My and Sarg's Iplehouse girls arrived this morning ♥ It was quite a surprise to receive the shipping notice just one day after we had finished our layaway... And we placed our order on October 9th, so it only took one month for them to make our girls ^^ Iplehouse is such a fast company, yet their dolls are great quality!
So, the dolls we got are
SID Grace in real skin (mine) and
EID Raffine in normal skin (Sarg's). I rambled more about the sculpts and characters last month
in this post, so now I'll just share the box opening pictures we have :) We had actually planned to do a video box opening, but ended up being too lazy and just took a few pictures... Maybe someday 8'D
Without further ado, let's get started with the box opening!
Warning for slight nudity in some photos!!
Huuuge box... Susu (~55cm) is here as a comparison to show how big the box actually is ^^;
This is all that there was inside - one SID box, one EID box, a beautiful "Iplehouse Artwork" box with one of Raffine's default outfits, a wig and a pair of sunglasses :)
Iplehouse has re-designed their SID box! This new one looks absolutely stunning *o* I haven't had time to browse through box openings lately, so I have no idea when this change happened? I got my previous SID girl only 4 months ago (her box opening can be found here) and she still had the old box design D: The EID box is still the same, but I wonder if Iple has plans to re-do the boxes for the other doll lines as well?
Here's a quick picture of the Raffine dress, which is stunning. This is actually not for us though, Sarg splitted it to our dear friend
Rootedinvanity :3 Hopefully she'll like it! ♥
Opening the doll boxes...
Certificates~
Two pretty dolls + two foam humans XD
This is
Renate, Sarg's Raffine ;3; I think the sculpt looks much nicer in person than I was expecting based on the photos! (Elsa Nendoroid photobombing on the background, ahem...)
The re-designed EID woman hands! ♥
And here is
Katherine, my Grace x3 Now I know for sure that she was the perfect sculpt choice for my character, I absolutely love her! ♥ (Elsa again...)
She has the beautiful re-designed hands as well~ I need to do a comparison of the new vs. old hands (and feet) at some point. We were surprised to notice that the new feet actually fit in some shoes that were too small for the older feet!
Trying on her wig and some eyes~ I'm still waiting on her own ones from Makoeyes, but she can use these for now. The wig needs some customizing as well - I ordered some white clip-on hair extension pieces that I'll sew on for a more K style look :)
I love the way this sculpt smiles~ Most of my other Iple ladies have a more serious expression, so I love having this girl bring in some smile as well!
Here is Renate with her eyes, wig and jointed hands ♥ Me and Sarg both immediately agreed that this sculpt works for Renate's character much better than the previous sculpt (Bibiane), which looked more like her teenage version.
Attitude? Check. (Those sunglasses are from Iplehouse as well~)
Poor Katherine doesn't have any own clothes yet, but she stole borrowed this dress from Sarg's Nieve :D
Our love couple! ♥ They're just perfect together, I do love how expressive Iplehouse's sculpts are even blank.
We'll be quite busy this weekend, since we're going to see the new James Bond movie on Saturday and on Sunday we'll visit a local fair for dolls and teddybears :) Hopefully we'll still have some time to at least get started on the faceups for Renate and Katherine, can't wait to be able to take some proper photos of these two! ♥
Congratulations to you both on your new gorgeous additions *____*
ReplyDeleteI love the Raffine sculpt, she is so beautiful.
I never saw many owner pics of Grace, and those I've seen were always with the same style faceup so its really cool to see her blank. She is gorgeous and I can't wait to see how you'll work your magic on her :D she looks so gracious and royal somehow!
Thanks so much~
DeleteI like Raffine a lot too! I'm happy that Sarg chose to get her, since while I like her she doesn't really fit any of my characters... But now I still get to enjoy the sculpt ^^
I haven't seen that many owner pictures of Grace either, I feel like she might be one of the less popular Iplehouse sculpts? People also often seem to buy Iple dolls with default faceups, so there are not so many blank and custom faceups photos. Grace is definitely a gorgeous sculpt, I really hope that more people will get her now that she's available as a basic~
Yeah! I totally get that! XD'
DeleteYou guys can share your collections ;D
You might be right. Maybe she isn't one of the popular. But as you say, hopefully more will buy her now ^^
I love their factory faceups, but they are just too unpersonal for me.
Congrats! I think IH must be the fastest company ~ I also think they might be the most professional ones, since their sculpts look so perfect and the casting of their dolls is flawless! :O
ReplyDeleteI adore the gorgeous tan skin tone on your Katherine a lot and that dress makes her look fabulous!
The new hand sculpts are sooo much better than the old EID/SID hand sculpts, aren't they? :O
Thank you dear ^^ Iplehouse is sooo fast, I can't remember any other company who had been able to send full dolls out so quickly! They do seem very professional too, I've seen photos of their office and even that looks so perfect and neat D: I just love them~
DeleteKatherine is my first Iple in real skin, but Sarg has a few so I knew what to expect of the color :) I do really love this skin color on Grace~ The nYID hands were my favorites, so I'm really happy that Iplehouse made the EID and SID hands look more like them! I think they look more realistic :3
Congrats on their arrival! That was quick. I was thinking it hadn't been long since you had mentioned you put these two on order.
ReplyDeleteThey are just both so very beautiful. I really love those hands. I wish they would do that with JID hands. I remember the JID I had ages ago wasn't that expressive.
Even blank, these two are very expressive.
I'll be curious on how you get on with the hair extension. I had been wanting to try this for Eve but don't really know how to use them and where to buy them from although I believe FMD might have some ...
Thank you :) Yes Iplehouse was very fast with getting them ready and shipping them out! I've gotten used to waiting for 2-4 months with most companies, so Iplehouse's fastness always surprises me!
DeleteI haven't followed their JID line that closely, but as far as I know they haven't made changes to their hands, at least yet. The bigger dolls have such lovely hands, so hopefully they'd make the JID hands more expressive too! Their head sculpts are so lovely and as you said, very expressive even blank :)
I think FMD only has short extensions, but there are many on Ebay and I believe some accessory stores could have them as well, though the prices might be higher. At least Leekeworld and Crobidoll have longer extension pieces as well! The extensions have little clips, so you can easily attach them to the dolls wig and take off easily as well. For a more permanent result, the hair weft piece could be sewed into the wig - this is what I plan to do with my girl :3
Todella kauniita nämä uudet Iplet, täytyy kyllä sanoa että itsekin kiinnitän paljon huomiota käsiin ja jalkoihin (varpaisiin!) joten uudelleen suunnittelu on varmasti ollut hyvä asia, ihanat pitkät sormet. Onnittelut! :)
ReplyDeleteKiitos paljon! ♥ Kauniit kädet ja jalat on tosiaan ihana asia nukeissa, vaikka nuo vanhatkin on nätit niin kyllä nämä uudet voittaa mennen tullen :) Vielä kun jalkojen osalta kenkien ostaminenkin helpottuu jonkin verran, täytynee ostaa uudenmallisia korkkarijalkoja jossain vaiheessa muillekin Iple-tytöilleni...
DeleteOnnea uusista, upeista nukeista! <3
ReplyDeleteSaatoin vähän hihittää "foam" ihmisille. :'''D
Kiitoksia!
DeleteJoo nää foam ihmiset on aika hauskoja :DD
Congrats on getting these two lovely ladies, they look great! Renate does have an attitude! Which company are those jointed hands from? I'm curious!
ReplyDeleteThe new hands are amazing, I can't wait to see the comparison with all hands you said!
Hope you will be able to paint them soon!
Thanks so much~ Renate's jointed hands are from Doll Family-H :) They're in a more yellow shade of normal skin, which doesn't really match Iplehouse's NS, but Sarg manage to blush them pretty nicely!
DeleteI try to do the hand comparison soon! :)
OOO so exciting! They look wonderful and I love how perfectly Raffine fits into Renate's role--I liked her as Bibiane but I can see that Raffine is perfect. That sculpt is very versatile! I love Grace in her realskin version too--it makes her look kinder, I think. They are so cute together! Congratulations!!
ReplyDeleteThank you!! I really love how versatile Iplehouse's sculpts are, you can make them look so different with faceup :) We painted these two yesterday and especially my Grace doesn't look that much like Grace anymore... I do agree that the real skin gives the sculpt a kinder look :)
DeleteCongrats to both of you :D!!! yay for new dolls~ Your firl's skin is gorgeous! and the sculpt is so nice, lovely smile and all. I laughed at Elsa haha :D
ReplyDeleteI didn't know there was a new james Bond movie :o!!! and I go to the movies so often haha Dx! I went last sunday to watch "The Intern" because I love Ann Hathaway and Andrew Rannells *u* though his appearance was so small X)
Anyways, back on topic, I'm impressed with how fast your dolls were shipped, it sounds like a dream to me haha! I need to consider some Iplehouse girls in the future :D!!!! When I feel like buying a big doll again ~_~
Congrats again!
Thank you very much! ♥ The real skin is very lovely in person too and I agree with you that Grace has such a cute smile~ Elsa apparently wanted to be a part of the photos too :D
DeleteThe new James Bond movie is called Spectre, I do recommend watching it!! I think it just premiered a few weeks ago. There might've been a short trailer of The Intern movie on the beginning of Spectre, it sounds familiar! The movie theaters have quite high prices nowadays, so we try not to go too often >.<
Iplehouse is a great company, their dolls are awesome quality and they make them really fast too! I'm sure you'd love a doll from Iplehouse, would fit perfectly in your doll crew as well :)
Aaaaws huimasti onnea molemmille! Todella ihania molemmat mutta pakkoa sanoa että hämmennyin kuin katsoin ensin että 2 naista, sitten tule Renatesta vaatteilla ja luulin että koko nukke vaihtui kun en tunnistanut lasien alta moldia enää mutta sitten taas tuli ilman laseja kuva ja bang osui ja uppos ! :D Hetkellinen mindblow!
ReplyDeleteKiitos kiitos :D Renate on vähän tämmöinen, hahmo haluaisi olla mies niin ulkonäkö on sitten sen mukainen, heh...
DeleteCongrats to you both! They are both truly gorgeous. I'm especially envious of your Grace :D
ReplyDeleteI'm gonna look forward to seeing what they'll end up with. I'm sure they'll be stunning :3
Thank you! I saw that you also have Grace on your wishlist, hope you get her someday too :D
DeleteWe''re quite happy with them now that we managed to faceup them on the weekend, a post will soon follow~
Onnea uusista tulokkaista! Saanko kysyä, mitkä silmät Renatella on? Sopivat täydellisesti tuon peruukin kanssa. :)
ReplyDeleteKiitos! :3 Renaten silmät on Makoeyesilta, 12mm. Väriä ei sen tarkemmin valitettavasti muisteta :/
DeleteHi Safir!
ReplyDeleteCongrats on their arrival, what a beautiful couple they make, even without face ups!
Have fun at the movies and the doll & teddy fair ( hope you take lots of photos).
Hugs,
X
Thank you :) Iple's dolls look great and so expressive even blank~
DeleteThe movie was fun, but we ended up not going to the doll&teddy fair... We were feeling a bit lazy and chose to stay at home to paint these girls instead :p
Woooow, they are so lovely, both of them! Congratulations! And they shipped *real* fast! O3O
ReplyDeleteI love both of their styles very much... although Katherine has a borrowed style. Somehow she gives me the impression that she'd look good in a flamenco dress! :) Maybe it's that flowing black hair.
Can't wait to see more of them both! (And I hopefully you will enjoy that James Bond movie as much as I did!)
Thanks so much ^3^ Iplehouse is so fast indeed~
DeleteThe dress that Katherine is wearing is actually something that she could have in her own closet as well XD Nieve might not like it though if one of her employees steals her dress, hahah... But yeah, she'll be wearing black & white, classy and formal clothes~ I must say that I do love the idea of a flamenco dress on her! :D Might need to try it out at some point!
The James Bond movie was great, we liked it very much!! We managed to finish the faceups for these girls too, I will make a blog post soon :)
Omg, congratulations! They're both lovely in different styles~ Even without face up they already have so much personality. Now, I'm looking forward to seeing them with face up soon! :3
ReplyDeleteThanks so much :) I'll be making another blog post soon - we managed to finish their faceups during the weekend~ We saw our characters in the sculpts even when they were still blank, but now with faceups they look even more like they're supposed to ♥
DeleteOi joi miten hienoilta näyttävätkään nämä kaksi! Muut firmat voisivat ottaa oppia tuosta toimitusajasta! :D
ReplyDeleteMekin käytiin kattomassa uusin Bondi tuossa viime viikolla. Viihdyttävä oli, mutta jotenkin tykkäsin Skyfallista enemmän... Ja ite eksyin sattumalta tänään tuonne nukke- ja nallemarkkinoille, kun kävelin siitä Vanhan ylioppilastalon ohi :D Oli kyllä paljon ihania pikkutavaroita siellä ja muutama lähti mukaankin... :3
Kiitoksia~ Voisivat tosiaan muut firmat ottaa vähän oppia, yleensä sen pari-kolme kuukautta joutuu odottelemaan :D
DeleteJames Bond oli kyllä hyvä leffa, mutta jotenkin jäi ärsyttämään kun sillä tummahiuksisella Bond-naisella oli niin vähän kohtauksia ja jotenkin se loppu oli niin kliseinen...
Me jätettiinkin markkinat väliin, kun oli laiska fiilis ^^; Jäätiin sitten vaan kotiin meikkaamaan näitä nukkeloita. Oih, toivottavasti esittelet noita ostoksia jossain vaiheessa! ♥
Onnea uusista tulokkaista! Todella upeat! Tykkään Katherinen ihon väristä, niin pehmeä sävy. Ja olen samaa mieltä Tiinyan kanssa - muut firmat voisivat ottaa oppia toimitusajasta. Todella nopeasti lähetetty!
ReplyDeleteKiitoksia! Tuli kieltämättä kovin luksus-fiilis, kun lähettivät nämä nuket niin nopeasti :D En ymmärrä yhtään miten he pystyvät valmistamaan nukkeja noin nopeasti, vaikka heille tehdään aika paljon tilauksia!
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