DLace Discussion {Ex Machina and Other 1/3 Sculpts}

Did you see the teasers for Ex Machina 2.0?!?!?!

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Yesssss!
I am SO EXCITED to see all these amazing robotic dolls. It's everything I ever dreamed of.
:: cries happy tears ::


I am going to end up with an army of DLace dolls....and a very empty wallet....
I die happy.

 

@Wolfgang
So far I have not managed to find any eyes that I own that will fit into Ex Machina female with the mechanical plate inserted inside her head. Even flat back eyes are too thick. I have been contemplating making her eyes (eye chips also crossed my mind! But I think they might be overly big?), but haven't tried it yet. Hehe.

I do have eyes in my No. 5 head. They are actually installed in her inner skull plate, but are visible in her human, uhh, top face plate. This is weirdly confusing to try and talk about, hehe. So many faces!

 

Now that you've got me thinking in it again, I looked up eye chips and Blythe size is 14mm so that might be about right. I have to measure to be certain. I think blank chips might be the thing so you could paint the eye in the pupil. Hmmm, gotta go measure.

Edit: Ex Machina female does have 14mm wide eyes (maybe 13 to be more exact) so eye chips might work out. Guessing the eye chip pupil would be around 7mm.

I am also tempted to just sculpt an exact eye base shape out of sculpy and paint that. Not sure. The mechanical stuff is very delicate so just dont want to press it at all. Heh.

 

A follow me eye might be extra amazing for a Machina though!

 

I saw that she was limited to 20! Click wars are so stressful, I wonder how bad it will be. She is amazing.
I wonder when a second order would happen then.......

 

Omg, the newest pictures. Ex Machina 2.0 fits with Ex Machina Male's torso like a puzzle. I love DLace so much.

Edit: I wonder if they are going to release all these amazing new torso pieces for Ex Machina Male?

 

He is here!



He is amazing

Just as a heads up, if you have him on order, when you unpack him just be careful opening his panels because a lot of them are on fold out hinges, so be extra gentle.
Eeeeee, I'm so excited. He's such a marvelous doll!!!! He has so many joints and parts and panels, it's really a joy to figure out how he works.
He was packed so super, super well. He had an outer box, and inner box, and many layers of foam sheeting (just a portion of them featured as the "nest" in this photo, hehe) and air tube sheeting.
But yes, he's amazing and eeeeeeeeeee! I love him so much!!!

Edit: I forgot to mention, since we were just on the subject of eyes...he comes with resin eye blanks! Like white resin balls that fit him perfectly, so you can paint any design you'd want on them. So thoughtful!

 

It depends on the piece, but a lot of the mechanics are incorperated. I actually don't know if he is dyable because a lot of his panels are attached with delicate fold out hinges and I think they would melt with the heat of the dye bath. I have never dyed a doll though! But he has very delicate parts. He is more delicate than Ex Machina original.

The eyes are sorta shaped like M&Ms.

 

@Wolfgang
I got a chance to go over Ex Machina Male more closely today and I wanted to give you more specific information for your question. He has quite a lot of parts! So hopefully I didn't forget any below.

I'm gonna call the parts "mechanical" and "organic" for human looking parts.
So some parts are what I will call "normal doll parts" and I don't see why they would cause any trouble with dyeing:
- both sets of hands/wrist balls
-feet/ankles
-upper and lower legs
-hip joints
-upper and lower arms
-elbow (2 parts each)
-organic lower torso
-leaf part
-organic non-leaf part
-organic headcap
-blank eyes

I ordered my Ex Machina blank and all of his mechanical parts are painted which is amazing!
So parts that have painted components are:
-knees
-lower mechanical torso part
-mechanical spine parts (several parts with joints)
-organic center torso part
-organic upper torso part
-mechanical non-leaf part
-head
-mechanical head cap
-mechanical "halo" - not sure what to call it, it's a gorgeous band that goes from temple to temple around the back of the head
-extra mechanical tube port (I think this attaches on the head but I am not quite sure yet)

These are the compartment/plates that have magnets only (no hinges):
-back - located on the upper torso part
-heart compartment - located on the front upper torso part

These are the compartments/plates that have hinges:
-non-heart compartment - located on the front upper torso part
-belly compartment - located on the center organic torso part
-head - the head has 3 separate hinges. 1 for each side of his face, and 1 for the inner metal skull. The head also has 3 magnets installed on the outside to hold the halo, magnets for the headcap, and tiny magnets for the face plates.
So all the hinged compartment/plates also have magnets. The male parts are also magnetic.
I do not know if it would be possible to remove the hinges. They are painted and come assembled and are quite delicate, consisting of 3 parts each: 2 foldable hinge arm parts and a cylinder that attaches through the plate.

The head is the probably the most delicate part. The organic face plates, and the skull plate are all thin. In the original Ex Machina, the inner mechanical plate was removable, but all of Ex Machina Male's head components are assembled and not removable (except for the blank eyes, halo, and head caps).

Ok, I think that's all of him!

He is, in short, AMAZING.
He's like a puzzle box. He has parts that swivel, and parts that fold out, and parts that clip together, and it's wonderful to just peek inside of him. Hehe. That sounds funny, but he is just so neat!

 

Ooh, yeah! Cool temp dye would be a great option.

My Ex Machina is also the rib cage option and came with the extra center and lower torso, and headcap parts.

Oh and I realized that actually the face hinges are more than 3 parts. They have 3 cylinders each, attached to the fold out parts.

He....might be a very complicated puzzle to put back together if he can be disassembled that far.

 

Links for Ex Machina 2.0 are up. Who is ordering her?

Ex Machina 2.0 - dollyplanet
Statue of Liberty - dollyplanet

She is limited to 20 for the first order

 

I am getting her too!
Also waiting for my invoice to make the first layaway payment. Hehe.
Also getting white resin, both robot arms and armor!
I also got the extra human parts.
She's gorgeous and I am so excited to add her to the Machina family over here!

 

As far as I know, you can only order them as extra. But it might not hurt to ask?

 

She looks beautiful!

 

@petiteballerine
If you are not able to get a response, DollyPlanet also has 10 Ex Machina 2.0 for international order. They also accept layaway payments, you just need to email them to set it up. I have ordered all my Ex Machina through them and they have been very helpful. I hope you can get her ordered either way!

 

Yay, I'm so glad to hear your order got sorted @petiteballerine

@Follow-the-Wind
She is so cute! The outfit and styling look lovely on her!

 

Ooh, nice. I was just thinking about my payment for Ex Machina 2.0, hehe, so it's that time of the month.

If you need a front face photo. I can try and get you a simple shot tomorrow.

I've been thinking about all of my Machinas. I got basically no time to paint dolls this year...(snuck in 2 days, one to do a quick temp faceup on my grail doll, and one to fix a faceup that was damaged). But it's fun to think of options too so...I guess it's not all bad.

 

Ah, thank you so much. I've actually had him for a bit, but he had a lovely faceup when he arrived. And much as I admired it, it just wasn't the look I wanted for him. So it was more that I finally worked up the courage to wipe it off and try something new. Hence it wasn't so bad that I only had a day to experiment, but it was a much needed splurge in 2020 to paint a doll I love so dearly.

And I can understand that. Do you want a pic with his face open as well? Or just the human features?

 

Here is a quick pic

 

Ah, I know just what you mean. The human head was very tempting, and it was so kind of DLace to extend the sale price as well! But I just love the mechanical head so much.
My favorite part is that little sliver of space between his lips. Don't know why. Hehe. Just love it.

 

Hm, I don't know...I'm not sure if any of the other sold out sculpts have ever come back in stock. It's New Year though so that might explain the delay in getting back to you. Hopefully they can get you an answer soon! They are great heads it would be nice to see them sold again!

 

Congrats on getting close to the end of your layaway!

Hm, makes me wish I had a pic of my No.5. I changed her clothes.
Maybe I can snap a quick pic soon. And ya know....get a chance to paint her one day....I'm so itching to paint my Machinas but it just hasn't been in the cards.

Ok, looking back seems the heads were discontinued April, 2020.
Dolly Planet
Sounds like they were just selling the last in stock at that point.

 

Oh! That's exciting news!

And thank you for mentioning Iori Dolls. I have added them to the first post as a dealer.