a tail) and so he isn't painted yet and therefore I don't really take pictures of him much, but if you want something specific I could take some.
I will say, though, that even if the engineering of the body is quite bad, his face and hands are very nicely sculpted. Over all I'm happy with him, but I knew what I was getting myself into.
Before his mods he could only stand well with the legs straightened out and I am fairly sure that they just reused a pair of human thighs and never adapted them for the goat legs.

 

Anyone have Xun with commission face up? Would really love to see variety looks of her
Here is my Odette :

 

I am looking at getting a new RS sometime the end of this year and I have been very tempted to go for a satyr. I always wanted a Ming but I’m more partial to female bodies so I was thinking of swapping the Yao head for someone else. I love all the skin tones they offer but I can’t seem to decide. I was thinking of combining the upper body in natural and colour resin for the fawn parts. I think the pink they released with the little flame boys would look nice (it looks way more pink than their normal pink) or maybe their purple. Ugh I just can’t choose! XD Blue would be cool too as all of these colours are ones I have never owned before. Does anyone have a full doll in the brighter pink?

I also wanted to pop in and see if there are any owner photos of Yan yet.

 

I've been keeping a lookout for a Xi and or Yan as well recently - but no more! My Xi arrived today! She is so tall, and her dark tan is a lot darker than my Mei. Will have some comparison photos soon! Here she is with Zhen, who is just a bit taller.

 

Hi guys! It took since November to finally try to get a faceup and character for this boy (modded Dawn), but I finally found inspiration today! Meet Morpheus. He's not the main character - but main love interest in my (unwritten) story. I believe the main character will be a Mei or some other RS girl sculpt. Can I get some pic spam of girl sculpts?

 

@Geo-Earthling My Mei and Ya. "Twins separated at birth"
IMG_3820 by Jane K, on Flickr

 

They look so lovely! The blushing and the faceups match so well... Twins indeed

 

Thank you. I had an entire back story for them before creating them. It’s the thing I like most about this hobby! Morpheus is awesome!

 

My Xun, Marciel(they/them), finally got their faceup done yesterday and their wig was arrived today! This is only my 3rd faceup so it's nowhere near professional but I'm proud of the sunset blend eyeshadow/blushing that I did and my eyebrow technique has improved. They still need to be restrung as their kicky leg and loose hand are still a bit of a nuisance but I'm happy that they're now what I consider complete!

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Apologies in advance if this has already been asked, but it's driving me a little crazy.

How many 40-ish cm female human bodies does Resinsoul have?
There's the original 42cm girl body, or the "Mei" body, with a chest joint and single-joint knees.
The 42cm girl body with full bust and double-jointed knees, or the "Rong" body, with a 3-part torso (joints at chest and waist).
The 42cm girl body with small bust, double-jointed knees, and 3-part torso, or the "Li" body.
A 43cm immature girl body with 3-part torso, no bust, and double(?)-jointed knees. If the knees are double-jointed, I can't tell - the joint is hidden behind the knee.
And a 43-cm mature girl body with 3-part torso, full bust, and double(?)-jointed knees. Ditto re the knees.

So... which body is the 45cm Emily girl on?
And this body that Shi is on looks new - 45cm girl doll with 2-part torso and double-jointed knees, and the knee is molded onto the peanut joint.

I emailed Resinsoul to ask, and their response was to delete the Shi body from their website. (They did not respond to me.)
I emailed Denver Doll, and they said that Shi is not on the Mei, Li, or Rong bodies - the body is "the one in the picture."

Is this a new body?
Does that make 6 bodies? 7 with Emily?
(All links to Denver Doll.)

Edited to add: Emily's body does not look like the 43cm mature body. The seams are much smoother. There's no gap in the waist joint like in the 43cm mature body picture.

Edit #2: There's a 40cm girl body Lu? Anyone know if the elbow or knee joints are single or double? 2-part torso, from what I can see in the photos.

 

@MaleficentMrsofEvil
Hi! So:

The two 43cm bodies and Emily are Bobobie dolls, not Resinsoul. I've never seen Emily before!

For Resinsoul, there are basically 3 1/4 scale girl bodies (with more fantasy variations)
Mei and Lu have the same small single-jointed body. Much smaller than most 1/4 dolls, about Tonner or Gene sized.

The Li and Rong bodies are the same except for the bust piece. They are double jointed with cup pieces instead of peanuts. They bend less but rotate more.

The Shi body is the newest one with the big peanuts.

 

Thank you! That's very helpful. I did a search through the news archive and found that Shi is on a new body. I wonder why Resinsoul removed it from their parts page?

Now I have more questions, if you have the patience. (Can I still say I'm new to the hobby if I've only been in a couple years?)

How can you tell which is Resinsoul and which is Bobobie? I just went to the Bobobie website, and they have many of the same dolls listed as Resinsoul? But you can order directly on the Resinsoul website, whereas on the Bobobie website, you have to send an email for your order.

 

@MaleficentMrsofEvil - No problem! Honestly, most of this is hearsay from over the years and I would not be able to point to a source, but my understanding is that Bobobie and Resinsoul are sister companies in that they are casted at the same facility (maybe Bobobie is the caster?). I believe that one or both is an offshoot of an industrial-scale toy manufacturer which is why they have the equipment/resources for those super even colors and smooth finishes at that price. (Also, the faceups are done like commercial dolls with tough satiny paint and no sealant from my observations removing them!) Bobobie offers Resinsoul's dolls, but not the other way around. I think you used to be able to order from Bobobie directly, but most people say that they (Dennis is the representative) are very hard to get ahold of nowadays. Denver Doll orders through Bobobie, so I guess they're more focused on that kind of sales model now? It does mean that if you order Resinsoul through Denver Doll, the wait will be quite a bit longer than direct.

This video might interest you as well!

 

to add to what @Glace Leau said, if you want any kind of customization at all, go directly to Resinsoul. I've seen clear resin, custom colors, even modifications to existing sculpts/molds - e.g. changing fantasy ears to human, or vise versa, thicker necks on body orders, and even adding multiple arms - and the extra charge is usually astonishingly low

 

No company does custom orders like Resinsoul, they're in a league of their own in terms of what they can do for you. It's really impressive!

 

Bit of a long shot, but does anyone happen to have or could take a picture f the centerpiece of the three-part boy body? I have an incomplete Ming junk doll I'm modifying, I'm struggling a bit with getting the underboob joint to behave.

 

@AhhTheHorror

I have a couple of pictures from when I was working on mods:
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I did modify it heavily to get it to behave better.