Whew, finally finished my second semester in uni. Lots of homework, test and project finished, it was pretty tiring but fun especially when making my first miniature apartment room project, but then I have to abandon my doll project for a while.
I'm kinda surprised though that there many people visiting my blog even though I haven't update for a quite long time. Actually I was thinking to delete my blog since it really love to eat my pic and giving me the minus sign. It already happen for fifth time and I'm losing my patience. Imagine, if one day my blog have more than 100 pic and in one night all of them goes poooff! I will be very frustrated with this blog and curse it for taking my time but becoming a pointless blog. It's look more stable now but if it does it again, God know what I will do next.
Enough about my personal problem, we'll back to my doll project.
So I have done my girl faceup, make her wig and the only thing left is making her clothes. But then, I'm really not satisfied with her, the posing, her face aesthetic, skin match, the wig bang cut too short (my fault though), a resin/vinyl hybrid,etc. I don't think she can be one and the only doll since she doesn't hold my expectation.
I'm going to start a new girl project rather than continuing her, but she still stay with me :)
My new project is actually sculpting my own BJD girl!
But first, if anybody have the same idea with me, I encourage you to research first from sculpting to casting into resin if you want to be accepted in forum like Den of Angels.
I already spend almost $100 just for the material like clay, and tools like rotary and sculpting tools. Not only that, if I want to cast into resin, I have to spend more for the resin and silicone mold, which can make a total more than $300 from the start. Good thing that this project is a long term one, around half a year or more, so I can save money while sculpting my girl.
But I still have to research more like BJD joint types, sculpting and casting method, human anatomy and the most important is SKILL, EXPERIENCE & DETERMINATION.
With all of this, it is more wiser to buy a readily made doll, with the same amount of money and shorter time. I also would love to buy doll, but to these day, no doll satisfy me enough since I have to hybrid a doll to get what I want and that is already not a good experience for me. So yeah, I'm doing this sculpting project, even if I'm not sure this girl I made can hold my expectation too.
Here is the body I have sculpted so far
As you can see, this body is still rough, I have to add clay around waist and butt, adding details, making it smooth, I haven't even make the front part yet. After that, I have to cut into 3 part torso, adding the details that lost, make lock, drill a hole, etc. It's take a long a process, especially if you do this cause obligation, not love, it won't be as nice as you think. I hope I can make this and finish her before new year, wish me luck :)
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