Amaryllis Arachne Dolls

Just a sideblog for dolls. I like and collect blind box BJDs, especially 1/12 and 1/8. I like big resin BJDs too but can neither afford them nor like big dolls irl,so I admire other people's collections from a distance Main: @sanhatipal

[amaryllis-arachne]

Hello everyone, I've been a tumblr user for a long-ish time (read: pre pon ban) but never posted dolls much. So I made this side blog and... I'm new to dollblr I guess? Hope we can get along!

I'm not an active collector,but I've collected fashion dolls like barbie and mattel winx dolls since childhood, and a lot of Kellys and Chelseas too over the years. Eventually I mostly moved on to anime figurines,though I do get dolls at times. That being said,I really really love looking at BJDs,I have since 8th grade,though can't really afford them.I have one legit fairy BJD and I don't intend to get any more, save very tiny ones, partly because of price and partly because I prefer smaller things, and even 1/4 feels too huge to me. Now,I sometimes collect jointed dolls and customize them to my liking.

However,my main is basically an art blog, and my other sideblog is..well a Blog with everything in it. I know a lot of people don't like dolls, perhaps the people who follow those two too,so I felt the need for this dedicated doll sideblog,so I can post doll photos and reblog doll posts in peace.

Note: my pfp is a Kelly in India doll,with a dress made from the long tag/label ribbon thing that came stitched to my jeans

Main: @sanhatipal

General reblogs/anime/shitposting sideblog: @sanhatis-abyss

[cryptic-forge]

after i made my wooden doll, i was musing about what other unusual materials i might use for a bjd. my partner suggested paper, and also gave me access to their craft paper collection -> i made this.

she is almost entirely made of paper & cardboard. the joints are wooden beads & worbla, because i did figure out a way to make ball joints out of paper, but it really was not worth the effort. all her limbs have tubes of rolled-up cardboard in them to keep the structure sturdy, and the origami flowers are glued around those.

this is extremely different from any doll i've made before, and i had so much fun working with pretty papers & figuring out how to turn them into a poseable 3d object.

[plasticbeau]

白鳥の舞 （1/4 ドール共通）期間限定予約

[cryptic-forge]

i got inspired by antique furniture -> decided to try and make a wooden doll.

she is whittled entirely out of balsa wood with a craft knife, and colored with wood dye. the cabinet has miniature hinges made of tube beads and a metal rod, and closes with a magnet. she absolutely should hold a sentimental & important object, but i don't have any that are the correct size, so i just put in some cute trinkets.

[cryptic-forge]

made a little cactus girl to join the succulent collection. the spines are false lashes & a bit of a hassle to keep in order because they're so soft and bendy, but that might still be better than the doll actually stabbing me every time i pose her.

[fraulein-felice]

Aaaaah i love her

[fromtheriverseine]

If I had known it would be a heat that would burn you to ashes, I would have turned to ashes myself and blown away first.

[walloyamorring]

Hey guys! We have to put more time and energy to our Happy Flexi pets project (it's about creating STL files of pets for 3d home printing), it's easier to work with in our current situation but we haven't given up with our main project - Walloya Morring - making ball-jointed dolls. Although making BJD pets we put on pause for a while but we're still working on BJD Granny Mice.

And in this post we'd like to show you some pics of Nora. It's a 30 cm doll, casted in polyurethane, Basic skin ton Makeup by Renaissance Dolls Wig by Zorina Doll Clothes by Julia Mokhova dress We've encountered with some challenges in Serbia about making dolls in a way we do it. Of course we're looking for ways to solve it and until that we have to work with some restrictions but we're working!

See you soon with new pics of our BJD Grannies 🤗💜

[sanhatipal]

Hey it's been a while since any big-ish project! I'm back with a custom BJD, phoenix harpie!!!

I AM gonna photodump because it took so much work and I'm quite pleased with the results

More under the cut:

Base: Penny's Box birdman bjd: body+ face+shoes from crane, hair from blue flycatcher . I wanted to wait for bird legs but PB was taking a long time so I went "Screw it who cares the dress will be long anyway"

Mods: no sculpting this time,and no changes to the face,but dyed the wings from flesh to a yellow -> orange -> red -> brown -> black gradient, painted the shoes and bird in her hair

Clothes and Stand: made by yours truly from scratch, it deviated a lot from my initial ideas,but keeps the vibe intact. There's 4 mesh pieces at the back to emulate tail feathers,brought together with charms and chains. The stand is made from acrylic,resin and thick wire,I tried to make it look firey. The choker is a leg accessory from a Penny's Box antu deer, that I widened and shortened to fit the neck, and added a charm as a pseudo-closure. I'm honestly really happy with how everything turned out!

[amaryllis-arachne]

Some more photos!

[cryptic-forge]

the adult version of my plant baby sculpt i said i wanted to make!

this is also a remix of my first 3d sculpt. i didn't really feel the need to remake her before, but when i thought about what the adult design for the little buds would look like, i realized it was very close to that sculpt -> instead of starting from scratch, i edited it to be more in line with my current aesthetics & skill level. this also has the added benefit of making the old doll the awkward teen phase of this creature.

[cryptic-forge]

it's not quite spring yet where i live, but it's getting there. hence i made some seasonal lil buds. they're about 12cm tall, the head sprout included, so very tiny very precious.

[cryptic-forge]

most of the paints i used on this doll glow in the dark, which also makes her look ultra saturated in regular light. she turned out mega cute & i love her.

[anxietyproblem]

[fromtheriverseine]

–Does this bother you while you're reading?

–No, it's fine. I actually like the sound of the pencil scratching on the paper.

–I'm a bit slow, so this will take a while.

—It's just a flimsy excuse I made up so I could stare at you for longer.

[cryptic-forge]

this thing has been rolling around on my desk since summer & i have painted it four or five times to try and get it right. finally succeeded, and here they are.

the bases the chest joints connect to are glued to the hourglass with epoxy, but otherwise the doll? sculpture? is strung with elastic, and i can take it apart like a regular bjd. as you can see, the moon & sun sides can either face in the same or separate directions.

the idea for the sculpt is legit just my brain getting stuck on the expression "hourglass waist" and immediately conjuring up this rpg boss.

[berryevilpoptart]

Color versions

[maxahlia-dolls]

[izasbjdphoto]

From Arrival to Customized

My last doll arrival of 2025 was a Magic Mirror Fafnir in raspberry from Marta’s in stock sale from September/October 2025. I originally wanted the purple Fafnir, but she sold out from under my nose. So I got the raspberry one who is literally vibrant pink in person.

This is her from her day of arrival on December 24th, 2025. A true Christmas dollieh! I didn’t do a proper box opening, but she arrived with the artist’s Faceup and a free wig and eyes. I really love the sculpting on her body, it’s almost a crime to cover up!

First thing I did was swap her wig and eyes, as I had some spare ones that fit her. The dress is from a friend and fit her decently.

Naturally since I’m a Faceup artist, I bond the best with my dolls through painting them, so…

In the punishment jar she went for a swim. Luckily it wasn’t hard to remove her Faceup!

Here she is all clean! It’s a little sad that she doesn’t have her fangs, as Fafnir normally has sculpted fangs in her lip corners. But no matter, as the artist sold her to me at a small discount.

The next step after sealing was to do the blushing for her. I chose to use a bright red for her “blush” areas, and pinks, purples, and blues for contouring..

Then I did the eye-part detailing, meaning eyebrows, eyelashes and eyeliner. The eyebrows took on a life of their own. I also knew I wanted a fantasy Faceup for her, I just wasn’t sure what, so I came up with a few options.

I went with option 1 in the end! I also coated her ears in duo chrome shimmer pigments, which are impossible to truly appreciate in photos.

So naturally, I took a video of her finished Faceup! Just look at that shimmer and shine!

It’s always fun for me to compare faceups on the same sculpt, even better if on the same doll! So here’s her two Faceups compared.

And here she’s all together! I commissioned a dress for her from a friend, and it fits her great. The colors match her wig perfectly too.

I’m glad I got her, and her bright pink color has grown on me. The purple one is for sale secondhand, but I’m on a strict no-doll buying diet and I don’t need this sculpt twice.