October 10, 2015

New Iple girls on the way!

Me and Sarg placed a big order to Iplehouse yesterday - both of us ordered a new girl! ♥ I wasn't supposed to buy a big BJD now, but since Sarg was ordering we figured we'd kill two birds with one stone and get these both girls at once, saving in the shipping costs as well XD They're going to be a couple too, so it's quite fitting lol~

(All these pictures belong to Iplehouse!)

I ordered SID Grace in real skin, with large bust and no mobility joints or faceup :3 She's going to be my character named Katherine Danrow, also known as just K. As a random fact, her cousin is Alexiel Danrow who goes by the nickname X :'D

I wasn't particularly interested in the Grace sculpt before Iplehouse recently introduced her as a basic version with this stunning faceup option that made me realize she has a lot of potential of being the perfect K. I had planned to shell her as Carina, but Grace got me more inspired about the character, so I decided to alter my plans! I'm glad that I was able to get her on SID body as a basic doll instead of Custom Doll System, which I would've needed to use if I decided to go with Carina (since she's originally an EID). I obviously wanted Katherine and Renate to have that cute little height difference XD

Katherine is a talented engineer that specializes in robotics and mechanical battle gear. Most of the other people working in the same field are males and they never stop wondering how a female can work in such a job - and be more successful than them... K dresses quite formally most of the time - classy suits and dresses are her thing. Oh, and she never wears any other colors than black or white ^^;

Sarg ordered EID Raffine in normal skin, with medium bust and no mobility joints or faceup~ She's going to be Renate, or just Ren for short. Renate was first shelled as EID Bibiane, but Sarg thought it makes the character look a bit too childish and didn't really bond with the head, so she decided to sell it and re-shell Renate as Raffine :) Ren's style is also going to change a little bit - she's getting a bull skull tattoo (maybe some other tats as well) and some scars, inspired by Venom Snake from Metal Gear Solid. Renate has yellow eyes and brown hair :3

Personality-wise she's a good friend of Shagrilah and Ronya, and currently works as a soldier at Xymox Headquarters. She's quite an unisex person and sees herself as more of a male than a female, but we still talk about the character/doll as "she".

I also wanted to show the blank pictures of both sculpts:



Iplehouse is definitely the favorite company for both of us, so we're always thrilled to be able to bring more of their lovely sculpts home ;3; They are usually quite fast to get the dolls ready for shipping - in the best case we might get a shipping notice next month already! We ordered with 2-part layaway though, but Iplehouse starts making the dolls right after the first payment, which is great :3

Sarg already has the eyes and wig ready, but I need to order Katherine's grey eyes >3< The wig she's getting from Iplehouse as well, though we'll customize it a bit and add some highlights.

22 comments:

  1. Congratulations on your new additions! :D
    I can't wait to see what you guys will do with them. Both super gorgeous sculpts that I am sure you will make awesome and unique! Yay!!

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    1. Thank you :3
      We have big plans for them, hopefully they'll work out! The sculpts seem both really promising and I'm sure they'll be fun to paint~

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  2. Congrats! both sculpts are lovely and you 2 already made great characters out of them. Can't wait to see them come to life!!well, come to doll XD

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    1. Thanks! Sometimes it can be hard to find the perfect sculpts for characters that already exist in your mind, but these two feel like the right choices :3 Hopefully we'll still feel the same way after they're painted and all!

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  3. Congrats on those gorgeous girls! Can't wait to meet them. Raffine is on my top favorites girls from Iplehouse, she's gorgeous even without face up.

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    1. Thank you :) Raffine is really gorgeous, I'm glad that Sarg decided to buy her! I don't have any character that would've worked with that sculpt and we're trying not to create more new characters, since our SD crew is already quite big ^^;

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  4. Congrats! :D
    I've had a similar feeling of not falling in love with a sculpt until I see it with a different face-up. I'm very excited to see both of the new girls. I'm sure each of them will be stunning in their own way. ^^

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    1. Thanks :D
      It's fun how a doll can look so different with just some changes to the faceup! I've tried to learn to look behind the faceups and see the potential in the sculpt for different things, but sometimes I still don't realize the full potential before seeing a different kind of faceup on the doll. Hope I manage to paint K's face the way I want and the sculpt ends up being the right choice for her :3 I have no worries that Sarg wouldn't be able to make Raffine look stunning, it's my own skills I'm worried about hahah XD

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  5. Congrats on the big order!!!! Both sculpts are lovely and have a lot of potential, but I confess I'm really intrigued about Katherine! She sounds really interesting, and I can't wait to see more of her and Ren!
    Also, will Sargg do Ren's faceup? I'm sure she will look awesome when finished!!
    Hope they arrive soon!!

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    1. Thank you ^^ I really love Iplehouse's sculpts, they can be so versatile~ I'm quite excited about getting Katherine as a doll, especially now that she'll come home at the same time as Ren! Sarg will be doing Ren's faceup and I might ask her to help out with Katherine's as well... We'll see :3

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  6. Onnittelut uusista nukeista! Onpa hienoa kun pari tulee kotiin yhtä matkaa! :)

    Katherine erityisesti vaikuttaa mielenkiintoiselta hahmolta (robotiikka <3 insinöörinainen <3 )! Odotan mielenkiinnolla kuvausshootteja hänestä. :)

    Onko noilla Iplehousen mobility jointeilla mitään virkaa? *kyselee tietämätön*

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    1. Kiitoksia :3 Ollaan aiemminkin (itseasissa juuri Ipleltä) tilattu pariskunta kerralla, hauskaa kun pystyy suunnittelemaan tulevaa pariskuntaa yhdessä!

      Harmi että nää meidän scifi-maailmat ei ole oikein toteutettavissa nukkekoossa, niin joudutaan tyytymään hengailukuviin jne. XD Saa nähdä mitä keksitään näille~

      Iplellä mobility jointit on käytännössä vain yhdet ekstrajointit reisissä. Helpottaisivat varmaan jonkun verran posetusta, mutta en ole itse oikein koskaan kokenut tarpeelliseksi vaan olen valinnut aina nuo epämobilityt :) Tykkään jotenkin enemmän noiden ulkonäöstä ja olen saanut ihan mukavasti poseteltua ilman ekstrajointtejakin. Ehkä lähinnä mielipideasia nuo siis, jotkut tykkää ja jotkut ei :3

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  7. Congrats Safir & Sarg!!
    I agree IH do wonderful sculpts and these are both wonderful choices. :)
    Hugs,
    X

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    1. Thank you from both of us ^^
      We're looking forward to seeing these sculpts in person~

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  8. Congratulations on the new orders, I'm looking forward to see them @o@ Iplehouse is great, I think their service is always excellent as well, which is a definite plus! Their sculpts are so perfect, I especially like Raffine's lips :O I can't wait to see what you and sarg make of them!

    I'm still hoping to order 2 dollies from them once, but just never got around to it ToT Soon~~

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    1. Thank you :) I really love Iplehouse, not only their dolls but their customer service as well! Definitely my favorite company at the moment~

      I guess Asa is one of those two you'd like to order from them? ;3

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  9. I agree with Irene that I am excited to see what you do with them! Your Iplehouse girls always look like unique characters--it always surprises me how different they look from the Iplehouse defaults, and how beautiful you can make them!

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    1. Oh thank you ^^ Isn't that a wonderful thing about dolls that you can make them so different from each other! I think Iplehouse has really nice default faceups, but we enjoy bringing our own characters into life and that often requires quite different faceups ^^; It's great that there's something for everyone :3

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  10. Congratulations on the new orders! The characters all sound very intriguing. I particularly found Katherine's background interesting but I could be a wee bit biased there as I really love robotics.

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    1. Thank you :D Many of our characters are connected with Xymox, which is a big organization revolving around mechas, robotics and other cool stuff in our story~

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    2. I hope you can post more about the story and characters. It sounds interesting and right up my alley. I love those types of stories. I tend to have big organizations in my stories too that seem to be benevolent but are really something much darker.

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    3. Oh I will try to share more about them! :) We have a few different story lines and this sci-fi inspired world currently seems to inspire us the most, if not counting the random cuteness of Azone dolls XD

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