WITHdoll Mini Discussion Part 8

Thanks @Musume! I think I'll wait until later to restring her. I don't really require my dolls to kneel or to stand on one foot--it was just a test I attempted out of curiosity. If/when I need a kneeling doll in a photo, I simply use one that can do it. There aren't many that can.

 

@Mazokugirl451 If you're interested in Lala, you should join the SWD thread: Withdoll 60cm discussion
We could definitely use more participants, since it's pretty quiet there. :3

@vermont chick Congratulations on your Emma. She's lovely! ( One of my favorite sculpts from WD c: )

I was testing a new prop I made for my dolls (the swing) and Min Ki turned it into a whole shoot, haha:


I really love how effortless the boy body is to pose. I find the extra pieces above the thigh to be a godsent with legs that are strung together -and they'd be helpful even without that. They work really well even with the doll wearing pants, unlike most thigh-joints.
I'm hoping Withdoll will be renewing the junior girl body next... I've been waiting a long time to be able to get a body for my vampire Rachel head. xD

 

Emma thanks you, @Yenna. (So do I.) The swing makes a great prop! Did you use a very long rope or a very low branch?

I also appreciate the posing assessment of the boy body, especially as Egon the Elf Knight is back. I missed him the last time he was available for sale--I won't make that mistake again!

 

@vermont chick I'd say a medium branch... Our cherry tree is quite well in scale for dolls and the lowest branches are probably at around 80-90cm height. I had cut the rope much longer -in case it was needed, so there was a lot of extra to wrap around the branches. If you want to see more posing and assessment for the boy body, you should check out this blog post: LoveWithdoll That body is definitely worth getting. Even I love it although I usually really hate handling dolls with legs strung separate from the torso. xD

 

@Yenna
I had asked Withdoll the other day about getting a new junior girl body. I am actually a bit bummed they said that they were going to do a Male Senior first... I really love their female sculpts, but I prefer double jointed knees. ;;

@Musume Thank you very much~

 

@Yenna Thanks for the link to the LoveWithdoll blog! With a few exceptions (like the head) the boy body seems to have good mobility. I do wish the knee and elbow joints were more rounded. The sharp edges revealed when the joints flex look very strange, especially under pants. The most natural looking joints I've seen belong to the Luts Model Delf. I'd like to see more doll bodies go in that direction.

By the way, I have placed my order for Egon, but without the clothes and armor because my doll funds are depleted. Looks like I'll be sewing his outfit myself.

 

Oh, well I'm not too surprised, seeing how well SD sized boys sell in this hobby. Not good news for those of us who are waiting for a new junior girl body, though, because that will be probably pushed back another year or two.

The Fenrir head in those photos isn't made for the body as it originally came out with the previous male body that is no longer sold. The newer heads (like my Taren) pose much better on the new body. The jointing is within Withdoll's style. I guess, they prefer to make the nuggets inside the pieces so that they're hidden when the joints aren't bent. I don't love them myself, but they do work wonderfully even with clothes on, so I can't complain that much. I've had the displeasure of working with a lot of bodies that are hard to use with clothes on, so I'm very happy with this particular one. I only wish the insides were wider to allow thicker strings without putting too much strain on the joints.

 

That's good news, @Yenna. I played around with posing Emma and wondered how the boy head could have so little mobility while the girl head has such a good range of motion.

Do you (or does anyone) know if WithDoll has any connection with FairyLand? Like maybe a former FairyLand sculptor on their staff? The reason I ask is that the basic girl hands are almost identical to the MiniFee girl hands. Also the hands and feet connect in exactly the same way. In fact, I was drawn to Emma by her resemblance to MiniFee Liria. It's curious.

 

I rescued my Rosa yesterday but was unable to get any real photos until today! Boo at rushed box openings! I didn't take any photos of it

That being said, I really do love my Rosa. She's so pretty! Though I do think I'll prefer her with larger eyes. I really struggled to position these 10mms, and they still don't look quite right.

 

@Yenna

Yeah. I agree. I have a strictly MSD collection, and bodies mean a lot to me. ;; But I understand what is good for business is a good for a doll company to do. I would rather wait for a new body than have Withdoll lose business.

@wherethelilacsbloom

Ooh! Your Rosa is so adorable! Congratulations!

 

@vermont chick, I don't think so? I've seen what the girl hands originally looked like (they were huge and different shape) and they've gone through two mechanisms to get to this lock system. I didn't know Fairylands had added locks to their wrists, though, since it's been a long time since I sold my mnf body. Of course it's a possibility, but the jointing doesn't resemble Fairyland's otherwise at all, and Withdolls have completely different facial proportions too. Fairyland faces are wide and heads are ball shaped, while Withdoll faces are tall and the heads more oval shaped widening towards the top. The only thing I've heard about their background is that they used to make gundam figures (etc.) before moving onto dolls, thus they had a lot of problems at first adapting their style of doing things into properly working dolls. But it's also why a new company was able to put out super amazing quality armours in dark resin.

@wherethelilacsbloom, Congratulations. :3 I find that most open-eyed WD girls wear 12mm eyes the best, but of course that depends on the eye company as well... The width of the eye is also made for 12mm and smaller eyes tend to gap. I hope you find eyes for her that you're happy with, she's a cutie. ^^ I do love how the wig matches the eyebrows.

@AjiAji Yeah, I've been waiting for years already, so what's a few more years of waiting to me? I enjoy looking at what Withdoll releases in the mean time.

 

I discovered something scary happening to my Withdoll Cathy's knees yesterday. There are hairline cracks forming around her knee caps. I plan to take her apart and place some epoxy putty inside the knees to stabilize it but this worries me since I received her last October with similar cracks on one of her ankles. The tension on her strining always seemed fine to me since I have tighter strung dolls but now I'm so unsure. First no body for my boy and now this on my girl (again)--arghhhh!

 

@wherethelilacsbloom Your Rosa is gorgeous! I love how she looks in the red wig. Big congratulations on her arrival! I think the 10mm eyes work well, but if you want to go larger 12mm is the way to go. I have 12mm in Emma. They look big in the photo I posted on this thread. The one I posted in the Waiting Room is a better view.

@Yenna I was talking only about the hands and feet, not any other parts of the doll. Those are vastly different. FairyLand does use a locking mechanism for the hands, but only on the larger dolls. It hasn't come down to MiniFee yet.

@Anante Those cracks are scary! Could there be a weakness in the resin there? It might just affect one specific batch of resin. I would sent the photos to WithDoll if I were you. They should replace those parts.

 

Thank you all for the congrats Emma is sitting at my desk with me today while we figure out her eye situation

I do have one more pair of 12mm eyes, but they are brown. While this normally wouldn't bother me, I was really counting on her having green. All of my girls are basically brown or blue in eye color, so I wanted to introduce a little variety

I am thinking of adding a pair or two of Salafina eyes onto my next Clover Singing order. Has anyone tried these? They seem really pretty.

I do want urethane eventually, but I wanted to wait until I can afford to order several pairs at once, rather than one at a time. New resin keeps distracting me from getting more wig/eyes/clothing options for my current resin xD Oy.

 

That is a really neat piece of trivia to know! I used to collect miniature gundam figures when I was about middleschool aged. It really does make sense, though! Even though I don't own any of the armor sets, they look incredibly detailed and the owner photos I've seen show they fit amazingly well!

 

@Anante
Oh no! ;A; What a sad thing to be happening! Hope the fix works out for you, and it won't be so bad. @_@

 

After looking through my accounts, I found I had a bit more money than I thought. I just ordered Egon (blank basic). I'll be dying him when he arrives so he can be my super grumpy dark elf.

 

Congrats on your order, @LuckyXIII !

 

Congrats on your Egon!!! I hope you will share photos of him once he arrives (and after you dye him, because a grumpy dark elf sounds AWESOME).