Soom Faery Legend discussion part 4

New thread! Here's my four with two non-Soom elf eared friends.


The elf in blue pants and the little girl in his lap are from Lume and Dikadoll.

 

It's not a new photo, but here are my Rose and Idrial to celebrate the new thread


Soom Faery Legend by Tide N Thyme, on Flickr

 

Hi! here's an old photo of my Bliss (Nenad)!
I wish there was more Faery Legend photos to look at. I discovered today Juchy the pumpkin sprite.. wish I had ordered her!

 

Regrettably I have no Faery Legend dolls, though I'd love one but several years
ago I attended a meet up where one of the people had 3 of them.
Idrial, Nenad and Mixi. Here are the three of them.

Land of the fairies by Tom Beach, on Flickr

 

I was a bit surprised when I got my Juchy- she's in Light Violet, but is more blue than purple.


And Noellia is the color of grape juice, though the color is called Coffee Black. Ah, well. I love my girls anyway.

 

Does anyone know if Soom will sell the Nyer wings separate? Those wings in transparent black resin would be to die for.

 

@Dakashy
They have released their new version of Nyer under the category "mini gem" and not "faery legend" so I don't think they will propose any fairy parts with her unfortunately... and they don't sell fairy parts separately as far I know. Your best chance may be the secondary market, or a free choice event.

 

@Flortune they recently sold the Adamelli hooves sepaterly so I was hoping they were starting to sell the fantasy bits on their own.

 

@Dakashy
I didn't know! That would be great!

 

I wonder why there's no faceup option with that Nyer mentioned o.o it's not a problem with the page, it confirms on the image that faceup isn't available. Odd!

 

They have done that with a few other dolls. I think they may get the makeup department overloaded with a popular offering and then they don't offer faceups on the next doll.

 

I got Sitri, my Rick, some new eyes and I love them! I had glass ones with black sclera before and they just were impossible to photograph... So I broke down and bought him these.

Spoiler: pic 2

 

Hi guys, it's really nice to see your dolls! I thought I'd post my Asis girl Satine in her new favorite clothes I got from Etsy

Although I'd like a skirt that hangs on her hips instead of high on her waist. I might try to make one.

Also I lost one of the tiny s-hooks from her fantasy feet, do you guys know of anywhere I could find a new one that I could use?

 

It might be easiest to make one with a bit of wire and pliers.

 

DDE might carry s-hooks small enough. Or as akikoo0021 suggested you could make one from wire with jewelers pliers. Here's my four-

Four Fairies

L-R Noellia, Juchy, Rick, FCE Boehm

 

Thank you both! I'll look into those options ^^

 

Soom has a new model of Metato up - he's a Cosmic Sprite! Ordering is until 1/15 and his outfit is limited in quantity.
I did end up putting him on layaway - I've never had a violet colored doll but he looks so pretty with that purple skin!

Apparently they were also selling the faery outfits during the summer - I'm sad I missed out on the sale! T_T

 

The sale last summer was a few old stock outfits.

 

Yeah - I would have liked to have gotten Azur's human one. He's been on my WTB list for a long time - I might never get him but I could have had his outfit waiting for him just in case!

 

I would havr gotten that one too but it was sold out when I first saw them.

 

I guess they just sold out real fast. I'm sorry you couldn't get it either.

I can't quite figure out if the wig is included or not for Metato Cosmic Sprite...or the eyes...I can't seem to find them for separate sale on the site.

 

The minigem merboys go fast. They don't pop up all that frequently in the MP either.

 

It seems Soom has changed the way they sell the Faery Legend dolls. The fairy parts are optional, but they don't have the wig and eyes listed as options.

My Juchy is Light Violet, and while she's a lovely color, it's more lilac tinted light blue than pure pale purple. This pic makes her look more purple than she normally does in person.
Droopy Ears!

 

@Iron_Dog They sure do...I hope to buy him just in human form but it might never happen.

@Leo Pheonix Oooh but she is still a pretty color! I've only ever owned cream white dolls and I like Metato's face up better on the light violet than the cream white.

 

Well Soom replied and said the wig and eyes aren't available for sale. I'm not sure I really like that. When I buy the faeries, I tend to buy them because I like the FULL promotional picture, I don't have eyes or a spare wig of that size lying around. I think I will cancel the order.

I have had luck finding eyes but not wigs.

 

Well that's a bit weird from Soom. You'd think that when they style the doll, they'd offer everything that you see in the promo shots if you wanted to buy the fullset doll.

 

@Iron_Dog Right? Granted I haven't bought a faery off their new site but when I ordered Rick, I was able to order everything in the photos.

Metato is still very pretty but honestly, some of the appeal was lost for me when they told me there were no eyes or wig for sale. I tend to like to order the faeries as is from the photos, especially directly from Soom. I can be more flexible if I have to buy them second hand.

 

My fairy boys all came to me 2nd hand so I cannot speak about what comes with them. Although Sleet (Auber Storm Sprite) came to me with both his default wig and eyes, I used neither and they weren't a factor in my purchasing him. It actually annoys me a little that his default wig refuses to stay on his head. Iwa-Xine (Boehm Smoke Sprite) has the default face-up and eyes but he's not wearing the default eyes.

 

@Iron_Dog Oh yeah the wigs can be a PAIN! I use the Pitatto tape that Volks sells to help keep their wigs on. It works for the most part!

 

I made Sleet's wig so it fits fine. Iwa-Xine has a Monique wig and it likes to pop off at the odd moment. Annoying but I deal.

 

@Iron_Dog
Make a fine line of blue tack from front/top to the back of the head and put the wig in place, it won't move anymore.

 

I actually ran a small line of hot glue across his forehead and at the back of his head to help keep his wig on. It works most of the time but I still get the occasional popping. I'll have to give the blue tack a try. Thanks for the tip @Flortune

 

@Iron_Dog How did you make the one wig? I want to try that sometime but I'm scared with such a small head (plus my lack of knowlege).

I ended up cancelling Metato. He is very pretty so I hope someone out there buys him and posts pics.

 

@jessholy Sleet wears a faux fur wig with synthetic strands sewn & knotted into it along with a fall of synthetic hair at the nape of the neck. I used the inspiration of Jareth the Goblin King from Labyrinth to make Sleet's wig. This pic is old but he's still wearing the same wig.
Sleet park 1 by ID Locke, on Flickr

 

@Iron_Dog That is an awesome wig! Jareth's hair is always fabulous so any wig inspired it by is going to be amazing. That's so cool you made it yourself. Did you find it easy or hard or stressful?

 

@jessholy I'm pretty handy with needle and thread so once I got the pattern worked out it was fairly easy. It probably took me more time to make the weft at the nape and sew in the random strands than it did to actually sew the wig. The outfit Sleet is wearing is also one I made. That is mostly ribbons. The pants are made of very thin t-shirt material.

This is my other faery guy, Iwa-Xine (Beohm Smoke Sprite). With him is his partner, Skerren (Akhmel Nathan). Iwa-Xine is a Dryad of a yew tree. Skerren is a Psychopomp to Rai-Sui, God of Death & Decay, Guardian of Souls.
IMG_0099 by ID Locke, on Flickr

 

That IS odd that they're not even for sale. It wouldn't be a dealbreaker for me (since I make my own wigs and have plenty of eyes lying around) but it's odd for sure. I really want Metato... I'm not sure if I can get him but... hnngh. He's the only other faery legend boy I really have my eye on.

 

@Iron_Dog The outfit is really nice! You've got great sewing skills. Iwa-Xine and Skerren sound like they have a pretty cool story to them.

@Idoru It's a deal breaker for me just because I can't make my own wigs and I really loved how he looked in the photos. I know I could probably pay someone to make a wig but it might not be the same in the end. There's still time for me to change my mind but I also realized his face shape reminds me of one of my larger dolls so I wonder if that's why I liked him instantly.

 

@jessholy Thank you. Clothing these guys can be a bit tricky because of their size and that they're mature tinies. The wings add another dimension of difficulty if you intend to use them. I found making their clothes was easier than trying to hunt something down. But I also make 98% of the clothes for all my guys (which currently spans 63 dolls of various sizes).

I haven't written Iwa-Xine/Skerren's story yet. Time is always a factor *sigh*. But I have written a good chunk of the story with Fei-Lau (DZ Edward), Sleet (Soom Auber) and Khale (Leeke Khal vampire). Although, truthfully, their story, Absolute Destiny, has gotten backburnered because other characters have been screaming louder and it's a war of attrition as to who can keep it up the longest/loudest that gets worked on immediately.

 

@jessholy Oh yeah for sure!! I got fed up with not finding wigs I like which is why I broke down and learned. It's totally legit to be bummed if you don't want to/can't put in that time though, I get it! If I didn't make my own I'd be really sad too. It's hard to find wigs in this size... Especially ones you like.

I'm still waffling on putting one on layaway. I probably shouldn't, but ugh I love Metato so much... I just know if I do that's when Granado will put up the order for the 1/6 Zen body boy! It's the curse...

 

I have the default wig for my Noellia, and it stays on alright with a silicone wig cap. The silver / lavender mix is the perfect color, but I'm not that impressed with the quality. Finding the perfect wig in this size can be really hard. I make most of my dolls' clothes and props. Learning to make wigs sounds too hard to me...

 

Wig making is actually really easy. You can do yarn and glue, alpaca and glue or you can sew mohair on the hide. That’s what I do, here’s a wig I made for my Chibbi Lana.

 

I also find it easy, once you get the hang of it! I made... well every wig Sitri, my Rick, has ever had. This is his current one:





I like the glued hard-cap method, personally. Anyway as always, all skills have a learning curve, so your mileage may vary and it IS unfortunate that you don't have the option to get the full set as pictured.

 

Guys? I just got Dollce 4" wigs and I'm very excited to say they fit my boehm! If you want some wigs for your male minigem you should take a look.
DOLLCE WORLD
They have a lot of cute styles, but some could totally fit a more boyish doll.

Edit: Oh my the wigs you're making are lovely! That's pretty good already.

 

yes, every new skill you try has a learning curve. I had a good number of failures when I started making eyes just a few months ago and I've learned and adjusted and developed ways of doing things to make them better. They're not perfect but that's why I'm calling them Flawed Souls. Hell, I'm getting more successful at casting 6mm eyes and those are hard to do without bubbles making them unuseable.

 

My Linzi (Auber) and Gray (Metato) with Treasure (Granado tiny Napoleon)
Linzi, Treasure and Gray by SteamWitch, on Flickr
I made Linzi and Treasure's wigs, Gray has a Monique Gold 4" wig.

 

Azur will be back for the event Soom is having in May!

SOOM on Instagram: “✨SOOM 2nd Special Online Event✨ From 22 to 25 May 2020, 11AM KST The Gem Teenie Gem "Nive" Mini Gem Boy "Azur" Coming Soon…”

 

Eeeeeee! How exciting! I've always wanted Azur and have had 0 luck getting him second hand! So I am very excited that I might be able to get him (minus eyes and a wig because that's how Soom rolls now it seems).

 

Of course after I give up hope of ever getting him and move on to another sculpt to be the character (which actually worked out better), Soom is going to do this. And I'm also debating with myself over buying another doll (ironically also a Soom) and I can't reasonably buy both even if I knew what I'd do with an Azur at this time. *sigh* Soom, why you gotta be so tempting?

 

Wow, he's REALLY cool

 

Right?! He's super pretty but I wonder if it will be a re-release or a new take on his mold, who knows? The 22nd seems so far away!

 

The 22nd is getting closer, and from the Insta post and others it looks like a straight re-release LE of 25. I hope to see some owner pictures don’t think Ive seen a lot of the mermaids!

 

Just 25?! Man, I might not even be able to buy him...I'll try but those in Korea might beat me to it.

 

Oooh from the announcement page it looks like LE 20! /threads/soom-2nd-special-online-event-5-22-5-25-—2.822689/

Hope you get a chance though!

 

20 is even worse! I plan to stay up and everything but how do I know if my order will go through if I am competing with the rest of the world? I feel like I should give up now...

 

Hope remains while the fellowship is true! Especially because if it's a re-release then a lot of people have already bought him in the first round They wouldn't bother having done marketing around the release in English if it wouldn't be possible for someone in a Western timezone to get one

 

I live in New York and I could have ordered one of the original 20 BK Noellia dolls if I had ordered immediately. I waited overnight, by which point they had sold out. Soom decided to make an additional thirty of that version, and I managed to get one of them. I've got is an FCE doll with Azur's human body and a Boehm head. In this photo L-R Noellia, RIck, Juchy, Lume Koit elf, Dikadoll Tea and the FCE guy.
All my Elf-ear Dolls

 

Oh I know I want him so I am ready to commit to him. I've been trying to get him 2nd hand for a good while. I just have anxiety and I am really fearful that there are 20 people elsewhere with faster internet, faster clicking, faster everything than me who will get him first.

 

The black Noellia was a LE 20!? And then only 30 more?! Wow, what a rare jewel. Even though I'm not active anymore, I'd still jump at the chance to get a fullset. Perfect little drow