Side Glancing Eyes

Agalmatoreveur · Post by **Agalmatoreveur** » Sat Mar 30, 2019 8:14 pm

I did a search for side glancing eyes to see if anyone's done this, but couldn't find exactly what I was looking for.

Now that I have the closest thing to a life sized Poppy Parker, with the Head 124, I've been keen to recreate some of the classic Poppy Parker looks, which often have side glancing eyes.

I haven't changed the eyeballs yet of either of my heads, but I wondered if anyone has managed to create something similar to the attached picture. The fact that the "eyeball" doesn't have a lot of rotational potential could get in the way of this, but I thought there could be some way of having a similar look.

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Post by **Robin Kate** » Sat Mar 30, 2019 8:20 pm

Side glancing eyes you say sweety?

Not sure if this qualifies

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DexterQuest · Post by **DexterQuest** » Sat Mar 30, 2019 11:44 pm

Yes, I love having the eyes looking to the side. That feels more realistic to me that way. For side looking eyes, I use 26mm (cheap half rounds). They are more free to look around.

My #124 real quick. An eyelash fell off. I'll mend that sometime.

Agalmatoreveur · Post by **Agalmatoreveur** » Sun Mar 31, 2019 12:54 am

Aha, thanks people ... it looks like I will have to start experimenting with moving the eyes around.

BWheeler1 · Post by **BWheeler1** » Sun Mar 31, 2019 1:27 am

Dexter, I also use cheap 26mm half round eyes, I got them on Amazon for $6 plus shipping. I figured for that price, they're worth a try. If I remember correctly, the same manufacturer had two piece full round eyes for $8 a pair which were basically the half round eyes with another half that either glues on or snaps on, I'm not sure. But having full round eyes may make them even easier to rotate in the socket, providing the socket is deep enough. I had Realdoll full round eyes in Kelsi for a little while until I got tired of them rolling around in there and not staying in position. But I think part of that was their weight, they we're kinda heavy like marbles because they're solid where the cheap ones on Amazon are hollow. I did however have to remove a bit of TPE from inside the socket because they were too big and she looked like someone scared the crap out of her. I'm not sure what the diameter is on the Realdoll eyes I used, the 26mm may be the same size, or they may be smaller enough that they won't push the eyelids open. But as for side glancing, I do it all the time on my girls with the 26mm eyes. It seems easier to do with them than with the larger original WM eyes.

Agalmatoreveur · Post by **Agalmatoreveur** » Sun Mar 31, 2019 5:19 am

Do you have a linky link, kind sir?

DexterQuest · Post by **DexterQuest** » Sun Mar 31, 2019 6:56 am

I'm sure he is taking about https://www.amazon.com/dp/B06XRDC67B/

I bought all non zombie colors from this seller and they are good. The ones I used today were from the cheapest Ebay pack as I'm not organized.

Other $6 eyes i like are from secrist
https://secristdolls.com/doll_eyes

Arthur1960 · Post by **Arthur1960** » Sun Mar 31, 2019 7:17 am

I've just ordered a pack of these eyes as was thinking of using them behind the Jinsan eyes to give them something to slide against thus making eye posing easier. I'm sure I've seen a thread recently where someone has done this successfully.

The Romantic · Post by **The Romantic** » Sun Mar 31, 2019 7:18 am

I guess I'm confused what replacing the eyes have to do with creating a side glance?

Maviarab · Post by **Maviarab** » Sun Mar 31, 2019 8:31 am

Yup TR...no need to be replacing eyes to create this.

Agalmatoreveur · Post by **Agalmatoreveur** » Sun Mar 31, 2019 10:07 am

I can't see anybody saying that replacing the eyes is a prerequisite.

The Romantic · Post by **The Romantic** » Sun Mar 31, 2019 10:11 am

Gotcha. I guess I was just confused by your original post talking about replacing eyes and getting a side-glance look.

Agalmatoreveur · Post by **Agalmatoreveur** » Sun Mar 31, 2019 10:38 am

The Romantic wrote:Gotcha. I guess I was just confused by your original post talking about replacing eyes and getting a side-glance look.

I see what you mean - When I ordered my doll, I ordered a few different eye colours, so I could change them if I wanted to. I meant that I hadn't swapped any around yet, so wasn't familiar with what was possible with changing the positioning. What I've seen looks promising.

BWheeler1 · Post by **BWheeler1** » Sun Mar 31, 2019 11:55 am

Yes, those are exactly the eyes I mean. I also bought the non zombie eyes.

No, there's no need to replace the eyes to get them to go to the side. I've just found these particular ones to be easier to pose than the WM eyes. I have five sets of WM eyes and three sets of these.

I don't know whether these will fit inside the WM eyes or not as I haven't tried it. The reason being that the detail in these eyes is way better than WM eyes and more realistic. They just look more like real human eyes and not like fake eyes. So aside from the garnet WM eyes that Kelsi currently has, I am not using WM. I have yet to look and see if Dead Head Props has a red eye color I can use for her. If so, she will also switch.

BWheeler1 · Post by **BWheeler1** » Sun Mar 31, 2019 12:32 pm

Arthur, this is how the WM eyes would fit over the 26mm eye as you were mentioning. It doesn't fit completely inside, but you wouldn't want it to anyway because then it wouldn't have room to move. I'm not sure if having that eye behind it would make it protrude too much and push the eyelids open or not, but you could always just remove a bit of the TPE from inside the socket if it did. Then if you went back to the cotton behind the eyes, you'd just have to use a little bit more. I've never tried it because I like the 26mm Dead Head eyes better. But now if I find something that fits behind them, I may try that.
I also added a pic to show the difference in detail between the WM eyes and the Dead Head Props eye. I couldn't get a really great shot, but you can still see the difference.