#diy bjd

[unholyeverything]

BJD - Michael - PART 1 BODY

Hello and welcome to part two of I'm making myself my own BJD cuz they don't look how i want them to and even if there was one I'd be too stingy to buy it.

Mostly making this a tutorial for myself, because this is the second one and maybe I'll make more cuz it's a fun hobby, albeit a bit expensive, mainly because of the materials.

I used white Sculpey, Liquid Sculpy to attach unbaked and backed clay, and all of the above. As absolute necesities considering tools I'd say that circle ruler and those curved knives, get really ones cuz if they aren't sharp enough to cut your fingers when looking at them you won't have a good time. And also the safety gloves to prevent you from cutting your fingers, get those too no discussing. Sculpting tools are nice to have and they improved mine tremendously from this first but you can do without.

Also good to have is a power drill with very small drills ( ~ 1mm - 2 mm), a dremel for sanding, and some isopropyl alcohol to smooth the clay.

Making the body:

First I made a sketch of my poor OC, facing front and a side view, I could've made a back view but for that I just improvised and looked at some references. This sketch took me month to get right that't why I started with this doll so late I'm planning this one since a year. Whatever.

Then make a little friend from aluminium foil, i also added some wires this time cuz for the last doll i had some troubles removing the foil and this way you already have a little hole. But I ended up using the power drill to clean it up anyways. Maybe i just like drilling into plastic body parts.

The foil friend gets a small layer of clay and then off into the oven at 130C. I should've made the foil base thicker to reduce the amount of clay for this one.

This clay base then just gets the rest of the meat added on top. I just looked at my sketch, several references and added the muscles one by one and then smoothing and evening all out as i went. The toold were really helpful for that and I still don't know how this went that well but idk I just did it somehow and kept going back and forth, it also helps putting it down for a day and picking it back up the next one.

Then when i decided i was done I went over it again and smoothed everything out with isopropyl diluted with a bit of water. It made everything really smooth and this doll already looked better then my last one even without sanding it. So I also didn't sand it and decided to do that when all was done.

And thats the body done already. I say already but this took me a week.

Next step was marking where to cut it apart. And yes I said cut it apart and this hurt me more then you would think because I was really happy with how this came out, but this heavy brick isn't moving and I want it moving.

So I just took 100 pictures of it to calm myself and then just hacked his legs off.

CUT IT WHEN ITS FRESH OUT OF THE OVEN AND STILL HOT IT MAKES IT SO MUCH EASIER AND SMOOTHER. Since the clay is still slightly soft. I just yelled that at myself so don't worry. I tested this for the first time today and it was magical.

Off to make a face now. Part 2

[dolldepository]

How to make an easy drawstring tank top from scratch (and how to make the easy pattern)

[mipeltaja-art]

These guys have had clothes for a while, but I never finished Jadaar’s shirt so I didn’t post pictures. But here they are now!

[nevaya-art]

Found a tiny ted for this little sweetie

[unholyeverything]

This little shit is finally done, well that’s a lie and nothing else, but done for now in that I mean he kinda got all his clothes but also not really.  And I said I’ll show you. 

He got so many issues but it’s the firts BJD I ever made and he’s completely skulpted by hand and the clothes I also made and painted myself. I’ve always wanted to own one but I can only recommend trying yourself if you really want to suffer.

Anyways I want to make Michael too but I worked on this for over a year now I think so who knows how long that one will take.  Doing my actual job that pays for me being able to do shit like this from dusk til dawn also really helps with that. 

And I know his skin looks disgusting. I don’t know what went wrong but the sealant I used dried sticky. I probably didn’t let the acrylic paint underneath dry enough... I have to completely remove and redo it but I’m really not up for that right now. But it made the acrylic from the clothes transfer and its just terrible. Also the clothes completely destroyed his movement too, or the rubber is just lose... but I also don’t want to restring him since I used sculpey and it’s really not that sturdy. 

But it was really fun making stuff with my hands again and actually see something that I’m kinda proud of come out of nowhere. I just wish I didn’t have to work that much to make more stuff like that. But I won’t have a job anymore if I don’t aka no money for materials. Cuz I think in total I spend like 150€ on all the materials... well that’s cheaper then buying an actual BJD I guess. But I can tell why they cost that much now lol

[mipeltaja-art]

I can’t seem to stop making dolls. Here’s a WIP picture of the new one’s head.

[zlatas-fantasy-dolls]

DIY Part 6 Art BJD Wasp creation Blushing Bee by Zlata's fantasy dolls

[mipeltaja-art]

Here’s the finished troll BJD. Will get on making clothes at some point. Feat. my dog and a flash picture I wasn’t going to include, but it serves as a vague size comparison to the other dolls I’ve made.