Enter Helena

I mentioned in my last post that I was waiting for a body to arrive for my Bimong Dandelion head. The body arrived today and my Dandelion looks really nice on it.

The body is the Old Souldoll Double female body which has been discontinued. I purchased the body second-hand from a seller in Australia. The body was from 2014 but the previous owner had kept the body mostly in the box and as far as I'm concerned, it looks in pretty good condition. There were a few marks which were mentioned on the sales post but they came off easily with a magic eraser and some warm water.

I did have to use a neck donut to lift the head up otherwise without it, she had no neck as the face plate hangs a lot lower at the front. It also gave her a really good range of head movement too. Without the donut, her head didn't really move at all.

This is a better photo to show the resin match. From my research, I discovered that apparently the old double Souldoll body used the old normal resin colour (which I've read has changed since). So newer resin batches may not match as closely. Even with this, the Bimong head is a lot lighter than the body but I think once she has a face up, that will help it to blend better with the body. It's not a horrible match but not 100% either but as I rather like the sculpting, the height, the slenderness of this body a lot, it's not a deal breaker for me.

I'm really glad  I waited around a bit longer than I intended for the right body to show up for her.

These are the hands on this body. They are so pretty. I may give her fingernails a french manicure look. She also came with heeled feet as well as her flat feet which was great.

Close up of her features. I really adore the sculpting on this face. Those lips are so lovely. I've already got a face up artist in mind. I thought about painting her myself but I just don't think I can do this sculpt justice. I know exactly what look I'm wanting for her. But gotta say, even blank, this girl is gorgeous.

I really wanted to see how she would look with wigs and clothes on. I'm still not sure if I'll keep that wig for her final look. I like the style though so I might go with a black colour instead in the same style. Clothing wise, this girl is going to be hard to dress. She's not as big as the standard SD girl and not as small as an MSD girl. She's an in-between size. Trust me to like a body that requires a whole new line of clothing! Ack.

I suppose that's a good thing as she is meant to be 'Helena', the geneticist who works with Geraint and she wouldn't really wear this sort of style normally. Her hair is usually neatly tied back when she's working and she is also supposed to wear glasses. Looking at her like this though, I am tempted to turn her into another character entirely but ... we'll see after she gets a face up.

Have a good weekend!