WM Eye Socket Depth?
Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2019 12:21 pm
I have had problems moving Evie's eyes for posing. They are extremely difficult to move. I have to grab the eye and move it, then try to position the other so both eyes are looking in the same direction. They rarely end up that way and seem to try to settle back to how they were before I moved them.
I love the concept of the Easy-Move Eyes, but that is not in my budget at the moment.
In attempting to diagnose the problem, I found that the outer edge around the back of the eyeball has a sharp ridge. It appears to be from the molding process. That was easy enough to de-burr, and while at it, I added a bit of a chamfer to the edge around the back of the eye. So the eye itself is now smooth.
I noticed that the inside of the eyesocket are small cuts where that sharp edge has cut the tpe material. Also an easy fix, but this also made me wonder if the eye socket is actually deep enough. Maybe there is too much material in the back that needs to be scooped out?
In reviewing various videos about eye replacement, etc. I've noticed that the eye sockets of these other dolls (not necessarily WM dolls) seem to have a larger space behind the eye. In Mishka's video, he packets the socket with polyfill, enough to cover his palm. Evie's eyes have just enough to fill the small cavity in the eye itself. Thus, the eyeball was in contact with the back of the eye socket, and the sharp edge cutting into the tpe.
So now my question is... How deep should the eye socket be? I don't need a specific measurement, just a guess. The same depth as the eyeball? Twice the depth? Deep enough to fist?
I tried to take a photo, but even with lighting there isn't enough detail to show scale or even the cuts in the socket. If the socket just needs to be deepened, I don't want to remove too much and create more problems. I want to make sure that I am able to use Easy-Move, or maybe the "bead gimble" approach, at some time in the future.
Any advice?
Thanks in advance.
I love the concept of the Easy-Move Eyes, but that is not in my budget at the moment.
In attempting to diagnose the problem, I found that the outer edge around the back of the eyeball has a sharp ridge. It appears to be from the molding process. That was easy enough to de-burr, and while at it, I added a bit of a chamfer to the edge around the back of the eye. So the eye itself is now smooth.
I noticed that the inside of the eyesocket are small cuts where that sharp edge has cut the tpe material. Also an easy fix, but this also made me wonder if the eye socket is actually deep enough. Maybe there is too much material in the back that needs to be scooped out?
In reviewing various videos about eye replacement, etc. I've noticed that the eye sockets of these other dolls (not necessarily WM dolls) seem to have a larger space behind the eye. In Mishka's video, he packets the socket with polyfill, enough to cover his palm. Evie's eyes have just enough to fill the small cavity in the eye itself. Thus, the eyeball was in contact with the back of the eye socket, and the sharp edge cutting into the tpe.
So now my question is... How deep should the eye socket be? I don't need a specific measurement, just a guess. The same depth as the eyeball? Twice the depth? Deep enough to fist?
I tried to take a photo, but even with lighting there isn't enough detail to show scale or even the cuts in the socket. If the socket just needs to be deepened, I don't want to remove too much and create more problems. I want to make sure that I am able to use Easy-Move, or maybe the "bead gimble" approach, at some time in the future.
Any advice?
Thanks in advance.