New announcements? SAO and Emilia Dollfie Dreams

Currently I agree with Torino, is a past for me, it remind me the art style but I don't really like this sculpt @ @

I want the outfit, but not the rest. There is just something about those eyes that really throw it off for me. I'm sure the mouth could be fixed with the right faceup.

I actually kind of like her exaggerated face, for some reason. Total departure from what I normally go for in DDs. But she doesn't feel a whit like Emilia to me.

 

It's a good thing I'm no longer into WoW, because with a crankier face up she would make a great blood elf.

Wow the first picture of Emilia is pretty much a disappointment, her face feels off.

Her eyes are kinda cute but she's meh for me. The outfit is nice. The custom I saw of her actually looked more like what I've seen of her character. Volks refuses to paint eyelashes on their defaults for some reason. I think it would've made her a bit more accurate.

I have no investment in the character though.

First impression: Huge disappointment. I was so happy when Emilia was announced since I love her character and already had plans for her but that face. Not really sure what's bugging me, it just looks....off. (Except for the animetic eyes)

 

Still curious about better pictures of her, though.

...the pic is just screaming "Volks can't take good pics of their own dolls"

 

Quoted for truth.

 

Meh. Even still, I'm out. I can tell the result isn't going to look like what I thought it would.

Personally I think they couldnt decide which art doctrine they wanted to follow, the anime or the light novel art.

 

The faceup apparently follows the original Gashin artwork from the novels, especially the eyelashes which are quite more petite in the anime, although since their one blob of color, and not individual lines that make them up it ends up looking heavier than it should. The shape of the eye holes after waifuing the image seem ok... because emilia has slightly peculiar shaped eyes compared to the rest of the cast.

 

But at least they've gone back to embroidery for the eagle accents on the sleeves too. oddly enough they've omitted the stitch detail from above the eagles, which in turn is a anime design trait.

 

But one blown up photo is a bit too early to judge on.. shall await for more pudding for proof.

Edited June 10, 2017 by Guest

Well, that's not what I expected at all!

Don't get me wrong, she's pretty cute and does remind me of Mio as well. But for Emilia I think she's off-model- chubby cheeks, eye design is too big, and the mouth feels incorrect. Sometimes 2D designs don't work in 3D so I'll give Volks some leeway until I see more angles. But elf ears in semi-white skin (it looks like SWS anyway) will be hard for me to resist

I have yet to watch Re: Zero (sad I know), but based on internet images, I like everything about her except the shape of the eyes. The slope is too deep compared with her character drawings, if they had eased up and made the shape a little like MIku's I think she would have been perfect.

 

Also regarding the eyes, the bangs do not look right where they come down to her eyes. To me, the way the bangs fall in that picture looks like a mistake was made in the design; it just looks off.

 

Again, no expert on the character, but if the eye sockets were designed less "harshly" she would be perfect. I really do not know if I like her or not. (Plus she is pure white, and white just is not my color)

I agree, the face seems off. She's not what I had expected at all, but that outfit!! I so want that outfit!

It's hard to say with such a limited amount of pictures, but it kind of looks like it may just be the part of her faceup around her eyes that's making them look so slanted. I was a little put off by it at first as well, but it's starting to grow on me a little.

 

As for the anime, I haven't watched it yet either. I guess as we get closer to the lottery for Emilia we will just have to see what happens!

It's hard to say with such a limited amount of pictures, but it kind of looks like it may just be the part of her faceup around her eyes that's making them look so slanted. I was a little put off by it at first as well, but it's starting to grow on me a little.

 

As for the anime, I haven't watched it yet either. I guess as we get closer to the lottery for Emilia we will just have to see what happens!

 

I've watched some of the anime, but not the whole thing.

 

But yeah, while her eyes are upturned, the faceup really exaggerates it; I'm like 85% sure on that. It's basically a stacking effect. Volks: "You like upturned eyes? How about some upturn with your upturn?"

 

I have this suspicion that customs of her with new faceups will be stunning, like with Mio and Kirika, who also have kind of dumb default faceups but where I've seen customs that are gorgeous.

...the pic is just screaming "Volks can't take good pics of their own dolls"

I have a feeling she might be really pretty. One thing is that Volks' prototype pictures have been very soft looking while the production dolls faces look more like they're printed (Sheryl & Rin's lips are the most obvious ones that come to mind).

 

As far as looking like Emilia, I don't get why her eyelashes are so angular (･･') The shape of her head seems right though.

I'm glad I'm not an Emilia fan otherwise I'd be displeased. I am fond of her character design though, and was pretty interested in her DD turnout. Her face looks really off. It doesn't look like her at all, besides the animetic eyes (which are really pretty but you could make your own). Well...at least everything but the face is pretty cute. Are they going to sell her cloak with the cute ears?

Volks News says that they're going back to the original Dolpa way for her, where you can pick her up from the event if you win a good spot in line - at Hometown Dolpa Osaka on August 6th. Apparently there was a lot of feedback from people who wish they could pick up dolls from Dolpa like the old days again, and it was annoying to enter for a lottery and then have to wait weeks for results. (This is feedback collected from the surveys they include with the Dolpa guidebooks)

 

Then there will be a store release on August 27th which will also be first come/first served with the queue being decided by lottery.

 

It doesn't mention how web orders will work, it says to see the website for more info but I couldn't see anything there yet.

I...really hope it's not clickwar.

 

On the plus side, there will be owner pictures from Dolpa a few weeks before the store and web sales open.

 

edit: some pics I took. Sorry they're not great but there will be proper website ones pretty soon.

Untitled by torinomh mh, on Flickr

Untitled by torinomh mh, on Flickr

She does have the cute hood.

But her face really does bother me. But seeing these closeup pics reveals to me at least that the problem isnt her sculpt, it is the faceup. Unless its just these photos, it looks like there isnt enough colour on her mouth?? If the line painted across her mouth was wider and more obvious she'd look much better. It's kinda late and I'm about to go to bed, but later on I might try a quick photoshop of that (unless someone else wants to give it a whirl).

I've no doubt a better faceup could make her look really good, even if all they did was darken the mouth. Cos it honestly looks unfinished to me, which is weird.

Untitled by torinomh mh, on Flickr

I thought she just had a pinhole mouth like Mio or Sasara, but you can see the whole mouth is actually sculpted, its just not coloured 'right' so it looks way smaller (and weirder) than it should.

I agree with you- I think they just painted a line between her lips, giving her a puckered look, which I don't really feel like is in character for her. I'm happy there's more of a mouth sculpted there; she could benefit from a new faceup. That said, I hope they offer at least an online lottery for her. I'll be heartbroken if it's just click wars, because I fail at those and my only real chance is through a lottery (as awful as that sounds).

Emilia is one of those dolls where I don't want her to keep, I just get itchy fingers wanting to repaint her.

 

And honestly? I really, really do think that at least 50%, if not more like 80%, of Volks' same-face issue for DDs is that all the faceups look alike. Here, it seems they tried to go out of their comfort zone a little bit. . . and it really really didn't work.

 

They've got 2-3 sculptors, but maybe they only have one faceup artist for DDs?? If so, that poor person, lol.

Emilia looks so cute. *0*

I haven't watched the anime yet, but the faceup looks off for the character. Everything else looks spot on. And the cat-earred hooded cape/poncho-thing is amazing. >w<

I really like Emilia, but I wish they'd stop with the drawn on pouty mouth face ups...

Her nose looks awful, it's a shame because the rest of her face could be so good with the right faceup.

Because I'm always curious about these things, I tried altering her faceup to see how she'd look:

 

 

I think she looks nicer with mouth lines, and with the eye lines less tilted upward. I didn't think to try, but her lower lashes could be adjusted too.

That really does look so much better.

Looking forward to owner pics for this one...

I totally agree, Yukamina, that is exactly the kind of alteration I was going to suggest, and it looks significantly better than the original. Good edit!

 

But yeah, this year doesn't seem to be a great one for DD faceups. First we had Kirito with his pink lips and thick lashes, and now Emilia with her inappropriate cat eye lashes and vague lips. I'll be redoing my Kirito when he comes in, but I still totally look forward to what other people do with both him and Emilia-they'll probably all look a hundred times better than the default!

Did this message say she is now cancelled?

 

http://www.volks.co.jp/newdollfie/2017summer_en/

 

EDIT: Or was it Ruri that was cancelled?