Ball Jointed Dolls Thread #4

[Firecracker]

The soom dolls have some of the cutest animal legs I've seen!  I always keep wishing that I could figure out a project to work them into.  Eh, I don't need more projects, even though I just finished my space sheep    She's a dear mine/resinsoul hybrid I dyed and painted.
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[NoDivision]

Wow, she looks great!

[little.fox]

Cool project Firecracker! That dearmine sheep head is so gorgeous!

[Hannah66665]

Oooh, that sheep is amazing!

[Firecracker]

Thanks everyone!  I had so much fun doing her paint job.

[Lhianneth]

I first saw her on mobile, so I didn't get to see all the details... but she looks stunning now that I'm on PC!

What did you use to dye her? Did the two hybrid portions take the dye fairly equally or was it tricky?

(Just curious, I have no plans for dying any dolls anytime soon, but it's good to know in advance what other folks have tried/had success doing.)

[Firecracker]

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I first saw her on mobile, so I didn't get to see all the details... but she looks stunning now that I'm on PC!

What did you use to dye her? Did the two hybrid portions take the dye fairly equally or was it tricky?

(Just curious, I have no plans for dying any dolls anytime soon, but it's good to know in advance what other folks have tried/had success doing.)

I used rit dyemore, and it's definitely what I would recommend! The different company resins did dye at a different rate (resinsoul took the dye slower).  Rit dyemore is potent but not too much so you have time to even out each part. That means I just held those pieces in the dye a little longer and I got the body to match the head. This in stark contrast to the other disperse dye I've tried, Idye poly.  Idye poly is stinkier and also extremely potent (one part for 5 seconds in a purple was bright!) I'd only recomend it if you want a super bright neon color.

A couple notes too for anyone who anyone wants to take a try at this-
I'd recomend a very slight all over sanding/buffing or swipe with acetone so the parts take the dye as evenly as possible, otherwise it can turn out a bit uneven and the sanding marks from the company will definitely take the dye faster.

If you want to dye a doll, going for a dark dark color is a lot more forgiving than a lighter color for an even tone.  My sheep centaur is a deep purple, and before I started painting it was super even amazingly enough.  Much better than when I did so in the past with a lighter purple on a different doll.

[NoDivision]

This little nugget made her way back from angeltoast earlier this week. She did a great job with her expression, I'm very happy <3

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[brightberry]

What a cutie!

[SaelaVe]

After almost a year, my Akagi Doll Yusri finally has a face-up!

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Akagi Doll Yusri Face-up by SaelaVe, on Flickr

[Uninu]

SaelaVe, your boy looks great and I love how similar in style your dolls are despite of being from different companies!

Here's one of my many girls, a Unoa Zero Latea with the optional demon horns. She needs a new name now that her character made a total turn from dark elf to a pastel demon-thingy.
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Pastel.... demon? by uni_inu, on Flickr

[SaelaVe]

Thank you, Uninu.
That was one of the reasons that I chose the Akagi Doll.  His aesthetic was such a close match for Mystic Kids Lillian.  I like for my dolls to look as uniform as possible without becoming clones of one another. lol

He got new eyes today—10mm instead of 12mm.  They look a lot better on him. 
Now I'm just waiting on his wig to arrive and he'll be complete.


Your Unoa looks awesome!  I love Unoas so much. <3

[Uninu]

Thanks, SaelaVe! Unoa are still my favorite dolls, I have eight dolls from Gentaro Araki.

I got my tan Minifee home today, here is a picture of her and the spring event head I also got!
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Sefi and Juuli by uni_inu, on Flickr

[Galactica]

There's a Souldoll on shopgoodwill.com!

[Uninu]

Which Souldoll is/was it?

Here is another picture I haven't shared here before. This is my Twigling Ingenue.
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Dream lady by uni_inu, on Flickr