This list includes terms specific to the CP dolls mentioned on this site, as well as a few general ball-jointed doll terms.
For more general information on BJD’s, see the Den of Angels Wiki ‘General BJD Information’ section HERE.
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Basic — Can be used interchangeably with ‘Standard’ (see below).
Beauty white (resin colour) — Beauty white resin, when new, is generally a slightly creamy white, not quite paper white.
As beauty white dolls age, the colour can change noticeably, though it does not always. Most of the time, the bright white shade mellows to a buttermilk or ivory shade. In some cases, the colour can deepen to a yellowish white, or to a very slightly greenish-tinted white (not really as bad as it sounds). However, there have been some cases of beauty white resin turning noticeably green-tinted. These dolls are typically referred to as ‘beauty green’.
Default — Usually refers to the faceup given to a doll by the company it is sold by. Default faceup styles can vary depending on when they were done, or which company artist they were done by. A Delf Chiwoo with a default faceup from 2004 will look very different to a default Chiwoo from 2011.
Luts also offered a custom faceup service, where the owner could, in effect, commission Luts to paint their doll in a unique way. Sometimes these Luts custom faceups are also referred to as defaults. FairyLand does not offer a custom faceup service.
Default can also refer to any of the components included with a fullset doll (i.e. default wig, default eyes, default shoes).
Delf Art — A series of fullset dolls released by Luts. Many were only made unique from the standard version of a sculpt by the special faceup. For some, however, the sculpts were modified, making a few of the Delf Art dolls truly unique, as in the cases of Perennis Lishe and Jack O Lantern Harang, who both had unique eye shapes.
The very early Delf Art releases often had faceups and even outfits by Sairin, who worked with CP and Luts, but the later Delf Art dolls were almost exclusively by the Luts team.
Delf Art dolls were always limited in number, ranging from editions as small as one, to as many as twenty. Most of the Delf Art dolls sold out on the same day they were released, but a few of them took up to a few months to sell out.
Faceup — (from the DoA Wiki page) A face-up is the application of varied mediums to a doll’s facial surface to create various aesthetic effects. Face-ups come in a variety of styles and purposes; they can enhance facial features, create a different appearance from the original face, or simply give the blank face a finished look. Face-ups are sometimes referred to as “make-up” as it often consists of adding make-up effects such as lipstick, eyeliner, and blush.
Full Package — A type of fullset doll sold by Luts and FairyLand.
In the case of Luts Full Package dolls, some had small edition sizes and faceups by a well-known artist, but most had large edition sizes and faceups done by the Luts team. Delf Art and Full Package dolls were very similar to each other.
FairyLand uses this to refer to some of their fullset doll releases.
Fullset — A term typically used by doll owners, and sometimes the doll companies, to refer to a doll sold as a complete and finished set. Fullsets generally include a faceup, wig, eyes, and a full outfit at the very least. Some may have additional accessories or option parts. A fullset doll is almost always limited in some way, whether in number (i.e. a total number of 68 sets) or time (i.e. from 1 December to 31 December).
Normal (resin colour) — A ‘flesh’ coloured resin tone. Also referred to as natural. The exact shade can vary slightly, but is generally a rich peachy tone. In some cases, the precise shade of the resin can be used to identify when a doll was made.
Also, until sometime in 2005, the natural resin used by CP was a more yellow-based shade, without the peachy tone, closer to the colour of Volks oldskin dolls.
Option part — Doll parts that are available for purchase on their own. Luts uses this as a blanket term to refer to everything from heads, doll bodies without a head included, hand and feet sets, or even resin parts like animal ears, horns, or weapons. Option part is more commonly used by owners to refer only to smaller parts such as hands and feet.
Special — A term used by Luts. It mostly refers to a set of two versions of a sculpt sold together with one body, as in the case of Moon Special, whose set came with the regular Moon head and the Dreaming Moon head, or Shiwoo Special whose set included the regular Shiwoo head and the Dreaming Vampire Shiwoo head.
However, this term can also refer to a specific version of a sculpt, as in the case of Soo Special, who differs from the regular Soo by having a closed mouth.
Standard — Can be used interchangeably with ‘Basic’. A doll sold with the intent that it will be customised by the owner, unlike a fullset doll. At Luts and FairyLand, standard/basic dolls can be ordered blank or with a faceup. Eyes are included, but everything else will need to be provided by the owner.
Standard bjd’s are not usually limited in any way.
Tanning (resin colour) — Term used by Luts for brown resin. When new, the colour could vary from a warm medium brown tone to a deeper cool brown tone. Sometimes, the precise shade of tanning resin can be used to identify when a doll was made.
Tanning resin is often considered to be fragile, in terms of colour preservation and sometimes in terms of resin integrity. Some of the early tanning resin dolls were quite brittle and broke very easily, sometimes even before they arrived to their new owner.
The red pigments used in tanning resin can also be extremely sensitive to UV exposure, sometimes resulting in a very noticeable colour change.
The most dramatic colour change is called ‘greening’. This generally only occurs if the doll is exposed to UV for long periods. In the worst cases, the colour turns noticeably green-brown, milder forms tend to look somewhat faded or ashy.
Type — A term used by Luts to distinguish body variations. Bodies of the same type will have at least one shared characteristic. In the case of the three variations of Type 2 CP Delf bodies, the shared characteristic was the neck mechanism.
(Please feel free to contact me with suggestions for other terms, or if anything on this list is unclear.)
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