Volks Super Dollfie - SD, SD13, SD16, SD17, SDGr, SDGou & FCS - XXXIV

What an ethereal beauty! Giving femme fatale energy!

 

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I wasn't planning on getting a new doll this year but someone was letting her go for such a good price that I couldn't resist! Her name is Momiji, she's a default DearSD SwD Nana on an SD10 body in PSF. I'll eventually get her a new faceup but I am surprised by how nice the default one is. I haven't purchased a default doll or any doll in over a decade! Happy to share her and to finally have a friend for my doll, Midori, who I've owned for 14 years this July.

 

Man what a beauty she is And I love your styling too

 

Hi, all! Everyone has such gorgeous dolls!!

I'm about to join the community of Volks owners for the first time, and I'm so excited. I'm getting a DWC03 head and an SD10 body from two sellers on the Marketplace, and I'm eager to get her, piece her together, and figure out her vibe!

Does anyone have any experience with putting wire in the elbows of the single joint SD10 body to increase the posability? I've had success with wiring single joints in MSDs, but haven't tried the larger scales.

 

Oh, okay, great! Thank you for your insight! I've heard that Volks tend to be good at holding poses, but I wasn't sure if that was just the updated bodies.

My head and body are both (incredibly) scheduled to arrive on Saturday, and I'm excited to actually play with one for myself soon and see!

 

@Daeriel Congrats on your incoming girl! Volks dolls are very stable standers, and a bit of wire can make their single jointed posing very strong. I have single-jointed MSDs, and a friend has 1/3 dolls with wired legs who can squat free-standing. Wiring the arms helps the doll hold them up for longer and bear weight if you like your dolls to carry things.
Your mileage may vary on kips: they are prone to getting sucked into the doll's body at the shoulders and arm joints, which some people don't enjoy and prefer to use hot glue sueding.
I do recommend putting a kip at the top of the neck – the increased friction gives the doll better head posing and means the head is less likely to snap to whatever position it likes.
Best of luck with your new arrival

 

I used to like using a KIP for the top of the neck, but I found that the KIP was always getting sucked into the head hole, and interfering with the head position and stability. This meant taking off wigs and heads, which is especially annoying when the doll wears a wig that is a pain to get back on and adjusted Glue-sueding for neckholes is more reliable.

For arms I prefer the KIPs. I've found it easy to pull on the arm elastic and pop the KIPs back in place. Sometimes a KIP will go further in, so I use the Yo-size head pull tool to fish them out.

 

Dropping in to share my SD16 Topaz in tan skin with the Romantic face up

 

You're allowed to apply for multiple dolls! You just can't put in multiple entries for the same doll.

 

Dropping in to show off my as of yet unnamed DWC03! She arrived last weekend, and I've spent the past week working on an updated faceup, sewing her something to wear, trying out wigs and eyes, and generally obsessing over her!

Volks DWC03 by Daeriel, on Flickr

I was a little worried that I would be disappointed with her posability compared to my Feeple60 girl, but I'm actually really loving the way she moves and holds positions!! She's got silicone kips in her joints and hot glue in her neck to help, but I think she'd be more solid than most of my dolls even without that.

 

@ame_hime

I love her faceup so much! She is so demure and stunning. I wish Volks produced more tan dolls outside of FCS because it's such a pretty color!


@Daeriel

I love how you styled her and the posing is so good. I may need to use hot glue for my girls too.

 

@ame_hime : No you didn't just make me just fall in love with a sculpt that I had no intention of every owning! Gah!! She is beautiful, and that faceup is perfection on her.

@Daeriel : Congrats on your lovely girl! She looks so sweet, lovely faceup on her.

 

@ame_hime, thank you for sharing your Topaz! I'm glad to see someone else likes Tan resin; it's my favorite Volks resin color. The Romantic face-up is truly romantic. I wish we could see more owner pics here of Topaz and Emerald, both with Volks face-ups, and custom face-ups, too.

Here are my Topaz and Emerald. Topaz is Amber resin with Dark face-up, Emerald is Tan resin with Sultry face-up.

 

@beamlette Two lovely girls, and the Amber resin is stunning (must resist the urge to do USA FCS through a proxy for Amber...my wallet...)

 

I was wondering if you could help me, I have just bought a F62 and I am unsure what size eyes she uses?

 

@Kaname Kimura F-62 is probably a bit on the smaller side – the FCS handbooks has her in 18/9 (18mm eye, 9mm iris) eyes.
I did see one on my trip to Japan with 16mm eyes (Zoukeimura) too

 

@castironteapot Thank you for your reply, it really helps!