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Did you know the Internet Archive has some scans of DollyDolly and associated publications?

and a few DollyBird scans, too

Oh--in regard to possibly printing the patterns, Mandarake lists the magazine dimensions, and we can use those to determine print size for the patterns...roughly.

Random samples find Dolly Dolly listed as: • 280mm x 215mm • 280mm x 210mm • 285mm x 225mm • 280mm x 220mm So we can probably assume 280mm tall is good

Random samples of DollyBird are: • 300mm x 220mm (this measurement set appeared twice in the sample) • 300mm x 215mm • 305mm x 215mm so we can probably scale DollyBird at 300mm tall

I'm going to experiment with printing a pattern eventually

dollsahoy

Jenny Fashion Club--this one is from the late 80s and has less complicated-looking clothes, and some crochet and knits

1980s Japanese fashion doll magazine w/ patterns. Will fit western Skipper/petite sized Barbie dolls.

Mid-90s, includes patterns for things made from felt

Fits Skipper and petite Barbie dolls.

dollsahoy

Pattern Book For Vintage Barbie Dolls.

Patterns designed for Barbie bodies from before 1999. This one should be read in the order of Japanese books, which seems like back to front to westerners

This next one is American and requires an Internet Archive account to check out. It's crochet, from 2002

In this fabulous fashion collection created by an acclaimed knitwear designer, you'll find more than 75 fabulous patterns, invitingly illust

A little more text-heavy (interviews with designers) than the other Japanese doll pattern magazines

pattern doll blythe clothes

doll pattern clothes

Spanish language, very late 80s/early 90s

Barbie patterns doll

I've exhausted the search terms I can think of for now

dollsahoy

Found another one!

Book size: 29.7cm x 21.1cm Publication Year: 2000Country: JapanPages: 113 Pages

It's mostly a showcase of the various sixthscale Japanese dolls available around Y2k, but there are some patterns (for the clothes on the cover), too

dollsahoy

aaand another one

revista patrones barbie

It seems to have patterns for actual late '90s Fashion Avenue clothes--I absolutely had the pants outfit

If the dresses aren't actual Fashion Avenue gowns, they still manage to get The Aesthetic right

dollsahoy

Found another one!

Fits petite Barbie, Jenny, Licca, and Skipper dolls.

Unlike the kimono patterns in DollyDolly 24, the patterns here have a waist seam in the back, which will be hidden--I figure that's as much so you can use shorter pieces of fabric as it is so you can use fabric with a one-way print or border, and have things still be right-side-up on the back below the obi

Edit: I think I put the rest of the available series that last one is from in its own post somewhere, but just realized it isn't in this post, so here's a link to the page they're all on

dollsahoy

Found some more!

For Educational Purposes Only

Japanese doll patterns. Might fit Barbie dolls.

dollsinvogue

Dolls who are disabled + use service aids!

I wanted to make this post for disability pride month (July) because it is something important to me. Some people may ask “what about having a disability is prideful?” And it is honestly a great question because it does seem like something that absolutely sucks (and it does a lot of the time), but personally, I am very proud of how resilient, patient and caring my disabilities have made me, I’m proud of how myself and many others have come to advocate for our needs, I’m proud of who I am and my disabilities are a part of that.

Nivyis got new clothes finally! This time in the correct color palette 🩵

#custom dolls #bjd #doll #my dolls #doll leaves

jellyaris

More Stardew Valley dolls!! This time my non-binary farmer, Quill, and Harvey 🥹 Harvey was simple to make-- I've stared at him long enough after all-- but Quill was a challenge. Particularly their chest. They've had top surgery, but there are no flat chested Barbie dolls, so I ended up melting the chest into the shape I wanted 😂 it worked out incredibly well! Even with the shirt off you can't tell they ever had tits!

cryptic-forge

a custom commission for @honig-bienchen! my final commission project for the year, and one of the most fun. i've been wanting to make a dragonborn doll for a while, but had not gotten around to it, and this character design was incredibly cute & a joy to work with.

tragedysorbet

Progress update on the Malstarion BJD project!

Mal is about 90% finished and has his face almost done being painted. I'm hopeful we'll have a completed doll by the end of the month!

Astarion’s head has finished printing and we're expecting his body to get here by December. As soon as I have progress picture for him, I'll get them up, too.

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happyramiel

So You Wanna Make a 3D Printed Doll, BJD, or Action Figure Huh?

Everything you need, from start to finish, to make a 3D printed doll, figurine, BJD, action figure, etc. This list will be updated as needed:

3D Modeling Software Tools:

Clickwheel mouse! (IMPORTANT!)

Blender: Free, open source, and also free for commercial use. Sculpting mode is powerful, especially when used alongside the regular “Edit” mode. You can make a head, body, and joints on it.

Netfabb Basic: Free. Checks and auto-fixes errors, and answers the question of “but can I print this???”

Make Human: Good free and “free for commercial use” tool to make 3D printable bodies. You can toggle symmetry, age, gender, and add fat where you want it. Clean topology, so you can cut the body apart to add joints or change heads. Great base for Blender’s “Sculpt” mode. To avoid messing up your topology, import/export between Make Human and Blender as “.MHX”

Free 3D File Examples (Courtesy of various Blendswap artists):

These files to study and learn from, not to copy and steal!

Human Face #1

Human Face #2

Human Face #3

Human Face #4

Feminine Body #1 (Artistic Nudity NSFW)

Feminine Body #2 (Artistic Nudity NSFW)

Masculine Body #1 (Artistic Nudity NSFW)

Masculine Body #2 (Artistic Nudity NSFW)

Masculine Body #3 (Artistic Nudity NSFW)

Tutorials That You Can Directly Use (and that Aren’t Just Theory):

Good and Bad Facial Topology (i.e. How Not to Sculpt a Face)

3D Sculpt a Face From a Drawing

Note: If you don’t lay out the doll’s topology well, you will have trouble adding in joints. If your file is overloaded with too many squares/polygons or just has a bad topology, you can clean it up using a process called retopology.

How to Use 3D Printers Without Buying One:

Schools often stock 3D printers in a math-related, science-related, design-related, or engineering departments. These are usually free or cheap to use.

MakeXYZ (geographic directory of 3D printers. Quality/price varies and haggling is commonplace.)

Workshops or premium 3D printing services are currently the most expensive option. If you want a lab environment, consider a Hackerspace instead of a workshop franchise. And if you need premium printers, consider smaller local design studios— some even let you drop by to pick up prints. This is a great option for large multi-part volume orders.

Other Resources:

Free Blueprints for Single Jointed BJDs

10+ Different BJD Torso and Chest Designs

Hope this helps~!

ira-scargeear

Ukrainian traditional outfit on my Whispering Grass Cornelia.

The most tricky part is to find in-scale fabrics and findings with a proper patterns for this kind of costume. Embroidery on the shirt is imitated with a lace. The doll is 45 cm high and is available as fullset for purchase.

I litterally can’t get over how well this body poses, resin soul and angel of dream are great for the price but idk if I’m ever going back to them with how happy I am with this body

#bjd

Nivyis is finally free from body sharing with my Lavellan!

I’m a HUGE fan of the Huajing 1/4 Boy Body (Heroic Bearing) and I could not be happier with the sculpt. I feel like the hips are doing more of what I wanted for this character and the option to: not have the pp part makes me feel personally represented lol.

He can pose really really well to, I have him doing raptor arms here because, Nivyis does that, but the RANGE on it! I don’t have to have straight down or raptor any more!

New clothes are on the way that are more his colors but all that’s left for him now is his cane and to repaint the boots I’m getting for him.

AAAAAAA he’s SO CUTE NOW AAA

#my dolls #custom dolls #bjd #doll #doll leaves #Huajing #MSD #queer dolls

Nivyis’s new body is almost here, I’m so excited to not have to have them share my Lavellan’s body

Finally, all the bases are here, I need to paint Dovundrus and Allaandial and figure out what I’m going to do for outfits. I’d like to avoid black since I’m already noticing staining on angolben but with Dovundrus that may be difficult

#my dolls #custom dolls #custom nendoroid

prince-rosalium

same doll different faceup and eyes. and new piercings. i also de-yellowed him with dye.

he looks.

literally like a different doll.

kosomolski-dolls

He looks great!

May I ask how you de-yellowed him? I assume with a very light purple to neutralise it? Since it looks a bit like a cooler tone in the second picture?

prince-rosalium

I used the technique from here!

I thought of purple, but I always thought that'd probably be better for white skin. I'm a perpetual bottle blond, so I imagined purple straight on the yellow would make him more white-ish or grey-ish because that's how it reacts on blond hair.

I went with the first formula:

Under the formulas, the article says "Interestingly, this looks like fresh blood" and I think that is the most important part of this dye process, is that remark. I've done it for a ton of dolls now, and I've come to the conclusion that this is a process of half color correction, half "blood replenishment."

When dolls get yellowed, it wouldn't be that much of a problem if they just leaned toward a warmer skin tone honestly. Yellow is a natural part of skin undertones! That's why I often don't realize how yellowed my dolls are sometimes until I see them next to one that isn't.

The real problem is that the light yellow they turn is such an Easter pastel-egg ass yellow that it feels like a corpse that's been drained of all its blood. we need to put the blood BACK IN. so making a mixture that looks like fresh blood is crucial.

I put my doll blood in glass IKEA bottles for safekeeping. It only takes a few drops to dye a doll.

Lots of people who have de-yellowed their dolls with Rit dye have also reported plain old rose pink to be effective (which makes sense because purple for color correcting+red for blood replenishment=pink) but I would advise against this, especially if you are dyeing french resin or your doll has any scratches from age/ has been sanded.

if there's any translucence, scratches, or dings in your doll, whatever dye you use will sort of "settle" in it. I dyed a french resin doll a while back with pink, and had to completely redo it because all the bubbles in the resin became visible with bright pink rings around them and all the edges of her joints were bright pink. with a more "fresh blood" sort of formula, it just looked like skin texture and free blushing, and it was very beautiful and added a lot to the doll actually!!

When I de-yellowed my last doll and this guy, who are both not french resin, I noticed that, while generally evenly-taking, some areas that I didn't realize had imperfections before had the dye settling in it, but honestly, this has never looked bad. It has only ever looked like a little bit of blushing and skin texture, and it's never been in places that are very visible. I would just keep in mind that it's probably best to clean your dolls thoroughly before the dye process and not worry too much about it.

If you don't like how it comes out, it is removable with acetone or alcohol. <- for everyone who removes faceups with acetone, be wary of this, because you definitely can accidentally wipe off your entire dye job and then be tasked with matching your head back to your body with another dye session. which... isn't hard, but it is a pain in the ass. I use Windsor and Newton Brush Cleaner for all faceup removals on my dyed dolls, as it does not destroy the dye.

Hope this is helpful for you and for everyone else who was interested in how i did this! 💛

kosomolski-dolls

Wow that really looks like blood 😂

I'm thankful that most of my dolls have so far only yellowed to a more creamy colour and boring too banana-esque, but it's always good to know how to counter stuff!

I don't think I've dyed French resin so far, but I know how uneven dye can come out on sanded or scratched resin (or in Unoa case, just badly mixed/cured), I usually hide it with tattoos and scars and body blush which helps blending it to look more like skin texture.

Will definitely save this article!

linashirou-deactivated20250803

I finally made his ID card.

And I still can't believe that this picture has a lot of likes in twt.

sobecomesomethingelse

"kill them with kindness" WRONG. CRAB 🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀

wiccax-dolls

Potential customisation plan for the Sylves, I have pleanty of time to refine it

Featuring Crowsen's Tiefling maker picrew for inspiration

wiccax-dolls

Oh I TOTALLY have to give him wizard robes……

FEET WRAPS to protect the paint when taking him outside……

I wonder what kind of staff I can make for him

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