EYES ONLY

4biddenartist · Post by **4biddenartist** » Sun Sep 07, 2014 2:42 am

Hello all,
I was wondering if anyone knows of an affordable way to get glass eyes that are nice? I have a 125cm TPE doll and would like some varieties. I have searched taxidermy shops and unfortunately they dont carry human eyes but if I ever wanted to give her lion eyes i would know where to go

and they only cost about $15.
I looked on ebay but they seem to carry the bjd small glass eyes and old prosthetics! Any help would be awesome,
thanks

sosickofit · Post by **sosickofit** » Sun Sep 07, 2014 2:44 am

What is the diameter of your dolls eyes?

4biddenartist · Post by **4biddenartist** » Sun Sep 07, 2014 2:47 am

i dont have a ruler on hand but about the size of a small ping pong ball.

sosickofit · Post by **sosickofit** » Sun Sep 07, 2014 4:15 am

Find out the millimeter diameter before you buy random eyes my friend. You can not measure this with a ruler, find out from the mf or other members with the same doll.

SS

Tomoe · Post by **Tomoe** » Sun Sep 07, 2014 6:16 am

The 125cm probably takes 20-22mm eyes. I know my 135cm looks fine with 24mm. You can use semi spheroid acrylic BJD or Reborn doll eyes, which are quite cheap. The supplied eyes from WM are much bigger, but that just means they're like icebergs: you can't see most of them. The actual iris/pupil part is about equivalent to 22mm eyes.
I bought this: http://www.aliexpress.com/item/9-Pair-2 ... 07310.html for my 135cm, and they fit/look good. Not as high quality as the WM eyes, but pretty good. And 9 pairs of eyes for $13 is kind of a steal compared to $50 a pair from WM.

4biddenartist · Post by **4biddenartist** » Sun Sep 07, 2014 3:17 pm

Thanks, yes i will look for some 24 mm glass eyes on ebay and see what i get. I will post results in this thread. Thanks.

4biddenartist · Post by **4biddenartist** » Sat Sep 13, 2014 2:29 am

i received my 24 mm glass doll eyes today and i hate to say it but you guys were wrong! They are too small, that was a waste of $7.00... so i am guessing the correct size would be in the 30mm range. i will post a pick with comparison sometime when i get around to it.

Szalinski · Post by **Szalinski** » Sun Sep 14, 2014 8:30 am

The easiest way to measure a spherical object is with a set of calipers, metric is best in this case. SAE ('English') machinist calipers and a calculator will also work (multiply inch measurement by 25.4 to get millimeters). Lacking that you can also wrap a string around the eyeball, marking where it crosses. Hold the string on a fine ruler to get the distance around and divide by 3.1415 ('Pi').

Romulus · Post by **Romulus** » Mon Oct 27, 2014 12:46 pm

I know this question is a bit old, but I just now saw it so, This is where I get my eyes...

Masterpiece Eyes
http://www.softglasseyes.com/
These are the best I have found and what I usually use. A little pricy, but worth it. The eyes are made from a hard silicone that will conform to the socket somewhat. They are hollow half sphere. At one time RD used these.

Antina's Doll Supply
http://dollsupply.com/presta/index.php? ... er=product
A good low price alternative. Size up to 28mm. I was not as impressed with my last order because the lens had a bump that previous eyes did not have, but still very useable. Hard acrylic, hollow half sphere. I you need a full sphere these are cheep enough to buy two sets and glue them together for reversible eyes.

Measuring for eyes can be tricky if you do not already have eyes to match. They are always a few mm wider than the opening.

Schenker411 · Post by **Schenker411** » Mon May 18, 2015 6:17 pm

I was wondering if anyone had advice on keeping the eyes from popping out.

I just bought a small torso doll with head. The eyes are hollow half sphere. They pop out at the most inopportune times.

I bought some new ones on Amazon, unfortunately they are the same exact ones that came stock with the doll. But I bought a set of "lions eyes" which are pretty wild looking. They are flat and fit the hollow sphere, so I was thinking I could glue them on and then have reversible which would be pretty wicked.

I measured the eye hole- it is 1 in wide, 1/2 in length. I inch converts to around 25 mm so thats the size I bought.

How do you keep those bad boys from flying out?

Staraway · Post by **Staraway** » Mon May 18, 2015 7:05 pm

You may be able to do something with little magnets? Maybe put a metal piece deep in the socket and a magnet on the back of the eye? This is totally an untested suggestion that seems like it could work!

Schenker411 · Post by **Schenker411** » Mon May 18, 2015 9:34 pm

Little magnets? Haha pretty clever concept but practically speaking.... finding the correct magnet size would be difficult, I would think. Also the eyehole is pretty shallow to host that setup. Then the magnet would have to be strong enough to keep the eye in during a session.

Pretty tall order if you ask me, Staraway not that I don't appreciate the suggestion. Maybe it could work, I'll keep it in mind, thanks.

I was thinking perhaps I could make small holes in either side of the hollow sphere and then use toothpicks or something similar to hold the eyes in.

This doll has no eyebrows either... kinda funky looking. I bought an eyebrow pencil and took a quick stab at it and the more I tried the worse it looked. I thought it would be easy to erase and start over but nooo. It eventually came off but it was nervous time there for a minute.

DarkOne · Post by **DarkOne** » Sat May 23, 2015 9:03 pm

Schenker411 wrote:How do you keep those bad boys from flying out?

If its silicone, Hot glue? Should be able to stick to the eyes/silicone enough to at least keep the eyes from popping out, and should release/peel off without damage if you give the eyes a little tug and then peel off the glue from whatever it stuck to more.

starion · Post by **starion** » Sun May 24, 2015 9:15 am

I thought hot glue wouldn't bond to silicone. Kind of like GOOP brand adhesive doesn't bond to silicone. Silicone slides over it without adhesion in my experience. They make a repair adhesive for tpe that should bond the eyes to the tpe. I would just order that specific adhesive