I didn't want to add this in the last post, since I'll be linking it from dA and doa possibly, but anyway, here's my thoughts on hybrids.

Nearly all my dolls are hybrids (except Gabby since his body is from the same company, just that the Lishe head was meant to go on a girl's body, but still, the resin is from the same company) and the main reason is because each of my character has a different body build and height etc, so very often the company bodies don't suit what I have in mind. So I don't have repeats of any bodies (well, I don't count having both type A and B bodies from Little Monica the same) and this also means I have to keep looking for bodies arghh.

So even though the Akagidoll body fits Joe (my Peroth) and Caillen (my C. Ryu), I still have to look out for other bodies...and while I'm more or less set on getting the Popo 68cm body for my Ryu, I need a shorter body for my Peroth (around 63 to 64 cm that is of a lean but fit built) which is kind of hard to decide on. I thought the Doll Family-A 63cm ver 3 body might work but the neck is only 9.5cm thick, which is too thin for my taste on 63cm bodies. Even the Nobility body has a 10cm neck size. And it's such a thin body already (not counting Doll Chateau cos I don't like that kind of thin bodies :/).

So yes, the search for bodies is always ongoing. I guess it's fun but uh, when you have like 10 dolls who are/are supposed to be hybrids (3 of which are floating heads), it's a bit tedious sometimes...

Also, I noticed that my Mihos have yellowed faster than their Little Monica bodies so currently their heads are darker :( I do hope that the yellowing would match up again so they look less odd but I guess I'm just being a bit picky (and sad, because they matched better last time). Oh well...Here's an unedited (just resized) photo of Hew to show what I mean.



It's not too bad in natural light and in photos, but my room has yellowish lighting, and it makes his face a really unhealthy jaundiced yellow which makes me kind of ...:< At least I realised he still looks mostly fine in natural light.

Akagi 66cm body with Nobility rerelease Peroth and Migi Cynical Ryu heads

I don't think I would be switch heads onto the Akagi body any time soon because it took me so much pulling to get Zeke's head back on after I took this photos... >_> (Maybe I shouldn't use twine to help me pull the S hook >_<)

But anyway, here's some proportions and resin comparison.
Body: Akagidoll 66cm boy body (NS, 2014)
Heads: Nobility rerelease Peroth (NS, 2013), Migidoll Cynical Ryu with nose mod (NS-B, 2013)

Peroth head first. These bunch of photos are for proportions, the resin match ones (more accurate on my screen) will come later :) I kind of only had the head on the body without pulling the S hook on properly because my hands would have died...so I don't know about head mobility and such.

He looks quite good actually.

And with a wig. Definitely do-able for proportions.


Just a closer photo of head to shoulders proportion.


Okay, now for resin match. My Peroth is blushed with a lot of pinks, so he seems to match, but the actual Nobility resin doesn't really. You can see it in the photo below. The back of his head is clearly paler, and he is also a tinge yellower than Akagi NS, but as I said, my Peroth has A LOT of blushing (mostly in pink and brown tones), so he looks okay on the Akagi body.


Just to show that my Peroth looks rather okay on the body because of his blushing, but there are areas on his face with less blush (Oh really? Is there? Trust me there is, like the shiny part of his nose bridge) that can be seen to be paler.


So my conclusion is, it's definitely a good body proportion wise, but resin match wise Peroth would need quite a bit of blushing to match the Akagi body. Too bad I need my Peroth on a shorter body...

Next is my Migidoll Cynical Ryu. His nose is modded but that shouldn't affect things too much. Anyway, I thought he looks good on the body too. Definitely nice proportions.


And a wig. Not his usual lol, cos I was lazy to get that from my room.


And for resin comparison, I think the 2 are quite close in real life, but Migi NS-B is a tinge yellower. I don't really see that in real life though it might also be because he has a faceup.


Because his neck does appear a bit yellower and uhh, slightly greyer? But I don't think it's too big an issue especially with a normal faceup that has reds/pinks/beige in it.


And I do like how he looks on it. It's a close enough match :)


So yay, the Migidoll NS-B works too.

Hope that helps someone decide on their hybrids.

[edit: here's the headcap comparison from my box opening, where you can see all the resin mentioned together, plus Leeke.

Akagidoll 66cm boy box opening

Well technically it's Akagidoll You Yue, but I'm not keeping the head (even though it's quite pretty, but I already have so many floating heads), so I'm focusing on the body :D It's Zeke's body by the way.

I ordered the body from Fumiyo so that I can get it straight from taobao. I don't remember the exact date but I ordered it in late December, and I was so surprised to see the postman this morning. It's something like 2-3 weeks since I ordered! Fastest arrival I've had so far, haha. This is the Akagidoll 66cm body.

This is how the box arrived. There's no outer box, just a few layers of pretty thick bubblewrap.


Cutting apart the bubblewrap...(I didn't have the box upside down. So yeah. Usually the lid is bigger but I guess the bottom of this box is larger than the lid)


Close up of the extra wrapped thing around the box.


Inside the box, there's a brown carrier bag of sorts. The straps are not attached and I've not figured out how to put them on yet, but since I already have my own carrier bag, I didn't care too much and just put the straps aside to continue opening cos I wanted to see the body, haha.


Sorry for the blurry photo but it's a bunch of "manuals" and supposedly certificate of ownership but it's not really a certificate, since it wasn't specific to the doll I ordered (Youyue).


Opened the bag, and the doll is inside :) It's just wrapped in some thin foamy sheet.


And apparently they decided the knees need extra bubblewrap, haha. This is the full doll. Standing straight out of the box :D He's super tightly strung though.


And I figured since Akagi doesn't have blank doll head photos, here's some blank Akagidoll You Yue. I'm not keeping the head though. It kind of reminds me of a Swd Sch A, MSdoll Drayton and Switch Rusi all in one...It's quite a nice head actually. The company photos have him in so much eyelashes and whatnot...






And his hands have nails...not really my taste :/ But anyway I swapped them out for some Little Monica hands I have lying around, though the LM hands don't appear in this set of photos cos I only did that after I kept my camera, haha.

And a rough comparison of headsize of You Yue with the actual owner of the head (my Leeke Khal). Their lips kind of look alike here (but it's cos of Zeke's faceup. Lol. I was surprised that Khals have smiley mouths when they're blank o.O)


And cos the body was SOOOOO tightly strung, it took me a lot of effort to switch the heads. Yay, now Zeke has his own body.


And to show resin match. Leeke is slightly paler and slightly pinker than Akagi NS (which suits my hybrid fine). My yellower toned NS, the Nobilitydoll NS and Migidoll NS-B are yellower than Akagi, with the Nobility being a bit paler than Akagi, and Migidoll NS-B being a rather close (though slightly yellower) match.


And halfway, I discovered that his right hands (left in photo) has longer nails than his left hand (right in the photo).

And here's Zeke beside Kristolf :) Zeke is a Leeke Khal on the 66cm Akagidoll body, and Kristolf (red hair) is a Leeke Mihael borrowing a Little Monica body.


More photos of Zeke soon, when the light is better!

[edit: Okay, the lighting is still too dark, but I took photos of Zeke anyway. Haha. Here's him with the Akagidoll body and Little Monica hands

Joe's faceup. I got lazy trying to take photos of 3 dolls together, and in the end for the shots of Joe's faceup, I just went, "Ohhh, this image is sharp enough, this would do", and ended up with the above. Haha. Instead of trying to do a side view or anything like that...>_>

And the photos of Zeke, Joe and Caillen together, which aren't good enough to explain why it was so tiring to take photos of them together. I don't know, it's like the difficulty level of doll photography increases exponentially with more dolls @_@





I had to modify Joe's expression in the 2nd photo cos he wasn't smiling enough, haha. And now that Joe only uses the brown pair of eyes (He used 1 brown and 1 turquoise when he was Benja), I swapped out Caillen's eyeco eyes (which were really pretty but somehow not right for him) for the turquoise/blue makoeyes. I've not decided if I should sell the eyeco ones cos they're so pretty, but no one who wears 15mm eyes needs more eyes/eye swapping. Haha.

Oh hey. Look what I did with my Peroth. He looks so different now, doesn't he? He feels like he fits better too, to this look. I'm thinking he'll be suitable as a beach surfer kinda guy, haha. He's called Joe for now. JOEEEE. I thought I'll never name my dolls such common names, but hey, who knew?

My can of MSC ran out, but I did finish Benja's faceup (though it's not very well done, even by my standards...). He still looks shiny...I can't figure out if it's cos this bottle of MSC is strange, if it's cos it's nearing the end of the can, or if it's something to do with humidity in general. Or if I'm not spraying enough, hmm... If I get another can I'll see what happens.

Benja is going to change character...again. Haha. We shall see how that works out... I've not even decided on a name for him yet, but I would, soon. At least I know he'll be one of Caillen's cronies good friends.

Also, I saw on doa's peroth thread that the rerelease Peroth looks quite different from the original release, namely that the eyes are slightly different shape, and the new Peroth has a less protruding mouth, and is generally smaller than the old Peroth. Some people even went as far as to call the rerelease a different sculpt altogether. Well, I didn't know about this before, but it does seem like my Peroth has a less protuding mouth. The original Peroth would have fitted Zeke better than the rerelease version, but I like my Khal as Zeke more, so no issue on that. Now if only I can figure out whether the new character I'm letting my Peroth (rerelease ver) be would suit him, or if I should camp around in hopes of buying an original unmodded Peroth one day (for who? I don't know man...I have no character for him anyway). Random thoughts since I won't be buying anything soon after ordering the Akagi body. (Which I hope would fit and match Zeke!)

So I just removed Benja's faceup and I'm waiting for it to dry before I spray MSC. It seems that I'm low on MSC though. :/ Hope it'll last till I finish his faceup, or I'll have to go to town to buy a new can.

I realise it's almost the same angle of his face, haha. And it's even funnier considering I took photos cos I made a new shirt, and ended up with mostly shots that don't show his face. So well, here's a photo of the shirt I made:



I only realise the neckline was funny after I washed and ironed it, so this shirt's going to be like this. In other news, the body he's on (Sion's Little Monica type A) has wobbly knees, and I was wondering why, since Hew's (Little Monica type B) is fine. And I was thinking it can't just be because of the extra torso joint, so I pulled out his knees to check, and apparently I strung him in with some kips. But the knee joints are so flushed that kips just upset the balance, and it did become a bit better after I unstrung his calves to remove the kips. He's still not as stable as Hew but well, I take what I can. Especially when Nat's body (Nobility Emotional) is a pain to balance, and nothing else I have compares with that.

And I missed out this shot just now, but I have a shot of the shirt from the back where I should have made the fake leathery cloth piece longer, but I guess it looks fine? And look at that spine, woo~

Oh man, I just ordered an Akagidoll You Yue. I just want the body, but the Christmas promotion is for the whole doll, and I'm getting it from Taobao with Fumiyo's help (Haha, I always go to her for taobao orders ._.). HOPEFULLY (cross my fingers), it'll be a good match for Zeke cos I'm so broke after this unexpected purchase. :/ But the Christmas promotion was too good to miss out. Really. Just hope to heck it matches...please?

The seller says the body can be shipped before Chinese New Year...so a month or so? Oh man, I hope so :3