DollZone mini 43cm Discussion Part 14

@equine-aurora, I certainly remember you! It’s so lovely to see your adorable Kimi once again...the older dollzone kids have such wonderful and unique charm. Seeing one of them in this thread is always a treat.

 

Awww thanks, that actually means alot that someone remembers me after I disappeared off the face of the planet for such a long time. I remember you as well. I have new photos of my Male Shoyo and my Male Yan as well but I didn't want to post all my photos at once so I will post them later. I am slowly getting back into actually doing stuff with my dolls after a very long Hiatus of them just sitting on the self looking pretty. I am noticing they all need tightening . That's gonna be a project.

 

@equine-aurora Hey, and welcome back! I am getting back into this hobby too after a long break, though I was never on DoA prior to this. It is very lovely to see your Airi, since my first doll was Kimi and she is almost as old as yours.

 

@Blueberries Ho my god! your doll is stunning The make up is perfect and the style is sooo nice I just reconize the face up artist, you are so lucky to have it donne by Beloveda, they have such a perfect and original face up style!

 

I’m just dropping by to show my Dollzone Tarot the Star hybrid. She’s on a temporarily borrowed Doll Chateau K-05 body from another of my dolls, while her own K-05 body is currently on order. The inspiration for this girl is the very funny book, “Lady Cottington’s Pressed Fairy Book”, and she is a dead fairy I’ve named Bellamorte.

 

Wow, I love everything about Bellamorte - her styling, the idea (I also got this book and love it!) and name

 

I see the name Bellamorte and immediately think of the band @PoeticSoul your girl's aesthetic more or less matches the band's, so depending on how long the book has been out, it might have been inspiration for both

 

Noah's being a little showoff today, she got a new shawl all to herself. Hm... Gonna have to make her a new outfit to go with it me thinks.

 

@Arashi Uchiha, what a sweet little shawl...so pretty...and your Noah looks so cute in it too! Did you by chance make it? And if your dolls are anything like mine, she’s going to demand a new outfit for sure!

 

Thank you kindly! I did make it myself, using a pattern off ravelry.
Oh she's definitely demanding a new outfit, I'm thinking a fiery springy look. I got a bunch of gorgeous floral fabrics from a friend for Christmas I've been meaning to use.

 

I remember you too, equine-aurora, though not from this thread. Welcome back!

 

Hi all! I have a Dollzone Yui- and I hoping to get some advice. Her right hand tends to be loose if I rotate it certain directions because the hook that holds her hand to the elastic binds up a bit in her forearm. I'm wondering if anyone else has had this problem, and if it would be better to just crimp the hook a bit, or use a small file to widen the channel in her forearm. She's my first doll, so I'm kind of treating her like a porcelain princess...

 

"Anyone wanna have an all night movie marathon?"

 

Some brotherly love spam for you guys

 

@OtakuSquirrel congratulations on getting a Yui! I have one myself. I don’t remember a issue with the wrists. I’ll have to check my girl and get back to you. When yours comes, please let me know how she poses. Mine has... issues. Not to scare you, I’m just wondering if something has happened to mines elastic and needs re stringing as DZ msd are known for being stable and holding poses. I love my girl! I’m looking forward to seeing your girl!

 

Thank you! She is my first ball jointed doll, so I don’t really have a base line to compare her ability to hold a pose to- and my second doll is only single-jointed, so no comparison. Her hips do tend to end up every which way if I'm not being careful with her- I've seen the term "kicky" used on some of the threads about various dolls, and I suspect that this would be an apt description for her.
Here's a photo of her with her loose wrist (as soon as I rotate it a bit it's fine- and if I could find my needle-nose pliers, I would probably have her fixed by now)

 

@OtakuSquirrel what a cute girl! The hip issues sounds like my Yui. My girl is not kicky, but like a rag doll. That means I’ll have to re string. Not hard, just something I hate doing, lol. Yes, your girls wrist looks like the S hook is catching. Depending on the S hook, maybe just flipping it over might help if one end is more open than the other? I wonder if you just got a wonky S hook, or if that wrist has a flaw. I hope it’s an easy fix for you!

 

Haha! I don't know what it is about Carters, but it seems it's hard to get just one, they are like Lay's Potato Chips! (I also have two.)

 

@gaiboiozz TEEEF TWINS

 

@RabbidBunnies I love Carter. When they released the Yo-Carter I knew I had to get him. Would love to see your Carters

 

@gaiboiozz I love taking pictures of my Carters, mine aren't very scary either! Carter is too cute of a sculpt to be scary.

 

@RabbidBunnies - did you do an eye opening mod, or is yours the variant with both eyes open?
I need to get to work on my Carter head, Leviathan has been "in progress" for far too long at this point

 

I ordered him with the open eyes. I normally like the eyes open, but the little one winking was just too cute to pass up! I think my dolls are permanently 'in progress'.

 

Well, yes, but Leviathan is very, very much in progress

and enormous, really, but that's a whole different discussion

 

@RabbidBunnies I love yours guys! Carter is just too cute & its great that people can see how cute he is.

 

What is the perfect wig size for the Dollzone Pandora head? She seems to be on the cusp!

 

Kind of a long shot since he is an old retired sculpt but does anyone have eye suggestions for Mo?

Ive had 16mm in him forever because 14mms gap on the sides with his long eyes, but 16mms fill up most of his eye with iris. Would it be better to go with 16mm small iris or with 14mm oval eyes? Both sound like good ideas but I am not sure which would be better.

 

Flickr has changed stuff and now I can't figure out how to insert a photo into my posts but below is a link to a picture of my in progress Male Yan. Ignore the obvious resin mismatch. He does not match a single body I own.

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I don't have a Mo but all my old Doll-zone's wear 14s. But if 14s are gaping with him 16s with a small iris might be the best bet. I know some people on here have Mo's so hopefully they see your post and can help more then me.

 

I just found out that two of my favorite Dollzone dolls, Leon and Ivan, are being discontinued before the end of the month, and am trying to decide which one to get. Does anyone have any pics to share of either of these two? I love both of their faces, and am having trouble making the final call.

 

I have owned Ivan as a fullset ^.^ If it works like i think it works you should be able to click on the image and go to my FB page where there are some more pictures of him ^.^

He definitly has a super cute face and the body and wing blushing is awesome. Sadly he didn't get the attention he deserved with me so he is with his new owner now.



*Edit: okey it does not work like i think it does xD But you can find pictures of him on my FB page (linked in my profile)

 

Thank you for sharing, Kazuki! He is a lovely boy! The company faceup reallly is gorgeous too. I wish I could afford both him and Leon, but I just ordered another doll last month before I heard about the discontinuation, so I'm a bit up the creek at the moment, finances wise!

 

Has anyone else seen the promo pics for the new 1/4 girl on Instagram ?! I want her sooo bad!!! She’s not listed on their website yet, anyone know anything about her release date, cost, or whether she will be limited or not?

Click here to see image on Instagram

 

I don't have any further information, but she looks amazing!! I can't wait to see more photos of her!

 

Wow, that's a neat concept! Props to their doll artists!

 

She's so cute! Argh, I don't need her, except I kind of do? (The plug, omg...)

 

I know, me too!

 

Lol, I was planning to buy a camera, but I think she’s going to win... she’s just too cute!

 

She's super cute, but luckily for my wallet not for me aha. Looking forward to seeing how people style her~ I'm curious about the bodies though, one on the right looks like the 017, but is the one on the left new?

 

She is soooo gorgeous This sculpt is spot on!

 

You have a better eye than me, I thought they were the same body just in different colors...

Update: DZ just replied on Instagram that it is the
b45-017 body

 

Kind of bummed out that my Raphael has the old, old double-jointed body because the newer ones look so much better. I bought him when there were no other options for bodies, though, so I guess I shouldn't feel too bad about it. It's just so clunky at the joints, especially the knees and the elbows!

 

It was the height difference I noticed first aha, but it also looks maybe a touch curvier? I was worried it was an updated 012 at first since I've finally ordered one despite preferring the newer double joints, but it doesn't look as curvy so I'm not too disappointed haha