privatetai wrote:Luckily I very very rarely have her totally naked because, since tactal details are super important to me as a blind person, that zipper down the back has always been very distracting to me- so even when we make love she usually doesn't go topless. So the broken zipper and patched job hopefully won't be a big big issue. But yeah, future repairs will be ...annoying lol.
For me naked is over rated as well, and to be honest seeing Eryka in her birthday suit really didn't get me going. As it is what a woman wears and how she poses and presents herself that is what gets my motor running. Once that phase has transpired, then yeah, I am all for going naked. And that is fine with a real woman as two people an undress themselves rather quickly. But with a doll everything changes because she cannot undress herself. So, if I tried to undress Eryka in the heat of the moment, that will certainly could kill that moment. So I just figured I would put her in something that looks hot from the get go and then just follow all the way through. But whatever it is would naturally have to allow crotch access from the get go. This is why I have mostly purchased bodysuits and pantyhose that are crotchless designs. So in most cases I would have a short skirt over her private parts and I could go from a photo session right to getting her in position and just lifting her skirt. MUCH faster than undressing her. But as I am finding ways of putting her outfits together, I am finding out that I can make her VERY hot looking fully clothed. If you could see the Playboy Bunny outfit I put together for her, it is EXTREMELY hot looking. I love it! It is all white!
Once the visual is set, then a good amount of feeling involved too. Just running my hands over certain silky smooth fabrics is enough to trigger something. Those opera gloves and the white shiny pantyhose feel amazing under my fingers. So there would be no need to undress her. For me and Eryka, it is all in what she wears that makes her hot looking AND feeling. Also I must say that the bustier / bra top being made of Lycra AND being so stretched taught over her bosom area does have drawn to that area on her. It feels amazing! I did put a link to that top in my 'essential clothing' list in my review post. This is it:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01HP ... UTF8&psc=1
I have a c-cup breast on my Dagmar body, so I ordered a small, if you have larger you do have to go with a larger size. The look is basically a form fitting cross halter on the front and it on the back of the neck the top of the 'cross' is the opening for the neck. This goes around the neck to the back and tapers to a thin band that goes below the shoulder blades. Then attaches to a band that goes around the front to support the bust. On the front it fits firmly over the breasts and then sharply tapers down to the underbust area and hugs the body in the manner a sports bra or crop top would. Because of this design, it could be worn under or on top of other clothing. It is so form fitting you do not see (or in your case feel) ANY creases from the 'X' neckline all the way over the breasts. I don't know if you are famiiar with the term 'uni-breast' when it comes to clothing, but it fits tight so that the material is taught, but not so tight that it pulls into the center cleavage area. So the top of the breast area is taught from one breast to the other. With this top on, I do admit even Eryka's breasts get quite a bit of attention from me. It is also great to wear when sleeping with her.
Having seen/felt how the breasts are attached now, I'll definitely say, be very very careful with her tits cause as the other poster shown in his mod, the breasts are inside plastic bags, so what's actually glued to the doll's body are the bags, not the breasts inside. And these plastic bags don't stay attached very well it seems.
Thank you for the tip and putting that up here as I am sure others do want to know about the potential for the breasts to become detached. I think that perhaps it might be a good idea to get some sports bras like the one I mentioned above as they not only look good, but they will probably help to support the bust area of the doll and hence keep the breasts more in place so they are less likely to come loose. In fact I think I am going to get another one in a different style that I could use to change up her clothing with so this way her bust area will be supported most of the time.
In fact I think I have an idea why it came loose on you. Do you carry Cammy with your arms around the mid section of her body? I know I carry Eryka that way and I think that could cause the separation from those bags you mentioned and the glue from the body. I am wondering if it might be better to turn her around and grab a bit lower by her waist. This way there is nothing pushing up against her boobs. Another way to carry her is under the armpits. I know that is a no no for Silicone and TPE dolls, but it might be fine for fabric dolls. But I am not sure on this one. The only time I pick Eryka up by the armpits is to put her in place in my closet. I have her standing on a toolbox and that puts her high enough were I can put a bungie around her shoulder and tie it up to a clothes bar. This way she cannot fall over.
When I went to repair her right breast I noticed that in many places the left one was beginning to pull loose too so I took that chance and gave the left one some reenforcement as well, but I can see probably a year at the most these will need to be glued again.
I it is good that you did check the left breast too while you had her open, but it is bad to think that such a repair would be temporary. I just think this is something that shouldn't be happening to a new doll. I looked up again that you got yours on September 7th of this year. That is just about a week when I signed up here on my own quest for a doll. If you mentioned this was happening on a 3 year old doll, I would understand more. But this just isn't a reassuring sign for me.
Heck, next time around if I got to go through this I think I'll give her a breast upgrade too. If I got to go through this hell I might as well enhance her in the process lol.
Actually I wanted to do a modification on my Dagmar as well. I want to give her shoulders and arms a bit more curvature to make her look a bit more athletic looking. I bought some shoulder pads, but instead of putting them on top of the shoulders, I put them on the sides creating more of a rounded look. I carried my experiment out when she had her tan full bodysuit on. Since the neckline was open, it was very easy to slip the pads under the shoulders of the bodysuit as it would keep the pads in place. The pads definitely did the job I intended, but a little too much. Her shoulders definitely looked and felt wider and thicker and I got her from a 14.75" shoulder span to a 17" span. That span looked great with her wide hips and definitely gave her more of an hourglass look, BUT because her arms are so thin, she also had a linebacker look. So I figured that if I toned down the padding and perhaps trimmed the pads to look more like the shoulder shape, I might cut off about an inch off the shoulder span, but have the shoulders look more natural. Once done I wanted to put the pads right under the skin for a semi permanent look. But now I am worried about having to unzip that zipper for anything unless in the event I have to undertake a big repair myself and then I could put the pads in while taking care of the main issue. Right now I do not unnecessarily open up her back knowing how fragile the zipper is. I have to take a close look at that zipper myself. If it is plastic, I am wondering if putting a water based lubricant on the zipper might make it easier to open and close. Less force equals less likely to break.
But for now I am not going to touch the zipper. I will just carry out my shoulder pad tests in between her actual skin and whatever bodysuit she is wearing over that.
It's kinda too bad they used glue rather than find a way to actually stitch the breasts in place, cause due to the jiggly nature of the breasts, the krazy glue just doesn't stand up against the constant shearing and stressing that well.
I am surprised they used glue too. I thought it was the stitching that held it in place. The stitching goes from the sides all around the bottom of the breasts and I figured that this formed a 'cup' to hold the silicone implant in place. At least I was under that impression in regards to the fellow that changed out the breast implants on his Dagmar doll. Unless he slipped the breasts out of bag...he made no mention of glue holding the breasts in place. That is why when you mentioned there was glue in your doll. I just did one of these: ?!?!?!?
Well thank you for the info it certainly was helpful. I hope I don't have to ever do this, but in the very least it is making me more cautious and perhaps taking preventative measures to ensure I don't have to do this in the future. So I am definitely going to order another one of those sports bras. They look great and will help protect her breasts in the process.
Diaval