Spiritdoll 1/4 Smart Mini discussion Part 2

Aah they're so cute. I've never seen a tan Bella before, she's lovely.

Thankyou this helps a lot! They don't look badly proportioned to each other, which is what I was afraid of.

 

Most of my collection is, unfortunately, still in storage right now, but I do have my Snowdrop out currently... I also have out one (old-style) AoD girl, one BBB/Impl hybrid, two MNFs (A-Line boy, M-Line girl), and a WithDoll boy, if you'd like me to snap a photo or two of her with any of those.

 

@astromayhem thanks for the compliment! I hope you don't mind the poor picture quality, I was just snapping some really quick for comparison's sake.

 

I'm always game to see more! One of the main things I remember from having her is that she towered over the kid delf I had at the time. And her shoulders/hips were much wider... Though @somewheresunbear has now reassured me that with super-slim minis they look okay!

A question to everyone in the thread - what made you choose spiritdoll as a company to buy from? For me, it was my first ever bjd purchase. I had been hunting for one I liked enough to buy for a while, and came across the Snowdrop's stock photos on google images. Had never heard of them before that, even though I already had an account here.

 

@astromayhem I came across a Laurel on Tumblr and fell in love with the Pyrus sculpt. That sculpt was also my first ever BJD. I bought him after knowing about BJDs for only three days lol.

 

The snowdrop sculpt was my first BJD ! After years of lurking and looking for the right kind of doll, the snowdrop sculpt stole my heart and despite her hugeeee elbow and knee joints, I love her that much to ignore them XD

 

Hey there! This might seem like a long shot, but can anyone tell me if Spiritdoll's Normal Skin would be a good match for Art Bimong's (Narin/Narae) Normal Skin? I haven't been able to find much about it, and I'm really new to resin matching.

 

So my Snowdrop turned up today and the face-up is Aside from the issues of uneven blushing (one side darker than the other), dirt in the sealant, paint spattered on the ear, there's a very noticeable chip in the chin-




Does anyone know how to fix this? I don't want to have to wipe the whole face-up as I know I don't have the skill level to repaint it. I'm not happy as these issues were immediately apparent the second I unwrapped the head so they must have known about them and still shipped it out like that

Edit- turned out the paint was on top of the sealant so was able to scrape it off so that's one less issue ^^

 

I'll compare them in a few days.

Epicari, It can be difficult to fix part of a faceup. Did you get her from Spiritdoll?

 

Yes, I bought directly from the company. There was no way I could have damaged it as the face was wrapped with thin foam between the plastic face guard so couldn't have caught it with that. When i very carefully unwrapped the foam my fingers didn't touch the face-up, there was no postal damage and I didn't use any tools to cut the packaging etc.
Also this is what the paint on the ear looked like-

so even if the face-up was accidentally damaged when they were packing her up so they didn't know, I can't see how they could have missed the paint as well. Unfortunately the website isn't working for me so don't know how to contact them about it, plus I really hate having to send a complaint message (darn social anxiety and dyslexia block on writing formal stuff, you do not help D.

 

Yes, the site is down at the moment.

I would email them at [email protected]

Send a picture and just ask how the chin scratch can be fixed.

 

Thank you for the email, I'll shoot them a message today

 

Does anyone have any tips for floppy ankles? (Aside from boots.) I adore my Liana, but trying to get her to stand is like far more difficult compared to my DC-bodied girl. (Which is crazy, because DC's are so much thinner!) The rest of her joints are fine, but I swear, it's almost as if her ankles are made out of bendy straws.

Would hot glue sueding help? Or anything else? I'd greatly appreciate any input!

 

Could someone do a comparison of Smart boy with other dolls (any)? 48 cm sound really big to me!
Do the boy body fit regular clothes?

 

If you scroll back a bit, you'll see my Pyrus with a DC Bella. It's a bit hard to shop for him, but I've been able to find some things. I don't have any of the really little dolls like minifees so I'm not sure how it would compare.

 

Thank you so much! They actually look really good together in terms of height difference. Could you suggest a shop to find pants for him please? If you ever bought them.

 

StarrshineDesigns on Etsy pants fit okay. They're very tight and a little short, but look alright with boots. That's the best I've been able to find so far.

 

Tonner 19 inch male pants might work. There are patterns and some clothes on ebay. The 19 in dolls are Peter from the Narnia series and Mortimer. I'll measure the length.

 

How is the service of Spiritdoll? I've seen many complaints (though most were years back) about the long waits, lack of customer communication and flawed dolls......I would really love to order 'Catnip' from the Healing line of Spirit Doll but all the negatives have me scared off at the moment....
Weigh ins?

 

Thank you, I'll check the measurements.