Soom Idealian 75cm Discussion Part 10

It's not as heinous as everyone makes it out to be, but it does come loose (on purpose) as @Haven_Of_Dolls336 mentioned. The reason for this is to prevent damage from being strung too tight during shipment.

Restring him with a length of about 2 meters, this should be more than sufficient and not particularly difficult, and adding in wire will solve the majority of problems.

It's a relatively basic body, which is precisely why a little bit of maintenance goes a long way, and the reason I still like it (I'm not a fan of locks and too many joints which only get in my way, I'd rather basic and I'll tame it myself with wire).

 

My priority is posing, so I only have two Idealians, Narmer and Hyun. They are some of my worst posers for standing, but I adore them sitting and hugging. (They actually hug me when I carry them over a shoulder.) I have other dolls who stand beautifully but don’t sit. Trade offs. People sell the bodies often and fairly cheaply because the posing is not good but the heads are always a high price.

 

Yes, Soom bodies are jokingly called "corpses". Tighten the strings on the body. Adding hot glue suede to the chest to help keep the chest from sliding. Some people even glue it down to prevent any movement altogether. The choice is yours. Wiring the body with aluminum will also help a lot. Good luck!

 

Also each batch is a different color. Be aware!
My two tawnies are completely different color hues. I can’t believe so many companies use Soom Tawny as a choice considering it is completely non standardized by Soom!
Both of my boys in tawny. Narmer is a few years older.
Kathy P on Instagram: "Sejong and Hyun had a small argument about who had better shoes. Of course in the end they let it go and became affectionate #soomnarmer #idealiannarmer #soomhyun #idealianhyun #bjd #bjdsofinstagram"

 

You can do a lot of things if you add wire and restring it. Full set of image examples below of my own dolls under the spoiler cut. The last picture is unwired, restring only.

Spoiler: Click here for more pics

It's quite an old body, from around 2010 and hasn't been updated since. It still works well in my books, but it's not going to play nice straight out the box 99% of the time.

 

Oh my god look at those poses. Wiring does go a long way. The body is much lighter then some of my other 75cm boys and that is nice. I will look into re-stringing him. Not sure if I will do wire but we will see. My other 75cm dolls are wired but they came to me like that. I am scared of making the strings to tight and snapping the brain. Even though the body is designed back in 2010 its still extremely pretty.

 

Amazing poses!

 

I'm going to get around to sueding and wiring my boy – I agree that the ID75 doesn't deserve the "corpse" reputation, but it won't be able to do crazy poses straight out of the box (I personally prefer dolls that aren't over-engineered: I find things like shoulder ridges and ratchets impede posing rather than enhance it, and I sometimes wonder how many of these fancy engineered joints have had prototyping and testing in resin instead of just at the computer model and 3D print stages. There's a big difference between something working in theory and working in practice, and cast resin is a lot heavier than 3D printing mediums).

I don't have a great deal of experience handling 75cm dolls – most of my dolls are 55-65cm with a few 70cm – but I find the ID75 more reliable than others I've handled, especially when it comes to posing the arms.
My boy is from 2022, and I don't know if he's still strung as he was from Soom, but he's very fond of slumping over and leaning back at the underbust joint, so sueding that would be my priority.

I've been trying to sew pants for him (a whole other exercise in patience) and I really need a heavy-duty doll stand, as trying to hold 75cm of heavy resin in particular ways to measure or check fit is a pain in the neck!