Serendipity Mini including Sharmin discussion thread

Is Charles a new model?

I was originally looking for a more mature boy, but I keep coming back to his picture. I thought it would help if I could see other peoples pictures. I've only been able to find 3 on DoA: one's blank, one's a girl, and one's definitely not my style.

 

I was wondering what companies whit eskin would match Serendipities white skin?

I have a Dobby head who is wanting a body and I was thinking of a white skin Dollmore girls body. Would the resin match? Or would it be horribly off?

 

He's not new, but he's not all that popular, either. I love him, personally. I thought he was awesome from pictures, but when he finally arrived in hand, I realized he was perfect. >< I think in all my hunting, I've only ever seen 3-4 total. I ordered Andry's body last week, so it should be arriving shortly. Having difficulty finding someone to do his faceup like how I want it....

His brother Dobby is cute as a button, too. He's so worried. I don't normally dig the cute things so much, but those two? Kryptonite.

 

The more I poke around in Serendipity threads the more I am tempted to put the rest of the layaway on my credit card!

 

I might email them one of these days and check on that. I seem to remember reading about it on their message board, and they mentioned that it wouldn't be very cost-efficient for overseas people. It's worth a try, though; I don't mind paying extra shipping.

I think Dollmore matches Serendipity pretty well, but I'm not sure... Maybe you could request a comparison in the picture request gallery.

 

Okay, it's a little late, but just for the record, Serendipity's new "normal" resin does indeed match the older, yellower resin very well; I haven't seen their "pinky" or "white" skintones up close (at least, not that I knew were the skintones of their present bodies), but it's a start.

Let me just say that I can't get over how nice Kitsune's new body is; it's the mini 14 year-old body in normal skintone. It's a one piece torso, which makes her look pretty arched when she's lying down, but to be fair, there wasn't a heck of a lot of movement in her old torso, even with the joint. Her wrist-balls allow her to actually pose her hands in ways even wiring wouldn't have made possible before, and she can point her toes to wear heels. She also has swivel joints in her upper thighs and cut-outs at the backs of her knees so she can do suwarrico (though I find I have to prop her back aginst something when she does it or she tends to topple backwards).

Some comparison pictures, in case anyone was curious:



Old body (forgive the lack of head; these were the pictures from when I had this body up for sale)




New body! Forgive also the heaps of ugly clutter in the background of the one picture, it was snapped in a hurry, but it shows how nice her new curves are and how she can point her toes; also, you can see how nice the resin match is.

I will say that compared to her old body, she's got perkier boobs and kinda scary nipples (debating whether to sand them), and her hips are wider than her original ones were. She can still fit pretty much all her old clothes, but some of the tonner skirts she had are borderline too tight now across her booty. Stretch fabrics are my friend and hers. -_-;; Her feet are also a tiny bit bigger, so she's a little better suited to MSD sized shoes instead of the Narae/Unoa sized ones she fit so well before (those still fit, but again, they're a squeeze and they didn't used to be).

..........mostly I just wanted to show off her new body. >_> Hopefully someone will find this edifying, though.

 

That's really helpful Takira! (and Kitsune's gorgeous!) I'm seriously tempted to trade my two old SR bods in for new ones, if the normal skinton matches the old yellow. Does she stand and sit well? With sueding my SR bodies stand and sit ok, but they can't do much beyond that.

On a side-note, what IS it with Serendipity dolls and their pointy nippless-of-doom??

 

Thanks for the compliments! ^_^ She stands and sits great now; the only time I have issues with her being tippy is when I try to make her do the suwaricco thing, which was unfathomable to even attempt with her old body.

The normal skintone is a pretty standard-looking, yellow-beige-sorta color. Kitsune was one of the older Sharmins, as she had the body with absolutely NO wrist-ball at all (you can see in the pics). I have no regrets with this body, though it wasn't a cheap upgrade--about $250 and almost another $50 to ship to the US. I didn't trade in my old one, though, I just sold it for half what the new bod cost me; it's currently modeling an unoa head in Australia these days. Her parts and pieces get around...

The boobs...are probably my least-favorite part of it, but they're not so bad. Not as scary as large-bust MNF or nothin'. o_0 She just, ah, got very mature all of a sudden. Her gentleman friend (a CH Little Junior) was a bit startled, poor boy.

 

Hmm yeah, I'm still on the fence about the upgrade! My girls have all Unoa shoes, rather than MSD, so the large feet would annoy me slightly...but I'm being won over by the poseability of the new one! I think yours is the first review of them I've seen, I didn't know they have the suwarrico option.

One of my SR bods is sporting a Unoa faceplate too, the resin does match well. I guess you can always do a bit of breast sanding if her gentlemen friend gets a little overwhelmed

 

You could possibly sand the feet a little, but they're pretty nicely shaped (versus the skeery big toes her old body had, endearing though her wonky feet were). The suwarrico-ness isn't like Volks does it with carving in the hip joint, but I think the rotating thigh works better. It's best done in a skirt so you can see what you're pulling on.

I think the only other thing you'd need to consider is that I don't THINK this is an ISMY body--it's the 14 y/o girl body. If their offer is to replace bodies with ISMY bodies, I, uh.......have no idea what to tell you, as I've never even touched one. -_-;;

Azrael insists he doesn't mind the boobs. He just blushes when he does. :p

 

just wondering if anyone might have a comparision pic between the normal and pinky tones? i asked in the photo request gallery but didnt get a response, thought maybe the serendipity thread would be better

 

How often does Serendipity restock? Because I've been checking and they seem to be out of their Freyjas.

I know its because of their eyes but is it likely they'll restock soon?

 

Have you checked Eluts? They sell Serendipity as well. I just got a Serendipity Freyr from them.

 

Check Dolls and Friends too... she may have a Freyja or two in her store!
I think her ID here is kathynot.

Good luck!
Raven

 

Both ELuts and Dollmore have all Serendipity dolls as out of stock or sold out. It's been like that for about a month now. I keep telling myself that if I want Charles I better go ahead and get him. I'm just not sure if I'll like having him as mush as I like looking at his picture. Yeah, I'm weird like that.

 

I have a Serendipity body that I believed belonged to a Sharmin. The body is smaller and more petite then an Unoa, Narae, or MiniFee. Some of the clothes that would fit these bjds nicely could look quite baggy on a SR body. For the most part you can fudge it.


Here is a pic I found here on DOA showing the body types:


Narae, Unoa, Sharmin, ?. Notice the difference with the waist and hips.

 

Yep, she's a slim little thing. Definitely in the same scale, though.

As for quality, I'm not thrilled with the way she poses. She can't sit unsupported, and her hands have a very limited range of motion.

 

I've heard that Serendipity heads are a little strange. So just a quick question about them - how well do they attatch to other bodies? I was thinking about getting a Dollzone Mo, and then a Valencia head, and sharing a body until I've got the money for another, but then I was looking at AOD, and their bodies are less expensive, and if I wait one week longer, I'll be able to buy Valencia's body there.

So, how does Valencia's head fit with other bodies? Pictures and commentary are appreciated.

 

Apparently, it's ONLY Valencia that has a weird head attachment thing. From what I've seen, it's similar to the Pipos Baha style-- but I'm not sure. Someone on the board tried to attach a Valencia head onto the Serendipty (14 yr mini) girl body, and it wouldn't fit. (He ended up selling it and getting a Supia Yisol instead.)

 

I thousand apologies if I am being an idiot and asking stupid questions, but I checked the forum and couldn't find an answer. . . what does AOD stand for? I may want to get my girl a new body someday, if I can find one that will fit her faceplate, because her 's has no waist joint.