Peaches wrote:Hello, I'm wondering if anyone can help me choose female bodies I'm thinking of using the new Phicen/TBleague S24 body for one character, and two others should be the same height (or smaller) and the forth should be taller. It would be best if the non-phicen bodies are available as small breasted and the tall one would be fantastic in a dark skin tone, meaning African or so
Thanks for help.
Finding a body (seamless or jointed) that is taller than the s24 should be no problem, but finding one that is the exact darker skin tone might be an issue. I have character whose chest and parts of her arms need to show who needs a certain skin tone that is not readily available in 1/6 scale, and at the moment I am having to resort to using an older style jointed body , like this one, which I plan to repaint in the areas where the skin will be visible.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/TTL-CG-CY-Girl-1-6-Female-Small-Breast-Flexible-Body-12-1-0A-Figure/162150655770?hash=item25c0eea71a:g:gKEAAOSwAHBaAqM5:rk:11
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You could try the method of colouring tbleague skin with oil pastels as put forth by Ephiane in
this thread, and that would potentially allow you to use a regular (taller) tbleague body for that and then just colour it, but I cannot speak personally to how it works, only what others have tried.
For the other two, I have a couple of the
PopToys XING bodies (in various bust sizes), and I actually quite like them, though how useful they are depends completely on the type of character one wants to create. This body is listed as being '25 cm' (though I can't recall if that is with or without the headsculpt), but either way it is one of the shorter non-seamless bodies out there. (
ETA: I just held a PopToys body up to my new s25b , which is the same height as the s24a, and the PopToys looks a similar height, maybe even a tad shorter, depending how it's standing and the footwear, etc.)
This body comes in two different versions. The first, is a jointed body with hard plastic limbs and a rubber torso. For some reason, this one is becoming harder to find, and I cannot find any US sellers who have it in stock. I have one in a mid bust and it is a very sturdy body, with strong joints, and good balance when standing on its own. It comes in suntan or pale, though skin tone on the suntan on the jointed body it is a bit tricky, and seems to be made to match Hot Toys and Hot Toys knock off heads, so I cannot say if it will match every single headsculpt out there (not an issue if you are repainting the sculpts).
Jointed PopToys XING body:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/POPTOYS-1-6-XING-Series-Suntan-3-Breast-Flexible-Female-Body-Toy-92003-92004/323274113933?hash=item4b44a3838d
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ETA: For reference, here's a pic of the above (non-seamless) PopToys 'middle bust' in suntan skintone, paired with the knock-off Babydoll sculpt (head is just resting above it, I haven't actually affixed it yet, lol).
The second type is the 'seamless arms and legs' version. This likewise is listed as 25 cm, and comes in both a suntan and pale skintone, and with the option of small, mid, and large busts. The suntan skintone on this one seems a little bit different than the suntan colour on the jointed body (i don't know for sure as I don't own one in that skintone yet). It's noted on the listings for this one that its mean to match more of the (suntan) headsculpts on the market, though I can't corroborate that. (Again, if you are repainting heads, it's not a huge deal, but as always proceed with measured expectations when it comes to finding exact matches for headsculpts and body skintones, lol.)
'Seamless' arms and legs PopToys XING body:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/3-Style-1-6-Scale-POPTOYS-XING-Series-Female-Body-Figure-92005-Suntan-Color/272964958041?var=572171204189
My own experience in this stuff is still quite limited, so perhaps I have overlooked something, but hopefully this helps!