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Even though I was a bit muddy and tired from planting little plants today, I wanted to take advantage of the beautiful weather and blush the white Resinsoul (Male) Jointed Hands that I bought a while ago. Much as I love the Soom 2012 body, the magnet hands are a pain-- and I love how expressive the jointed hands are. I knew I wasn't going to be able to match the color of her hands to the rest of her exactly (I did briefly consider dyeing the hands) but I was able to get the ashy/gradient look I wanted pretty well. I used chalk and Jaquard sparkle paint for the fingertips and nails, the red/gold swirl.  Ashley now has her lashes installed as well! I still need to hot glue suede her shoulders and wire her arms, but overall she is quite posable. Who knew a gray Snow White would be so much fun?

And they are really nice! AND assembled, which made me so happy--I never did put together my Soom jointed hands and ended up sending them to Cat instead. They are small and intended for smaller dolls rather than the larger boy dolls or EID sized girls. They do fit my Soom Super Gem Female body (who once had a Cinderella head on it), and that made me happy too. The hooks Resinsoul sent are intended for 3 to 3.5 mm elastic, and for some reason Sophie has 4.5 mm in her arms, so I swapped out the provided hooks for ones with a larger wrist hook. The marked hook was the size included. The fingers have good mobility and stay where you put them--they aren't strong enough to hold anything but a paper flower or two, but wiring could improve that a little--I still might not put a heavy china teacup on those fingers, though. They are really for gesturing. The white jointed hands really are paper white, though they may mellow--I didn't really care, as both her body and hands need to b...