Universe Doll Discussion

I both like and dislike De'Ath skull version... It's a cool concept, but his bottom teeth are WAY too big!

Also, Crack looks a little too much like Baiye/grown Baiye... seems very heavily based on him, from the horns, pointed ears, open fang mouth, and cracking skin paint job.

 

@americanseamstress which one did you order? I am quite interested in them! Lovely work

 

no problem. I ran into her work recently on etsy and flickr and admired them very much (even if not fitting in my collection atm).

 

Oooh, I see De'Ath's human listing (and probably others, but i'm too lazy to look) have nude pictures of the body! Anyone getting it? I'd love to see more of it

I quite like their work! I'll definitely keep watch!

 

I love De'Ath. He's definitely on my must-have list.

Legend at first had him listed as limited but I recently learned that this was an error, he's open edition but he will be going up in price.

 

Oh my goodness I looove the fangy Batman!! That's definitely one to watch for I think. Any word on the bodies? And what about potential resin matches?

 

The creepy art style is mesmerising... and something I noticed while stalking the instagram account, they've included an element in the body blushing I have never seen or even considered before. Pubic hair. I am now 100% set on adding body hair to any and all future body blushing endeavors I undertake or otherwise commission. What a tiny but beautiful addition!

 

@americanseamstress I'm really looking forward to seeing what you do with your incoming head, thank you for bringing up this artist!

 

I'm also in love with De'Ath, too. I'm adding him to my wish list now. He's gorgeous!

For people who concern about resin matching, I've already talked with the shop and they confirm that their resin colour is similar to IOS doll. You can see other resin comparison through this link.

At first, I want only a body for my Switch head but after I saw a hybrid from some Chinese BJD players, I've changed my mind and considered to get a full doll instead. This body really has a very long neck. So I don't think it will compatible with other company heads that much. You can see some review from the artist's weibo. I really love this body. Their additional hands are looking good. I'm so tempted to buy all of them.

Here is what I've known so far about this company. Hope it helps.

 

@americanseamstress Glad that I can help! I might miss your first post. I don't see you've already provided some link information. I'm just getting too excited when I see a new thread about this company. They're some authorized dealers in Taobao based on Artist's weibo post (I've read it long time ago. I'm not sure there still on the feed or not).

Here are the list that I still have.
1. 圈圈球BJD实体店 (I used to buy some eyes from this shop when they came to my local BJD event last year.)
2. 银谷屋BJD娃娃店铺 (This shop has some special color options (need to pay more for color fee) for you to choose to make the body or hands compatible with other company such as IOS, Soom, Switch (SNG), etc.)

There are more dealers but I didn't save the link. So here is all I have.

 

@americanseamstress Here is the link for the second shop. I saw you put the first shop in your first post. i just want to tell that this shop is an authorized dealer of Universe Doll. Sorry I missed type it.

This one is the direct link of Universe Doll shop in Taobao.

Here is a video of a hybrid between IOS head and Universe Doll body. Both are in White skin. For me, the proportion looks OK more than Luts.

 

I actually bought their hands with eyes release recently and I'm quite excited for it to arrive!

I dunno if it belongs here though haha. It's not really the full doll but I really enjoy their hand sculpts

 

I bought a blank De’Ath Skull version and an extra pair of hands on layaway through Legend Doll some time ago. I bought both in yellow skin. I think the head is pretty cool and I am very interested in the body and to see if it would work to make hybrids out of some of my floating heads.

 

@americanseamstress Yes, I have seen the links
I plan to shorten the neck, but I will judge how much when it arrives. The plan is to use the body for one of my floating Nabarro heads. But if I love the De'Ath head too much he can keep the body

 

Oh my gosh! I'm in love with that beast version--it has the ears I need *^*
The thing that surprised me is that these dolls are relatively cheaper sculpts, at ~$400 USD (used google to convert yuan to USD). The quality looks astounding.

I saw someone's Universedoll Musen on the front page, in the photos--it took my breath away!

 

@americanseamstress just saw that you tagged me - thank you for letting me know about the resin comparisons!

I just can't get over those hands... love those hands

 

Oh a thread about Universe Doll! Great! :-)
I bought a De'Ath human version, pink skin with faceup and bodyblushing.
I'm so excited

 

the sculptor has posted in the news section about these guys. They say that the dolls, heads, gesture hands and bodies are coming soon to their etsy. New Company - Universedoll: A new company full of quirky and hybrid dolls

I'm not crazy about the body -- mainly how the neck is done -- but I think the human Zacharias head is wonderful.

 

@americanseamstress Wow! About how long did it take for him to arrive, what was customs like? I'm stuck between a Zacharias and a DZ Morley, but I really like the Zacharias body/head better (plus it has pointed ears).

 

@americanseamstress I see you've already made a few comments about the body, but if you're ever up for making a more extensive review, I'm sure many would appreciate it! I'm particularly interested in the balance of the body-- does it stand well?

And congrats on the new doll!!!

 

Great to hear, @americanseamstress !!! Besides standing, i'd also be interested in seeing how close the knees can be drawn up to the chest... but that's about it! Maybe someone else will chime in with other things Take your time, I'm just casually curious! This company has a lot of interesting stuff.

 

@americanseamstress YAY thank you!!! Love that lotus pose-- he does it really well!!!

I did see the photo above, and in the box opening-- now I can't remember why i asked again, haha! I must've forgotten that I already knew. Thank you for that, too!

It's definitely a nice-looking body!!!

 

The limited guy Blanc looks beautiful! I wonder if he's going to be available on the 3 part torso body.... I'm very tempted by this one, and there is time to save up, but. My icon guy still needs a new body. Idk. But universe doll has a special aesthetic, something that seems to set it a bit apart.

 

I love the deer sculpt with the cleft upper lip, it's a very unique concept, very delicate body too

 

Gosh @americanseamstress yes! Your dye job is perfect! The head looks like it came with the body. Awesome! I love Friskit. I used it a lot for watercolor painting. Thank you for your experiment, because now I know it can be used on resin. I'm was hoping I could use it for face ups when I get an airbrush. I didn't see any reason it wouldn't work, but even with dye, wow.

 

Wow, De'Ath makes an amazing lady, and what a fantastic dye job! This is so great. The male body looks really good in owner photos too, I like the subtle sculpting of the torso... you know how some guy dolls have 6 to 8 rectangles carved in there and a randomly placed navel

 

Oh! I didn't realize there was a Universe Doll thread!
Hello! ^___^

It's great to see some dolls already home to people!

I have the Musen hands with the eyes already home, and I'm waiting on a full doll (De'Ath skull version). I'm going to hybrid the body, but I'm planning to have fun with the skull head and make it into a broken nutcracker automaton.

I was so excited when I saw this company. I'm so in love with the style of hands!

 

@americanseamstress

I ordered De'Ath in normal yellow, as I think it will be the best match for the head I want to hybrid with (crosses fingers). My hope is that it will only take a little blushing to match.

And thank you! I've been reading my daughter a book of the Nutcracker ballet a lot lately, hehe, and the idea stemmed from there. So the idea is something around a broken automaton that was made by Herr Drosselmeyer. I want to give the broken face a high color, porcelain feeling and add in some metallic accents to the skull underneath (like brass). Since the Nutcracker turns into a Prince in the story, I thought it was interesting for him to have a skull underneath the broken porcelain. Also, those big teeth! ^_~

 

Yes, I've really been entranced all over again after reading the story so many times! Hehe. Since I have other plans for the body I thought maybe a broken automaton would be a good backstory for a floating head.

Also, I have to say, the dye job you did came out SO lovely on those heads. I'm really interested to see how your lady comes out. ^__^

Ahhh! I want my guy to ship already! Hehe.

 

I've been looking at links from the first page to keep myself from going crazy while I wait. Hehe.
Thanks for posting all those goodies!

Hmm...but I think the link about 5th Motif fit might be a bit confusing. The Venitu in those photos really looks to be on the Timeless body (they are 5th Motif hands for sure) and I think it's an IOS Sezz (maybe?) on the Universe Doll body?

It's actually really cool to see the two hands together!!
Ack! I'm so excited. I have a Venitu and I'm so in love with that style of hands now. Hehe. I was so happy to see another company doing something similar in the hand area.
Ok well, now I'm apparently just going to bounce around in impatience. Haha. I'm just super in love with the sculpting from Universe Doll and it's making me all antsy.

 

Sure. ^__^
I can pop my Venitu head on the Universe Doll body once it arrives too!

 

Hi!
When I saw Blanc, I'm fall in love this sculpt and bought him in a moment! I don't know what body need for this head, cause I don't saw hybrids of this company yet. For good luck, I had Immortality of Soul doll on 70cm body in white skin and order head in milky white. And I want to say - it's amazing hybrid!
1-2 by jack sea, on Flickr

 

Nice, @jack_sea
The Blanc head is really lovely. ^__^
Can't wait to see what you do with him! Looks like the resin match is pretty much perfect.


Aaaaaaand!
My Nutcracker is here!



I need to paint him and I have some fun ideas for accessories I can make, but I managed to pull together a dang decent outfit from items I already had! Wooohoo! Hehe. I'm really happy with this outfit. Hm...have to figure out what I want to do about boots. Anyway...

And due to a series of events he will get to keep this body all to himself.
(Can I just say that Universe Doll and Stacy's Pink Ocean are both awesome and their customer service is super amazing. I kinda legit cried with how nice they both are. )