Dollieh Sanctuary

Hi guys! I've run into a little issue. I'm working on a commission for a 23cm Obitsu girl, but for some reason the head keeps wanting to tilt down. The only way I can keep it from happening is if I don't tighten the screw on the neck peg too much, but then the head is kinda wobbly and not too stable. I haven't had this issue with my own 23cm girl, so does anyone have any suggestions for fixing this? Being a commission, it's pretty important to me that I get this worked out.

Not entirely sure what you mean since my 23cm soft bust gal( S-Gretel) has gotten too attached to her body to help me out.

Anyway
- Have you tried changing neck knob/peg. My Gretel uses a different one than the former occupant(Parabox Neko) I don't remember who was using the default size vs one size up.
- If this is anything like my 27cm soft bust ladies, would suggest pushing the head in deeper (with or without changing the peg (warm up the head hole if it can't fit a larger peg)

Never got around to modding the neck pegs or widening the head hole, so cant help much there.

[quote="Iwa_Hoshi"][/quote]

It's difficult to explain. >w<; I did change the neck attachment though. It helped, but still not to the point that it's great. I actually cut a little bit of the vinyl away from the inside of the head and that seemed to help some. The inside looked a little bit rougher at the front than my own doll's head, so it could just be to do with that. I'd shave away a little more to see if it fixes it, but I can't angle the xacto knife right to get it.

I appreciate the response! I'll try a few more things and see if I can get it worked out just right.

Can you change heads and see if that works?

Would a soft washer (foam, silicone) help?

Is there anything that might be giving the head extra weight that is the cause of the problem? eg. if rooted / rerooted is the rooting particularly dense or is the hair fairly long & that's contributing to extra weight that's effecting the neck joint? Alternatively, if this is a wigged rather than rooted doll do you have the same issue both with & without a wig on? Similarly, have any modifications been made to the head that could have thrown out it's balance? Just curious / troubleshooting in case a more heavy-duty method of stabilising the head might be needed

- What sculpt is the head in question?
- And if its a rooted/reroot/wigged head?

If it has a removable wig head cap, you could try and run some thread around the neck peg after you are finish with your faceup.

Katzilla wrote:

Iwa_Hoshi wrote:

maywong wrote:

Darn, my notif was turned off. >3<; There's nothing giving it extra weight. It's a Muffin head with acrylic eyes, same as my own 23cm girl. Also using a wig. The head does it with or without a wig on. I cut a little at the neck hole to make it more angled and it helped somewhat, but the head still wants to look down a lot. I was going to try a washer, but I don't have a plastic one on hand. It seems like it needs something in the front between the head and neck to help hold it up. Like the hole is angled badly.

EDIT: I did a little more subtle modding around the neck hole and it's almost perfect now. I can even screw the peg down all the way and the head stays steadily upright. I don't know what the deal was, but I think the neck hole was just somehow made at a bad angle. When I compared it to my own girl, the inside of the vinyl was thicker on the commission head. I cut away a lot of it to make it more even, and adjusted the angle of the edges a bit. I think that's what it needed. Of course if anyone has another solution or suggestions I'll be happy to hear them in case this issue comes up again. Thanks! ^.^

whenever i've had problems with any of my 27cm. OBITSU-based girls, wrapping the neck peg with electrical tape has always solved the issue...