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Introducing Lily

7/20/2015

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My Limhwa Lily arrived today!  I've loved Limhwa dolls for a very long time, so finally ordered one last Monday, from the Junkeyspot, the only US distributor. They didn't have any blank ones in stock, so I purchased one with a face up.  

Limhwa is a one-woman operation. Artist Ji-Youn Jung sculpts the dolls and casts them herself. My Lily reminds me of my Narae, which isn't all that surprising, since Ji-Youn Jung studied under Bimong, who created the Naraes.  

Lily is MSD size, and stands about 43 cm tall.  She came with both flat and high-heel feet, as well as some blank resin high-heel shoes.  She's a very pale 'normal' resin, and has very light eyebrows, so will need light hair. I ordered a pair of lovely light blue eyes, but they still seem a bit too dark. 
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I'm not sure if it's the eye colour, or the size of the iris. I lightened her eyes in Photoshop 
in the next picture, and love how they look, but don't want to do that for every photo.
  Maybe I should try a size smaller.
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She has absolutely nothing to wear, so i wrapped her in some ivory lace.  I was thinking something Fantasy Medieval. 

She's also going to need her body blushed - especially those lovely, expressive hands.


Lily has quite some range of motion, but her body seems a bit loose, and nowhere near the sturdiness of an Iplehouse doll. Not sure if she needs tighter stringing, sueding, or wiring. Or I just need to learn how to work with her.

6 Comments
Babel link
7/20/2015 05:58:17 am

OH! My God as her is beautiful :o))

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Jane
7/20/2015 08:40:05 am

Congratulations! She is such a delicate beauty.

I have a smaller 'ToYou' Limhwa doll and I found that wiring made a big difference to her posing.
But she still has a shocking tendency to thrust her bust out! LOL! ((^_^))

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Donna
7/20/2015 10:33:19 am

She's absolutely beautiful, congratulations! She has an ethereal quality that should work wonderfully for a Medieval Fantasy character. Can't wait to see what you create for her!

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Brigitte
7/21/2015 12:20:31 am

Congratulations! She is beautiful.

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Laura J. Underwood
7/21/2015 01:51:56 am

They really are beautiful. I have long considered getting one of the 1/6th scale beauties.

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Inma
7/28/2015 03:57:25 am

Lilly is a true beauty, I love her !

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