#bjd resin comparison

[izasbjdphoto]

After Cari, my dark tan TD Doll XunYiChao, arrived, I decided to do a small resin comparison of currently available colors for tans and 1 normal pink skin.

Light tan from TD Doll is very very pale, it doesn't show much darker than an slight olive toned normal skin. In comparison, dark tan is really a rich dark color, definitely worth the $60 extra for it (light tan also comes with a $60 up charge for a 1/3+ sized doll).

I also compared the light tan to some other light tan resins that I have at home which are currently available from their respective companies with and without flash:

Jointed Hand: TD Doll normal pink 2019 (yellowed)

Spare male hand: DFA light tan 2021

Full arm and hand: TD Doll light tan 2020 (I labeled it wrong)

Foot: Iplehouse peach gold skin 2021

I have a couple of other tans at home, which are discontinued or have been updated as color options, such as:

LoongSoul french brown 2021 (Black Dragon release)

TD Doll tan 2019 (was replaced in 2020 with light and dark tan options)

Dollzone tan 2013

Dream Valley original tan from 2020

Soom bronze from 2012

Fairyland tan 2013

So yeah, just let me know if you want any other colors compared!

[bunnyscribblesbjd]

some resin comparisons (jan 2023)

here they are! the natural light images are truest to life, though the tans look more different in reality. dika doll tan is a smidge yellower (though that may just be age), and fairyland tan is much redder. I had heard that fairyland and unoa tans were close enough to hybrid easily, but they do seem significantly different in person- it would likely work if a unoa head was given a warm/reddish faceup though. 

the fairyland tan and normal resins, the alchemic labo unoa paradise and fresh resins, and the dollzone yellow resin have been kept almost completely out of the sunlight (until this picture lol). the other two have been in the sun underneath wigs.

these pictures were taken with my phone (an iPhone 12) in front of a window with indirect sunlight

I hope that these can be of use to someone o/

[blacksheepdolls]

okay, back in town and I finally have some comparison pics of the luts bronco resin. I will say that it looks darker in person, but I couldn't make it look accurate in the photos.

first we have bronco vs old normal from 2013, then bronco vs rosy brown. third pic is all three together, plus you can see the centaur brown. that third one gives the best idea of where the bronco falls in the shade scale, but even the rosy brown looks lighter in it, so take it with a small grain of salt.

tagging @kosomolski-dolls since you were wondering!

[coolcatsodalite]

It occured to me that i never posted about doll family-h's new tan here beyond posting a finished Ellis. So i will now, in case anybody still doesn't know. They still haven't changed their ordering photos to reflect the new tan which is very rude of them. Basically i ordered a body expecting the old tan because it matches a dyed head almost spot on. But they silently changed their tan and i was very upset. Below is a comparison of the old tan (left) vs the new tan:

Here is the new tan in different lighting:

This is basically just a psa for those who are still under the impression that doll family-h has a dark tan. They do not. The new tan is really actually beige. But there is good news! It matches withdoll's beige perfectly:

All photos are completely unedited. And i received this body in januray 2023. Hope this helps

[kosomolski-dolls]

I got my DfH slim girl body and I love it 😁

It comes with silicone kips in hip joints, shoulders, and the neck, and also has wired legs and arms.

I think the wire might be needed for the elbow because the new joint of this body is an odd form. I'll try to check the posing once I have the time to actually take her apart, but a friend said that it's not as good as the old joint...

They also have little ridges in the wrist and ankle joint where you can rest your hooks for easy change of parts. I love this so much because it's as easy as magnetic hands/feet without the annoying feet-sticking-in-your-shoes issue 😬

Colour match of new dfh tan with fairyland and unoa. Fairyland is way more rosy and also more muted. It looks almost greyish in photos, which is so interesting because their tan is actually quite saturated imo??

Unoa paradise skin is actually... a pretty good match? DfH is a tad more orange, but it is so miniscule that it is barely noticeable irl and basically non-existent on camera. I will take photos on Saturday in daylight to check if it still works as well as it seems to, but I'm very, very pleased!!

I think unoa heads work also pretty well on the body, proportions wise? In my experience, unoas tend to have swan neck syndrome with a lot of other bodies, but this one isn't too bad, actually! I like it! And it's perfect for the head I bought it for:

She now needs a name.

And possibly a new faceup because I just scratched/ chipped her lip. Twice.

[webpixies]

Looking for resin matches for this tan miracle doll body, any help is appreciated!

[bjdinfo]

Can you please do a resin comparison of Myou white skin tone with Doll Family-h and other bjd companies that have jointed hands?

Companies that have yellow-toned white skins are good matches:

Angel of Dream, Chicabonita, Doll Leaves, Doll Love, Dollzone/Doll Chateau (sister companies), Mystic Kids, Souldoll, Sugarble, Xagadoll/Asleep Eidolon; Magic Time and Fairyland too, but their MSD dolls are smaller so parts may not be compatible.

Jointed hand candidates (handidates?):

Asleep Eidolon/Xaga Doll white 2021 looks fairly close to 2019 Myou white, and they offer 1/3-sized jointed hands.

Doll Leaves white is described as a good match in a comment from 2022, but the included photo link was broken unfortunately. I’ll see if I can ask the commenter to repost it!

Doll Legend jointed hands might have worked but the company seems to be defunct. ;-;

Doll Chateau’s 1/4 jointed hands fit nicely on Myou Doll’s 1/4 ver. 3 girl body. (A bit small on ver. 1 but still functional.)

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Companies that have pink or peach toned whites that won't match so well are:

IOS, Luts, Angell Studio, Loong Soul, Doll Legend, Akagi Doll, Migidoll, Dikadoll, Angel Fantasy, Doll Family-H, Doll Family-A

*Doll Family-H white matched in 2016/2017 but is now lighter and has a pinker undertone.

and companies that have paper white skin:

Dikadoll pure white (not sure on regular white), Resinsoul, Dream Valley

Will update if I can find information on other possibilities for jointed hands. Thank you for your ask and please let me know if you have other questions.

White Resin Comparisons by epicari on Den of Angels

K is Myou Doll white from 2019

1. Resin Soul- White 2019 (horn)

2. Magic Time- White 2018 (cat ear)

3. Pipos- White 2020 (ear)

4. Dika Doll- Pure White 2021 (paw)

5. Ringdoll- White (body sent to me by Ringdoll in 2021 but yellowed so older/ unknown age)

6. Aimerai- White 2021 (cat ear)

7. Doll Legend- White 2019 (small hands)

8. Doll Family H- White 2021

9. Doll Family A- White 2021 (changed from yellow tone to pink toned white mid 2021)

A. Luts- Zuzu Snow White 2019

B. Asleep Eidolon- Fairy Snow UV White 2021

C. Wthdoll- White 2017

D. DF-A- White 2019

E. 2D Doll- Pure White 2022

F. Ring Doll- White- 2022

G. Dream Valley- White 2021

H. Withdoll- Cream White 2020

I. Angel of Dream- White 2018

J. Doll Love- White 2017

K. Myou- White 2019

L. Dika Doll- Pure White 2017

M. Soul Doll- White 2016

N. Asleep Eidolon/ Xaga Doll- White 2021

O. Dollzone- White 2022

P. Loong Soul- White 2017

Q. Luts- Real Skin White 2021

R. Withdoll- Light Rose Pink 2020

S. Dreaming Doll- Rose White 2021

T. Little Monica- White 2021

U. Miao Xie Bao/ Kanioom- MMD Half White 2022

V. Angel Studio- Solid White 2018

W. Dolli-pop- Milk 2021

X. Pipos- Off White 2021 (changed from ivory to pink toned white somewhere between 2017-2022)

Y. I.O.S- White 2017 (changed from yellow tone to pink toned white mid 2017)

Z. Aileen Doll- White 2022

10. Dika Doll- White (pink white/off white) 2017

11. Migi Doll- White 2018

Myou White Resin Comparisons by epicari on Den of Angels [2017]

1. Dikadoll white 2017 (not a match- is a little pinker)- Dika pure white is a pure white so also not a match when fresh, however both Dika's whites yellow so older pieces may match)

2. Mystic Kids white 2017 (very close match)

3. Myou white 2017

4. Doll Family H white 2016 (very close match, is a tiny bit lighter) *no longer a match as of 2021

Top left: Resinsoul WS 2018- not at match as much whiter, but could be blushed to match.

Bottom left: Fairyland WS 2016- a passable match

Top right: Angel of Dream WS 2018- a good match

Bottom right: Souldoll WS possibly 2016?- a close match, the Souldoll looks a touch more yellow

Above: Doll Legend 1/3 male hands in white resin are a good match and fit for 1/3 Myou male body in white resin [2017] (jointed hand on left, original Myou hand on right) /sadly I think Doll Legend company is defunct ;-;

Above: 1/4 Doll Chateau hands on Myou ver. 3 body. They fit very well and the size looks natural on this body. The hands and V3 body are white and the colour is a good match.

2020 Comparison by balljointedheart

Withdoll cream white is a potential match, may be slightly lighter.

Dollzone WS (left) and Myou WS (right) by cap’n on Den of Angels [2021]

Myou WS matches (modern) Dollzone WS perfectly. The lighting isn't great (sorry) but here's Dollzone WS (left) and Myou WS (right). They're both a sort of creamy tone.

It is NOT a match to Dream Valley white. I still have Dream Valley white and it is very stark paper white.

[poupeesdecirque]

Tan comparison for @kosomolski-dolls as asked without Luts ^_^

I don’t have that many dolls in tan, there is mainly Luts or more DC/DZ and those are always different even if ordered at the same time, I just included the DC tan for the sake of including a bit more variety.

This is natural lighting but it’s super grey here today, I tried to keep it as close as to the real colors as possible, hope it help you a bit!

[luminasgarden]

In better light, the colour difference isn’t particularly significant actually. I’m glad I took the time to have another look this afternoon. Doll is AS ‘solid butter’, hand is Evantasy normal skin. And to think the AS boobs just weren’t OTT enough for me apparently. 😅 I don’t know, the AS62cm is a perfectly nice body, it’s just that the #1 rule for this doll is to go with whatever most strikes my fancy. And I happened to find a practically perfect DD-style resin body. Really happy I wasn’t especially tempted by the silicone chest option though. It would never not be absolutely covered in cat hair. I know this because I was trying to clean off a silicone-coated bit of kitchenware earlier and it did not go well.

[resinteapot]

Volks PS Normal/Fair comparisons, 2004-2021.

Photo 1 taken in indirect natural light, photo 2 taken with flash.

Top row, L-R: Isao Nanjou 1st, 2004; MSD-F-05, 2006; SDC Miko, 2006; SDC Toki, 2009

Bottom row, L-R: SDM Mako, 2015; SD Saki/F-59, 2021; Adaption Model F-55, unknown, cleaned by Volks 2023.

Now excuse me while I re-wig all these bald heads...

[maleficentmrsofallevil]

Cat photobomb in BJD photos

Doll nudity

BJD comparison photos. Plus cat.

Iplehouse nYID Bianca, light brown resin.

Front: Iplehouse CREAA-J fantasy head on Dollshe light tan 26F mini body.

Dika Doll Sara on 65 cm body, tan resin.

Tiny front: Depths Dolls Latimeria in coffee resin.

Behind: Impldoll Leona on 63 cm muscular female body in "real" resin.

Front: Resinsoul Ya on Resinsoul Shi body, light tan, with Resinsoul Daytime arms in limited brown.

Back: Granado Jane on Embody body in tan.

Front: Iplehouse EID Aaliyah, special real resin.

Back: Iplehouse HID Aaliyah, ditto.

Front: Raccoondoll White Emma on New Slim body (v.3), sweet mocha resin.

Limhwa/EOS Doll head on Impldoll Star MGB female body.

Iplehouse nSID Mari, Peach Gold resin.

Dika Doll Sara again.

Spirit Doll Freesia head, normal skin resin, on April Story (something something) body, normal skin resin.

Leona again.

Impldoll Lydia on her body.

Same group, new characters:

Soul Doll Vito body, normal skin, no head.

Mystic Kids Miri, normal skin.

MSD or 1/4 scale BJDs:

Myou doll Basil, coffee resin, on Little Monica Little Harmony body, normal skin.

Iplehouse CREAA-J Cecilia human head, white resin, on Dollshe 16F mini body in ??? (I think it's oriental, but I can't remember)

Dollshe Diana on Allegorica Evelyn body

Withdoll JWD Olivia, normal skin

Dollzone Douglas, normal skin, on Dreaming Doll Little Elva body, white resin.

Iplehouse CREAA-J Cecilia fantasy head, white resin, on Dollshe 26F mini body, light tan

Resinsoul Dawn, white resin, on Dollmore Judith body, white resin

Raccoondoll Emma again

Iplehouse CREAA-J Elysia, white resin

[izasbjdphoto]

Doll number 50 made it a few weeks ago! I've named her Carina, Cari for short, and she's a blacksmith. She's a really fun character as she's an ex-paladin, and she can turn into a giant polar bear.

I need to get some new full body pictures of her painted, as I have some from her box opening.

I also compared her dark tan to to the light tan from the same company. I am thrilled with her color and look, I've been wanting a dark tan from TD Doll for a while, and she works perfectly in it!

The what is what:

Sculpt: Telesthesia & Dragon Doll XunYiChao in dark tan

Eyes: SoulinaBox 14mm Small Iris eyes

Outfit: Top and boots from ACBJD, and pants from Dollmore

Wig: CanCan J-Series (a by me resized 8-9)

Faceup: Me over at @izasfaceups

[izasfaceups]

This gorgeous Telesthesia Doll XunYiChao in dark tan skin is one from my personal collection. I had an absolute blast painting her despite the challenges of working with dark resin (pastels won't show the true color until after sealing). Initially I wasn't going to give her piercings, but she looked so empty without them, so here we are!

She is just absolutely stunning to me, and I am so glad I sprung for the dark tan. I do have a light tan FeiHuaDeng at home and took some comparison shots of their color differences. I will likely post those to my bjd photography blog (@izasbjdphoto) instead of here.

Want to see more of my work or commission me? Then please check out my website at www[dot]IzasFaceUps[dot]com!

[tiffyfoundsomething]

I am a doll collector with BJD and buying parts or making hybrids can be a pain to color match. Just like playline dolls there’s not much consistency between brands. Some resins age differently, too.

The most reliable color matching source would probably be something like Pantone color cards, but those are FREAKING EXPENSIVE and it’s not reasonable to expect everyone to have them.

BJD collecting is an expensive luxury hobby and there are some of us that do need to keep our spending as minimal as possible.

This skintone chips set (https://www.pantone.com/products/fashion-home-interiors/skintone-guide-limited-edition) has an excellent range of skin tones, but seems to be lacking the pasty pale practically white colors a lot of Asian BJD come in and costs as much as a lower-priced BJD.

This set (https://www.pantone.com/products/plastics/the-pantone-matching-system-plastic-standard-chips-collection) seems ideal for color matching plastics, which resin is, at first but it’s polypropylene chips which will degrade in a few years, and not all colors of urethane or epoxy resins can be replicated in polypropylene. It’s also NINE THOUSAND FREAKING DOLLARS.

We all know I’m always looking for something functional and accessible and $9k that’s going to discolor and maybe even crumble in a decade is not my idea of accessible.

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@maleficentmrsofallevil​ suggested a digital resource (https://redketchup.io/color-picker) which is free and accessible to most collectors that have an internet connection and using HEX codes is consistent across devices, however there are a few problems that we might run into.

Everyone’s monitors/phone screens and cameras would have to be calibrated exactly the same, and everyone’s lighting when making comparisons would have to be identical for this to be a viable resource. The hex chart being backlit could also skew the way it looks compared to a tangible resin sample.

That’s frustrating. Free and easy for most people to get a hold of is the ideal.

The main benefit of a physical vs digital resource for color matching is that the color sample and the doll are both subjected to the same lighting conditions, monitor settings, and camera settings so even if those factors vary between users, the comparison will still be relatively accurate.

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A bunch of us sat around discussing different options. International hobby paint brands like Vallejo or Mr. Color, international makeup foundation color cards, etc. etc.

I’ve decided to give DMC embroidery floss color cards a try.

There are two versions.

One has samples of the actual floss in the book and costs about $40.

https://amzn.to/3Oq8G2f

The other has printed color blocks that presumably match the floss colors and costs about $10.

https://amzn.to/3Q2H8Bb

DMC are sticklers for their colors being the same across dye lots. Sometimes they change the numbers on colors and sometimes they discontinue colors all together, so we do still run into the issue of whether everyone’s looking at the same color cards or different versions.

At $10, needing to replace or update the color card every few years isn’t nearly as daunting as a $9k plastic samples set falling apart in your hands once a decade.

(Can you tell I hate polypropylene when used in conjunction with dolls?)

Other variables that will affect the efficacy of using DMC color cards are the conditions under which the color cards are kept like sun exposure, temperature, humidity etc. affecting either the color of the thread samples or the quality of the printed samples.

Another factor is consistency between printed samples.

I have not received these, yet, but my plan is to first compare them to each other to see how well the printed samples match the swatched samples, and then proceed from there.

[volfoss]

Silly little doll box opening (kind of) post for um a VERY heavily modified body :)

This is kind of a two in one post as I bought this head and it FINALLY came weeks ago and i have been waiting for his body to start working on him!

So the head was stuck in the UK for 2 plus weeks but he's absolutely gorgeous. Arrived to me with a slightly damaged faceup but he is probably the only more realistic styled bjd I'll ever get because his PROFILE!!!!! He's got such a gorgeous nose and such a kind smile, as well as the cutest ears that stick out.

^ stealing Dindrane's body (they are about 10 cm of a height difference so it did NOT work but it was nice to get a proof of concept for him on a body!) And him blank! Literally no pictures can capture how lovely he is irl 🥺

The body was a HUNT. His resin color is one that is very hard to match, much less when it's yellowed like he was (iirc he's about 10 or so years old) so I had been keeping my eyes out on the secondhand market. At the same time, I'd been HAUNTED by this very modified body that was the right scale but would be a ton of work to get it where I wanted it to be. I spotted this body months before I bought the head but continued to tell myself I would NOT get it because the amount of work would be immense. The more I looked into bodies and when I compared the one I had been considering, the colors were far too off. In the back of my brain, I remembered the body that I had been beating the temptation to get for months and hunted for resin comparisons. Funnily enough it seemed it would match really well or at least close enough so I bit the bullet and went for it. This body has been spray painted and sculpted on but it was objectively the best deal and the best match so I was pretty hopeful. (I love to get big projects and have 30 million of them). The neck measurements were also super close so I was PUMPED to get him on a body.

The body came to me unstrung (and I promptly forgot this information until I opened the box and was like oh fuck it is going to be a silly restringing moment)

I cannot even remotely emphasize just HOW big this doll is and how much I did not expect that. His torso (not even including his chest) is the size of my hand.

^ rough resin match which showed the head was a tiny bit lighter but I needed to sand the body anyways and it was lightly body blushed so I have pretty high hopes it'll match when I'm done :) or at least close enough! The tendril looking things are the sculpted on bits and I plan on keeping them a bit, but sanding some completely off and some down a little to fit my vision for him!

All unpacked and laid out! He's absolutely GORGEOUS sculpting wise, the detail on the hands and feet alone are more than worth it for me!

Like the veins and the overall sculpting are SO gorgeous. I'm so happy with him :)

^ kitty cat helper 🥺 i was having the fight of my life with this body because he comes up to me eye level when I'm sitting down. He's BIG. (Iirc nearly 30 inches tall) and very heavy!

I had to redo the stringing here but seeing him all put together was so so good! It fits his head size perfectly and is the exact body shape I wanted for him!

^ fully put together!! He's got so much personality and honestly is gonna be so so fun for me to work on!

^ next to my other biggest dolls. He is a UNIT

[kosomolski-dolls]

How about some resin comparisons?

All the Youpla dolls colours currently in my possession

Long post under cut

Let's start with some "normal" skin comparisons

It's very hard to capture these naturally. Iplehouse is less pink irl, it's closer to how the myou one looks on the photo.

I also realised I forgot to 'tag' the upper legs, they are Ringdoll 🙈

How about some Fairyland-matches?

All of these were about the same age (completely new or maybe 2-3 months apart)

Xaga normal is a rather light, pinkish colour. V normal is a bit darker and a lot more yellow. It's a great match to some lightly yellowed FL dolls like my Mir from 2016.

(I think the L.D colour was perfect peach or something like that)

I've reached the limit of what I can add on mobile, so, part 2 will follow in a reblog