If you loved me would you give me your eye XD;

[rkold]

Today my Ethereal Angels eye candies came in. I'm rather pleased, though I now have to go digging up emails and contacting people from Yaoicon about commissions. Fan-artists ~.~



Lux in her 16mm Periwinkle eyes


Inari in 14mm Nostaliga


Twins and "Uncle" Syuusuke plushie. lol

The separate picture of Kitsune didn't come out well, and she needs the proper wig. She also has a minor problem...

So, thoughts on Eye Candies:

First, I love the colors and their depth. They also go into the socket like a dream. I am going to try and get some more, mainly Lux really needs 14 mm cause the 16 is enormous on her (but the color is PERFECT) and I want to get some for Alec. I am tempted to try 14mm in Wisteria for Kira. The colors do look darker in person and particularly out of the dolls when there is no flash. It's something to think about, since when one sees their own dolls flash is generally not about. Nostaliga is a more golden color than Golden Rod HG, but not so greenish as hazel.

Now the negatives... When trying to fit them in, I used some putty that came with some of my BlueFairy heads. It's extremely sticky and got on one of Kitsune's eyes. When trying to clean the putty off, I somehow managed to mess up the finish so one of her eyes is a little clouded looking or looks a bit darker in pictures. It's highly depressing. I knew urethane eyes were more delicate but hadn't realized it was quite like this! I keep hoping with time it will look better, though if I ever can make enough money selling things I might just need to someday order a new pair.

I like the selection of colors though. I love Hitomiya, but you can't easily pick the colors and sizes you want, and it is particularly a challenge to find nice eyes in 14 mm. There is a lot more in 12 and 16 out there.

But I do plan to try more, they're expensive, but I am just amazed at how pretty the colors are and as you can see they photograph pretty well too. ^_^

Comments

[thundermew.livejournal.com]

I'm haven't like EA eye candies since the beginning, when they said they were glass (and charged Zouk prices ¬_¬). Maybe it was an honest mistake, but it left a really bad taste in my mouth. I prefer Enchanted Eyes. They're also urethane, but they're much sturdier and look much more like Zouks, IMO.

[rkold.livejournal.com]

I can see why that left a bad taste in your mouth. My problem with Enchanted and Zouks actually for that matter (ignoring the size prob) is they don't actually come in the colors I want. I've done enough FCS for people to see that while zouks are very pretty there are quite a few colors that are not available. Enchanted has a larger selection, but most of the colors are in the same family. I had thought about trying to get a pretty golden brown from Enchanted originally, but none of their colors worked. 39, which was the best of the bunch looked too dark. They had tons of yellows, but the yellows were, well too yellow, and didn't have any brown to them.

My first choice is Hitomiya always, but they don't do pre-orders for all intents and purposes and finding two pairs of eyes that match is nigh near impossible. Prob, I will use the Eye candies until I can find Hitomiya or Silver eyes in the color/size I want. Fortunately, EA (and urethane eyes in general) seems to hold their value and I have not seen many people sell that at a loss.