Ringdoll Grown Dolls, thread #10

I dithered too long and the doll I was contemplating sold *sigh*. My fault. But at the same time I'm not crushed so perhaps he wasn't the right one for Shaytien. In light of that, I'd like some opinions/experience from people here.

What companies have head proportions that are similar to RD in head size? Male sculpts specifically but I'm totally open to a female head on a male body. RD seems to have a smaller than average noggin for an SD that is 68cm (Shaytien is wearing a 7/8 wig and it wasn't a struggle to get it on him), which I didn't know since Shaytien is my first RD. I do have a lot of dolls I can compare with him but due to the nature of my collection, a lot of them are from companies that no longer exist or the doll itself was limited/rare so....

I am NOT asking what people have for sale. Just a direction for me to start looking at companies that could work regards compatible head size.

He's currently sitting next to Braithwyn (Soom Chrom head on FL65 body) and while Braithwyn does have a larger head than him, it's not yikes bigger so older Soom may work? I'd prefer to stay in the 65cm range or up to 68cm. I do not want to go bigger than 70cm (which I feel is a LOT of doll for me, my 72cm boys are huge to me). I have zero brand loyalty, weird and unusual is my jam and while I dislike having to set up a hybrid I'm not at all opposed to the idea as I have several. I also have a terrible soft spot for old school sculpts although they're likely unsuitable as their heads tend to run large in my experience. My one auto-nope is anything Volks.

I know the simple solution would be to get another RD boy (twist my rubber arm on that, lol), but I also want to see/know what my potential other options are. One of the RD boys that I'd love to get (basic Alpha with electroplating) would really hurt my wallet due to the terrible exchange rate of the Canadian dollar at this time (he'd be at least $800CAN before shipping and that's not even the fullset). I also love the Ashford sculpt so there is that as well.

 

Dollshe’s old 18m’s are pretty small heads (not the grown versions, but the older versions!), older Soom Supergems,Ike you’ve said, DS Doll and argodoll are both in Russia, so getting dolls from them is a little shaky, but they have small heads. Black Cherry is also Russian, and only does heads, but they’re on the smallish side. Impldoll’s newer girl heads are pretty small. If you can find a lillycat heads without a body, those are small, Dollmore model/eve/zaoll heads are also decently small.

 

@Chameleon Thanks for all the suggestions. It's very much appreciated and certainly helps narrow and focus the field for where I can potentially look. Shaytien isn't being demanding at this point but I want to be able to plan and save for his potential soul-mate.

Hmmm, I have 2 Dollshe's (Orijean & Hound) but I think they're the Grown versions? I know when I put my Hound next to Shaytien, it was a nope and I think the Orijean is of the same head size although I didn't sit them next to each other so I can't say 100%. They would've made things a touch easier as I have a 2nd Hound head and a 2nd Orijean faceplate (which would need a headback but I have a potential solution for that).

I've also got great fondness for some of the older Soom sculpts like Sard and Heliot so it's nice to know this could be a potential excuse to finally bring one of them home. My only issue is that Rhyia's head (Euclase from the first release in 2008) looked bigger than I was comfortable with next to Shaytien's head. Or maybe it was the mildly hostile side-eye they were giving each other that put the possibility out of my mind in general. Or even that Rhyia's head is the meditation head with the giant wing ears and that was throwing the scale off to me.

I have an Argo boy but he's a tiny so doesn't really count in this situation, lol. They do have some heads I like though although I'm not a fan of the neck joint I've seen on some of the pics of the 1/3 bodies. I know next to nothing about Black Cherry. I've only heard of them in passing so I'll have to poke around and see if anything tweaks me. I have stared longingly at the Lillycat Ombre head more that once so it's good to know that could have potential should I ever find one. I have multiple Impl boys so that wouldn't be a hardship for me to look at either.

 

Hi all! I was wondering if anybody has pictures of all of the garments that come with Crown Prince Xie Lian? I'm curious about the breakdown of parts of the outfit for a project I'm making.

 

I finally got around to making a new wig for my Hawkley. As much as I adore his full set I wasn't a fan of the wig. So I decided to make him one from alpaca fiber.

 

Hi guys, has anyone had the chance to purchase or hold a doll in either of the two tan shades (light tan skin and tan skin)? Any hope that it resembles Soom's light tan?

 

I purchased Saladin in tan. I haven't recieved him yet but will post pictures when he arrives.