DollMore Catish Dolls discussion part 1:

Harmony is a Lusion Daish

see last page I posted a few of my catish dolls there, I have black, mink, pink fluxus and russian blue boy catish, post #218 is a closeup.

 

Thank you Kitty Blue, I have seen your pictures here and on facebook and I watched your videos on youtube too, they are very helpful. Can I ask you a question about your black Reaa? Is she hard to photograph at all? I guess it depends on the background and if she's next to a lighter skinned doll. I love the idea of black resin but unfortunately they always look "feature-less" in pictures, like they have no face, only a black mass. The default faceup on the black Reaa is really only eyes and lips, she doesn't seem to have any blushing, is that right? Sorry for bombarding this thread with questions, this decision making is really stressful for me lol.


Edit: Haha I couldn't wait and just ordered a Russian Dream Reaa! I saw that there were only three of them left (and two of the black Reaa! ) and panicked lol. In the end I chose the grey Reaa because I just love her outfit and hair and her skin tone. I'm still a little afraid of the black resin but if she is still available after my layaway in three months, who knows...
Haa I can't wait for my beautiful girl to arrive, she will be my first fullset doll and only my second doll arriving with a faceup. I will probably wipe her default faceup and do my own because I noticed that I can't "bond"/enjoy my dolls if I didn't paint them myself.
I'm on an anthro run lately lol, I have three cats incoming (Reaa, a Pipos Derek and a Dearmine Picasso Bean) and I don't even like cats that much LOL!

Oh and if anyone's interested, those are the Reaas left in stock:

Russian Dream girl 2
Russian Dream boy 5
White Reaa Rule The Cat World 6
Melancholy Mink Reaa 2
Melancholy Black Reaa 3 (I guess someone canceled their order)
KLasse Cancan Red Rose Reaa 9
Klasse Cancan White Rose Reaa 10
Gorgeous Bubble Reaa 5
Pink Fluxus Dreaming Reaa 6
Pink Fluxus Reaa 8
Kaleidoscopically Dreaming Reaa 18

 

Congratulations on ordering your blue girl, I can't wait to see pictures, she looks stunning in all the other owner pictures I've seen

Thank you for the stock listing! Now I know which girls to order if I can't resist getting another one before the end of the year

 

My lovely cat with her pet)

 

No one wrote in this thread for quite some time! First, let me tell you @Natawik your girl is beautiful! The black Reaa is one of my favourites, she just looks so exotic! I completely forgot to post my Russian Dream Reaa in this thread woops, she arrived some months ago. I did a little festive photo shoot with her, excuse my noobish picture, I am not great at lighting in photography:



More of her on my Flickr

I love this girl so much, she is just so beautiful. But her body kinda gives me grief, I spent about 10 minutes trying to get her to stand. All her joints make her really unstable, she just snaps in every direction possible and that is with restringing and hot glue sueding. But her beauty makes up for it, I think.

 

Thanks a lot!
And my dream is Russian Dream Reaa!! Your girl so sweet and romantic!

 

I finally ordered a Catish Doll after waiting so long to do it I'm so glad I did it now before it were to late. Looks like I bought the last Catish Girl Doll - Melancholy ; Black Reaa!

I would have been sososo very sad if I had lost my chance of getting her...

 

Three delightful cat girls!
Sylvie, Isabeau, and Mercedes.

catgirls by crowflower, on Flickr

 

So many cute cats here

I got home my Melancholy ; Black Reaa, her name is Elspeth. It's too late to take any pictures now so I'll do it later.

I love her so much The black resin is amazing! I didn't expect her chest to be so big. It's bigger than I imagined it would be. But I love it. It suits her very much

 

My Catish girl Elspeth. Black skin is so hard to photograph



Have anyone tried to create/ cut holes for the ears on a regular non catish wig? I'm just curious if that is even possible withouth messing up the wig?

 

She is lovely. My experience with Dollmore dolls is that they are very kicky and hard to pose. But as you say, their beauty makes up for it.

Someone in this list said they did try adapting an ordinary wig. The word I seem to remember is 'disaster' but I could be wrong.

 

Thanks Yes they can be very kicky But I don't mind kicky dolls as long as sueding and stringing helps. Usually I keep my dolls on a doll stand or sitting on a shelf. I find a pose I like and keep them like that for a while.

I feared it would be a disaster. So I guess I won't try making ear holes in a regular wig then.

 

I hope my Vian is shipping soon. I've really missed having a Vian!

Oopsie, posted in the wrong place

 

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Cute group..love your Aimerai Virginia I have yet to get her I missed the event that Mint on Card was having...maybe they will do another, she is definitely on my list.
I may have posted this before but these are my Catish's Dior, Vinnet, Zhukova and Gaultier. Only a few of my kitty dolls though I have some from Pipos and Luts as well...will have to dig up the photo of all of them together.

 

Right now Elspeth's body is being very difficult. She probably should be sueded and stringed better.

Just curious what you guys think about the Catish body?

 

I love the look of it, haven't had much time to work with it much, it poses nicely but the torso can be tricky, I'll probably eventually suede mine when I get the time.

 

Her whole body is driving me crazy but she is also very floppy and needs both sueding and better stringing. It's difficult just getting her to stand on a dollstand right now

 

Look who arrived yesterday!

Dollmore Catish Girl Doll Pink Fluxus Dreaming Reaa by suruni, on Flickr

I'll introduce her better after I've made her a wig, sanded her seamlines, blushed and coated her body and definitely restringed her! She's extremely floppy.

I have more box opening pics on my LJ: Cat in a box

 

Congratulations, suruni! She looks lovely!

 

And since I haven't shared my pink beauty here yet (in her "true" form):
The Muffin cat by suruni, on Flickr

She's so cute I could eat her as a dessert!

 

She looks wonderful @suruni! She's a very pretty kitty!

 

She's so beautiful, @suruni! I especially love the contrast between her bright blue eyes and her pink skin and the wig suits her perfectly.

 

20180212_154312 by ManabuLi010, on Flickr

My Melancholy Black Reaa. She got new ears and a short cute tail. With these magnetic ears she can use any type of wigs as long as the size fits. My plans is to oneday have her sent to get her ears and tail blushed, and get her a face-up with more colors that makes it easier to see her dark face in pictures. And she's gonna have her nails painted as well

 

She looks great, @manabusama! Thanks for sharing a pic of her!

 

These ears are awesome, @manabusama! Where did you get them?

 

Thank you

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It's the small sized ears I have. But they don't exactly look like small sized ears on her though. But they are the perfect size if you want bigger ears for a MSD. And the tail is the small size. The tail is cute and short. I love the length of it She can sit on her butt and the tail won't be all over the place because it's too long!

I haven't had her ears sanded down on the head cap yet. I made a temporary head cap stuffing her head with toilet paper first. And then stuffing a silicone head cap with toilet paper, pulling the edges of the toiletpaper filled silicone head cap over her head. Then I used masking tape to hold the temporary headcap in place.

20180219_003743 by ManabuLi010, on Flickr

 

That was really clever @manabusama ! I was just wondering if you modded the original head cap or found another solution.

 

@Mitis Feles I'm not much of a modder or a painter. So I'm planning to oneday send her off to get a new face-up that makes her face show better in pictures. And have her ears and tail blushed as well. I'll have her original ears removed from her head cap at the same time so she won't need to have this home made head cap on anymore.

It won't be for a while though. I currently have some other BJD plans I need take care of. It's no big deal if she have this head cap system for a while. It works really fine so, and I'll be able to put any type of wig on her as long as it fits

I think it's a little bit silly though that Dollmore did not just make magnetic ears instead when they intended for her to wear wigs! But nevertheless the Catish Reaa dolls are still amazing

 

@suruni your dreaming fluxus is gorgeous! I don't share mine enough!

@manabusama I really like the ears you've made for your girl, they suit her perfectly. It would be nice to have more variety with these dolls.

I have just ordered the standard non-dreaming Pink Fluxus as I can't get enough of that pink fondant looking resin.

I am hoping Dollmore release some more Catish girls this year *fingers crossed for blue or lilac resin*

 

Congratulations on your Pink Fluxus, beatnik! Like you, I'd love to see Dollmore offer new Catish releases and those colors you mentioned would be lovely choices!

 

More Pink Reaas!

YES for more fantasy colours! I would love to get a Catish Reaa in mint skin since that's my favourite resin colour but would love to see just any new colour!

 

I agree on more variety! I do love the dolls but I just don't understand why they did not make the ears magnetic when they intended for the doll to be wearing wigs They did complicate things a bit by not making the ears magnetic. The seams around the ear holes on the wigs are quite visible. I didn't like the way the wigs are, that's why I decided to get her some magnetic ears. I'm a little bit picky about stuff like that, but that might just be me though. And I did not like the lack of tail on my girl so she have a cute little tail that belongs with the ears.

But congrats on the order Don't mind my pickyness The doll is really awesome just as it is though. It's just that I wanted my girl to fit better in with my Luts kid and model delf cats.

 

=^.^= OH I wasn't aware there was a thread dedicated to Catish girls


I'll add a bit or orange to your day with my graceful Dreaming Reaa


"-Is spring today? Are the leaves coming back?"
"-Yes Reaa, they'll be growing back soon."
"- I'll sit here and watch them grow then =^.^= "


Reaa in Spring by Annie Richer, on Flickr

 

And another one of the delicate Dreaming Reaa

Dream
ing Reaa - Seamstress by Annie Richer, on Flickr

 

@Lawrichai What a cute sewing table your Reaa has! Is she making a new summer dress for herself? I also love her bright coloured wig!

What do you guys think about the posing of Reaa by the way? I've restringed and hot glue sueded my Reaa body but I'm still not quite happy. It seems her upper torso keeps flopping. I really dislike those big boobs! Makes dress making so hard since my Reaa is a young girl not a grown woman. Some day I'll sand those melons flat!

 

@Lawrichai I got agree love the sewing machine table/accessories (doll sized pin cushion..adorable) I have one of the cheap plastic one from my generation dolls would love to find something more realistic though. Gorgeous doll as well.

 

I got the same issue, though I haven't started to suede her.
It's on my to-do list.

As pretty and graceful as she is, she can't stand to save her life!
I switched her high heel feet for flat ones and she's wearing boots that helps her stand, but I too have that "SUDDEN BACK BEND" moment when I try to pose her. ><

I'm starting to think she was meant to have her butt stick out

 

I just thought I'd pop by with some pink Catish spam! This is Ouzel
Ouzel - Dollmore Pink Fluxus Dreaming Catish Reaa by gubbtakob, on Flickr

 

Ouzel is gorgeous-that wig really suits her-and those eyes! She is one pretty kitty!

 

I love how Dreaming Reaa fits with every colors of the spectrum
=^.^=

Flowery Dreaming Reaa by Annie Richer, on Flickr

 

@Lawrichai They really do! Your girl is gorgeous!
@City Kitty Thank you! She's such a fondant pink beauty!

 

I already wanted a cat doll for so long time. Especially Catish is so beautiful and lovely.
I hope sometimes some people will still post here some Catish pics. It seems like this girl is not so popular.
Hopefully I can also own one soon if so, I will share some pics here

 

They definitely are lovely dolls. Idk, maybe it's because she does not have magnetic ears that makes her a little bit less popular, neither does she have a tail. I'm not a very big fan of non-magnetic ears myself, I find it problematic because I prefer my dolls to have hair on their heads. The wigs are good quality but I don't like it much that the seam where the ear holes are shows. That's why I ordered my black skin Reaa ears and a tail from Pipos Doll.

Also it would have been nice if they could make some other types of Catish sculpts as well. They are all Reaa sculpts. The boy version's name is Teaa though, but I'm not sure if it's just the Reaa sculpt put on a boy body or not. They seem the same to me

Other than that I do not regret getting my Reaa girl. I love her and she looks really good with her Pipos ears and tail on

 

IMG_0681 by ManabuLi010, on Flickr

Here's my girl Elspeth. Sometimes I just call her by her nickname Elsa. You can't see her tail in this photo, It's there but it's a short tail. Here's a picture showing her little tail. IMG_0710

I don't want to scare you from getting one because of what I said. Other people might not mind non-magnetic ears, it's just that I personally usually don't like em so much. Other than that Reaa dolls are totally worth getting

Even though Iher original ears bugs me a bit, she's still my favourite anthro doll. She even beat my other anthro BJDs.The girl got something they can't even compete with

 

OMGosh she's so cute

 

I agree; more Catish pictures please! ^_^

I don't mind the non-magnetic ears, I think they're very pretty and delicate but it sure would be easier with wigs if she would have magnetic ears. I made my Reaa my own wig since I didn't like any of the Catish wigs available at Dollmore.
The biggest thing that annoys me is her body, I don't think she's a very good poser. I don't like dolls with big breasts so those bug me too but not enough to not love my own kitty girl. I would love to see Dollmore release either the mink skin Reaa again or release more fantasy coloured Catish girls.

Anyway, here's my Pink Fluxus girl:
Envi the cotton candy kitten by suruni, on Flickr

(in this photo she's not wearing the wig I made)

 

She's beautiful Wish I had the energy to make my own doll stuff, if I had I could have made my own wigs. I also had to give up learning how to do my own face-ups because of my "chronic fatigue syndrome" diagnosis, so no wig making for me either Gettig my girl a pair of magnetic ears were also easier for me because I can not make my own wigs.

I have not had my Reaa sueded and re-stringed before though so her body is quite floppy. I can't really say for sure what I think about the body until I've had her properly sueded and stringed. I find that on my MSD dolls, especially my Resinsoul MSD girl it helps using thicker strings made for SD dolls. My Resinsoul Li she poses like a champion! All her body parts locks in place and stays in the position I've posed her. So I'm hoping that sueding and SD strings could help my Reaa girl as well.

 

Agree more different colored Rhea's would be awesome like maybe a greenish blue mint color. I haven't yet played around with sueding or restringing but the body it self is horrible to try and pose I have to use a stand for mine if I want to get photos of her standing unless I have her leaning on something. I wish they would have an option to choose their kid body, after all the boy catish is on their kid boy body would only make sense to be to realease a catish girl that way.
As for the ears..yea I'm a bigger fan of magnetic ears (if the magnets don't keep falling out..lol) it's useful to keep wigs on. I have a problem with my mint rhea because her default wig is long and heavy her head cap keeps falling off when I'm trying to dress her or do anything with her.
My black catish I put a different wig on her where I had to cut slits between the wefts to get it to fit..my boy has a faux fur wig which was easy to cut slits into..my pink girl is just wearing her default one right now. But that was the biggest peeve I had about them is that you could see the weft edges on the wig around their ears and they aren't open nearly enough to fit all the way down. The wigs the original wigs that came with my black rhea went to my souldoll kitty girl and the boy catish's wig went to my hujoo kitty..lol so it kinda worked out ok.
I need to take some new photos of my catish crew..they have been so neglected.

btw @suruni I love your girls wig so bright.

 

Your girl is quite lovely. I really love her bright red-pink wig

I think in that case it's really better to make ypur own wigs. I also prefer to have cats with removable ears, but I really love her face so much.

Even I researched for reviews and read some posts here, I didn't realize that she really is a bad poser The posing ability is a really important point for me for buying a new doll. Now I feel a bit unsure about her body

 

Ypur girl is also very lovely. I love her black skin
I don't mind if the ears are removable or not, because I plan to make my own wig for her , but maybe that's really a reason she is not so popular.
I would like to know what you think about her posing ability. Especially because you said she is your favourite anthro doll

 

Thanks Well the Luts cats I have are definitely better posers. But I think the Catish dolls are so easy to love and more cat like looking. Despite her flaws I feel more attached to her than I do my other anthros. Despite her flaws she have that "it" thing my other ones can't beat. It might just be a personal thing though, but I think in this case her lovely looks make up for her flaws. You learn to love her for how she is. Love the imperfections. Once you get her you'll love her immediately. At least it were like that for me. I am an owner of an old school single jointed girl. She have her posing issues also. But I see the beauty in even the trickiest dolls. I think that old school single jointed dolls have their own charm. For me the aesthetics can be more important than mobility sometimes. But when it comes to my more realistic doll sculpts I prefer a little bit more mobility and better posing.

It's a little bit difficult for me to say anything at the moment about her posing abilities as I'd like to try thicker strings on her and get her sueded first. But I feel it's mainly her legs that is the problem.Unsueded and not properly strung any doll can get problems. Her legs don't want to be in a standing position. But that also can be fixed I think if you use thicker strings, suede and put wire inside her legs. Wire can be used to make tricky posers pose normally. You can find videos on YouTube about how to wire your doll. Her torso parts I think can be fixed with sueding. And her arms no problems at all.

Most dolls can be handled, but they might require different ways to make things work. I know thicker strings alongside with sueding helped my kicky Resinsoul MSD girl become a master poser. So I'm crossing my fingers it can help my Reaa too. It's all about learning to know your doll inside and out. There's always a solution that can improve your doll

IMG_0741 by ManabuLi010, on Flickr

Here's a little picture of her posing. She's not sueded so that's part of the problem. But as you can see she poses her arms very well. Her torso pieces argue just a little bit with me, but from posing her around it feels like sueding could do the trick. Ordering a Reaa doll you have to be prepared for that her legs might be needing sueding and maybe also wiring later on. All in all I don't really think her flaws is that much of a deal. She can be fixed. A part of the fun is to get to know your doll's body mechanism. There something about conquering that tricky stubborn body and make the doll a as good poser as any other doll

 

Thank so much for your detailed answer!

I didn't think of sueding and wire and thicker strings, but this could change a dolls posing so much. I already read about that in past. Maybe this would be great for a Catish Reaa too. I never sueded or wired a bjd before. I just restrung some, but it didn't work sooo well. I think I need to try it more hard and to get a better feeling for it.

Anyway I think you are totally right about getting to know the doll better and to love her with her flaws. Most of all I really love the head mold of Catish. So I think of I get one I will also love her, even she is not a perfect poser and maybe I will really try sueding and wireing for first time.
Thanks a lot!

 

You're welcome, I'm happy to help I'm thinking about doing an order for strings and other things next month. Can't wait to see how re-stringing and sueding works for her. When it comes to wiring a doll though I have not tried that yet either. I haven't yet had any doll that needed wiring. But I hope though that re-stringing and hot glue sueding is all she needs.

 

I appreciate all the tips about these dolls- I have two of them and have had trouble posing them. I would post photos, but I don’t have a photo sharing account.

 

I have to say sueding didn't help my catish girl as much as I had hoped. I hot glue sue all my dolls after I've sanded down their seamlines and restringed them and usually it helps with the posing. I just sueded my reaa again a few weeks back and it helped a little again but not that much. (maybe I should try wiring too?)
But I so agree these dolls will make you fall in love with them the moment you open them from their box! I love my pink reaa no matter what flaws she has. She has super cute face and a lot of character and her arms pose nicely.
And if a white catish girl is all you want you can always buy the head separately and buy a different body for her. I've been thinking about getting the white catish head from dollmore and making a hybrid but haven't since I want all my anthros be fantasy resin colours and I don't know enough about dyeing resin to try that with a new doll.

 

Oh, I really thought sueding could make the body posing better.

I was also thinking about hybriding her, but sometimes it's so difficult to find a good matching body....it's good she has white skin, so it's more easy about the colour, but anyway I'm not sure about hybriding her.

Besides other cat bjds I really love her head mold most, even the ears are not removable.

Maybe I will just give her a try and then I could still try to swap her body

 

I think it's important to let people who are thinking about getting a doll know all about it and it's flaws before ordering one. I don't want anyone to be disappointed with their purchase.

That's why I also mentioned that wiring might also be needed. I haven't yet had my Reaa re-stringed or sueded before, but I feared that she might be needing wire as well. I did hope at first that thick SD strings and sueding would be enough, I yet have to test that out on my girl so... But after doing a knee joint comparison with my Reaa and RS Li, I see what the problem is.

IMG_0776 by ManabuLi010, on Flickr

IMG_0798

Reaa's knee joint does not hold much in place as you can see. It's this little peanut piece, there's really not much to keep the lower leg from sliding into a kneeling position.There is not much balancing the 3 parts and making the legs stable unless you string with the right kind of strings, suede and wire. It's just poor leg design I guess.

But I love my Reaa still You just have to be prepared to have to work with her legs especially if you want her to work better. From what I know Catish body is the same as Judith Girl body so it's probably possible to get more information about the body on the Dollmore Judith Girl thread.

 

I do still feel that all in all there should not be a problem fixing the tricky Reaa body parts. I also do feel that there's mainly the legs that are the problem. But I did mention that it's different from doll to doll what fixing they require. In Reaa's case it seems she needs all thicker strings, sueding in all places you can and wiring for the legs. Like I said there's always a solution

I just hope I'm not wrong about Reaa though... If you do decide to get her on the body she comes with, part of the fun is to figure out your doll and conquer her flaws. But what I do know is that the Reaa dolls is the kind of doll that is easy to love despite of the flaws they have. Her flaws mean nothing to me in comparison to what makes me love her

 

The more I look at owner pics of her, the more I love this girl. So I'm finally ready to order one

I think I will directly restring and suede her, but which string should I buy? I don't know which string they actually use for her and I directly want to order a new string when I order her. Can you tell me which size is good? They have 1mm up to 5mm. I don't want to buy the wrong one

Anyway I'm so super excited now to get my own Catish soon! I will share some pics here when I get her

 

That's great, I'm excited for you. I hope you'll be happy with her

I'm going to try these 4mm strings for my girl. It's the thickest strings they have for dark skinned dolls. Dollmore.net :: Everything for Doll & more 4mm and higher are listed as SD strings. You also find normal skin and white skin strings there, you probably do not want tanned strings for a normal skin or white skin doll.

I've gone over to using SD strings in my MSD dolls. That have helped my MSDs not getting loose and floppy so fast, and it have helped them stand up better without falling over. I don't know other people's opinion on tightly strung dolls. But personally I do like to string them a bit tighter as it have helped my dolls at least. Just remember that I speak from personal experience. Maybe you'll find that my ways might not help your doll quite the same. But anyways I'm sure when you get to know your doll you'll figure out what that works best for her

Dollmore also sell these wires. But I have no experience with wiring a doll so I have no idea if you can use these kind of wires in a doll.

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