Presenting...Bella
Presenting...Bella
Couple of problems. First being I'm having a bit of a hard time getting her legs to move back from the knee up toward the body. Knee down is a piece of cake. secondly, I had to photograph her bald as I haven't as yet figured how to get the wigs on. No instructions of any kind in the box. I may have made a mistake taking the hair net off before trying to get it on. Now, the hair is tangled and as yet I haven't gotten the wig on. You can see the clamp that may/may not should be hooked prior to fitting.
Another question about the head. Do you screw it down as far as it will go? Oh, the head on the left is Bella.
**UPDATE** I watched a video and got the wig on.
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I can't answer all of your questions, but as far as screwing the head on... Get a couple of those rubber washers that you find in the end of a garden hose and put those over the post before you put her head. That way you can snug it up against those and still have the head pointed in whichever direction you want.
For the wig, you do want to adjust those hooks on the strap before you put it on. For mine, I put the hooks onto the opposite straps so that it's alittle bit tighter than what you have in your photo. I then put that wig on by putting the back of her head side on first and then snugging it up in the front. Pretty much impossible to explain without pictures, lol, but maybe you see what I mean. As for the tangles, get used to it.lol Anna Marie has two identical wigs. One for sleeping in and one for dressing up. I hear that real human hair wigs are much more manageable. I can't confirm it personally, but I can say they feel 1000% better than the synthetic ones.
Congrats on your purchase! She's lovely.
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Screwing threaded rod into head first takes 3 turns. Putting head on body takes about 8 full turns. If the head is real wobbly, then rubber washers come in handy, but are not necessary otherwise.ColColt wrote:Very cute and diminutive co-ed I just received today. Packing was second to none and I had ordered an extra head and they came packed individually. It did take a while to get everything unwrapped(very carefully) and I spread her pert pink blanket out on the bed for a better look. I think she's a keeper.
Couple of problems. First being I'm having a bit of a hard time getting her legs to move back from the knee up toward the body. Knee down is a piece of cake. secondly, I had to photograph her bald as I haven't as yet figured how to get the wigs on. No instructions of any kind in the box. I may have made a mistake taking the hair net off before trying to get it on. Now, the hair is tangled and as yet I haven't gotten the wig on. You can see the clamp that may/may not should be hooked prior to fitting.
Another question about the head. Do you screw it down as far as it will go? Oh, the head on the left is Bella.
I cover the threads with masking tape wrapped around threads once or twice, I do not use washers, and head does not wobble.
Her legs and hip joints will be somewhat stiff. Over time they'll loosen. Just go easy at first. do not force anything. Welds and other parts do snap with no notice sometimes.
you'll get the feel of putting on wigs. if wig has a part in the hair, use that as a guide, or the bangs to put it on Bella. Some wigs, the band will fit nicely in front of ears, and some will fit nice behind ears. I have 3 wigs currently, only 1 strap fits nice behind her ears.
Trial and hopefully not much, if any, error
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I found it very helpful. I also found my WM doll legs to be very stiff, I got one leg splayed out wide and could not get it back, took a break and calmed down. Finally I got her flat on the bed, straightened the back and slowly tried the leg gently in several different ways to fix it. Even searched on here to find a pic of a skeleton so I could envision the joint and which way it could move.
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You can tell on her right side of her neck someting's amiss. It looks natural on the left side but not her right. The head does wobble some. Trying to turn the head to tighten was a nightmare with her hair getting between the neck and her head as you screwed it down.
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I didn't see a way to be able to adjust the straps.Broven wrote:Beautiful girl. I LOVE that face
For the wig, you do want to adjust those hooks on the strap before you put it on. For mine, I put the hooks onto the opposite straps so that it's alittle bit tighter than what you have in your photo. I then put that wig on by putting the back of her head side on first and then snugging it up in the front. Pretty much impossible to explain without pictures, lol, but maybe you see what I mean. As for the tangles, get used to it.lol Anna Marie has two identical wigs. One for sleeping in and one for dressing up. I hear that real human hair wigs are much more manageable. I can't confirm it personally, but I can say they feel 1000% better than the synthetic ones.
Congrats on your purchase! She's lovely.
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You probably already have guessed it, but don't put the wig on until the head is correctly mounted. (I "destroyed" my first wig, because I did it wrong ...)ColColt wrote:Trying to turn the head to tighten was a nightmare with her hair getting between the neck and her head as you screwed it down.
And an additional information. You can upgrade the neckbolt with an "Indigo Individual Magnetic M16 Connector". It's really usefull, if you have multiple heads.
http://dollstudio.org/products/accessor ... -connector
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Show us a picture of the top of the neck. It does look like the head is offset some and is not entirely seated correctly.ColColt wrote:I was wondering about that but the video showed putting the wig on before mounting the head. I guess there's more than one way. I could be worng but in retrospect, maybe had I left the hair net on the hair wouldn't have gotten so tangled when trying to mount the head to the body, getting fine hairs caught between the neck and head as you attempted to screw the head on.
Necks are sometimes off center a bit from factory.
Here is a video of installing a head. It worked famously for me, when I followed what he did. It's meant for a wobbly head, but will give you a technique for installation.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kxJEs2AQdc
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I think I have it installed correctly now but this is what it did look like before I took the wig, head off and started over going by tha video it does look better.RGC_0767 wrote:Show us a picture of the top of the neck. It does look like the head is offset some and is not entirely seated correctly.ColColt wrote:I was wondering about that but the video showed putting the wig on before mounting the head. I guess there's more than one way. I could be worng but in retrospect, maybe had I left the hair net on the hair wouldn't have gotten so tangled when trying to mount the head to the body, getting fine hairs caught between the neck and head as you attempted to screw the head on.
Necks are sometimes off center a bit from factory.
Here is a video of installing a head. It worked famously for me, when I followed what he did. It's meant for a wobbly head, but will give you a technique for installation.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kxJEs2AQdc
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Yeah tangles are a pain. I love long hair on a lady. It's the price to pay for that with tangles. There are products to buy that help brushing/combing the tangles out. I just use 3 parts water to 1 part fabric softener in a spray bottle and mist wig and comb with a wide tooth wig comb.ColColt wrote:That was a good one. I ended up taking the head off and just redoing everything. Took the wig off, did per the video about wobbly head, reinstalled wig after mounting the head and it was much better. Now, to get them tangles out. I like the bow.
Start from the bottom of wig and work towards top. I find it easier with the wig off the doll.
Makeup and wigs are the toughest things to master. Especially makeup!
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One thing I have noticed is she seems to "leech" oil as I've seen stains on the sheets. One was a near perfect imprint of her leg from about knee down but, she is so very soft-cool, but soft.