#bjd body

[ira-scargeear]

Preorder for Cornelia in 1/3 size is open!

You can preorder full Cornelia doll, Cornelia head only and Viburnum 1/3 body during this preorder.

Available skintones: ivory, topaz, rose quartz. Doll info: Height: 65 cm Points of articulation: 21 https://wgrass.org/Cornelia-1/3

[angell-studio]

New body

[smallwonderdolls]

Review: Pettimal 1/6 scale (Yo-SD) body

Summary: 9/10 would recommend.

Pros: Shapely sculpting especially on the legs, elegant jointing, good poseability, colour-matching available, variety of option hands, easy to change hands, two available heights, solid quality resin, single-piece torso looks good unclothed or in swimwear. 

Cons: Longggg wait time, single-piece torso limits poses, creaks like crazy at the beginning, non-gendered (if you like having different male/ female bodies), arms slightly on the short side if you’re looking for child-like proportions, elastic in elbow joints is rather visible (I’m grasping at straws here...)

More detailed comments and posing photos:

Wait time: My longest doll-related wait ever, as this body is wildly popular with Chinese collectors.  It took about 7 months from ordering to receiving the body.   Whilst it was finally being shipped to me, I had decided that I was never going to order a Pettimal body again, due to the wait, but after actually receiving the body and playing with it, I changed my mind. XD  

Posing: First off, it’s worth noting that this is the short version (~25.8cm) of the original Pettimal body (~27cm).  Despite the stumpier legs, I still feel like this body was designed for a ballerina, as it poses very elegantly and steadily with one foot directly in front of the other, which isn’t easy to achieve with any of my other bodies in this size range.

It can also do an aesthetically pleasing split, no doubt due in large part to the very mobile upper thigh joint.  The legs are strung to each other through the pelvis and separate from the torso/head - my first doll with this type of system.

Kneeling upright is no problem.  The double joints in the elbows engage effortlessly as you pose the arms.  (I cannot over-emphasise how much of a nice change this is from Miyadoll and Asai’s elbows.)  There are minor indentations and grooves sculpted in which aid the process along.  Along with the visually appealing and easy-to-use upper thigh joints, this is what I call elegant joint sculpting~~

It can kneel on its haunches (seiza position).  (By the by, I deliberately chose to take these posing pictures with a head on, because the head adds a~lot of extra weight on one particular end of the body and it does affect how it poses.)

There is a slightly shelf at the pelvis/ upper thigh that enables the body to lean forward whilst kneeling.

One of my favourite poses, the “side lounge” (sitting with both legs tucked to one side).

And again, without engaging either double joint, this time.  Needless to say, the body can also sit suwarikko (spreadeagled, which is another favourite pose).  There is a good range of motion in the ankle joint, too.

My only issue with this body on the posing front is that it creaks like mad when I move it about!  I’ve never had a doll that creaked before, I don’t think... even my ASAI/ The Lunarlake Murphy, who arrived super tightly strung, and is also Chinese-made.  I think it will wear off, otherwise I will have to downgrade my rating, this noisy of a doll is not acceptable to me. D=

Sculpting: I don’t think I need to say much.  If your taste is like mine, those shapely legs and cute torso speak for themselves.  The single-piece torso, of course, carries its inherent disadvantage of limiting posing.  I would also prefer to have gendered bodies, but the sculptor has declared that no split-torso or gendered Pettimal body will be made available.

Resin: The resin feels good quality - very solid and dense.  I don’t see any traces of seams, discoloration or dust.  There is a small area of roughness along the lip of one of the pelvis sockets, but I think it could be due to unevenness in the mold itself.

This particular body was colour-matched to “2018 Volks normal”, and it’s a pretty close match to my November 2018 Volks SDM body and this ASAI Mira head (which itself is supposedly colour-matched to Volks) - it is just very slightly less peachy/pink than actual Volks resin.  It also doesn’t look translucent at all (unlike Volks, which has a very faint “glow”).

Heads: It will depend on the particular head, of course, but my ASAI Mira head has very good mobility on the neck without the addition of a “KIPS” disc.  Due to its petite proportions, I think this body will match well with smaller heads like Mia’s Soo, or ASAI Mira, Murphy or Aya.

Option hands: 9 pairs available, in sets of 3 pairs each, plus bonus “prayer hands” only available if you buy all 3 sets.  Hands are easy to change as the S-hook rests inside the ball joint after removing the hand.

Price: 800RMB, and option hands are sold in sets of 3 pairs for 270RMB a set.

The 7th Pettimal pre-order is now open (ends 30th November 2019), and the sculptor has also newly released a 1/4-scale body targeted for Volks Mini Dollfie Dream heads.  Please look it up yourself on Taobao (search “Pettimal”), or feel free to let me know if you need help finding it.  

[real-bjd-recast-community]

I bought a head a few days ago, but the body I wanted for it has been discontinued. Since there's no way I can buy from the artist, I'm considering buying a recast of the body. All that will ever be visible are its neck and hands, but I'm afraid someone will question if it's legit. I don't have many followers so it won't be seen by tons of people, but I'm still paranoid, especially because all my other dolls are legit. Is it likely that someone would be suspicious?

If you get the resin color right, then no, it’s not likely.

Now, antis have blamed before people with legit dolls just because they where old or didn’t had the box (and later on the doll was traced back to the original owner and turned out to be legit). My point is that even if you buy legit there is always the chance to be accused of owning a recast.

If you need more information about how to distinguish legit and recast go to: http://bjdrecastpositive.tumblr.com/post/168891151142/how-can-anyone-discover-if-my-girl-its-not-legit

[kyuutai-kansetsu-ningyou]

EMERGENCY SALE PART 2

A Discontinued 65cm male DollZone body in normal pink skin SOLD thank you!!!

[sarahthatgirldotpng]

Some more progress on Apolena! Its been a while since i been able to work on since I've beem busy with a lot of stuff, but i have finally found the time to work on her! It wont be much longer until I'll be stringing her for the first time!!

[dollycoffee]

So, what IS Adam working on?? A body. For Neb. But I’m putting my own personal details into it. For instance.

He’s going to have flared ribs. Both my mum and I have flared ribs which cause us to always look like we’re sucking in our stomachs, even though we’re not. I’ve never seen a doll with ribs like that before, so Neb might as well be the first! If I can stick to this and finish it, along with the head lmao, then my dream of owning a completely handmade ball jointed doll by myself will be fulfilled.

And if anyone wants him, ya know, I will cast him. But that’s a big ‘if’ haha

@starryfishes he’s gonna have optional heart nipples haha I would say critiquing is welcome, but since this is so extremely…young(?) I don’t know if it’s possible. Any commenting or suggesting features are welcome!

[ira-scargeear]

Whispering Grass Ingrid on Viburnum body. BJDs with humane proportions are rare. Dunno why. Because they're not interesting? Like, you see humans everyday anyway? I always wanted dolls that look like tiny humans. Not Disney-like stylization. Not grasshoppers with long, thin legs, super short torso and round boobs under the chin. I love period and ethnic clothing. It's true especially about period clothing: the dolls with stylized proportions look way off in them. Or you should stylize clothes, losing accuracy. Do you remember how popular Zaoll was in the early days of the hobby? She had humane proportions. Too bad she wasn't in scale with other BJDs, but even that didn't get in the way of her popularity. It looks like the best bodies out there are mostly from a single artist studios. But not many of them make 1/3 dolls, but mostly 1/4s. I understood long ago, that, with my pickiness, I'd better do my own stuff. With Whispering Grass Viburnum body I can do anything. It just looks... right? What do you think? https://www.wgrass.org/Ingrid-1/4