DANG IT
I've always loved DollChateau for their unique sculpts, but there has never been one that really reached out and grabbed me. On a related note, I've also never found a 60cm+ doll that I just -HAD- to own. I was checking out Cyril on DollChateau and kind of liked him--reminds me of Saint/Bernard from Dollshe--and I REALLY like their 70cm male bodies; a good mix between that emaciated DC style I covet but never intended to own, and a lean, adult body not too muscled like I think so many 70cm bodies are.
All of my dolls are characters in my novel, and I have a few characters whose doll-shells I have yet to own, but those are already picked out and all within my usual MSD comfort zone. I used to have a 70cm Batchix head, which was given to me and then taken back from me by a friend, that was the shell for one of my novel characters. No real love lost there, as I had tried it out on a Dollshe body once and was not enamored.
.... Just found Erwin, of DollChateau. (
http://www.doll-chateau.com/pro_detail.asp?id=249 ) Dang. It. HE LOOKS PERFECT. WAAAAAAANT. huff. He would be a prefer reshell for my lost Batchix-head-novel-character!
What makes it worse? The character he's supposed to shell is SUPPOSED to be giant compared to others.
sigh. Dat moment when you fall in love. well... guess I've got one more doll to add to my wishlist. >w>
EDIT: Picture of previous Batchix-head/Dollshe shell from 2006; ignore the awful face-up and amateur mods lolol
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a129/ferret-kun/BJDs/Boe/apronpants010.jpg. Defining features: kind, mature look.