#bjd wip

[weepyoldkiller]

Stages of WIPS just for fun

[ithilien-bjd]

"wow! what a beautiful doll! ... I'm gunna mod it."

Once again, having the audacity to go well iutside my skillset on this one, lets see how it goes! Top photos are before, bottom are the current stage in the wip (the "blob on resin so you can later carve away and get the subtle features you want" stage.) Next step! Sanding, carving, and crying about how hard symmetry is.

Sculpt is the lovely Bonelace's "Leon from Schenectady"

i also declawed him

[7-thheaven]

Nora 🌳

[hikihiki-ksu]

I finally have my grail. Old doll from the very first release. Maybe someone recognise it by it's tattoo. I didn't plan to unassemble it at all. But painted "bean" started to peel after just few moves. So I had to save tattooed part. I'm not familiar with restoring makeups etc., but on the video it looks ok. Hope with sueding it will be safe for as much long as possible. Next I need to sueding wrists, all legs+hoove parts, chest/shoulders and neckhole before assemble it. Once started it has to he done well all. 💪

[spoczkoty]

Sewing in hair is sort of relaxing actually

Now have to style this mess and glue her edges (the short hairs to frame the face) down

[sgstoybox]

Okay sat down and actually thought about how I want the pigeon BJD to move and drew out a rough sketch. It'll need some fine tuning but I just want them to be able to sit with their little legs out so as much as ORB BODY was cute, I don't think it will work well with the legs.

(For those curious, I posted this originally over on IG and forgot to put it up here too)

[resinixupi]

My process of creating a BJD for the first time

I sculpted my own BJD-inspired little doll for the first time! Including sewing his outfit, I worked on the project over the course of December til March.

He's based on my artistic fan-rendition of dr. Nitrus Brio from the Crash Bandicoot video game series, and I'm planning to make a few of his colleagues as well! 😊 Here's some reference pics for context, for those who don't know the character.

Read on if you want to see the process of his creation!

(Heads-up; Contains censored doll nudity and loose body parts and all that~)

He's only 19cm tall (which is uncommon for adult-type BJDs (they'd usually be 40-70 cm, that's 1/4 or 1/3 scale)) and his technical design is a little crude/simplified compared to the beautiful mechanics of the BJDs I used to own, but I'm really happy with how he came out. It was quite the magical experience, because I haven't sculpted much before, nor have I sewn on this level of detail.

I figured the smaller scale would make him more easy to handle and less intimidating for a first project, but it made it a little difficult to work with at times as well!

My very first attempt was fun but had a lot of issues, I decided to start over before painting. The (extremely cheap) clay had shrunk massively, he was nowhere near hollow enough, he was a disproportional mess xD

And since he needs to be to scale with his friends later on, I decided it would be a valuable prototype. UvU

So all that happened during my Christmas break! From then on, I continued working on him little bits at a time. Quite surprisingly I managed to stay engaged and dedicated XD

This time I got actual doll-grade paperclay, which made so much difference. Amazing stuff. It was again very satisfying to see his shape forming. And this time he made it to the paint stage!

After drying out properly, I coated him first to set the clay, then used acrylic paint to give him his base skintone all over. The first layer, applied with a brush, was a blotchy mess. :x

Then I thought of sponge-dabbing it on instead, which worked wonderfully! I only realized while doing it, that it reminded me of how I applied my own bodypaint with a sponge for a blue-skinned cosplay 😊 Must've subconsciously gotten the inspiration from there lol

After his base coat, I could no longer resist and strung him😂💖

I realized it might get messy later on if I'd refuse to unstring and restring him for further painting/blushing and coating. But I figured it'd be good enough and I was having too much fun having him in his strung form XDD <33

It turned out okay, even after spray coating him strung. ^^

Painted his face, cleaned the paint off his bolts, glued eyelashes on 💕

And finally, gave him bodyblush for a little more life to him, love it!

Then I spent many nights sewing his lab coat, undies, pants, gloves and boots! 😊😊😊

I now consider him finished, and ready for cool shoots! All of this really made me relive my love for BJDs and all the crafting around it. Looking forward to make him some friends, but for now it's kinda nice to have time for other projects again as well 😂

[everydaydollydomes]

What if I just carved myself out a little niche of making object heads for BJDs?

Haven't printed this one yet, probably won't until after Resin Rose, it depends on how quickly I can get my printer to stop throwing a fit...