Same, Galdren's dragon face looks more appealing to me too - he turns into a really hot dragon! But his tiny chick.. i mean dragon feet look a bit funny imho, they should have gone all the way like loong soul and made feet more dragony or not at all, just kept human feet and slaped some shiny scales on them.
I think Mive’s dragon face has a few differences but they’re so minuscule you need a microscope to see them. Her cheeks look thinner/sharper (you can see it on the 3/4 profile comparisons), her eyes are narrower and brow marginally lower and more pronounced. I could be totally wrong, I could have been looking so hard I convinced myself but to me she appears to be more defined and expressive. I find human Mive rather vapid and insipid. I agree with everyone’s comments about how they could have added a tail and designed more reptilian feet. I’m guessing though that they’re so used to dealing with sculpting beautiful humans that they struggled coming up with a foot design that was stable and delicate. Probably for the tail too. It maybe just got too complicated so they cut their losses. I do love how they’ve given us a glimpse into the development too including some of the problems. The reveal kind of gave me the same feeling that I got playing FFXIV (Final Fantasy XIV online) when the dragon race Au Ra were finally introduced. They had a teaser in the form of a character who had horns and a scaled tail but kept her face and limbs hidden under clothing. I imagined all sorts of exciting things regarding her appearance but was incredibly disappointed to find that essentially the Au Ra were very human looking. They had scaled patches on the face, arms and legs, a tail, horns and eyes with noticeable limbal rings and that was it. The butt wings are also a very common thing in Asia, again as an avid gamer I see that style a lot both on characters and on costumes. It’s odd looking to us Western folk especially from the UK and Europe where our dragons of lore are usually big and bulky with massive wings. I do love the colour combination they came up with, the purple on a warm brown base is incredibly beautiful.
If Mive tries to fly with those wings, she would probably fall flat on her face But overall she still looks impressive, even if it is not very practical ^^
They overdid the sparkles and blushing on Mive's faceup imo, and I honestly think she would benefit from a bolder colour palette streamlined to make her features actually pop instead. But alas, this all goes back to my general critique of SJ struggling to bring out the potential of darker resins like cocoa brown... makeup, styling, and ethnic-wise -- though I understand they are treating cocoa brown like a fantasy colour this time around. I agree with everyone saying Galdren's dragon sculpt is far better than his human sculpt -- the sexy incubus vibe is strong on this lol -- and I think his styling works great for showcasing both the beauty of the David body and his dragon arms. Given his wings are on his upper back, he has a greater dragon-like presence than Mive. And of course, a dragon's tail would have been perfect. Now I just can't tell if I love or hate the poofy mullet.
Something about Galdren's fluffy hair and all the glitter is giving me some Twilight Harpo vibes lol. @sageyufi omg a more dark and bold makeup would be so perfect! I kind of wish there was an option to get the dragon heads with human bodies, or to add human legs to the dragon sets. Honestly the price surprised me with how low it is with all the special dragon parts....but I think I'd rather get them faceups as incubi and succubi and skip the dragon feet all together, or at least have the option to switch them out. I think perhaps I've bought enough new dolls this year anyway... Heres to hoping for an amazing gal next year so I can buy the athletic body!
The sales is only going up to the middle of December. Something tells me there's still a Part 3 to come
…or she’d be bent double like a cat that trying to resist being picked up! That mental image then became Heimlich the caterpillar from ‘A Bug’s Life’ when he emerges from his cocoon with teeny tiny wings and announces “I’m a beautiful butterfly!”. Mive: *changes* ….. *looks at butt wings and squeals*…”I’m a delectable dragon!” Everybody: “Oooh” Mive: *wiggles butt and flaps wings* “Watch me soar majestically” Everyone: *cheers* Mive: “I am one with the sky!”…….*wings flap desperately as she takes off looking like a limp croissant* Everyone:
I don't think I posted a photo of my MSD Elf Leo here yet. I have to say the SD version and the MSD version are one of the most identical as I've seen SJ do. Great faceups on both sizes! Flynn (Mini version) by luluna33, on Flickr
Ooh he has such a lovely face, quite gentle but there’s a slight hint that he could be a bit of a rogue too! Well I’ve at last become a SartoriaJ owner, I adopted @sakana_hime’s elf ‘Jade’.
Luluna33 your Elf Leo is wonderful. Here is my recently arrived Louis with my Elf Edgar. Cheekbones by Iplecollector, on Flickr
My Matthew on the 50 David body. He tries to tell me his name is Nick which I ignore cause I want him to be Ian Jury is still out who will win! Ian 02 by Ashemanu, auf Flickr
@Ashemanu - He looks great! Nick or Ian...whoever he may be. I think this is the first owner photo I've seen of a Matthew! He's lovely!
@skyealloway Thank you! I could imagine that for him! @luluna Thanks! Guess he wasn´t one of the popular boys But I really like him, even if he was a buy mostly out of frustration at the time ^^ @morganatron Thanks!! He certainly has some bad boy vibes
I say let him be a Nick, if he wants to be a Nick. But, Now, I'm curious if it's the hair or something that's making him a Nick. (Hopefully it's not his face shape that's making him a Nick. Did you know that's a thing, in real life, about misremembering names?)
@tinyflame No, it´s the overall look, the face, the black hair, the almost beard ... he reminds me of at least two detectives named Nick from crime novels I read, and of the main character of the show "Grimm" who also is named Nick. And I don´t even like the name ^^ Or the two detectives! And no, I didn´t know about the correlation of face shape and misremembered names! Interesting to know
