Fate and Nanoha Clothing/Wig Staining?

So I am thinking about finally adding an official Fate and Nanoha to my collection, but I wanted to know which of their clothings sets are inclined to stain.  I’ll just avoid collecting the uniform sets that stain, or if it’s only pieces of the sets, I’ll know which individual pieces not to attempt to use.

I want to know about their original magical girl outfits, plus their military uniforms.

I know that all the black parts of Excellen’s uniform stain her through a body stocking in minutes basically, so I wanted to find out for Fate and Nanoha — Fate in particular wears a lot of black.

Thanks very much!

 

The black parts on Nahoha's default stockings can stain, but washing them a couple times with dish soap kept them from staining again. The rest of her outfit is fine, including her wig, remarkably.

Fate's default can also stain, stockings are hands down the worst offenders. I gave them the same dish soap treatment and it also helped. The defaulr skirt, shirt, and coat can sometimes stain but they're not nearly as egregious as the stockings--usually the other pieces have to be on for longer than a week unless it's really hot/humid.

Out of the uniforms, I only have Nanoha's instructor uniform at this point (minus the wig). There's a black undershirt that's a known stainer, and it's present in the other uniforms too. . . but like, you hardly see it when the outfit is on? So honestly I just skip it. Going from doll sales listings i've seen, the pantyhose in Fate's black instructor uniform are the main stainer there. The white shirt protects her torso from the black blazer. Not sure about the skirt, but Nanoha's blue equivalent is lined so Fate's might be too.

Basically, wash the socks. Even Nanoha's. Makes a huge difference. The rest of their defaults, while not necessarily safe, are much more tolerable.

I love my Fate and Nanoha to pieces, they have a gorgeous head mold with a great mix of elegance and adorableness. I do recommend getting at least Nanoha a new pair of eyes though, her defaults are terrible even in person. Fate and Nanoha take 24mm eyes. You can kind of squeak by with 22mm, but no smaller than that.

Ahh thanks so much for the information!  I have a custom Nanoha currently whom I love, and I’m going to swap her onto a short Obitsu body to make her the A’s version.  I have been wanting both Fate and Nanoha since I started the hobby.

About the socks, they always seem to be a major offender!  Lucy Maria’s default socks stain like gang busters.  So do Excellen’s.  I’ve done color catchers and stain lockers on them.  I’ll try the dish soap method!

Thanks for the heads up about the eyes.  I still have the original custom eyes I made for the Nanoha cast back when I was working with Ersa Flora.  That’s what I have in my Nanoha currently.  I’ll probably make some new custom ones as well.