Soom Idealian 75cm Discussion Part 10

I'm on the fence. I love his Hyperon like nose.

 

Edgar's face makes me think of what the child of Hyperon and Narmer would look like lol. I like his general features, but his jaw and chin is a bit too V-line for my personal taste.

 

Red like that is also remarkably easy to dye—I did red as my first ever dye-job and since that’s a vivid, very saturated colour, you can dye it over virtually any NS/WS/ probably even orangey tans. It covers well, and you don’t have to fight undertones like you do trying to dye ns/tan/human shades and Grey or pastel colours. So if red+fantasy is what you wanted, you really only have to wait until Soom offers a fantasy sculpt you like on ns or ws

 

Good to know!

 

I bought Edgar! Just placed my order this morning. It's so funny because I was discussing in the bjd discord how I really want a big Soom boy but can't prioritize getting one because of the current sculpts, although beautiful, I couldn't think of a character they would fit of mine. Then literally Soom drops this boy that same night and I fell in love instantly and knew what character I wanted for him right away. It was Fate LOL

I also love the clothes (is the coat called a sherwani? its especially beautiful), but I'm already stretching the budget enough as it is. I hope Soom makes more in the future, I'd love to see in more colors.

 

Congratulations! He is handsome, like a mix of Narmer and Hyperon as someone has said ^^ And yes it looks like a sherwani! I was very excited to see it. The necklace was a nice touch too.

I know that people say that the Soom sculpts can look a bit similar at times but they sure are handsome

 

I ordered him yesterday! Although many might say that his chin is too skinny(which is true), and I feel like his face is very skinny overall, I actually quite like him
Im not sure if it is his nose, eyes or mouth, but he gives me a hyperon feel? That why I like him I guess. Hyperon's skinny brother lol

 

I like the skinny chin! It’s not too skinny imo. Jian is the boy with the super skinny/pointy chin. But I am making my Edgar into a character doll so he fits the aesthetic of the anime perfectly for me. I’m excited to get him!

 

He's a nice looking one. I'm not even tempted though. It has to be better than my 3 boys. I want a girl. It has been forever since they had a girl. I would like a white Albany. Come on Soom...... Pretty please?

 

Oh wow, now that you point it out, he does have the perfect chin for an anime aesthetic! What character were you thinking of making Edgar into? Or is it one of your own characters? ^^

 

It's anime! I think he will make a great Aizen Sousuke from Bleach. I'm on a kick where I shell all my favorite anime characters, its what got me back into the hobby.

I started this hobby back in 2008 with original OCs but I don't like making up OCs for the heck of it cause I can't bond with them well, they have to be well thought out and fit into my current world a certain way. But now that there are far more companies and independent artists it gives more options to shell anime characters. I was considering Ize Stage Eros for Aizen but I as soon as I saw Edgar I knew he would fit the Bleach aesthetic better.

 

I have ordered Edgar at the very moment I saw him. I considered buying an art version for a second but then again, I am not into such bushy brows, though he has some vibe in him. Actually he reminds me of RDean's nRei sculpt I already own. They are both beautifully skinny and have similar eye shape, so I guess they will get along nicely.
In my opinion, Edgar is absolutely worth buying whether art version or not ^__^

 

I heard that the older Idealian dolls had “skull sutures”. I’m possibly going to be looking to buy a couple of older soom Idealian scaled dolls and this makes me leery. Does anyone have good pictures of the back, sides and top of the older soom Idealian heads so I can see how deep these lines are? I’m leery to buy the older dolls because of this. I don’t know how I feel about a dolls head being made to look like a skull

 

They're not any different from the new ones now, really. They just have minor jagged patterns on the skull, but back then the faceplate was also cut jagged to match it. Nowadays the faceplate is smooth and the jagged lines are still there as a remnant. If you hadn't have called them skull sutures just now I never would have made the connection lmfao. It just looks like a squiggly pattern to me.

 

I have a comparison. Tei (the tawny head) is from 2021, and Gluino (the ws head) is from the 2010 vampire alchemist release

Idealian heads by Indifferent Red, on Flickr

This is the skull difference, on Tei the lines are carved, on Gluino the lines are where his faceplate actually separates from his headback.

Idealian heads by Indifferent Red, on Flickr

These marks are carved in on Gluino

Idealian heads by Indifferent Red, on Flickr

Very similarly to the newer Tei. The main difference is the edges of the faceplate

 

apologies. I guess you can never unsee that now lol.

 

I guess these marks can possibly be a potential disadvantage if you want to make your doll a bold man, but mostly people use wigs and you never see those after you put on new hair.
I personally think Soom is rather creative in their mark system, but as it is said "many men, many minds"

 

Tbh I really like those marks, They are really unique.

 

I helped my friend commission an outfit.

It's going to take 10 months. Is that normal? It is a crazy detailed fullset....

 

I think it is, maybe artists has long waitlist.