rubherkitty wrote:Can DS dolls NOT bend at the hips very well in order to put their knees up higher than their hips?
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rubherkitty wrote:Can DS dolls NOT bend at the hips very well in order to put their knees up higher than their hips?
There is a difference between 'Can' and 'Should'rubherkitty wrote:Thanks
Point proven!
I figured they did, but looking at the range of motion chart showed them rather limited on lifting their legs.
It will also help for this purpose to look at Chloé's Safety Briefing for all dolls . . . It's important to move from one position to another position from the shoulder or hip first, then the elbow or knee, and then the extremity to reach the position desired. Your lady has to be moved as herself rather than as you moving her as another person. It's necessary for you to be her brain for her and your muscles as hers for her to move herself. It's also necessary to work with the direction of her hinges, and not against them, to split the movement into hinge directed movements in one direction at a time so that only one of the hinges is in use rather than both together. Chloé's tutorial explains.Ddwyerstar wrote:Help keep me from breaking my new doll
In functions, this skeleton is comprehensive and is one towards which others aspire. Increasingly we're seeing other manufacturers including the mid back bend and turn, but the shoulder hinges allowing shrugging and hunching and otherwise I don't think are common at all. Cheaper skeletons are not as sophisticated with wrists and ankles although improvements are being seen. What very much distinguishes the new DS skeletons is the sophistication of the hinge components themselves which are well adjusted to be a good balance between ease of movement and stiffness for posing . . . and have a longer lifetime maintaining that adjustment than many other dolls experience. This skeleton arises from Japanese engineering and attention to detail and perfection.SmittyT wrote:is this pretty much the industry standard? I mean a skeletal system similar to this?
Agreed, DS skeletons look absolutely wonderful. There are also a number of dolls, including those over $4000, that use PVC bones to save weight. While they may be strong, PVC generally cracks and shatters when over stressed. Steel will just bend and can often be bent back (And will likely take a LOT more force then PVC)haremlover wrote:In functions, this skeleton is comprehensive and is one towards which others aspire. Increasingly we're seeing other manufacturers including the mid back bend and turn, but the shoulder hinges allowing shrugging and hunching and otherwise I don't think are common at all. Cheaper skeletons are not as sophisticated with wrists and ankles although improvements are being seen. What very much distinguishes the new DS skeletons is the sophistication of the hinge components themselves which are well adjusted to be a good balance between ease of movement and stiffness for posing . . . and have a longer lifetime maintaining that adjustment than many other dolls experience. This skeleton arises from Japanese engineering and attention to detail and perfection.SmittyT wrote:is this pretty much the industry standard? I mean a skeletal system similar to this?
Other skeletons can be rather clunky in comparison.
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Harem
!!! Yes! It's surprising but they do. I'm probably not unique in saying that there are many of us who find that there's always something more we didn't know about initially about our DS toy ladies . . .DarkOne wrote:Harem: Do the DS shoulders actually move up and down too?