Obitsu General Discussion - Part Three (60cm, 55cm, 50cm and 47cm)

My 3 Gals

 

My Obitsu 60 is finally on the way home to me! I got text updates this morning from USPS about it being on the way to its final destination from New Jersey! At least I know my Ob60 did NOT become one with the Pacific Ocean (or Atlantic Ocean)!

I don’t know if I should make this one male or female.. He/she will have the same head design as my female 50cm. Considering that Obitsu 60s have been discontinued, it’s going to be borderline impossible to find any Obitsu-made male parts for one unless it’s aftermarket.

I could switch Meigana’s head and parts over to the 60cm body from the 50cm and solve that issue.. I can’t wait to take pictures of my new arrival!!

 

Would anybody know if a volks sd16 head would fit on the angel philia body?

 

You could probably jury-rig something but the proportions might look bobble-headed. SD16 wears a 9-10" wig and most 50cm Obitsu heads are between 7-8". Next to my Volks SD my Obitsu def looks closer to MSD-size.

 

I got my new girl Cempasúchil a few days ago she is an AP Yurina

 

@MrFjmg2003 Congrats on her! She looks lovely. I really like the gold top with her carrot red hair. Do you have enough girls now that they might form an Angel Philia Sorority?

 

LOL probably but she will be my last one at least for this year. I have five now, and those are the sculpts that I really like. This I got last was my ultimate favorite AP sculpt. But I never could find in tan skin on the second hand market and she was always sold out on FaithZ. I’m happy I found her on Manadarake

 

I got my first Obitsu last year and I have become a BIG fan. Aside from a random knee or arm deciding to gtfo, these bodies pose so wonderfully. You don't need to worry about tension, stringing, etc. If you move it, it WILL stay (again unless it decides it's time to fall off -- which is infrequent and funny too).

 

I’m sure some of you already saw her. But here is a picture of my Abuelita. She is finally complete and I’m happy with the way she looks

 

Okay.. So, it turns out the Obitsu 60 doll I bought used from Japan has been and still is stuck in US customs since March 11th.

Today, I bought a new Obitsu 60cm from Doll Peddlar! I made sure to ask for USPS Priority Express and insurance. My new doll should be arriving tomorrow!

I’m so excited! Once all purchased dolls are in my possession, then I will own 3 Obitsu(s)! The only doll I have in my possession at this moment is Meigana, an Obitsu 50cm with DollyPop parts. Meigana was known as GONN 2.0 before I finally came up with a name for her.

The 2 other undelivered dolls are both Obitsu 60s and are named GONN 1.0 and GONN 3.0.

By the way, GONN stands for Good Ole No Name.

 

How do you come up with character concepts for your dolls? Do you draft, imagine or find a picture of how you want them to look like? Or did you come up with those concepts off the top of your head?

I came up with Meigana’s character concept, or at least how I wanted her to look like after seeing Parabox’s hand-painted Luna head D preview pictures.

 

@MrFjmg2003 I really like your Abulita! She's really unique and her wig is very cool. I like the mature styling you used for her!

 

Does anybody know the eye and wig size of this stock Obitsu 65cm male head? I still don’t know how to post pictures on here, so here’s a link to it instead.

65cm Mens Head M01

 

I bought my first Angel Philia doll, Ellie! She's going to ship next month, I'm so happy

 

Ahhh concratulations! I love Ellie! But I don't have any anime looking dolls so I don't think I'd end up keeping her. I have this weird think about all my dolls fitting together. Anyway I am eager to see pictures when she arrives!

 

My first Angel Philia arrived yesterday! I'm this beautiful girl's 3rd owner - I believe she is the Erina sculpt from what I've been able to find online. Her name is Sakura aka Saki for short ~ She's my tattooed, e-girl doll and I'm super obsessed with her. I did the tattoos, they are from Gigi's tattoo shop and I think they turned out great ^.^

 

CONGRATULATIONS on your first AP girl. She looks awesome. I love her tattoos

 

@BunnyLopunny Welcome to the AP club! Saki looks fantastic! Great job on her tattoos and I think her shoes and kitty cat top are super cute too! I'm glad you have her home now and are enjoying her.

 

I saw her on IG. She is so cool with her awesome tattoos. You should also share your girl on the AP thread. Here is the link

/threads/angel-philia.781436/page-12#post-12953179

 

Does anyone know where to find good-looking male (as in men) heads for an Obitsu 65cm? I see that Parabox sells male heads, but they are boyish. I do not mind if the heads are resin or vinyl!

I plan on using putty to sculpt muscles and veins on my 65cm! He’s supposed to look like Michelangelo’s statue of David with his only article of clothing a fig leaf.

 

2D doll has some bigger resin anime-ish boy heads. Granado and Luts have Obitsu skin color options if you don't want to worry about color matching.

 

Wanted to share my first big vinyl girl! She is from the『Iris CollectⅡ～Honey girl～展』collection. Her name is "Blossom Wedding" but I am calling her Ichika.

 

She's really pretty! Her dress looks so amazing. I love her nails, that's so special. Congrats on your new girl!

 

Thank you! I will check them out.

Update: I found some very suitable heads! My favorite head is Ring Doll’s Cryan head and faceup, but I don’t see any buying options to buy only the head with the factory faceup unless it’s as a fullset.

The plan for my Obitsu 65cm is to sculpt his body in the style of Michelangelo’s David. His name is GONN 4.0 by the way, it’s a placeholder until I can come up with a name for him. I’m not going to name him David! Too predictable! I must document this project.

 

I’m so happy! ParaboxShop fans and customers rejoice!

I sent in a suggestion to Parabox JP for faceup design practice sheets a few days ago and they just emailed me that they added them to their site today!

 

I wonder if you guys can tell me, Is there anywhere left to find the Obitsu 65cm male heads? other than stalking the second hand market, I feel like I have left it too late to find one but they must be out there somewhere.

 

Hello! I was trying to buy an angel philia, but I'm new to this D: can someone give advice?

 

Faithz is great for buying them:
Angel Philia : FaithZ - A Hobby store for Toys , Nendoroid , BJD , Angel Philia and Collectibles - International shipping and Layaway available

 

I second going to FaithZ, that is where I bought my first and some extra parts too. Good experience all around.

 

Thank you!! I'll try there then !
Some of you know like how many are launched per year?
I don't know If I like the current ones that much
Erina and tsugumi were so beautiful!!!

 

It really varies, there seems to be a new one every couple of months at the moment but it pays to either keep an eye on the site or join a facebook group for them where the updates are posted of new preorder dolls.

 

Thank you rae!!! Is there any chance of a re-launch? did that happened before?

 

The same head sculpts are repeated on various bodies, so I'm sure whatever head you are looking for will come around again. You can also check out Mandarake for second hand ones, though shipping from Japan is pretty expensive right now.

 

I am such a huge Parabox stan. I love Parabox. They have all of these free online tutorials, and they are so fast with my orders - even though I'm in the US. If Parabox doesn't sell it, I don't buy it (w/r/t vinyl dolls, anyway).

Anyone here put Angel Philia heel feet on a 50 cm Obitsu body? Care to share pictures? I'm just trying to figure out how to fit the heel part into an Angel Philia foot before I plunk down the $30+ USD (and shipping. And tax. And...)

 

The AP and Obitsu internal parts are all Obitsu parts so the heel feet just screw on like the regular feet. A word of caution though with both AP and Obitsu feet, be careful not to over tighten the screw as the internal foot parts have a bad habit of becoming absolutely useless if they have been treated roughly or over tightened.

 

Can someone help me with the skin colours? They're so different in the official photos

 

Jsyk there is an actual Angel Philia thread you might want to look at for more information:
/threads/angel-philia.781436/page-14

 

Hahahaha thank you!!!!!

 

@seraphicdolls she is lovely! Is that a custom faceup, or default?

Also, can I introduce my Rosalie, who I finally got my paws on after years of searching?

 

@Cydril Beautiful! I'm so happy you have your long-sought dolly! Her wig looks perfect on her and coordinates so well with her outfit and eyes.

 

@Cydril Azone collaborated with popular Japanese face-up artists to create Iris Collect one-off lottery models. Her make-up is by MitsuRoma and outfit from Mint Star. Hope this helps!!

 

I hope somebody can help me with some pictures.



Do you know if the Obitsu regular 50cm legs would fit on the Angel Philia H torso?



Thank you in advance for the help. @K-2! tagging him because I know he is the expert in this matter

 

Per Doll Dreaming, it's going to depend upon which year/series you have. The original VMF50 dolls would most likely be okay - however, the most current ones would not fit, because they are based on the Obitsu 48cm internal armature, and I can promise you from personal experience that 48 cm shins are 100% different from 50 cm shins. In fact, the shins are one of the very few parts of Obitsu bodies that are not compatible between 48 and 50 cm armatures.

 

Thank you for the info but I want to use the whole legs with the torso to make her look taller. So I want to know if the legs would not look to think on the AP H torso

 

I mean, it's the same Obitsu armature. If you're asking will it work? Sure. The connectors will fit.

If you're asking how it will look - can't help you there, sorry.

Personally, I love those curvy thighs. I actually want just the bottom torso and the AP legs for my Obitsu doll. So, funnily enough, we have the exact opposite issue... It's a shame we aren't living close to each other. We could just swap out parts and see what looks good.

 

I have 5 Angel Philias. I love the curves too but I wanted to save myself some money (I’m cheap LOL). God willing I will buying a second hand 50cm Obitsu body and I wanted to upgrade the bust and torso for an Angel Philia H option parts. I wanted to save on buying thighs LOL. I end up ordering the bust, torso and thighs after all. My friend gave me an obitsu 50-05 head so I think she will look more better with an AP body that an obitsu, but I just wanted her to be taller than my other AP girls. But thank you so much for the help

This is my collection at the beginning of the year (I added a few more dolls since then) you can see my five AP girls there and I agree with you the thighs are beautiful

 

@MrFjmg2003 - aren't their arms sculpted too? I seen to recall seeing arm muscle in pictures. Your collection is wonderful!

I love the AP body - just never been a huge fan of the face sculpts (although I saw a faceup and a lip piercing, and I just loved the way it looked). In a perfect world, I would love to get an AP body and a Visuadoll head.

 

Some are. They have muscle option parts. But the arms of my AP girls look like the regular Obitsu arms

 

My new girl. She is a Obitsu 50-05 head aka Yurisa. Her face up reminds me of the 80s so I named her Heather (Like the movie Heather with Winona Ryder LOL)

 

@MrFjmg2003 - definitely see where you're getting the Heathers vibes. She looks great!

So I priced out just the lower torso, thighs, and heel feet for an AP doll (that I could put on a 48cm Obitsu body), and the grand total was... $140 USD (before taxes or shipping).

So - the real question is - should I just save up and get an AP doll? And then also buy a different bust? Or pay almost the same amount for a couple parts as I would for a 48cm Obitsu body (about $190 USD)?

Think I just answered my own question...

 

Where are you ordering the parts from? That price doesn’t seem so bad. I order from faithZ and I pay $230 usd including EMS shipping for a bust, torso, and thighs. The only good thing is that my friend sold me her Obitsu 50cm body for $100 plus shipping that’s the only reason I decided to get the AP parts. If I add all together is cheaper than the 3 AP bodies I bought on Mandarake and what I paid for my full AP girls :p

 

So the cost of the AP parts was from FaithZ. The Obitsu body is from Parabox - who is hands down my absolute favorite source for all things vinyl (and wigs, and clothes, and eyes, and...).

 

You can buy a lot of the sold out AP parts on FaithZ new from Japan still, busts are about 5500 yen, so $45 usd or so. Cheaper than what Faithz offer them for. But you'd have to get a proxy or package forwarding service. If you want to go about just getting a Obitsu body and swapping parts out I'd just pick parts up 2nd hand if you want to be very thrifty. I got Busts, Stomachs, Thighs for like $25 ea.

 

@Zaada & @MrFjmg2003 - any chance you could help me out? I snagged an F lower torso, but all the FB thighs were sold out in the color I need ("whitey"). Would thighs from another model work? Say, the C thighs? They seem to have the same measurements.

 

It really is a sort of mix and match game, I have a bag of spare parts for when I build up a new girl or swap parts from my other girl but they don't all work together.

I took a picture (sorry about the night quality, It's almost 10pm where I am haha)


I don't know the names of the pieces I've got, They came with the girl when I bought her. But Some mix and match just fine and others just don't match at all. Like the last torso (H-2 I think..), the part where the thighs go are cut so high up but where they connect is at the bottom where i placed the thigh. Techincally it works, but it looks bad. As for lower torsos connecting to busts sometimes they flat out just don't work and the body will look disfigured if you bend them in poses (this happened to me when i tried to pair two together.)

So I'd definitely aim to buy the same letters but as far as swapping F thighs for another type, I really couldn't say exactly what would look the best because it might not connect flush. Hopefully someone on here has F and C parts to try out for you!

 

Nice collection!

 

Cute!

 

@Zaada - thanks for the picture and the info. That's pretty much what I was afraid of, and I didn't even think to look at the bottom of the torso for the leg cutouts.

 

Thank you


Heather got her body. I got her Obitsu body yesterday and the angelphilia parts today. It took me a while to,put her together but finally she is complete

 

I am looking to purchase an Angelphilia, and was wondering will pre-orders ever happen again or are there better chances at buying secondhand? I look on Faithz, but was wondering if there is another place I should look for the dolls?