Elfdoll General Discussion

[KathrynB]

Quiet Queen, I have to agree with Cthulhu about the Luts Senior Delf body! I have three girls on my Lut's Senior Delf bodies and I really, really love them. The body is a bit taller than the ED body. It has double-jointed knees and elbows. The hands are lovely. I wish Luts sold the Senior Delf hands separately, as I'd love more of them for other bodies. The body is a bit taller and thinner than the Elfdoll body and it poses beautifully. They also have the heeled feet that you can buy, if your girl will be wearing heels.

I have come to the conclusion that I have had it with my darling girl's Elfdoll body. I can't stand it, my darling girl deserves something better!

What body would you suggest? My criteria are:

1. A beautiful sculpt. Nice proportions.
2. A reasonable poser.
3. If possible, a somewhat taller body - more 60cm than the usual 58cm.

What isn't important is resin match.

[KathrynB]

Iblintu, Is your Euna possibly a white skinned version? My daughter and I both have Euna. Hers is a NS and mine is a WS. They do have a good deal of pink blushing on the face. But, it seems to me that they blush the WS faces more heavily than the NS for some reason. Or, perhaps it's just the contrast. My WS Sooah also has a lot of blushing on her face--more than my daughter's NS Sooah bought at the same time. Look at the back of the neck or inside the head cap and compare it to your other NS girls and see if she's WS. The difference in the skin tones is really very slight. But, it does seem to me they blush the WS more. I hope this helps!

I finally remembered something I've been wanting to ask for a while I have my Vivien hybrid who's very nice rather neutral skintone sold to me as normal skin, matching DZ and doll family normal pink skin and so on. I also have a newer Eun-A head, which is very bright pink color, from another dimension entirely than my Vivien head. Does anybody know if Elfdoll's new dolls are all that bright pink color or if there was just a random pink patch that my Eun-A came from? Neither head was bought directly from the company, but as far as I'm aware, ED normal should match DF and DZ like my Vivien does. I'm just curious because I'm planning to get a couple of heads to share my Vivien's body but if they're going to be that pink straight from the company, I have to figure out something else since there is no way I oculd blush them enough to make them match the body :'D

Wow this got rather long

[Ibilintu]

Thanks for the input, KathrynB, I had never even considered the possibility of her being white skin. The head is unpainted at the moment so it can't be the faceup's fault. I just have hard time believing anything of that color could be called 'white skin' because the head is clearly pink, not pinkish white but actually pink, something like... The first thing that comes to mind is Dream of Doll's resin in its pinkest. I'll try to get a good picture of the color difference once it's light outside again.

[KathrynB]

Thank you, Ibilintu. Yes, if it's not inconvenient, a picture would be great. Have you tried cleaning her off with a Mr. Clean Magic Eraser? Their NS and WS are kind of a pinkish hue. But, not to the level you describe. I wonder if the pink is some kind of residue left over from the faceup being wiped off with nail polish remover with a tint to it or maybe the previous faceup was not removed completely? What you're describing seems odd to me.

Perhaps Vivien is actually a Homme or Real skin tone? That doesn't sound right, because you say she matches a kind of p-normal color resin. Do you have any other ED resins to compare her to? The 'from-another-dimension' pink color of your Eun-a doesn't sound like any Elfdolls I've seen at all--and I have quite a few, older and new. Weird. Try buffing her with a Mr. Clean Magic Eraser and see if it's just a residue from a previous faceup. I hope this helps!!!!!

Thanks for the input, KathrynB, I had never even considered the possibility of her being white skin. The head is unpainted at the moment so it can't be the faceup's fault. I just have hard time believing anything of that color could be called 'white skin' because the head is clearly pink, not pinkish white but actually pink, something like... The first thing that comes to mind is Dream of Doll's resin in its pinkest. I'll try to get a good picture of the color difference once it's light outside again.

[Ibilintu]

I'm slowly starting to believe my Eun-a is actually white skin now that we finally got some sunlight around here, since the head actually looks rather light. I have never had any other white skin dolls (I've always gone for ns) so that might explain it, I somehow thought that white skin would actually be white at least on some level and since it was sold to me as normal skin I never suspected it. But I don't know :/ I would be happy if someone could tell me that it is actually ws so I could try and trade or sell it since I really want the head in normal skin.
This isn't the best photo of all but it shows the difference between my Vivien (left) and Eun-a (right) heads, though my Vivien is a tad bit darker irl.

[midspace]

I'm slowly starting to believe my Eun-a is actually white skin now that we finally got some sunlight around here, since the head actually looks rather light.

To me, the Eun-a head looks like a normal skin.
I've had Normal skin girls since 2006 (Which have yellowed), but I've been ordering hand parts of one type or another over the years.
At the end of last year I ordered NS hand parts from ElfDoll directly, and they all had the same pinkish tone and color.
THe high heeled feet parts I got earlier last year weren't as pink.
I think something has happened to ElfDolls resin mixing process during the last batch (Jan-Feb 2012) they made.

[KathrynB]

Ibulintu, it's really hard to tell! But, she does look a whole lot more pink than I've ever seen either in NS or WS. Elfdoll WS is not a true white. It does have a very pale flesh tone to it. But, it's not reallly pink like this one. I wish I was more help for you. Midspace could be right that it is a NS. THe difference between NS and WS is very slight. I'm sorry I'm not more help. But, she looks pinker than any of my ED WS girls. I hope somebody else posts that can be more help than I've been.

[hobbywhelmed]

The older EF NS girls started out not a true pink, and age pale-peachy or yellowish-normal. (They do tend to reflect more pink-tones in sunlight, though.) Depending on batches, some EF dolls seem to have started out with more intense or saturated tones than others. Even homme isn't the almost-tan shade it was on the early Reds. My Soah is always pale-normal, while an equally old Lydia I have is much deeper toned in shadows, but reflects far more light and looks almost white in some daylight shots.

OTOH, I have a NS reminisce (?sp? sleeping.) Soah head that I bought about 2 years ago, and she was pale from the get-go, and much pinker than my older Soah. During the last sale, I bought heads in Homme, regular NS, and one in white. The homme varies (the bodies didn't match most of the heads) from a dusky pink to a deeper tone, but the regular NS ones are pale, but very pink. The white one is very different from the rest, and obviously has a white base.

IMO, the INSIDE of head caps are the worst thing to base color matches on. The inside of the caps and inside of the heads tend to either start out or stay more vivid for a much longer time than the outside of the heads.

But based on the picture posted, it just looks like the Eun head is a freshly manufactured NS one, or one kept in dark closed-ness since it was made. Give it some daylight and air, and that pink should reduce and blend-out over time. (Timewise -- I had a Barbie-pink AOD body at one point, that took a year, in a box all the time, to turn a more peach tone that could match something else!)

[Ibilintu]

Thank you midspace, KathrynB and Hobbywhelmed, I would never take an actual matching picture inside the headcap but since I was just trying to show the actual color of the resin I picked the only place where it showed properly on my camera. Based on your input I guess the Eun-a is just from a very differently colored normal skin patch than the Vivien. Which is fine, although if all Elfdolls start being this pink in the beginning from now on, it just means I can't buy new heads for the body I already have, which was my main point to begin with But I'll figure something out 8) Thank you all once more! ♥

[hobbywhelmed]

Neer underestimate the power of overall head-blushing! I have a couple of heads from previous owners that can't match their own company's bodies since they've been blushed to match other tones.

There's always the chance that the head you bought is from an extra-color-saturated batch too. Like I said, the Rem. head I bought is very pink, but it's also very pale. I've always longed for some kinf of massive analysis program that could map out how resin qualities vary over the course of a year.

What's the tone like on the body you're trying to match?

[KathrynB]

Iblintu, is it possible that your Vivian is a Homme skin? She looks normal to me. I hope you find a body to match her.

[lintie]

Ibilintu: Here's a comparison pic of snow skin Reminisce Vivien mod (left) and normal skin Vivien (right). Both 2011


Perhaps it'll help. I think your Vivien might be from an older, more peachy batch of normal skin - she doesn't seem quite as white as snow skin...
As for resin match - have you checked Angelsdoll? Their normal skin is a nice pale peachy colour:

[KathrynB]

Lintie, WOW! That's a modded Rem Head????? WOW!! You did a superb job on that!!!! Thank you for the comparison pictures. Very helpful!! And, I guess the NS does look much pinker.

Ibilintu: Here's a comparison pic of snow skin Reminisce Vivien mod (left) and normal skin Vivien (right). Both 2011


Perhaps it'll help. I think your Vivien might be from an older, more peachy batch of normal skin - she doesn't seem quite as white as snow skin...
As for resin match - have you checked Angelsdoll? Their normal skin is a nice pale peachy colour:

[Ibilintu]

Again, thank you so much everyone ♥ You have been super helpful. I probably wasn't exactly clear before, but my Vivien is all complete with Doll Family body which matches her skintone (which is normal skin) perfectly. I was just planning to buy Emma and/or Hazy heads so they could share my Vivien's body, but if ED is going to keep their resin this pink in the future then it wouldn't work too well or at least without very extensive blushing. I think I'll wait and keep an eye out for ED dolls from the February order period to see what color they are and then decide if I'll start to hunt the heads on the marketplace or order from the company when they have their next order period (whenever that will be).

[lintie]

KathrynB: Thanks She's not finished yet: I'm planning to put a bit of epoxy on lower eyelids - looks like I've sanded a bit too much...

[KathrynB]

She looks perfect to me, Lintie! Great job!

KathrynB: Thanks She's not finished yet: I'm planning to put a bit of epoxy on lower eyelids - looks like I've sanded a bit too much...

[Ivory]

Hello!
Sorry, but does anybody know why all the elfdolls are marked Sold Out? I actually planned to purchase a head from them...

[KathrynB]

Ivory, they have gone to ordering periods. They dolls and heads will be available again during the next ordering period for them.

[Ivory]

Phew. I was already getting nervous. Alright, thanks for your help.

[KathrynB]

You're welcome, Ivory!!!!!

Phew. I was already getting nervous. Alright, thanks for your help.