WITHdoll Mini Discussion Part 8

I assume she's fairly old? Because in that case the only option is brown tan (or rosy brown, but that would be darker and purpler). Real skin used to be offered only as UV resin until recently, and yours looks urethane.

 

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Here are photos of my Angela in Brown Tan. (Non-UV) As demonstrated by both photos, her complexion can vary wildly depending on the light, to a more rich tan to a more pale brown, though she does tent to be quite "warm." Withdoll has been willing to casting colors for dolls on custom order before, so it's possible she could even be a color that wasn't normally offered for the Dark Elf Vera edition.
She does look a bit of an "ashy pale tan," though, so I am tempted to believe she could be old Real UV though. I am not sure of her DoA username but this is a photo of Kicky Resin's Ruby in Real UV.

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Yellowing and batches can complicate identification, though.

 

I'm not sure how old she is as I bought her second hand. The seller described her as Rosy Brown but I think that color is too dark. So maybe Brown Tan, then? It's a beautiful color in person imo. Thanks for your help Yenna.

 

In that case she could be rosy brown, because the tone does seem fairly cold. She may have been from a slightly lighter batch (also urethane was always lighter than UV) and has yellowed. The color also looks vastly different in different lightings. You can look at my photos of my rosy brown girl and see if they're similar at all. But the color really varies in different light. And as resin yellows the red tones fade first, so the purplishness might be mostly gone already.

 

I'm not sure, she def doesn"t have a purpley undertone that I can see. It looks like a tan of some type, a bit on light side. Sorry that's the only way I can describe it.

 

It's not the best photo, but I've had three Angel dark elves... one in brown tan posted earlier, and one in rosybrown-uv and rosybrown. Unfortunately I don't have any of them anymore, but they were all at least several years old.


Angela with the faceup is rosybrown-uv and the one next to her was normal rosybrown, if memory serves correctly. Rosybrown-uv is a dark, greyish brownish purpleish color and normal rosybrown is a dark, brownish greyish color. Both are very pretty but I wouldn't think either one would get as light and pale as @KimC's doll, even with unique aging and variations at play by batches.

Based off of this photo

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I think Kim's doll might be either real and maybe came out in a slightly more opaque batch or is a yellowed brown tan? Either way, she's a very pretty doll Angela is a lovely sculpt... I don't have her anymore but... clearly I am very biased, LOL. I hope Withdoll does a new lineup of their resin colors, since they've all changed since that one photo was taken.

 

Then I'll probably conclude it to be brown tan. Older brown tans get very pale and it's not the warmest color. xD Real UV is quite yellowy and you should really be able to tell that it's UV resin and not urethane, should be obvious in photos too.

Both rosybrowns are dark and purple-ish to begin with but the UV yellows/mellows faster. Withdoll's darker urethane colors get paler with age and rosy brown is especially difficult to identify because it looks vastly different in every possible light. It can be impossible to identify from photos, which is why asked the owner. If she thinks hers isn't dark enough, then it probably isn't. I'd also call rosy brown a clearly unnatural/grey based color instead of tan. But there are instances where it can look very much like a tan as well and confuse people. xD

I haven't wanted to bother Withdoll with making new samples, but perhaps I'll ask them at some point if I manage to save up to buy a new doll from them. I'm keeping the samples in the dark and saving them to see how they yellow because I'm interested in such things. And it might help someone identify older dolls. However, comparison photos aren't the best thing either, as colors are majorly affected by other colors next to them. Ideally you'd need to have a variation of similar colors and different colors next to one another in different photos and do a lot of cross referencing (that is if you don't have the colors at hand in person). Also with different lightings and different backgrounds.

I remade that 2014 comparison of mine with the same bits and pieces (middle bit is from the same batch, tho a different part). They were only a year old at most when I took that original photo, now they're 5-6 years old. Sorry the light is a bit stronger this time:


And some more behind the spoiler just cause I took them

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As you can see, the old brown tan has gotten very pale with age and is actually a tone lighter than honey brown from last year. It's also slightly colder in tone. As for the non-dark-stored pieces of grey and rosy brown, it's really hard to tell in photos, but they are both a bit yellower than the samples that have been stored in the dark. I keep my dolls out in showcases and they are in contact with natural (non-direct) light coming in from my window.

 

Does anyone happen to know if Little Monica or Luts white matches any of the Withdoll white resins? I'm thinking of getting an Ian but would also want to be able to use his body for a floating head.

 

My Theo just arrived! I was so surprised, I knew he was shipping soon, but I never saw/got a tracking number! He's really, really lovely. The beige resin is a little darker, a little peachier than the old NS resin I think - definitely my go to for light skinned resin for Withdoll going forward, since the new NS looks a bit... jaundiced to me, unfortunately. ^^; I ordered him August 8th, so that was a really quick turn around time, too!

 

Little Monica's white is a pink white. Luts real skin white is also a pink white but a bit lighter and slightly less pink. So the Withdoll colours that are white/pink are light rose white and rose white. The light rose white looks a bit light and white next to LM & Luts. When I first got my rose white body last year, it was pinker than LM & Luts but has quickly lost some of it's pinkness so is a closer match now. I can double check tomorrow how close it is now if there's some good natural daylight (it's stormy at the mo so garbage light levels)

Edit: here is the comparison-

Viewers left body- Withdoll rose pink 2020
Viewers right body- Luts real skin white 2021
Top head cap- Withdoll light rose white 2020
Bottom head cap- Little Monica white 2021
Luts and Withdoll light rose white matched closest to each other and Little Monica white was closer to faded Withdoll rose white. I think if you wanted to try and match both Luts and LM white then Withdoll light rose white would be the best choice.

 

It does look like the light rose white looks the closest. Thank you so much for the info and for taking the time to take pictures! They're so helpful!

 

No problem, I happen to have those colours so easy enough to do a comparison

 

Sent my DE Angela head off to a faceup artist yesterday. Now the wait to see what she will look like when she returns, so excited!!

 

Thank you everyone for your help on identifying my Angela's skin color. Here she is with a Tatsukitty face up. She still needs an outfit and a different wig to tie in better with her personality but I really like her strong look.

 

She's so cute, you sent her off for a new faceup? @KimC

 

Yes, she went to Tatsukitty (Daydreams and Pastels Aesthetics) Thank you so much IngieBee, I'm glad you like her

 

Here's a new look for my Angela

 

@KimC She looks gorgeous!

 

Thank you so much Koma, I think so too

 

I've been kind of obsessed with Withdoll Jiho lately -- but I want to make a female body version... does anyone know if Withdoll sells their heads/bodies separately?