Mature 1/8 dolls

Melian Dolls (artist bjd) has some lovely tiny ladies -- I have one preordered atm. I don't think they've been cleared to be on topic yet, tho when I get mine I will apply for it.

 

I. Love. This. amazing job!!!

 

SiO2's Nianghao doll is 1/8 size and is available on their Etsy shop

 

I just preordered 5StarDolls Miss S! Is she considered a 1/8 or a 1/6? I believe she is 23cm.

 

I'm so excited for her! I actually have wanted her ever since I first got into BJDs, I considered her for my first but figured it was better to start in a more common scale. I need to figure out what clothes to get for her. Apparently some Barbie clothes fit but are baggy. Maybe Petite Barbie clothes?

 

Seed.arts seedlings are 18.5 cm. I'm not sure how many are out there though.

Melian dolls are so fantastic.

 

Rosengarden's tiny girls are perfectly 1/8th and mature! I love their size, and the engineering is superb. I believe they're discontinued now, but they have a discussion thread here.

 

I need to double check on the sizing but I think Depth's Doll Giorria and Deilf are 1/8 size (maybe? haha)

 

I think NotDoll Lucy would count? Shes discontinued, but she was slim 18cm.

Doll Leaves also released an event doll called Laura thats 20cm. I snagged an instock one from Alice's Collections Shes so adorable!

 

I have a Dollzone Wendy on the special (human) body. She's one of my favorites, since she's double jointed, and the perfect combination of cute and odd. Here's a not great pic of her in gold Barbie sandals.
Kaimana

She's similar in size to a Monster High/Ever After High doll, but shorter. I'm planning to buy patterns for said commercially available dolls to make her more clothes.

 

@daftpatience , the little home is so cute! Did you use a kit or did you make it from scratch?

Bad photo, but I made a little comparison of the slim tinies I have. The dolls on either end are about 26cm
L to R: MaskCat Inez, Cocoriang Sumi (OT), Maskcat Aruna and Ester, Doll Leaves Laura, Notdoll Lucy, Bardo Research Peme (OT), and LittleMonica Ani (OT)

 

I just bought $25 worth of patterns sized for Monster High from an etsy seller, to expand my DZ girl's wardrobe. I think she'll need a friend to share clothes with, so I can make more dresses!

 

I just got one of her girls about a month ago! She's a moonling, I'll post pics of her cute face later but basically she looks like this :<

 

I know they have their own dedicated thread, but I'm wondering if Merrydoll Round's 22cm pygmy line would qualify as mature 1/8 dolls? They look like they'd also fit right in with the rest of the dolls in this thread.

 

I think they're mature 1/8 dolls. I have one, and she's too small to fit 1/6 furniture and accessories, but looks fine with my rement food and dishes, which tend to be 1/8 scale.

I also calculated her height based on a height of 6ft, and she's definitely 1/8 scale according to that.

 

I just ordered DZ Eugenia, she's sooo cute and I just can't wait to get her!
But since she's so tiny I can't seem to find any clothes nor wigs that fit her. I'll probably make my own clothes eventually, but I'd like a store-bought wig at least. Does anyoby know where to buy wigs in that size?

 

My doll is Lilia from Luenheim, they seem to be out of business now sadly but I recently got her secondhand. She's only 20 cm tall. I'd love to meet even one other person who owns this doll because I have not found any yet!

I think her sculpt is so sweet! She has the cutest nose.

[updated] I'm trying some playline doll clothes on her since she's close to the size of some slimmer dolls, but shorter. She fits monster high stuff in the torso but it's pretty snug. Ever after high dresses fit her very nicely, not sure how pants would be, but who wants to wear those? I got a blythe dress that was pretty big for her but it works after I took it in at the back. Some old barbie skirts kind of work but sit low on her hips. She also fits quite nicely in an old family-handmade dress that I think was for skipper. I'm curious to try Licca and Azone XS stuff for her in the future. I was worried that she would be hard to shop for since she's a less common BJD size, but it seems there are lots of options!



(I need to order or make another wig for her cause the first 2 I tried did not work out)

 

Are there faceup artists who specialize in/are known for work on mature tinies? I figure it might be something that not everyone who works on SD and MSD is into, necessarily

 

I've loved this size since 1961, when I got an 8" Betsy McCall doll. Since then I've had a Blue Fairy pocket fairy on the sugar body; Auruna, Belina, and Feline from MaskCat; and Ivy and Eugenia from Dollzone.

 

How close to "mature" qualifies? Other bjds that fit the "slender 1/8 tiny" category but are not adult shape would be CustomHouse BisouAI, Orientdoll Joong size, and the Elfdoll Hana/Doona tinies. All three are unfortunately no longer made, but you can sometimes find them second-hand. I found that Only Hearts Club clothing fit them fairly well, as did some Bratz clothing. Most fit in the 25-27mm Blythe shoes.

Here's an ancient comparison, before PKFs were a thing...Photobucket's change in policy unfortunately killed a lot of the comparison photos on the threads here.

Smaller doll comparison by clochette62, on Flickr

 

@daftpatience Your dollhouse is so cute! Was your strategy to just "bring down the ceiling" to achieve the smaller scale? The lofted bed looks great - I want an apartment like that

I have been trying to create a roombox for a tiny doll I'm sculpting, and it's not been easy to figure out if my scale is actually correct... I was going for a 1/12th doll (She's about 16-17 cm), but looking at all the 1/12th furniture on the internet makes it seem (maybe deceptively?) small in comparison to my sweet tiny girl. I wish stores would open up again so I could take her on a trip to the model train store just to do some fit tests

From the way you all describe the 1/8th size though as 18-22cm... maybe my girl did actually end up being 1/12th!

BTW are any of you familiar with raysvet dolls? She's on IG as well ... I submitted her dolls for review to be on-topic, so fingers crossed!

 

I looove Raysvet's dolls. They are actually about 16-18cm ish to my knowledge, so they're around the same size as your doll. There's a few images on insta under her tag with her dolls in 1/12 doll houses. They do look a little large. With 1/12 scale, 1 inch = 1 foot, so 17cm is like 6.69 inches, or about the size of a 7ft person in that scale, which makes them look a bit tall but not too bad. Zjakazumi who also makes 1/12 scale BJD dolls (unsure if they're on-topic either, so just using them as an example here) makes them to more realistic proportions in that scale and they're about 14-15cm, so 5-6ft in 1/12 scale.

I'd suggest looking into maybe 1/10 scale? But 1/8 scale might work too. I think 1/8 scale furniture is easier to find than 1/10 scale. I highly recommend Bentley House Minis' video on understanding dollhouse scale for more info on how to work out scales.

 

@theplushfrog Thanks so much for your response here - a lot of what you've written is SUPER helpful. I actually just recently had an instance where someone referred to a 1" scale dollhouse, and when I clarified with them they said it was 1/12th. Knowing why that is (as you said, in 1/12th 1in-1ft) is pretty cool/helpful.

I'll take a look at the hashtags for the raysvet dolls to see just what the difference looks to be. Great idea. I do have a couple of her dolls, but no dollhouse for them yet, so again have just kind of been guessing. But yeah, they're a little daintier than the lady I'm making, so if they're pushing the limit a little bit on sizing, you might be right that my girl might look real slick in a 1/8th scene

Thanks again!

 

@maxxxamillion I'm glad my random knowledge of dollhouse miniatures has come into handy with BJDs and been able to help, lol. I'm pretty bad with fractions so I can't help with the math, but it's good stuff to know when working with the smaller scale dolls.

Also, to keep this strictly on-topic, I just impulse bought a NS Doll Leaves Laura on the secondhand market, and I'm so excited. She'll be shipping out today or tomorrow. I have no clothing, wigs, or eyes that will fit her but I can't wait to get her!

 

@theplushfrog I bought a Laura last week as well and am in a similar boat. Nothing clothes-wise this size but very eager to get into it!

 

@nomanono are they too big for other doll clothes, like barbie or etc.? ... or are you looking for some more kind of elegant/other styles?

 

I hope this posts, I haven't tried to share a photo before on DoA...

@maxxxamillion My Laura just arrived, so here's a comparison to a curvy barbie, my apologies for not removing clothing but the size difference really says it all. My Laura is wearing a barbie skirt as a dress--the elastic waist is tight enough it doesn't fall off her chest or her waist, but it completely swamps her with fabric.



Poking around with measurements and eying the difference between Laura and my other dolls, I THINK Azone Pure Neemo XS/S clothes might fit properly.. or more properly. Which are also the same size as Ruruko dolls wear apparently. So I'm ordering some of those to see. If they don't fit her, I have another tiny coming they might fit, so no harm done.

Laura is absolutely precious. I shouldn't have impulsively bought her, but I'm so in love and glad I don't regret my purchase.

 

@theplushfrog Thanks for sharing - this is really demonstrative. It's so weird to think how many times (literally so recently) I've stopped and looked at barbies in the store and didn't quite realize that 11.5in/30cm is actually kind of a big doll. You're right. The picture says it all.

I'm bopping around on the doll leaves website and see that Laura comes up in their special edition section. It really just isn't super typical for artists/companies to make these kinds of sizes, huh? At this point I'll be the first to admit that sculpting and designing the joints for a doll this small is like... *really* hard, but since doll leaves has design the body once and it looks successful, I'm surprised they don't have a little larger category with this size.

Let me know how the clothing order goes. I'm really curious. Sewing that small is hard but not impossible, so I'll be curious to see what kind of quality you get at that scale in clothing as well.

(Also, it's my belief that if an impulsive purchase does bring you great joy, it was very worth it. Glad you're happy!)

 

Tried some Blythe overalls on Lilia, the shirt is baggy but it can be "the look". I like how detailed Blythe clothing tends to be, so I'm glad she kinda fits it.

I'm thinking of getting a doll leaves Laura so she can have a 1/8 friend, they look like a similar level of stylization and have some similar measurements, so hopefully they would look cohesive together! I was hoping that I could pose her with my new 28cm MYOU doll and they would just look like a tall and short person, but it totally does not work out Kind of a bummer but I love both dolls and both styles, I just feel obligated now to buy a second doll in each scale so no one is lonely

 

@eldi Oh man she's ADORABLE! I want a a little 20cm tall crew, and wish it wasn't hard to find this size of doll. I'm still waiting on the various clothing I ordered to come so I can see what fits my Laura--only thing I can say is that Novi Stars clothing doesn't fit (not that anyone thought it might) lol, as another project of mine came in the mail and I was very amused by how Laura is just a LITTLE taller than my new Novi Stars doll.

 

Hey all, I wanted to ask a couple kind of open-ended purchasing questions... since this is the most specifically interested group in tiny dolls it seems on the internet, I'm hoping maybe you all have some thoughts or insights on expectations for tiny dolls....

I'm curious for one, if when you buy the super tinies, if you are expecting to receive accessories and clothes with them by default since they are indeed challenging to find clothing for? Or do you still prefer to accessorize on your own?

And if you do find tinies that you are interested in, do you already have set expectations about how much you're willing to pay for these size dolls? I'd just be interested to hear if people do think there's a correlation between height and price specifically, or if there are other factors that affect the perception of value for a size of doll that is less widely available/created in general.

 

For the specific dolls I bought, part of the appeal was that I knew they could share clothes with widely available playline doll clothes. So I haven't gone for a full set, but I would only if I particularly liked the clothes or it was a doll with unusual proportions that I didn't think would fit anything else.

If a tiny doll had a price that's more typical for a 1/3, I would probably not be interested, but I just prefer stuff at a lower price point for my collection.

 

I don't expect to receive any extras with a BJD unless its sold as a full set or has the option to buy clothes/wig/eyes with it. for example, I paid a little extra so my full-set Fairyland Toki would come with the special eyes. Getting glass eyes with a doll is often an unexpected addition for me. My 1/8 doll, a DZ human Wendy, wore hers for quite a while before I decided the dark swirly ones suited her better. I recently got a pair of Middie Blythe size leggings for a different doll, but they fit my Kaimana (DZ Wendy) better, so they're hers now.

I'm not willing to pay BJD prices for a doll smaller than a Real Puki, and am not interested in any more dolls smaller than an 11cm Puki Puki.

 

I'm curious for one, if when you buy the super tinies, if you are expecting to receive accessories and clothes with them by default since they are indeed challenging to find clothing for? Or do you still prefer to accessorize on your own?

Generally speaking no I do not expect to receive accessories and clothes, most companies do not offer them and if they do they are very simplistic and not very appealing. I prefer to accessorize on my own. I think it would be very wise if a creator were to try to size the proportions of their doll to some existing larger brand name doll. One of the most shining examples is how the Maskcat mature tinies fit Blythe clothing and shoes. There are other dolls that could be used as a size gauge such as Barbie, Momoko, Obitsus, etc. There are so many clothing creators for these dolls on Etsy etc, as well as general sewing patterns floating around.

And if you do find tinies that you are interested in, do you already have set expectations about how much you're willing to pay for these size dolls? I'd just be interested to hear if people do think there's a correlation between height and price specifically, or if there are other factors that affect the perception of value for a size of doll that is less widely available/created in general.

I personally do not like to pay more than around $200 to $350 for mature tinies, some companies ask as much for them as dolls that are 1/3 scale or high end 1/4 dolls, and this kills my desire to buy them. One of the most appealing parts about mature tinies is how they are generally more budget friendly, and I could get two dolls for what I'd normally pay for one. Really special dolls or something very unique I would definitely be willing to spend a little more on, but for a standard doll not so much.

 

To be honest when I see a price tag of 300 € on a 13 cm doll and then I pay 350 for one 40 cm... I don't feel willing to spend 300 on tiny one. I know that probably scale doesn't matter as much for sculptor bur in my head I find it hard to accept higher price on tinies.