The New Niki- Obitsu 65 Male
Posted: Sun Dec 09, 2012 3:47 pm
Niki has a new look! I wanted to go All-Vinyl for the Doll House, so Niki (formerly Elfdoll Red) has been reshelled into a new body and head- the Obitsu 65 male.
Yes, there are some problems with this doll, as you may have heard. K2! got him off of Yahoo Japan Auctions and worked on his shoulders extensively before sending him on to me. Today I barely moved his arm and it snapped off at the elbow (the joint was frozen, for some reason). His arm is taped for now and I will figure out how to fix it. I think the problem is that they use the same size joints for this big guy as in the 60 cm dolls, and they simply are not beefy enough.
Added picture- his head now pushed down into it's proper position on the neck piece.
Niki is kind of a laid-back surfer, so it's going to take some experimenting to capture that kind of slouchy, casual look.
I opened his eyes a bit, and used the actual eyes from my Elfdoll Red.
Prima is a 60 cm Obitsu BJD modded down with 55 cm legs to about 55 cm. She looks very delicate next to him, but not out of scale, I don't think.
Trying to capture his slouchiness.
Yes, there are some problems with this doll, as you may have heard. K2! got him off of Yahoo Japan Auctions and worked on his shoulders extensively before sending him on to me. Today I barely moved his arm and it snapped off at the elbow (the joint was frozen, for some reason). His arm is taped for now and I will figure out how to fix it. I think the problem is that they use the same size joints for this big guy as in the 60 cm dolls, and they simply are not beefy enough.
Added picture- his head now pushed down into it's proper position on the neck piece.
Niki is kind of a laid-back surfer, so it's going to take some experimenting to capture that kind of slouchy, casual look.
I opened his eyes a bit, and used the actual eyes from my Elfdoll Red.
Prima is a 60 cm Obitsu BJD modded down with 55 cm legs to about 55 cm. She looks very delicate next to him, but not out of scale, I don't think.
Trying to capture his slouchiness.