Building a ball-jointed doll pt 1b

making the skeleton

Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• bjd
• ball jointed doll
• dolls
• custom
• dollfie

[schtickl]

What are you using as the core for the head and legs? carved foam? I would LOOVEE to learn more!!!!!! please message me if you can!

[batchix]

@schtickl drinking straws. :3 you don't want to heat foam, it will give off toxic fumes. Straws will get bendy but will not melt at that low temp.

[ZenReagan]

do you take commissions? cause i would LOVE to have you commissioned

[batchix]

@ZenReagan I'm sorry, but I can't take commissions on dolls. the process would be extremely expensive and time consuming. I have a full time job on top of the dolls, as well as other hobbies i enjoy. My newest doll, Lagoon, will be up for pre-order soon tho! I'll try to make a post here when she's ready!

[AnimeFanGirl24]

can you continue with this doll and show us viewers..well everything? Like every step of the process. I've been wanting a BJD for a few years now, but because of costs of school and not enough income, i haven't been able to buy one. Your videos are very helpful and i would love to make one. If you can teach us how to fully make one, that would be amazing. You are so talented and i find that your tutorials are much easier to understand than some others. thank you for everything!!!!

[batchix]

@AnimeFanGirl24 if you want a step by step, check out Noah's Doll Gallery.  there's a great tutorial there. :3 as for other tutorials... i'll try sometime later, but right now i don't have time to do it. i'm sorry! :< casting a doll, from start to finish, costs as much or more than buying a doll. I think i've spent about $700 on Lagoon(who's only about 42cm tall!), and that's not counting the cost of getting her professionally cast.

[xXxSgtPepperxXx]

AWESOME! You are super super duper talented~~~

[Whiskeyboy1982]

The two segments have cleared up a TON of questions I've had on getting started, they makes more than enough sense.

Thanks for producing these videos!

[ember1k]

I don't think making your own dolls is sad at all. I'm sure it's pretty satisfying to look at a beautiful doll and say "wow, I made that. I'm awsome" It's a great skill...A skill that I'm going to altleast attempt to do.

[gen101394]

where you get your clay?

[bearhedded]

Drying: I have forced air heat, so in the winter, parts just get set on a rack, over a register. When the heat isn't on, I have a cardboard pox with a hole in the side for one of those old soft bonnet style hairdryers to plug into. They are still out there at thrift stores, and very quiet!

[bearhedded]

Observing the work upside down, or in a mirror helps to see inaccuracies in symmetry, too.

[01JessicaS]

creative family

[afsmeg]

It's not sad making your own dolls. Creative outlet. I make my own plushie. Anyway, this looks like something I'll have to try when I get the money to buy what I need

[MissTeddyBearGirl]

@thisnameinlights lol that's the same question I have.

[chachisescalante]

You are awesome and very funny, I love your videos, I was smiling and LOL with your little jokes and the stories of your childhood; I have a brother (a mean one, hahaha) and he did a lot of stuff to his toys too. Thanks for sharing, now I know why Lati dolls are very expensive.