Unoa hybrids? Other bodies that work with Unoa face plates (part 2)

So for anyone who's interested, this is Asya, my Unoa Lusis/Dollits DKD hybrid. The Lusis FP is fairy skin (2016), and the DKD body is white skin (2018). Imo, the resin match is almost flawless (the FP is slightly more yellow hued, whereas the DKD body is more pink hued, but the difference is barely detectable to me). The body is super tall--at least compared to my minifée hybrid--and poses like a dream. With the Buff headback, no modification is required to fit the FP on the body's neck, but the neck is a bit long, and might be off-putting to some. I personally think it looks fine, but sanding is always an option. I seriously recommend this hybrid, and the Dollits company in general. Sorry for the crappy pics; I'll post better ones soon, especially once I figure out why I'm having so much trouble just uploading images lol

Asya's home

Unoa/Dollits hybrid

 

@Read It And Weep Oh wow, what a beautiful hybrid! The lines of the Dollits body are so natural and lovely even in poses most bodies struggle to even hold ( *u* ) ! How tall is she exactly?

 

@dollmien , thanks! She's about 43cm. She towers over my Unoa/Minifée hybrid.

 

I have an Akubi on an Angel of Dream 43cm female body and the colour match is great on the resin (both are NS, the AoD is NS yellow). I also like the mature elegance of the body, it's proportional but also long-limbed and a bit animesque.

 

I recently came into possession of a Unoa 2nd Mocha Dollybird Special, which comes with the Dollyhoney and Standard faceplates and two headbacks. I quickly realized that I'd like to hybridize the second head because switching between them on the Unoa 2nd body is an ordeal.

I've decided on my hybrid body, but I thought I'd share my research in case someone else ever has this unlikely dilemma, because I'd found where a few people had asked in the past, but no one really had any answers for the Unoa 2nd's.

Possible Size matches (without regard to resin match):

• Bimong/Jigamaree Shahti (*only available in French resin)
• Bimong/Jigamaree Maree
• Resinsoul 40 or 42 cm bodies (the ones with 6cm neck circumferences)
• Dollshe Fashion Maxi 26F
• Fairyland Chicline
• Dollmore Fashion 16" BJD
• Dollzone body (with 6cm neck circumference)
• Lillycat Cerisedolls - various 40 & 41 cm bodies
• Unoa 1.0-1.5 bodies- may work but the neck is long. Chibi and Elder Sister bodies will not work without modification due to the way the neck flares out at the top.

This isn't an exhaustive list. My criteria were mainly based on shoulder width of 7.5cm or less and a neck circumference of of 6cm or less. Smaller framed bodies with measurements closer to standard 16" fashion doll measurements are probably best for scale.

Larger neck circumferences would likely require modding. (Some of the above that usually accommodate larger heads may also need neck length modification to really work...) The shoulder width is a bit flexible- the Dollshe body measures at 8.8cm per the website, but those girls have a smaller heard circumference than the 2nd. The 2nd's slightly larger head would probably look in scale on that body. The only thing I can say with certainty with regard to Dollshe is that the male Fashion 28M looks nicely in scale next to the Unoa 2nd.

As for resin matches, I've compared to the other tans I own, and none of my actual bjds are a good match. The best match I have is actually my tan Granado Vindoll, which is pretty spot on.

The Unoa 2nd Mocha is:

• Less pink and more (grayish? Olive toned?) than Unoa Paradise tan skin (2018 cast). They're just completely different in color, but neither seems to be necessarily lighter or darker than the other.
• Lighter and less pink than Iplehouse light brown (Feb 2018 Iplehouse auction doll. ??? When cast)
• Lighter than Dollshe pale tan (2015 cast)

If you aren't set on a DoA-on-topic bjd body for your Mocha hybrid, a comparable size, off topic fashion doll body (e.g. Tonner Deja Vu in bisque skin) would be your best bet as far as color match, scale, and cost. The trick would be attaching the head, but it's not an insurmountable task.

 

WOW! Hello there, I haven't been on here in centuries, LOL
---To be on topic, LOL wonder if regular Unoa head fit tonner body-doubt? And have you ever tried obitsu ones?

 

Unfortunately, I don't have any 1/4 Obitsus, but I'd definitely be interested in seeing those results!

I don't have any spare, headless, Tonner bodies to try taking apart and figuring out the attachment logistics, but if someone wanted to hybridize, I think scale-wise a standard Tonner Tyler body would work fine with a regular Unoa head, though the head would be a bit on the large side.

It would probably look best in Paradise skin, though and even then, the head might need a bit of blushing. Other Unoa skintones would probably need to be airbrushed to match the body. Here are a few examples of Unoa heads with Tonner bodies:

 

I know there's a lot of female unoa/minifee hybrids, but would anyone happen to have either B-el or L-bi on a male minifee body? Preferably the motion line? I'm assuming it'll work as well as the female hybrids, but I can't seem to find any pics

 

@sugarstitch If you look back 2 pages, i had posted a pic with an L-Bi head on a Minifee Moe body. The pic is crap but better than nothing.
For my taste, the head fits perfect on the body, but i would stay away from too poofy wigs( like the one in that pic), makes the head look too big for my taste. I had L-Bi on a Minifee A line body and it worked great too. Alternatively i would reconement a Magic time body(posted a pic too). He has the same aestethic and is more steady than the Minifee A line, without this crappy fairyland hip joint-cap-really annoying-whatever-system. I get a motion line boy in a few days, maybe i get a decent pic to post.
In the meantime an old pic of my L-Bi on Moe body next to an complete Unoa Boy when they freshly arrived.

 

@Froschschenkel Ah thank you~! He does look cute on the moe body, though recently I've been leaning more towards the new Doll Leaves boy body. Could you measure the shoulder width on the Unoa body? I can't seem to find the measurement for the boys anywhere

 

Shoulder width is 9cm, the same with that doll leaves body.

 

Thank you so much, that helps a lot~

 

Does anyone have experience with matching paradise skin? I was thinking Iplehouse's Real Skin since I have a KID body that may fit? It's crazy that there's so few comparison pics for Unoa's any suggestions are welcome !

 

I have tired my Unoa Lusis (fairy skin) on a doll Leaves Dream body (WS) and she fits perfectly. The color match is prefect also.

 

@KaramiahS Oh is that the girl body, or the new boy one? I still haven't been able to find any owner pics of the new boy body

 

@sugarstitch I have the new girl body. I think the boy Unoa heads (B-el or L-bi) should fit well on the new boy body as they have the same neck circumference as the original Unoa bodies.

In the Doll leaves threads here on DOA there are a lot of people who have ordered the new boy body, maybe some of them have received it, I would check there to see if they have any owner photos yet

 

@KaramiahS It's still the body I'm leaning towards for my B-el at this point, so good to know the neck should work~ I've been keeping an eye on the thread, but no one seems to have theirs yet

 

@sugarstitch I have been watching the thread too. I am considering getting a L-bi (on the doll leaves new boy body) as my first boy.

 

Still not sure about my L-bi aha, but I got a DZ B45-017 body order in~ I ordered it for my Lilin, though I'm not 100% sure I'm sold on it I think the neck is a bit too long/thick, but I'm kinda hoping once she's got her elf ears and wig it won't look so odd. If not I'll just have to try sanding I guess? Resin match isn't great, but not as bad in person as the photos. Anyway, here's the body with both Lilin and Lusis, in case anyone is interested~

(also the hands aren't the ones that came with the body, I swapped them out for the extras I ordered ^^' the hands with this body are lovely, but DZ sculpts them as one piece now and they don't pose as well unfortunately)

 

I got the Doll Leaves bodies in the end~ Resin match isn't great, but the proportions are what I was hoping for so I'll see what I can do with them~