DearMine Doll Dear Shine Line

I knew it was only a matter of time before Dear Mine ventures into larger dolls! I'm glad to see more SD-sized anthros hitting the market. I'm curious what type of body she would be compatible with. Diana has a very interesting face. It is very unlike their previous cat sculpts (which are also interesting, just very different!). I think it's the more pinched open mouth that makes the sculpt so unique.

 

Ooooh....dear shine photos up ....she is beautiful!

 

Is it wrong that Diana's face reminds me of the Who's from the live-action version of How the Grinch Stole Christmas?

 

Hee heeeee! Your right! And I love it!!!

 

I adore Diana, she is a must get for me. :3 I don't see any details about makeup, so I'm guessing she will come blank? (I'd prefer it that way actually.) I see she will also become a basic at some point, so I wonder if there is a body secretly in the works to go with her. I do hope so, I love how the Dear Lover line poses and the graceful lines. ^_^

 

Britt7399- She is adorable! I'd get her in a heartbeat if I had a fitting character for her! ^^

 

I could be wrong but I would have expected for Diana, Dearmine would have at least used the infinitidoll SID13 girl body or something close to it to test her head out on but from the look of the hands in the black-and-white facebook photo that's definitely not the infinitidoll girl body. I am then really wondering at what size exactly her head is. Also, as she will just be a head-release at first I wonder what resin colour she will be released in. I'm expecting they'd be probably looking at just normal or possibly normal and white to make it easier to find resin matches.

 

It's in her description saying she's slightly darker than their normal skin as so it can match "most other company's skin" as they said. I do not know which companies specifically they are talking about though because all of them can be so different I myself am not that big of a fan of her To me I really love when sculpts are given softer features where as she has her's as being so defined. Like her large lips and her cheek bones are so strong it makes her eyes look smaller and also the way her face-up is she looks old and tired. But that is just my opinion; beauty in the eye of the beholder of course

 

Ah, my fault for not checking and seeing Dearmine had actually already gone and posted her up on their main page

Very true about the colour...a darker shade of normal to match which companies' resin tone? I'm guessing they had to be using something as a reference,as there are so many versions of "normal" out there.
For some reason she's really starting to grow on me now...perhaps it's the fact she has those gorgeous little painted in teeth, and I have a real thing for toothy dolls

 

She has teeth? I did not even notice I am wondering if maybe it is just the face-up that may be turning me away and perhaps she could look better in the other form of her coming out. But for now she just has not grown on me guess I'm a lucky one

 

I posted on Dear Mine's Q&A, asking what their recommendations for a body would be, and also inquiring about the possibility of Dear Mine releasing a body for her in the future. "Normal" resin varies so wildly from company to company that I wouldn't risk buying a body without very specific color matching references.

She's quite interesting and I love the concept of the "rose" ear. I'm also very curious to see the second version of her.

 

Anna - Please share when you hear back from them if you can. I'd love to know their body recommendations too. ^_^

 

Will do! I suppose I shouldn't expect a reply until at least Monday, but I hope that it comes sooner rather than later. I'd like to start looking at my options before she goes on sale.

 

The rose on the ear is a nice detail.

 

Anna, I also look forward to hearing your response from Wizard as well as I really would be interested in knowing what shade of "normal" they were trying to go for. Then we can all better consider which body / bodies might make a good match.

 

No answer to my Q&A inquiry yet, but they did upload pictures of Diana J. rose. I love this face-up and concept quite a bit more than F. rose! Very excited about her release now What does everyone else think? Which version do you like more?

 

*Hops into this discussion*

Hi all, I've also been smitten with Dear mine's latest SD anthro girl!
Actually, I have been following her release since the release of her black and white pictures, and I find more charming in White skin than NS. Does anyone feel this way too?

 

Yes, both are the fine normal skin. Personally I would have loved a white skin version myself though. I am just not that big on true NS anthros. My 'beige' Pipos Hopen is about as close to NS as I am ever willing to go in an anthro.
Either way, I do have to admit to liking the new Diana face-up over the previous...as nice as they both are.

 

Well I received Wizard's reply to my enquiry stating that he would not be releasing a WS ver this winter, so as much as I love Diana's rose ear and incredible faceup(s), I would have to pass her up this time around *sob*

But we have good news! Wizard 'will make her body from spring of next year', whatever that means, so we probably could get Diana in full with Dear mine's resin colours sometime next year!

 

That's good to know, cherishe. For me, I'll happily wait for a possible Pure White or White Normal release later.

 

So, now that the Dianas are released, did anyone take the plunge?

I'm still thinking about what to do myself. On the one hand, I love the Jewel version and the event Rose ear. But, on the other, I'm concerned about getting her a body that works and, when DM does release a body for her, I'm not certain that the resin will match to the current heads.

 

I haven't yet but I will be ordering the J Rose head now next month if all goes to plan. I would like to see how much of a match that resin shade is to BlueFairy normal as I think she would look great on one of the new Bluefairy SD bodies. Alternatively if Fairyland normal is a better match then a Feeble 60 body could be more the go.

 

Did anyone ever get a reply on what company's skin tone she is supposedly made to match?

 

I want to buy the J Rose head myself but I'm hoping it will be easy to find a resin match and I also want kitty paws and feet made for her and buy either a pipped tails for her and ill blush the paws and tail so the resin match won't matter. I can't wait I hope it order her after Christmas how about u guys what have u planed for ur kitties^^

 

For me, I'll be ordering first and then seeing which NS resin type is the best match when she arrives. I'm really hoping most that she will be a good match for Fairyland / CP NS resin, especially if the upcoming FL event with mention of additions to the Feeple60 lines (I'm hoping basic dolls or at least releases with non fullset options so I can order a body) as I love FL's double jointed bodies and parts options. The Feeple60 line already has optional heel feet, too, which I love. I had heel feet for my Feeple65 Chloe who sadly I sold (and regret having done so as she really was gorgeous) and they do make all the difference when trying to fit lovely heeled pumps and boots.
I am now more than happy to think of Diana more as a Nekomimi rather than a true cat anthro after seeing the latest picture of J Rose that Dearmine posted on their Facebook account, and here's why. On the left here is My daughter, Kaja, and on the right, of course, is Diana J Rose:-



When I saw the resemblance I knew immediately that I now HAVE to get her! =^-^=

 

I look forward to hearing your results Jenkat!! I think the FL60 body would be a great idea. I really want to buy the head.... but I am horrible at body matching :/

 

Thanks Britt7399. And I'm looking forward to seeing Diana in person now! When I showed my daughter the uncanny resemblance she has with Diana J Rose she hasn't stopped saying since "Mummy, you HAVE to get her!".

Ah yes, the pains of body matching. You can get resin matched perfectly but scale-wise and shape-wise everything else can be completely wrong. And vice versa, absolutely the perfect body but such a wrongness in resin shade that no amount of blushing is enough to make you forget how bad the match is.

Anna, did you ever end up getting a response back from Wizard about what they were using to try to match Diana's resin type? I'd really like to know which body it is they've used but if they're not willing to disclose that I am hoping Dearmine would at least disclose examples of resin shade they were trying to match (that may well give a clue as to which body it is too.) It seems to be an almost yellowish NS shade, which rules out pinker resins like Volks & Luts. Knowing what I do of resin shade and looking at the positions of those hands, though, could that possibly be a DOT body she's on there??? Hmmm, I wonder. Looking more closely at her neck compared to the DOD DOT Girl New Body as well as the positioning of the finders on the hands I'm now almost convinced it is.The hands possibly look a little too small, though but that could just simply be the angle of Dearmine's photos.

 

JenKat, wow, your little girl does look like Diana! I understand why you must have that sculpt!

As for resin match, I'm sorry that I forgot to update, but Wizard said that it will match Volks resin, which, as far as I can tell doesn't match CP's resin. I have Volks, Bluefairy and CP dolls that were all manufactured last year and they do not match; Volks is yellower than all of them.

My biggest issue with getting Diana right now is the resin. I do not want a Volks body for her - I just don't think that the bulkier body will look good with a delicate head like Diana's. I'd really like to find a body that I can put the head on before buying her because I hate floating heads! That, and Wizard also mentioned that when Dear Mine does release the body for the Shine line, the resin won't match the current head on sale, which is a bummer, as I wouldn't have minded too much waiting for the "official" body.

 

Thanks, Anna. Ah, I also have recent CP and BF dolls and had been under the impression Volks was pinker, not yellower. Thanks for confirming that then!
I've only ever had volks parts in white so far so I really didn't know for myself. Oh well, I have yet to own a true Volks SD or SD13 girls body ...looks like I finally have the perfect excuse.

Dreaming Doll is supposedly a good match for Volks NS and I like the new Elva girls body so I am seriously considering a Dreaming Doll body as an alternative to hunting a Volks SD girls bod ...unless one magically comes up at a reasonable price on the MP.

 

JenKat, thank you for bringing up Dreaming Doll. I didn't know much about this company, but I just took a look and I like that body. I think it would work better than Volks for the concept that I have in mind.

I just compared last year's Infinitidoll resin to last year's Volks and the match is not bad. It's not perfect, but I think it's workable.

 

I had been wondering what the match was like for Infinitidoll NS, thanks Anna. The Volks SD body is a little too solid for what I'd like too so I guess it's between Dreaming Doll and Infiniti now.

 

I'll work on taking some resin comparison pictures between Infiniti and Volks when it's not too overcast outside. Out of all the dolls I own, Infiniti comes the closest to matching Volks. Well, I guess that's not entirely true - last year's Aria resin is a decent match, but that company went out of business.

 

Well, Diana J Rose is now 100% coming home with me...thanks to an early Christmas present from my hubby. =^-^= She will be joined by a blank Dear Lover Dune in Pure White & a number of dear pet parts. So excited to see her! I wish Dearmine was selling that blonde wig of hers. I would LOVE to know which companies' wig that is.

Such a shame about Aria Doll too as they made both gorgeous dolls as well as gorgeous bodies and parts too! Their girls' jointed heeled feet legs had such a similar look to Infiniti / Dearmine...and I looooved the fused foot heeled legs too...such a gorgeous feminine look! I would have snapped up an Aria girl body in a heartbeat!

I've known about Dreaming Doll for a wile...I love Sweet Rio (I have a real thing for toothy open mouths) and one of their boys, Dreaming Haji. So very well priced quality SD kids they make too! I only hope that when Diana is released as a whole doll, body included, that she is equally as reasonably priced. If Infiniti prices are anything to go by I would say she will be =^-^=

 

I'm thinking of trying a sq lab body I think they have a skin tone that matches volks normal skin I've been wanting to get one of those bodies anyway

 

Oh wow, Yurikun, I didn't know about SQ Lab & I love their SD Girls' Body! Love love love their hands options too, especially the heart hands! Thank you so much for putting them out there as a possible option. I wonder, though, at 53cm total including the head whether they might be a little small though!? From what I gathered, Diana is aimed more at bodies 58-62cm total, head included.

 

Yeah I do too I've always wanted one of their dolls I love moe! You might be right it I'm not sure if it would bobbled headed or not but I may try it anyway and if she doesn't look good on it I just use that body for moe and if you want I can post pics so you can see what it looks like I also am thinking about a SD body for her I bet it would look really nice and the body poses really well it just expensive. So those are the bodies I'm considering^^

 

Oooh, I love Moe..she is soo cute! I have only sen the Chibi Moe head for the YO sized SQ bodies and not an SD one though..is there also an SD one!
The SQ bodies are so very reasonably priced I had considered doing something similar with either a Miyuki, Ren or Ryoko head...at least then if the body is much too small for Diana I would still end up with another gorgeous doll.
I am thinking the Dreaming Doll Elva body will be my main choice for Diana due to size and proportion...I've seen it with Volks SD heads and they are an excellent fit for shape and colour (I think there are 1 or 2 pics in the Resin Comparison thread showing this from memory).

 

Yeah I love Moe too she s my favorite SQ head and chibi Moe is sooo adorable. Yeah they have an SD version of Moe they came out with first. I ll think ill do that too ill get a Moe head and she can use the SQ body if it doesn't work for Diana. Hmmm I may have to check out dreaming doll then for Diana if the SQ lab body doesn't work out if the comparison is good and it would be cheaper then buying an extra SDGr body. Thanks for the idea I might try that^^

 

Silly me, I didn't see full size SD Moe on the second page of SQ heads (I really do love all toothy girls, and Moe reminds me so much of "Neko" from Project K I fell for her as soon as I saw her).
I've settled on my choice for Diana's head to go on the Dreaming Doll Elva body as I want to get the Sweet Rio head I've been after at the same time (again, more toothy girls for me). I think she might make the perfect Saya to go with my Blood + Haji / IOS Chaos mod =^-^=
I have a feeling at this rate I am going to end up with all too many floating heads one way or another

 

SQLab heads are more of the MSD size and not so much SD sized. I tried to put a full sized SD Dollfie Dream head on the SQLab body and it just looks bobble headed.

 

Thanks for verifying that, MacaronTea. A pitty as they are such gorgeous delicate bodies, but I had suspected as much because of the size.

Yurikun, over in the SQ-Lab Discussion Thread Taralphiel has posted pics of her Delf Lishe VS her SQ Lab Tsubaki which will probably give you a much idea of the size difference the SQ girls have compared with the average 58-62cm SD:- http://www.denofangels.com/forums/s...ssion-Thread&p=9654062&viewfull=1#post9654062

Once again, thank you so much for bringing up these gorgeous girls or I probably may never have discovered them on my own

 

Oooo, I just discovered a new possible contender for Diana's body. Sadol claim that their normal skin is similar to Volks too and they've just released the gorgeous new Love60 girls body. http://www.esadol.com/shop/step1.php?number=263

 

I'm surprised it doesn't have any torso joints. :-(

 

Yes, I know...so sad, especially with those gorgeous optional heel feet / leg parts!

 

Hi just thought I would drop back to tell everyone my Diana came in and she is gorgeous I really love her. For now I have her on an volks SD13 girl body and the match in really good and ill post a pic tomorrow of her tomorrow ^^

 

Congrats, Yurikun! I look forward to seeing your pics of Diana, especially as it could be a couple of months before I see mine.

 

Yurikun - Ooo congrats! I'm excited to hear about the resin match; really looking forward to seeing your photo's of her.

 

Thank you sorry I haven't gotten around to taking pics of her yet. Has anyone considered the humming doll body for her from switch I thought I heard switch was a good match to volks too?

 

Hi I finally got around to taking some pics of my Diana so I thought I would post one here^^ so introducing my sweet girl Dinah

I hope u like her-^^

 

Yurikun Congrats! She looks very lovely!
Mine Diana head is in home, but I'm not gonna be there, so still have to wait in next week to get her. Well it's kinda okay, because I don't have body for her yet.

 

Thank you chibi-kagu I really love her alot and aww we'll I hope u get a body for her soon my girl is just borrowing one of my volks girl bodies for now do u know what kind of body your going to get her yet?

 

Hi! I'm waiting my Diana too.
Thanks a lot for this thread and some information about suitable body. I'm thinking about SDGr or SD16 volks body for her. And glad to hear that the resins are match well.

Yurikun Congrats! She's so pretty! Thank you for the photo and resin comparition.

 

thank you phenix i think so too i love her sooo much and i just tried her on my SDGRG Mami's body and she s generous when i come back from my appointment i'll post a pic if you wanna see. your welcome im happy to help^^

 

Yurikun, please post Dinah pics on SDGR body if it's not inconvenient to you. Couse I inclines to this variant theoretical more than SD16.

 

It's no problem I wanted to take pics of her anyway and here she is Magicial Neko girl Dinah

 

Oh wow. Yurikun​, your Dinah looks gorgeous! Absolutely beautiful! Seeing your gorgeous girl I can't wait to have mine home at last. I'm now even more stuck as to which body option to go for Well, at least it seems there are quite a few options available that are a good match for Dear Shine / Volks normal. My poor girls may be without a body until at least the middle of the year, though.

I have a question about eyes. I was sure that Dearmine originally had eye size info up for the DearShine girls and was assuming that Diana was about an 18mm eye size but I can't find any eye info now on the new site. Can I ask what size of eye Dinah is wearing?
Thank you in advance =^-^=

Just a general question to everyone watching this thread, too, is anyone else wondering whether or not when Dearmine release their Dear Shine body there will be a tail available? Ultimately I am hoping they will but I've been contemplating whether or not to just make a lovely wired fur tail for my girl. Having had one of the large SD size white Pipos tails for a doll before they can be quite heavy and ungainly, but they do make a nice touch that can be just something nice to have even if you don't end up using them other than for photos. Any opinions on tails, anyone?

 

thank you JenKat i love my girl on the SDGr body and also want to try the Switch Humming Dolly girl body and the Crobi doll M Line girl body for her too since she's only borrowing this one and i believe they are 18mm eyes and your welcome i hope they come with a resin cat tail just cuz i like the look of a resin tail. i hope they will make separate tails for the dolls cuz i would like one for Dinah^^ even if i dont carry her around with her tail on i would want it just for pics.