OfButterfliesNThings - Claudette - Rubinesque Beauty

Hurray! I'm so happy she's on topic! I'll start things off with my Claudette next to my Limhwa half-elf



I just love how in-scale the two of them look together. Someday, I hope to make them more than nudists!

 

Here's my girl:

 

I LOOVVEEE her body sculpt sooo so so much

If someone has her, AND a Supia head... PLEASE put it on her body and share a picture~

I wanna see if that Hybrid will work *_________*

 

Oh my gosh, I wish I wasn't just discovering her now. She's gorgeous! ... I want one.

 

So much love for this lovely lady! I am hoping there is a second run. Or Miro picks it up!

 

I have a Supia Hamin head around somewhere; i'll try to get some pictures tomorrow. Though, I think Claudette's neck will be thick for most other heads.

 

@Kachiin : So, I put Hamin on Claudette's body... It's... well....



The Supia body's neck circumference is only 9cm, and I believe Claudette's is 13cm.

 

I'm very excited to see Claudette here on the forums. I was fortunate enough to get a fullset during the initial sale period. I am so thrilled that I am able to share her with everyone.

 

Oh my, I love her figure! So refreshing to see an amazing sculpt like this

 

Amazing sculpt. I'm hoping to see more of her next to other SD size dolls.

 

Omg

I laughed so much i started crying

Is that really a SD Supia head?? XDD

It looks like an MSD on her body HAHAHAHAH (im wheezing)

Thank you for the picture

Super nice of you :3

 

oh she'd be great to sew for - I want one!

 

not that I could afford her of course (if that's ever any hindrance!) but will Arwen be producing more of them?

ETA - I know just how I want to dress her too - 1950's style - oh well I can dream...

 

well I'm calling mine Mavis - I need her now shame about my no layaway rule - and the 'I've got all the dolls I want' (think I said that just yesterday LOL) I'm looking forward to seeing your version of her anyway!

 

Was able to take a few more pictures of my Claudette. Still haven't figured out an unique name for her but Claudette fits well.

 

That sounds like an excuse to post this picture of Claudette with my other big dolls!



From left to right, Soom Cass, Claudette, Limhwa Half-Elf and DollZone Stramonium on Miro's 70cm girl body.

 

love her in that colour - and with lilac hair!

that's such a useful photo thanks! I want the miro 70cm girl body too, so it's great to see them together

 

This is helpful, indeed!

 

Claudette is now available on etsy! 10% off in the January sale! There were 3 dolls on my wishlist, and with limited funds I couldn't afford them all. Claudette has beaten off the competition today and I'm looking forward to sewing for her - although we all know my sewing plans lead to very patient, naked dollies - and I have a feelings ladies socks aren't going to be stretchy enough for my Mavis when I get her LOL

 

thanks chalyss when is your girl due to arrive do you know? I guess there's no waiting room for Claudette - this is it!

men's socks might work for something - she apparently has a bigger bust and hip than the big busted impldoll idol though - she's going to be fun to dress!

 

Omygosh, how have I never seen this doll before?! I'm committed to another doll already;
I wish I'd seen this one first! This is exactly the type of doll I was looking for early last year. I love the idea of the curvy doll - she would be so much fun to sew for!

*sigh*

I will have to keep an eye out for another sale period later this year.

 

You should follow her fb page so you know when the doll's available. I think there was an extra up there a while back, not sure if it's still there or not but it could never hurt.

 

Good idea, thanks!

 

oh she's going to be adorable by the sound of it

 

@DollSewist oh a she's up on etsy! Price is good through January as the cost of making her went up. Just helping to enable you.

 

Thanks, @wrenbe - I'm looking at her, and sighing in regret for my budget...

 

etsy is very enabling! Although I'd wanted her a while, no way I'd have ordered her using facebook as it was too different than my normal shopping habit - I think I hesitated about a nanosecond before buying her on etsy

join ussssssss.....

Claudette is definitely my last bjd though - no really she is - I'd like to have SOME savings left for emergencies - as in 'real life' ones not 'I need that doll!!!' emergencies LOL

 

@elve Yes, ordering through etsy is very nice!! I have to admit I'm a bit more of an ebay buyer thought, I can get cash back for purchases, they have those ebay bucks that can add up, and I get giftcards for them sometimes. Of course I'm always a safe-ebayer. But the back to etsy, lol, the ability to buy through that site definitely helps to "legitimize" the doll and make it more likely that more people will buy her. I have to admit that I haven't yet, simply because I also can't even fathom getting her on my current budget. I'll just have to wait and see if she's still available later or perhaps get her when she eventually pops up on the secondary market. She's just outside my budget right now--and she's a big doll, I told myself I needed to focus on MSD and smaller due to space limitations.

 

well I'm really hoping that the mainstream BJD manufacturers will see that there is a market for dolls with fuller figures, and just as the trend for 'big babies' has caught hold now and all the manufacturers are making at least one sculpt that size, and I now see the trend for anime style BJD is taking hold - so hopefully in about 5 years dolls like Claudette will be more mainstream and available *fingers crossed*

 

Have you guys seen the WIP of her new heads.

Paulette is just so perfect for my doll selfie project.

 

Got my Claudette today!

She's lovely - a few tiny faults on her head, but body is perfect except for a BROKEN FINGER (Arwen is sorting this out with mirodoll now) But she is perfectly strung out of the box! Lovely shade of 'pink' resin too - my camera hasn't caught it exactly but it's very nice. Having tried wigs on her, she has a very low forehead, which makes it a bit tricky - Plus of course I need some decent eyes for her now, these are just some acrylics I had lying about - they are 18mm I think a bit big. I think her eye sockets are a bit high up in the face though, which is why she has a small forehead - the head is a good size for the doll otherwise.

I had no clothes for her - so I thought! In the dolls clothes box I found an antique set of doll's 'combinations', which fit her perfectly - buttoned up the back and all! Amazing - so she is at least decent. Then she decided she wanted antique style ringlets too - as dolls do defy any plans we make LOL - I'm not sure though I think I prefer the short wig?

box11 by elve, on Flickr

 

thanks chalyss just wish I could magically lower her eyes to further down her cheeks - about half way down her nose would be good I think. Here's a bit of a lousy photo of her with my other dolls, in the gloom of the doll cupboard (no dusting yay!) to give an idea of her size - she measured about 55cm/ 21 and a half inches when standing. She's a heavy girl and yes as you commented on flickr, the packaging was WOEFULLY inadequate - quite shocking for such an expensive doll. The normal mirodolls are better packed with their padded bags - no such luxury for this one.

box10 by elve, on Flickr

 

oooh yes those are elfin eyes! She's going to look wonderful in brown I'm not sure what to do about mine though - kind of aiming for a human Posing ability - I confess I didn't have time to give it a whirl yesterday, but she seemed pretty good - there's some photos by Arwen on the facebook page with her in all different poses. I had the Island Doll 40cm HeJin, which I was attracted to by the chunky body like this one - but the posing on that was terrible. So far Claudette seems very well designed, although I don't like the eyes much, or those hands much either, aesthetically - they are a bit claw-like although probably good for posing with props.

 

Does anyone have the rubinesque body and an Iplehouse EID or SID woman head?
A picture of the head on the body would be amazing but a side by side would also work.
Edit: An Impldoll star or idol sized head/doll would also help.

 

Thanks so much! It would be really helpful

 

This entire topic is giving me life! @elve Can't wait to see her in some fancy duds, though the old-fashioned combos work. (Runs to etsy to get a Claudette)

 

ha ha you won't regret it! In spite of the hiccup with the broken hand, she is a lovely lovely doll and nicely sculpted and finished by miro too. I reckon she snapped her own finger off in that box on the way here though LOL - because I had intended selling her as soon as I got her - but of course now waiting on a new hand, she's sitting there looking all 'keep me!' and I open the doll cupboard every morning and say hello to my hitherto ignored dolls, and ugh I've called her Yvette - yes named her - I'm doomed LOL - she may well be a keeper She also seems to be nothing like 'Mavis' that I intended her to be - it's funny the way dolls do that..... keep an open mind at all times, because your doll has plans of its own!

As for the EID head I think the neck for the female body will be way way too small - Claudette has a 12.5cm neck - very much bigger than my other girls, and she's quite short too, not a tall one. She's sitting next to my impldoll idol girl with an Akagi Ban head, and you can see their necks are very different.

And as for the hiccup I had with her eyes being too high up her head - I've simply put a bit of padding in the top of the wig to raise it up higher, and she looks human! Still no faceup though - life is manic now I've moved to the city, never mind the fact that I'm terrified of messing it up (my practice head dolls were not stressful at all, but it's £100 for a new Claudette head!) so who knows when I'll get around to it - I may just put a little faint colour on her lips and leave it at that.

 

Hello all!
Lately I've been seeing a lot of people asking about chunky dolls, or different types of bodies available and I thought I'd let people know that I found an artist who made that kind of doll!
I'm not an advertiser or long time collector or anything but I just thought that people might like to know about her since the first (and only) time I've seen of her was browsing around etsy...
here is the link:
Artist BJD, Ball jointed doll: Claudette, the curvaceous doll.

I don't know if she is made well or anything seeing as I haven't bought her but I'm sure its very safe to say she isn't a recaster

Anyways... hope you all have a good day!
P.S. I wasn't sure if I should put this post here or in News so sorry if i chose wrong...

 

Ah! So there was a thread for this doll! I tried to find one but apparently I am no good at searching for threads... sorry moderators!

 

I have to save up again since I bought my first doll (a minefee) only last month, but I love that she is there and available! Now the next sculpts we need are athletic females a pudgy males!

 

We definitely need more options! >u<

 

still waiting for the new hand *sigh* Arwen is going to chase it up for me with mirodoll - But it could have been avoided if they'd spent more money on packaging in the first place!